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That must have been a fun game! I guess I forgot the Empress. I vaguely remember some junks in the movies, but I don’t recall any names.
Hmm, well I don’t really have the time to put a ton of research into this right now. While I don’t really want to sit on them for another decade, I also am not desperate for cash such that I would undersell for a quick buck. I might just add up the average value of any ships valuable enough to have an eBay presence, then count the rest by your suggestion and make it a big grab bag bundle. The last thing I want is to sell off the valuable stuff and then get stuck with the commons on my shelf anyway. Though I guess I could just toss anything that no one wants.
Looked at another tin btw. Turns out someone gave me a tin of PotC. That was fun seeing ships and characters from the movies. Even had the Peral, the Dutchman, and Beastie in there. Almost wanted to put the Pearl in Beasties clutches with the Dutchman looking on like some sort of diorama of the movie scene. xD There were other ships I didn’t remember seeing in the movies which felt odd, but I guess there weren’t really enough ships actually named in PotC to make a full set of. I’d be curious to know where those came from, like the HMS Adventure and the Empress.
edit: Welp, I feel silly. Didn’t think to read the lore on the back before that. Only found out that the Wicked Wench is actually the Black Pearl prior to being sunk and then returned to Jack by Davy Jones. I don’t remember anything about that from the movies though. Was there an expanded universe created around PotC prior to the CSG adaption or did the CSG adaption make stuff like that up to help tie in random ships?
Well, I went through three of the tins and apparently whomever gave them to me had a bunch of green marked ships and even some crew, though I have no idea why generic crew would be marked green. I thought green was supposed to be special stuff from limited releases or something. There was also a ton of gold marked ships cards and crew including a bunch of 5-mast and even at least one 6-mast. Also some random unpunched cards separated from their group. Seeing all the different special treasure reminded me that I never actually learned how to play beyond basic combat. Kinda fun looking through. Is there a good way to find out what any of this is worth? Checking eBay sales is a decent view into the current value of items when they’re not too rare, but can give a skewed sense of value to items rare enough to only have one or two listings at a time.
I’ve decided to sell my collection. I can’t say it’s anything special and I have no idea what it’s worth. Any help getting a rough estimate for it’s value would be appreciated. It’s a ton of ships/crew/etc mostly from pre SCS that I recall, though I think I did pick up some packs here and there up to OE.
As several friends later gave me their collections when they quit, I do not know if there is anything from sets beyond OE. Since it’s all in various boxes, tins, etc I don’t have an accurate estimate of how much is there or what percentage is already assembled and I only remember a few ships by name, but I know there are at least several 5-masts including my first ever 5-mast Harbinger. There’s also Zeus, but I don’t know what it’s value would be as WizKids sent it to me special pre-assembled, with only the corner of the main card that had it’s crew and rules as well as the little paper slip with it’s lore and barcode. It has rarely left the box it came in and has never been used, so the ship itself is effectively brand new. Unfortunately as with every Pirates collection owned by kids, a number of the regular assembled ships have broken masts and most no longer have an assigned pennant, probably lying at the bottom of the box they’re in. I don’t believe any 5-mast is broken, but it’s been years since I’ve actually looked at them all. I can also guarantee duplicates of a number of ships. I traded with friends, but before I’d ever considered selling any there wasn’t a whole lot to do 3-4 copies of a common ship. Now that I think about it, I probably ended up with any copies I traded back in my possession in the end, so there’s probably duplicate rares too. xD
I’m really busy lately, but if there’s any interest I can try to get some pictures. There’s a lot there and it would take a long time to lay it all out, so I probably won’t have an “armada” pic any time soon if at all. Feel free to message me any questions, suggestions, etc and I’ll try o get back to you as soon as possible. I’d rather not consign any to a landfill knowing there are people who might want them.
Hello, I used to play this game with friends back when it was first released. I believe I amassed a fairly sizable collection for a kid at the time, though I no longer know exactly how much I have. At some point around Barbary Coast, I stopped having the ability to keep up with the sets. After that, my friends and I drifted away from the game, though I never really forgot about it. I was extremely saddened to hear that it had been discontinued back in 2008-09. To skip a long story, I recently rediscovered my collection and have been unsure what to do with it. I first considered selling it or simply tossing it if it didn’t have value, but searching for its possible value led me to an unboxing video by a7xfanben, which in turn led me here. I had no idea that people were still playing this game at all, or that this kind of dedicated fan base still existed. It has given me second thoughts about getting rid of it and I am curious to know more about how this place operates. It has also made me curious about the possible existence of similar places I might be able to once again play. I guess I’m looking for advice. Finding out that what I have long thought was stacks of worthless plastic may actually have both play value and monetary value has left me on the fence about what to do with it. I apologize if this is a bit of a wall of text. I’m not used to actually posting in forums.
