Re: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay

2003-12-11 Thread Alexander Zöller
Wrap looks good to me, have seen several shrinked copies of the 1986 release (as well as other Ultimas from the time)thatexhibit these characteristics. Only thing I find a bit odd is the Review Copy sticker; definitely notthekind OSI (or Broderbund?)stuck on the boxes (in that case all

RE: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay

2003-12-10 Thread Stuart Feldhamer
Why would you think it's a fake? That version of Ultima was released after Ultima 3, IIRC. It can't be THAT rare... Stuart -Original Message-From: B.L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:28 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SWCollect] ultima 1

Re: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay

2003-12-10 Thread B.L.
something about the auction that I don't. Brad - Original Message - From: Stuart Feldhamer To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:51 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay Why would you think it's a fake? That version of Ultima

Re: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay

2003-12-10 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 12/10/2003 5:52:56 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why would you think it's a fake? That version of Ultima was released after Ultima 3, IIRC. It can't be THAT rare... Fairly rare shrinked new, and highly in demand, even an unsealed UI 1986 rerelease

Re: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay

2003-12-10 Thread B.L.
Thanks Tom for the info ;) Brad - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay In a message dated 12/10/2003 5:52:56 PM Central Standard Time

Re: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay

2003-12-10 Thread C.E. Forman
. Fake Ultima items you say? I'm intrigued, please tell more. B-) - Original Message - From: B.L. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay I didn't really think it was fake, I was just

Re: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay

2003-12-10 Thread Jim Leonard
B.L. wrote: I didn't really think it was fake, I was just entertaining the posibility. Because of it's popularity, the Ultima series has fallen victim to some faked items on ebay in the past; this one looks fine to me, was just double-checking with the knowledgable to see if perhaps someone

Re: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay

2003-12-10 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 12/10/2003 9:23:29 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On the one that shows the top edge, you can see box wear on one edge of the box. I'm 99% sure this is a re-wrap. Hmm, I don't know, if the holes in the wrap he mentions are the small circular holes I've

Re: [SWCollect] ultima 1 sealed on ebay

2003-12-10 Thread Jim Leonard
C.E. Forman wrote: So can originals, the 3 sides alone doesn't prove it's a rewrap. This is true. Personally I thought this looked more like the light reflecting off the wrap on small ridges (for lack of a better term). The seller himself says there is no wear (he is specific, not using the