Nogrod wrote in Spot the unicorn:Dunno, but they are from a TSR employee
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Very cool stuff   .

Prototype plastic toys.

Nogrod wrote in Spot the unicorn:[ Image ]

Nice!  

That may be the first copy of Holmes Basic signed by Holmes that I've seen, and it's a 1st print rulebook.

Do you have any idea when/where Holmes signed it?

I have an obscure zine from 1974 with a facisimile of a letter that he sent to them, signed "Eric", and it looks very much like the "Eric" here.

don't talk about where your storage locker is located! You're just inviting someone(s) on here to raid it      

mark1107 wrote in Spot the unicorn:I would love to buy the monster manual prototype box of miniatures. Or please let me know when it hits eBay? Thank you.

I personally do not know for sure but they might let me know and if they do I will pass it along here.

This was initially caught my eye since I was totally unfamiliar with it. When I asked about it the treasure door opened and I saw all the rest. I still have a few cool pics left (one of them is really something unique).

Nice.  Quite a few things in there I had forgotten about or have never heard about.  Too bad my collecting budget is reaching its limits after the last 6 months of full speed buying of the 1980s memories!

I would be interested to know when (if) these items hit eBay as well!  

chromaticknight wrote in Spot the unicorn:<BUMP>

What ever happened to these items?

Mike

I think the unicorn must've been clubbed over the head in the dead of night, thrown into the back of a pickup truck and spirited away to a secret location

Heh, sorry here are the rest of the images from that visit. Right after I started posting these I sold-out to Frog God Games and became very busy and distracted.

First here is a better image of one area you were looking at...





here is another image with with the prototype MM2 figurine set...



They think the molds were made but only random figs were inside (I didnt look closely) like this...



It was true that a huge percentage of the collection was never produced beyond the prototyping stage.

Many of these for instance...



and some of these (wide shot of about 30% of what they had)...I think the defenders playset (in red was one).



The unicorn in question was related to an Item that was available (I think they only made 5-10)....







And here is the Unicorn...It is a true one of a kind item. They cast the wizard and Gary hated it so they made a completely the different one (the Crusader, above)...But the mold was broken due to contract and that was the only one ever made.



Good Times,

Zach