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Hey now......we don't allow dissent here.......you better fall back in step with the party line!!Nerelas wrote:I'm now officially off the fence about purchasing these--I'm won't be. After reading many of the reviews and posts about them, looking at photographs, etc. it now seems to me that these are inferior quality replicas. The paper is the cheap, thin, and glossy stuff WotC uses in all of its other hardcovers, the binding is glued, the artwork was reproduced carelessly and inadequately, and the cover design yawns "meh". Maybe I'll pick up a nice minty set of the originals on eBay for about the same cost (or less), but I refuse to encourage WotC in future endeavors such as this one.
The imperfections are barely noticeable and have been blown out of proportion by the "Wah wah wah look at me I hate everything" crowd. The NTRPG con bought 11 sets (that's right, SETS) and I hope so many are sold it embarrasses WOTC to no end as it outsells anything the have published for a decade. I hope this encourages future re-print endeavors and helps them eventually re-release a set of cleaned up PDFs. And I can't wait to use these babies at the table! Although I truly hope the very slightly darkened artwork of a snake on one page of the DMG doesn't derail the entire game, as it IS a major flaw and could lead to insanity, devil worship, and possible switching to 4E.TRP wrote:Too bad, ya'll. The imperfections are minor, and by today's standards these are actually superior quality. So they make a nice addition to the 1e set. I wished they'd do the D&DG (never gonna happen) and UA.
Also, if you don't buy these, then you must hate Gary Gygax, because you will not be supporting his memorial fund.
The con I went to this weekend (Texicon) had a complete set on one of the vendor tables for $100, and I bet you could have talked them down even more. And I bet more deals emerge on Ebay and Amazon as time goes on.Philotomy Jurament wrote:That's where I'm at with these, too. I think they're cool, I applaud WotC for offering them, and I hope they sell ALL of them and demand is such that they decide to reprint them every once in a while. But for me, well, I'd like to have them but I just can't justify the purchase.T. Foster wrote:So, my intent to purchase these had a crushing encounter with reality when I did the mental math and realized how much they would actually cost: approx. $128, including tax, for the full set of three...Couldn't escape the feeling that I'd be paying a pretty significant amount...for what is, bottom line, a pretty facsimile of something I already own the real version of (several copies, including near-mint copies).
Yep, that's me too. Not that I've never before spent more than I can really afford on something I don't really need, though. Fortunately for me, this time I'd have to actually work at spending the money, rather than being able to grab them on impulse, so it's much less likely to happen.Philotomy Jurament wrote:That's where I'm at with these, too. I think they're cool, I applaud WotC for offering them, and I hope they sell ALL of them and demand is such that they decide to reprint them every once in a while. But for me, well, I'd like to have them but I just can't justify the purchase.T. Foster wrote:So, my intent to purchase these had a crushing encounter with reality when I did the mental math and realized how much they would actually cost: approx. $128, including tax, for the full set of three...Couldn't escape the feeling that I'd be paying a pretty significant amount...for what is, bottom line, a pretty facsimile of something I already own the real version of (several copies, including near-mint copies).
You say that like it's a bad thing, Mike. Whisky-Tango-Foxtrot?Badmike wrote:Although I truly hope the very slightly darkened artwork of a snake on one page of the DMG doesn't derail the entire game, as it IS a major flaw and could lead to insanity, devil worship, and possible switching to 4E.
well the first couple are ok, but 4e? SCARY!Flambeaux wrote:You say that like it's a bad thing, Mike. Whisky-Tango-Foxtrot?Badmike wrote:Although I truly hope the very slightly darkened artwork of a snake on one page of the DMG doesn't derail the entire game, as it IS a major flaw and could lead to insanity, devil worship, and possible switching to 4E.
Yeah, that is a big chunk of change for the books. I've got multiple copies of the "good ole boys"; but, I did it mostly for Gygax Fund. My wife will probably read me the riot act...T. Foster wrote:So, my intent to purchase these had a crushing encounter with reality when I did the mental math and realized how much they would actually cost: approx. $128, including tax, for the full set of three. If I'd been able to actually peruse them and flip through the pages and feel the texture of the leatherette covers that might have pushed me over the edge, but just looking at the shrink-wrapped copies (one of each - not sure if that's all the store ordered or all that they have left) I couldn't bring myself to do it. Couldn't escape the feeling that I'd be paying a pretty significant amount (anything over $100 feels like "real money") for what is, bottom line, a pretty facsimile of something I already own the real version of (several copies, including near-mint copies). If they ever make these available at amazon with a nice, steep 25-30% discount I'll probably still buy them, but unless I, like, suddenly come into a bunch of extra $ by surprise, I can't see paying full MSRP (+ 9.75% CA sales tax) for them
What do you mean? is the internal art of the reprints different?TRP wrote:It would be better if WoTC never reprinted the 1e MM, PHB and DMG. The lack of access to the original art...
Same art, but, throughout the entire book, the ink is a bit darker, so the detail in some images is lost.vargr1105 wrote:What do you mean? is the internal art of the reprints different?TRP wrote:It would be better if WoTC never reprinted the 1e MM, PHB and DMG. The lack of access to the original art...
