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Auction pickup, I dont think anyone else saw this one....

Jul 24, 2018 at 11:50:48 PM
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Jul 25, 2018 at 12:41:27 AM
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Nice find! Tangled really is a great game!  

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Jul 25, 2018 at 12:52:12 AM
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I'm playing through Acme Arsenal now, great game. Got about 7 hours into it this week.

Jul 25, 2018 at 1:45:14 AM
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That's amazing! Was the title not stated in the listing anywhere so no one saw it in their searches? That's an incredible deal.

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Jul 25, 2018 at 3:40:28 AM
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looks like junk to me whats the gem???

Jul 25, 2018 at 6:03:02 AM
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Originally posted by: Archangel3090

looks like junk to me whats the gem???
Mensa is the gem. Funny thing with this title is at one point K-Mart had these on sale for $10 each new. Know a few people that stacked up on these. 

 

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Jul 25, 2018 at 6:55:08 AM
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These were hyped up to $250 and $300 at one point, now they barely break $100. Still worth $20 obviously but the interest in this title has waned considerably.

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Jul 25, 2018 at 9:18:50 AM
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Originally posted by: coffeewithmrsaturn

That's amazing! Was the title not stated in the listing anywhere so no one saw it in their searches? That's an incredible deal.





Correct, it just said lot of 10 wii games  

Jul 25, 2018 at 9:24:23 AM
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Originally posted by: JaxsBox

Originally posted by: Archangel3090

looks like junk to me whats the gem???
Mensa is the gem. Funny thing with this title is at one point K-Mart had these on sale for $10 each new. Know a few people that stacked up on these. 

 





When researching it I saw that groupon sold about 880 copies at $12 each back in 2012. I bet we see sealed copies come up for the next two decades as people clear these out in garage sales.

Nonetheless, with the other games in there this was basically free so I'm not complaining. Recent ebay sales show $90-120 for a complete used copy. Not too shabby.

Jul 25, 2018 at 10:00:08 AM
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Originally posted by: Quest4SNES
 
Originally posted by: JaxsBox
 
Originally posted by: Archangel3090

looks like junk to me whats the gem???
Mensa is the gem. Funny thing with this title is at one point K-Mart had these on sale for $10 each new. Know a few people that stacked up on these. 

 



When researching it I saw that groupon sold about 880 copies at $12 each back in 2012. I bet we see sealed copies come up for the next two decades as people clear these out in garage sales. Nonetheless, with the other games in there this was basically free so I'm not complaining. Recent ebay sales show $90-120 for a complete used copy. Not too shabby.
Oh yeah there are a ton of new copies people don’t care about and don’t see value in them. These reminds me of a GameBoy title Pocket Professor. This was said to be crazy rare and was demanding $500+ from collectors never thinking a sealed copy was possible. Then boom a bunch of sealed copies pop and sell for under $500. Then a ton of copies show up and bam $20 sealed. 
 

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Jul 25, 2018 at 10:26:56 AM
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Originally posted by: JaxsBox

Originally posted by: Quest4SNES
 
Originally posted by: JaxsBox
 
Originally posted by: Archangel3090

looks like junk to me whats the gem???
Mensa is the gem. Funny thing with this title is at one point K-Mart had these on sale for $10 each new. Know a few people that stacked up on these. 

 



When researching it I saw that groupon sold about 880 copies at $12 each back in 2012. I bet we see sealed copies come up for the next two decades as people clear these out in garage sales. Nonetheless, with the other games in there this was basically free so I'm not complaining. Recent ebay sales show $90-120 for a complete used copy. Not too shabby.
Oh yeah there are a ton of new copies people don't care about and don't see value in them. These reminds me of a GameBoy title Pocket Professor. This was said to be crazy rare and was demanding $500+ from collectors never thinking a sealed copy was possible. Then boom a bunch of sealed copies pop and sell for under $500. Then a ton of copies show up and bam $20 sealed. 
 





Interesting how these things workout. I've read with American Mensa Academy had less than 5000 total produced/sold. Was pocket professor similar?

Jul 25, 2018 at 10:38:18 AM
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Originally posted by: Quest4SNES
 
Originally posted by: JaxsBox
 
Originally posted by: Quest4SNES
 
Originally posted by: JaxsBox
 
Originally posted by: Archangel3090

looks like junk to me whats the gem???
Mensa is the gem. Funny thing with this title is at one point K-Mart had these on sale for $10 each new. Know a few people that stacked up on these. 

 



When researching it I saw that groupon sold about 880 copies at $12 each back in 2012. I bet we see sealed copies come up for the next two decades as people clear these out in garage sales. Nonetheless, with the other games in there this was basically free so I'm not complaining. Recent ebay sales show $90-120 for a complete used copy. Not too shabby.
Oh yeah there are a ton of new copies people don't care about and don't see value in them. These reminds me of a GameBoy title Pocket Professor. This was said to be crazy rare and was demanding $500+ from collectors never thinking a sealed copy was possible. Then boom a bunch of sealed copies pop and sell for under $500. Then a ton of copies show up and bam $20 sealed. 
 



Interesting how these things workout. I've read with American Mensa Academy had less than 5000 total produced/sold. Was pocket professor similar?
Would need to look up the numbers but believe it is probably along those lines. Pocket Professor was distributed to school and learning centers through educational supply companies. So not many schools got behind the idea of PP. Once the distribution centers decided to discount them a bunch of private collectors contacted them and bought up all the copies at $10-$20 each. 

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Jul 25, 2018 at 11:30:01 AM
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Its not unheard of for things that are thought to be crazy rare have the market get flooded. Cheetahmen II comes to mind, as well as the insane amount of Aladdin deck enhancer and games found at one point. If i recall correctly it wasn't long ago someone found like a ton of Math Patrol:The Kleptoid Threat all sealed and that game was considered very hard to find complete or sealed at the time.

Jul 28, 2018 at 11:44:38 PM
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Nice find. I haven't seen this title in quite some time but had no idea it had dropped so much. I sold mine for $370 a couple of years back.

Nov 29, 2018 at 7:36:32 PM
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Ended up selling it for $125 on ebay. I'm not disappointed. Probably could have gotten a bit more, it was gone in under an hour