Rev Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Is this price the new normal?!?? And some people was worrying that the BSR reissue was going to effect price of original. Silly kids. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Ah but the manual comes in a bag so there's that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 46 minutes ago, cmart604 said: Ah but the manual comes in a bag so there's that. ah ok. I missed that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) That doesn't mean anybody would actually buy it for that much. Or for even say,$1,500. Edited June 19, 2021 by wolfy62 Adding info. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 23 hours ago, Rev said: Is this price the new normal?!?? And some people was worrying that the BSR reissue was going to effect price of original. Silly kids. So you believe that the reissue of games has no effect on the value of the originals? It certainly doesnt raise their values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 21 minutes ago, wolfy62 said: So you believe that the reissue of games has no effect on the value of the originals? It certainly doesnt raise their values. Well, in my humble two cents opinion, for such ultrarare games, re-issues have no effect at all on the price. Starting from 500 bucks, those who are ready to put such amount on the table are real collectors that are looking for original stuff, possibly in good conditions. So, a reissue is totally useless for them, even if, probably, they buy one copy anyway just for completionist pourpose. Those who buy just a reissue will never spend so much money for an original one, no matter what. For me they are two completely different and separate markets, with reissues not affecting at all the original’s prices. I think that reissues are good because they give an affordable opportunity to passionate collectors to buy, play and have at home games that otherwise would never be able to have, if they are not wealthy… Having said that, the price asked by that german seller is simply ridiculous. It’s a pitty to see such a nice and important game in the hands of a crazy reseller… 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 2 hours ago, wolfy62 said: So you believe that the reissue of games has no effect on the value of the originals? It certainly doesnt raise their values. Yes. I believe so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+retrogmr Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 To play devil's advocate, one might say that the re-issues (because they're official and were produced in much lower quantities) should be worth MORE than the original. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 hour ago, retrogmr said: To play devil's advocate, one might say that the re-issues (because they're official and were produced in much lower quantities) should be worth MORE than the original. Yeah,I think I better start stockpiling copies of the reissues now,ahead of their soon to be over inflated future values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 2 hours ago, retrogmr said: To play devil's advocate, one might say that the re-issues (because they're official and were produced in much lower quantities) should be worth MORE than the original. Although to counter that I suspect there are less copies of the original left vs the re-issue. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 10 minutes ago, cmart604 said: Although to counter that I suspect there are less copies of the original left vs the re-issue. ? You may be right. Thinking back the last 10 years or so… Spikers arent coming out of the woodwork. For arguments sake, lets say in the last 10 years we seen 10 Spikers on ebay each year, thats 100 Spikers. I doubt we even seen 5 spikers per year show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 A lot of Spikers are currently in the hands of collectors. A percentage of those collectors have publicly indicated that they own one. Many others don't discuss it on social media. I collected years before joining any forums. Who knows how many fall into that category. I suspect there's at least 1 non-public Spiker for each public one and more likely many many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Any one would know how many Spikers were produced and/sold sold back in the late eighties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 15 hours ago, cmart604 said: Although to counter that I suspect there are less copies of the original left vs the re-issue. ? I say it's equal (at least presumably within the next 100 miles). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Intymike said: I say it's equal (at least presumably within the next 100 miles). I have both of those. I like the one on the left the best!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Morpheus said: Any one would know how many Spikers were produced and/sold sold back in the late eighties? I thought I heard 10k each for Spiker and SMB. Just because something is more rare does not necessarily mean it's more valuable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 9 minutes ago, mr_me said: I thought I heard 10k each for Spiker and SMB. Just because something is more rare does not necessarily mean it's more valuable But it is highly likely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 19 hours ago, retrogmr said: To play devil's advocate, one might say that the re-issues (because they're official and were produced in much lower quantities) should be worth MORE than the original. Not in the case of Spiker! where the reissue is not the official version or the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Hm, I‘m a bit surprised that the seller is German. The German text says btw. No shipping, only pick up. https://www.ebay.de/itm/194208772485?hash=item2d37beb185:g:q2MAAOSwW71gzeJW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 A boxed original spiker will always be rare AND hold value. Good shape will pretty much always be 1000-1500 Im sure. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 13 hours ago, wolfy62 said: Not in the case of Spiker! where the reissue is not the official version or the original. What are you talking about? The re-issue is official. How is it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Games For Your Intellivision said: What are you talking about? The re-issue is official. How is it not? 3 hours ago, Games For Your Intellivision said: What are you talking about? The re-issue is official. How is it not? Ok,then its officially the second official release of Spiker! Unless you want to claim that the Intv Corp. release became unofficial because of the BSR release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 18 hours ago, wolfy62 said: Ok,then its officially the second official release of Spiker! Unless you want to claim that the Intv Corp. release became unofficial because of the BSR release. Nobody as far as I know claims that the INTV Corp. release of Spiker! became 'unofficial' because of the Blue Sky Ranger release. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jaxivision Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 How does one even rack up 10,000 points in volleyball? How is that possible??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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