TSR Moldvay Basic Set Misprint Box

[Sacrosanct]

I saw this at my local old-school shop and of course picked it up. I've never seen a misprint in the wild before. Heck, I never even knew they existed. Anyone heard of this before?

 

[sevenbastard]

Never heard of it but jealous.

 

[Joshua Randall]

Damn that is a great find.

Didn’t The Acaeum used to have pictures of all the different sets? I don’t remember seeing an upside down one though.

 

[darjr]

Nice find!

 

[Sacrosanct]

I can't find any info anywhere this. I won't tell you how much I paid for it either...

 

[Joshua Randall]

Tree fiddy?

 

[Sacrosanct]

Tree fiddy?

Less. About the same as you'd pay for a normal boxed set on ebay. I reached out to Zeb Cook, and he pretty much confirmed it was a fold issue at the printer and is a one-off. There probably aren't more like it out there. I also reached out to Scott from Acaeum and he had never heard of one either, but said that errors aren't really collectible and don't increase value. That seems odd to me; as I'd think a one-of-a-kind boxed set would be collectible, but he's the expert, not me.

 

[Joshua Randall]

You should try to get it autographed, but the people have to sign upside down.

 

[Riley]

I’ve got something like that, yeah.

 

[Riley]

(I wanted to return it for exchange, but the store had no others to offer in exchange. So I kept it, after a partial refund that meant I paid ~$25 for it.)