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MinusWorlds.com debuts Tuesday- Thank You!
ExplodedHamster replied to Dan64's topic in General Collecting Discussion
I bought a few things, felt a bit like Black Friday at Target during the launch lol. Site is a bit glitchy (stuff I bought is still showing as available for example lol), but Dan is around and making sure it's all good. Some standard launch stuff, I suspect that back end stuff will be fixed shortly. Overall, love the look and the options. I'll check out the content a bit later. -
MinusWorlds.com debuts Tuesday- Thank You!
ExplodedHamster replied to Dan64's topic in General Collecting Discussion
@Dan64 is a well known commodity in the sealed game world. So for people talking about "shady" this and that, the opposite is actually exactly what he's providing. Ebay is sketchy, MinusWorlds is not. The other really cool thing is that his site appears it's going to be dedicated to video games only, and have some cool content that I feel is missing pretty much everywhere else. Videos, signed celeb/athlete agreements, hopefully some social media, that's exactly what this the graded universe could really use, which is more fun and focus on the games and history behind them than just the investment aspect. Auction houses focus on so many different mediums that video games never really get the time I think they deserve, so a website that offers a BiN option and I can learn a lot about games and enjoy some content is actually something that I think is really needed. Other collectibles hobbies, which are more mature, have all these things in droves. Video games right now has videos of people yelling at each other about what the best way to collect is. Be nice to get some more fun involved in the graded games scene. -
Beat every Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game - 234/757
ExplodedHamster replied to Splain's topic in Site-run Events & Contests
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I heard from a good source it will be sealed mostly to start, with some of the higher end NES CIB grades for stuff like sticker seals or TM Zeldas. It will be clear what is sealed and what is CIB. I think this is going to be a lot more info than people are giving credit for, even without the seals. Those will be coming, btw, I believe they are just working on how to best format it for viewing.
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Sealed Games, Show Them Off!
ExplodedHamster replied to Justin's topic in Sealed & Graded Collecting
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Beat every Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game - 234/757
ExplodedHamster replied to Splain's topic in Site-run Events & Contests
Forgot to take a pic, but finished Jungle Book with the daughter. Decent Disney game! -
Beat every Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game - 234/757
ExplodedHamster replied to Splain's topic in Site-run Events & Contests
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Bah, I used to be able to beat W and W 3, no problem, but it’s been a while. I could probably do it if I can find the time.
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Beat every Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game - 234/757
ExplodedHamster replied to Splain's topic in Site-run Events & Contests
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I mean yeah, they are a business and their data was IP. They’d have been dumb to publish it before a sale from that perspective. Negotiations of this size usually take a long time, as well, which didn’t help. The sale likely played much more of a role in this release than Karl’s video, but nobody here is really claiming programming is what held this up to begin with. It’s more answering why there are no seal grades right away and figuring out the best way to do it.
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Heritage Auctions Thread
ExplodedHamster replied to ExplodedHamster's topic in Sealed & Graded Collecting
I know there’s a 9.0 still in cello with a Canadian collector from a local find, and I THINK a 9.2, but I could be wrong. Most are gonna be like 6.0. -
Heritage Auctions Thread
ExplodedHamster replied to ExplodedHamster's topic in Sealed & Graded Collecting
No, and they don’t pop up much on Ebay either. There’s I think one on there now and it’s beat (like almost all are). -
Heritage Auctions Thread
ExplodedHamster replied to ExplodedHamster's topic in Sealed & Graded Collecting
Yeah, those were all mine. I had been collecting them for a while and sent them to Heritage all at once like an idiot lol. Not too many have come to market since, outside of I think 2 really nice 8.5 CIBs. -
Heritage Auctions Thread
ExplodedHamster replied to ExplodedHamster's topic in Sealed & Graded Collecting
I do not know who owns it, though others do and claim it is never coming to market. I do know it isn’t Bucky. Then there is the 9.4 from the Hawaii collection. I forget that collector’s name, he is old guard. -
Yeah, but PSA only has one grade to show, which makes it easy. Card/variant as the column, and grades as the rows. How do you do that with two grades to show? You probably need something like box grades in the rows and then you click on the box grades to get a seal distribution? Or hover for a pop-up?
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As for the population report and sealed games, the more I have envisioned it, the more I see how difficult it's going to be to put everything into one matrix. There are so many combinations that a matrix would be just gigantic if it was a simple excel type of chart. It would be unreadable the way I was thinking it could go. You'd have like 1 million columns. Once you get it into app form, it will probably be easier, but in terms of giving a simple picture, like PSA does, it's far more difficult, if not impossible. There's too much data to make it that simple, particularly given the number of variants out there. There's going to need to be some clicking involved, or maybe some pop up tables when you hover a mouse over data.
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Heritage Auctions Thread
ExplodedHamster replied to ExplodedHamster's topic in Sealed & Graded Collecting
I mean that’s a sealed TM Zelda…it’s the third to be publicly unearthed. VGA’s pop forever was 1. It’s the first to be publicly available in…10-20 years? More? -
Is this Legend of Zelda legit?
ExplodedHamster replied to Mijael's topic in Sealed & Graded Collecting
VGA ended up grading this lol. Then they got wind and got it off the market. -
Heritage Auctions Thread
ExplodedHamster replied to ExplodedHamster's topic in Sealed & Graded Collecting
At some point, WATA essentially being shut down with little coming back to customers was going to reflect on the weeklies.