adamchevy Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I’ve always wondered how many Vectrex’s were sold. Does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtoal Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) I noted below the highest numbers from the old serial number list. Substitute any higher ones you know of then do the math from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem Ser. No.: 1 xxx xxA - GCE model (fist series before MB takeover) 147016A Ser. No.: 0 xxx xxx - MB USA model 0147543 Ser. No.: xxx xxx - Bandai 027614 Ser. No.: 1 xxx xxx - MB Canada model 1024135 Ser. No.: U xxx xxA - MB UK model (built in Taiwan) U011012A Ser. No.: 2 xxx xxx - MB UK model (build in Hong Kong) 2029821 Ser. No.: 3 xxx xxx - MB Euro model 3116019 Ser. No.: 4 xxx xxx - MB Vectrex series 2 (no buzz issue) model 4017822 Ser. No.: 1 xxx xxA - GCE model (fist series before MB takeover) Edited December 1, 2018 by gtoal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtoal Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 PS see https://web.archive.org/web/20160306232450/http://www.pagetable.com/?p=547for a similar example of this method in action... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 So, adding all those up, maybe somewhere on the order of 600,000 or so...? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamchevy Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 So, adding all those up, maybe somewhere on the order of 600,000 or so...? That seems like a small number doesn’t it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Actually I would have guessed less than a million units, so that sounds about right. There were about 3 million Intellivisions and 2 million Colecovisions sold, and I'm sure the Vectrex never sold as many units as those two systems. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 That guess sounds right to me. I don't feel like it was on the market for very long, and I remember when they were blown out for less than $40, at the same time my parents got me a deeply discounted Timex Sinclair 1000. The crash hit it hard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtoal Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I noted below the highest numbers from the old serial number list. Substitute any higher ones you know of then do the math from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem Ser. No.: 1 xxx xxA - GCE model (first series before MB takeover) 147016A Ser. No.: 0 xxx xxx - MB USA model 0147543 Ser. No.: xxx xxx - Bandai 027614 Ser. No.: 1 xxx xxx - MB Canada model 1024135 Ser. No.: U xxx xxA - MB UK model (built in Taiwan) U011012A Ser. No.: 2 xxx xxx - MB UK model (build in Hong Kong) 2029821 Ser. No.: 3 xxx xxx - MB Euro model 3116019 Ser. No.: 4 xxx xxx - MB Vectrex series 2 (no buzz issue) model 4017822 I saw a new format today from a post on Facebook: "The model is 3000-A1 Australia, serial number is 013518A and made in Taiwan." so that would be 0 xxx xxA Made in Taiwan Can anyone confirm? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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