Man, what's the world coming to, another great collection listed on eBay?  Beautiful setup, though maybe he can chime in if he's just showing it off or if he's really trying to sell it all. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5700-Game...

Definitely one of the cleaner setups I've seen!

Wow.. That's amazing and wish I had that much cash lying around.

I've always admired the organization of his collection.

Is anyone else noticing a trend lately? I don't want to make everyone paranoid, but it seems a lot of people have been selling off their entire collections lately.

Interesting...

Ran across this late last night. Was a bit surprised to see yet another NA member off loading a large collection. Knew right by the N64 systems stacked who it was.

Just Doner and NTwizer... and with their ask prices, it's safe to say they don't want to sell unless the offer is truly right.

And I'd welcome everyone selling out, that'd make things more affordible again

Those are the two notable ones - but there have also been a few others offering their entire collection within just the last few weeks. 

I agree with you that who knows what their real intentions are in terms of collecting information or selling directly.

I also agree with you that I'm not worried about massive selloffs.  Either way things will be fine and the hobby will continue.  I'm not trying to suggest this is the cusp of a bubble bursting or anything crazy like that.  And even if there is a 'bubble burst' that everyone seems so scared of, then like you said, it will make it much easier for those of us left.

Holy crap. Twizer, why?

Is there anything that you still have left to purchase?  I thought you owned every game lol.

Quite the collection and on the whole I like his displays.  I remember the post about the gameboy and sega custom framing that he did.  Still really like that one.  If I had a desire to have more loose carts I'd totally use that for "creative inspiration." :-)

How come everyone conveniently takes out games they don't consider part of the "set" and still states they have complete collections?

Mountain Bike Rally/Speed Racer = licensed game
Stadium Events = licensed game

At that rate you can't put Blockbuster only games on the list. Or games sold on Thursdays. Or games that you didn't like.

Wow.

Now that I think about it, has he been active lately? I hope he's okay and it's not something going on in real life.

I guess none of us can take it with us at the end of the day.

I like how he specified "non-recalled" games for NES and "sold on store shelves" for SNES to qualify those missing ones...however, it does look like many games sold on a Monday are indeed included. Lol

Especially with Twizer, since his collection (or at least the pics) are pretty widely known on the internet, I could see some athlete with the video game itch picking this up.

Anybody see the last few Thursday night football games to see how excited the guys were to get a copy of Prime Time for the Genesis in their gift bags?

at least its organized and cared for collection here ...

Well, complete or not, the collection is damn impressive, and his custom shelves are labors of love. If that doesn't impress you guys, not much will lol.

Who cares, it's not like you can't tell what he has and it's not like there is some set in stone definition. Plus, would it change the embarrassing offer you or your cronie will send him?

I don't looks for lots like this, and nor do I make embarrassing offers. You must have me confused with 90% of everyone else that sends $1 best offers on eBay.

My point is people cry anger on repros and being people vague about auctions, this one is slightly misleading, but since he is a member of Nintendo Age he gets a pass. The fact of the matter is yes, there are complete collections..of 32x CD games.....as an example. It's misleading because of the title and makes you believe the lot is better than it is.

Like I said, people get all up in arms and make posts about people being vague, and a lot like this if it was NOT by an NA member would be chastised and picked at like nobody's business.

"How can he ask for BLAHBLAH,no boxes, manuals, no Stadium EVents, etc", You seen the World's Largest Game Collection by Michael Thomassen issues that everyone posted about all over the web? Just saying from that type of standpoint, the items offered, and the price considered it would be ripe for such posts but I am just relaying this on here....

Now I guess I had better call my cronies to make $5 for stuff I don't purchase anymore since this auction is up.

Portnoyd? Let's purchase it all!

No, just a some people get entirely too wrapped up around the word complete.  It's much easier to call the set complete minus one game, instead of listing 700 some odd titles and leaving one off the list.  It is a convenience thing, not outright deception.  It is no different that someone listing an RPG game as "Complete" that is box / cart / manual only, yet missing the pack-in map.

Deception is listing an item as "MINT" in the title or "Like New", when you can clearly tell the item is poor to average at best. 

It's a great collection worthy of praise, and so what if it doesn't meet your definition of complete.  It is complete by his standards and he explicitly mentions all games not included.  I feel no sympathy for any buyer if they cannot read the entire description and understand what is in and what is out, especially if willing to spend 6 figures.

Jonebone: I agree with you, but I've seen people have terrible things to say about guys that have repros that can't list them as repro (ebay would pull them) but they aren't claiming they are something rarer.

With this collection he is counting on someone who either is new or has a lot of money ready to acquire these titles. The importance of "complete" is by his own definitions and unfortunately for a new person that is a LOT of reading and research and someone has to do their due diligence in order to realize that. The new buyer is under the impression he/she would be getting a complete set but there are pieces missing as the seller kind of "casts them off" as he does not consider them parts of the set, even though two of the pieces missing are expensive.

However, I do about "complete" by everyone else's standards, because at that rate people can and will use the term if they have all the games they "wanted" but not all the titles released for X system. Complete by their standards vs a complete North American set (that's how Nintendo released their stuff, by region here) is very different to a potential buyer.

Queue dramatic music... Dun dun dun. I was wondering if this was going to show up here. Yep, that is my auction, it's all legit.

I'm not leaving the site or collecting, but I am open to selling everything if the right offer came around. I'm currently in the process of moving. The house is going up for sale next week and everything collection-wise is boxed up. I have the opportunity to build a new house but will most likely not be ready to move into that house for another year or more. In the meantime, since the collections boxed up, since I'm going to have a great deal of house building expenses I thought what the heck, why not list it all.

One of two scenarios will happen. First, I get a good enough offer, sell the collection put 95% of that money towards the house and leave the remaining 5% for a new game collection. If that happens my next collection will be much more small scale. Local garage sale, thrift store finds. Without a doubt my passion for retro gaming, collecting and the community has not diminished at all. Second, if I don't get a good offer, then that's fine, I'll hang onto it and continue to enjoy it, no big deal. I am planning on having a gameroom in the new house either way.

It should be interesting I guess we will see what happens.

As far whats complete or not, I have a google docs that lists every single game for sale and if it's cart or complete. I made it clear in the NES and SNES description the carts I don't have. (Stadium Events, Competition carts and Mountain Bike/Speed Racer).

Awesome custom shelving, I will copy this one day
I dare say it would be easier for you to sell them in individual sets.

I have another baby on the way, does that count?   But yeah life has been crazy busy lately.  All good stuff, but busy.  Between working two jobs, packing up and getting a house ready to sell.  I haven't had too much time for much else. 

On a side note, I heard you on the Watch Out For Fireballs podcast the other day talking about Super Mario World.

It would be sad to see this amazing collection gone. Of course if you get an offer you're fine with and if that money helps you with your new house and the new kid then it's a decision one can't really argue with . Hopefully everything goes well for you whether the collection will be sold or not