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    Limited Run Games

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted

    22 hours ago, avatar! said:

    When were the games originally scheduled to be released?

    Ray'z was announced July 2022 with the planned release date "sometime in 2023"

    I don't know if they gave estimates for the rest. The rest went up for sale early to mid 2023. These are small runs too. Just no urgency to print them. 

    FS/FO Hello there I have a few games for sale. GBA games

    in Selling

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    4 hours ago, a3quit4s said:

    I offered $2,000 for everything which is a lowball offer but not knowing specifics about what is included with each and the condition of everything makes it hard to judge.

    Low effort post gets low effort offers is what I responded with after “hard pass” was the response.  

    Imagine not putting in 10 minutes of effort for a 4 figure payout!

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    MiamiSlice's hunting thread

    in Finders Keepers / Losers Weepers

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    $42.65 for this Bratz Rock Angelz sealed with carrying case. Not like, super cheap, but apparently these are hard to come by. 

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    And it had to go straight into a ziploc with dryer sheets because it smelled of cigarettes. 

    Another find, I don't remember how much this was, might have been $15. Nancy Drew The Mystery of the Clue Bender Society sealed with novel. 

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    OK one more, this was $335. Sealed Space Channel 5: Ulala's Cosmic Attack for GBA. I plan to clean it up and get it graded. 

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    MiamiSlice's hunting thread

    in Finders Keepers / Losers Weepers

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    This might be my craziest eBay auction win ever. 

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    This was listed for auction, starting bid $3.99 with shipping fee $36.51. I placed a bid assuming I would be outbid eventually. I wasn't even able to peek at the auction when it was about to be done. And then, surprise, I got notified that I won. No other bidders!

    I have always wanted one of these but didn't think I would actually win it for a nice price. Ended up being $43.18 with tax. I'm happy. 

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    MiamiSlice's hunting thread

    in Finders Keepers / Losers Weepers

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    I got this via Reddit for $17

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    It's a good price for the two games, but the real reason I bought it was for the Permastruct case. I hardly ever see these! I don't know what it's worth, it's hard to find any comps, but I figured it's interesting enough to grab it. Fester's Quest was one of the first games I ever owned, sadly it was stolen from me years ago, but I actually have fond memories of it. Was the game appropriate for a little kid like me? Not really. Was I able to get to the first boss? No. But it had a cool weapon and I could walk around and shoot stuff. Good enough! 

    Another find, this was listed on eBay by a Goodwill and it ended up costing me $138.61: 

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    I don't know if that was a good price. The games are not in mint condition, and R-Type DX is missing the manual. But Championship Motocross 2001 seems to be rare, so I was tempted to buy it just for that reason. I'll be selling Tamagotchi and R-Type DX since I already had those and keeping the other two. 

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    The Switch Thread

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted

    21 hours ago, avatar! said:

    Very cool! So your friend is the composer?

    Yeah Eric Brown / Rainbowdragoneyes is a Facebook friend of mine. I know him from when I used to be active in the chip music scene. I know some other video game composers that way too. We don’t really stay in touch because I’m not active in that anymore but I get to see all the cool stuff they are working on (when the Facebook algorithm allows it).

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    Limited Run Games

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted

    On 1/12/2024 at 2:58 AM, Sumez said:

     

    They like to tout their "carbon engine" stuff, but does it mean anything at all outside of "we put an emulator and the game rom on a disc"?

    "Resparked" is such a cocktease... Think you're getting a remake, a port with upgraded graphics? Hahaha, here's what you're getting - fucking rewind.

    Seriously, re-releases need to stop putting rewind features in their games, especially those that just bind it to a controller button by default. Tell me you don't care about the game you're releasing without telling me you don't care about the game you're releasing 🤕

    Hey I like rewind but sure, at the end of the day it's literally a fancy emulator on a cart. The only unique feature is "boss rush mode." 

    Also I'm super disappointed to learn that the Rocket Knight collection is missing the one modern game that never saw a physical release: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Knight

    I would be way more excited about this collection if it had that. Like, I'm probably going to buy the collection anyway because I'm a FOMO collector, but what are the chances LRG eventually does a separate release with this one game on it? 

    Overall it's always felt like such a waste to have so many separate releases for old roms that take up almost no space at all. Why not put Felix the Cat and Rocket Knight on one release? At least with Evercade or the Atari or Taito collections you get a bunch of games in one. 

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    Have your views changed regarding graded games in 2023?

    in Sealed & Graded Collecting

    Posted · Edited by MiamiSlice

    On 11/25/2023 at 2:32 AM, YOURTURN said:

    But as for the second part? It boils down to the fact that there is a collector who wants "grade X" from "grading company Y". And if it means they have to pay a premium for a new collectible, or just simply do a straight trade down, they will do it. Especially since the added amount they spend is not for the grade. It's a convenience fee for them.

    Yeah there's plenty of modern cards and comics that are being graded by comics and card collectors, straight from the store shelf to the grading company. At the end of the day there will be some demand for that sort of thing. I would not turn my nose up at a copy of Super Mario Odyssey with a 10 on it, that's a cool thing to have regardless of how "easy" you think it was to get it. I would be happy with that in my collection. 

    MiamiSlice's hunting thread

    in Finders Keepers / Losers Weepers

    Posted · Edited by MiamiSlice

    I got this nice complete copy of Pokemon XD for $167.12. 

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    It has the shiny cover art, the poster, etc. Real nice shape!

    Actually how I got it is a bit more complicated... let me explain... someone posted a trade request over on Reddit asking for a "new" 3DS or 2DS XL, saying they wanted to trade this as it had just been sitting on a shelf since they bought it. I was ready to make that trade, since I have a refurbished 2DS XL I've been planning to let go of and I didn't have this game. But then I was stressing about it because I'm pretty sure an unopened 2DSXL refurbished by Nintendo is worth even more than this. So after waffling about it for a while I decided to go look at Facebook Marketplace and see if there were any relevant deals. Sure enough, I found a local listing for a 2DS XL in great shape with charger and stylus for just $160. I contacted the seller and we were able to meet up. I then got in touch with the guy on Reddit and he agreed to the trade. So after $7.12 for shipping (and quite a bit of legwork, and some gas which I will not bother to tally), I acquired the Pokemon XD! And I still have my refurbished 2DS XL which I might sell eventually 🙂

    Yeah this is kind of ridiculous work to save a bit vs eBay prices but lately I rarely find good trade opportunities or good deals so it was kind of fun to make this happen. 

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