Thought it was fun to compare and contrast when I got home from my FLGS this morning. I dug out my original red box from 1983. I no longer have the crayon that came with the old set but I still have all the dice in my huge bag of dice. I imagine there was some marketing material in the box, too, but I no longer have it.
It's kind of a fluke that I even ended up with one from '83. My cousin actually received it for Christmas that year and spent a few weeks staying with us when his dad visited for the holidays. The sealed box had fallen behind my dresser and I discovered it while cleaning my room on summer vacation in 1984. I was 11 years old. What an impact that discovery had on my life. Luckily by the time I was able to tell my cousin I had it, he didn't want it back.
Ah, the nostalgia!
It's kind of a fluke that I even ended up with one from '83. My cousin actually received it for Christmas that year and spent a few weeks staying with us when his dad visited for the holidays. The sealed box had fallen behind my dresser and I discovered it while cleaning my room on summer vacation in 1984. I was 11 years old. What an impact that discovery had on my life. Luckily by the time I was able to tell my cousin I had it, he didn't want it back.
Ah, the nostalgia!
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