This is why I go to the Salvation Army once a week, regardless if the stuff is garbage every time I go. One day, this is going to happen. Right? Right!
Those are tough to find in good shape too. Wild Guns is still one of my favourite games on the system... Serious Fun TM
Serious fun you're not kidding. I popped it in to test it out and played for over an hour.
They are both definitely in excellent condition. The label on Wild Guns is a bit off center though. But I must say, of all the games that were in that giant find, the majority were in beautiful shape. Aside from a few that were previous rentals and had stickers on them. Whoever that original owner was they took care of their stuff.
off centre is nothing for a wild guns
I wasn't really thinking about the value being affected if that's what you mean. I'm just a bit on the picky side about condition in my collection. It doesn't bother me too much though, and honestly considering what i traded for it i paid very little so i shouldn't complain.
oh no, just saying most of them look like this:
It's a tough game to find in good shape
Ha that one actually looks like it's been through the wild west.
I've never seen a single NES game at the Salvation Army in my entire adult life.....I did score this for $1 about 6 years ago though! HUUUGE investment
As huge as that find was its not even the whole collection that was donated. Apart from the games i got 2 days before, the guy told me someone else that was there scooped up a copy of Zombie Nation and others. Now this morning i see copies of Chubby Cherub, Jetsons, and Toxic Crusaders pop up on OfferUp in my area. I messaged the seller and confirmed they also came from that salvation army.
Starting to wonder if there was a Samson or (gasp) Flintstones 2 or SE in that lot that someone else got.
I've never seen a single NES game at the Salvation Army in my entire adult life.....I did score this for $1 about 6 years ago though! HUUUGE investment
I've never seen a single NES game at the Salvation Army in my entire adult life.....I did score this for $1 about 6 years ago though! HUUUGE investment
Make the Salvation Army great again! When people send their games, they're not sending their best. They're bringing sports games, they're bringing PS2 shovelware... I am going to build a great, great wall and make the XBOX racing games pay for it
If have to drive so far to find a goodwill that even sells any games and doesn't sell them on line it would make no sense to try. Savers also recently closed its stores in my area.
As huge as that find was its not even the whole collection that was donated. Apart from the games i got 2 days before, the guy told me someone else that was there scooped up a copy of Zombie Nation and others. Now this morning i see copies of Chubby Cherub, Jetsons, and Toxic Crusaders pop up on OfferUp in my area. I messaged the seller and confirmed they also came from that salvation army.
Starting to wonder if there was a Samson or (gasp) Flintstones 2 or SE in that lot that someone else got.
If there is any chance this is true, and it possibly could be if this was a serious collector from the late-90s when you could find these games in used game shops, then this is probably the absolute saddest/awesomest thrift shop dump in history. This would basically be the entire "holy grail" lot of officially licensed NES game... basically. I don't know, probably the only thing that could make it worse is if the box happened to also have an NWC cart in there and a random copy of this wierd, huge cassette in a box called "Neo Turf Masters".
As huge as that find was its not even the whole collection that was donated. Apart from the games i got 2 days before, the guy told me someone else that was there scooped up a copy of Zombie Nation and others. Now this morning i see copies of Chubby Cherub, Jetsons, and Toxic Crusaders pop up on OfferUp in my area. I messaged the seller and confirmed they also came from that salvation army.
Starting to wonder if there was a Samson or (gasp) Flintstones 2 or SE in that lot that someone else got.
If there is any chance this is true, and it possibly could be if this was a serious collector from the late-90s when you could find these games in used game shops, then this is probably the absolute saddest/awesomest thrift shop dump in history. This would basically be the entire "holy grail" lot of officially licensed NES game... basically. I don't know, probably the only thing that could make it worse is if the box happened to also have an NWC cart in there and a random copy of this wierd, huge cassette in a box called "Neo Turf Masters".
