Posts Tagged ‘Nintendo’

Fiber Optic Nintendo Game Boy Store Sign

March 15th, 2010

And the people bowed and prayed to the [fiber optic] god they made…

A friend and fellow retro video game collector received this fantastic fiber optic Nintendo Game Boy sign for Christmas.  Lucky guy!  His dad (yes, his dad keeps an eye out for things for his collection…lucky guy) saw it come up for sale at an area auction and snatched it up for him.  It’s complete in original box including foam inserts and the original customer feedback card.  The sign is so incredibly beautiful that I had to record and share it.  It’s given me a deep appreciation for well done promo items.  For more photos, check out the gallery below the video.  Happy retro gaming & collecting!

Just for reference, the product info on the metalic stickers on the top of the sign reads as follows:

Sticker 1:

  • Underwriters Laboratories Inc
  • Electric Sign
  • NO AR – 955864

Sticker 2:

  • FLI
  • Fiberoptic Lighting Inc.
  • 950 S.E. “M” Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526  (503) 476-6900
  • GAME BOY
  • MFG. DATE: 1991
  • MODEL: NES M90M; NOA P-N 20691
  • VOLTS: PRIMARY 120
  • AMPS: .68
  • WATTS: 76.4
  • HZ: 60
  • LAMP: ENL
  • VOLTS: 12
  • WATTS: 50
  • NOTE: REPLACE WITH: 12 V 50W ENL ONLY
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Rare Video Games & Collectibles on eBay: Game Boy DJ Gear, Uniquely Colored N64, etc

March 4th, 2010

Here’s a list of interesting eBay auctions for rare retro video game, collectibles, and other unique gaming related that items that I’ve come across during the past week.  As a collector and a geek who is always curious to discover new weird video game stuff, I love the fact that eBay is essentially a constantly updated museum for the vintage gamer.

SUPERGAMEBOY – Pro-Sound Modified (Suitable for LSDJ)

Underclocked ProSound Backlit Clear Gameboy (for LSDJ) All the coolest DJs mix with Game Boys…pretty rad actually.

Magical Chase Turbo Grafx Complete in Box

custom Megaman Rockman Figure Bandai Armor EX X x3 NES

Nintendo Official 22 Game Wooden Storage Roll Top Unit

World of Nintendo Sign Plate Nes Display

Rare Nintendo Entertainment Center DISPLAY CASE SNES

No More Heroes 2: D.S. – Promotional Toilet Paper

Scarborough Fair Bayonetta Replica Gun and Stand Rare

VERY RARE Dragon Force Saturn Promotional Lapel Pin I’m surprised no one snatched this up for it’s previous $14.00 USD Buy-It-Now, and I’m wondering what it’ll go for.

Rare large Q*bert 13 in plush vintage Kenner 1983 Qbert

** Rare N64 Prototype – Translucent purple/white ** While it may be possible to make a similar N64 by taking apart and 2 N64s and swapping one top for another, I haven’t seen that lighter white/light gray color of a bottom before.  The seller explains the following about this unit’s design.  “Up for sale is a N64 Prototype console in translucent clear purple/white color as you can see on the photos – This prototype was manufactured back in 1998/1999 for Nintendo of Europe together with eleven other N64 Prototypes before releasing the famous Funtastic Color Series. Nintendo produced several colors to decide which of them will hit the maket. This one did not!”

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The $800,200.00 Stadium Events Game Gets Even More Interesting

March 3rd, 2010

You can learn a lot about a person based on what they’ll write in an eBay listing, and this is sheer entertainment (If you call watching someone shoot himself in the foot entertaining).  Several days ago, eBay seller acuraboi12’s listing for “Stadium Events Nes game” 110499541029 got bid up to $800,200.00 USD.   Since the auction was largely regarded as a fraud, it seems that bidders were having “fun” bidding it to absurdity.

Today, acuraboi12 relisted the auction 110501811026 with the following colorful and poorly written note on the situation:

“Im tired of these joy bidders thats not willing to pay and are playing around do you know this is causing me money to list this up. I will only take serious inquiries and offers only now and will not answer anyone with a yellow star rating. The two highest bidders was little kids that are sitting on their butts with pepperoni face pimples that have no lives. Now if you guys want to really make a offer please email me an offer and i will answer as many questions as possible.”

In my book, I bid on things based on the seller’s ability to make me comfortable and to feel confident that I’m receiving a great product and will be treated fairly if there’s an issue with it.  Unfortunately, acuraboi12 does neither of these and seems to demonstrate why his listing was target by sham bidders.  Besides his tirade, I think the yellow star thing is hilarious given the seller’s own “yellow star rating.”

Even if you disregard the troubling personality that seems to be attached to this game, I should point out that the seller still hasn’t supplied any close of photos of the game’s H-Seam.  Plus, it’s a bit strange that a “factory sealed” game like this would have a box hanging tab so far off center.  I’m highly doubting that someone at the factory miscalibrated the tab machine by a full inch on such a short run of games.  Nothing about his listing makes me trust the seller.

As a rule of thumb, take his method as an example of how best to not sell your possibly real / possibly fake sealed Nintendo Stadium Events game on eBay.  All things considered, this should be an interesting auction to watch again…that is if you enjoy watching train wrecks.

(Perhaps this article should have been titled “How Not to Sell Your ‘Sealed’ Nintendo Stadium Events Game.” )

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