Logo on shrinkwrap

l0qii · Post by **l0qii** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:25 pm

Does anybody remember when WotC started putting their logo in the shrinkwrap around booster boxes?

Worth · Post by **Worth** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:00 pm

For some reason I wanna say it was Urza's Legacy timeframe?

I could be totally off though. I don't remember it on Revised at all.

caquaa · Post by **caquaa** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:33 pm

Looks like it started during mirage.

Google image search sealed boxes ;)

Alien_Starfighter_Pilot · Post by **Alien_Starfighter_Pilot** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:53 pm

I have a stack of Mirage boosters at home right now and they all have the logo on the shrinkwrap, whereas I don't recall the logo being on the Alliances booster boxes. IIRC there weren't logos on Ice Age boxes, either, so it apparently started with Mirage.

Did any (late) 4th Edition boosters have the logo on their shrinkwrap (4th edition printed in 1996 i.e. Japanese WB, etc)?

mystical_tutor · Post by **mystical_tutor** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:31 pm

Alien_Starfighter_Pilot wrote:Did any (late) 4th Edition boosters have the logo on their shrinkwrap (4th edition printed in 1996 i.e. Japanese WB, etc)?

Chronicles (US) does not have the logo (1995).

Gary

linsibinsi · Post by **linsibinsi** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:19 pm

alliances boxes has it on

l0qii · Post by **l0qii** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:30 pm

linsibinsi wrote:alliances boxes has it on

Not true for any of the English boxes I've seen

sib51 · Post by **sib51** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:38 pm

l0qii wrote:
linsibinsi wrote:alliances boxes has it on
Not true for any of the English boxes I've seen

Same thing for German ones : no Logo

But Logo is on Vision boxes. So it'd be on Mirage the first time.

mystical_tutor · Post by **mystical_tutor** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:31 am

linsibinsi wrote:alliances boxes has it on

My Homelands and Alliance boxes do NOT have logos on the shrinkwrap.

Gary

linsibinsi · Post by **linsibinsi** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:02 pm

l0qii wrote:
linsibinsi wrote:alliances boxes has it on
Not true for any of the English boxes I've seen

the english box i bought has had the logo on it

NeRo · Post by **NeRo** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:37 pm

linsibinsi wrote:the english box i bought has had the logo on it

Many small wizards symbols ?? If yes ... maybe a difference in the printruns or where they were printed (Belgium vs. USA) ?

axcel · Post by **axcel** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:34 pm

NeRo wrote: where they were printed (Belgium vs. USA) ?

Weren't all cards printed in Belgium up until recently? (with the exception of alternate 4th, of course)

mystical_tutor · Post by **mystical_tutor** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:40 pm

NeRo wrote:
linsibinsi wrote:the english box i bought has had the logo on it
Many small wizards symbols ?? If yes ... maybe a difference in the printruns or where they were printed (Belgium vs. USA) ?

NeRo

Does the bar code match the ones in the ML listings?

insibinsi

If you still have that box, see if the bar code matches the ML listing.

This could get interesting.

Gary

l0qii · Post by **l0qii** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:54 pm

axcel wrote:
NeRo wrote: where they were printed (Belgium vs. USA) ?
Weren't all cards printed in Belgium up until recently? (with the exception of alternate 4th, of course)

I'm pretty sure they began printing them other places right around 1996. I don't think Chinese 4th was printed in Belgium. My English Visions box says Made in the USA. Also I remember being able to tell the different between first and second run Mirage cards because the gloss and corner cut were slightly different.

mystical_tutor wrote: This could get interesting.

Yes, I'm glad that as a forum we have converged on the same interesting details that prompted me to ask the deceptively innocent question in the first place. Let's get to the bottom of this!

mystical_tutor · Post by **mystical_tutor** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:08 pm

l0qii wrote:
mystical_tutor wrote: This could get interesting.
Yes, I'm glad that as a forum we have converged on the same interesting details that prompted me to ask the deceptively innocent question in the first place. Let's get to the bottom of this!

Have you noticed if there are different identifying numbers on products that were published at the same time in different places (M-10 ~ M-12 and some older stuff like Mirage? Now days we get the EN on the end of the number but are there any differences in numbers on CM EN cards and US EN cards?

Gary

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