Feeding frenzy.  It happens once in a while when attention is drawn to something.  A good strategy is to list a few SW items and lure in the prey.  Once they are hooked they have to have more...

Really can't explain the Castle Amber though.  Maybe they think it is SW too?

It happened to be in the water when the feeding frenzy started...

Kingofpain89 wrote:

Apparently I'm missing it too.


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Dont know what the big whoopie is, it is in SW too.

One of them store bought plastic baggies, like the PotVQ Reprints were in and called "in the original SW..."  

Time was, you could get these Best of Dragons for next to nothing. Granted, they look to be in nice shape and they're all in one place, but both vol. 1 and vol. 2 are only the "revised" printings   .




http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-TSR-Best-Dragon-Magazine-Lot-Vol-1-5-/300539869420?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f99278ec

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gelatinous-Cube-20- ... 43a62b90e4



maybe it is a rare...

But really?

Pipswich wrote:at 50 they sell.  

Really??  

Wow!

Gnat the Beggar wrote:
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maybe it is a rare...
But really?

Pip is correct...  $50 is reasonable, $85 is greedy (But then again I didn't think that Gnat would get $225 on his boxed set either...)



It came out in one of the very first sets. I remember playtesting 4th Edition at Winter Fantasy (2008?), and having my character being sucked into the gelatinous cube. And it's an awesome mini, because the bottom pops out, and you can actually put minis in it!!!!



I'd be interested in one just for the cool factor, but I can wait to get it at a less expensive price...



Oh and the other thing... IT'S A TROLL AND TOAD SALE!!! They always mark up everything by 25%...

The Gel cube is not only highly desirable, but they were never really available to consumers.  The thing is almost exactly the same size as the box they were sold in so you could squeeze the booster packs and id it.  Since the booster was only about $12-15 the Gel Cube shot straight to 30 as soon as released...    Even if the store didn't pull them for ebay.... the first smart customer bought all the packs as soon as the booster cases hit the shelves.  Consequently, many people never got a shot at one off of Ebay and the price reflects a demand that was artificially different than for other minis.  Some of us could pull certain dragons or figures with an 80% confidence rate... but with Gel Cubes it was exactly 100% confidence rate.  They should have released it in a larger box....  etc.



Eventually, it probably will be 80 bucks.  Because demand will continue and almost all of them are likely with players who bought them to keep.  



In addition, you can pop off the bottom and put a player character inside so that it is trapped in the cube during play.  It's the coolest functional game use of any d&d mini...

Plastic ice cube with its bottom cut off would have the same effect. Just remove the plastic-dead fly.