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I saw this elsewhere online with "now confirmed as a fake" in the description (as in, photoshopped logo), but as it was without attribution it doesn't get us much further forward. I'm totally intrigued by this.
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This is crazy. I'm going to need a backstory from TMR or Jack though!
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Aquamarine wrote:I saw this elsewhere online with "now confirmed as a fake" in the description (as in, photoshopped logo), but as it was without attribution it doesn't get us much further forward. I'm totally intrigued by this.
The guy on board game geek who posted the photo has been a member since 2007 and uploaded the photo on 12/2/14. It's the only version of that game I can find that was published by Saalfield. I also found a Saalfield version of that game coming up in toy price guides from 2008 & 2011, but without a photo. It's possible those photos could be fake but I'd like to see a photo of the actual Saalfield edition if that's the case.

UPDATE: I concur with it being fake. Apparently the game is called Moulin Rouge and this is the 1968 Saalfield edition http://ludosophia.free.fr/jeux/M/Moulin ... rouge.html. There's an Austrialian version by Hansa called Third Man http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameversi ... an-edition.

I'm going to hold out hope that this is a future Vault item. The weird thing is that the game board is supposed to spin (moulin is French for mill), and that seems essential to the function of the game. The version with the TMR logo looks like a regular board.
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Based on the woman's post on Instagram and her subsequent response on the TMR Collectors FB page, I have no reason to believe it's fake. This is a crazy find. Everyone start checking your local thrift stores.
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littlecreamsoda3 wrote:Based on the woman's post on Instagram and her subsequent response on the TMR Collectors FB page, I have no reason to believe it's fake. This is a crazy find. Everyone start checking your local thrift stores.

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Aquamarine wrote:I saw this elsewhere online with "now confirmed as a fake" in the description (as in, photoshopped logo), but as it was without attribution it doesn't get us much further forward. I'm totally intrigued by this.
The "confirmation" has now apparently been deemed unconfirmed. :roll:

So, still an open question. If genuine, it would be nice to THINK the logo was legitimately acquired . .
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Did Patrick Keeler design the Third Man logo?

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Per the instagram post from today I'm convinced it's real. I would bet you could message her on Instagram and request specific photos and she would probably post them. When requested ro post an additional photo she did post one. The board game itself does not seem to be fake. Where it came from could be in question but I suspect this is real. I love it either way.
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MichaelRox wrote:Per the instagram post from today I'm convinced it's real. I would bet you could message her on Instagram and request specific photos and she would probably post them. When requested ro post an additional photo she did post one. The board game itself does not seem to be fake. Where it came from could be in question but I suspect this is real. I love it either way.
Yeah, I didn't see the original instagram post initially, and got hung up searching for more info. I guess it just wasn't a big seller so there's probably not a lot of copies still around.
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I'm surprised this isn't a more popular thread
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littlecreamsoda3 wrote:I'm surprised this isn't a more popular thread
Everyone is talking about it on the Facebook groups. Kinda wish we'd all decide to gather in one or two spots like Swirl and LR again though, makes it easier to go back and forth.
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shaneoftheroad wrote:
littlecreamsoda3 wrote:I'm surprised this isn't a more popular thread
Everyone is talking about it on the Facebook groups. Kinda wish we'd all decide to gather in one or two spots like Swirl and LR again though, makes it easier to go back and forth.
Yeah, the forums are definitely easier to navigate.

This is pretty damned intriguing, but I'm just sitting back and waiting to see how TMR addresses it. If they do.
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i think the most intriguing part of it all is the timing…the surprise holiday test pressings, the post about the upholsterers singles on tmr, and this all within a pretty tight window of time. i guess it could all be coincidental and unrelated, but doesn't this all make you feel like the little boy in the christmas story movie waiting on his little orphan annie decoder ring?
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TMR has been pretty much on vacation, but I'm guessing they might address this in the coming week. Of course they might not realize the extent of the interest in it.
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I thought we were all already playing the Third Man game?
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