The Way Back Machine

[Loquitor]

Looking at some old Generals and look what I found....circa 1992

 

[Vinnie]

Who'd have thought it? Another ASL player with the same naem as our rules guru. It's lucky we'll be able to tell them apart as this one has hair.

 

[Loquitor]

I wonder if answering all those rules questions turned Perry's hair grey.....or is it working with Chas?

 

[JR Brackin]

I wonder if answering all those rules questions turned Perry's hair grey.....or is it working with Chas?

It surly could not be dealing with the likes of us

 

[Spencer Armstrong]

It surly could not be dealing with the likes of us

Freudian slip FTW!!!!

S

 

[sarfs]

Looking at some old Generals and look what I found....circa 1992

I saw that too.

 

[kynken]

1992, the golden era of ASL.

 

[SamB]

1992, the golden era of ASL.

I was thinking that Perry probably considers 1992 "golden". He only had to play the game, not answer "nut mail" questions.

 

[Kevin Kenneally]

I was thinking that Perry probably considers 1992 "golden". He only had to play the game, not answer "nut mail" questions.

"Nut mail"?

Was that a fore-runner to "e-mail"?

 

[jameycribbs]

Looking at some old Generals and look what I found....circa 1992

How the hell did he get that ground hog to hang from his ears?

 

[Srynerson]

Speaking of old issues of The General, does anyone have theirs handy to dig through them and find out what the MSRPs for CoB and GH were when they were originally released? My recollection is that they were around $35 to $45 each. That would hopefully put the cost of RS into perspective for those complaining about it. (If I'm right, even the full MSRP cost for RS is below the inflation adjusted costs for CoB and GH combined, especially allowing for adding the G-T map, extra scenarios, etc.)

 

[Chas Argent]

The ground hog is a bit smaller now, but still hanging on.

 

[Spencer Armstrong]

The ground hog is a bit smaller now, though still hanging on.

Color's a bit different, too. One might say it "pales" in comparison to its former self.

S

 

[Philippe Briaux]

That was $40 for CoB and $50 for GH... See the advertisings in the ASL Annuals

 

[Spencer Armstrong]

That was $40 for CoB and $50 for GH... See the advertisings in the ASL Annuals

Considering inflation, Rising Sun seems pretty fairly priced (on pre-order especially)

S

 

[Chas Argent]

According to the Bureau of Labor, $90 in 1990 has the equivalent buying power of $159.87 in 2013.

http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

 

[PabloGS]

According to the Bureau of Labor, $90 in 1990 has the equivalent buying power of $159.87 in 2013.

http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

Rising Sun
Retail Price:
$164.00

MMP's secret pricing machine has just been revealed!

I do wonder what those extra $4.13 are for.

 

[Spencer Armstrong]

Rising Sun
Retail Price:
$164.00

MMP's secret pricing machine has just been revealed!

I do wonder what those extra $4.13 are for.

New thongs, of course.

S

 

[PabloGS]

New thongs, of course.

S

Bigger and better I bet lol! :laugh:

 

[dlazov]

My calculations if IIRC was that COB cost about $50 back in 1990 when it came out, so today that would make it: $88.82, however MMP has added more boards, scenarios and the GT and Chapter Z extras so that seems like a good justification to me.

Non-ASL related:

Back in 1971 when I picked up a SPI war-game for $10 that would be equivalent to: $57.32 today, then in 1975 when I picked up another SPI game that was $25 that would be the same as paying $107.88 today and when I picked up War in Europe for $40 back in '76 that would be like paying $163.21 today.

If I remember correctly back in '78 I picked up Squad Leader for $15.00, which today would have been $53.41! I only mowed 3 lawns ($5 a piece) to get that back then, I would have had to charge $20 a lawn today...yikes....