Speedy_NES

Feel free to post feedback from our transactions in here. Thanks!

Jonathan paid instantly & was easy to deal with. Thanks!

Slowly finishing the NES specific-game guide set (also thanks to you!), and trying to find every variant/print run of NES books globally. Discovering more and more language variants, which is cool, but finding all print runs is tough, as this is info that is generally not known / shared by sellers.

I also loosely try to complete sets of magazines and fanzines from the NES era.

I have a few new old stock 1992 Super Mario Candia promotional pins, still sealed. Happy to sell these for $8.50 shipped each (worldwide), if anyone is interested.

Box is worn, but this is a great price for an incredibly hard to find box for a PAL exclusive (Policeman):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Policeman-Gluk-box-only-NES-Free-shipping-in-USA/323968421957?hash=item4b6e05d045%3Ag%3AB5QAAOSwZ~pdvu0a&shqty=1&isGTR=1&fbclid=IwAR3WVgn8lJp-jI8mRCvS9cMTN5HMW9HC65BCbcrUP67aXvtAXrFJhw-UmqU#shId

Hi all,

I am trying to hunt down all print runs of the Nintendo Adventure Books and have quite some European doubles that I'd love to trade for US variants (plenty of other stuff to trade, too, if more books aren't your fancy). See photo for Euro variants to trade (I have round and oval seal variants for most of these).

Looking for the following US versions:

Special Pringles message on top of cover:

1 Nintendo Adventure Books: Double Trouble
2 Nintendo Adventure Books: Leaping Lizards
3 Nintendo Adventure Books: Monster Mix-Up
4 Nintendo Adventure Books: Koopa Capers
5 Nintendo Adventure Books: Pipe Down
6 Nintendo Adventure Books: Doors to Doom
7 Nintendo Adventure Books: Dinosaur Dilemma
8 Nintendo Adventure Books: Flown the Koopa
9 Nintendo Adventure Books: The Crystal Trap
10 Nintendo Adventure Books: The Shadow Prince
11 Nintendo Adventure Books: Unjust Desserts
12 Nintendo Adventure Books: Brain Drain

Without Pringles message on top of cover:

1 Nintendo Adventure Books: Double Trouble
2 Nintendo Adventure Books: Leaping Lizards
3 Nintendo Adventure Books: Monster Mix-Up
4 Nintendo Adventure Books: Koopa Capers
5 Nintendo Adventure Books: Pipe Down
6 Nintendo Adventure Books: Doors to Doom
7 Nintendo Adventure Books: Dinosaur Dilemma
8 Nintendo Adventure Books: Flown the Koopa
9 Nintendo Adventure Books: The Crystal Trap
10 Nintendo Adventure Books: The Shadow Prince
11 Nintendo Adventure Books: Unjust Desserts
12 Nintendo Adventure Books: Brain Drain

In the print run row on the 3rd page, the non-Pringles copies should end at "1", whereas the Pringles copies end at "2". If you have any that end at a "3" or higher, I'd be interested in those, too.

Thanks for looking!

 

On 12/20/2019 at 1:59 PM, Sign Collector Guy said:

Excellent point. I feel in the end (me personally) I do not want my happiness defined by any materialistic items, especially collectibles. I have made some great strides in this but I still have this overwhelming urge to keep what I have. Selling these collection items is another thing all together. Letting go of them once I have them   

I know exactly what you mean, and I imagine most collectors have to actively draw a line at some point on what to collect, not to collect, and sometimes sell/avoid vs. other priorities. I think it's healthy to diversify where one gets happiness from, much like with investments, as every domain has ups and downs, and it's healthy not too be too absorbed by the collecting hobby. When it's difficult to sell items, it has helped me to put the benefits side by side of the item vs. the alternative (whether collectible or non-collectible). When there is choice overload on what to sell/trade/etc, you can always rank by replaceability, to keep options open in case the direction changes again down the line.

Very nice pieces! Thanks for sharing with the community. Love the framing jobs, too. Hopefully your source has even more goodies to preserve and add to the collection down the road.

13 hours ago, Mario_Friend1982 said:

Does anybody think about owning all Nintendo games, consoles, books, accessories, handhelds, collectibles and merchandise? You would be the envy of your friends and neighbours!

That's definitely always been my goal, but only for 8-bit era and aftermarket items related to the 8-bit era. Not for anyone's envy, though, more as a near-impossible goal to strive for as a personal achievement (within a domain of personal interest).

As for the quality vs. quantity argument; it really depends, of course, on what criteria you use for 'quality'. There are lots of items with poor build quality, gameplay quality, writing quality, etc, but that usually leads to less demand and interest and, over time, less supply and increased quality in terms of rarity.

ETA: I've always been curious how many collectors still strive for this, as the focus in the last decade has shifted much more to niche areas of interest as opposed to broadly collecting items associated with a gaming brand / era etc. It seems to me as if there were many more broad collectors ~15 years ago, but at the time, most collectors probably underestimated the amount of different stuff out there and downsized their goals accordingly.

sold

Here's a better picture of the upside-down label Baby Boomer from another thread.

