c0op3r

Here is what I consider my Holy Grail items, from my complete Famicom Disk System collection it would be the (2) I am Teacher Disk, (I am teacher and I am teacher Mario Sweater), and the (2) Gold Prize Disk for gold (US and Japan courses)

And from my very small Game Boy collection (2) Game Boy Micros - 20th Anniversary Super Mario Bros units, they them selves are not rare, but the 1st one (Controller 1) came with the Play-Yan Micro cart which means it had to be ordered from Nintendo directly in Japan and the other one (Controller 2) was a Nintendo Club exclusive in Japan.

Hope you enjoy seeing them.

On 4/8/2020 at 6:13 PM, c0op3r said:

I would like to suggest the addition of a new bauble/charm Diskun (the mascot of the Nintendo Famicom Disk System)

 

I am close to completing my FDS collection

I have since posting this actually completed the collection.

I just added these 2 to my FDS boxed collection.

In my opinion the 2 most rare titles for the Famicom Disk System

Down to needing only 2 more games for a complete Famicom Disk System BOXED collection.

Fuck me dead - those prices!

7 hours ago, drxandy said:

Things have gone up from the virus and using DHL or more expensive shipping, I haven't purchased anything in a month from over there because I'm still waiting on stuff sent economy shipping from March and late February and fearing the worst.

I am in the same boat as you I have about 20 Famicom Disk System items 'floating' in the system now for 6 weeks, anyone know when they will ship things again?

My  first question to myself was why have it graded in the first place?

Isn't the point of these fan translations and reproductions to play the game on original hardware?  A sealed graded game can never have this done - retarded.

I would like to suggest the addition of a new bauble/charm Diskun (the mascot of the Nintendo Famicom Disk System)

I am close to completing my FDS collection

Did anyone else see/hear the Pat the NES Punk segment on how WATA slabbed a Prototype that contained a production board?

We cant call it a fake, but it was not correct, note its not 'graded' but by slabbing it and labeling it a Prototype they basically made a mutt cart have legitimacy in the market.  This does not not look good.

I find it really funny as I made a thread someplace else about the question of the possibility of WATA grading a re-sealed game as a factory sealed game - everyone on that thread said no that would never happen etc etc.  I think slabbing a Mutt Cart as a real Prototype opens this up again.

I know we originally were talking about WATA and the prices and turn around but I have to question what is really going on there, I had my game graded and slabbed not for resale but for my own collection, it is nothing rare just a game I like that I think makes a great display for my collection, but I also know that I am not the normal client.  People are paying for this service as a value adder, and if they are making mistake, raising prices and taking forever - it will hurt the collector not help them.

Side question - WATA does not currently grade NeoGeo AES, what do you think will happen if they enter that market?  I ask this as those carts are already insanely priced (and they are selling, not just asking prices).  If you thought the asking price of a Super Mario Bros @ 100k$ was high, wait till you see a graded, complete NeoGeo AES cart!

5 hours ago, Lincoln said:

When you put in your order was there any language about 30 days being an estimate? Or they claiming that after the fact?

They claimed that after the fact.

1 hour ago, Maertens29 said:

Great to hear all of this. I was going to send to WATA soon (slowest tier) but even that sounds unappealing still...

I just want to make a few more comment and these are opinions (and you know what they say about that - like assholes everyone got one).

I like the look of the WATA sealed game so much better than VGA, that is why I used them, I did not get my game graded as being something that was so great that it needed to be done, I wanted it for display, and I am very happy with the end result.  My problem with them was like most of the others here they say we will do it in X days and they dont but they will take the money for it - that is WRONG.

As to telling to to get more people to handle the work that is exactly what I did:

Here is a copy of the Exchange between myself and WATA rep Rob:    (Its in reverse order)

No finish it up, I paid for a service, I want that service, I paid for 30 days I want the 30 day service or I want the 15$ difference refunded.  Its simple, I dont care if you work around the clock, hire more people, if you have that much business you should be able to afford it.  Telling me flat out you will not refund me for something I paid for, is not acceptable.

I dont want excuses, I want you to do what you say you will do, in the amount of time you say you will do it in, or dont take the additional money.

You said you are unable to refund the 15$, I am sure that the payment company will handle it for you with no issues.

I can show that the game was received on X date, by you own admission you missed the 30 'business day' window, but charged for it, simple that service will NOT be paid for.

