Gameboy advance rarity

[coffeewithmrsaturn | 100]

Regarding the blue box Konami variant, there are actually two versions (gotta love variants of variants!).  One has the Konami red stripe logo on the bottom right front corner instead of the logo pictured above.  

[inasuma | 1,203]

Not boxed strictly but sealed, mega man zero aka my white whale. That thing seems to never come up, and when it does, it’s too expensive or gone instantly

[Driftwood | 209]

1 hour ago, coffeewithmrsaturn said:

Regarding the blue box Konami variant, there are actually two versions (gotta love variants of variants!).  One has the Konami red stripe logo on the bottom right front corner instead of the logo pictured above.  

 

[phart010 | 1,707]

1 hour ago, Driftwood said:

 

That makes sense. I wonder if that one had the blue box design on the manual. 
 

Mine does not have the blue box design on its manual, it’s the orange manual.

[Driftwood | 209]

Not mine

[coffeewithmrsaturn | 100]

@phart010I think the manuals are all the same (no blue manual for the blue box)

[phart010 | 1,707]

7 hours ago, coffeewithmrsaturn said:

@phart010I think the manuals are all the same (no blue manual for the blue box)

How do you explain this? Is it fake??

 

[Driftwood | 209]

I’ve seen plenty of fake manuals.

they never feel the same though, much thicker paper.

the one on the left is bootleg for reference 

Edited August 29, 2021 by Driftwood

[Driftwood | 209]

This is perhaps a better example, where the original is double sided.     The bootleg has cropped the box image for the manual.

also all the bootlegs manuals i have on hand seem to have only one staple as opposed to the normal two.

[Driftwood | 209]

From the picture... it looks real to me 

[phart010 | 1,707]

24 minutes ago, Driftwood said:

From the picture... it looks real to me 

It would be strange for someone to fake it. After all it is an obscure variant. Usually fakes don’t start getting made until something becomes known in the mainstream 

[Driftwood | 209]

Just now, phart010 said:

It would be strange for someone to fake it. After all it is an obscure variant. Usually fakes don’t start getting made until something becomes known in the mainstream 

Not necessarily true. I’ve seen bootlegs of almost every title.

[coffeewithmrsaturn | 100]

@phart010 I'm just going from memory, so I could be wrong.  I will let you know if I find a blue one

[Tanooki | 4,937]

I have a real castlevania double pack manual. It’s aria and harmony on one far book where you flip it over and each half has the manual readable. I’m out but can snap pics later. There should be no double manual or one with a double pack cover on it. 

[Driftwood | 209]

5 minutes ago, Tanooki said:

I have a real castlevania double pack manual. It’s aria and harmony on one far book where you flip it over and each half has the manual readable. I’m out but can snap pics later. There should be no double manual or one with a double pack cover on it. 

The double pack cover is a bootleg. 
Did you read the posts?

[Tanooki | 4,937]

I was outside at a flea market, could just make out the image and the box and manual looked seriously wrong.

[AdamW | 713]

Got my variant radar twitching...=) What's the print code on the orange manual? (The code at front top right)

[Driftwood | 209]

11 minutes ago, AdamW said:

Got my variant radar twitching...=) What's the print code on the orange manual? (The code at front top right)

Hard to get a photo but both manuals, both carts, and both box flaps read

agb-akce-usa

[Driftwood | 209]

[bowser | 598]

Are there any box variants with no codes on the flaps?

I recently came across a "cheap" ($50) Ninja Five-O box only with solid blue flaps instead of white flaps with codes. The box looked pretty convincing and I bought it in excitement before noticing the anomaly.

I tried to cancel but the seller was pretty firm on shipping it the next day. Luckily he got a higher offer of $75 and cancelled. He still claimed he has "years of experience" selling games and this came from Toys R Us and it was authentic. I really don't know whether to believe him since I'm a noob at collecting boxed items. Did I dodge a bullet there or shoot myself in the foot? 

[Driftwood | 209]

6 minutes ago, bowser said:

Are there any box variants with no codes on the flaps?

I recently came across a "cheap" ($50) Ninja Five-O box only with solid blue flaps instead of white flaps with codes. The box looked pretty convincing and I bought it in excitement before noticing the anomaly.

I tried to cancel but the seller was pretty firm on shipping it the next day. Luckily he got a higher offer of $75 and cancelled. He still claimed he has "years of experience" selling games and this came from Toys R Us and it was authentic. I really don't know whether to believe him since I'm a noob at collecting boxed items. Did I dodge a bullet there or shoot myself in the foot? 

Be glad you didn’t buy it.

[BirdDogGaming | 218]

For what it's worth, this is the manual mine came with.

[Driftwood | 209]

7 minutes ago, BirdDogGaming said:

For what it's worth, this is the manual mine came with.

Yeah I’ve uncovered 4 blue box copies besides our two, and all have the same manual.

[phart010 | 1,707]

1 hour ago, Driftwood said:

Yeah I’ve uncovered 4 blue box copies besides our two, and all have the same manual.

I have a sealed one but the manual inside will forever remain a mystery

[T-Pac | 7,560]

Konami's Arcade Advanced was the pack-in game that came with my GBA. 

I think it was some kind of weird blister-pack bundle from Sam's Club (a wholesale store).

-CasualCart