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OMG I WANT THAT WATCH BAD!! Seriously, If anyone has one to sell me I'll buy it as long as the price is not silly.
I got it from my brother for Christmas -- he found it at a flea market. Likely a giveaway promo item from a show or something.
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I've got some Jaguar Alien vs Predator, a 5200 Mr. Do!'s Castle, a Colecovision Up 'n Down and some other Jag and CV carts ending in a few hours on ebay.
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Hmmm--how about 2 handfulls of gravel?
I'm sure some sell on ebay, but probably not for much. The boxed one I found in the wild I paid $2 for. Maybe I could've got it for some gravel though as I didn't think to offer that.
edit: Jetset beat me with two--so how about three handfulls now!
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The Fun With Numbers box is out of my league -- I just want the instruction manual for that game.
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gpkart-l/dat...eportRows&tbl=9
Check this out. These guys track the sale of every GPK final artwork sold on ebay and in private hands. Man they are into it. They are ten times worse than us !
And here is the page from the Wacky web site mentioned earlier that tracks the Wacky art.
Amazing what GPK and Wacky art is going for. Don't think the artists get a cut though. Topps typically pays them by the piece after supplying them with rough drawings done by others, but some of the current artists actually submitted art they created to Topps and they were used.
Some of the current Wacky artists (including Jay Lynch who also worked on the old stuff) are members over at the Wacky site. Interesting to hear the stories and comments about what's going on with the issues.
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Ok -- those GPK's will keep going up in the future though, especially those earlier ones. Topps has released new sets of GPK's as well in the last year or two.
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The 1st series is actually the 2nd most expensive regular type of sticker set. The 16th Series was released in about 1977 -- about two years after the 15th Series was released. Most Wacky fans (myself included) had moved on and never even knew the 16th even existed. A little while ago nice 16th Series sets were going for $2000-$2500 or so, and maybe add one or two hundred dollars if you include the nine piece puzzle that has the series checklist on the back. Here's an auction for a harder to find right side puzzle piece.
There is even a Wacky Packages book called The Wacky Packages Gallery That covers most released stuff through the 1990's. It is lots cheaper when you can find it on ebay compared to the price on the website though.
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What are those small oval shaped plastic containers in your cabinets for?
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TJR, here's a nice link:
http://www.atariprotos.com/other/sears/artofsears.htm
Tempest did an excellent job on this.
Yes, a very nice Sears artwork page by Tempest!
That art was painted though, right? I wonder what happened to the originals.
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Back in the early 90s Topps had an auction where these were sold off for around 500 each. One or two guys bought most of them up and the prices have soared. Garbage pail kids artwork are on the same path. The first year topps sold these they sold for 100-200 each (I bought 3) and now they sell for 500-5000 (I sold 2) depending on the series.
I think that auction would be the legendary (to Wacky fans) Guernsey Auction. I believe that catalogs for that auction command a good price. GPK cards started after I stopped with the Wackys as a kid and I don't know much about those. Which ones did you buy?
Original art for the stickers is too pricey for me, but I've gotten a few other Wacky items from the Topps Vault (a original line drawing and a color production process image from the old tattoos, and a color proof set for the only new sticker which was included in the one of the re-issued 1979-1980 Series. Still, this peripheral minor league stuff isn't cheap, as I paid from $60 to $200 for them.
I have an uncut sheet of Wacky Packages from 1978 or something. I am not sure if it's the original or not, but it's probably the repro.In the late 80's or something like that Topps made some repros for put in loaves of bread as giveaways. Some bum or something found a huge stack of them in an empty office building, so they started surfacing and as a result the originals have went way down in price because you can't tell the difference.
Some people have theories as to cutting technology was different, etc.
From my memory these uncut sheets have been sitting in this store at a fleamarket for 15 or 20+ years now. I just never bought one until recent.
The bread ones were in Wonder Bread about 1974. There's been a lot more on the market. I'm gonna guess the uncut sheet you have is the first re-issue series (from 1979) and has the serial code 4-483-05-01-9. If it is any other serial number then they would sell for $$$. (Sellers buy those sheets, cut them up, and sell them as singles--mostly to new collectors.) I still don't have one of those sheets. If they are in good condition I'd like to get one if it's isn't too costly. What's the price?
The Wacky Packages site with the most info is this one.
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I collect old (and new) Topps Wacky Packages sticker cards as well. Here's an auction that recently ended for a piece of original art for the parody of Cap'n Crunch cereal.
A few of the old titles get outrageous prices.
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Nice stuff. And yes, those cabinets are nice!
