Sam and Max: Surfin' the Highway Hardcover Numbers

[Harley Quinn]

That's why I like winning opened items on Ebay, because I don't have to try and fight temptation, it's already been tainted!

[purple_monkfish]

I have no self control, I had to get my grubby hands on those lovely lovely pages mwhahahaha

[All-thumbs]

1176.

[RobD]

I have 661. I was joking before I got it about getting an awesome number like 666 or 42. So damn close...

[Harley Quinn]

Why 42?

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Originally Posted by Harley Quinn

Why 42?

This is why.

[purple_monkfish]

Someone who doesn't understand the significance of 42!? call yourself a GEEK!?
Lol

Ooo 661, isn't that the true number of the beast?

[purple_monkfish]

no, it was 616.. drat.. still.. pretty awesome.

[Harley Quinn]

Originally Posted by purple_monkfish

Someone who doesn't understand the significance of 42!? call yourself a GEEK!?
Lol

I'm a geek but not in the intelligent sense of the word.

[dg10050]

Originally Posted by Harley Quinn

I'm a geek but not in the intelligent sense of the word.

He didn't mean intelligent. Read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[Breakman]

Originally Posted by tobar

*high five's Breakman for his avatar*

*high-fives back* Actually, I'm female. Yea, my username and costume pretty much hides that fact, doesn't it? *shy*

[tobar]

Aha, I think I've seen a picture of you before then.

[Morden]

*reading new entries in this thread* Oh come ooon! Haha. What batch did my number come from, people? I am still waiting for someone, besides Shanks, to get a number higher than mine.

It's really fun to read what others say though:

"I don't know ... Somehow I don't care about the number at all ... Any number would be fine ... Yea ... I don't understand how someone could complain ... It's random after all ... and Telltale didn't promise anything ... The book in itself is special and dear to me ... I'm happy with what I got and you should be too! ... ... ... Oh and by the way, I got #237 ... But I would be just as happy if I got #2237 ... Then again, I didn't ... So yea ... Be happy with your numbers everyone!"

I'm almost certain that Telltale warehouse people come here and they have a blast reading this. "Hey! Check out this dude whining endlessly! Damn, it was so hard to get that #1225 book from the bottom of the pile, but reading this, it was totally worth it! Oh! Didn't we label his package "Software made in U.S." aswell? We did, didn't we! Oh man! *wiping tear* Good times!"

[TrogLlama]

Originally Posted by Morden

*reading new entries in this thread* Oh come ooon! Haha. What batch did my number come from, people? I am still waiting for someone, besides Shanks, to get a number higher than mine.

It's really fun to read what others say though:

"I don't know ... Somehow I don't care about the number at all ... Any number would be fine ... Yea ... I don't understand how someone could complain ... It's random after all ... and Telltale didn't promise anything ... The book in itself is special and dear to me ... I'm happy with what I got and you should be too! ... ... ... Oh and by the way, I got #237 ... But I would be just as happy if I got #2237 ... Then again, I didn't ... So yea ... Be happy with your numbers everyone!"

I'm almost certain that Telltale warehouse people come here and they have a blast reading this. "Hey! Check out this dude whining endlessly! Damn, it was so hard to get that #1225 book from the bottom of the pile, but reading this, it was totally worth it! Oh! Didn't we label his package "Software made in U.S." aswell? We did, didn't we! Oh man! *wiping tear* Good times!"

It wasn't at the bottom of the pile, at least not that we can know for sure. This has been explained again and again, but it was because of a mix up in how the boxes got sent to the warehouse. I get that you're being sarcastic, but this is getting really old really fast.

[Morden]

I keep on whining because every time someone posts their number, it's somehow even lower. Seeing all the people who just recieved their books get numbers from the 2XX range doesn't really make me feel good about myself.

This, plus the fact that people who had something to say about my complaining either got lower numbers or didn't actually buy the thing. For all I know, I could get a higher number if I bought the book TODAY. I know that lower numbers have been reserved for the preorders but only so many people preordered and Telltale is still selling everything, right?

I'm just curious when will people start getting higher numbers, that's all. And the fact is, I'm stuck with what I have.

I wonder if there is anyone out there who got an equally high number and wasn't pleased with it. I'm not one of those who'll say "The number doesn't matter to me ... I'm pleased with whatever I get ... It's all good". I preordered, spend a ton of cash on it, wanted a high number and didn't get it. I got the exact opposite in fact. Apparently this makes me a loud jerk.

