Wow, talk about asking and receiving :) That is some great info, thanks, Joe!
It looks like we could attribute the low production figure only to the direct sale release, some 1,500 copies seem realistic for a mail-order item. I'm almost sure the European release included not only the T-shirt, but also the VHS tape and calendar. The opened copy I have may be incomplete, but here's a pic I saved from eBay: http://uw3.de/wc3_premiere_4.jpg The calendar is what sits between canister and tape. Thanks again for the information, further details would be great! /Alexander -----Original Message----- From: Origin Museum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 7:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: [SWCollect] WC3: Premiere Edition I don't think that I can straighten this out, but I may be able to shed a little light on the subject: To the best of my knowledge, there were 3 different versions of the Wing 3 Premiere Edition: 1. Direct Sale from EA--This was the FULL package, obtainable only via mail-order. This included the game (in the film canister), the music CD, the VHS video, the T-Shirt, the 'Behind The Screens' CD, and the 1995 Wing Commander calendar. This version came in a BROWN Cardboard Mailing Box, with the extras packaged OUTSIDE the canister...there was NO 'game box' for this version. 2. European Release--This is the box that Alexander shows. Since I do not have a copy of this (gasp!), I cannot list the contents with any authority, but I'm guessing that it included the T-shirt, but did NOT include the calendar, or the VHS tape. 3. American 'SAMS CLUB' release--This is the more familiar 'BOXED' version, seen on U.S. Ebay most of the time. It did NOT include the calendar, or the VHS tape. Now for the variations: *I have seen some of the canisters that do NOT have the sticker on the front(Tom's SAMS club one, and MY Australian Direct Sales version). I assume that EA ran out of stickers, and just continued to sell the packages. **I have also seen versions where various extras were NOT included in the SAMS boxes, and the advertising for the items on the outside of the box is just 'blackened out' with magic marker (--I assume another EA resolution to running out of a particular 'extra'). I'll do a bit more research on this, and post my results later, if anyone is interested. '...Preserving Worlds...' Joe Garrity Curator of The Origin Museum > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 10:56:21 EST > Re: [SWCollect] WC3: Premiere Edition [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >In a message dated 02/02/2003 9:53:29 AM Central Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> The first link was to a scan of an outer box with blacked out T-shirt note, >> not the film canister. Never mind ;-) >> > >Looked like film can with sticker but no premier edition words to me >Alexander, none of them were a box? Or maybe I'm going crazy................. >;) > >Tom > ><< msg2.html >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Express yourself with a super cool email address from BigMailBox.com. Hundreds of choices. It's free! http://www.bigmailbox.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
