"insert name here" Launch Edition on eBay

Koopa64Koopa64
in Collector's Corner
Has anyone else noticed this on ebay? sometime ago they updated their catalog system. essentially, if the console isn't a fancy special edition system, it gets the label of "launch edition".



For most systems it's ok, some had a lot of fancy versions. Then there's a console like the Virtual Boy, "launch edition" is a bit of an oxymoron isn't it? every virtual boy is techncially a launch system.

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  • DefaultGenDefaultGen
    I've seen many mislabeled listings that say European Edition in the title. Who are these people who just click a product out of the catalog then don't even double check the title? Madmen!
  • gunpeigunpei
    L@@K RARE
  • IchinisanIchinisan
    It's somehow misapplied after there was a "launch edition" XBOX ONE.
  • CZroeCZroe
    I noticed this when looking at GBC boxes long ago and noticed that they kept calling the ones without the metallic sheen "Launch Edition" when those were only follow-up shipments. Now you see it on everything. There are even "Launch Edition" Funtastic N64 consoles. Uhh, I don't recall seeing any Fire, Grape, Watermelon, Jungle, Ice, Smoke, etc consoles on September 29th, 1996.
  • rlhrlh
    Oh, well, I was wondering where all of these "Launch Edition" titles were coming from. IMHO, a "Launch Edition" should be the system (box, contents and model number) that came out on day #1, because that is an actual launch unit.



    Now I see that it's suppose to mean an original, base model. I don't really like the use of the phrase but I wouldn't mind it, if it were used properly.
  • ap123ap123
    I sold a 3DS recently which eBay labeled as Launch Edition. It made several people ask if it was one of the early $250 ones that were eligible for the free Ambassador games when Nintendo lowered the price.
  • rlhrlh
    Originally posted by: ap123



    I sold a 3DS recently which eBay labeled as Launch Edition. It made several people ask if it was one of the early $250 ones that were eligible for the free Ambassador games when Nintendo lowered the price.





    Nice, I have an Ambassador edition.  I bought it when I heard that they were going to do that.  I was planning on evenutally getting a 3DS after a while but at that time it wasn't on my radar since I already had a DS that I was happy with.  10+ free classic games changed my mind, though.
  • CZroeCZroe
    Originally posted by: rlh

     
    Originally posted by: ap123



    I sold a 3DS recently which eBay labeled as Launch Edition. It made several people ask if it was one of the early $250 ones that were eligible for the free Ambassador games when Nintendo lowered the price.





    Nice, I have an Ambassador edition.  I bought it when I heard that they were going to do that.  I was planning on evenutally getting a 3DS after a while but at that time it wasn't on my radar since I already had a DS that I was happy with.  10+ free classic games changed my mind, though.

    I did the same thing. Ran out and got one for $250 at Best Buy, waited a week or two, then did the 110% Price Protection Guarantee to take off $88 plus tax. August 2011, IIRC. I was still living in San Diego.



     
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