VGA Grading - BAH!
This is aimed towards the more hardcore sealed collectors.. how many of you have an NES game that is 95 or above? I have sent in a perfect copy of Castlevania 2 with 2-3 minor scuff marks on the front of the box and it got tagged a 90. Which I honestly think is complete bullshit.
Detailed Report - Box has nice color, tight cellophane, and sharp corners. The primary flaws are moderate scuffing predominately on the box front, very light corner marks on the front top left corner, and back top left corner likely due to the way the box was originally folded and shrink wrapped.
Wouldn't minute scuffs justify a 95 and no scuffs a 100??!
This was one of the finest copies I have personally seen. Moderate scuffing my ass! ( no way is this moderate - literally 2 visible scuffs labeled "moderate") I cant believe that there could possibly be anything out there better than his stash unless we had a time machine and took it literally back to the day the game came out.
Really makes me want to not collect anymore. BAH!
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Really makes me want to not collect anymore. BAH!
bullshit!
This is aimed towards the more hardcore sealed collectors.. how many of you have an NES game that is 95 or above? I have sent in a perfect copy of Castlevania 2 with 2-3 minor scuff marks on the front of the box and it got tagged a 90. Which I honestly think is complete bullshit.
Detailed Report - Box has nice color, tight cellophane, and sharp corners. The primary flaws are moderate scuffing predominately on the box front, very light corner marks on the front top left corner, and back top left corner likely due to the way the box was originally folded and shrink wrapped.
Wouldn't minute scuffs justify a 95 and no scuffs a 100??!
This was one of Dov's finest copies I personally picked up from him. Moderate scuffing my ass! ( no way is this moderate - literally 2 visible scuffs labeled "moderate") I cant believe that there could possibly be anything out there better than his stash unless we had a time machine and took it literally back to the day the game came out.
Really makes me want to not collect anymore. BAH!
I had a copy of SNES Super Adventure Island II graded recently. It was MINT, no scuffs, straight from Nintendo of Canada. It came back at a 95. I was happy.
So for your game to get a 90 even with MINOR scuffs makes sense to me.
I don't collect sealed games, but from what I have heard, it sounds like most of the 85-95 grades are pretty much mint by VGA standards.
I only know of a single 100 score for a cardboard boxed Nintendo game.
Care to share what game? and possibly who got it graded?
I only know of a single 100 score for a cardboard boxed Nintendo game.
Care to share what game? and possibly who got it graded?
I cannot share that, but the owner does read the forum. I will let them come forward on their own if they choose.
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it's gotta be raregamergirl then.
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Outstanding.
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This is aimed towards the more hardcore sealed collectors.. how many of you have an NES game that is 95 or above? I have sent in a perfect copy of Castlevania 2 with 2-3 minor scuff marks on the front of the box and it got tagged a 90. Which I honestly think is complete bullshit.
Detailed Report - Box has nice color, tight cellophane, and sharp corners. The primary flaws are moderate scuffing predominately on the box front, very light corner marks on the front top left corner, and back top left corner likely due to the way the box was originally folded and shrink wrapped.
Wouldn't minute scuffs justify a 95 and no scuffs a 100??!
This was one of Dov's finest copies I personally picked up from him. Moderate scuffing my ass! ( no way is this moderate - literally 2 visible scuffs labeled "moderate") I cant believe that there could possibly be anything out there better than his stash unless we had a time machine and took it literally back to the day the game came out.
Really makes me want to not collect anymore. BAH!
You can't be serious with this post. You obviously don't know VGA's grading scale. 90 is a perfect copy in almost every case. What a separates a 90 from a 95 are factory imperfections that most of us have a hard time seeing.
This make me realize how hard it will be to meet my collecting goal - full 90+ graded NES collection ^_^. Which pretty much is impossible, but my goal none the less... With this beauty getting a 90 I can't imagine buying another sealed copy off ebay without hi-res pics and a detailed report. =/
I've always wondered, how do they grade games with price stickers on them? I noticed in another thread that someone posted their grading report card, and VGA listed a seam split as a "factory defect", and didn't drop the grade because of it. Since price stickers are obviously something that can't be removed without damage, how do they handle that? I haven't seen any graded games with price stickers, so I'm assuming they don't grade well.
VGA will typically remove the price sticker if you ask them to and somehow they do it flawlessly. It is very difficult to get a grade of 90 with a price sticker though...I haven't seen many (any?) with those.
Just to clarify; I'm in no way bashing VGA, just a little disappointed. I thought for sure this game would have got better than a 90. This game is a beauty.
This make me realize how hard it will be to meet my collecting goal - full 90+ graded NES collection ^_^. Which pretty much is impossible, but my goal none the less... With this beauty getting a 90 I can't imagine buying another sealed copy off ebay without hi-res pics and a detailed report. =/
You shouldn't be disappointed, you should be thrilled with a 90. In fact, if you're not, I'll buy that copy from you as I need a 90 CV2 (I don't think I've seen any to date). Just as an FYI - 90s are very difficult to come by for NES, so yes, I think your goal is quite impossible, but it's a hell of a goal to shoot for