ST: Game Cards 2nd. Edition is OUT !
Marc Young - MECE/W94
I just bought two packs, they look weird with the white border.
POOR SPECULATORS, SALES MUST BE SLOWING DOWN SOON ON YOUR
OVER-INFLATED 1st editions.
Mike VandeBunt
Unfortunately, the speculators will be able to get top dollar in a few
months when the ratio of UL to L cards is 10:1 and people want the black
bordered cards for their "coolness" factor.
--
Mike Vande Bunt (N9KHZ) Mike.Va...@mixcom.com
J Greely
<msm...@delphi.com> writes:
>I just got through busting 2 case of white border and I still can't
>get used to them. If anything the white border will help black border
>sales. When you see them side by side the black-border look a lot better.
Funny, the white-bordered cards look just fine to me; different, sure,
but not in any meaningful way. Sure, I'll mix in my 90 black-border
cards, but I value affordability and playability above collectability.
>Both will be in short supply until the next shipment of Unlimited in
>January.
The stores I've seen them at so far are rationing. Hey, at least they
got them out in time for Christmas.
>Hopefully more people will now be able to play Star Trek since the
>white border should be a little more affordable.
SRP is *definitely* more affordable than 2x.
Unfortunately, from my limited sample it doesn't appear that the
game will be any easier to play, since the distribution is still
screwy. I was extremely fortunate with the limited edition in getting
a (barely) playable two-affiliation deck out of one starter and two
boosters; many people weren't anywhere near as lucky. I'd say that it
will take an average of $50 of UL cards (2 starters, 10 boosters) to
get a mix of cards suitable for building one or two decent decks.
Sounds kind of puny compared to my Magic habit, but that's a price
that could scare off a lot of people.
--
J Greely (jgr...@synopsys.com)
Rennie Araucto
That isn't totally correct. The print run of the Unlimited cards is EXACTLY
the same as the limited edition. As a matter of fact, approx 46 million.
Therefore the ration of UL to L cards it 1:1
Now revised, that will be different story. So essentially the only thing
that black board has going for it is its coolness factor. Suffice it to
say that I own Black border, but I am willing to throw in some white if I am
missing some black.
PS. please start posting these, or cross posting these messages to
rec.games.trading-cards.misc
thanx
Mike VandeBunt
>In article <1994Dec8.1...@mixcom.com>,
>Mike VandeBunt <Mike.Va...@mixcom.mixcom.com> wrote:
>>In <3c5hm1$6...@hermes.acs.ryerson.ca> myo...@acs.ryerson.ca (Marc Young - MECE/W94) writes:
>>
>>
>>Unfortunately, the speculators will be able to get top dollar in a few
>>months when the ratio of UL to L cards is 10:1 and people want the black
>>bordered cards for their "coolness" factor.
>>
>>--
>>Mike Vande Bunt (N9KHZ) Mike.Va...@mixcom.com
>That isn't totally correct. The print run of the Unlimited cards is EXACTLY
>the same as the limited edition. As a matter of fact, approx 46 million.
Well, that would be the current print run. There is supposed to be another
UL release in January, making UL to L 2:1. Has Decipher actually said that
there will only be a limited number of "unlimited" printed? Have they
actually said that there will be a "revised" printing (sounds too much like
M:tG)?
>Therefore the ration of UL to L cards it 1:1
>Now revised, that will be different story. So essentially the only thing
>that black board has going for it is its coolness factor. Suffice it to
>say that I own Black border, but I am willing to throw in some white if I am
>missing some black.
>PS. please start posting these, or cross posting these messages to
> rec.games.trading-cards.misc
>thanx
Umm, I just did. Why didn't you?