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Do you still have the box and paperwork for the 3DS?

Just an FYI--$30 for a GBC (especially one with weak/no sound) is waaayyyyyy off. You can buy perfectly working ones in great shape at Game Trader or Play'n'Trade for $20.

Nice bunch of items! Do you have any feedback or references on other sites? (eBay, NintendoAge, et. al.)

Not a bad price. Yourself Fitness Evolved is an excellent title that shows off the Kinect's capabilities very nicely.

I guess it depends on what you're buying? The bell-weather titles and systems that are easiest for me to keep track of off the top of my head (Panzer Dragoon Saga, Vectrex systems, Little Samson, Jack Bros) all still seem to be trending upward from what I've seen. However, there does seem to be a lessening of the pace; prices don't seem to be erratically jumping upwards like they were for a while. (Anyone else pay attention to Duck Tales 2 for NES prices over the past year? Crazy.)

Looking forward to seeing what you're selling, NS2k3!

It's the "gotta-catch-em-all"-itis that inflicts collectors of all things. I try to avoid that mentality and just stick to either the games/consoles I had or always wanted or that I WOULD'VE wanted if I'd known about. I won't deny that I get a bit of a tingle when I pick up something in the wild for cheap that Rarity Guide says is worth $50-$100, but I have no intention of pursuing "complete" collections for any of my systems. (Except maybe the Virtual Boy; just have Jack Bros to go! ) As for the high prices for CtCW,et. al.--it's just a matter of supply and demand. The number of completionists-in-the-making for old Atari games is a group that has been growing steadily while the number of sought after and rare games available in the wild NOT already in collections has declined inversely. If the guy thinks he can get $500 for the box and manual, then more power to him. That being said, I think people who try and get collector prices off craigslist are nuts; just isn't likely to happen. Much better odds on eBay, but then you have to factor in double-taxation and shipping hassle. In any case, I think the surge in prices we've seen recently won't be sustained. Collecting fads come and go, and the increase in the Atari collecting community is coinciding with the mid-life crises of those who grew up playing them. It will reach a peak, and then drop-off as people get their fix and move on. It will probably follow a similar arc to sports trading cards in the late-80s to mid-90s (although I'd be surprised if the drop-off turns out to be as precipitous or sudden).

Cool guy to deal with! Sold me a CIB copy of Panzer Dragoon for Saturn. Shipped it out quick and when it arrived, it was packaged perfectly. Thanks much!

Don't ruin it for EVG, AD.

Too cool! I remember seeing those commercials as well and always thought they would be so awesome to own. Unfortunately, my complete lack of storage space means no more boxy pickups for me until I clean out some of my closet booty.

Call me crazy, but that looks like an N64 rental case to me.

I have one similar to this (mine is actually a 7-in-1), and it's fantastic. Works so good for keeping all my favorite systems hooked up to my retrogaming CRT.

retr0bright is the bees knees. Cheap to make, and super effective. Just remember that, if you're using it in gel form, it's important to loose wrap the piece in Saran wrap after applying the gel, and then sit it inside a reflective container (I use an extra large disposable aluminum baking pan) when placing it in the sun. I had a horribly yellowed SNES look almost brand new after 3 treatments.

I wouldn't put a lot of stock in a BIN listing. There's always wackos out there who'll put a crazy price on something they suspect might be rare or special. Reminds me of the jag-offs who list sealed copies of a game like Majora's Mask for $1500. Like there weren't 5 million identical copies of that game sold. Cool looking Vic-20 (I have a Commodore 64 that's very similar in style), but probably still no gold mine there. Plug it in, play, and enjoy it. There's great nostalgic fun to be had with your little Vickie.

Is the label as yellow as it looks, or is that just the effect of the flash on the metallic finish making it look moreso?

Is this the US release of the console?

Great guy to buy from. Don't worry about paying with a money order; Steve's a straight up guy and gets the items packed up great and sent right out. Look forward to dealing with him again in the future.

Is $50 shipped the going rate for toasters nowadays? Man, I need to hop in on that. I've got 8 or so perfectly working ones sitting in the closet. Would be awesome if I could turn all those into an AES.

Ouya? Eww no. But if you pick up an Oculus Rift and then decide it's not for you, drop me a line. Those things look awesome.

So $165 shipped with TWO joysticks? If so, that's a pretty freakin' good deal right there. I paid $250 shipped for my NGX plus a second stick.

Are they still available? I was under the impression that they were all sold out with no plans for another run.

Glad to see you're getting back into the game, and doing so sensibly it would seem. Wish that was a 128D and I'd be doing some business with you quick fast and in a hurry. One thing I will suggest, though. It's a shame to see the yellowing on the number pad of what is an otherwise nice, clean-looking C128. But you can fix that with relative ease and for a small cost. Check out the retr0bright page for the recipe on how to make a cheap plastic-oxidation-reversing paste that you can use to completely reverse the effects of plastic yellowing. The results are frankly amazing, just be careful when handling the peroxide as you can very easily bleach your hands (or worse, blind yourself) if you're careless with the 12% hydrogen peroxide. I'd think you'd get a much better trade for the C128 if you took care of the yellowing first than if you tried swapping it as is.

So--did you get it? And if so, for how much? I see the seller has already deleted the listing.

LED wasn't the only option. Nintendo could have gone with color TFT LCDs for which the technology was available, but they decided instead upon a monochrome LED array in order to keep expenses down (and, supposedly, to improve battery life which IMO was a waste since the VB should have never been designed as a "portable" system). It does make me wonder why it's only just now with Oculous Rift that anyone has given some serious revisitation to the idea of 3D headsets. High-quality, high-def LCD technology has been highly available and super cheap for the better part of a decade now. And even a lowly DS has more than enough power to push two displays. Just seems like it's something that should have happened by now in a comfortable form factor, given the commodity nature of the technology involved, especially if you're only wanting 3D visuals and not head tracking.