By the way, found out this mornng the buyer of the big lot managed to also get the Chubby Cherub, Jetsons, and Toxic Crusaders that went up on OfferUp over the weekend from a different guy that was there. Its funny, because after talking to him and recreating what the scene must have been like in the store when all those games were brought out, apparently there was probably an initial rush of a small group of people starting to pick through the games and grabbing whatever rares they saw, then this guy was just like "fuck it, I'll buy everything" and took whatever was left. But I am wondering what other rares were taken in that initial rush that I don't know about.
But good for him, he's got a lot of the heavy hitters checked off his list. I think with a little more effort he should be able to complete the set, minus a Stadium Events of course. Its amazing, he may have banged out 5+ years of game hunting in one afternoon, and at an insane discount. Incredible.
Those are tough to find in good shape too. Wild Guns is still one of my favourite games on the system... Serious Fun TM
Serious fun you're not kidding. I popped it in to test it out and played for over an hour. They are both definitely in excellent condition. The label on Wild Guns is a bit off center though. But I must say, of all the games that were in that giant find, the majority were in beautiful shape. Aside from a few that were previous rentals and had stickers on them. Whoever that original owner was they took care of their stuff.
off centre is nothing for a wild guns
I wasn't really thinking about the value being affected if that's what you mean. I'm just a bit on the picky side about condition in my collection. It doesn't bother me too much though, and honestly considering what i traded for it i paid very little so i shouldn't complain.
oh no, just saying most of them look like this: It's a tough game to find in good shape
Mine is like that too, never seen a super clean wild guns.
Those are tough to find in good shape too. Wild Guns is still one of my favourite games on the system... Serious Fun TM
Serious fun you're not kidding. I popped it in to test it out and played for over an hour. They are both definitely in excellent condition. The label on Wild Guns is a bit off center though. But I must say, of all the games that were in that giant find, the majority were in beautiful shape. Aside from a few that were previous rentals and had stickers on them. Whoever that original owner was they took care of their stuff.
off centre is nothing for a wild guns
I wasn't really thinking about the value being affected if that's what you mean. I'm just a bit on the picky side about condition in my collection. It doesn't bother me too much though, and honestly considering what i traded for it i paid very little so i shouldn't complain.
oh no, just saying most of them look like this: It's a tough game to find in good shape
Mine is like that too, never seen a super clean wild guns.
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
I bet someone pulled a SE... saw what he had and just slowly backed away... I mean, there may have been other stuff, even visible to him but, man... I could see people fighting over that one.
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
In my personal experience all I can say is it always seemed the funner games would have more physical wear, simply from being handled much more. While the games that were not very good would usually have little to no wear. Seems like an overly obvious explanation but I think it might be the case here.
Wild Guns is definitely a game people would have played over and over, since its so damn awesome.
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
I bet someone pulled a SE... saw what he had and just slowly backed away... I mean, there may have been other stuff, even visible to him but, man... I could see people fighting over that one.
Possible, since this is the northeast, after all. Isn't this the part of the country were they were originally distributed before being pulled from stores?
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
In my personal experience all I can say is it always seemed the funner games would have more physical wear, simply from being handled much more. While the games that were not very good would usually have little to no wear. Seems like an overly obvious explanation but I think it might be the case here.
Wild Guns is definitely a game people would have played over and over, since its so damn awesome.
Yeah, that makes sense, but I just recall my childhood. Even the games that I played over and over and over, they'd have a little label wear, but nothing like this. I also noticed on eBay that most games are missing part of the sticker, as if another sticker was previously pulled off of the label. Is there a chance that this game wasn't often available in stored but most frequently rented? I guess that could be a reason.
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
Can't believe it's been so long (5 years) and Photobucket ate my photos, but there was an insane NES / GB CIB Mint haul out of a Goodwill in Wisconsin in 2012. Everything was CIB Near Mint to Mint with a price tag of $1.99 or $2.99. I came away with stuff like TMNT TF CIB, Samson CIB, Mighty Final Fight CIB but someone else got the F2 CIB and there was no SE. Long story short, I found a guy selling something on ebay that morning, told him to go back and buy whatever he could. I paid around $20 a piece for about 75 CIBs between NES / GB after it was cost averaged.
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
Damn, we need to do an NA Massachusetts member rollcall, make sure everyone is still alive.