Thanks for posting. I did not win these, but if anyone on here won them, I'd love to trade for the doubles in the lot

I'd consider the following pretty good deals for some NES accessory goodness. Had them posted in the hardware club, but thought I'd share them here, too:

While rare variants are not as popular for accessories as games, this one's a tough one to find. I spent years looking to add this to my collection and coincidentally found one just a few weeks ago. Difference here is copyright 1989 vs. the common 1990 copyright. If rare variants of early licensed accessories ever become as popular as those for games, you can thank me later

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bondwell-Quick-Shot-New-Sealed-QS-126-Joypad-Controller-for-Nintendo-NES/233458076492?hash=item365b2f8b4c:g:nrIAAOSwyKZeFAI-

$40 for Messiah NES wireless controllers LE set. These regularly sell for $100+ (last sold $140):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Messiah-NES-Wireless-controller-set-in-collectors-lunchbox/223817358964?hash=item341c8dde74:g:IekAAOSwITReBU8k

$32 shipped for a factory sealed rare NES case:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Alpha-Video-Game-Carrying-Case-Nintendo-NES-Cartridges-VINTAGE-FACTORY-SEALED/143452091009?hash=item2166693281:g:7mkAAOSwB-1dpUrb&shqty=1&isGTR=1#shId

7 minutes ago, Sign Collector Guy said:

I like your way of thinking. I have worked on this over the last couple years. Great article here that speaks to the behavior of delayed gratification. Not saying those who indulge in impulsive behavior behave like toddlers but getting instant comfort in buying things speaks to a much bigger picture I feel.

 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-emotional-meter/201712/the-benefits-delaying-gratification

 

I did not read the full article, but noticed the publication date and skimmed until I saw mention of the marshmallow test in there. The results and interpretations of that study from the 1960s have been reevaluated more recently, see the following:

https://behavioralscientist.org/try-to-resist-misinterpreting-the-marshmallow-test/

The premise that delayed gratification is better (certainly with regard to the marshmallow test) is based on getting more value out of such behavior in the long-term; while this applies to many areas of life in my opinion (the less [early] you consume, the more you build), within collectibles hobbies, this is not always the case. The fear of missing out is not necessarily the desire of having something now vs. (more) later, but can also be driven by the desire to obtain something that you may otherwise never be able to obtain again (be it the item, the condition it is in, historical provenance, etc). In other words, not giving in to acquiring an item may actually result in a worse outcome long-term, depending on your collecting goals. As someone who seeks out obscure items, this is more often than not the case for me, and I therefore allow myself to be slightly more influenced by the market and availability of items than those who collect from a set of readily available collectibles. There's strategies to deal with that, and in my case, I accept larger month-to-month fluctuations in my spending pattern and budget accordingly.

1 hour ago, Sumez said:

I'm guessing only American variants count? Because these seem to leave out every non-American variant.

Speaking about (North) American variants, the CAN version is nice, too, with the red Nintendo bar at top. Fits nicely with other late release NES games.

I can't give an accurate price estimate, but over the last decade, the SNES Miracle Piano game / set has consistently sold for more than the NES counterpart, FYI. I thought I'd saved some sales data, but unfortunately not. I would price it at 1.5-2x going rate for a NES set in similar condition/completeness and go from there.

1 minute ago, Hybrid said:

Interesting 'error'; could it just be sun fading, from partial exposure through a grate? Blue tends to not fade much.

If he is paying for the shipping with PayPal goods transfer and the customs intercept and hold/demolish the package contents, he is still eligible to file a claim with PayPal after which you'll be paying the shipping out of pocket. Australian customs are strict, so I'd imagine the package will be intercepted if there are cigarettes inside.

On 11/15/2019 at 11:30 AM, fcgamer said:

I'm not sure on value, and I'd guess like you said, these days it would be much easier to buy a cheap clone with Famicom compatibility than just using an adaptor. I'd guess half of the folks going after the adaptors would want them just for historical or collectors sake. Fun fact, I have a catalogue from Honey Bee from back in the day.

I'd be very interested in a Honey Bee catalog if you find a spare! I'm one of the guys hunting down all Honey Bee variants for historical purposes, and have found a crazy 17 variants to date, plus a presumably knock-off black Honey "Boe" adapter (with matching box). Aside from adapter color differences, there's emboss variants, logo variants, and of course ribbon color variants. Packaging seems to have always been consistent.

Price-wise I agree that they have gone down a bit. Whereas the Famicom-to-NES adapter is relatively common, the NES-to-Famicom counterpart is actually quite rare. I sold two of the latter, loose and in semi-worn condition for $65-75 in quick sales earlier this year. Haven't seen many boxed ones in the last 15 years, so it's definitely one to look out for if you collect these things.

Great deal @ ~$65 shipped for a rare licensed NES case, factory sealed:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/163900811716

On 12/12/2019 at 2:42 AM, Trifecta said:

If you're looking for something a bit sturdier then I would recommend kollector_protector box protecters. They are 0 .5mm thick and you can really feel the difference between kollector's and others. I started swapping out my Video Game Box protectors for these because they feel more durable and they have a nice snug fit. I've tried the SNES and NES box protectors so far.

The Ebay link is here: https://www.ebay.com/str/kollector-protector?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Those look great! I wasn't aware 0.5mm thick ones were available. Good price, too.

On 11/27/2019 at 6:05 PM, fcgamer said:

Also will share this one, dig it out from the archives while helping someone trying to track down some childhood games.

It's a catalogue of bootleg games from the Whirlwind Manu company. It's sadly incomplete, though the data inside is quite valuable. Again quite rare, possibly one of a kind.

Nice item! Someone in the Vintage game paper group on Facebook was sharing photos of the various descriptions in that catalog a while back -- pretty funny stuff. The consistency of the humorous Engrish makes me wonder whether it was intentional, though.