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by mystical_tutor » Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:49 pm
That is cool. first time I ever saw anything like that. There must have been others but evidently this one escaped the "trash man".
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by CHaPuZaS » Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:06 pm
I'll definitely go for it.
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by Alifromcairo » Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:46 pm
Wow, very nice !
I'm sure GlobalBoosterHunter is already on the deal !
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by CHaPuZaS » Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:16 pm
However, I'm looking closely at it, and it looks fake...
The seal is horizontal, instead of vertical. Can somebody check this out with me? It looks strange.
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by berkumps » Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:25 pm
CHaPuZaS wrote:However, I'm looking closely at it, and it looks fake...
The seal is horizontal, instead of vertical. Can somebody check this out with me? It looks strange.
Yes, it looks like it is sealed like a Japanese booster would be, with a large top, and small bottom, horizontal sealing. However, Japanese boosters were not sealed like this during Apocalypse. Not to mention this booster is not Japanese.
Does seem fishy.
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by l0qii » Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:15 pm
That's really really sketchy. I don't think wotc produced "rack packs" for box stores back during Apocalypse. I asked the seller if it came out of a box that way or where they got it. We'll see if I get an answer.
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by mystical_tutor » Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:20 pm
The seal sure does look strange, now that it is pointed out to me.
The quality of the wrapping itself is the question I have. Surely no one would go to the trouble/expense of reproducing that for a single booster.
Is it possible to compare printing and layout? Probably not as there is no "straight-on" photo.
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by CHaPuZaS » Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:25 pm
There's also not a clear photo, but that Booster looks like it doesn't contains 15 cards, it looks smaller than that. But that might be the point of view of the camera.
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by mahdishain » Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:55 pm
I own one of these. I bought it off ebay years ago but don't remember the source or the provenance. I would guess just three or four cards in it. I also have sheets of uncut wrappers so they could be illictly manufactured but it looks authentic to me. I don't remember what I paid but it was $59.
Looking back I should have been documenting prices paid. Learn from my mistakes.
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by l0qii » Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:06 pm
The response I got:
This didnt come out of a booster box. It has a unpunched hole at the top of the booster... So i assume this was for to hang on the metal rods at retail, to be sold individually. I got this from a friend of mine
So, Apocalypse was a long time ago. I don't remember seeing these on racks in stores back then, or any time since then. Not Apocalypse, and certainly never knew of Apoc packs with fewer than 15 cards in them.
Have I been living in a bubble?
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by Alifromcairo » Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:33 pm
Horizontal seal, hole for racks, only 4 cards, "got this from a friend"... This is a brand new alien booster pack. Too much for my suspicious mind.
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by l0qii » Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:42 pm
The wrapper in the photo does specifically say "15 Additional Cards"
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by Alifromcairo » Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:51 pm
I guess it is "15 additional cards made of thin vellum"
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by mystical_tutor » Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:17 am
Ah, come on guys, you know this if for Magic online....
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