JamesRobot | 5,798 Events Team · Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 (edited) Aha. Obviousplant is obvious. Check out the other posts on his profile. Edited May 11, 2022 by JamesRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Yeah, well that had been called already in the Reddit thread so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Quick someone make a Super Jerf because obviously someone put way more work in this super-bootleg than they should have. We need a real-fake of a fake-fake, before some other filthy lucre gets an idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Ah so an obvious plant product deliberately placed to get people talking.. not an exciting conclusion to the Jeff story but at least we know I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 "Obvious Plant" is apparently a store of this type of "fake" stuff you that you wish someone really made. It's like b-rated movies that were actually made to be b-rated movies (like Sharknado) but it's toys and games. https://obviousplant.com/ I only saw two video games and they were for the SNES. Kirby's Nightmare and Moon Humper. I kiiiiiind of find this hillarious, but not fooling people to think it's legit. But, this guy has sold a bunch of toys, so there's a chance that people knew this was an "Obvious Plant" product and bid up to $700 because they were fans of his work. Who knows and I guess who cares. I think I was most amused by the Emotional Support Shoe... ha ha. You get it if you're a parent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A. | 1,139 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 What is odd is that it was listed for sale in Canada before going to ebay. I wonder if it was on a bunch of local marketplaces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 924 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I woke up to a text from a friend of mine with this video. He wasn't in on what was going on and just found it amazing. Good to see people are already on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,932 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Hah loving this ending, I forgot about that website of joke goods. Quick someone buy this for your famicom too! https://obviousplant.com/collections/featured/products/super-ride-grandpa?variant=41575269925057 It's a game made for Super Jeff, has the rear sticker to prove it -- Super Ride Grandpa. Here's the rear shot: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodysGameRoom | 2,008 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Hahah wow, I've been following Obvious Plant for some time on IG, no idea this was his doing. That is hilarious. Just goes to show how much of a fervor we can work up when it comes to ANY possible new information regarding retro stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 1 minute ago, CodysGameRoom said: Hahah wow, I've been following Obvious Plant for some time on IG, no idea this was his doing. That is hilarious. Just goes to show how much of a fervor we can work up when it comes to ANY possible new information regarding retro stuff. Yeah, I'd never heard of the guy or his work, but that "Kirby's Nightmare" has somehow crossed my path in the past. Not sure where I've seen it, but I have. I am going to assume he shilled/purchased his own item as a way to promote his Ride Grandpa game. I wouldn't market that way, but so long as 100% of all of this was a ruse, I'm fine with it, I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,932 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I've heard of him, a few years back during all the dopey marvel avengers hype he came out with the REVENGERS and they're a laugh. Here's a sample from the rear of the toy they did, from Incredible Fella. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Lol, I saw those too. I kind of wanted "Regular Racoon" and "Fedora Ron". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,932 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) Hah I think Detective Horse brings a bit of class to things, come on...the pipe. Edited May 12, 2022 by Tanooki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdStrongestMole | 430 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Dude took us to the Go Beyond for sure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A. | 1,139 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I like this one, so much fun to be had. Zero Gregs! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, B.A. said: I like this one, so much fun to be had. Zero Gregs! *May contain Janine, tho. Pass! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodysGameRoom | 2,008 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 54 minutes ago, RH said: *May contain Janine, tho. Pass! always missing out on the good stuff due to allergies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Anyone else pronounce it “Yeff” in their head with a french accent? Ah huh-huh-huh Supear yeff oui oui! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 That we all took this so seriously just proves how crazy some of those clone console names are. My personal favorites are the FR202 Thunder and the GB TURTLE. Super Jeff would have fit right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, MrWunderful said: Anyone else pronounce it “Yeff” in their head with a french accent? Ah huh-huh-huh Supear yeff oui oui! Nah, it's "Geff". Edited May 13, 2022 by RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 2 hours ago, RH said: Nah, it's "Geff". It's pronounced J̵̨̢̡͍͓̟̫̼̰͉̲̘̖̩̬̾̿̎̇Ȇ̸͔̐̉̽F̵̣̲͇͔̉̎̎̇̃̈́̒̄̕F̷̛̝̙͙͊͋͋̊͌̏́̑͌̀̉̿ͅ. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 I'm actually not a huge fan of this type of project, TBH, please just hear me out for a moment. Let's consider if a five screw NES cartridge appeared for sale of an undocumented five-screw game, and things look good enough to make it believable, yet things are a bit questionable as well, due to limited information available. Whether it later gets revealed to be an artistic project, or it turns out to be a pure counterfeit to con, or perhaps it actually is real, let's consider for a moment before we sloppily support and applaud such projects. A. It's an artistic project. No harm, no foul, right? Wrong. Without transparency, the bogus auction and project did several things. First of all, it could artificially inflate other similar items. Ignoring a monetary viewpoint, the second issue is that there is not enough information to know if the item is a real product or not. Which leads us to B. B. Obscure, undocumented games and hardware is being discovered all the time. While some of it can easily be determined as real or fake, for unlicensed products there was obviously less quality control and need for similarity, therefore it becomes quite easy to create a bogus item and sell it for tons of money to collectors, with people not even knowing the wiser. To argue that they should do their research isn't exactly fair either, imo, for some of this stuff. C. Maybe the item actually is indeed real; however, when people start creating and promoting this crap, then everyone becomes a bit skeptic when undocumented (yet actually legitimate) pieces do appear. Once again, it's a big lose for collectors and historians. So yeah, it was a fun joke, but it is also a situation of acting irresponsible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdStrongestMole | 430 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 31 minutes ago, fcgamer said: I'm actually not a huge fan of this type of project, TBH, please just hear me out for a moment. Let's consider if a five screw NES cartridge appeared for sale of an undocumented five-screw game, and things look good enough to make it believable, yet things are a bit questionable as well, due to limited information available. Whether it later gets revealed to be an artistic project, or it turns out to be a pure counterfeit to con, or perhaps it actually is real, let's consider for a moment before we sloppily support and applaud such projects. A. It's an artistic project. No harm, no foul, right? Wrong. Without transparency, the bogus auction and project did several things. First of all, it could artificially inflate other similar items. Ignoring a monetary viewpoint, the second issue is that there is not enough information to know if the item is a real product or not. Which leads us to B. B. Obscure, undocumented games and hardware is being discovered all the time. While some of it can easily be determined as real or fake, for unlicensed products there was obviously less quality control and need for similarity, therefore it becomes quite easy to create a bogus item and sell it for tons of money to collectors, with people not even knowing the wiser. To argue that they should do their research isn't exactly fair either, imo, for some of this stuff. C. Maybe the item actually is indeed real; however, when people start creating and promoting this crap, then everyone becomes a bit skeptic when undocumented (yet actually legitimate) pieces do appear. Once again, it's a big lose for collectors and historians. So yeah, it was a fun joke, but it is also a situation of acting irresponsible. This is a really good point. Easy to poke fun at the whole experience, but could be a longterm detriment to the hobby if more instances arise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Return of Super Jeff? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,448 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 38 minutes ago, fcgamer said: Return of Super Jeff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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