Author Topic: I love the postman... (Read 1168480 times)

Meepledrone · « **Reply #2805 on:** May 25, 2021, 01:44:56 AM »

Don't know why I felt you were going to make a remark on that...

corinthiens13 · « **Reply #2806 on:** May 25, 2021, 04:14:40 AM »

Got this in my mailbox today. That's tiny compared to KBellon's arrival, but I'm still happy

My kids aren't old enough yet (one is 18 months old, and the second should arrive in one week or two), so I'm keeping this game wrapped for 2 or 3 years

@KBellon, I see you got a La Porxada tile. How do you know it is a real one, since it's always been a stickered tile? I bought one a few years ago and always wondered it it was an original one or not. And I'm not even playing it, since I could print a better quality tile myself

KBellon · « **Reply #2807 on:** May 25, 2021, 06:05:56 AM »

Quote from: corinthiens13 on May 25, 2021, 04:14:40 AM

Got this in my mailbox today. That's tiny compared to KBellon's arrival, but I'm still happy
My kids aren't old enough yet (one is 18 months old, and the second should arrive in one week or two), so I'm keeping this game wrapped for 2 or 3 years

@KBellon, I see you got a La Porxada tile. How do you know it is a real one, since it's always been a stickered tile? I bought one a few years ago and always wondered it it was an original one or not. And I'm not even playing it, since I could print a better quality tile myself

Ah, but I guess your collection was already a lot bigger than mine

Well, the La Porxada tile is the only one I did not buy. As it's only a sticker indeed. I bought a spare CCCC tile from cundco and a friend of mine made the Porxada tile out of it!

corinthiens13 · « **Reply #2808 on:** May 25, 2021, 06:08:49 AM »

That's probably the best and most effective way to own a La Porxada tile

Here's my collection: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4658.0

KBellon · « **Reply #2809 on:** May 25, 2021, 09:21:36 AM »

Damn, so awesome you have the Russian promos and Spiel 14 and 15 tiles

They are the only tiles I would add to my collection until now.
But not actively looking for them because of the prices (250 euros for Russian promos is just insane haha)

DIN0 · « **Reply #2810 on:** May 25, 2021, 01:53:28 PM »

Quote

I bought one a few years ago and always wondered it it was an original one or not.

Could you post a picture? It should be relatively easy to see if it is not original (which is likely).

corinthiens13 · « **Reply #2811 on:** May 25, 2021, 11:03:26 PM »

Can you tell which ones (if any) are true?

Same problem with the CarcassonneCentral world cup tile, since it's a stickered tile, it's difficult to know if a tile is an original one or not :
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4658.msg75525#msg75525

corinthiens13 · « **Reply #2812 on:** May 25, 2021, 11:04:00 PM »

3rd and 4th picture (couldn't include all in a single post)

Meepledrone · « **Reply #2813 on:** May 26, 2021, 12:11:36 AM »

The original Porxada tiles seem to be not so "polished". Check these pictures from BGG where you can see the tile under the sticker. I don't know either if all the original tiles were signed by KJW. (Maybe someone who attended Jugar x Jugar in 2010 may confirm this.)

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/72295/carcassonne-la-porxada/images

As an additional note, in order to keep track of the players who had a meeple in the city with La Porxada when completed, during the event players were given a laminated token consisting in a xeroxed copy of the La Porxada tile.

DIN0 · « **Reply #2814 on:** May 26, 2021, 05:08:39 AM »

Thank you corinthiens13 for the pictures. I can tell you that your La Porxada is indeed a reproduction. The original stickers were much smaller than the tiles themselves and did not reach the edge. The quality of sticker printing and application was aso not very good. Your tile looks too well made to be the real deal. But that is not surprising since it would be unlikely you would have one of 72 originals.

danisthirty · « **Reply #2815 on:** May 26, 2021, 05:35:26 AM »

Quote from: corinthiens13 on May 25, 2021, 11:03:26 PM

Same problem with the CarcassonneCentral world cup tile, since it's a stickered tile, it's difficult to know if a tile is an original one or not :

I've not seen tiles like the one in your photo. The originals didn't have a watermark and the text was quite different, although the layout seems to be the same.

corinthiens13 · « **Reply #2816 on:** May 26, 2021, 06:05:22 AM »

This confirms what I thought, both my CC world cup and La Porxada tiles are copies. I bought them on Ebay on my early Carcassonne collectig years for about 8 Euros each

Anyway, they're still nice tiles to have in play

danisthirty · « **Reply #2817 on:** May 26, 2021, 06:22:55 AM »

Quote from: corinthiens13 on May 26, 2021, 06:05:22 AM

This confirms what I thought, both my CC world cup and La Porxada tiles are copies. I bought them on Ebay on my early Carcassonne collectig years for about 8 Euros each

It's a shame to have bought these tiles unofficially on eBay but at least you didn't pay too crazy a price and still have something to show for it.

From memory there were only around 20 of the original World Cup of Carcassonne Central 2014 tiles produced, and they all went to forum members here. Of all the fake tiles for someone to be knocking off to sell on eBay I'm surprised to know that this would be among them!

Quote from: corinthiens13 on May 26, 2021, 06:05:22 AM

Anyway, they're still nice tiles to have in play

totec55 · « **Reply #2818 on:** May 28, 2021, 11:15:37 AM »

I am guilty of buying two fake world cup tiles quite a while back before knowing any better. However, the seller did make it clear that they were reproduction's and I think I paid $2 a tile.

I really enjoy the gameplay the tile brings to the game. We generally do not play without them!