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
In my personal experience all I can say is it always seemed the funner games would have more physical wear, simply from being handled much more. While the games that were not very good would usually have little to no wear. Seems like an overly obvious explanation but I think it might be the case here.
Wild Guns is definitely a game people would have played over and over, since its so damn awesome.
Yeah, that makes sense, but I just recall my childhood. Even the games that I played over and over and over, they'd have a little label wear, but nothing like this. I also noticed on eBay that most games are missing part of the sticker, as if another sticker was previously pulled off of the label. Is there a chance that this game wasn't often available in stored but most frequently rented? I guess that could be a reason.
You may have just been one that took great care of your stuff. And yeah, rentals were usually beat to shit.
Originally posted by: jonebone
Even in 2012 stuff was thought to be dry at thrift stores, so those finds to happen, just few and far between.
One of the first things I thought when this happened was how amazing for it to happen in late 2017. You initially think well this is of course a once in a lifetime type find, but after some pondering you start to wonder if enough time goes by these huge donations might become more common as collectors move on from the hobby (or pass away).
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
In my personal experience all I can say is it always seemed the funner games would have more physical wear, simply from being handled much more. While the games that were not very good would usually have little to no wear. Seems like an overly obvious explanation but I think it might be the case here.
Wild Guns is definitely a game people would have played over and over, since its so damn awesome.
Yeah, that makes sense, but I just recall my childhood. Even the games that I played over and over and over, they'd have a little label wear, but nothing like this. I also noticed on eBay that most games are missing part of the sticker, as if another sticker was previously pulled off of the label. Is there a chance that this game wasn't often available in stored but most frequently rented? I guess that could be a reason.
You may have just been one that took great care of your stuff. And yeah, rentals were usually beat to shit.
there's a bit more to it then that. Not everyone was working with the same materials. Look up Thrillas Surfari on nes, that's another one that's always in bad shape. In the case of that game, it's a cheaper label, it has white and they used a certain kinda glue that stains the label, which shows through on the white more easily. So it's just a combination of everything.
In the case of snes, you have the majesco re releases, which were made in Mexico with cheaper materials as well. You'll see games like Megaman X that look like shit, likely a majesco release. For Wild Guns I'm not certain why they all look like crap. Natsume wasn't big back then, it's possible they used cheaper stuff as well, but for whatever reason wild guns sticks out as the one that's always in bad shape. You don't see nearly as many bad Pocky and Rockys for example. But it's not just they weren't taken care of is my point
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
In my personal experience all I can say is it always seemed the funner games would have more physical wear, simply from being handled much more. While the games that were not very good would usually have little to no wear. Seems like an overly obvious explanation but I think it might be the case here.
Wild Guns is definitely a game people would have played over and over, since its so damn awesome.
Yeah, that makes sense, but I just recall my childhood. Even the games that I played over and over and over, they'd have a little label wear, but nothing like this. I also noticed on eBay that most games are missing part of the sticker, as if another sticker was previously pulled off of the label. Is there a chance that this game wasn't often available in stored but most frequently rented? I guess that could be a reason.
You may have just been one that took great care of your stuff. And yeah, rentals were usually beat to shit.
there's a bit more to it then that. Not everyone was working with the same materials. Look up Thrillas Surfari on nes, that's another one that's always in bad shape. In the case of that game, it's a cheaper label, it has white and they used a certain kinda glue that stains the label, which shows through on the white more easily. So it's just a combination of everything. In the case of snes, you have the majesco re releases, which were made in Mexico with cheaper materials as well. You'll see games like Megaman X that look like shit, likely a majesco release. For Wild Guns I'm not certain why they all look like crap. Natsume wasn't big back then, it's possible they used cheaper stuff as well, but for whatever reason wild guns sticks out as the one that's always in bad shape. You don't see nearly as many bad Pocky and Rockys for example. But it's not just they weren't taken care of is my point
Yeah you're totally right and I forgot about that. Wild Guns is a made in mexico game cart, and I do believe uses a lower quality label.
So for that one could be a combination of lots of use, and less durable quality.
