MtG sales history

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This questions seems hella .misc to me:

I know WotC keeps this kind of business stuff close to the vest, but is there
any data about how Alpha sold? I know they did a 2 million-card print run,
how long did it take to move all of that stock into the distributor or
retailer level? Were Alpha and Beta sold at the same time?

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Congressman Thompson wrote:
> This questions seems hella .misc to me:
>
> I know WotC keeps this kind of business stuff close to the vest, but
> is there any data about how Alpha sold? I know they did a 2
> million-card print run, how long did it take to move all of that
> stock into the distributor or retailer level? Were Alpha and Beta
> sold at the same time?

Alpha was a 2.6 million card print run, and was released into the market
in August 1993. It sold out within a month, IIRC. Beta was 7.8 million
cards and showed up around October 1993, and was sold out by December.
Unlimited was *40* million cards, was released in January 1994 and sold
out by March 1994.

Yes, you could say that the game was successful.

--
Bob