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The Virtual Boy Once upon a time...picturebook inside

Sep 18, 2010 at 4:47:41 PM
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August 14th, 1995 Nintendo unleashed upon America the Virtual Boy.  Poor little thing didn't even last a year, but I still play mine all the time and really love some of the unique titles.  Enjoy the pics - I'll add the last couple when I get them back from VGA.  All factory sealed except the Japanese ones


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Sep 18, 2010 at 4:59:00 PM
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damn woman, dems' be some sexy shizz!


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Edited: 09/18/2010 at 05:06 PM by OzNEScollector

Sep 18, 2010 at 5:10:05 PM
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Here is my virtual boy (sorry about the shitty pic)

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Sep 18, 2010 at 5:10:46 PM
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Its an ex rental unit from blockbuster. I also have the rental case with it

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Sep 18, 2010 at 5:13:12 PM
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The Japanese ones are probably 100% new, they never came shrinkwrapped as far as I'm aware. Nice goodies though!

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"It's always amazing to me how some of the most worthless games from a gaming perspective tend to fetch outrageous amounts of money. But then again, it could be said that something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I'm curious if the high bidder of the $873.04 Stadium Events (cart-only) realizes that it's nowhere nearly as rare as about 20+ games I can think of that sell for 1/10th that amount?  At any rate, I wanted to draw attention to this trend: if people say it's rare, it must be true, and therefore it must be had at any price."
-Dain Anderson, October 14, 2006
Originally posted by: kryptk33p3r

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Sep 18, 2010 at 5:13:47 PM
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Very neat

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Sep 18, 2010 at 5:52:57 PM
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Very nice stuff. I still need one of these sealed then I'd have the whole set. Someday. The graded ones are a nice touch.

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Sep 18, 2010 at 6:33:20 PM
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Thats an awesome collection! Its crazy how hard such a small game library is to complete for this system.

Sep 18, 2010 at 7:41:54 PM
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Originally posted by: the_wizard_666

The Japanese ones are probably 100% new, they never came shrinkwrapped as far as I'm aware. Nice goodies though!


I bought three Japanese releases new, Mario Tennis, Baseball and V-tetris.

 They all came Shrinkwrapped. The system itself did not as far as I am aware.

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My TurboGrafx HuCard Collection at 100%
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My US Virtual Boy CIB Collection at 100%
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Sep 18, 2010 at 7:48:14 PM
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Originally posted by: DragonmasterDan

Originally posted by: the_wizard_666

The Japanese ones are probably 100% new, they never came shrinkwrapped as far as I'm aware. Nice goodies though!


I bought three Japanese releases new, Mario Tennis, Baseball and V-tetris.

 They all came Shrinkwrapped. The system itself did not as far as I am aware.


Hmm...strange.  Must've had it mixed up with another system.  I know some systems the Japanese didn't bother to seal the games up.

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"It's always amazing to me how some of the most worthless games from a gaming perspective tend to fetch outrageous amounts of money. But then again, it could be said that something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I'm curious if the high bidder of the $873.04 Stadium Events (cart-only) realizes that it's nowhere nearly as rare as about 20+ games I can think of that sell for 1/10th that amount?  At any rate, I wanted to draw attention to this trend: if people say it's rare, it must be true, and therefore it must be had at any price."
-Dain Anderson, October 14, 2006
Originally posted by: kryptk33p3r

im used to dick jokes i get to see one everytime I pee

Sep 18, 2010 at 7:58:32 PM
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Originally posted by: the_wizard_666

Originally posted by: DragonmasterDan

Originally posted by: the_wizard_666

The Japanese ones are probably 100% new, they never came shrinkwrapped as far as I'm aware. Nice goodies though!


I bought three Japanese releases new, Mario Tennis, Baseball and V-tetris.

 They all came Shrinkwrapped. The system itself did not as far as I am aware.


Hmm...strange.  Must've had it mixed up with another system.  I know some systems the Japanese didn't bother to seal the games up.
I tried looking on ebay and I'm seeing claims that they didn't. It's possible the place I bought them from did a re-seal job on them. But it looked too good to be a reseal.


Added in edit: I took a screen of my Japanese Mario Tennis which still has the plastic over it (and the price tag)

It looks like a pretty decent seal. With that said, I did buy all three games from the same store. So if these are re-seals or aftermarket seals this store could have done them. Also, I have since opened them all but I kept the plastic around Mario Tennis and baseball (V-tetris doesn't have it).


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My Licensed NES collection. Now at 100%
http://nintendoage.com/index.cfm?...
677/677

My TurboGrafx HuCard Collection at 100%
94/94

My US Virtual Boy CIB Collection at 100%
14/14


Edited: 09/18/2010 at 08:08 PM by DragonmasterDan

Sep 18, 2010 at 8:39:28 PM
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If you bought them from an import shop, they very well may have sealed them (not TECHNICALLY a reseal if they weren't sealed to begin with) so they didn't have to explain why a brand new game wasn't shrinkwrapped. Also possibly to avoid theft

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"It's always amazing to me how some of the most worthless games from a gaming perspective tend to fetch outrageous amounts of money. But then again, it could be said that something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I'm curious if the high bidder of the $873.04 Stadium Events (cart-only) realizes that it's nowhere nearly as rare as about 20+ games I can think of that sell for 1/10th that amount?  At any rate, I wanted to draw attention to this trend: if people say it's rare, it must be true, and therefore it must be had at any price."
-Dain Anderson, October 14, 2006
Originally posted by: kryptk33p3r

im used to dick jokes i get to see one everytime I pee

Sep 18, 2010 at 8:41:33 PM
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Originally posted by: the_wizard_666

If you bought them from an import shop, they very well may have sealed them (not TECHNICALLY a reseal if they weren't sealed to begin with) so they didn't have to explain why a brand new game wasn't shrinkwrapped. Also possibly to avoid theft


General used/new independent game store. They're still in business. I may ask the owner since I still think there's Mario Tennis's sealed there.



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My Licensed NES collection. Now at 100%
http://nintendoage.com/index.cfm?...
677/677

My TurboGrafx HuCard Collection at 100%
94/94

My US Virtual Boy CIB Collection at 100%
14/14

Sep 18, 2010 at 11:45:58 PM
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Have opened a fair few 20 pack cardboard boxes of Japanese VB Games. They have never been sealed and I have never seen a sealed JP Game. All the ones I purchased as "new" were also not sealed.

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Sep 19, 2010 at 1:42:28 AM
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Very nice games there 1upped,  As for the shrinkwarapped Japanese games debate I think it was individual stores that may have sealed some, but most are not sealed. 

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Sep 19, 2010 at 2:09:29 PM
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Great collection, i tried the virtual boy the other day and actually enjoyed it. if i had payed full price for it when it released i probably wouldn't have felt the same way though.

Sep 19, 2010 at 5:17:33 PM
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Graded games always make a collection look alot better Good stuff.

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Sep 19, 2010 at 5:31:45 PM
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Those look great! My best friend got a virtual boy when it came out and we played many hours of tennis on that thing.

Sep 20, 2010 at 10:05:52 AM
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No love for Waterworld? You're going to break Kevin Costner's heart.

I'm assuming that and Vertical Force are the one's at VGA. Those look very awesome.


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