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
Can't believe it's been so long (5 years) and Photobucket ate my photos, but there was an insane NES / GB CIB Mint haul out of a Goodwill in Wisconsin in 2012. Everything was CIB Near Mint to Mint with a price tag of $1.99 or $2.99. I came away with stuff like TMNT TF CIB, Samson CIB, Mighty Final Fight CIB but someone else got the F2 CIB and there was no SE. Long story short, I found a guy selling something on ebay that morning, told him to go back and buy whatever he could. I paid around $20 a piece for about 75 CIBs between NES / GB after it was cost averaged.
Im blown away that these didnt end up on ebay / auction. All the thrift stores around here check all the retro games and generally dont even put any out. If they do they are crap, and at almost ebay prices.
The last nes games I seen at a thrift store were at goodwill, Mario 3 for 13.99 and DinoRiki for 4.99
My bet is it was an older collector who died. I spent about 4 years selling stuff for this guy in Michigan. His Father in law died and he literally horded all the video games he could. Tons of sealed Turbo-Grafx 16, High end SNES CIB's, NES CIB's, etc... The guy was trying to sell his Father in Law's stuff on Craigslist for about $2000. I saw the ad and got ahold of him and told him what he had.
He probably made over $40000 when all was said and done. It helped his Mother in Law get the money she needed to fix up her house (damaged from the hoarding) He ended up letting me buy any games I needed (I regret not buying more) but It actually just felt great to help someone else out. If I hadn't come around I'm sure someone would've scored all of that for about 2000. They just had no idea it was worth anything substantial.
I think it's that, and it was someone who was collecting actively earlier, but kind of stopped several years back (before the collecting boom circa 2010 or 2012.) So their surviving relatives probably weren't up on the current value since most were acquired cheaply. Granted, it could have been a clueless spouse, but you'd think they'd have at least a little knowledge of worth if the collector was actively spending money in the present market. If anything, the amount of money spent should have been a tipoff.
Either that, or the collection was one that sat around in a relative's attic for years and they finally decided to clear it out.
Should also be noted that the games were very clean and free of dust. Even inside where the pin connectors are and all the little grooves of the plastic.
If it sat in an attic for years i dont think it would have all been so clean.
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This is why I go to the Salvation Army once a week, regardless if the stuff is garbage every time I go. One day, this is going to happen. Right? Right!
Those are tough to find in good shape too. Wild Guns is still one of my favourite games on the system... Serious Fun TM
Serious fun you're not kidding. I popped it in to test it out and played for over an hour.
They are both definitely in excellent condition. The label on Wild Guns is a bit off center though. But I must say, of all the games that were in that giant find, the majority were in beautiful shape. Aside from a few that were previous rentals and had stickers on them. Whoever that original owner was they took care of their stuff.
off centre is nothing for a wild guns
I wasn't really thinking about the value being affected if that's what you mean. I'm just a bit on the picky side about condition in my collection. It doesn't bother me too much though, and honestly considering what i traded for it i paid very little so i shouldn't complain.
oh no, just saying most of them look like this:
It's a tough game to find in good shape
Ha that one actually looks like it's been through the wild west.
Starting to wonder if there was a Samson or (gasp) Flintstones 2 or SE in that lot that someone else got.
I've never seen a single NES game at the Salvation Army in my entire adult life.....I did score this for $1 about 6 years ago though! HUUUGE investment
So minty!
I've never seen a single NES game at the Salvation Army in my entire adult life.....I did score this for $1 about 6 years ago though! HUUUGE investment
Make the Salvation Army great again! When people send their games, they're not sending their best. They're bringing sports games, they're bringing PS2 shovelware... I am going to build a great, great wall and make the XBOX racing games pay for it
As huge as that find was its not even the whole collection that was donated. Apart from the games i got 2 days before, the guy told me someone else that was there scooped up a copy of Zombie Nation and others. Now this morning i see copies of Chubby Cherub, Jetsons, and Toxic Crusaders pop up on OfferUp in my area. I messaged the seller and confirmed they also came from that salvation army.