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Lee's story was good. I think most collections, not just the big ones, start from remembering those times when you got something and it really made you happy. Isn't that why we all got back or just continued with this?
Atari was burned onto my brain as a kid, and my father in battle against the 2600 Chess game with and without his portable Fidelity chess computer (he battled that thing too) are still vivid memories of mine.
I'm not a candidate for being around the hobby for a long time, but I think it is tough to compare price then vs. now. It's more about the desire to have a collection. Being able to afford the wanted items is always part of the decision to get that stuff.
It's all a game with how to get what you want, then and now. Then the game was with bulletin boards and usenet (not so much supply for a growing base of collectors) and the prices were higher for "the good stuff". Now the game is different with information easier to come by as the internet has exploded, (and as well there is much more published info then there used to be), with even the thrift store operators, flea market vendors, and garage sale hacks learning that vintage games CAN go for lots of money and assuming they are all rare and worth a lot. And Ebay a maniacal but common way to obtain games. The demand is higher now in general but there's usually enough supply for it so prices aren't exhorbitant. And "the good stuff" is still expensive and moves around at times so not much has changed.
All hobbies are like this. Signs of the times.
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I've got a really nice looking loose Sears Super Breakout, but not the manual. If you want it let me know and I'll send it down to you.
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Assuming there's a plug on the cord it seems just long enough to go to the power supply jack on the console. Would the wall power supply then go to the cartridge? That would supercharge it all by itself (or kill it.)
Oddball 2600 stuff is cool.
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I thought the best way to sort them was how the boxes are shown in the old advertisements -- all askew and random colors.
That display looks great. Thanks for sharing the photos.
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Thanks all for the comments.
I wrote that first post after a call to my brother to see what he knew about them -- his brain is apparenty gone after his wedding: Further inspection revealed a note he had in the boxed one that says it works intermittently. So they must be the opposite of what I wrote in the first post.
There's a Solar Quest cartridge, but I don't see any others.
The box is in nice shape except for a triangle shaped tear (1.5" each side) that is on the front panel (on the black side panel of the console picture) -- the paper is still attached though.
The dead one I should get on the Marketplace forum -- hopefully someone can use it. I'll probably put the boxed one on ebay. I guess with a built-in handle on the thing not so many boxes survived.
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I just found a boxed one of these. Looks nice but it is a bit sluggish on cursor movement playing Missile Command. The box has the original price tag from Macy's $69.00
, then another Macy's sticker showing $49.00. Inside the box is a receipt showing payment for only $24.50, but no instructions.Man, I know lots of video game stuff was overpriced back then, and don't remember Macy's selling many video game items. $69.00 for a controller though (even from Macy's) -- that's kinda steep!
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In the 70's the Sears my Mom frequented the most (in Hayward, CA)used to have some arcade games before the 2600 even came out. I remember it was on the basement level. My brother and I would be there for an hour or more playing while Mom shopped. We weren't alone. A bunch of kids were down there. Things were different then.
I have a Sears arcade token that I found a while ago.
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Ok, I've got issues with a couple of Vectrex consoles.
My brother got married a couple months ago and now doesn't want (or isn't allowed -- I haven't quite figured out which) to keep a couple of Vectrex consoles he's been sitting on. Both of them aren't working. He's left me with these and I need to do something with them.
Console #1 is boxed, looks nice, but doesn't power up at all -- controller for it doesn't seem to work when tested on another console. Console #2 powers up sometimes from some of the outlets in this house but then blanks out -- controller for it works ok but the stem of the joystick is snapped off below the threads.
I'll be moving in a month or two and they won't make the trip. Me fixing them isn't an option (I don't have the time nor a steady hand with a soldering gun.) So what should I do with them? Ebay as is? Separate or together? I don't see any auctions for non-working consoles so don't know if there is a market for them there.
Any interest around here? Any suggestions? I'd rather find a place for them to go than just toss them.
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Most of the games I had were for two players -- my brother and I played them together and Mom would typically just hear a low rumble of the game sounds and us chattering instead of loud roaring of the two us chasing each other through the house. Dad got the Video Chess one for himself, but I was pretty good at levels 1 & 2....
We had these back in the day:
Air-Sea Battle
Video Chess
Combat
Surround
Tennis
Backgammon
Space Invaders
Flag Capture
Indy 500
River Raid
Asteroids
Slot Racers
Dodge 'em
Football
Street Racer
Canyon Bomber
Miniature Golf
Defender
Home Run
Basketball
Bowling
Sky Diver
Video Olympics
Casino
Slot Machine
Outlaw
Warlords
Breakout
Human Cannonball
Space War