GetTheGreg | 105 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I want to send off CIB games for grading but I honestly don't know how to determine which sleeves were originally used for each game, outside of using eBay as I sort of guide. Does WATA mark it as IMP if you have say a red Nintendo sleeve when it should be a black one!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,823 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Doesn’t @austin532 have a guide for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I do have a guide but I moved it to the NES Collectors Club. I seriously doubt Wata knows anything about sleeve variants besides the obvious Nintendo brand and plain black ones.@Maertens29 Which games did you plan on sending in? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetTheGreg | 105 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, austin532 said: I do have a guide but I moved it to the NES Collectors Club. I seriously doubt Wata knows anything about sleeve variants besides the obvious Nintendo brand and plain black ones.@Maertens29 Which games did you plan on sending in? Is there any kind of uniformity I can take note of? Like are all matte/gloss stickers consistent vs later release black boxes? Or the years in which the red Nintendo sleeve was used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Well that's where you start going deep down the rabbit hole. There are sleeve variants between both the Nintendo brand and black sleeves. The very original Nintendo brand sleeves that came with the sticker seals have a much stiffer feel to them and have the more common cracked design to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,400 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 They do dock you for wrong sleeves. Not sure how far down the rabbit hole they go with them. I bet they don't check your styrofoam variant. You could totally pull one over on them by grading incorrect styrofoam. That'll show 'em! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,089 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 6 hours ago, Maertens29 said: I want to send off CIB games for grading but I honestly don't know how to determine which sleeves were originally used for each game, outside of using eBay as I sort of guide. Does WATA mark it as IMP if you have say a red Nintendo sleeve when it should be a black one!? This is why Frankensteining is bad. Better way to figure out the right sleeves is to ask other collectors. 4 hours ago, austin532 said: I seriously doubt Wata knows anything about sleeve variants besides the obvious Nintendo brand and plain black ones. Why do you assume Wata are clueless about this stuff? They look at a lot of games, especially NES. It's not that hard to note these things after a while and be able to detect incorrect sleeves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 17 minutes ago, DefaultGen said: They do dock you for wrong sleeves. Not sure how far down the rabbit hole they go with them. I bet they don't check your styrofoam variant. You could totally pull one over on them by grading incorrect styrofoam. That'll show 'em! Wait, did they seriously dock that Mega Man 6 for having a Nintendo sleeve? It was published by Nintendo. It comes with a Nintendo sleeve. Now if it was because it wasn't the foil sleeve that's different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,005 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I'm guessing that Mega Man 6 maybe had a black sleeve when graded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,307 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 5 hours ago, austin532 said: Wait, did they seriously dock that Mega Man 6 for having a Nintendo sleeve? It was published by Nintendo. It comes with a Nintendo sleeve. Now if it was because it wasn't the foil sleeve that's different. Yeah my thoughts too, Mega Man 6 was a Nintendo branded sleeve. That holder doesn't read right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetTheGreg | 105 Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 Haha, Christ. @austin532ill fire you a PM once I'm actually going through my CIBs that I'm going to send and maybe you could do a quick confirm for me if you have the time. Last thing I need is dumb IMP text on the back of a CIB for the damn sleeve haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,307 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Maertens29 said: Haha, Christ. @austin532ill fire you a PM once I'm actually going through my CIBs that I'm going to send and maybe you could do a quick confirm for me if you have the time. Last thing I need is dumb IMP text on the back of a CIB for the damn sleeve haha. First party = Nintendo, 3rd party = black. They don't discriminate on textured vs. flat black as far as I'm aware. Mega Man 6 is one that may have confused people because they associate Mega Man with Capcom but it was published by Nintendo. I don't think there's any other confusing games offhand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 It's not very clear what the flaw is. Is it because it had a black sleeve or the wrong Nintendo sleeve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetTheGreg | 105 Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 15 hours ago, jonebone said: First party = Nintendo, 3rd party = black. They don't discriminate on textured vs. flat black as far as I'm aware. Mega Man 6 is one that may have confused people because they associate Mega Man with Capcom but it was published by Nintendo. I don't think there's any other confusing games offhand. This is exactly what my game plan is so hopefully they don't discriminate the variations between those 2 sleeve types Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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