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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 7496092" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>1.5 is commonly found.</p><p></p><p>Everything is estimates from that far back (for example, the 1.7m pHB's is off the 100K standard print run of the PHB in the later 80s and that we had at least 17 print runs of the AD&D (1e) PHB, though some put it a little higher. Thus working off of Mentzer's statements that the Red Box outsold all other products, it would mean that the Red box (BECMI had to outsell at least the AD&D PHB...which could put it higher than 1.5, it also takes into consideration that BX started selling right about the point when the AD&D brand started quadrupling in sales regularly [due to the media attention of the Ebert III case which turned out to be false...but drew attention to D&D]).</p><p></p><p>In the end, everything is basically estimates and guestimates on much of the early stuff based on various things we find out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 7496092, member: 4348"] 1.5 is commonly found. Everything is estimates from that far back (for example, the 1.7m pHB's is off the 100K standard print run of the PHB in the later 80s and that we had at least 17 print runs of the AD&D (1e) PHB, though some put it a little higher. Thus working off of Mentzer's statements that the Red Box outsold all other products, it would mean that the Red box (BECMI had to outsell at least the AD&D PHB...which could put it higher than 1.5, it also takes into consideration that BX started selling right about the point when the AD&D brand started quadrupling in sales regularly [due to the media attention of the Ebert III case which turned out to be false...but drew attention to D&D]). In the end, everything is basically estimates and guestimates on much of the early stuff based on various things we find out. [/QUOTE]
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