Munchkin Fairy Dust (Recalled) Factory Defect (2009) Pack

Description: This listing is for the RECALLED, 2009 packs of MUNCHKIN FAIRY DUST which had a factory defect due to curling of the cards within the sealed packs. See the OFFICIAL Steve Jackson Games notification below. These are for collectors who want a piece or two of history as the print run of these packs were limited. This first printing of Munchkin Fairy Dust has an issue with the cards curling due to the foil being on one side. Steve Jackson Games made an official response to the problem (See below), then recalled the first printing on October 27th, 2009. A non-foil reprint was released in May 2010. Designed by Steve Jackson Illustrated by John KovalicFin-seal pack containing 15 cards. Meet the Sparkly Good Fairy. She wants all the munchkins to play nice, and she's willing to bash heads to make sure they do. Play her way, and she'll bribe you with Fairy Dust. Otherwise, you might end up fighting her instead. And if you don't take her out, she'll be back again and again . . . Fairy Dust is a 15-card expansion for classic Munchkin. It introduces the Sparkly Good Fairy and her deck of Fairy Dust cards -- extra rewards for munchkins who are willing to help each other. (It's perfectly munchkinly to be nice . . . as long as you get something cool for doing it!) Every card in the set is full-color! Munchkin Fairy Dust is fun whether you stick with the core Munchkin set or play with all the expansions you can get their hands on. And at less than four bucks, it's a no-brainer! Fairy Dust is a fin-seal pack. All packs contain the same 15 cards (not random, every pack contains the exact same cards, this was not a randomized set). THE REPRINT FROM 2010 IS ALSO OUT OF PRINT. NOTICE FROM STEVE JACKSON GAMES ABOUT THE DEFECT AND RECALLOctober 23, 2009 Card Curling Issues With Fairy Dust And Waiting For SantaWhen we got our first actual packs of Fairy Dust and Waiting For Santa, we noticed that our cards were showing some curl starting a day or so after opening them. That's not uncommon in new packs of cards, and we were not concerned. Then we noticed it in other packs, as soon as they were opened. Now we were concerned. Now we're seeing this curl even in unopened packs in our warehouse. The short answer is: it's caused by the foil, which covers one whole side of the card. Clearly this was not the way these should have been done. We've tried to flex the cards the other way, and to put them under heavy books for a couple of days, and so far we have not found a permanent solution. As a temporary solution, you can bend the cards against the curl right before play, then shuffle them into your decks. And maybe if the cards are flattened for a month or two, they'll stay flat. But maybe not. We don't know. Billions of years from now, when the Sun is a red giant and the Earth has been reduced to gas, these cards may be floating through space, still curled. If this bugs you, you should spend your $8 on something else. Do you have a Chibithulhu? If this doesn't bug you, yay, they're very shiny. We didn't print very many of these, because the whole idea of Munchkin "boosters" was an experiment. It turns out that you folks like boosters, but this other problem makes me glad it was a short print run. We do expect to reprint, and probably very soon, but unless the printer finds a way to for-sure avoid curling without doubling the card cost, we will NOT use foil. We'll either use metallic ink for the shiny bits, or do without shiny bits. -- Steve Jackson

Price: 20 USD

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri

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