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by silver.paladin » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:38 pm
At the moment, there are 2 types of promos being spoken about here - the throwing stars and the heads. I do not know exactly where/how the ninja stars were done, but the heads that Alexis is referring to, is part of the retailers promotional package that WotC sends out every 6 weeks or so. The Retailer package is normally consists of an 8 page 'newsletter', giving updates on products, perhaps Wizards asking a question or poll of the retailers, release dates for upcoming products, etc. As well, there is often some kind of product promos too, such as a few loose cards (either promoting one card game or various games), hanging mobiles, window clings, posters, etc.
I think also that regional distributors are given these packages also, but I have only received the packages as a retailer. Some of those packkages can be quite full of items and other packages very little - it all just depends at the time. A lot of that stuff could perhaps be considered rarities items, as it is a special production item for the retailers, but since it is not available for the general public, does that perhaps not make them rarities, I do not know. I just wish I would have kept some of those things from when I was still receiving them.