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Dumpshock Forums _ General Gaming _ State of the Second Sell Address

Posted by: Ancient History Jan 18 2006, 01:51 PM

Tech'nicl'y, I suppose this could go in the main forum, but what the Hell. This is just a heads-up take on some of the SR-stuff they're selling on EBay these days. 'cause I'm too lazy to blog.

Damn near everything from previous editions is going dirt cheap - you can pick up a stack of modules for $4-$7 each and probably get a deal on shipping. A few of the rarer sourcebooks still cost a bit more, but Hell, that's to be expected.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SPRAWL-MAPS-SHADOWRUN-SECOND-EDITION-FASA-7401_W0QQitemZ8751048520QQcategoryZ2547QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Case in point. You may ask yourself why you're paying $8 for maps of Seattle when you can go down and get them from AAA, but if so you've already invested far too much brain time. The correct answer is "It Must Be Mine!"

http://cgi.ebay.com/Grenadier-9703-Eastern-Dragon-Shadowrun-AD-D_W0QQitemZ8753280746QQcategoryZ2537QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
If you did collect SR minis back in the day, it felt special to whip out a scale-model (well, close enough) dragon to make your players cack their britches. These came in three versions: the Eastern Dragon, the Corporate Dragon (A western with a wristwatch), and the Feathered Serpent. Of the three, the third one is least prefered - it's mostly made of light blue plastic. All three have long been out of production, and make nice collectables.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Wiz-Kids-Shadowrun-4-Figure-Demo-Kit-Complete_W0QQitemZ8751927601QQcategoryZ2537QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I've never seen one of these for sale before, but if you haven't gotten into Shadowrun Duels yet, it's probably a good way to start.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SHADOWRUN-Downtown-Militarized-Zone-Role-Playing-Game_W0QQitemZ8751678259QQcategoryZ2547QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The DMZ boxed set was a miniatures combat game with an SR setting; the simplified combat rules were actually preferred by a couple groups, but it didn't exactly take off.

http://cgi.ebay.com/COMIC-BOOK-GAMING-PIN-COLL-RARE-ITEMS_W0QQitemZ6598017588QQcategoryZ48776QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
You don't see many of these for sale. Hell, you don't see much SR con memorabilia for sale, at least not at once.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Shadowrun-Shadowland-Magazine-No-3_W0QQitemZ8751592102QQcategoryZ2547QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Of all the Shadowrun magazines and fanzines, Shadowland is probably the easiest and cheapest to get back issues of. If you're hardcore, you can browse for old issues of White Wolf Quarterly, Challanger 54 and Shadis for their few articles on Shadowrun (and Earthdawn), some of them by past SR luminaries like Nigel Findley and Steve Kenson.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SHADOWRUN-BOXED-COMPLETE-ULTRA-RARE_W0QQitemZ8252111733QQcategoryZ112752QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This is mainly for the education of the American crowd. Any of you that have the American version of the Shadowrun SNES game should be able to immediately pick out that the art on this cartridge and accompanying manual et al. is different. This is the UK version of the game. Nintendo employed regional lock-outs for the SNES system (and indeed, associated products like the Super Famicom and SNES 2). The cartridge is of a slightly different design than the North American version, and there's a regional lock-out chip, so a UK game cannot be played on a North American SNES console, and vice versa. Well, there's some hardware hacks for that, if you're truly obessessive about it, but you're not missing much in my opinion.

Posted by: Jrayjoker Jan 18 2006, 06:10 PM

And don't forget the elusive Denver boxed set. On sale now for the low, low price of $50 plus shipping with the added bouns of both NAN books thrown into the mix...http://cgi.ebay.com/Shadowrun-setting-Denver-The-City-of-Shadows-NIB_W0QQitemZ8751054511QQcategoryZ2547QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Posted by: Black Jack Rackham Jan 29 2006, 02:02 AM

Ebay, my guide to the satisfaction of my obsessive completionism. Course now that you've told me about shadis, white wolf, and that cool GenCon pin, I'm gonna have some more stuff to grab up... Damn you
Mark