A&A Pacific different box variations.

@AAdudeCPHDK1981 said in A&A Pacific different box variations.:

@PiecesAndParts No worries, thanks for looking :)

You are missing the 330 box printing ;)

You silly man :-) Do you have a picture of the “330 pieces” box cover to share? I’ve heard of and seen A&A Pacific box covers with “335 pieces” and “345 pieces” printed on them. I’ve never heard of A&A Pacific “330 pieces” box cover. Care to share?

-Midnight_Reaper

@AAdudeCPHDK1981 Well, all right, then. I guess you learn something new everyday. :-)

-Midnight_Reaper

An earlier post, now with pictures…

I didn’t find a pic of it in my google search but I once saw A&A Classic with French writing on the box for sale on ebay from a Canadian seller.

A picture of the French A&A box:
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The only thing I would ask about your collection would be to ask if you have all of the mistakes made across certain batches of games in manufacturing of those game:

• A&A Classic, batches of US infantry pieces molded in German grey and in the same games batches of German infantry pieces molded in US olive green;

A picture of the mis-molded American and German Infantry, along with other pieces from Milton Bradley A&A:
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Also, that whole thread of knp7765’s, Evolution of Axis & Allies pieces – Take 2, is an excellent primer on the pieces of Axis & Allies and their variations.

• A&A Guadalcanal, batches of US cruiser pieces molded in Japanese burnt orange and in the same batch of games batches of Japanese cruiser pieces molded in US olive green;

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• A&A Anniversary Edition, first printing, a batch of some of the British tanks molded in Italian brown and included as Italian tanks.

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That should make my points crystal clear.

-Midnight_Reaper

@AAdudeCPHDK1981 Sorry, I don’t have any of those, I just know that they exist.

I limit myself to copies of the games and piece errors. Trying to get a copy of everything ever is a step too close to the abyss for me.

-Midnight_Reaper

To be fair, if you have a copy of Guadalcanal, you probably have the mis-colored cruisers. If you have a copy of the original printing of the Anniversary edition, you probably have the mis-colored tanks. It’s the mis-colored infantry that you would have to seek out.

Have fun!

-Midnight_Reaper