Starting to wonder if there was a Samson or (gasp) Flintstones 2 or SE in that lot that someone else got.
If there is any chance this is true, and it possibly could be if this was a serious collector from the late-90s when you could find these games in used game shops, then this is probably the absolute saddest/awesomest thrift shop dump in history. This would basically be the entire "holy grail" lot of officially licensed NES game... basically. I don't know, probably the only thing that could make it worse is if the box happened to also have an NWC cart in there and a random copy of this wierd, huge cassette in a box called "Neo Turf Masters".
As huge as that find was its not even the whole collection that was donated. Apart from the games i got 2 days before, the guy told me someone else that was there scooped up a copy of Zombie Nation and others. Now this morning i see copies of Chubby Cherub, Jetsons, and Toxic Crusaders pop up on OfferUp in my area. I messaged the seller and confirmed they also came from that salvation army.
Starting to wonder if there was a Samson or (gasp) Flintstones 2 or SE in that lot that someone else got.
If there is any chance this is true, and it possibly could be if this was a serious collector from the late-90s when you could find these games in used game shops, then this is probably the absolute saddest/awesomest thrift shop dump in history. This would basically be the entire "holy grail" lot of officially licensed NES game... basically. I don't know, probably the only thing that could make it worse is if the box happened to also have an NWC cart in there and a random copy of this wierd, huge cassette in a box called "Neo Turf Masters".
By the way, found out this mornng the buyer of the big lot managed to also get the Chubby Cherub, Jetsons, and Toxic Crusaders that went up on OfferUp over the weekend from a different guy that was there. Its funny, because after talking to him and recreating what the scene must have been like in the store when all those games were brought out, apparently there was probably an initial rush of a small group of people starting to pick through the games and grabbing whatever rares they saw, then this guy was just like "fuck it, I'll buy everything" and took whatever was left. But I am wondering what other rares were taken in that initial rush that I don't know about.
But good for him, he's got a lot of the heavy hitters checked off his list. I think with a little more effort he should be able to complete the set, minus a Stadium Events of course. Its amazing, he may have banged out 5+ years of game hunting in one afternoon, and at an insane discount. Incredible.
Those are tough to find in good shape too. Wild Guns is still one of my favourite games on the system... Serious Fun TM
Serious fun you're not kidding. I popped it in to test it out and played for over an hour. They are both definitely in excellent condition. The label on Wild Guns is a bit off center though. But I must say, of all the games that were in that giant find, the majority were in beautiful shape. Aside from a few that were previous rentals and had stickers on them. Whoever that original owner was they took care of their stuff.
off centre is nothing for a wild guns
I wasn't really thinking about the value being affected if that's what you mean. I'm just a bit on the picky side about condition in my collection. It doesn't bother me too much though, and honestly considering what i traded for it i paid very little so i shouldn't complain.
oh no, just saying most of them look like this:
Mine is like that too, never seen a super clean wild guns.
Those are tough to find in good shape too. Wild Guns is still one of my favourite games on the system... Serious Fun TM
Serious fun you're not kidding. I popped it in to test it out and played for over an hour. They are both definitely in excellent condition. The label on Wild Guns is a bit off center though. But I must say, of all the games that were in that giant find, the majority were in beautiful shape. Aside from a few that were previous rentals and had stickers on them. Whoever that original owner was they took care of their stuff.
off centre is nothing for a wild guns
I wasn't really thinking about the value being affected if that's what you mean. I'm just a bit on the picky side about condition in my collection. It doesn't bother me too much though, and honestly considering what i traded for it i paid very little so i shouldn't complain.
oh no, just saying most of them look like this:
Mine is like that too, never seen a super clean wild guns.
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
I bet someone pulled a SE... saw what he had and just slowly backed away... I mean, there may have been other stuff, even visible to him but, man... I could see people fighting over that one.
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
In my personal experience all I can say is it always seemed the funner games would have more physical wear, simply from being handled much more. While the games that were not very good would usually have little to no wear. Seems like an overly obvious explanation but I think it might be the case here.
Wild Guns is definitely a game people would have played over and over, since its so damn awesome.
