smarmy1 wrote:OK... For those of you on the valuation board, the last price update was from 2003. How much has this rare sold for since then? Or, is this the first Orange B3 since 2003 on Ebay?Plus, I think the photo is just a trick of the light to making the module's normal green appearance look orange. So really, everyone, just forget about this auction because no one wants another GREEN copy of B3.... That's right, you don't want to add it to your watch list and if it is already there, go ahead and delete it. Nobody will want this orange, I mean green B3. Plus it is in shrinkwrap... Who in their right mind wants a module that's in shrink?
bclarkie wrote:2003 is the last time information about the product itself was updated, not the last time the price was updated. IIRC the last price update was like last April or so.
Badmike wrote:It's safe to say there have been plenty more woodgrains available the last few years than orange B3s...which is crazy if you think about it.Mike B.
Deadlord39 wrote:Because woodies were much more likely to suffer damage and/or be tossed out/disassembled.
smarmy1 wrote:You are correct Brian. I only looked at the 'Rares' page which lists the last update as Dec 14, 03; however, the 'Modules' page lists the last update as Jan 12, 07. Thanks again and remember forget about the auction. Forget about the auction. Forget... Forget... Forget...
Busman wrote:Why is it crazy? There were thousands of woodgrains made (7000?). The alleged count of orange B3s is under 100. It's nearly a factor of 100:1 in favor of woodgrains.The only thing bringing the rarity down a notch for the woodys is that they were printed earlier and people didn't think of them as instantly collectible like the orange b3s obviously would have been.
bclarkie wrote:If you read Frank M's comments on the OB3 page, he is surely convinced that the "only 72 copies were rescued" story is utter BS:http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/modpages/b3.html<clip>"I think there were several reasons why the piece was recalled, and psychobabble has nothing to do with it (the claims that it never shipped are false; several cases at least went out to distributors.) The design flaws are the obvious thing -- we were growing like mad and setting new standards for quality, and here was this thing.... The inferior artwork, dropping in quality while every other product was improving, also hurt. Gary wasn't happy about being included in the one drawing by Erol but he didn't pitch a fit; it's not like he was being mocked or jabbed, merely included"We also discussed this here in depth a year or two ago and the overriding conclusion that almost everyone agreed upon was that the residual evidence clearly supported more than 72 copies existing:viewtopic.php?t=2954&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=ob3&start=0
Deadlord39 wrote:I recall someone having a box of orange B3's some years ago.
Badmike wrote:I also think the so called "official" number is low. Just sounds far too urban-legendish. For all we know, numerous boxes of the item might have been snuck out or taken from the dumpster that day.Mike B.
bclarkie wrote:No I agree. When we discussed it a couple years ago that was pretty much the concensus too. Frank's comments, that have been added to the site since then pretty much state in no uncertain terms he thinks the 72 number is BS. Now he may be wrong(I am not saying I think he is), but it seems pretty clear to me that he is conviced that number is wrong and he is not just guessing.
Well, 24 is 1/3rd of 72; but more importantly, it is also the inverse of 42, which is the answer... so, you know, its not that improbable, if Aaron didn't panic and brought his towel. I agree: 72 seems too precise a count.
serleran wrote:Well, 24 is 1/3rd of 72; but more importantly, it is also the inverse of 42, which is the answer... so, you know, its not that improbable, if Aaron didn't panic and brought his towel.
Badmike wrote:I also think the so called "official" number is low. Just sounds far too urban-legendish.