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    PC Gaming, Video Gaming, History and Fantasy Books, Toy Collecting, Comics, basically all that nerdy stuff!

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  1. Please read the post by UrQuan3 here on AtariAge. If you feel that was okay, what they did, then I guess we will have to respectfully disagree and end it there.
  2. Collectors are the lifeblood of what they have left at this point. People that make homebrew stuff serve to continue keeping people interested. Going against them simply earns bad will in the community and hurts them in the long run. There is a huge difference between someone pirating a new game that is being sold by the company and what these people are doing. You may feel there is no legal difference however its not ethical. Harassing UrQuan3, a member here, because he was 3D printing holders for Atari 2600 games when these holders contain no graphics or trademarks simply because he dare use the name "Atari' in his listing isn't right. It isn't realistic to ask a collector to formally license a trademark when they are making a hand full of something. How would that even work? These people are not large corporations that have deep pockets with lawyers standing by. You just have to accept as a company that fans will use your IP occasionally. Everyone that sees that shirt with the controller that had a Atari 2600 would look at it and hopefully have found memories. Hopefully it leads them to purchase the new console from Atari and its games
  3. Taking down a shirt with a picture of the joystick has no standing. They are just simply abusing people by doing this and its not okay. They are hoping no one fights back. Its okay to enforce one's trademarks however at some point people have to accept merchandise that was made 40 years ago is off patent and is in the public domain, this includes the joysticks and the original console.
  4. Great to see stuff like this is still being found even to this day. Makes it so much fun to collect retro stuff.
  5. I tried to remove one on my console and it had the same problem. It disintegrated when taking it out. They seem fairly straight forward to have remade; if there was a demand I could try to get a batch made.
  6. The screws are the same for the exterior case screws around the perimeter as the ones for the middle at least on mine. If you need some shoot me your address and I can send you some washers an screws. I had them remade for the same reason as you. I also made need foam discs to go around the toggle switches since mine were toast
  7. I highly recommend you reach out to pboland directly as these are great overlays; however if you can't get a hold of him I do resell them with his permission on my site. I have the entire collection listed: https://hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/copy-of-atari-jaguar-controller-insert-zero-5
  8. Mega posting of new protectors! The protector of Police Quest 1 and King's Quest 5 will fit many different PC games. The QIX protectors will fit quite a few Atari 400, VIC-20 and Commodore 64 games. The Mega Force protectors will fit various Atari 2600 games. Many of these are duplicates of the same sizes however I posted by title because it is very hard to determine what other titles they fit due to my limited collection and the huge variability in sizes. I also have the box protectors for the larger Intellivision 1 console and Atari 7800 Pro System finally. I also have inlays for the Nintendo NES Sharp TV controllers and foam pads for the Atari 2600 console toggle switches. https://hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/
  9. Its tough for sure right now. When I started collecting >20 years ago prices were a lot more friendly on the wallet. Now prices are just crazy across the board for everything and it makes it a lot harder to get more items and less fun. I still like to pick up new items I don't have however I see myself focusing more on the older consoles now more than anything. Its really about having fun, if its not fun, its not worth doing.
  10. I added it to my E-Bay search, if I find one will let you know. It sounds absolutely amazing, by the way.
  11. The Donkey Kong protectors are slightly different at 193x24x263mm than the Qix protectors. Please let me know about the Adventure Creator boxs Yes the Frogger 2 box protectors are on their way, they haven't arrived yet. I attached a picture of the box Let me check on the size of the black box Atari 400 games and see if they fit one of my existing ones.
  12. New box protectors for the Odyssey 100, 200, 300 & 400 console boxes are now available https://hoskinson-industries.myshopify.com/
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