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It was, or at least Sonic and Knuckles was which, again, is about the same game.

IIRC, they picked the period of Neos life because that was "peak civilization". This means that (doing some math...) the real people in the matrix were likely born around 1965-1975, lived roughly 85 years in their pods (to 2060) and then they'd "restart" after that. So the robots think peak civilization is right now... huh... they might be right?

I can agree with this to an extent, and even though my entertainment with the industry has been hit or miss for 25 years, I'd argue there's a BIG difference between a title belt being held for 2 months vs. nearly 4 years. IMHO, the reigns could range from 6-18 months. A good run being 24 and a "king legend" holding it form maybe 3 years. But four years... I'm not trying to pull back the curtain but it's as I was telling my wife during the Reigns/Rhodes match that this is scripted. After a while, it gets boring. Now, if this was legitimate and a "sport" rather than "entertainment", my opinion would be 100% different. Kudos to anyone in, say, boxing who can be a reigning champion for years over years, but this is entertainment. It's planned. Eventually you need to stop letting one guy collect every belt in the show and have him hold them ad nauseum.

It's alright but it's not Sonic.

Well, Nintendo cut off the their online services on Monday, I think, for the 3DS and the Wii U. There might have been a rush of people dragging their heals, wanting a units, so they could buy one and download some DLC.

I've barely kept up with the WWE in the past 18 months and I've only checked in on news of releases and what belts have changed over. I watched the two Roman Reigns matches. As a character, he's fine, and I like Joe as a person. That said 1,500+ days with a title belt makes the run get booooooring. I was glad to be there to see him finally lose, and seeing The Rock come back was fun too, though I know that was set up months in advance.

@Ferris Bueller So if I understand you correctly, a long time ago, you put in a max bid of $8,500 and someone out bid you? Do you, or us as a community, even know who the buyer was?

I'm well aware that Octopus can do this and, yet, every now and then when I see this, it amazes me. It's amazing what creature can squeeze through when they lack bones and cartilage.

You know, this does bring up a slightly interesting bit of food for thought. What is likely to be worth more--one of a kind items or items that only 2-5 are known to exist. If you have a 1-of-a-kind item that might be desirable, you have to market you have it for sale. If you just post it on eBay, there's a chance that no one who would be willing to pay big money for it will find it. Of course, you can throw a big BIN on it, but what I mean is if you put it up for auction so the market could set the price. However, those really rare items that are likely just as desirable but only 2-5 items exist, well, if 1-2 have made it to market in the past 15 years, then there's latent hype built around it and people probably have saved eBay searches for it. This game is a good example. It's a 5-screw, it's Mega Man and it's rare. I have no clue what it's worth. It's worth whatever someone would pay because there's just so few. If it were to go up for auction, let's guess it'd go for, say, $5,000. But my next question is, if someone found one of these, it was the first and only known copy and they just put it up on eBay for a $1 auction, do you think it'd end at $5,000. I can't quite say. FOMO might make the one-of-a-kind more valuable, but then again, I also don't know if it'd get enough attention. I don't know.

Ah, sure. Well it might just be good to have one nomination per person, depending how many suggestions we get. If that’s the case, I’ll personally go with Plan-9

Might I suggest kicking off with a classic "we've all seen"? Could be something old like Plan 9 From Outer Space, or something newer like Sharknado. Are they the best B-Movies? No. But sometimes it's nice to kick off a club like this with a bit of familiarity, just to pull people in and get the discussions started. I can think of several other B's I've seen but, you know, I think we've all seen those two, and that's not a bad thing.

IF Ken Goldin sold off his auction house to eBay, THEN WHO WILL CRACK OPEN ALL OF THOSE 1ST ED POKEMAN BOXES WITH LOGAN PAUL?!?!?! But in all seriousness, I skimmed the article and I think this is a bit of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, this is eBay. Ew. I've long wanted a serious competitor to enter the realm against them because, at a minimum, eBay needs competition to lower prices and be encouraged to not just innovate but fix frustration points and bugs that most of us have ran into. But on the other hand, eliminating a site dedicated to high-end collectibles helps consolidate searching and that is a net-benefit to collectors, and it can help legitimize that eBay is a place for serious collectors to also look for collectibles, which is what sites like Goldin and HA cater too. In fact, it makes me wonder if eBay, in time, might try to buy up Heritage. We all have heard about Halperin's antics but eventually everyone gets older and wants to retire. That could be within 10-15 years for him, and if eBay makes an offer he can't refuse, why wouldn't he take it. Especially if, say, it's something like $1,000,000,000. I could see Halperin being the type of guy who'd want to peacock that he's in the "3 comma club".

Is the FF X-2 code redeemed?

Well, if OP is making his rounds on collector forums, he may also want to list each one as $1 auctions, posted on Sunday, ending the following Sunday (and be sure to add several high-quality photos.) Basically, do some guerilla marketing of your goods and share your eBay account link. Often the easiest way to get the most money, with minimal hassle, is to do it that way. Plus, considering the rarity of these and general quality, I'm not sure grading would help the prices that much. It might help some, but probably not enough to make it worth the effort.

What's your source for deciphering the PCB codes? I've always wondered what those were and this makes sense. Also, is there a way on the PCB to know the date the were printed? This gives the month, but what about the year? As @JVOSS mentioned, I'm less interested in this info for Pokemon and just general knowledge for other GB games. Thanks for sharing. Thank you.

@MPG23 Those NFR stickers, are they on the box or are they on cello? It's hard for me to tell from those photos.

What about the 3x NFRs? If this guy is just looking to flip, then it still might not be worth getting them graded, but I've not seen these types of NES NFRs. Any clue where they came from? (Also, I admit that I've not looked much into NES NFRs, so I admit ignorance.) These were system pack-ins, I don't think, so where did these come from?

