Andre81 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 The Wikipedia article of Air Raid still claims it is the rarest Atari 2600 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slab0meat Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Sounds like now's the time to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Sounds like now's the time to buy. That would only make sense if you expect the price to go up again. I do not. Air Raid will be flipped until the price has come down to the point where it is actually worth that much to collectors, which will be in the $500 - $1,000 range. At that point collectors will keep them and the number of sales will go down. As long as there are multiple sales per year the price will go down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slab0meat Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I would think eventually, yes, the price will go up again. However, I'm not buying one so it makes no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I would think eventually, yes, the price will go up again. However, I'm not buying one so it makes no difference. I plan on buying two of them, so I can make them into a matching set of earrings! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I plan on buying two of them, so I can make them into a matching set of earrings! That would be shatnatic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I plan on buying one now and cracking it open to solve the mystery behind Air Raid... Oh wait some guy did that already! THAT was an interesting Air Raid thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Makes me wonder why these silly NES/SNS competition carts supposedly fetch such a high price, you can play the games cheap on their original carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) Thank goodness! I was tired of putting useless handles on my commons to add value anyway! http://atariage.com/forums/topic/204618-air-raid-magnet-mod/ Edited August 17, 2014 by stardust4ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 What is a competition cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 @boxpressed Thanks for posting. I think it's interesting and convenient that you had both links. Weird how people get so inflammatory. THE SKY IS FALLING ON EXPENSIVE CARTS I WANT> COZ I SAID IT MAKES IT TRUUE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 What is a competition cart? Ask Homerwannabe, I'm sure he can give you copious amounts of information about competition carts and associated documents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) There is so much mystery surrounding Air Raid and its company Men-A-Vision, and also the supposedly real boxes. I talked to someone selling had a loose cart a couple of years back. He said he had it since it was new, and that was not the box he remembers as a kid. Edited September 4, 2014 by Zap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600 Forever Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 There is so much mystery surrounding Air Raid and its company Men-A-Vision, and also the supposedly real boxes. I talked to someone selling had a loose cart a couple of years back. He said he had it since it was new, and that was not the box he remembers as a kid. Some kids do drugs before they know better, then they don't remember jack shit later, or make up stories in their heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) Some kids do drugs before they know better, then they don't remember jack shit later, or make up stories in their heads. It's possible, but the letters section in the issue of The 2600 Connection (number 8 from 1991 or 1992) also raises eyebrows where a guy says it opens like a book. Edited September 4, 2014 by Zap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Hmmmm. Makes you wonder about the one with the box sale...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Hmmmm. Makes you wonder about the one with the box sale...... Really? The lengthy topics on it indicate that it was vetted by some pretty heavy duty Atari experts. BTW, there's more than one boxed copy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Really? The lengthy topics on it indicate that it was vetted by some pretty heavy duty Atari experts. BTW, there's more than one boxed copy. Yeah, call me a skeptic but in today's world where boxes can be made that look 100% authentic to the original I really have trouble trusting high value items such as that as authentic. The money lure is simply too great to ignore. When I see a letter such as the one above from the early days of collecting where collecting for money wasn't the all encompassing thing it is today then I have to consider that the "real" box may have actually been a gatefold. Not a big deal to me either way as I'll never have a copy in my collection. Just stating an opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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