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  1. Ok I can add the following. Sorry @final fight cd!: Bass Masters Classic - Pro Edition Berenstain Bears Beyond Oasis Champions World Class Soccer Comix Zone Dashin' Desperadoes Dick Tracy El Viento Elemental Master Exile Growl The Immortal Jewel Master Mario Lemieux Hockey Mazin Saga Mercs Mystical Fighter Shadow of the Beast Shadow of the Beast II True Lies
  2. Ah crap! I have actually been negligent and need to add a few, sorry brother. I know this is honor system, but I have beaten a bunch since I last posted, list incoming…
  3. That's nice, but forty is the only number in the English language that is spelled in alphabetical order. What do you think of that?
  4. The Mario 64 9.8 was a VGA 90+ cross . I will say this. For whatever reason, VGA in the past was lenient on their N64 games when it came to conditions of the box. Their grades for N64 are very seal-heavy. It's not really that way with other cardboard consoles, but for some reason it is with N64. I think there is so much air in those boxes they decided to be a bit more lenient on the box and focus primarily on the seal, more like modern games. However, once you get to 90-90+ or so, the box had to be really nice as well. It's really in the 85+ that you'd see some noticeable box damage. Look at this one, for example, that sold tonight. Pretty bad visible box damage on the front left top corner, but the seal is basically perfect as it's uncirculated: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - VGA 85+ NM+ Uncirculated | Lot #28082 | Heritage Auctions (ha.com) With NES, though, an 85+ the box is more often than not going to cross over to the higher end of the 9.2 to 9.8 range. Most of mine were 9.6 I'd say, and the seal would almost always be A+ or better.
  5. Yes, I should not have used the term "Facts." I meant complaint/allegations. It's one of those things where assuming something is true and "fact" aren't the same thing in legal terminology, whereas in layman's terms it could be conflated that way. I kind of waffled back between legal terminology and layman terminology. My bad, Counsel .
  6. Sorry if my wording was imprecise, but I think what you said is what I was trying to say. The main point is that, in the Motion to Dismiss, the judge is likely looking within the Complaint only. Thus, when Pat says "the judge saw X and Y from Discovery and decided the case needs to go on," I believe that would be incorrect, as the judge would be looking solely within the four corners of the Complaint made by the Plaintiffs, and I think this usually happens prior to Discovery being initiated. Am I wrong on that point? Not trying to be snarky, legitimately curious.
  7. I don't really buy/sell on VGS (though I did quite a bit on NA back in the day), but trust me when I say far too much of the money has gone back into games. If you don't believe me, ask my wife. We all have the same sickness, brother.
  8. I'm not sure what you mean by this? Fwiw, the buyer of the Mario 64 has gone public. It was Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and husband of Serena Williams. His IG and Twitter (or whatever it's called now) are full of very high end collectibles he purchased from various different consignors across various different categories. I can assure you I'm not rolling in the same social circles as Alexis and I've never spoken or otherwise communicated with the guy in my life. The buyer of the 2 million dollar Mario also went public in this video: I didn't sell that game and never owned it, but since it gets mentioned, I figured it was worth mentioning. Regarding the lawsuit, something Pat I think got wrong is that in a Motion to Dismiss, a judge is looking solely at the complaint filed and has to take the claims by the plaintiff(s) to be true as a matter of law. Then a judge will say, assuming this is all true as claimed, could a reasonable jury make a finding of X. Surviving a Motion to Dismiss is almost automatic provided the lawyer filing it is competent. Discovery does not begin until after a Motion to Dismiss is dealt with. After Discovery, there will usually be a filing for Summary Judgment, and that is the point in time a judge will no longer assume claims are true, but apply evidence from Discovery. So when Pat says "a judge must have seen something in the evidence," I don't believe that can be true, at least at this point in time. Rejecting a Motion to Dismiss predates Discovery, and in fact is what triggers it. Anyway, we'll see what happens. I know covid backed up courts all around the country, so it's taken a long time and probably will continue to do so, but maybe something happens within the next 6 months or so. I believe the next step would be conclusion of Discovery and then the Motion for Summary Judgment. If it survives that, that's when there would be either a trial or settlement.
  9. Well, there are no known sealed SMB mattes, and the highest graded gloss would very likely end significantly above where the Mario 64 ended. How many NES games in top grade should end above a top Mario 64? Mario and Zelda top grade earlier print, definitely. Past that? I'm not really sure tbh. There's also a single 9.8/A++ early print Sonic that I think could top a million. Many consider Mario 64 the single greatest video game ever created, so I think the very top grade collectible should probably be in the top 5. Note, I'm speaking in relative terms of where I think a top grade Mario 64 should be in the echelon, not commenting on how much I think it should have gone for. But I think long term, top grade Mario 64s will be near the very top of the ladder for video game collectibles.
  10. Got it, though it's odd that damage would happen before encapsulation. It's not like someone would drop it and cause that sort of damage. I wonder how it could have happened. If the box isn't cracked, the case seems fine from what I can see, though again it's always hard to say without seeing the entire thing or seeing stuff under a light.
  11. Got it. Yeah, I think they might have just done front and back at that time. Now it's all 6 sides. I will say that I see something there at the bottom. Certainly the seal is torn in two places and perhaps the box itself is cracked, but it's impossible to tell without holding the game in hand. Likewise, given I can see that go onto the bottom, it's really difficult to estimate a guess on the overall grade without seeing the entire thing. With those bottom seal tears and scuffing, I'm guessing you're looking in the A/B+ range? Box is the one I really can't tell because I can't tell if it's at all cracked. Even a minor crack, you're probably down around a 9.0/9.2 or so? Sorry, it's really tough lol.
