The greedy bastard thread!
Anyone hoarding a bunch of copies of a certain title? Let's see the pics! Personally I'm not as into doubles as I used to be although occassionally I find myself bidding on stuff I already have I don't have any pics to share (just moved! so everything is everywhere... argh.)
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Of Captain Comic I have...
12 Blue Cart including (Blue/Blue and Blue/Grey)
2 Blue upside down labels
4 Black Cart (2 each Black/Black and Black/Grey)
I just traded one with book to a guy here in town for a version -4 CIB NES cleaning kit though so down from 13 Blue Carts... LOL!
1 Grey
1 Gold 5-screw
1 Gold 3-screw round seal, with code, with "made in Japan"
1 Gold 3-screw round seal, no code, no "made in Japan"
1 Gold 3-screw round seal, no code, with "made in Japan"
1 Gold 3-screw oval seal with (R)
1 Gold 3-screw oval seal with (TM)
I think there's more, someone mentioned (prolly NGD) that there's some 10 total variants for this...
The Grey sleeves with just the little color dreams logo were originally for Captain Comic.
The Blue Sleeves guy with sword that says Color Dreams on it was for the rest of the Color Dreams titles.
The Blue Sleeve guy with sowrd but no "CD" words on it was for Bunch Games.
The blue sleeves with ark and so forth was for the Wisdom Tree games.
I think towards the end of the run they could have put anything they had in with any game but the above is my interpretation from all the games I have bought/seen.
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I have a case of sealed Stadium Events packed away somewhere. I've considered selling them off but I didn't want their legitimacy questioned, so they've been sitting around collecting dust since I found them at the flea market in 1995. Maybe I should open one...
only one case? Shit I have eight cases
-Dain
"Last summer i was at this game show in PA (dangevin was there). And this dude that owned this one game store had a stand set up. And he said about 3 or 4 years ago he was cleaning out a warehouse and found a box that had 3 Factory Sealed copies of stadium events in it. And he said he could have got them all for nothing, but left em cuz he thought the game was worthless."
Now thats all i heard of it? he actually told my friend that was with me, but he didnt tell me until we left and were on our way back (it was about a 2hr. drive)
So yea if he told me while i was there, i would have got more info on it, when, where, etc. But now its just a memory i guess lol. So who knows maybe the guy was full of crap, but he honestly didnt seem like a guy to do so. he actually had all his games everpriced lol But anyways if it was true, can you only imagine!? That would be insane.
But anyways just a little story i heard :-P
A guy I know not too far from PA knew a guy with an old store. So my friend asks him if there are any sealed games, the guys says tons. My friend asks him, over the phone, to open up the first box and rattle off some titles in the box. The first three games in the box are supposedly sealed copies of stadium events. Cue my friend rabidly trying to meet up with this guy for the next six months with little or no contact back.
I think its BS. First three games in the first box? Not likely. And the fact that you've heard the story too albeit with a different twist just makes me think this is a tool who enjoys the look on people's faces when he says that story. In my friend's case, any former store owner who REALLY DOES have three sealed copies of stadium events probably doesn't know they are worth shit and wouldn't mention that title specifically. In your case, any current owner would have to be pretty stupid to leave them behind. And why wouldn't he follow up once he found out they were worth money? Nice little fairy tale but that its it, I think. Especially when you consider that game was only sold at Woolworth's.
There are some real gems waiting to be found, but there are also people who make stuff up. I've definitely seen both.
BTW Mark I'm not sure which dealer in particular, you only mentioned he was overpriced but if it was the guy you got the Mario's Time Machine for $5 from, that's the guys from the Reading microplay...they see a lot of games come and go and I'm sure they hear a lot of stories like this, just like I heard them when I was running a shop
This could be out there too: a case or palette of sealed (fully finished and packaged) Police Academy's by Tengen. I remember reading an interview with an X-Tengen employee eons ago where he mentioned (in passing) that the game was entirely finished, to the point that they were already boxed in shipping boxes and ready to ship to stores. One of these years...
Cool! And you're right, probably only a matter of time before those make it to market.
I got rid of the one out of my collection for some unknown reason.
Errr... well I did appreciate it!
Anyone hoarding a bunch of copies of a certain title? Let's see the pics! Personally I'm not as into doubles as I used to be although occassionally I find myself bidding on stuff I already have
best of luck to all you varient collectors out there