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1/16 Update Knocked out about 75 titles since start of the year and closer to ~150 needed at the moment. Glad to take a look at anything you have available from commons to rares. Please let me know! WTB NES CIBs! So one of my resolutions this year is to get more serious about finishing my licensed NES CIB set (-SE). I always just casually peck away at it but thought I'd try to knock out some more here. I'm somewhere around 500 CIBs if my spreadsheet is right so I still need a good amount. I have most of the big rares but could still use a ton from stuff as common as Bases Loaded 2 / 3 (yes I need those) to uncommons and mid rares. Unfortunately I don't have a checklist of needs ready at the moment, but if you have some extras available then please let me know and I can take a look. Hoping for at least 8/10 condition or better, let me know!

Welcome back! To be honest I have no idea how people quit cold turkey and then never collect again. I get selling out for major life decisions (move, kids, marriage, etc.) but you can never extinguish the flame of a collector!

Hopefully pump the brakes a bit. 2019 was a wild ride. But as always continue to add CIB / Sealed games to the collection.

Close, it's the 1st print variants of Legend of Zelda, Mega Man and Mike Tysons Punchout.

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Succinct and to the point don't you think? RIP NA!

Toss up between Last of Us II or FFVII Remake. Never got to play through FFVII yet to be honest, so the remake will be perfect for me. I skip remakes if I've already beat the game before (like Link's Awakening on Switch this year), but FFVII will be perfect for my needs.

No, I wasn't a fan of Qualified grading then and still don't care for it now. Though I will admit that Qualified grading prices have seemed to do quite well over the last year with the rise in popularity of Wata CIB grading.

Alright it's that time of year, NFL Playoffs! Let's get our picks in, here's mine in bold: Favorite / Underdog At Houston (-3) vs. Buffalo At New England (-5) vs. Tennessee At New Orleans (-8) vs. Minnesota Seattle (-1.5) vs. At Philadelphia I actually think NO and MIN will be a FG type game... if Dalvin Cook plays. My lock for the week is Houston over Buffalo, I would be legitimately shocked if Buffalo pulls off that win. And sorry Pats fans, I really think the Titans will be more than you can handle at home. The Titans have been a very solid team all year round and Tannehill has found the fountain of youth somehow.

Glad you enjoyed the box, bunch of random things I've accumulated over the last couple of years. Thanks again to all for entering and sharing your stories!

Dang I'm a sucker for random promo goodies, nice one! And thanks to @captmorgandrinker for running SS this year, can only imagine all of the work that goes into it...

My response would have been "What's the highest you're willing to pay?" and left it at that. His response was fine and your "stick up the crack" comment was over the top.

So far at 5 and 3 mine still believe obviously. I assume by 4th grade (age 9ish?) is where some start to fade but others keep believing.

Congrats to @Fleck586 21 was the winner. PM incoming, happy holidays to all!

Final list of 34 posted, thanks to everyone who shared and entered. Will do a simple Random.org drawing later on and update the thread.

Last bump about 24 hours to get in. Right now each person has roughly a 4% chance of winning!

I'm sorry 549 was the magic number...

Label it first print Mario and Zelda and you have a million dollars there, right?

List updated, looks like 24 entrants so far! I've enjoyed reading the stories thanks for sharing. Funny how you never know what memories will stick with you for the rest of your life.

I would expect this has no chance in hell of clearing the Senate since it's about half Republican and they need the 2/3rd vote. I have vague memories of the Bill Clinton impeachment, but I seriously doubt Trump gets removed. What is more interesting is that Clinton's impeachment was in his second term. This is Trump's first. You have to think this severely hurts his chances of re-election.

Good tastes, TM2 is my fave PS1 game all-time as well!

Nothing specific other than a big breakfast after presents on Christmas morning, and lots of Christmas music and movies throughout the holiday season. After December 1st it's almost all Xmas music on my commute to and from work. I try to at least watch 3 full Xmas movies every year but sometimes it varies on the movie. Elf, Home Alone 1 / 2, Christmas Vacation and Jingle All the Way usually battle for spots.

If you follow me on IG @jonebone7 I actually am giving away a Wata graded 9.0 A+ sealed WCW NWO Revenge, funny you should mention it. One giveaway here for VGS one giveaway there for IG. One of my fave games as a kid too!

Reserved for list of Entrants: 1 Scrobins 2 PineappleLawnchair 3 Reed Rothchild 4 Splain 5 DefaultGen 6 Munkey 7 darkchylde28 8 RH 9 a3quit4s 10 Boosted52405 11 Sign Collector Guy 12 Richardhead 13 Andy_Bogomil 14 Deadeye 15 broncofantd793 16 AstralSoul13 17 Nugfish 18 JamesRobot 19 m308gunner 20 Rooster 21 Fleck586 22 zombiemicrowave 23 SuperJimtendo 24 8-bit_boice 25 drxandy 26 arnpoly 27 Gutling 28 Bearcat-Doug 29 OxDEAFC0DE 30 WalterWhiteJr. 31 Velvet_the_Elf 32 Katchii 33 oshf 34 Zbomber