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Weirdo spends $150,000 on a video game they'll never open
- Thread starter Dolce
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Eh... come on now. This is objectively a dumb purchase for anyone.
I could understand dropping that on a game that was rare but Mario 3 was everywhere, granted it's sealed but still. Oh well you do you man!
Back in the 90's when Kenner reintroduced the Power of the Force Star Wars action figures, there were a number of misprints and things like long-sabers that weren't correct, or incorrect art on Boba Fett's hand, and other things like that. At the time these 'more rare' versions traded for quite a bit and I have just about all of those with the exception of very rare ones, similar to this SMB3. The sad thing is most of them aren't worth squat now, they're all just stored in some boxes with the hope they'll increase some day but it seems unlikely now.
I'd rather see somebody with $150,000 to blow pour it back into his local economy during a pandemic, or donate it to charity, or maybe just help a neighbor in need than wasting money to own a piece of plastic inside a piece of cardboard inside a piece of glass. Money gets wasted every single day in much more extravagant ways, but this is the topic we're discussing: somebody dropped $150,000 for what is essentially a dead copy of SMB3. And honestly? It's a stupid way to spend your money.
I don't know if it makes me a weirdo or not, but if I had a stupid amount of money and a strong attachment to a particular game, I would probably spend a lot on a misprinted mint copy of it as well.
Also, only a true weirdo would open this. You can play the game with one of many loose carts (or the emulated version currently available on Switch even), who in their right mind would open this??
Also, only a true weirdo would open this. You can play the game with one of many loose carts (or the emulated version currently available on Switch even), who in their right mind would open this??
I think it's beyond stupid to spend this much money on it, but it's not like the money just disappears. It stays in circulation.
Maybe the folk that buy new consoles and iphones to destroy for youtube clicks will expand into buying this Mario and driving a drill through the middle.
dunno, if i really cared for a game that much and had that money i would use it on assorted stuff related to the game, not a "bad" boxed copy of it. hell i'd buy 20000 copies of it and make a SMB3 armour or something. i dont feel like owning bad copies show "love" for it, but thats just my five cents
Is the person purchasing this item with the intention of investing their money? If they're planning on letting the value (potentially, not guaranteed) appreciate to then sell it again at a higher price, it's not exactly a sound investment strategy. I'm guessing the person who bought this is planning on adding it to a collection as a centerpiece.
I'd imagine that if one of these collectors ever saw the way I act with rare things they'd pop a blood vessel lol! I'm all like "OMG look at that, it's a collectable that's so cool!" Then I get home and just rip the box open and play with whatever the collectable was (usually statues and rare toys for me)
I feel so called out by my 750 iTunes movies since I've only seen about 150 of them.
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I'm just not a huge fan of the retro grading scene. But I'm also the type of person who opens anything I collect. Buying something just to keep it in a box is weird to me. It's especially common in the figure collecting scene, where keeping figures in a box is actually bad and can degrade them. Open your stuff! Use it! Display it!
Legitimately rare stuff is expensive but it's easier to find things in good condition/complete in box for decent prices.
Legitimately rare stuff is expensive but it's easier to find things in good condition/complete in box for decent prices.
"Weirdo spends $150,000 on 2000 copies of SMB3 they will never open to create armour"
I thought the title said 15k and I thought that's a ridiculous amount to spend on a game, then I realised it was 150k and I'm just left wondering why?
excuse me, the armour would be way more defensive and aesthetically pleasing with the carts instead of the boxes
i would use the boxes on a fort or something
Could hold it for a few years and sell it at 2x - 3x the price.
Yeah I get that, I just don't understand the market for this, the game itself isn't rare its easily emulated and avaliable on multiple systems.
Because of a misprint/bad box somehow that makes it worth a ridiculous amount of money, but to who?
I'm all for preserving video games and the history of it I'll just never understand what drives this supposed value.
its a rare variation of a very popular game. exactly for it being rare in a game that isnt supposed to have any rarer versions that the prices drive up. why? people want to have stuff other don't, thats basically the only reason why. and will keep happening, it happened before and will happen again if someone find a rare 1st print of megaman where they say "megamam" in the back box text
It will assuredly increase in value. The problem with collectible oddities like this is finding a buyer when it comes time to sell.
Back when I was collecting heavily I would come across "Left Bros. 3" all the time. I knew they were a less common variant, but NO ONE CARED! I tried to sell them on eBay and at conventions for a mark up and got laughed at. It's interesting to see that they are now getting all this interest because one guy decided to splurge on one.
Yeah it's just something I'll never understand, at the end of the day to me it's a bit of cardboard that was misprinted attached to a video game that is still easily accessible.
A sealed Mario 3 for that much? Good god. I knew nintendo was the best thing in life when I was a kid. If only I had the foresight to store a couple extra copies...
Oh I see it's a special one.. I think I may have seen this one in the rental shop. My grandmother read the title 'Super Mario 3 Bros.'
Oh I see it's a special one.. I think I may have seen this one in the rental shop. My grandmother read the title 'Super Mario 3 Bros.'
Jokes on him, I got mine for like $5 at a flea market in 95, and I bet I've enjoyed my copy far more than that one ever will be.
yeah this is chump change compared to those dudes that bought the biggest ship JPEGs
There's no actual consistent system with retro grading. It's incredibly arbitrary and just meant for rich people to move money around in a way that dodges taxes.
Sure, but wait until my sealed copy of Knack signed by Mark Cerny goes up for auction. I will end world hunger with the proceeds.
I do not own a copy of Knack signed by Mark Cerny.
No such luck. PT is a digital item. Eventually It will be accurately reproduced in full, that is inevitable. Our PS4s will never have this level of totemic appeal, in short.
