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    It would appear that Sean Kelly has another set of his Vectrex Multi-carts for sale on e-Bay. I just grabbed one and it looks as though 7 have sold in the past 90 minutes. Much better price than what I've been seeing for the occasional one on e-Bay.

    . If need be, I can talk to Sean about these if anyone needs a non eBay way.

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    Just purchased this Lochjaw cartridge from an e-Bay seller this morning. Those of you that know about this cart, I would be interested in your input. The end label has been split which makes me wonder if the cart has been opened. I'm newer to collecting (just the past couple of years) and know of this game but I do not have what I would consider to be a lot of knowledge about it. Thanks!

     

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-Apollo-Lochjaw-Atari-2600-Cartridge-R9-SUPER-RARE

    . That's the same one. I offered him $500 when it was originally $1500. He asked $750 instead. I was uneasy about the split case myself, and how eager he wanted it gone. I really want to know if it is legit.

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    Puppy Pong, is this really a $500,000,00 item?

     

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collectible-Video-Game-/121205030536?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c3861fe88

     

     

     

     

    The Puppy Pong was developed by the Atari Corporation in1973. It was one of the very first Video Games ever made. Unfortunately it never really hit the market due to a controversy that Charles Shultz (Creator of, ’Peanuts’) had with Atari. Apparently Mr. Shultz thought the wooden, yellow dog house that housed a video game like Ping Pong, resembled his own ‘Snoopy’s Dog House’ (especially with the dog’s head on the top of it). Atari, not wanting to engage in a legal battle with Mr. Shultz, changed the color to red and took the puppy off the top and called it, ‘DR. Pong’. Atari called it this name because they were designed without a coin slot and were to be sold to Physicians to put in their waiting rooms for the kids to play while waiting. Atari built 35 of these original yellow, ‘Puppy Pongs’before stopping production and changing the design. Each of these were stamped on a metal plate inside with their own individual number from 1-35. A few ofthese were placed into local ‘Chuck-E-Cheese’ Amusement Centers on the tables,where kids could play them while waiting for their food. A salesman bought what remained of them and peddled them to Medical Clinics in the Midwest. Left in existence is believed to be about 3 of them. The Atari Museum has one. The owner said it was not in pristine shape as the control knobs were broken off and different knobs put on. Also, he said it was pretty nicked up and scratched so it was repainted.The second one is said to be owned by an ‘anonymous caller’who claims he has one and it’s in, “decent shape”. The third one belongs to me. My Father was a Family Physician in Eastern Wisconsin and he bought one for his waiting room from this salesman. It was used very slightly before dad had passed away shortly after buying it. I have owned it now for more than 30 yrs. It works; it is in near perfect condition and everything on it is original down to the paint. The number stamped on the inside plate is, '27'. This extremely rare collectible has an availability rating of a #1 (numbers based from 1-100 with ‘1’ being the hardest to obtain).Because it was never produced in mass amounts and sold, it never became a big house hold name on the market thus making it even more valuable. I would seriously question if there was one of these in existence that was in near as good of condition.

     

     

    I am putting this on the market for an opening bid of $500,000.

     

     

    Holy hell, is he smoking something?!?!?

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