Things kept a long time, now looking for shelves.

I built this collection while I worked at Blizzard. Some pieces came through the employee store, including the large Sideshow statues with employee numbering. Others arrived because I was there: holiday gifts each December, toast kits when games shipped, development-team clothing, and the stein that marked a service anniversary.

The collection grew gradually rather than through one buying spree. Collector's editions stayed with the games they marked. Employee gifts and launch pieces came home too. Eventually the boxes, statues, plush, books and bags filled the part of my dining room that I had given them. That is the practical reason they are here now.

The dates are visible in the objects. I opened the original World of Warcraft Collector's Edition in 2004 and have kept its contents since then. Some employee-numbered statues spent years on display; others never came out of their shipping cartons. The remote-launch toast kits arrived by mail when the usual in-person launches could not happen. A two-year stein belongs to Blizzard's service-award sequence rather than a retail product line.

That mix is why I separate provenance from condition. Working at Blizzard explains how an employee edition or internal gift reached me, but it does not erase a chip, a crushed box, or a redeemed code. Each listing still has to account for the individual object in front of you.

I label employee provenance only when I know what the connection is. A retail item bought like any other retail item gets no chip. I do not publish employment records, names, dates, a job title, or photographs that identify my home.

Blizzard offered some statues to employees in numbered runs separate from the retail limited editions. The sculpt may be the same while the plaque and edition number differ, so a published retail total may not explain the number on an employee copy.

The item page says what I can establish and what I cannot. Where a plaque or carton leaves room for doubt, I say so. Carton photographs and plaque close-ups are available on request.

The collection outgrew the dining-room space I had for it. I am selling it piece by piece from Southern California, with local handoff preferred for the large statues.

Ask for carton photographs or close-ups of a plaque or edition number. For a piece with a numbered plaque or edition mark, I write that number on the bill of sale at handover so the paperwork matches the object.

I send private records only to a buyer discussing a specific piece. They are proof for that sale, not public content.

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