  12. Do you have pictures of the four sides, as well? Impossible to do without those.
  13. Goods that are 35 years old and no longer made for profit, yes.
  14. Now, one thing I will say, is at some point WATA could and probably should have changed their estimates on the lower tiers. I doubt it’s legally actionable, but it likely would have helped them from a PR perspective and curbed some of the anger. I think that’s a fair criticism for sure.
  15. Trust me, I’ve had stuff take forever and done my fair share of being pissed off throughout the process. Two years plus for some of the snail pace ones. But the issue they, and other grading companies have had, is that higher speed tiers jump the line. And so what you end up with is that supply chain issues keep just enough cases for the Warp Zones and maybe some Speed Run, but then the rest get neglected because by the time supplies come in, you get more WarpZone and Speed Run orders. So, there are two options. You shut everything down except maybe the top tier, as PSA did, and focus on the backlog. Then people get pissed your service is shut down when the market is hot and only catering to the “elites” using your top tier (there was plenty of this kind of sentiment on PSA groups, esp because PSA jacked prices on top tier they kept open), or you keep pressing, hope supply chain issues slow, and deal with the backlash for longer wait times on the Speed Runs and slower orders. I can understand why a company would choose either option tbh, but the smaller startups probably would tend towards staying open because the income stream is more of a necessity than for example a giant like PSA. I don’t blame customers for being pissed, but there really isn’t a way to get things done without a lot of customers being pissed, and these supply chain issues are a menace across the globe to businesses everywhere atm. Many are left facing these kinds of choices and many customers are pissed off daily. This isn’t to say WATA was as ramped up as it should have been, but I imagine rapid expansion in the middle of covid, which likely would require relocation for many, is easier said than done, and supplies were always going to be a significant bottleneck regardless. Demand definitely outpaced supplies and expansion. Nobody was prepared for it across the board. Also, context here again is we are talking about a lawsuit. I’m not saying customers shouldn’t be upset, I’m saying the factors associated with covid is something a judge will likely and should consider in any such claim at the moment.
  16. Dude a Subway meal is like $15 now. Soon, it'll be a 50...50...50 dollar foot loooong. A lot depends on where you live, really. There's such a large discrepancy in costs of living in various parts of the US. In some places, you can retire on a million, in others you'd be lucky to retire if you made a million at 90 years old. Depends how much medication you need.
  17. They used the same business model that most other grading companies have used for a long time. It’s the standard business model in this category. All of these companies have been able to meet deadlines in the past, but got hammered with insane demand and supply issues during covid, so you end up with a lot of pissed off customers across the board.
  18. Forget grading, what's crazy to me is WATA has taken shit for lack of pop reports, yet here we are and VGA hasn't hasn't had a publicly available and fluid pop report for 12 years. And in order to submit games you need to use carrier pigeons.
  19. Again, many of the delays are due to supply chain issues and not "accepting work they do not have capacity for." Grading of games has not been an issue for close to a year at this point, the issue is they keep ordering supplies, told they will get them, and then they don't get the materials because of significant delays. Same thing is happening all across the globe. What would you tell businesses in general to do in this situation? Either they take money and survive knowing customers will be mad or just shut it down and take significant financial loss, which would be fatal to many companies. Define "make you whole" in this situation. What are your damages? People are getting their games back, there were no guarantees for refunds, and the times were listed as estimates with caveats attached. You're writing the complaint, tell me what you're telling the court damages amount to. I didn't move any responsibility to anyone, I'm saying I don't think courts as a matter of public policy will want to side with customers during these situations in the context of covid. They'll say it's up to the customers to decide moving forward if they want to harm these companies by finding someone better to do the work.
  20. Tough to judge capacity when supply chain issues keep the uncertainty going, and mire importantly demand in collectibles spiked exponentially in a short time across the board during covid. Every company got flooded with demand beyond capacity and got way behind. You either shut down business or keep working and accept customers will be pissed off and try to work through it. I’ve had late service after late service because of supply chain issues the past two years. My windows were 6 months late as an example. PSA has been a year late, VGA many months, CGC months behind, windows, lumber, copper, cars, it goes on and on and on. Seems more like a “stop using the business if the service does not meet your standards” than a class action lawsuit type thing. A successful suit here would open Pandora’s Box, and I think a judge would recognize that.
  21. Punitive damages require actual malice. Given the problem has largely been supply chain related and waits are in line with very many other companies (both in their field and out) during covid, the most likely scenario seems to be this lawyer ends up paying the exorbitant legal fees Collector’s Universe will be incurring. Given a founder of Reddit has now publicly come out stating he’s purchased numerous high end games on Heritage AND has posted an IG pic of him holding a 9.8/A++ Mario 64, I’m trying to imagine the hilarity that could ensue if he, a founder of Reddit of all places, has been purchasing some of these higher end games people have cited in their theories.
  22. Well, there are over 200 copies of Ocarina on the pop report and only 13 Mario Tennis, and this is a top 3 condition. Makes sense to me.
  23. He’s a founder of Reddit and married to Serena Williams lol. The irony of him being a founder of Reddit is really off the charts.
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