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18 hours ago, mlbfan10 said:

Forgot to show this one! Played this a ton on my Xbox back in the day. Have a sealed Xbox copy I need to get graded at some point

oh man i'm legit super jealous of this one. i need to get it at some point. haha

also i noticed your mario kart DS is hanging quite low. i think the inner blister got smooshed at the bottom.

On 7/5/2023 at 8:12 PM, mlbfan10 said:

My recent turbo WATA submissions are starting to role in. None of my 3DS games shipped with one of my subs so there seems to be a delay currently with those. 

 

great games! how are you liking the DVD size? I've been liking them a lot more personally. Still not as thin as I want but it's such an improvement that at least in the short term I'm satisfied.

I also noticed DS games have the same width which is surprising, because 3DS are much thinner.

18 hours ago, MrWunderful said:

That company looks good to me, Im gonna shoot them an email. 

good luck!

I’ve heard quite good things about collectibles insurance services. zandg emporium on YouTube just did a vid about it actually. I’m probably going to go through them in the future just because my collection has grown so much. 

On 6/26/2023 at 4:03 PM, DefaultGen said:

Sometimes I wish I wasn't a hoarder and just had a buncha good stuff. Oh well

Don’t worry. I have a closet overflowing with garbage I don’t care about. You’re in good company 

awesome "finds," especially the f-zero and castlevania.

Just moved some games around and condensed down by one whole bookshelf. Eventually they’ll all move into another room but since that can’t happen for a while, this alternative setup will do lol

Rockman & Forte is a must for Mega Man fans. Ignore the USA port to GBA. Play the correct version on SFC.

On 6/18/2023 at 10:13 AM, CIB_Wholesale said:

79049930

That isn’t a part code. It should be five digits and a letter

example:

2 hours ago, CIB_Wholesale said:

the side is missing the holo too

 

do they do the holo print separate? must have missed to holo printer

Looks like it. What’s the part code on it?

On 6/2/2023 at 11:38 AM, CIB_Wholesale said:

 

What happened here? Is this an obscure early print error? Pic of the back?

Turbo is pretty slow right now. My two turbo orders just shipped today. Two months.

meanwhile cgc is shipping in one tier within 2 weeks, at $50.

17 hours ago, avatar! said:

I placed my first order with WATA on April 20th. It was graded weeks ago... on May 3rd to be precise. But I have not yet heard anything about shipping. Is this normal? Should I expect to hear about shipping sometime soon?

If it’s turbo then expect it to take 2 months door to door. I have late march turbos and one just shipped. 

I’m also 99% sure they just let them sit instead of shipping them out when they’re encapsulated and done.  

14 hours ago, final fight cd said:

I only have 3 sealed games - 1 VGA and 2 wata.  What I liked about the wata case is the face and back can’t get scuffed secondary to the footprint; the bumpers keep the faces from rubbing against each other if kept on a shelf like a book.  

 

it looks like the new design has removed that.  Does anybody care for that feature or am I the only one? 

That feature still exists. The footprint is just smaller.

I got my first sub with the redesigned case. I gotta say it's LEAGUES better.

Worth noting is that the 3DS size is in many ways the "perfect fit." From what I can tell there's no "back" for the inner blister here. Based on photos from other subs, a CD jewel case will have a back for the blister.

I still have a six game reholder sub at Wata which tests the other more common sizes (N64/NES, Game Boy, DVD, DS) so I'll be very curious to see how the empty space scales with those sizes.

Overall, I think the new case is better than CGCs and especially better than Wata's own legacy design. I wouldn't say it can beat VGAs holder design, but only because in general I think it competes in different ways. I still don't love the inner blister but it's clear Wata intends to stick with it for the foreseeable future.

Pros:

• Feels and looks great
• Has weight (none of that toy-like lightness like with CGC)
• Better use of space (more depth options)
• Case is crystal clear

Cons

• Inner blister doesn't seem any better (no corner bubbles)
• Scuffs all over the case out of the box (seriously, how)
• CIB sub-grades are still on the back label (not relevant to this submission, but just a general annoyance)

In my mind, Wata is beating its main competition (CGC) with this design.

Here's some comparison photos:

On 5/16/2023 at 3:19 PM, ApebitMusic said:

Here's a sexy group shot. These cases are great IMO, btw. Very sturdy, and also each box size "stack" nicely with others of the same size.

 

Is that Metroid II Canadian print? 9.8 is huge

It’s not here yet but I won this on the recent certifiedlink. One game closer to a full New U set.

On 5/13/2023 at 12:56 PM, Gloves said:

Actually when this thread reaches 200 pages we'll have completed our collections, so the plan is to close the site entirely.

finally

On 5/11/2023 at 3:15 PM, FenrirZero said:

I have personally wanted to submit a 3DS game to Wata since 2018.

So personally speaking? I think it was worth the wait. Especially since this is both a first print copy and the game itself was not a big seller (total sales: 0.08 million). 

any chance you can share side pics? i'm curious how thin this case is! apparently PS1 fits in the same size.

Idk if anyone has posted these yet but i have a handful of variants that aren't listed in the OP, didn't see them in followups so here ya go. they're organized by part code. I have them listed out on my website as well (see sig) for easy copy-pasta.

the real question is when was my last sober purchase

Oh forgot this one. Wata slightly less photogenic so might reslab down the line

New lighting who dis 

6 hours ago, CIB_Wholesale said:

 

 

bruh