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    obsidianspider @edmaul69
    last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 04:14

    @edmaul69 said in Retro game stuff talk:

    @FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

    Something you don't see everyday, even here in Japan.

    Is that even possible? I thought japenese people have seen everything. :D

    Everything

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      edmaul69 @obsidianspider
      last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 04:43

      @obsidianspider ok, now i have seen everything. :)

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        FlyingTomahawk
        last edited by FlyingTomahawk 14 Mar 2017, 05:16

        Just finished my run for today. Not so many good stuff this time.

        @obsidianspider
        Sorry, no Famicom today. There were 3 but way overpriced. Not tested 1790, 1980 and 2190Yen.
        2 of them were actually very white-ish and one pub-yellow.

        Maybe next time I get lucky.

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          obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
          last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 05:20

          @FlyingTomahawk I love that "pub yellow" is the new name for those old discolored Famicoms.

          Not that I'm in any kind of hurry, but did you end up going back to Hard Off to see if that Gameboy Pocket was still there?

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            obsidianspider
            last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 05:26

            While not totally "pub yellow" I just dug out my old SNES that I got in the spring of 1992 and it's definitely not aged as well as one of the controllers it came with.

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              edmaul69 @obsidianspider
              last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 05:37

              @obsidianspider its funny how many old computers and video game consoles turned yellow due to the flame retardent used in those plastic parts. An apple 2's monitors plastic is the most toxic plastic i have ever dremeled through.

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                obsidianspider @edmaul69
                last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 05:42

                @edmaul69 and here I thought the most dangerous thing about an Apple II was Oregon Trail.

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                  edmaul69 @obsidianspider
                  last edited by edmaul69 14 Mar 2017, 06:50

                  @obsidianspider yeah the smoke it creates is like a huge chemical fire. There isnt words to describe how toxic it was. I will take the dysentery over that.

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                    FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                    last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 07:49

                    @obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

                    Not that I'm in any kind of hurry, but did you end up going back to Hard Off to see if that Gameboy Pocket was still there?

                    Yeah I went back and checked it out, told the staff to show it to me. Thin scratches on the display, left side. No good.

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                      FlyingTomahawk
                      last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 12:37

                      Here the images of todays tour.

                      CPSII

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                      Famicom Sofa!
                      They really used real games for this.

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                      Famicom Micro

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                      Another white GBA
                      not so rare after all

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                        obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                        last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 12:58

                        @FlyingTomahawk Interesting that the clear purple GBA was more expensive than the white GBA. You see a lot more of the clear purple ones in the US.

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                          FlyingTomahawk
                          last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 13:11

                          yeah here too actually. not sure how they make those prices. The last white one was 2160Yen this one is only 1620Yen.
                          Hard-off is known for it to have different prices depending on the store and location. I saw 4 Famicoms for 540Yen each I went to over 6 different other Hard-offs and none could match those prices. They were mostly 3-4 times higher.
                          Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes not. I am gonna go again soon to that other store which had those 4 and if the other 3 are still there I'm gonna get them.

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                            obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                            last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 13:21

                            @FlyingTomahawk All of them? Are you going to build a Famicom sofa? ;)

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                              FlyingTomahawk
                              last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 13:29

                              Hey, that is not a bad idea at all. :-)

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                                obsidianspider
                                last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 13:34

                                I never realized how big a Virtual Boy is until seeing it in that "living room" setting at the store. That thing is huge! Did it work?

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                                  FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                                  last edited by 14 Mar 2017, 13:36

                                  @obsidianspider
                                  Yeah it did work.

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                                    obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                                    last edited by 15 Mar 2017, 02:16

                                    @FlyingTomahawk How many shops are on your itinerary for today?

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                                      FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                                      last edited by FlyingTomahawk 15 Mar 2017, 02:45

                                      @obsidianspider

                                      LoL... 3 shops. Just finished one.

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                                      The Famicoms are in not so bad condition. Whiter than most others that I have seen.
                                      A bit expensive though.

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                                        obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                                        last edited by 15 Mar 2017, 03:06

                                        @FlyingTomahawk $75 for a boxed FDS? That seems like a pretty good price based on other photos you've shared, and way cheaper than eBay.

                                        I'm really liking how Famicom games came with lots of different colors of plastic for the shell. NES games were mostly gray.

                                        How much do undesirable Famicom games sell for? The donor game for my Super Famicom screen was a soccer game I found on eBay for $4, but my decent shape Super Mario World was $15. Still not sure what I'll do with that. I'm thinking a shadow box with a background of a level in the game printed out if I can find a place that will print it. I have a feeling a photo printer wouldn't do it due to copyright.

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                                          FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                                          last edited by 15 Mar 2017, 03:22

                                          @obsidianspider

                                          undesirable Famicom games go for 100-200Yen

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