Intymike Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Crap I almost forgot... eBay Auction -- Item Number: 283058444681 Comes with original Intellivision Inc. manual and 2 overlays. This is how I have mine completed as well. I can go to bed now (it's 0.30 AM over here). $170 for an empty box is to much for me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I can go to bed now (it's 0.30 AM over here). $170 for an empty box is to much for me. Wow! Just .... Wow!! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Yeah just make any intellivision item in very limited quantity and it is instantly worth it's weight in gold. Can't say I'm a fan at all of this logic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+the1hatman Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Yeah just make any intellivision item in very limited quantity and it is instantly worth it's weight in gold. Can't say I'm a fan at all of this logic I don't disagree with you but the open market set the price for this. There were 30 of the LNC 8K carts made and they took months to sell. The last 5 only moved off the shelf when the homemade box showed up. People seem to place a high amount of value on finishing items for whatever reason. I thought the BLIX box with the manual and overlays would go for more and it got about $70 less. Puzzling stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1st off my comment was in no way a jab at you. Your boxes are awesome and it's hard to make custom stuff by hand in quantity. I know your pain as I did it with rca s2 specialty items myself. As for the lnc 8k carts though. I would have happily bought 1 as I am sure others would have as well had I had any idea they existed until they were already declared a rarity. I don't think they were ever advertised by naberhood or in revs newsletter and I never saw a thread here about them unless I missed it....oh well. My comment is only that...a comment....my thought. I just hope people havent and don't try and use this to their advantage as in the end it will turn people off to the whole fun scene that's developed here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+the1hatman Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1st off my comment was in no way a jab at you. Your boxes are awesome and it's hard to make custom stuff by hand in quantity. I know your pain as I did it with rca s2 specialty items myself. As for the lnc 8k carts though. I would have happily bought 1 as I am sure others would have as well had I had any idea they existed until they were already declared a rarity. I don't think they were ever advertised by naberhood or in revs newsletter and I never saw a thread here about them unless I missed it....oh well. My comment is only that...a comment....my thought. I just hope people havent and don't try and use this to their advantage as in the end it will turn people off to the whole fun scene that's developed here. No worries friend. I had no issue with your observation. I was just adding on to your take on the subject with how the value of things seems to move oddly at times. I share your concern that someone could use that kind of scarcity to generate big sales but we also have to keep in mind that the original makers of these items don't get to reap the benefits of rare offerings. It's only after enough people realize they've missed out on something that the value spikes so the people making the initial sale do not get anything extra up front. It's the re-sellers and speculators that reap the benefits of scarcity so it doesn't behoove a publisher/creator to try and rig the rarity of their items at the start. In SoulBuster's case, it looked like 30-ish was actually too great a number for the market and that he would be stuck with merch he couldn't unload. It wasn't till someone came along completely unsolicited with a way that could finally move the last of his stock that he stumbled on to a spike in value for his items. But most of them were already sold for the original $30-ish so he himself did not see a huge benefit sales-wise as his customers who sold their copies later did. That's just life in the collecting world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+the1hatman Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 It's the re-sellers and speculators that reap the benefits of scarcity... I feel the need to add something here: I have no issue with people who re-sell anything and I include speculators in that as well. If you put your hard earned money out there for something and decide to unload it later, for whatever reason, that's your business and no one has the right to give you crap for it. Also, if you have the means and skill required to buy low and sell high for either adding to your own collection or just sheer profit, I say good for you. I do re-sell from time to time but mostly from picking up extras in lots or after buying a condition upgrade so I'm not about to hate when other people do this. I do not speculate buy at all as I only get one of each offering that I can as I have no desire to sit on extras for a year or so to cash out on them later. At the same time, I see no problem with this practice either. If that works for you and making your ends meet, so be it. I may not like the concept of it as a simple collector who is sometimes in competition with speculators for items, but that's simply capitalism in action. Just wanted to make it clear to everyone who practices either of these selling tactics that I intended no malice in mentioning them in my post above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I on the other hand have no respect for chronic resellers and speculators. I have seen it 1st hand ruin hobbies and I think it's slimey. Sure it's legal but lots of shitty things are. I don't think capitalism is intrinsicly good hearted and I like to keep my hobbies fun and I prefer to see greed stay in all the other aspects of life where it's already so deeply rooted. Just my opinion though..