While this will have all the appearance of blatant advertising, I have
absolutely no connection with the Weekend Warrior, to than that of an
extremely satified customer.
Regarding acquiring out-of-print GDW products (Traveller and otherwise)
the Weekend Warrior, in Los Angeles, is without a doubt the best bet
you've got. Here are just a few examples from their latest GDW catalog:
Used New
Mercenary (Book 4) $5.00 $10.00
High Guard (Book 5) $5.00 $10.00
Scouts (Book 6) $5.00 $10.00
Merchant Prince (Book 7) $5.00 $10.00
Robots (Book 8) $5.00 $10.00
There are also entries for all the Supplements (1 thru 12) except no. 5,
most of the adventures, and a good number of the Alien Modules. They also
carry a lot of the boxed games (Snapshot, Beltstrike, Azhanti High Lightning,
and others). Most of what's available can be purchased new, or used at a
reduced price. Last week I actually got a mint (still shrinkwrapped) copy
of Striker, for $20.00!
So, if any of you folks are looking to fill out your Traveller paraphernalia,
this is definitely the place to try. The address and phone are:
Weekend Warrior
[address removed]
[phone removed]
Most of the time, a phone call will get you an answering maching asking for
your order (just like DGP! :-)), but occasionally you will actually get
a real person who can answer any questions you may have.
BTW, if any of you are in (or going to be in) the L.A. area and are thinking
about stopping by, Don't. This isn't a retail shop, it's strictly a mail-
order business. I made this mistake and discovered that 'Mike' (the owner)
is an LA County Deputy Sheriff and just does this out of his garage as a
sideline (a very successful one at that, since he's been in business for
6 years and has no plans to quit). You may have seen ads in Challenge magazine
for the place.
One final note: Mike told me that he just made a 1-shot deal with GDW to
re-print 1000 copies of the K'Kree Alien Module, since they're currently
100% un-available and the demand is so high. I've already got MY name on
his waiting list!
FYI, Weekend Warrior also carries a large line of old SPI products as well.
If you call or write, you might want to ask for ALL of the catalogs, not
just the GDW one.
Later,
Mark F. Cook
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