We can spend all day going back and forth over this, either finish up the job, and return it and refund or just finish the job and return it and I will take the issue up with the charge company - I will also promise you that I will go off the rails on every social media outlet letting them know how this transaction was taken care of.

I am totally sure that its worth it for you to simply refund the the 15$ and finish the grading, boxing and shipping and not have to hear from me again.

Cooper

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Rob (Wata Games) Feb 3, 18:17 EST We are happy to return your game to you without encapsulating it, however you'll still be charged a $15 evaluation fee and we cannot refund the shipping but we'll refund the difference from that. Let me know how you want us to proceed. Thanks!

D_ Craig Cooper Feb 3, 18:15 EST No problem I will take it up with my Payment Company I paid for a service I did not receive - we will see what they think about it.

Rob (Wata Games) Feb 3, 17:41 EST We do not issue refunds for our services and will not be issuing a refund here. We are experiencing a backhaul as a result of an overwhelming amount of games submitted for Wata services and are working literally round the clock to push orders through and shipped out quickly.  Thank you for your understanding.

Wata Games (Wata Games) Feb 3, 17:37 EST Cooper, Grading days are estimates only -  can you provide a tracking number for us to see what day it was received at our office?   All the best,  The Wata Team.

D_ Craig Cooper Feb 3, 17:34 EST Thanks for getting back to me - which even that took over a week. But even by your own admission you missed the 'turbo' date/time to complete the grading and therefore do not get to charge for it, so please finish up my game and return it along with the 15$ difference in price that was paid for the faster service. I really had hoped for better from your company, I have used the other company in the past and hoped for better, I really did not see that with my first order, lets hope you can get this finished up quickly and the difference refunded so that we can continue to do business in the future. Cooper

Wata Games (Wata Games) Feb 3, 16:54 EST Hi and thank you for reaching out - The order in question has been finished since Jan 13th - while we see the order was submitted on the 9th of December, it was not received on the 9th  We count business days from when the game hits our receiving.  Couple that with two holidays  at the end of December, we are only slightly overdue on your order - and for that we apologize.  Our time frame is for estimated days only and we are currently running a backlog - we should be able to get your game out in the next couple of days.  Sorry for any inconvenience.  If you would like to discuss please call our office.  All the best,  The Wata Team.

D_ Craig Cooper Jan 24, 16:00 EST I paid for turbo ORDER #574546 [ PLACED: 12/9/2019]And well that did not happen please refund the 15$ extra I paid.

On 1/30/2020 at 12:05 AM, Startyde said:

My last order was 5 day speed run. They scanned my package Dec 7th. I got my shipping notice yesterday. Best to think of their pricing tiers as Patrion: everyone is getting the same slow tier but you can choose to donate more if you want.

I wanted to follow up my post about my experience with WATA and hope this helps others in how to handle them;  As stated I sent a sealed game to get graded (side not the end result of the cased item is great) I paid for the 'Turbo' I did not receive the Turbo return speed.  I contacted WATA and we had an email exchange that got to the point of not being so friendly or cordial anymore.  SO without the details, but a short version they admitted they did not provide the Turbo (30Days) when I asked for a refund on the additional Turbo fee I was told "we do not issue refunds".

So I ended up telling them no problem I will take it up with the Credit Card Paying system I used, finish the game and return it (graded).  They did return it, and I did take it up with PayPal (who I used to pay for the service) I filed the claim and they did not try to fight the dispute, they just refunded the 17$ Turbo fee.

So the moral of this story is DO NOT ACCEPT PAYING  WATA FOR SOMETHING THEY DID NOT PROVIDE if you paid for the faster service, hold their feet to the fire and make them do it or make them refund you the price you paid for what you did not get.

7 hours ago, GreenKoopa said:

When I was collecting famicom, I wanted one of those cases so badly but could never find one at the price I wanted. After a quick check just now, seems like they keep going up in price! 

I paid that price, luckily I happen to have had a little bit of extra money for it.

I got 6" wall storage cubes from the container store to store/display my boxed games.  Each one holds 7 games in full boxes.

1 hour ago, CasualCart said:

That mini-kisok is sick! Is that newly manufactured or were they around when the FDS was on the market?

-CasualCart

It was around when the FDS was popular - I totally agree with you, I thought there is 2 things I need in my collection that Kiosk Case and one of the Diskun Gold Golf Disk prize (which I dont have yet).

I would also love to get a boxed copy of: Mario Brothers All Night Nippon.

