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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:40 pm 
 


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This has finished I know but can someone kindly tell me why this issue o Polyhedron fetched so much?? Thanks!!!

  

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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:10 pm 
 

No idea.  Issue 129 from the same seller went crazy too.

The only ones in that range that have something interesting, as best I recall, are 130 (Birthright supplement) and... hmm, I don't see anything else in my notes.  I thought it was 122, maybe.  Now I'm not sure.  In any event, $100+ and $150+ for any issue of Polyhedron is downright wacky.  Looks like someone just really wanted those issues.


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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:55 pm 
 

Issue 130 has 22 hours left and is also over $100 already; that listing and the one linked above (issue 127) each show the same two bidders going at it from the start.
Starting at what were decent starting prices to well over $100.
Do not know about issue 129, but I suspect the same two bidders on that one as well.

Either two shills, or two idiots.


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Post Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:45 am 
 

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This has finished I know but can someone kindly tell me why this issue o Polyhedron fetched so much?? Thanks!!!


It was #127

1+2+7 = 10

1+0 = 1

Therefore, it was actually issue number one in numerology terms....and the secret code of the Illuminati.

Wasn't there an Umberto Ecco novel about POLYHEDRON #127?  Focault's Polyhedron, or something like that?

I better check back on my lists of Vatican conspiracies....sometimes even the Pope forgets what he's hiding.


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Post Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:47 am 
 

Gnat the Beggar wrote:Issue 130 has 22 hours left and is also over $100 already; that listing and the one linked above (issue 127) each show the same two bidders going at it from the start.
Starting at what were decent starting prices to well over $100.
Do not know about issue 129, but I suspect the same two bidders on that one as well.

Either two shills, or two idiots.


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http://www.ebay.com/itm/AD-D-RPGA-Polyh ... 1629wt_975

I'll have a #129, #130 and others from the same time frame up later today.   They are from my personal collection, but why not...

If they sit there more than a month, we'll know the prices paid are BS.

BTW, the reason they went for that much (hard to believe) is that these are the hardest to find issues in the series...much, much harder to find than even the first 10, or issues in the late 'teens that often have supplements pulled out. Reason being, right in the middle of the run (I think after 129?) is when TSR ceased publishing for almost a year. Most people dropped out of the RPGA at the time, and when it restarted, there were very few people still on the mailing list. Print runs are miniscule for some issues in the 120s/130s. Note: That still doesn't explain the extraordinary prices shown, it only means it should be maybe $5 more than the average issue.

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Post Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:52 am 
 

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This has finished I know but can someone kindly tell me why this issue o Polyhedron fetched so much?? Thanks!!!


this issue is the only one with some pscape contents afaik... well, back when i bought my copy i paid a bit more than average (smtg like 10/15 bucks) compared the 5/10 bucks per issue...) i dont see any other reasons, except for the one mentioned by Gnat...  :roll:


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Post Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:20 pm 
 

Badmike wrote:
Gnat the Beggar wrote:Issue 130 has 22 hours left and is also over $100 already; that listing and the one linked above (issue 127) each show the same two bidders going at it from the start.
Starting at what were decent starting prices to well over $100.
Do not know about issue 129, but I suspect the same two bidders on that one as well.

Either two shills, or two idiots.


If you can't beat 'em:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AD-D-RPGA-Polyh ... 1629wt_975

I'll have a #129, #130 and others from the same time frame up later today.   They are from my personal collection, but why not...

If they sit there more than a month, we'll know the prices paid are BS.

BTW, the reason they went for that much (hard to believe) is that these are the hardest to find issues in the series...much, much harder to find than even the first 10, or issues in the late 'teens that often have supplements pulled out. Reason being, right in the middle of the run (I think after 129?) is when TSR ceased publishing for almost a year. Most people dropped out of the RPGA at the time, and when it restarted, there were very few people still on the mailing list. Print runs are miniscule for some issues in the 120s/130s. Note: That still doesn't explain the extraordinary prices shown, it only means it should be maybe $5 more than the average issue.

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And now I no longer have a complete set of Polyhedrons, but what the hell.   :lol:

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:33 am 
 

Nuckin' futs...


I'd be stunned if you don't stumble across a replacement (or replacements, if the others sell) within, say, a year, at "normal" prices.


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Post Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:15 pm 
 

TheHistorian wrote:Nuckin' futs...


I'd be stunned if you don't stumble across a replacement (or replacements, if the others sell) within, say, a year, at "normal" prices.


You gotta be good to be lucky!   :wink:


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Post Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:58 pm 
 

benjoshua wrote:
TheHistorian wrote:Nuckin' futs...


I'd be stunned if you don't stumble across a replacement (or replacements, if the others sell) within, say, a year, at "normal" prices.


You gotta be good to be lucky!   :wink:


I was getting bored since there is little I'm still looking for, so it was fun to put some Polyhedrons back on the list to complete my set!

I'm going to feel like an idiot, of course, if I never see that Polyhedron again for under $100...


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Post Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:47 am 
 

Badmike wrote:I'm going to feel like an idiot, of course, if I never see that Polyhedron again for under $100...


But only kinda sorta... how often are you looking at any issue of Polyhedron?  Your "loss" is about a clean line on a want list, not any significant loss of information.  And you made an enormous profit in the mean time.


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Post Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:28 pm 
 

Badmike wrote:
benjoshua wrote:

You gotta be good to be lucky!   :wink:


I was getting bored since there is little I'm still looking for, so it was fun to put some Polyhedrons back on the list to complete my set!

I'm going to feel like an idiot, of course, if I never see that Polyhedron again for under $100...


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Sure I'd sell all my Polys at these prices.

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Post Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:16 pm 
 

Better watch out Mike.  Instant Karma's gonna getcha.

  

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Post Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:16 am 
 


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The famous but very rare TSR Table Cloths.

Still sealed and unsused, seller has Two available at $49.99 each with free US Shipping.


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Post Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:12 pm 
 

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The famous but very rare TSR Table Cloths.

Still sealed and unsused, seller has Two available at $49.99 each with free US Shipping.


I think these are cool. I also think the prices have tended to be lowish (recently). If I recall, around about $20 or so. Anyone remember?


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Post Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:31 pm 
 

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Gnat the Beggar wrote:
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The famous but very rare TSR Table Cloths.
Still sealed and unsused, seller has Two available at $49.99 each with free US Shipping.

I think these are cool. I also think the prices have tended to be lowish (recently). If I recall, around about $20 or so. Anyone remember?


I saw some listed for over $110 not too long ago.
However, from a different seller I purchased one for around $30 a few months ago.


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Post Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:34 pm 
 

I'd take one at $20


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Post Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:25 pm 
 

I thought a pack sold during one of the Gygax auction for a shockingly high $400 hundred or so dollars..maybe it was part of a "birthday party collection" or something?

  
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