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killjoy32
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:36 am

HermitFromPluto wrote:Snit's Revenge in SW, 19 hours to go:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

What is this item worth? Are they hard to find in SW or quite common?

dammit, i-flaming-sold-it :evil:

who cares herm...its a wham item!

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:14 am

HermitFromPluto wrote:What is this item worth? Are they hard to find in SW or quite common?

That's a 2nd printing (1st actually has a velcro fastener).
1st & 2nd are fairly rare, and in SW is even rarer of course.

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:32 am

ExTSR wrote:That's a 2nd printing (1st actually has a velcro fastener).
1st & 2nd are fairly rare, and in SW is even rarer of course.

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According to this:

http://www.tomwham.com/snrev.html

it is the opposite. The first printing has a purple background and no velcro, while the second printing has a white background and the velcro fastener.

Which one is correct?

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:53 am

guerret wrote:Which one is correct?

I'm pretty sure the purple one came first. The plasticized white box with velcro came out later when The Awful Green Things from Outer Space was released in a similar style box.

Then came the long boxes.

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:27 am

Mars wrote:
I'm pretty sure the purple one came first. The plasticized white box with velcro came out later when The Awful Green Things from Outer Space was released in a similar style box.

Then came the long boxes.

in fact, wouldnt it be easier to just ask tom wham directly? he would know anyway ?

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:43 pm

killjoy32 wrote:
in fact, wouldnt it be easier to just ask tom wham directly? he would know anyway ?

That is Tom's web site linked above............. and here below too.
That page is linked directly to Tom's statements as to Print Run and a short history of that specific game.

http://www.tomwham.com/snrev.html

Snit's Revenge
1978! My first game in a box. The first 5000 copies were in a conventional box with a purple background. The ad people at TSR hated the color combination, so when the second printing came around, the purple haze turned white. Also, the second printing had a plasticized wrap around board with velcro closure. The rules, dice, and pieces were in a box inside the playing board (which shrank some). Personally, I liked the larger, paper playing board that came with this first printing.

The third printing (my guess is some time in 1980) was in a big flat box (same size as the second printing of Awful Green Things). The game has lay dormant for a long time. However, a redesign of this and Snit Smashing has been released by Steve Jackson Games. It's just called Snits.

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:02 pm

You're probably right, velcro 2nd.

Going by memory from 25 years back can be hazardous. :/

But I still think the velcro one is rarer.

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:55 pm

ExTSR wrote:But I still think the velcro one is rarer.

I'm not sure if it is rarer but it is definitely harder to find in great shape. Those velcro boxes crush so much easier.

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:36 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/3rd-Ed-Chainmail-Ru ... dZViewItem

Chainmail 3rd edition

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:19 pm

aia wrote:war of wizards (seems to be complete):

** expired/removed eBay auction **

9 hours to go and still a suuuuper price!

Masteryaya got this at a pretty good price. But two things about this auction bother me. 1) Did the first and second printing come with the lead wizards like the third print did? 2) Where did the seller get the info that M.A.R. Barker wrote Metamorphosis Alpha? :lol:

And there is another 3rd print up at the moment:

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:52 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:1) Did the first and second printing come with the lead wizards like the third print did?

No the lead figures are only in the boxed 3rd print. The first two came in ziplock bags.

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:54 pm

JZavoda wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

Chainmail 3rd edition

I think this seller should probably be avoided:

viewtopic.php?t=5103&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=clayton&start=0

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:57 pm

deimos3428 wrote:I think this seller should probably be avoided:
viewtopic.php?t=5103&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=clayton&start=0

ya know i just read all that link and laughed. i dont remember that thread or him at all!

very amusing

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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:04 am

http://item.express.ebay.com/B3-Palace-of-the-Silver-Princess-Rare-Orange-Cover_W0QQitemZ280237892103QQihZ018QQcmdZExpressItem

And I have been told mine was reserved at a silly price......... :roll:

Read the description.

Stock PHOTO?!

What a crock, can you say asshat?

T&T are idiots.

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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:06 am

Aneoth wrote:http://item.express.ebay.com/B3-Palace-of-the-Silver-Princess-Rare-Orange-Cover_W0QQitemZ280237892103QQihZ018QQcmdZExpressItem

And I have been told mine was reserved at a silly price.........

Read the description.

Stock PHOTO?!

What a crock, can you say asshat?

T&T are idiots.

so anny....why is this an "interesting item on ebay"?

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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:15 am

killjoy32 wrote:
so anny....why is this an "interesting item on ebay"?

Interesting in that it lists the B3 so high and yet they are using a STOCK PHOTO.

Interesting?

What is more interesting that watching a train wreck in action?

If it was just the price then yes, that post should be posted in the silly price thread.

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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:23 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/DUNGEONS-DRAGONS-3- ... dZViewItem

Another White Box, or did someone posts this already? (Couldn't find it)

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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:01 pm

JZavoda wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

Another White Box, or did someone posts this already? (Couldn't find it)

It was listed before with a large BIN or reserve, but got no bids.

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