When collecting: Go for the big ticket or little tickets first?

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wiggy:
I'm working towards a full set of loose n64 carts. I absolutely went for the big ticket games that I needed first. Clay fighter sculptor's cut was the really big one, so it was my first purchase when I made the decision to go for a full set. If I hadn't, then I'm pretty sure I would ended up at 295 games and just said "screw it, 99% of a full set is good enough".

KalessinDB:
I'm a little bit of both. I go for my nostalgia/high-want games first, irrespective of price. After that, I tend to pick up cheaper games if I'm just trying to pad my collection for the sake of padding my collection. My only full US set is the BLISTERINGLY huge 14-title Virtual Boy set ;) But with that, Jack Bros was definitely my last acquisition, and Waterworld was 2nd to last.

However, the next full US set I have my eye on (absently, lazily) is Virtual Boy, and I'm currently eyeing up a copy of Web of Fire that someone's selling on a forum I'm on. I'm unlikely to buy it only because I'm trying pretty hard to pay down the last of my personal debt from house renovation (only about 2k... should have it paid off by tax return if not earlier), but I definitely was eyeing it up.

pringlesman:
The way I prioritize my game buying.

Level 1. Games I want to play are the first i'll buy. Because if I don't complete the collection at least I'll have the games I want to play Your Super Mario 64's and Ocarina of Times of the console library.

Level 2. Then Big ticket rare games I'm not likely to find in the wild. Your International Superstar Soccer 2000's and Super Bowlings. I want to cross off some of the harder to get stuff because it is the stuff most likely to go up in value.

Level 3. Then your big ticket games that I might find in the wild like Conker's Bad Fur Day. I figure I might find it in a lot of games at a discount while collecting.

Level 4.And then the smaller bulk games. Your Madden's. I figure if I buy a collection I might get one or two of these games and it's always a drag to have multiples of a game that are impossible to get rid of.

At this point I have all of the level one games for the N64. I'm about 5 games away from having all of 2. I just picked up the last of the 3's. And I have a crap ton of random football and NBA games to pick up.

wiggy:
What are these "levels" you speak of?

TDIRunner:

--- Quote from: KalessinDB on December 20, 2014, 07:15:12 AM ---I'm a little bit of both. I go for my nostalgia/high-want games first, irrespective of price. After that, I tend to pick up cheaper games if I'm just trying to pad my collection for the sake of padding my collection. My only full US set is the BLISTERINGLY huge 14-title Virtual Boy set ;) But with that, Jack Bros was definitely my last acquisition, and Waterworld was 2nd to last.

However, the next full US set I have my eye on (absently, lazily) is Virtual Boy, and I'm currently eyeing up a copy of Web of Fire that someone's selling on a forum I'm on. I'm unlikely to buy it only because I'm trying pretty hard to pay down the last of my personal debt from house renovation (only about 2k... should have it paid off by tax return if not earlier), but I definitely was eyeing it up.

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Did you mean 32x???

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