Gold Nintendo World Championships Packaging

Slash ManSlash Man
in Collector's Corner
Now, I know that the grays were made for the competition itself, so there's no reason to believe that it had a "complete" form, however, the golds were for promotion, and since DK Country Competition had some sort of packaging, it makes me wonder what NWC came with... Any thoughts?

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  • absolutsydabsolutsyd
    Weird, I was wondering this exact same thing at work ealier... my job is boring, I really spent like 30 mins wondering what kind of packaging it might have had. That is almost creapy!
  • Slash ManSlash Man
    Creepy indeed! This could probably range from a conglatulatory letter from Nintendo with a subscription sheet to Nintendo Power, to an awesome, never-before-seen box. The world will never know (but how much you wanna bet that Thor has one?).
  • ZzapZzap
    Thor received a grey cart, not a gold image
  • Kid DraculaKid Dracula
    Originally posted by: Slash Man

    Creepy indeed! This could probably range from a conglatulatory letter from Nintendo with a subscription sheet to Nintendo Power, to an awesome, never-before-seen box. The world will never know (but how much you wanna bet that Thor has one?).


    50 bucks
  • xARSEFACExxARSEFACEx
    ^^^ I'll bet a hundred that he doesn't.
  • OneColdMonkeyOneColdMonkey
    What? I always thought he got a gold one! ...Why didn't they give him a gold one for winning the whole thing?
  • ZzapZzap
    The story goes that he was lucky to get a cartridge at all (his father convinced the officials to give them out to the contestants). He did end up with a bunch of things for winning though. The gold ones were only used as promo giveaways from Nintendo Power.
  • Robin MiharaRobin Mihara
    he got a gold mario trophy, which is more rare than the NWC
  • themotherbrainthemotherbrain
    Yeah, I was informed that the contestants basically weren't told they would be even getting a cart until the semi-finals. It was a last minute thing. They felt it wasn't fair to deprive the kids who were actually competing when the gold carts were being given away already. If they had planned it, I bet they all would have likely been gold.
  • FantomexFantomex
    Originally posted by: Slash Man

    Now, I know that the grays were made for the competition itself, so there's no reason to believe that it had a "complete" form, however, the golds were for promotion, and since DK Country Competition had some sort of packaging, it makes me wonder what NWC came with... Any thoughts?


    On that same note.  Did Star fox super weekend have packaging like DK comp?
  • Jumpman Jr.Jumpman Jr.
    Originally posted by: Fantomex

    Originally posted by: Slash Man

    Now, I know that the grays were made for the competition itself, so there's no reason to believe that it had a "complete" form, however, the golds were for promotion, and since DK Country Competition had some sort of packaging, it makes me wonder what NWC came with... Any thoughts?


    On that same note.  Did Star fox super weekend have packaging like DK comp?


    I don't believe so
  • BrontyBronty
    I'm sure dreamtr asked the people he bought them from what it came with, ask him. I would think it just came with a mailing envelope and a letter.
  • Slash ManSlash Man
    Originally posted by: Fantomex

    Originally posted by: Slash Man

    Now, I know that the grays were made for the competition itself, so there's no reason to believe that it had a "complete" form, however, the golds were for promotion, and since DK Country Competition had some sort of packaging, it makes me wonder what NWC came with... Any thoughts?


    On that same note.  Did Star fox super weekend have packaging like DK comp?


    I'd think so, because they go hand-and-hand, but as I'm informed, StarFox is slightly rarer, so there's barely no way of confirming this either.

    EDIT: I also read somewhere that Thor recalled having "a couple laying around" for the gold carts.

  • BassmanBassman
    Originally posted by: Fantomex

    Originally posted by: Slash Man

    Now, I know that the grays were made for the competition itself, so there's no reason to believe that it had a "complete" form, however, the golds were for promotion, and since DK Country Competition had some sort of packaging, it makes me wonder what NWC came with... Any thoughts?


    On that same note.  Did Star fox super weekend have packaging like DK comp?


    It came with a little card that explained the competition.
  • OneColdMonkeyOneColdMonkey
    Originally posted by: Zzap

    The story goes that he was lucky to get a cartridge at all (his father convinced the officials to give them out to the contestants). He did end up with a bunch of things for winning though. The gold ones were only used as promo giveaways from Nintendo Power.


    Wow. For some reason, my entire life I thought the whole thing was to win a gold cart! That's amazing.
  • Robin MiharaRobin Mihara
    Originally posted by: OneColdMonkey

    Originally posted by: Zzap

    The story goes that he was lucky to get a cartridge at all (his father convinced the officials to give them out to the contestants). He did end up with a bunch of things for winning though. The gold ones were only used as promo giveaways from Nintendo Power.


    Wow. For some reason, my entire life I thought the whole thing was to win a gold cart! That's amazing.


    We believed we would win a $10,000 savings bond maturing in the year 2000, 1990 convertable Geo Metro, and a 40" TV.  That was it, that and a gold mario trophy.  Not sure what else Thor and the other 1st place winners got (jeff hansen and robert whiteman).

    2nd - 7th got a $1,000 bond
    8th - 30th (everyone else) got a nice big boom box right then at the finals
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