THIS reminds me of the ridiculous WATA and VGA graded sealed video game collectors who like to encapsule brand new video game cartridges into acrylic cases ! Some of those games contain Lithium Batteries ! If those batteries aren't changed. There's a good chance those batteries could leak over the cartridge's PCBs causing the game to not function ! But they won't know it as long as the game remains sealed !
Don't get me wrong - the NWC (Gold carts) are rare but c'mon $20,000 rare? There's a few of them. The NWC (Gold carts) is being hailed as the "Holy Grail" of Nintendo game collecting - but that's subjective. I'm an old school Nintendo game collector and I own two classic Nintendo games ( Yoshi's Island & Zelda: Ocarina of Time ) both signed and dated by the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto. They're one-of-a-kind signed items. Those are my "Holy grails" but the only difference between me and those folks with $20,000 bank accounts is that I don't have the MEDIA ATTENTION to make my "holy grails" seem more sought after / important. Am I jealous? Why should I be? I feel blessed to have been in the same room with legends such as Shigeru Miyamoto and the late Gunpei Yokoi. And to have a personal photo and signatures of those legends is just phenomenal. I dunno if I could put a price on my experiences. But in the end - I am happy video games are getting the recognition of being valued collectibles like anything else before it. Congrads to JJ Hendricks for owning both NWC carts and the media attention
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Re: Random: Vintage Nintendo Playing Card Opening Ends In Disaster For Collector
THIS reminds me of the ridiculous WATA and VGA graded sealed video game collectors who like to encapsule brand new video game cartridges into acrylic cases ! Some of those games contain Lithium Batteries ! If those batteries aren't changed. There's a good chance those batteries could leak over the cartridge's PCBs causing the game to not function ! But they won't know it as long as the game remains sealed !
Re: Gold Nintendo World Championships Sells for $17,500
Don't get me wrong - the NWC (Gold carts) are rare but c'mon $20,000 rare? There's a few of them. The NWC (Gold carts) is being hailed as the "Holy Grail" of Nintendo game collecting - but that's subjective. I'm an old school Nintendo game collector and I own two classic Nintendo games ( Yoshi's Island & Zelda: Ocarina of Time ) both signed and dated by the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto. They're one-of-a-kind signed items. Those are my "Holy grails" but the only difference between me and those folks with $20,000 bank accounts is that I don't have the MEDIA ATTENTION to make my "holy grails" seem more sought after / important. Am I jealous? Why should I be? I feel blessed to have been in the same room with legends such as Shigeru Miyamoto and the late Gunpei Yokoi. And to have a personal photo and signatures of those legends is just phenomenal. I dunno if I could put a price on my experiences. But in the end - I am happy video games are getting the recognition of being valued collectibles like anything else before it. Congrads to JJ Hendricks for owning both NWC carts and the media attention