I am trying to piece together a complete 1985-86 NES Deluxe Set (non Test-Market set), and I had a few questions. I was able to find that my control deck's IC reads "8542 A", which would place an IC manufacture date around October 14-20, 1985. ("85" for 1985, and "42" for the 42nd week in 1985.)
1. My serial number on my console is 114203. In order for my Control Deck to be part of the New York Test Market population, it would have to be under 100,000, correct?
2. When I look at Deluxe sets (non Test-Market sets) offered online, I notice that there are plastic bags for the control deck, paperwork, and the R.O.B. robot that have the red CAUTION text either in all English, or some that have a mixture of French and English together. Does anyone know if my set being one of the earlier ones would have only came with the English only plastic bags, or would it be possible that early sets could have also came with the bilingual caution plastic bags?
3. My set came with a larger paper Warranty insert that stated users could be eligible to be one of 500 winners of a Nintendo game pak which also has a stamp with a serial number that matches the serial number underneath my Control Deck. However, I see some NES Deluxe Set systems on eBay packaged with skinnier 90-Day Limited Warranty card card-stock insert that invites customers to Join the Nintendo Entertainment Club. Would this also have been originally included with my set? Or was this only on later manufactured sets?
Any help or insight would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.