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November 2012 pickups
Arseen:
OK. :D
Actually I had forgotten to look in the hectic that is at work at the moment.
WolfAlmighty:
--- Quote from: mojoeskateco on November 06, 2012, 11:31:55 AM ---Too much! LOL.
I'll feel better about it when it's more expensive in the future and It will seem like I got a deal.
Definitely have to play it through a few times though.
I'm really glad to have a copy and I will definitely know where it is at all times. I don't have as large a collection as you do though.
I still remember about 5 years ago I could have bought it for $200 and I thought that was insane. Then this spring it was going for $450 and now it's up around the $550 - $600 range and I can't see it going down anytime soon.
I always figured I would be able to find a copy in the wild but seeing as it was a Blockbuster exclusive and there are copies of games what actually had a dept. store sized production run that I still haven't come across I decided the chances are super low of finding one so I decided to get a copy now.
If I ever find it in the future I'll trade it for other games I want or sell it for more than what I paid for my copy as I can't see it going down in price.
I figure there are more of people each year who decide to start collecting than decide to stop collecting so demand is increasing quicker than copies being found and sold thus the price will keep rising until everyone who wants a copy of it acquires one. I'm assuming there are more people out there who want a copy than copies still available.
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The game is pricey enough as it is, now try and find the fricking manual. There was a BiN for cart and manual for $650 at the start of this year. I booted up MS Money to make sure I had enough to cover it and when I alt-tabbed back and clicked the BiN it was gone (sold as a best offer for $600). THAT cheesed me off. I ended up getting it CI a few months later for...well...significantly north of $650 (still under four figures, though...barely ;D ). Definitely the most I'll ever spend on a game, although both it and the manual are in amazing shape, minus a few small bubbles under the label. I'd almost have thought it were a repro were it not for the fact that it was sold by a very trustworthy source over at NA.
Us collectors is crazy people!
wiggy:
Not to sound like Moviefan, but there's no way in hell that I would ever pay even close to that for a single cart :-\
WolfAlmighty:
--- Quote from: wiggy on November 06, 2012, 12:27:44 PM ---Not to sound like Moviefan, but there's no way in hell that I would ever pay even close to that for a single cart :-\
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Like I said, us collectors is crazy people! I never thought I would either, TBH. Thankfully this is my only collection so I won't be dropping a ton on Hagane or CFSC or anything else (even SE). My expensive NES carts are all taken care of (again, minus SE) so now it's just buying the filler stuff and getting covers made for the ones that don't have any and I'm golden. :)
BellaKazza:
--- Quote from: WolfAlmighty on November 06, 2012, 12:13:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: mojoeskateco on November 06, 2012, 11:31:55 AM ---Too much! LOL.
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The game is pricey enough as it is, now try and find the fricking manual. There was a BiN for cart and manual for $650
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:o Whoa.....must be a REALLY great game to go ahead and spend that much for it.