Basic Dungeons & Dragons TSR UK digest book


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Actually, I'd vote for "original".  No big shrink overlap on the back, but some (a lot? most?) of the boxed sets didn't have that, as I recall.  And as anyone who's attempted a re-shrink can attest, it's REALLY hard to make the shrink look as pretty as it is in those scans.

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FoulFoot wrote in Interesting Items Formerly on eBay:Actually, I'd vote for "original".  No big shrink overlap on the back, but some (a lot? most?) of the boxed sets didn't have that, as I recall.  And as anyone who's attempted a re-shrink can attest, it's REALLY hard to make the shrink look as pretty as it is in those scans.

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It depends. I worked in a record store in the early 80's and we had a shrinkwrap machine in back. The machine was just a large dispenser of the plastic wrap with a cutting bar and a high heat air blower that shrunk the wrap around the package (in our case the record album, back before the days of CDs). Those looked pretty smooth when done.

HOLY $#!+

Is this typical of what these books are going for these days?  I know they are first printings, but still ...


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PM-Knight wrote in Interesting Items Formerly on eBay:

Serian wrote in Interesting Items Formerly on eBay:HOLY $#!+

Is this typical of what these books are going for these days?  I know they are first printings, but still ...


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I agree wholeheartedly ... I wanted to take a shot at these, but got blown out of the water. Oddly enough, the 2nd print Monster Manual, which was in nice shape (see below) went for less than $60, which I lost out on  PDT_Armataz_01_05


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Thank you - Paul

I also agree about this.  I have watched the last few 1st print Players Handbooks in reasonably nice to VF/NM shape since late 2011... $300, $450! and now this one for $256 I think the price for nicer 1st print copies has definitely gone up.  I've seen some rather beat up 1st print PHB going for less than $100 in the same time frame.  The 1st print DMG was a new high water mark price for me.  I bid on these until like you I got blown out as well.  Not too much of a surprise but almost expected given that nicer shape copies of 1st prints of any MM, PHB or DMG don't pop up too often any more.

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