What was original retail price of A +A Anniversary Edition?

This one is going for quite a bit - one of his armies is painted and has some transfers… nice.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280781746048&clk_rvr_id=293383983644#ht_500wt_942

Gorgeous.
So my used set is worth 500-600 now?  It will probably keep rising.  :-D
He also says only a “few thousand” were printed.  Might be a guess, but is probably a good guess.

@Gamerman01:

Gorgeous.
So my used set is worth 500-600 now?  It will probably keep rising.  :-D
He also says only a “few thousand” were printed.  Might be a guess, but is probably a good guess.

Yeah… I’m thinking that Imp’s recollection is on the right track, wish we knew an exact number though.  I noticed this question was posed a couple times on Larry’s website - but none of them were ever responded to.

Ah well… Not even sure why I’m so curious, don’t think I’ll be parting with mine anytime soon  8-)

@Viracocha:

Ah well… Not even sure why I’m so curious, don’t think I’ll be parting with mine anytime soon  8-)

Ain’t that the truth?  
I suppose if you could buy one for $500 and then sell one for $800-$1,000, that would be shrewd….
It really is a great game, and it didn’t take long in November 2008 for that to become obvious.  :-)

Another special thing about Anniversary - with the 3 boards, you can actually re-arrange it during the game to put America in the middle of the map.  This doesn’t work well with global (America on Europe map doesn’t line up with America on Pacific map - nowhere near  :-()

This is the best price I’ve found off of ebay, if anyone’s interested.

http://www.nobleknight.com/ProductDetailSearch.asp_Q_ProductID_E_2147387686_A_InventoryID_E_2147755959

Hm - $450 new

1000 buys is 500,000$
can’t be enough?
probably more than that
500$ is PRICEY

@Gamerman01:

Hm - $450 new

Not enough.

Someone whisper me when they are selling (on eBay) for $1500-$3500 USD.  That should be enough to get my collection broken up.  :evil:

@Cmdr:

@Gamerman01:

Hm - $450 new

Not enough.

Yeah, really!  I only have one and I use it, so I would only sell it if I could buy another one from somebody else for less!

@Gamerman01:

@Cmdr:

@Gamerman01:

Hm - $450 new

Not enough.

Yeah, really!  I only have one and I use it, so I would only sell it if I could buy another one from somebody else for less!

Not going to see that happing anytime soon… or probably ever Gamer.  :|  On BBG: “Boardgames that fired others. Axis & Allies 50th Anniversary, fired all previous and subsequent versions of A&A. They create the perfect version of A&A, then decide to make only about 15 copies of it and follow up with the worst version to date (which gets a print run of about 17 million units). !!!”

EH eh eh - I don’t totally agree with it (Global just needs some work is all - but I do still believe AA50th is the best)… though the above statement did give me a chuckle.

Yes, that is interesting.  Can you provide the link?
Are you sure they’re talking about Global, or are they talking about Spring 1942?  (Spring 1942 is quite good, by the way)

@Gamerman01:

Yes, that is interesting.  Can you provide the link?
Are you sure they’re talking about Global, or are they talking about Spring 1942?  (Spring 1942 is quite good, by the way)

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/50286/item/1153865#item1153865

Number 36…

No, upon paging further down, I don’t think the newer editions were considered/were not released(?), though those responding to the post look to have assumed so.  It does say “subsequent”.  I agree, I like the 1942 edition -  except the board is a little small (but then again, it kinda suits that version/compact/shorter game time).

Just saw the Spring 1942 edition for the first time.
Very cute map (I like the small look) and cool how the income chart is on the board.  Also how the pieces look like the Anny pieces (especially Germany) for such a low price.  Anny rules on a slightly different map, and with no Italy or China - it’s like a mix of Revised and Anniversary.  Now I want one.

@Gamerman01:

Just saw the Spring 1942 edition for the first time.
Very cute map (I like the small look) and cool how the income chart is on the board.  Also how the pieces look like the Anny pieces (especially Germany) for such a low price.  Anny rules on a slightly different map, and with no Italy or China - it’s like a mix of Revised and Anniversary.  Now I want one.

I just use my Revised board (I guess I’m wierd as I’m actually really fond of the super graphic color blocking and dark water) and play with Anny or 1940 pieces.  The only board revisions were in central US and the arctic icecap in Alaska blocking the polar express as far as I could tell.

Thing that bugs me about 1942 board (aside from the size) is that I believe they kept the color tones unchanged from AA50 and just changed/deleted territory borders.  Which means part of original russia is german color and part of original germany is russian colored, as the border gets moved around for fewer territories.

lazy.  lazy I tell you.

@Gamerman01:

@Cmdr:

@Gamerman01:

Hm - $450 new

Not enough.

Yeah, really!  I only have one and I use it, so I would only sell it if I could buy another one from somebody else for less!

I have 5, I use 1.  The other 4 are factory sealed condition awaiting news (as grim and horrible as it would be) that Larry died.  I have 4 of each of his global games all in pristine condition just as they came out of the factory so I can have 3 “box” sets to sell on eBay and 1 to keep all for myself.

I don’t wish him harm, but the dude is human, and all humans die.

You are free entertainment, Jenn.  :-)

@Cmdr:

I don’t wish him harm, but the dude is human, and all humans die.

You probably are in a ‘Dead pool’ too, right?

I had a copy in my dirty little hands in a mall in Scottsdale AZ and was about to get it, then i saw the $99.99 retail price at this game store.  My wife gave me that look and I made the mistake of putting it back thinking I would get it later but unfortunatly, I didn’t.
She hates the game, calls me a tool for playing and gets bent when I’m gone all day playing.  I tell her It’s my geography lesson and ask her to show me where Malta is on a map…she can’t…Who’s the tool now???