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misterspock
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:26 pm

shott wrote:Given how quickly a bunch were sorted I thought I'd add a couple more to the list. One of note is the UK6 cover... Absolutely positive it is it but can't work out where the "Unleashed" title to the image comes from. Has anyone ever seen the image re-used (which would help explain the difference/addition)?

http://s1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb3 ... 20Unknown/

Thanks again for the help with this all and another big thanks to 'Misterspock' - that wasn't just the 4 you helped sort out (multiple monsters and multiple polearms)

J

I'm thinking the "Unleashed" is from an advertisement or some art that was used on a retail display.

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:28 pm

shott wrote: (multiple monsters and multiple polearms)

J

I was going to say that I knew Dan had done multiple ones of that particular Dwarf theme, but I didn't realize you had the rest

(believe it or not, I was looking for them at one time!)

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:47 pm

Hiya,

life is good, thanks.

Angus is now a Mover and a Shaker - the Great White Hope of the UK Roleplaying Industry (sic). As Mongoose fades, Cubicle 7 rises...

Glad you've got most of them sorted - as has been said, the interior b&w panels may be a little more awkward tho.

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Malc

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:02 pm

I flipped through some Dragon issues between 1984-and 1985 but haven't seen the Unleashed at yet. It might be in a White Dwarf or Imagine from around that same time...I'll have to get back to you later on this. It's fun hunting them down

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:12 pm

Best guess is 'Imagine' - issue 25 just identified another I hadn't put up. Don't have any early 'White Dwarf' copies to rummage through so will start looking online...

Malc, glad to hear Angus is doing well... though he was always a 'mover' at Vampire live events

. I'll need to give him a slap, suspect the bugger owes me a coffee (and long overdue a catch-up).

J

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 2:27 pm

Dammit, wish I hadn't moved on my Imagine copies now, could've found those out for you...

:lol:

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 2:46 pm

misterspock wrote:
I'm thinking the "Unleashed" is from an advertisement or some art that was used on a retail display.

I'm pretty sure it's the back cover to a couple issues of Imagine.

Areas of interest/knowledge: Harn, WFRP, Ars Magica, anything BRP based such as CoC, Runequest, Pendragon and all their related games

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 2:53 pm

I'm pretty sure I've seen 'Unleashed' on a computer game box from somewhere too.. Maybe it was Imagine??

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:52 pm

If no one else checks that out by tomorrow, I'll look at my Imagine mags. I think they're pretty accessible...

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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:19 am

TheHistorian wrote:If no one else checks that out by tomorrow, I'll look at my Imagine mags. I think they're pretty accessible...

Yes, it turns out that they're mostly from Imagine.

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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:45 pm

Found "Unleashed" - inside front cover of Imagine 25 and back cover of Imagine 26-28.

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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:57 pm

TheHistorian wrote:Found "Unleashed" - inside front cover of Imagine 25 and back cover of Imagine 26-28.

Was it in relation to a computer game? Or an advertisement?

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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:26 pm

ashmire13 wrote:
Was it in relation to a computer game? Or an advertisement?

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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:34 pm

Could I offer a very big thanks to all who helped with this 'search' so far!

Of the 30 images I put up on the 'Photobucket' site, only 6 remain unidentifed. From the leads generated by the answers, I suspect at least one of those will fall as soon as I can re-locate the copy of 'Imagine' that had the 'Traveller' supplement <sounds of rummaging through the attic...>.

If there were 'Acaeum - Mentioned in Despatches', could I nominate 'misterspock' for the latest one (and 'smarmy1' and... and...). The message you sent didn't just nail the ones on 'Photobucket' but led to sorting out a number of others that I hadn't got round to putting up.

Thanks again all.

J

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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:11 pm

misterspock wrote:
Advertisement for TSR UK modules

Right. One month it was for UK4/UK5/UK6, then X8, then O2.

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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:12 pm

Re: 'Unleashed'...

I wish the text had just been an overlay with the picture left unaltered - that was what we usually did for adverts when I was at TSR.

Unfortunately in this case the text has been painted directly on to the board and looks contemporary with the picture.

<sigh>

J

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