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A deluxe edition that's too deluxe?

Started by Dimitrios, May 30, 2019, 04:19:56 PM

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Dimitrios

May 30, 2019, 04:19:56 PM
So apparently Cubicle 7 is making a 10 book collector's edition of Warhammer's classic The Enemy Within campaign that's going to sell for...$749.95?:eek:

I've purchased some boutique items myself (like the new Masks of Nyarlathotep), but this seems ridiculous. What do people think, is there really a market out there for a nearly $800 rpg product, or has Cubicle 7 gone a bridge too far with this one?

kythri

#1
May 30, 2019, 04:43:02 PM
Well, that Beadle & Grimm's Waterdeep Dragonheist thing sold for $499, and it sold out, so I'd say there's a fair chance it'll sell.

hedgehobbit

#2
May 30, 2019, 05:00:16 PM
Quote from: Dimitrios;1089918So apparently Cubicle 7 is making a 10 book collector's edition of Warhammer's classic The Enemy Within campaign that's going to sell for...$749.95?:
I thought there were only four or five books in the Enemy Within campaign. They were good, I guess, but not $750 good.

SavageSchemer

#3
May 30, 2019, 05:05:33 PM
Too rich for my blood. I had a hard time stomaching the Call of Cthulhu 7th box set.
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Pat

#4
May 30, 2019, 05:33:23 PM
Remember when people were shocked at the price of Ptolus, which was selling for the relatively paltry (by today's standards) sum of $120? This hobby both attracts collectors, and has grayed to the point where a lot of people have more money than time to play. Which is why, in the 13 years since, the market for collectible editions has grown by leaps and bounds. I don't know if this particular product will attract enough buyers at a $750 price point to satisfy Cubicle 7, but given an OD&D first print sold for $22K less than 3 years ago, I don't think we've reached the peak.

Godfather Punk

#5
May 30, 2019, 05:39:43 PM
And I thought Modiphius' Borg Cube for Star Trek was expensive.

kythri

#6
May 30, 2019, 05:58:35 PM
Ostensibly, the Warhammer collector set doesn't have the Skarka-taint that the Star Trek product does...that's gotta be worth a couple bucks, yeah?

Razor 007

#7
May 31, 2019, 12:53:23 AM
I purchase individual books, on a book by book basis.  $60 is the upper limit, and a very rare purchase price paid.

The artwork is nice in the new books, and my obsessive nature gets the better of me sometimes; but I wouldn't buy a 10 book set of anything at that price, even if I won the lottery.
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Shawn Driscoll

#8
May 31, 2019, 01:22:39 AM
Quote from: Godfather Punk;1089935And I thought Modiphius' Borg Cube for Star Trek was expensive.

Ditto.

Brad

#9
May 31, 2019, 11:32:55 AM
There are dudes dumping $10k into RPG Kickstarters; there are a lot of people that buy this crap because they have tons of disposable income but no time to play it.

I dunno about $800, but I spent $260 for the SJGames boxed game KS, and I doubt I'll ever get to play them. Triplanetary and TFT KS stuff is still on my floor, unopened...
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TheShadow

#10
May 31, 2019, 12:05:50 PM
The TFT Legacy Edition was a bit too much. The price was good if you picked it up during the KS ($60) but it's not so much a boxed set as a crate full of stuff, a lot of which is redundant for playing the game.
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Thornhammer

#11
May 31, 2019, 06:30:54 PM
Too much?

For me, absolutely.  I'll get on fine with the Plebian Edition.

Theory of Games

#12
May 31, 2019, 09:24:34 PM
I'll post the OD&D Rules Cyclopedia.

It goes super-deluxe with full rules for running levels 1-36. Tons of options. It does a lot.

You're fine with Master's edition OD&D but, the RC gives you more than you need.

Way more.
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BrokenCounsel

#13
June 01, 2019, 09:38:11 AM
If you're a completist and have the spare cash, then sure. Me, I like to use what I buy, and I'm not gonna drop $700 on a 10 volume Warhammer campaign that might look mighty purdy, but be full of padding that's there only to justify the cost.

kanePL

#14
June 01, 2019, 10:26:16 AM
I've spent 1200$ on a graphics card. Many people would've called it dumb, aaaand probably they'd be right :D I guess they've researched the market beforehand. Lots of nerds from 90's are probably rich fellas now, they'd buy it out of nostalgia.
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