P.S. - Telltale did decide to number the books individually. In doing so, they must have known that this will make people want "good numbers". If the books were just autographed with no number on them, there would be no problem. If you put a number on a LIMITED EDITION you know what you're getting yourself into, right? Or at least you should know. Most people in here act all grown up about it and don't really care about the numbers [Yea, right ... Good one, Mr #2XX and Mr #3XX], well I do.

I know that Jake, Emily and others from Telltale team didn't send me this book, but it was Telltale who planned this whole thing with numbers, warehouses and the rest. Where am I supposed to complain if not here?

[wisp]

they could have at least opened the boxes with the lower numbers first, not the other way round...anyway, it's no use crying over shipped books.
btw, morden, i hope you realise that your argument about how much you spent isn't really...valid. you didn't pay more, did you?

[Imapus Sylicker]

I got #637 and it took too fargin' long to get here.

So, to ocuppy me idle hands, I devised a plan to suicide bomb Telltale twice (three, if one of the attempts happens to fail). It's SO good, I actually was sad when the book arrived.

Then I brightened up at the idea that I could always save that plan for later, or maybe even secretly share it by means of this forum, so any other person could do it. I would just put a "Don't peek, Telltale" in the title and it'd be smooth going.

However, when I opened the book, all thoughts of revenge flew out of my head. I know Steve signed all books, but you could see there was something special in mine.

The way he so lovingly put that dot in whatever it was, you can tell he was thinking "This book is going to that Ima Silly Puss guy from Spain, or whatever, whom I never met and never will, but with whom I feel a certain special bond with, so I'll just take more time into fashioning this pre-printed signature on his book."

Thank you Steve, and thank you Telltale. I wept openly.

Cheers!

[Badwolf]

Originally Posted by Morden

I wonder if there is anyone out there who got an equally high number and wasn't pleased with it. I'm not one of those who'll say "The number doesn't matter to me ... I'm pleased with whatever I get ... It's all good". I preordered, spend a ton of cash on it, wanted a high number and didn't get it. I got the exact opposite in fact. Apparently this makes me a loud jerk.

Well, yeah. Yeah it does.


Telltale's gone and republished a book that's been out of print for years. They've had new things added and had a limited edition hardcover copy made. And then they asked Steve Purcell to sign every copy of the hardcover version separately, adding the number which it was signed in in every one to make it more individual.

Telltale didn't need to do any of this. They could have published the book sans any signatures and numbers and charged the same price. They could have just not published the book at all.
Either option would've saved you posting "I got number 1225 on my book god this sucks geez telltale it's like you don't even care about your fans booooo".

You've got a book you would have been paying upwards of £100 for a year ago. Complete with the artist's signature. So what's the problem?

[Harley Quinn]

Originally Posted by dg10050

He didn't mean intelligent. Read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Oops my bad. Still, haven't read it like. Or even seen the movie.

[Morden]

Originally Posted by Badwolf

You've got a book you would have been paying upwards of £100 for a year ago. Complete with the artist's signature. So what's the problem?

I thought I did axplain what the problem was, but I'll explain it again, just for you. I am really happy with the book itself. The hardcover edition is a comic of the highest quality. I am happy that I can read all of these stories and I didn't have to pay £100 on eBay [only $83].

To someone reading this thread it would seem that absolutely NOBODY [besides me] cares about the damn numbers. And I know Telltale said they won't be able to send out books with numbers corresponding to the order. However, they did say that people who preordered will get higher numbers, right?

In other words they DID have some power over what numbers are being sent. Or am I getting this whole thing wrong? So how many people have preordered? What's the highest number that someone got when they preordered the book? Since I got the 1225th book there had to be at least 1225 preorders, right [or 1266, including Shanks' number]?

Since preordered copies will have higher numbers than regular purchases, at what number is the line drawn? When Telltale said the preorders will have higher numbers I thought it will be in the 001 - 600 area. I mean, how many have preordered the book? I'm really curious.

Ok, forget it. I just make myself look worse by posting more about this and it seems like everyone is enjoying their numbers. For me it's a bit too much to have some people get 2XX books and some 1XXX books. It's just too big of a gap and it's totally unfair to the people who coughed up the cash first.