mbassoc2003 wrote in Stupidly Rare Non-TSR Products:Out of my price range already. Lol.
Besides, if it landed on my desk I'd scan it.

If I remember right the price is still lower than the original cost.

burntwire brothers wrote in Stupidly Rare Non-TSR Products:
If I remember right the price is still lower than the original cost.

Yes they were $1300 when they came out !

mbassoc2003 wrote in Stupidly Rare Non-TSR Products:Wow. $1300 for a newly printed product! That's a luxury brand.
The same with Brimstone, or more?

Brimstone was $500.00 plus shipping/insurance.  

benjoshua wrote in Stupidly Rare Non-TSR Products:Brimstone was $500.00 plus shipping/insurance.  

So why was Brimstone's price tag so much lower than Eye of the Dragon? Was it because Eye of the the Dragon had some sort of perceived heritage that Brimstone did not? Brimstone being a newly produced product that was a cashing in of the success of the original trilogy? Or was it a change in the economic climate that meant people just weren't willing to pay $1300 for Brimstone, but were willing to pay it the year before for Eye of the Dragon? $1300 to $500 seems to be quite a drop in price point.

There were technically more than 32 original covers, but I believe the remaining copies were unnumbered and retained by the Hickman's and the four people that supported and funded the Eye of the Dragon module coming to fruition.  The Brimstone cover was "new", but the module was produced from the original vision and details for the cover and module content.

They are both really well done and it's an honor to be able to have them in one's collection.

If I recall correctly -- and I may be misremembering something -- the Hickmans originally planned for a five-module series: Rahasia, Pharaoh, Vampyr, Eye of the Dragon, and Brimstone. They sold Rahasia and Pharaoh to TSR, and Tracy joined the staff. Vampyr became, as you might imagine, Ravenloft (and so a Vampyr module was never produced). Eye of the Dragon and Brimstone remained untouched until the two new modules were created a few years back. Eye of the Dragon has aspects that reflect Dragonlance concepts (uh, dragons), but I don't think any of it was ever used by TSR in an adventure or novel.

From the prior conversations on the topic, only the cover for Eye of the Dragon was produced.

I seem to recall that there might have been a mockup for Brimstone, maybe Vampyr too.

mbassoc2003 wrote in Stupidly Rare Non-TSR Products:I'd be interested in seeing that if anyone has a photo.
I remember a flyer from back in the day, but don't recall what was on that either.

Here's the link to Melnibonean's post from when EotD came out (which quotes a post from me):  Eye of the Dragon Photos

As far as I know, only covers to EotD were produced back in the day.

I recall the flyer you're referring to, but unfortunately I don't have a copy of it. I think Blackmoor does, since he posted a copy of it once (but the link to that is now broken). I thought it only had EotD on it, but can't be certain.

This is the first time i spotted it:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


I would therefore find it rare enough to be mentioned here...