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porte048 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 153111178295 The more I went through the pictures the more disappointed I became 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 153111178295 The more I went through the pictures the more disappointed I became I wouldn't even buy that if they moved the decimal over two places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humblejack Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I wouldn't even buy that if they moved the decimal over two places. I agree, I wouldn't pay $23,000.00 for it either 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colormesticky Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) Intellivision faceplates have been listed. Steve R. changed the intellivisionlives user ID to blueskyrangers to keep it separate from the new company, but it's still coming from the same place. There's also a Mr. Basic and a boxed/signed Diner (Ray Kaestner), but I think they were just listed because they're not coming up for me yet. https://www.ebay.com/itm/302819391038 Edited July 26, 2018 by colormesticky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Looks like the blank one goes with the System III and the "Intellivision" one goes with a Super Pro System. My System III's seemed way more prone to bad nameplates than Super Pro Systems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colormesticky Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Diner's up. Possibly a few more things this weekend. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F302819421411 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojotv67 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Anybody here get this lot? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mattel-Intellivision-II-With-23-Games-/283067954383?hash=item41e82a34cf%3Ag%3Ah-kAAOSwGDZbVPGY&_sacat=0&_nkw=Intellivision+&LH_Complete=1&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&LH_TitleDesc=0&nma=true&si=V9SgDvXzX8VA2LXzlDTluKoDqKw%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true Intv Backgammon so close... Edited July 30, 2018 by mojotv67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Not me, but I was watching it. Edit: It's someone here. I'm just curious if the cart will be green or white. Edited July 30, 2018 by JasonlikesINTV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Steve Jones Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 damn I didn't see that, would have gone higher for that BG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humblejack Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 damn I didn't see that, would have gone higher for that BG Hang in there ol chap, you may still get a chance at one. I will be listing my shrinkwrapped one sometime this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Steve Jones Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I expect that one to go much higher than $123.45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colormesticky Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 For some reason I can't get this out of my head... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Anybody here get this lot? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mattel-Intellivision-II-With-23-Games-/283067954383?hash=item41e82a34cf%3Ag%3Ah-kAAOSwGDZbVPGY&_sacat=0&_nkw=Intellivision+&LH_Complete=1&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&LH_TitleDesc=0&nma=true&si=V9SgDvXzX8VA2LXzlDTluKoDqKw%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true Intv Backgammon so close... Was there a Backgammon in that lot? I didn't notice... ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) This won't last long: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 283077439213 Edit: Ok, it might. I'm still getting used to eBay's new "make offer" auctions by mistaking them for BINs. Edited July 30, 2018 by JasonlikesINTV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+the1hatman Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 This won't last long: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 283077439213 Edit: Ok, it might. I'm still getting used to eBay's new "make offer" auctions by mistaking them for BINs. Yeah I left that turned on by accident. Stupid eBay always changing crap! It's now just a week long auction so we'll all see what the market is for one of these In the meantime, if anyone wants to make me an offer for this before I eBay it next week... I figure if the last one on the bay got $70+ with a damaged box then it must be time to let this beauty go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) That's a nice Checkers. It should do well. The last Armor Battle went for $7 (not auction) eBay Auction -- Item Number: 202333278382 Edited July 30, 2018 by JasonlikesINTV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+the1hatman Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 That's a nice Checkers. It should do well. The last Armor Battle went for $7 (not auction) eBay Auction -- Item Number: 202333278382 Wow someone got a sweet deal! It even looks like it's in good shape. I hope that was someone here with the win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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