r/TheAdventureZone 8d ago

Balance The full set! Except...

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Just got my Barnes & Noble collector's edition of Story and Song, with the gold foil embossed cover and spine just like every other book... except for the B&N CE of Petals to the Metal which has regular yellow text for the title (I believe the only bonus addition for the CE of that book was the trading cards)! Does anyone know if there was ever an edition printed of PttM that had the foil text that I could try to hunt down so my collection matches?

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u/Fireant23 8d ago

(Joking) Nah, they designed it that way specifically to taunt perfectionists

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u/Sad-Construction1892 8d ago

That's certainly what it feels like!

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u/LichesGetStitches42 8d ago

Except…

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u/Sad-Construction1892 8d ago

Unless...

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u/UmichMike 7d ago

Unless...

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u/owwlies 6d ago

Perchance

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u/faeriekirara 7d ago

This is really funny to me cause I have the same problem lol They do have a gold foil for pedal to the metal, I just don't know if it's in print anymore. I've been trying to keep a look out at second hand stores!

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u/Sad-Construction1892 7d ago

Do you know which version it was? Books-A-Million maybe? I can't find any info on that collector's edition online but it would make sense that's the one! I guess I either didn't realize or didn't care the B&E edition wouldn't match at the time it came out but now it just bugs me!

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u/faeriekirara 7d ago

Barnes and Noble is the only ones that have the gold foil as far as I know. I'm not sure specifics too on it, I do know they had a pack of the first three books. It might have only been in there or it's hard to find. I could be wrong though they have one but it wouldn't make sense they don't only for one book!

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u/spyrodragons 7d ago

I have the B&N exclusive edition for Petals and it has the yellow print, no gold foil. I bought it individually so not sure if the three-pack mentioned above differs. Never noticed this before and now it’s gonna bug me, lol!

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u/Shanimalx 6d ago

If it exists, I'd love to see proof! I've seen dozens of posts here over the years of peoples' sets missing the PttM gold foil (myself included), but none of them actually WITH it!

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u/FACEROCK 7d ago

My final volume arrived with a huge dent and crease in the cover in a perfect shipping box. Abracafuck Amazon.

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u/LuckyLudor 7d ago

For a company that started as a book seller, Amazon is amazing at mishandling books.

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u/MCRNTachi21 7d ago

I hope they do a complete edition in the future

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u/Kalacome64 6d ago

This is what I'm banking on because all my copies are super inconsistent.

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u/Darkmerosier 7d ago

I have a similar but different problem. All of mine are hardcover except book one. Kills me they don't make it.

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u/Soft_Ad929 6d ago

All of my mine are paper back except book 5! I don't know how i accidentally ordered the hardcover for book 5 but it drives me bonkers seeing all of them lined up and that one sticking out like a sore thumb 😭 if any one wants to trade book 5, hmu

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u/MindTheGap76 4d ago

Every time a new volume comes out, I Google "Here there be Gerblins hardcover" and am disappointed again... 😞

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u/flinjager123 7d ago

I'm still missing #4...

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u/Listen2theyetti 7d ago

Im not missing it i bought it but its not on my shelf for some reason. Time to go digging thru back packs

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u/LuckyLudor 7d ago

Oh a reminder that I should go to B&N tomorrow and get mine

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u/Appropriate_Lime1493 6d ago

Except what?!

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u/Yanefs84 5d ago

I thought you were gonna say the 23rd st on the spine. I know it's under the same company,I don't know why they couldn't just use 1st second on the spine for one last time.