dogbowl | 150 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 The description on this game says "Third party seam" in regards to the seal. (Which apparently warranted an A++ rating) What does that mean? Is this a fancy way of claiming that he game was re-sealed at some point? https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/kung-fu-superkicks-wata-96-a-sealed-2600-telegames-1983-usa/a/312110-67007.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 Some background: Telegames warehouse was hit by a tornado back in the 90's and pallets of their games (I'm sure discarded through insurance loss) made it to the local collectors market in Dallas. I pulled many new-in-box Telegames games out of their factory shipping boxes and don't recall seeing any of them shrinked in plastic. I have a number still in my collection today -- all in excellent condition but none are 'sealed' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tyree_Cooper | 741 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 it's like resealed ain't it? but since it wasn't sealed in the first place, it's just a nice way of saying that someone sealed it after buying it. maybe they sealed it themselves before entombing it, those sly raccoons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inasuma | 1,203 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 15 hours ago, dogbowl said: The description on this game says "Third party seam" in regards to the seal. (Which apparently warranted an A++ rating) What does that mean? Is this a fancy way of claiming that he game was re-sealed at some point? https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/kung-fu-superkicks-wata-96-a-sealed-2600-telegames-1983-usa/a/312110-67007.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 Some background: Telegames warehouse was hit by a tornado back in the 90's and pallets of their games (I'm sure discarded through insurance loss) made it to the local collectors market in Dallas. I pulled many new-in-box Telegames games out of their factory shipping boxes and don't recall seeing any of them shrinked in plastic. I have a number still in my collection today -- all in excellent condition but none are 'sealed' It means a third party manufacturer sealed the item. As opposed to when Nintendo's own manufacturing facilities seal something, then it's first party. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbowl | 150 Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 In this situation though, what's the difference between a reseal and a "3rd party seam". Telegames was the distributer. If the plastic shrink was wrapped after the game left Telegames, how could anybody be confident of its contents? Furthermore, what's to stop any individual from shrink wrapping a game and claiming '3rd part sealed' when getting it graded?? I'd like to have more confidence in WATA...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inasuma | 1,203 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 hour ago, dogbowl said: In this situation though, what's the difference between a reseal and a "3rd party seam". Telegames was the distributer. If the plastic shrink was wrapped after the game left Telegames, how could anybody be confident of its contents? Furthermore, what's to stop any individual from shrink wrapping a game and claiming '3rd part sealed' when getting it graded?? I'd like to have more confidence in WATA...... Totally agree. If the game shipped without a seal then the “factory” state of the game is NS. I was just answering your question about definitions haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidaldreams | 654 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 no its not resealed. wata has stopped denoting this i believe since it causes a lot of confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimalHouse | 117 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Nothing to be alarmed about. Wata grades many first/third party seals. In my own collection, I have documented over 18 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbowl | 150 Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 but what is a 'third party seal'? Could I offer my services here shrinkwrapping boxed games and WATA would treat that as '3rd Party sealed"? Is there a period of time post-manufacturing that a game can be sealed and have it considered "third party sealed" (as opposed to being resealed)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidaldreams | 654 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 third party seals would be diaper seals on PS1, N64, GBA, etc. prolly has something to do with the publisher sealing the games instead of Sony, Ninty, etc. but could be totally wrong here. Anyway, it is an authentic seal type and wata doesn't denote first party/third party anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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