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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 4:24 am

chromaticknight wrote in Recent Fun Finds:Yes the damage to the box and books is very disappointing, but it is a first print, and how many of them are left out there?

Mike

Just for knowledge: i thought it wasnt possibile to determine the printing of a woody... Is that incorrect? What is the feature to look at in this case?
Thanks and ciaoo

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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:22 am

Awesome! There is still hope for finds!

The first print says first print on the inside covers of the books. The box grain is horizontal instead of vertical.

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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:51 pm

The placement of the decal plus horizontal grain pattern.

I have a third print box which is identical to the first, but the smaller/centered decal is an unmistakeable giveaway

I draw the line at collecting... D&D beach towels.

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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 2:28 am

aia wrote in Recent Fun Finds:
Just for knowledge: i thought it wasnt possibile to determine the printing of a woody... Is that incorrect? What is the feature to look at in this case?
Thanks and ciaoo

Aia have you not seen the youtube video that Jon Peterson made regarding Woodgrains? He has some fellow in an ugly Speed Racer shirt talking about the different printings.

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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 3:13 am

stratochamp wrote in Recent Fun Finds:Aia have you not seen the youtube video that Jon Peterson made regarding Woodgrains? He has some fellow in an ugly Speed Racer shirt talking about the different printings.

Hi Bill, thanks if you can post the link here... I didnt watch it!

Anyway, if i understand correctly, the feature of the horizontal grain is enough to state it is a first print...

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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:48 am

aia wrote in Recent Fun Finds:

Anyway, if i understand correctly, the feature of the horizontal grain is enough to state it is a first print...

Not quite, for a quick ID, look at the grain and the sticker

1st horizontal grain, small sticker
2nd vertical grain, small sticker
3rd, either grain, large sticker

Obviously have a closer look and do more research before bidding/buying, this is my quick reference check when scanning auctions.

I draw the line at collecting... D&D beach towels.

Shoulda been: ".. from Pangreenia to Floratopolis, from mystical Treeonia of spectral Forests to Schruborial dimensions." - The Forests of Leng

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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 3:30 pm

dbartman wrote in Recent Fun Finds:
Have you been able to determine which version of the first print it is?

Original D&D Set

It is a first beta print.

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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 4:53 pm

Awesome find. 8)

Available now from Die Cast Games: Night of the Black Swords by Allen Hammack (Author of C2-The Ghost Tower of Inverness) with artwork by Jeff Easley and Diesel.

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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:41 pm

chromaticknight wrote in Recent Fun Finds:
Original D&D Set

It is a first beta print.

Excellent!

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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 11:06 pm

aia wrote in Recent Fun Finds:
Hi Bill, thanks if you can post the link here... I didnt watch it!

I believe this is the video.

Playing at the World Episode #1: Original D&D - YouTube

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Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:18 am

stratochamp wrote in Recent Fun Finds:Aia have you not seen the youtube video that Jon Peterson made regarding Woodgrains? He has some fellow in an ugly Speed Racer shirt talking about the different printings.

"fellow in an ugly Speed Racer shirt..."

Hahahah

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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:34 pm

Maybe only semi-noteworthy due to it all being shrink and the fact that I managed to find all of this in the span of two weeks. And only overpaid “some”.

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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:13 pm

That's a tower of beauty.

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Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:58 am

Very nice pick up!

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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:57 am

Thor wrote in Recent Fun Finds:

"fellow in an ugly Speed Racer shirt..."

Hahahah

I can't believe they're not maintaining 6' distance from that brownie.

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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:03 pm

Mail call today:

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:02 am

Is that a new kind of misprint?!? Cover by easley and contents of a idol cover version?!?

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:11 am

aia wrote in Recent Fun Finds:Is that a new kind of misprint?!? Cover by easley and contents of a idol cover version?!?

It is a third print from the UK

PHB Foreign

Mike

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