attakid101

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32 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Dunno, looks like two sold last week for $1400 and $1600...

Look, man. I didn’t want to be the one to tell you this, but you’re very ugly. Like people talk about it.

Just now, Reed Rothchild said:

Did you see that this same seller listed a Hagane with a starting bid of $1300 that failed to sell? I really think Hagane prices will eventually come back to earth. 

On 4/8/2021 at 9:17 PM, attakid101 said:

That makes sense. I gotta saythough, I’m surprised it’s gone as high as it has. There’s a cart only copy on eBay right now going for way more than it has a right to...

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Mask-Super-Nintendo-Entertainment-System-SNES-OEM-Cartridge-Only/303949218092?epid=214710404&hash=item46c4c9012c:g:AbwAAOSw7QdgbKg8

Little update here. I checked JJ Games website and saw that they had a copy of The Mask for way less than the current market price. It arrived the other day. Feel like I lucked out.

A few years ago I had to make a choice, TurboGrafx or Sega Saturn—couldn’t afford both. I picked the Saturn and am left to wonder, “what if?”

sigh....

16 hours ago, jonebone said:

Funny you mentioned this example, someone messaged me last week trying to buy mine.  When a uncommon title droughts it price doesn't usually return back to normal.  Look at some similar NES exmaples like Cliffhanger, that one is way up over the last year.  When the demand gets so high it takes a lot of supply to bring it down... and if the title was already uncommon then the supply usually doesn't catch up.

 

That makes sense. I gotta saythough, I’m surprised it’s gone as high as it has. There’s a cart only copy on eBay right now going for way more than it has a right to...

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Mask-Super-Nintendo-Entertainment-System-SNES-OEM-Cartridge-Only/303949218092?epid=214710404&hash=item46c4c9012c:g:AbwAAOSw7QdgbKg8

You know, I kinda miss Club Nintendo. Sure we have “My Nintendo” now, but it’s not quite the same is it? 

Here’s a couple pics of some of the stuff I have.
Not pictured: a Pikmin tote bag I got for the wife, and the Platinum Playing Cards.

What did you get From Club Nintendo?

in this hobby, I have more regrets about the stuff I didn't buy.
 

So no I don’t have a cap per se. I kind of play it by ear. 

1 hour ago, CasualCart said:

Aw thanks dude! Got one for ya right here haha.

-CasualCart

It’s a VGA badge of honor to start a thread that gets a @CasualCart doodle

1 hour ago, Nesmaster said:

You are right, I felt like I was paying a ton when I bought a very nice cart off NA for $250. No regrets these days.

I paid $90 for mine. At the time I was picking up all Natsume games for SNES. 

Both Pocky and Rocky games are a good time, the first title being superior IMO. But the best game they have on the platform is Wild Guns—that game is serious fun.

@Reed Rothchilddo you think Aero Fighters will make a similar jump?

34 minutes ago, 11strings said:

Funny, in the 1990s I really wanted to be video game composer.  I made a demo tape of songs and sent it out to a bunch of companies.  The only company nice enough of to give me the time of day was Natsume, who gave me a call and explained "All of the develpment work was done in Japan" but sent me a few SNES games as encouragement.  The games being Pocky & Rocky, Pocky & Rocky 2, and Run Saber (maybe Atlus shared offices). 

Still have both P&R's (tho I didn't save the boxes/manuals) - not sure what happened to Run Saber.

I love this story. Thanks for sharing.

2 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

I never thought I’d see Hagane hit $1K. I remember it hit $800 some time ago and then it fell back down to ~$500 a few months later.

I expect the price will drop again.

I’ve been wanting to start this thread for awhile. 

Prices have been kind of erratic with the pandemic, and stimulus money, and Wata, and the latest influx of new collectors, etc.

My hope is that this thread will provide some perspective. Please feel free to jump in with your thoughts, advice, and predictions.
 

I’ll start:

The Mask on SNES seems to be on the rise recently. I know it’s a somewhat uncommon game but I expect that the recent spike won’t last. A similar jump happened with Casper on SNES not too long ago, and that game has since stabilized.

Shining Force III on the Sega Saturn has jumped recently. I predicted it would so I bought my copy a while ago for less than half of the current rate. It’s possible that it’ll keep rising IMO. It has a few things going for it: 

• It was one of the last games released on the Saturn. We saw similar price jumps for Magic Knight Ray Earth and House of the Dead
• It’s part of a revered series. The Shining games have a cult following
• It’s an RPG on a console with precious few RPGs
• It’s fun!

This thread reminded me that I want to start a price thread. So I will

Kind of a necro-bump here but I’ve had luck with searching hashtags on Instagram. I purchased an item there that I’ve literally never seen on eBay.
 

I searched the hashtag, found a pic, messaged the poster, made the purchase.

You tricky bastards. 

I haven’t doing a lot of buying recently. These are my two most recent gets, purchased in December:

Yes I have the oversized Yoshi’s Island poster in a cheap frame. I just can’t bring myself to blow $200+ on a custom frame job (I already feel like I overpaid for the poster itself lol!)

This is an extremely fun arcade game. Check it out, Saturn fans.

16 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

@theirontoupee

I think he’s out of the game...

Why do I feel like there were no winners here?

On 2/20/2021 at 4:02 PM, goldenpp72 said:

Put up some display cabinets last night, felt some pride

 

This guy’s not fucking around

15 minutes ago, fcgamer said:

Brother @attakid101 oh, what a wonderful surprise to see you. I've missed you, dear friend, top o' the morning to you sir

Missed you too, champ. How’s things?

14 hours ago, fcgamer said:

Yeah, we addressed that the person identifies as female multiple pages back, nothing more to discuss on that.

Regarding the other part, there we go with the hypocrisy again. If you truly care about the legality, I'll send you a list of links that you can start reporting. 

The only reason you care is because this is a NWC . Let's be honest here. And that still doesn't give you the right to possibly be messing with someone else's livelihood.

You don’t give a shit about this person’s livelihood. You’re just seizing the morale high ground in order to elevate your soapbox a little more. 

You’re so transparent—I can’t believe more people don’t call you on this bullshit. Oh wait. I know why. It’s because you’re so insufferably obstinate. But hey, it plays in your favor. Now you get to walk away from these debates with an unearned sense of satisfaction after we throw up our hands at the futility of the task of convincing you that you’re wrong.

Well played.

I’ll echo @RegularGuyGamer

Instagram collections don’t do it for me. Scooping every game at your local thrift store just to stack your shelves for the camera is weak. 

I prefer a tight, thoughtfully curated collection of classic/fun/rare titles.

I’m also a fan of advertising pieces—kiosks, signs, posters, banners, standees, etc. These items are legitimately hard to find.

Some of these display items take years to find. Whereas 90% of games can be had with an eBay account and a wallet.

You should include signs and displays in the poll