Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-14 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Jim Leonard wrote: Anyway, I won't be bidding on anything from him for the two reasons I mentioned in the other mail. Go ahead!! Geez -- I have my own price for these things so it's not like I'm going to be mad if you outbid me. I'm not claiming dibs on these, just letting you guys know

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-13 Thread Pedro Quaresma
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Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-13 Thread Pedro Quaresma
: Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices Was the CD version of Willy Beamish a talkie? If so you may have

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-13 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Pedro Quaresma boldly stated: Jim Leonard wrote: I plan on sniping: [snip] Origin Times of Lore BRAND NEW Ready to Bid Origin Tangled Tales BRAND NEW NEVER OPENED! Ready to Bid Why did you guys have to go do this? I have *no* money to spend, but now I'm interested in his UFO, Global Conquest,

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-13 Thread Jim Leonard
Pedro Quaresma wrote: Jim Leonard wrote: I plan on sniping: [snip] Origin Times of Lore BRAND NEW Ready to Bid Origin Tangled Tales BRAND NEW NEVER OPENED! Ready to Bid And you said you weren't to bid on RPGs? :) I'm not bidding on these too seriously. The Times of Lore I'm bidding

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-12 Thread Pedro Quaresma
: Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices BadBen has caved in, currently lists most of his inventory on eBay for $9.99 apiece

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-12 Thread Jim Leonard
Excellent, excellent info, thank you!!! Of course, what code of honor do we follow here? :-) As a courtesy, I am going to set up some snipes and I'll tell you guys what I'm sniping. It's probably nothing you guys are interested in, as I am a non-RPG nut. Alexander Zöller wrote: BadBen has

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-12 Thread C.E. Forman
Watch for my snipes on some of his Infocom and Sierra items... but please don't let that stop you from bidding yourself! - Original Message - From: Jim Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 2:12 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-12 Thread Jim Leonard
Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices I plan on sniping: Sirtech Seven Spirits of Ra BRAND NEW Ready to Bid Cinemaware Rocket Ranger NEW Ready to Bid Sierra Dynamix Willy Beamish RARE CD VERSION

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-12 Thread Alexander Zoller
Was the CD version of Willy Beamish a talkie? If so you may have just gotten some competitiion and no lying now! :-) Well, the last time I saw this on eBay it fetched something like $250. That's wayyy higher than it's worth, but this is still highly sought after. True, but the

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-07-24 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Stephen Lee wrote: On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Pedro Quaresma wrote: [snip] PS: Never mind, I think I figured it out: He's uneducated; he listed Fountain of Dreams as very rare Wasteland sequel. It's not rare at all, nor is it the true sequel. It isn't the true sequel, but it is fairly

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-07-24 Thread Karl Kuras
What the heck is a terror game? What I think he means are survival horror and similar games, designed to spook you. Granted, there havent' been too many successes here, especially in the the olden days (can really only think of two games that really scared me, Project Firestart and Aliens).

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-07-24 Thread Chris Newman
Sounds plausible to me -- I would probably add Alone in the Dark to the list even though it is a cross-genre adventure. It certainly scared me! Karl Kuras wrote: What the heck is a terror game? What I think he means are survival horror and similar games, designed to spook you. Granted,

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-07-23 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Jim Leonard wrote: Caught this website: http://www.badben.com/ It's bad enough that it's viewable under Internet Explorer only, but $200 for a Black Cauldron? The CD version of Willy Beamish for $149? Wing Commander hintbook for $80?? (sealed, but still...) You think that's bad? The

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-07-23 Thread C.E. Forman
:07 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices Let's not forget some of the best car-oriented RPGs: Autoduel Roadwar 2000 Roadwar Europa They are all genre benders (Autoduel has some Arcade elements, the Roadwars have strategy elements), but they are definitely classic futuristic RPGs. I

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-07-23 Thread Stephen S. Lee
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Jim Leonard wrote: It's bad enough that it's viewable under Internet Explorer only, but $200 for a Black Cauldron? The CD version of Willy Beamish for $149? Wing Commander hintbook for $80?? (sealed, but still...) $149 for CD Willy Beamish isn't *that* far out of line

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-07-23 Thread Stephen S. Lee
On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Pedro Quaresma wrote: [snip] PS: Never mind, I think I figured it out: He's uneducated; he listed Fountain of Dreams as very rare Wasteland sequel. It's not rare at all, nor is it the true sequel. It isn't the true sequel, but it is fairly uncommon, and it was