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
I bet someone pulled a SE... saw what he had and just slowly backed away... I mean, there may have been other stuff, even visible to him but, man... I could see people fighting over that one.
Possible, since this is the northeast, after all. Isn't this the part of the country were they were originally distributed before being pulled from stores?
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
In my personal experience all I can say is it always seemed the funner games would have more physical wear, simply from being handled much more. While the games that were not very good would usually have little to no wear. Seems like an overly obvious explanation but I think it might be the case here.
Wild Guns is definitely a game people would have played over and over, since its so damn awesome.
Yeah, that makes sense, but I just recall my childhood. Even the games that I played over and over and over, they'd have a little label wear, but nothing like this. I also noticed on eBay that most games are missing part of the sticker, as if another sticker was previously pulled off of the label. Is there a chance that this game wasn't often available in stored but most frequently rented? I guess that could be a reason.
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
Can't believe it's been so long (5 years) and Photobucket ate my photos, but there was an insane NES / GB CIB Mint haul out of a Goodwill in Wisconsin in 2012. Everything was CIB Near Mint to Mint with a price tag of $1.99 or $2.99. I came away with stuff like TMNT TF CIB, Samson CIB, Mighty Final Fight CIB but someone else got the F2 CIB and there was no SE. Long story short, I found a guy selling something on ebay that morning, told him to go back and buy whatever he could. I paid around $20 a piece for about 75 CIBs between NES / GB after it was cost averaged.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=77867
Even in 2012 stuff was thought to be dry at thrift stores, so those finds to happen, just few and far between.
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
Damn, we need to do an NA Massachusetts member rollcall, make sure everyone is still alive.
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
In my personal experience all I can say is it always seemed the funner games would have more physical wear, simply from being handled much more. While the games that were not very good would usually have little to no wear. Seems like an overly obvious explanation but I think it might be the case here.
Wild Guns is definitely a game people would have played over and over, since its so damn awesome.
Yeah, that makes sense, but I just recall my childhood. Even the games that I played over and over and over, they'd have a little label wear, but nothing like this. I also noticed on eBay that most games are missing part of the sticker, as if another sticker was previously pulled off of the label. Is there a chance that this game wasn't often available in stored but most frequently rented? I guess that could be a reason.
You may have just been one that took great care of your stuff. And yeah, rentals were usually beat to shit.
Even in 2012 stuff was thought to be dry at thrift stores, so those finds to happen, just few and far between.
One of the first things I thought when this happened was how amazing for it to happen in late 2017. You initially think well this is of course a once in a lifetime type find, but after some pondering you start to wonder if enough time goes by these huge donations might become more common as collectors move on from the hobby (or pass away).
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
In my personal experience all I can say is it always seemed the funner games would have more physical wear, simply from being handled much more. While the games that were not very good would usually have little to no wear. Seems like an overly obvious explanation but I think it might be the case here.
Wild Guns is definitely a game people would have played over and over, since its so damn awesome.
Yeah, that makes sense, but I just recall my childhood. Even the games that I played over and over and over, they'd have a little label wear, but nothing like this. I also noticed on eBay that most games are missing part of the sticker, as if another sticker was previously pulled off of the label. Is there a chance that this game wasn't often available in stored but most frequently rented? I guess that could be a reason.
You may have just been one that took great care of your stuff. And yeah, rentals were usually beat to shit.
there's a bit more to it then that. Not everyone was working with the same materials. Look up Thrillas Surfari on nes, that's another one that's always in bad shape. In the case of that game, it's a cheaper label, it has white and they used a certain kinda glue that stains the label, which shows through on the white more easily. So it's just a combination of everything.
In the case of snes, you have the majesco re releases, which were made in Mexico with cheaper materials as well. You'll see games like Megaman X that look like shit, likely a majesco release. For Wild Guns I'm not certain why they all look like crap. Natsume wasn't big back then, it's possible they used cheaper stuff as well, but for whatever reason wild guns sticks out as the one that's always in bad shape. You don't see nearly as many bad Pocky and Rockys for example. But it's not just they weren't taken care of is my point
I've noticed before for some games (though never this bad.) Does anyone have ANY clue why there are some games that are just always completely roached? I can't figure out why this happens this way. Some games are easy to find in good shape, many have the full range of conditions and then an obscure few are always worn out. Why?