So I literally just got a few new items in from a Japan eBay seller,  A few of the games I made sleeves for and a storage case that looks like the original Famicom Disk Kiosk

10 minutes ago, TDIRunner said:

Off topic, but I have that exact same consolised MVS.  I love that thing, especially the ability to use Saturn controllers and the component output.  However, I ended up just getting a multi-cart instead of a true flash cart.  Maybe some day.  

I did the amp bypass to get the audio output not so high, and I got a cable made that works with the RGB DIN to SCART - that SCART runs to a gSCART switcher and then to a OSSC to output to a 23" ASUS gaming monitor.

So I just turn on the machine I want to play and the setup just handles selecting it and the OSSC handles the upscaling.

I have an extra Metroid if someone has a trade:

Here is a snap of my setup, the games I have so far (more are showing up today(will post a photo) and a photo with Cat - well because cat.

5 minutes ago, Deadeye said:

I have a very limited collection, but I also have it up for offer here.   

Link?

8 hours ago, Sumez said:

I usually dislike any form of mechanical storage media, but those Famicom disks are pretty cute, and I've really had no issues with any of mine so far (knock on wood).

For my collection I do try to stick to disks that weren't released as cartridges either in Japan or elsewhere, as I'll always prefer a cartridge version whenever possible. The exception is the few games with notable differences - for example the music in FDS Gyruss is simply amazing. And other games are just a lot cheaper as disk games. I have a bunch of cheap "rubbish" games too, but these are the ones in my collection I've found the most "relevant". Konami really elevated this peripheral:

• Ai Senshi Nicol
• Bio Miracle
• Nazo No Murasamejou
• Meikyuu Jiin Dababa
• Almana No Kiseki
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Metroid
• Halley Wars
• Zanac
• Silvania
• Fire Bam
• Kiki Kaikai

I've been thinking of getting Doki Doki Panic, but it's starting to get expensive, and.... it's really just Super Mario Bros 2, without the ability to run or change characters underway.
Meanwhile, the original Japanese SMB2 is probably my favourite game on the system. It's really brilliant, and the only Mario game ever made that'll actually try to challenge the player - I cherish that single anomaly in video game history.

I know a lot of people say that about physical media, that is why when I buy the games I only buy ones that state they have been test and working (and of course the correct game on the disk).  I also try to buy 'boxed' if they existed that way.

Funny when I started buying the disk I was just like you I only wanted the ones that where special to the system:

Zelda 1 & 2
Super Mario 1&2
Metroid
Doki Doki Panic
Zanic

and several others you mentioned also, but then I found a member here that had a pretty decent lot that we came to an agreement on that were boxed so I picked them up.

I have since just been adding games that I wanted to have to the collection:

Twinbee
Burgerrtime
Donkey Kong 
etc etc. (the ones I made sleeves for basically)

3 hours ago, SNESNESCUBE64 said:

I love the famicom disk system, there are a lot of neat games for them.

Also, those are really neat sleeves, I'll have to find my cut out replacement for the wax sleeves that you can tape together and post in here.

That would be neat to have here also, if anyone wants any of my sleeves they are free to use them or msg me and I will email the file, if it is the wrong size from a grab off the page here.

So here is another few Sleeves I made for games that are on the way:

The one in my local mall Altamonte Mall (Altamonte Springs, FL) closed about a year ago, another store in the mall wanted the space but instead of moving the store in the mall to another space they just closed it.

Now we do have several other near me I would say about 5 in a 5 mile radius, so not that big a loss, just strange as its a mall with decent traffic.

SO i recently got interested in adding a Famicom Disk System to my retro gaming setup - I have one about 20 years ago and thought it was neat, but never really understood it.

I recently was watching some videos and looking at things online and kinda got interested again.  I bought a drive off eBay from Japan and got it a few months ago, somethng about loading the disk is just kinda neat and fun.  I started buying games, I have been trying to stay to the ones that are good playable games by English speakers, or signification to the system.  I have also picked up a few small collection that were just good prices.

I made up a couple of Disk sleeves for ones that did not seem to have them originally.

I also created a Fb group if anyone is interested:  Famicom Disk System Collectors

On 10/30/2019 at 4:04 PM, snk2d4ever said:

Is it business days or calendar days for the select tier?

That is in second Tuesdays of never days - I paid for the Turbo (30 day) something like 60 days ago, I message to ask if I was going to be refunded the extra 15$ I paid for the faster tier and they never even bothered to respond.

Kinda shitty service if you ak me