Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) Conker's Bad Fur Day RGB Set of Condoms and Bag of Nuts (E3 2000) The Nintendo Difference Cigar Kit (E3 2001) Hand Signed Business Card of Toru Iwatani, w/ Pac-Man doodle (2005) Hand Signed Copy of Super Mario 64 signed by Shigeru Miyamoto, March 15, 1999) (To: Redacted) Twilight Princess Preview Trailer for Nintendo DS E3 Giveaway 1/500 (2005) Nintendo Technology Development GAMECUBE Cardboard Mockup Signed By NTD Team (2000) Nintendo Power Award (2000) [special thanks goes to @Jeevan@Art of Nintendo Powerfor helping me identify the piece] Screen Used Paper Mario TV Spot Falling Mario Prop (2000) Screen Used Paper Mario TV Spot Peach Prop (2000) Mario and Peach Props can be seen here. Lower case “n” from Nintendo of America’s headquarters, Building Exterior, Redmond WA (1998) The letters can be seen here. Edited September 9, 2021 by Ricky Winterborn 7 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) (Consolidated) Screen Used Paper Mario TV Spot Prop (2000) Mario and Peach Props can be seen here. Edited August 4, 2021 by Ricky Winterborn 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) (Consolidated) Screen Used Paper Mario TV Spot Prop (2000) Edited August 4, 2021 by Ricky Winterborn 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Holy wow cooooool!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,404 Administrator · Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 These are awesome! Thanks for sharing - super cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan | 8,910 Events Helper · Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 wow nice! I just played and beat paper mario for the first time this year @Ricky Winterborn Very nice pieces buddy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone3969 | 304 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Wow... these sure are sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) (Consolidated) Nintendo Power Award (2000) [special thanks goes to @Jeevan@Art of Nintendo Powerfor helping me identify the piece] Edited August 4, 2021 by Ricky Winterborn 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soma | 73 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Wtf...these are all awesome! Probably truly rare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 I've got more too. Just have to dig deeper in the archives. Excited to share these artifacts with the community! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 I've never wanted an "n" (or any letter in the alphabet, for that matter) so much in my life! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, RH said: I've never wanted an "n" (or any letter in the alphabet, for that matter) so much in my life! It sure is incredible. I think it’s the star of my collection. I was touring the campus when workers were taking it down. Being the little shit I was, I asked if I could have a letter. The guy sensed I was freaking out and told me he’d hide it behind a bush when he was done. One of my best examples of right time right place. The racetrack logo currently on the side of the building is what replaced the original letters. Edited August 3, 2021 by Ricky Winterborn 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Ricky Winterborn said: It sure is incredible. I think it’s the star of my collection. I was touring the campus when workers were taking it down. Being the little shit I was, I asked if I could have a letter. The guy sensed I was freaking out and told me he’d hide it behind a bush when he was done. One of my best examples of right time right place. The racetrack logo currently on the side of the building is what replaced the original letters. No shame in the game. As I tell my wife and kids, you don't know if you don't ask. I would have done the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, RH said: No shame in the game. As I tell my wife and kids, you don't know if you don't ask. I would have done the same. You speak the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croagunk | 798 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 So much cool stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,105 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 17 hours ago, Ricky Winterborn said: It sure is incredible. I think it’s the star of my collection. I was touring the campus when workers were taking it down. Being the little shit I was, I asked if I could have a letter. The guy sensed I was freaking out and told me he’d hide it behind a bush when he was done. One of my best examples of right time right place. The racetrack logo currently on the side of the building is what replaced the original letters. The story makes it even cooler! That's some kind of luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) (Consolidated) Nintendo Technology Development GAMECUBE Cardboard Mockup Signed By NTD Team (2000) Edited August 6, 2021 by Ricky Winterborn 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art of Nintendo Power | 353 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 @Ricky Winterborn is that disc just a cut down DVD? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) No, it's actually cut from a cardboard type material. The entire object is a big origami. This was used as kind of a way to show people in the company the scale and dimensions of both the upcoming console and the media it would use to store the games. In a way it's even earlier than the plastic prototypes that were to follow. Edited August 3, 2021 by Ricky Winterborn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser | 598 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) I like the GameCube but can it really be earlier than the plastic prototypes? I'm asking because it looks pretty much like the final product. There should be some major (or at least minor) differences from the final design if it was an early mockup. Or perhaps "prototype" is the wrong word here? Maybe it's more of a reveal of the final product internally? Edited August 3, 2021 by bowser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,097 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 How'd you come across this stuff other than the N which you explained @Ricky Winterborn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, bowser said: I like the GameCube but can it really be earlier than the plastic prototypes? I'm asking because it looks pretty much like the final product. There should be some major (or at least minor) differences from the final design if it was an early mockup. Or perhaps "prototype" is the wrong word here? Maybe it's more of a reveal of the final product internally? Hey @bowser, correct, it was more of a reveal to the entire company. Up to that point, the number of the people in the company who would have had hands on the GameCube were very few and very important. A lot of companies in the technology sector operate on a need to know basis. It's very common for people working at these companies to see/hear about these products for the first time at E3, conferences, in store, etc. So my point about it being earlier than plastic prototypes is still correct in a way. Though the plastic prototypes obviously did exist prior to this one, this was revealed to employees before they saw the plastic protos if that makes sense. Also, if I'm remembering correctly, Nintendo might have hosted this paper craft on it's website for people to try and make it in their own home. This one just happened to be made by Nintendo. Edited August 3, 2021 by Ricky Winterborn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Winterborn | 80 Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, a3quit4s said: How'd you come across this stuff other than the N which you explained @Ricky Winterborn Networking mostly. Met a lot of really cool folks in the industry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,097 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Ricky Winterborn said: Networking mostly. Met a lot of really cool folks in the industry. I was gonna say you have got to know some people to get some of this stuff haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan | 8,910 Events Helper · Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 22 minutes ago, a3quit4s said: I was gonna say you have got to know some people to get some of this stuff haha 29 minutes ago, Ricky Winterborn said: Networking mostly. Met a lot of really cool folks in the industry. i only know people here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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