In my personal experience all I can say is it always seemed the funner games would have more physical wear, simply from being handled much more. While the games that were not very good would usually have little to no wear. Seems like an overly obvious explanation but I think it might be the case here.
Wild Guns is definitely a game people would have played over and over, since its so damn awesome.
Yeah, that makes sense, but I just recall my childhood. Even the games that I played over and over and over, they'd have a little label wear, but nothing like this. I also noticed on eBay that most games are missing part of the sticker, as if another sticker was previously pulled off of the label. Is there a chance that this game wasn't often available in stored but most frequently rented? I guess that could be a reason.
You may have just been one that took great care of your stuff. And yeah, rentals were usually beat to shit.
there's a bit more to it then that. Not everyone was working with the same materials. Look up Thrillas Surfari on nes, that's another one that's always in bad shape. In the case of that game, it's a cheaper label, it has white and they used a certain kinda glue that stains the label, which shows through on the white more easily. So it's just a combination of everything. In the case of snes, you have the majesco re releases, which were made in Mexico with cheaper materials as well. You'll see games like Megaman X that look like shit, likely a majesco release. For Wild Guns I'm not certain why they all look like crap. Natsume wasn't big back then, it's possible they used cheaper stuff as well, but for whatever reason wild guns sticks out as the one that's always in bad shape. You don't see nearly as many bad Pocky and Rockys for example. But it's not just they weren't taken care of is my point
Yeah you're totally right and I forgot about that. Wild Guns is a made in mexico game cart, and I do believe uses a lower quality label.
So for that one could be a combination of lots of use, and less durable quality.
I was prodding at him a bit more this morning since the discussion came up again on FB, and he confirmed to me he saw other people snatch up copies of Little Samson, Flintstones Dino Peak, and Snow Brothers.
So yeah, this may be the biggest one collection of rare NES ever donated at a thrift store.
Can't believe it's been so long (5 years) and Photobucket ate my photos, but there was an insane NES / GB CIB Mint haul out of a Goodwill in Wisconsin in 2012. Everything was CIB Near Mint to Mint with a price tag of $1.99 or $2.99. I came away with stuff like TMNT TF CIB, Samson CIB, Mighty Final Fight CIB but someone else got the F2 CIB and there was no SE. Long story short, I found a guy selling something on ebay that morning, told him to go back and buy whatever he could. I paid around $20 a piece for about 75 CIBs between NES / GB after it was cost averaged.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...
Even in 2012 stuff was thought to be dry at thrift stores, so those finds to happen, just few and far between.
Wow. Great read. Arghhh on the photos missing. I am gonna go out on a limb and just take your word for it. ;-)
The last nes games I seen at a thrift store were at goodwill, Mario 3 for 13.99 and DinoRiki for 4.99
He probably made over $40000 when all was said and done. It helped his Mother in Law get the money she needed to fix up her house (damaged from the hoarding) He ended up letting me buy any games I needed (I regret not buying more) but It actually just felt great to help someone else out. If I hadn't come around I'm sure someone would've scored all of that for about 2000. They just had no idea it was worth anything substantial.
My bet is it was an older collector who died.
I think it's that, and it was someone who was collecting actively earlier, but kind of stopped several years back (before the collecting boom circa 2010 or 2012.) So their surviving relatives probably weren't up on the current value since most were acquired cheaply. Granted, it could have been a clueless spouse, but you'd think they'd have at least a little knowledge of worth if the collector was actively spending money in the present market. If anything, the amount of money spent should have been a tipoff.
Either that, or the collection was one that sat around in a relative's attic for years and they finally decided to clear it out.
If it sat in an attic for years i dont think it would have all been so clean.
In tubs?
I don't know how it was originally stored in the owner's home. But yeah if it was in tubs it probably would have prevented dust.