Morpheus Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Happy to know that I’ve been useful to some one (but very sorry for kamikazi). Being an absolute beginner in the fine art of collecting intellivision I have a question: what does it mean FCTVVO? Why it’s rare??? PS Me too I have an incredible wife but I can’t even mention the word intellivision... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Got it! For Color TV Viewing Only Don’t be impressed by my sagacity ?... So why would it be rare? Almost all games I have are FCTVVO... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Morpheus said: Got it! For Color TV Viewing Only Don’t be impressed by my sagacity ?... So why would it be rare? Almost all games I have are FCTVVO... This is a small set of the earliest titles only. This isn’t referring to the text on the bottom right, they also have the phrase printed in small text in either the top left or bottom left areas of the pictures. This confused me as well early in my collecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 9 hours ago, cvga said: Wow, I have an incredible wife but I can't recall a time when she's encouraged me to bid one more time. Mine has. She told me :"Go ahead,bid one more time and your outta here!". 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSRSteve Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 5 hours ago, Atari_Bill said: This is a small set of the earliest titles only. This isn’t referring to the text on the bottom right, they also have the phrase printed in small text in either the top left or bottom left areas of the pictures. This confused me as well early in my collecting. The INSTEAD have the phrase printed inside the picture area. They do NOT also have it in the lower right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDumer Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 9 hours ago, Morpheus said: Got it! For Color TV Viewing Only Don’t be impressed by my sagacity ?... So why would it be rare? Almost all games I have are FCTVVO... Luc has a nice picture on his site of all the FCTVVO games: https://www.intellivisioncollector.com/for-color-tv-viewing-only-fctvvo-variants.html As others have said, the FCTVVO text is above the title for most games, but at the bottom for Major League Baseball and NFL Football. Also found this thread with some higher-resolution pictures: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikazi26 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Gotta give credit where credit is due. Jasonlikesintv gave me permission to use his picture on my website. nice collection Jason! I’m just missing math fun to complete the CIB collection. I have baseball, checkers, football and basketball fctvvo all shrinkwrapped. Looking for backgammon, armor battle, math fun & poker sealed in order to complete the sealed fctvvo collection. Got a lead on Math fun sealed, still actively hunting for the others. If anyone has one of them for sale, please reach out to me via Private Message please. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Well, I checked all my games and, of course, none of them has the text in the picture area. Are those variants very rare??? The full colors manual it’s cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikazi26 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Not super rare. But not common. I only started collecting them this year and I’m almost complete. Other friends also started this year and have more than half. there are more rare variants than these. baseball and football are the easiest to get. I seen them all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSRSteve Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Kamikazi26 said: baseball and football are the easiest to get. I seen them all the time. In fact, the last time I put a Football FCTVVO up for sale, it didn't even get any bids (though it was a little rough). On the other hand, my Poker/Blackjack NIS FCTVVO went for over $100 a couple of years ago, wreaking havoc on all the price guide listings for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 You know what this lot was missing? A Mousetrap ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikazi26 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, JasonlikesINTV said: You know what this lot was missing? A Mousetrap ? LMFAO!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 40 minutes ago, Kamikazi26 said: LMFAO!!! My sagacity is over... What would mean LMFAO??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Morpheus said: My sagacity is over... What would mean LMFAO??? LMFAO = Laughing My F-ing Ass Off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 10 hours ago, Kamikazi26 said: LMFAO!!! My sagacity is over... What would mean LMFAO??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 6 hours ago, IntyFanMatt said: LMFAO = Laughing My F-ing Ass Off ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSRSteve Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 It is doing pretty well on its own, but here is the gatefold Melody Blaster I promised somewhere: https://www.ebay.com/itm/303745990483 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Bought these loose components in 2016: Missed out on an auction for a box/manual in 2018 ? Finally acquired this box earlier this week: Now it's complete and can join its friend in my collection: Happiness ensues ? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSRSteve Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 3 hours ago, JasonlikesINTV said: Bought these loose components in 2016: Missed out on an auction for a box/manual in 2018 ? Finally acquired this box earlier this week: Now it's complete and can join its friend in my collection: Happiness ensues ? I don't think that is the right sleeve for the disk, but otherwise looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Not that bad... https://www.kijiji.ca/v-old-video-games/gatineau/42-jeux-intellivision/1532555735?undefined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I found another FCTVVO LMFAO... https://www.ebay.com/itm/184522142416 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 FCTVVO NFL LMFAO FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDumer Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Closing the loop - here is the Math Fun FCTVVO: It's not exactly minty fresh but it will look pretty good once it's in the protective sleeve. Feels good to gamble on a tiny bit of blurry grey above the title in a single photo. As I said, it's in Oregon and I'm in BC so I'm not sure when I will get this (and a Taiwan Poker & Blackjack, and a Mattel Pinball....) in my hot little hands. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikazi26 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, BigDumer said: Closing the loop - here is the Math Fun FCTVVO: It's not exactly minty fresh but it will look pretty good once it's in the protective sleeve. Feels good to gamble on a tiny bit of blurry grey above the title in a single photo. As I said, it's in Oregon and I'm in BC so I'm not sure when I will get this (and a Taiwan Poker & Blackjack, and a Mattel Pinball....) in my hot little hands. Congrats! next time you come over, bring it and I’ll fix up the box for you. I’ve gotten quite good at gatefold box repairs. Edited November 7, 2020 by Kamikazi26 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 On 11/7/2020 at 9:57 AM, BigDumer said: Closing the loop - here is the Math Fun FCTVVO: It's not exactly minty fresh but it will look pretty good once it's in the protective sleeve. Feels good to gamble on a tiny bit of blurry grey above the title in a single photo. As I said, it's in Oregon and I'm in BC so I'm not sure when I will get this (and a Taiwan Poker & Blackjack, and a Mattel Pinball....) in my hot little hands. Nice pick up. My quest for a sealed one will most likely take forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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