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Malakai
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:16 pm

These are crawling out of the woodwork...

So there were 38 known to exist listed Here. I got tired of submitting to the link at the bottom and can't remember where I left off

Then came the following:

#39

Collectors Edition 5

Sold on eBay a few months back.

#40 (RPG Marketplace of all places)

Collectors Edition 149

http://rpgmarketplace.com/auction_details.php?name=Module--Lost-Tamoachan--1st-print&auction_id=100224

#41

Collectors Edition 184

Currently on eBay

#42

Collectors Edition 72

Also currently on eBay

The copy looks like its been signed by the author Jeff leason.

A statement worthy of it's own thread....

Come to think of it my grandmother might have one under her Ben-Gay in the medicine cabinet.

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:23 pm

Malakai wrote:Come to think of it my grandmother might have one under her Ben-Gay in the medicine cabinet.

Oh man! That rag I just used to wipe my hands off from working in the garage....#90!!! Damn!!!! I should have looked before wiping.

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:47 pm

I flushed 1, 3, and 8 down the drain last night. Had a case of the Mexican chilies.

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:16 pm

Badmike wrote:
Oh man! That rag I just used to wipe my hands off from working in the garage....#90!!! Damn!!!! I should have looked before wiping.

Mike B.

Did you and Doug roll up #25 last week and smoke it after the pinball convention? I thought you guys were messing with me when you asked if I wanted to "take a toke on some tamo." I thought that was just stoner slang for cheap weed or something.

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:20 pm

These are rare? I've got like five of them.

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Oh, wait. You guys mean Lost Tamoachan. I get it now. Never mind.

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:27 pm

serleran wrote:I flushed 1, 3, and 8 down the drain last night. Had a case of the Mexican chilies.

You had a "Three Tamo Dinner?" Damn. The most I had was a one and a half Tamo after some bad bratwurst and sauerkraut....

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:29 pm

Malakai, don't worry: not every thread here turns into a bad Laurel & Hardy routine. At some point, someone will actually pipe up with a serious response.

Maybe.

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:01 pm

My serious response: I have a current tally of 45 for LT, and 33 for Ghost Tower. Along with everything else, that page will be updated shortly.

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:35 pm

FoulFoot wrote:My serious response: I have a current tally of 45 for LT, and 33 for Ghost Tower. Along with everything else, that page will be updated shortly.

Foul

45 is still rare :!:

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:43 pm

Since there were 300 of each made PLUS DM copies PLUS designer copies, theoretically there should be about 317 Tamo and 316 Invers.

Not surprising if 80%+ were thrown out by 1983, tho.

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Malakai
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:46 pm

It was just a play on the thought 300 is rare but to think that 1/6th have survived and surfaced. It would seem that their are good odds that another 50 or so would pop up eventually. Don't know really not much of a mathematican but that seems a good survival rate at what is known so far.

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:12 pm

Xaxaxe wrote:These are rare? I've got like five of them.

Any serious collector must have a consecutive run of at least 3 of these right?

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:04 pm

I remember way back when, when we were discussing whether a 10% survival rate was even likely for the holy trinity, much less pushing 15% or so. Given that the LT and GT were both labelled as special editions, some folks surely stocked up on them (even if perhaps they were mostly within TSR??).

Regardless, I'm sure we'll look forward to the updates, Scott!

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:05 pm

grodog wrote:I remember way back when, when we were discussing whether a 10% survival rate was even likely for the holy trinity, much less pushing 15% or so. Given that the LT and GT were both labelled as special editions, some folks surely stocked up on them (even if perhaps they were mostly within TSR??).

Regardless, I'm sure we'll look forward to the updates, Scott!

OK, so I have a question. What is the Holy Trinity?

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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:41 am

Blackmoor wrote:OK, so I have a question. What is the Holy Trinity?

deadlord quote tsojconth tamoachan inverness

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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:25 am

In reverse order, of course.

If I recall correctly, there was also some talk of OB3 belonging on the list?

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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:10 am

Then it wouldn't be a trinity but a quaternion

Anyway, Fazzle is rarer...

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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:19 am

dbartman wrote:Then it wouldn't be a trinity but a quaternion

I was always partial to the name Hamiltonians. For all the non-math geeks out there, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion

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