In a comment on my post showing the
original packaging for the Starfleet Wars line of miniatures,
Black Vulmea recalled that some ships were sold three to a box back when they were originally manufactured by Superior Models.
That reminded me that I have a scan of an old
Alnavco order form from 1980 (while still in business, the company no longer distributes these sci-fi lines) with models and prices for models for use with
Starfleet Wars and its companion game of ground combat,
MAATAC:
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The writing on this form isn't mine, it was on the original scan. |
Sure enough, starbombers, star armored pursuit ships, and stellar destroyers were sold as triplets. Stellar destroyer leaders, stellar cruisers, and galactic transports came in pairs. The larger capital ships--galactic battlecruisers, galactic dreadnoughts, galactic attack carriers, and super galactic dreadnoughts--were offered as individual models. Starfighters were sold in packs of ten. The
MAATAC units also were packaged as multiples; from larger armor models sold two at a time to the robot infantry going five to the box.
And check out the prices on some of those models. Ah, the good ol' days ...
2 comments:
I still have some of those paper order forms, believe it or not. BTW, in real terms, these ships are actually much LESS expensive than they were back when! I did an analysis of the costs on my blog last month:
http://blundersonthedanube.blogspot.com/2012/02/starfleet-wars-cost-of-ships-then-and.html
Yay, I'm not completely senile yet!
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