For those who are not nerds about old school VFX, nearly 60 years ago the Walt Disney Company invented a radical filming camera and technique that allowed for subjects to be filmed in full color, across the entire color spectrum, and using sodium vapor lights projected onto a background, they were able to create something akin to modern Green/Blue Screen technology. However, due to the nature of the physics of the Sodium lights, the affects were far better than anything we've seen in 60 years. Some time around 30-40 years ago, the special crystals that were used within the camera were lost with time and in spite of all our technical advancements in film, nothing has ever come close to the compositing abilities of this old tech from the 60s. Well, with the assistance of a camera technician and engineer, using a modern technology, the affective approach has finally been replicated and the results are truly stunning, and I say that in a non-clickbaity kind of way. I can only stomach so much Corridor Crew, if you're familiar with the channel, but if you're into these types of things I highly recommend you watch the video.

Do keep in mind that there's no N64 in your goopod.

I'm seriously considering getting one of these but the real reason why is not at all for gaming. Supposedly, it works really really well for VHS ripping and I have a lot of family VHS tapes I'd like to rip. The features that are available for gaming are a bonus, plus I would probably use it in the end for scaling my Wii and DVD player which are the only non-HDMI items hooked up to my family TV.

Yes, but do they have back labels? https://www.ebay.com/itm/156158430176? (Honestly, I just wanted to show this off. I think it's way over priced but who knows. Let's see if anyone actually drops $5k on these.)

There's always multiple factors when it comes to increasing the value of collectibles. Rarity is important and for people like you and me, but in our own niche ways who like the find truly unique and rare items that are part of a larger story, then it's easy to shrug and ask "why?!" But the fact is, you're prototype bootleg that might be from the first batch of any bootleg every created for the Famicom, or my one-of-a-kind Myst Mechanical Age patch disk I just found that I'm still riding high on, has no meaning to the masses. I work from home and when people on Zoom learn that I collect games, they ask me if I have anything really "rare and cool"? I want to show off my 5 New Leaf/Game Factory cartridges, my First Edition Myst and my 3 protos for the Game Boy, but what they really want to see is my dead mint, CIB lefty Mario Bros 3, and even then they need a little bit of education as to why it "matters". Unfortunately, as collector markets mature part of that maturity is mass appeal and what appeals to masses is nostalgia, not rarity and niche, historically important items. So if they desire common or uncommon items, then they have to semi-manufacture conditions that increase scarcity and value and the best way to do that is to sort the options by condition. Is this game sealed? Check. That's already a 1 in 100 of all similar specimens. Is it in Excellent vs. Good condition? It is, so that makes it now a 1 in 20 item of the 1 in 100 copies you might run into that are sealed. Oh, but this one over here is dead mint and the best example we've found for this common game! Aha! So of all the carts, CIBs and Sealed copies of this Game X, this is the most perfect conditioned one you can find and is therefore "rare", "important" and "valuable". And all collector markets built around manufactured goods react this way. And the fact is, I'm not throwing shade at that either. High-conditioned items display well and get you closer what is also that most important feeling people associate with these toys and it's not playing with them--it's the excitement of unwrapping them on Christmas or Birthdays and seeing something you'll know you'll enjoy because you begged for it for ages. I think a lot of collectors are more interested in reliving Christmas, rather than those countless hours of playing the games, and on Christmas, you probably had a mint, store fresh copy. That's what you want on your shelf. Not everything I own needs to be that way, but I do have a some key games that I've wanted CIB/Sealed and generally I want it for the same reasons. Mine are a weird mix though, SMB3, Final Fantasy Adventure, Cybernoid for the NES, Anticipation for the NES (yes, you read that right), Golden Eye 007, Super Mario 64, Sonic 2 for the Game Gear, Duck Tales for the Game Boy and Metroid 1 and 2. That's an odd mix of games that I'd want sealed or in mint CIB shape. But why? Because all of those were games that I spent countless hours playing as a kid. I can relive the game play easy enough, but holding a perfect, mint copy like I did on all of those Christmases and Birthdays ago, well that takes owning the those new or CIB. I have about half of those games, and I don't regret pay the prices I paid for any of them. I'd also, at some point, like to prioritize getting the others too.

Yeah, we've had cloud cover coming in and out but we had about 80-85% coverage. It's amazing and the experience of just seeing dimmed sunlight that's not at all like clouds blocking the sun is just something you have to experience. Well, that was fun. Back to work.

I could be wrong but I think it's a very localized meme on here. I think @DefaultGen started it a few weeks ago, and it just carried over here. I could be wrong though. This is legit the only "social media" site I go to. Like, at all. EDIT Well, ok, some might consider YouTube social media, but since all I watch are gamer, science and hunting/outdoorsy channels, I don't count them. I'm not one to get into the whole Shorts/Community part of YT.

If that's what you were trying to say, then that's fine. If you're not into S2 then S3 probably isn't going to be your thing either. But I am saying that, in my opinion, Sonic 2 is excellent but Sonic 3 just does the final refinement of the whole package. It does refine the level design a bit more, while making the whole package prettier, and the story telling is much more polished. Plus, game saves helps a lot considering its size. But yeah, by the time they made Sonic 2, the feel of the 2D series was set. If you can't enjoy Sonic 2, I would not recommend Sonic 3. That said, if someone wanted to try out the series or never gave it a fair shake beyond 5 minutes on S1 or S2, I'd highly recommend giving S3, S&K or even S3&K a solid try. There's nothing wrong with skipping the earlier titles, but Sonic 2 is most definitely a finished Sonic game.