And now, Ladies and Gentlemen... tududududu (drums beats... XD)... back from the 90's (or before... well in the end of the XXth century ! :P), here it is... tududududu (...XD²)... the legendary, the unique...
...Al Qadim Campaign cloth patch !!
I am missing words to describe this sooo unique item...
As for the baseball cap... I d never had the idea to get this "masterpiece" into my collection if I hadn t been mesmerised by this damn ebay XD... But you know the drill... it s always the same... you were looking for something in particular and... tadaaaam... the thing was there in the search list, just in front of your exhausted eyes... and curiosity is a powerful vice... so (?!) you click on details... and the thing is getting huge on your screen... shiny... attractive... almost whispering :
"just a few bucks dude... so few... I ll be your precious... hurry ! they re all after me !" o____O
And you clicked that damn "BUY NOW" button before ya even had the idea to resist the call... T____T
...and some days after...a bubble-wrapped letter arrives at yours... you open it... Et voila... a cloth patch in your hand, 2 in fact, I got a TSR logo one too... O_oV
Totally useless, not so shiny... and of course quickly dumped on some shelf...
Totally useless, not so shiny... and of course quickly dumped on some shelf...
*sigh*
After some searches on the net it appears other D&D licensed logos have been adapted into cloth patches. Also exist the TSR, D&D, AD&D 2nd, Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Spelljammer, Ravenloft, DarkSun and Dragonlance ones. (cf Tome of Treasures database)
And within all these, imo, for sure Al Qadim logo is the worst... I mean why did they add this "CAMPAIGN" under the logo ?!?
Young collector, of your own compulsive click, distrust you have to... :P
EDIT (Nov.2018) : Of course (gah! XD), in the past decade, I did found some other ones to add to my collection. I then managed to get the Forgotten Realms, SpellJammer, AD&D 2nd Ed. and Dragonlance ones (this last one remaining unlisted at Tome of Treasure btw).
Amazing. Doing some research on these... very interesting.
ReplyDeleteHaha, is it ? Thanks for passng by and glad I could be of some tiny help in your research ! :)
DeleteWhat were these patches from? Can't seem to find any info on them and have yet to come across one on eBay.
ReplyDeleteHeya Benjamin, thanks for passing by.
DeleteWell I got these on ebay years ago. But yeah, they rarely spawn... I had automatic search for the missing ones and had no great luck so far. (Still missing the D&D, Ravenloft, Darksun and Greyhawk ones according to the listing at Tome of Treasure - link in post)
These must be from early/mid 90's... but as there aren t any label on a patch, it s hard to tell. Hint would be the baseball cap with a similar kind of patch and that one is dated 1994.
Here is a link to a post (with pict) of someone who owns most of them :
Deletehttp://warpstoneflux.blogspot.com/2014/01/dungeons-and-dragons-cloth-patches.html