wacky races with xmas sticker under label

retjoegamerretjoegamer
in Collector's Corner
I have a wacky races and you can see the square shape of a sticker.

it says seasons greetings. Its under the label.   very faint but i can see it in person, and its very hard to take a picture of.



the game was made i believe on christmas day, so maybe that has something to do with it.



check out the pics.



 

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  • jacob...jacob...
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    did a little fiddling to make it more visable.



    strange cart you got there.
  • retjoegamerretjoegamer
    yea it says it upside down by the races it says greetings.
  • MrWunderfulMrWunderful
    Is the pcb real?
  • hybridhybrid
    It wasn't released on Christmas that's the Famicom version that was

    The us version was released May 2 1992
  • TulpaTulpa
    Originally posted by: MrWunderful



    Is the pcb real?

    That's what I was wondering. I can't imagine the sequence of events that took place at the factory for this to happen.  



     
  • Bort License PlateBort License Plate
    Originally posted by: Tulpa



    That's what I was wondering. I can't imagine the sequence of events that took place at the factory for this to happen.  

     





    "Hey who switched the game labels with christmas stickers again?!"
  • retjoegamerretjoegamer
    the pcb is correct. the label is legit, someone stuck a sticker under it somehow. maybe at the factory on the assembly line, or maybe i won the grand prize.
  • Trj22487Trj22487
    I made a thread a few months ago where I bought a factory sealed Sega Saturn 3 pack (Virtua Fighter 2, Daytona USA, Virtua Cop) on eBay, I opened it, and a used band-aid was stuck to one of the sleeves.
  • hybridhybrid
    Any way we can get a pic of the full label and board?
  • Sign Collector GuySign Collector Guy
    This is freaking nuts!
  • SilvertongueBulletSilvertongueBullet
    That's pretty damn cool if I say so myself!
  • bootloadbootload
    That's awesome, I really like this.
  • retjoegamerretjoegamer
    ill take some pics in the morning.

    need some good light to see it

     
  • empireempire
    That's pretty awesome, don't see it very often. I guess the obvious explanation is that a bored factory worker just slapped a sticker on the front of a cart and waited 30 years for someone to make an internet thread about it.
  • Sign Collector GuySign Collector Guy
    Originally posted by: retjoegamer



    I have a wacky races and you can see the square shape of a sticker.

    it says seasons greetings. Its under the label.   very faint but i can see it in person, and its very hard to take a picture of.



    the game was made i believe on christmas day, so maybe that has something to do with it.



    check out the pics.



     



    Where did you get it? This is crazy

     
  • TonyScootsTonyScoots
    Wow this is very cool! Can't wait to see better pics
  • unseenforceunseenforce
    Originally posted by: Trj22487



    I made a thread a few months ago where I bought a factory sealed Sega Saturn 3 pack (Virtua Fighter 2, Daytona USA, Virtua Cop) on eBay, I opened it, and a used band-aid was stuck to one of the sleeves.



    LOL

     
  • rlhrlh
    Where were games made and manufactured? I assumed that all games, Japanese, US, Europe, etc. were made and assembled in Japan. If that's true (though I could be wrong) it makes this sticker all the better. I know Christmas is celebrated in Japan for different reasons, but I still think this is hilarious. I doubt this was the work of a mildly disgruntled employee. It sounds to me like someone had to work 2-3 days before Christmas, was a bit to jolly and stuck a sticker on a game just for kicks.
  • BrachabreBrachabre
    Has a label swap been ruled out?
  • retjoegamerretjoegamer
    Originally posted by: Sign Collector Guy

     
    Originally posted by: retjoegamer



    I have a wacky races and you can see the square shape of a sticker.

    it says seasons greetings. Its under the label.   very faint but i can see it in person, and its very hard to take a picture of.



    the game was made i believe on christmas day, so maybe that has something to do with it.



    check out the pics.



     



    Where did you get it? This is crazy

     



    i got it from a local collector 

    i already had the game, he just wanted me to swap my clean one with his. i was like no problem.

    he knew i liked odd stuff like that.



    ill work on pics later, i had a job interview then am at work. 





     
  • MrWunderfulMrWunderful
    Originally posted by: Brachabre



    Has a label swap been ruled out?



    That was my next concern. 



    Were people hand applying labels during production? I always just assumed they were machine installed on an assembly line. 



    OP can you give us more pics?



    overall label

    spine

    close up on corners of label

     
  • WATA GRADED WEBSITEWATA GRADED WEBSITE
    Cool item
  • Archon 1981Archon 1981
    Clearly this game was manufactured in Santa's Workshop. Fucking Elves!



    #SantaConfirmed
  • retjoegamerretjoegamer
    i took the best pics i could

    very tough to see it like i said.

    you can see the outline of the square sticker in a pic or 2

    the bottom left corner of label has a little crinkle, but nothing that suggests a whole label was removed

    probably lifted a little from not being flat.



     
  • hybridhybrid
    I'm hoping someone else will chime in
  • Bort License PlateBort License Plate
    Label definitely looks legit.



    If it were removed after the fact there's no way it would be that clean unless someone went to a lot of trouble, heat gun, new adhesive etc. - and for what? To confuse some internet nerds?



    Definitely see the outline of the sticker but can't really make out the writing. There is a sticker there and really what it says doesn't matter much.



    I am going to assume some chucklehead at the factory thought he was being funny and somehow put it on there. That's my thoughts anyway
  • VmprHntrDVmprHntrD
    That or someone did pull it up looking at the scrunching of the label in the bottom corner. I imagine with some heat and too much time on your hands you could roll it back very very slowly doing that level of minimal damage.
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