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  3. Posted

    how? mine aren't interchangeable

     

    :? :? :? :? It's too easy.

     

    Below are pics of a heavy chassis and a 4 switch. Take the 4 switch off its chassis (secured by 4 screws on the bottom), place on the heavy chassis, and secure the 4 screws on the bottom again (the heavy has two more screws that aren't used on the 4).

     

    Presto, heavy 4 switch, and an eBay auction of "@@ ULTRA RARE HEAVY 4 SWITCH!! WOW!! @@@"

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  6. Posted

    Hello All,

     

    Again, I would like to thank everybody for their kind words on me acquiring this game. I am really looking forward to putting the game in my collection and see how it looks with the other Atari 2600 games I have. Now, I need the Ultravision Karate CIB, Gauntlet CIB, PGP-1, Birthday Mania, Monogrammed Space Chase and Red Sea Crossing. Let's see how long it will take to get those. :)

     

    Thanks,

     

    - Wonder007

    Is your collection open for people to view? I go out to the LA area about twice a year (already been once). If so, can I PM you in advance before arriving? I would love to see what you have.

  8. Posted

    I thought fluoride was good for your teeth? I remember those treatments as most disgusting. No, I would not recommend fluoride to anyone.

     

    So this thread needs stronger teeth, or maybe it is just disgusting? Or maybe the thread contributors need more to be poisoned by the massive fluoride conspiracy? I am going to lose some sleep over this one....

  9. Posted

    Personally, I expect to pay more for shipping because I want the Atari box to be protected. This is just a personal preference, I try to drop an extra buck or two for the trouble of packing material also, when I can.

     

    Sure, I have done that a couple times in the past when they agree to box and their shipping charge is already too low or the game is extra expensive. But this item will only cost $5 to ship (Priority Mail under 1 lb Zone 1), so I am already paying an extra buck and change.

  11. Posted

    I am more amazed that a Space Chase is pulling over $22 shipped :-o I always thought this was an ultra common game?

     

    CIB in the early release box is actually a little scarce. Only a couple auctions on eBay right now. Of course it doesn't help that the one bidder before me essentially took my bid up to the maximum amount I had entered. And if you go with the seller's First Class S&H we are talking $20 (and change) shipped.

  13. Posted

    More to the point, what does being "loaded" with Fluoride have to do with interfering with a person's ability to comprehend language, or is this another Illuminati-style conspiracy theory?

     

    I am glad to see it wasn't only me that was scratching his head over that comment. I understand that the gene pool needs a little more chlorine, but fluoride?

  14. Posted

    HOLY CRAP. That's just insane.

     

    You would know :P

     

     

    No, it's been going on for a lot longer than the past couple weeks. I did just say to my wife this morning though that I won't be surprised if we start seeing more $500 auctions for commons on ebay now. So many people are just dense.

     

    But there is an upside to all this. Yes, we are seeing more crazy prices for common items, but we are also seeing more items in general. I posted about this last week -- the number of Atari 2600 items has been rising substantially. That is a good thing for collectors. The crazy-money auctions can be ignored or mocked in this forum.

     

    But with these old school games going for thousands and tens thousands of dollars recently, people are starting to take notice and dig out their old stuff.

  15. Posted

    Auction I won: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 3205124522881?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=320512452288&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER] -- nothing special, no great deal. Here is what is interesting: Paid $6.30 for Priority Mail shipping, told the seller that I expect the item to be shipped in box for the cost and method of shipping I selected. The response:

     

    One problem.

    Atari games in box are just too big for a small pm box. The

    medium box costs more than you paid.

    We make our boxes from recycled

    cardboard.

    What would you like us to do?

     

    -theoldtime99centcircus

    I explained that there are other PM boxes besides flat rate and that a less than one pound game like this is $5 and that he can get these free from the Post Office either by ordering or picking up himself (gave him the benefit of the doubt that he was not trying to just squeeze a little more money out of me).

     

    I am confused by the "we make boxes" since he talks about using the USPS small and medium boxes. I told him he could even make a box and put a PM sticker on it.

     

    What think you?

  16. Posted

    Take that NES! You with your "not a real game" $15,000 contest carts!

     

    Atari VCS takes the lead! I predicted $27,000, sure I was $4,600 off, but that's only off by 14.6%. Did anyone else predict closer?

     

    More power to him, I say. It needs to go to someone who will take excellent care of it and will share it with the rest of the community the way Wonder will. :)

     

    I think that would be great if he did, but I think there will be some stiff competition from outside AA. I personally think this will go over $30K.

     

    EDIT: Stiff, not stuff :roll:

     

    I was a believer. Glad to see it sold to Wonder.

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    At the top of the 2600 forum there is a topic called Top 100 2600 games of all time. Might want to check that out.

     

    Yeah but...everyone has a different answer...that's to be expected of course but I was hoping that someone may have created a poll or something to combine many different sets of opinions to try and distill the games that a large number of people all agree are great.

     

    I liked the poll at the top because he used a point system to come up with the rankings, but if can come up with something better go for it. AA members love to vote for their favorite games.

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  23. Posted

    Yeah, it's the "How to win at Popular Video Games" book or whatever. It was written in the 80s and featured hints for Galaxian, Pac-Man, etc. etc.

     

    Titles like that really should read, "How to win at Popular Video Games. For Unpopular People." Hmmmm, come to think of it Cebus, you should bid on that one.

  24. Posted

    I honestly don't get it. They are being super anal with you, yet there have been two auctions where myself and others on AA have complained to eBay that they were repros being sold as originals, and eBay did nothing.

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