Toyhunter1

Thank you sir

I sent them pics and within a couple days they called me personally and wanted to work out something to consign it

Here is update on the game. Sorry I have been radio silent . I have been doing research and trying to figure out what I am going do with it

Thank you all for all the info and kindness. For two days I have been bombarded by requests and offers and everybody wants to finish the deal now that I quit answering and went radio silent until I process all this and figure out what I’m going to do. You alls info is very important to me a makes since so I thank y’all again for that!

Thank you very much for all you have said! I will take it all into consideration.

6 hours ago, fcgamer said:

@Toyhunter1 : Let me tell you a short story.

I'm from the States, but I've been living and working in Taiwan for over a decade. A few years ago I found a John Madden Sega Genesis game at a local shop here, sealed, and purchased it. Yeah, it sounds ridiculous almost unbelievable that I found an American version game sealed in a shop in Asia, I understand that. Despite receiving multiple (lowball) offers from people here, in the grading scene, I decided to hold onto the game.

A few months back a sealed graded copy of the game sold for just under half a million dollars USD.  While the copy I own isn't in as nice of condition as the one that had sold, I decided that I'd send to Heritage Auctions on consignment, and be happy with whatever I got. 

Just as I'm working out the details as to the best way of getting the game safely from Taiwan to the United States, a Video Game Sage forum member (who happened to collect John Madden games, and had also offered to buy it from me previously) came onto the forum with something along the following: "It's a reseal and valueless, I thought everyone knew that." Little to back up his claims, but suddenly with this one statement, and him also being a so-called "expert", Heritage Auctions refused to accept the game, despite the company that manufactured the game even having a manufacturing plant over here, how this game was shrinkwrapped and none of the other local games at the shop were (and Japanese games are not shrinkwrapped, etc). 

tldr; Evidence shows that the item is legit, but a forum member and so-called "expert" with a vested interest in the game being fake made a public statement that it was fake, despite mounting evidence to the contrary, and now the game is stuck in limbo.

That said my friend, the graded market for high-end games is an ocean full of sharks. Everyone is just out to protect their own investments and interests, rather than the truth of the matter, and they don't want folks like us entering into the market and upsetting things. It's really stressful, I'm in a similar boat with my John Madden game, stick by @Tanooki , @OptOut and people like that if you want advice and suggestions, without having someone screw you over for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. 

No matter what the reality is with this game, I really do wish you the best.

Thank you sir for the kind words advice. I left a NES group earlier. There where some honest good people in the group but as you said the wankers straight up calling me a liar and fake looking for attention got old quick . I’m a toy collector not a game collector but I do enjoy playing games of my youth time to time. So I know nothing about the variants and letters and this and that. But again I thank you for your kindness!

I was not referring to you at all and I appreciate all the help!

9 minutes ago, Tanooki said:

@RH I told him the same online elsewhere.  This is an original black box release 1985 or 86 when they didn't shrink, the hang tab was part of the box, and they used a circle matte sticker as seen here.  This thing is cherry, the only question I'd have is the age of the shrink, but I'd lean towards it being period too.  Some retailer wanted to seal it, then rip the box up to hang it or get it banged around either so it's nice for the customer.  That thing is in amazing shape saved by ravages of time in that home baked cellophane store wrap.

 

He didn't pay $50k he paid $20 and it was in a box of other picked up old games and a system if i remember the post entirely on facebook.  I directed him here to get some more on the nose types to critique it harder than I can, and so he can get a fair assessment of it.  I think he may want to trade/sell it, but doesn't want to rip someone off or get ripped off by some clown who will give him a pittance and then WATA troll the thing either.

Your exactly correct . I’m getting beat down on everything even how I found it. People saying there no way it came from a yard sale. It’s a fake , it worth this and that , that I’m totally lost! So any help would be appreciated and thank you all!

14 minutes ago, Tanooki said:

@Toyhunter1 Hey nice to see these images again, hope you get the answers you need.

Thank you