I think that next year will be the year that I finally attend the MGC and attempt to part with a good chunk of my stuff.

back story:
I used to author guides for prima and brady games. the money gained from that job fueled a stupidly large purchasing fever for about 8-10 years. I currently possess well over 2,000 sealed games (ps1, ps2, dreamcast, N64, gamecube, gameboy color, gameboy advance, DS) of both the us and japanese flavors.

as I'm getting into pinball and arcade restorations more and more, it's time to clear space and reduce the collection.

most of my goods are pristine (many of the items that I've sold off have garnered 90-95+ VGC ratings [not that I buy into that]) and I've got a few oddities and some rather cool collectibles among my collection (a brand new in box panasonic Q w/ the gameboy advance player, also brand new in box), a sealed copy of ZXE-D: legend of plasmalite (w/ the part swappable bandai robot model kits) and a complete run of weekly famitsu magazine from the time that they went weekly (back in 1991) to present

I've been attempting to catalog everything, but as anyone who has a sizeable collection knows, that takes time and dedication.

I'm making pretty good progress with cataloging my sealed game collection (I completed box no. 27 tonight). each box is the size of those that hold 10 reams of letter sized paper

I will post a link to what I have done at the end of the month. once I do that, any one that is making the journey to MGC (and interested in items from the list) can pm me with their want list and I will make sure to bring them to the show.

I've also got about 10+ boxes of older gaming magazines that I will be bringing as well. most are japanese (weekly famitsu, the playstation, dengeki playstation, playstation magazine, saturn fan, dreamcast fan, etc...) about 90-95% of them are in pristine, never been read condition.

I'm thinking of pricing the magazines at:
- $5 ea or 5 for $20 for those without a demo disc
- $10 ea or 5 for $40 for those containing a demo disc

it's time to start offing a good portion of my collection

I've started to list some of the 1,000+ japanese gaming magazines on ebay (seller id: digital_rats_nest) and I've got about 2,000+ sealed games that I'm going to be selling as well. if anyone is interested in the spreadsheet that I've started to compile, just pm me with your email address

I just sold one of these (still NIB) last year. sorry

they're worth a lot more if they're still factory sealed and in mint condition

I saw the majora's mask amiibo @ a bestbuy on friday but didn't pick up any (because didn't see that you were looking for them until just now

sorry about that

for those in the metro detroit area, we will be having the first (hopefully annual or bi-annual) retro video game show in livonia, mi on saturday, may 9th
I will be bringing a ton of brand new, sealed games for the ps1, ps2, dreamcast and gameboy advance systems (both japanese and us) as well as a bunch of videogame related toys.

items from some of the other vendors include:
- arcade marquees & boards
- used home game cartridges, discs and systems
- megatouch systems

and depending on the set up (and number of vendor tables sold), there may be full arcade and pinball machines for sale as well
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$25 for an 8' table. we're renting half the hall to start this show with (20 tables). if the show goes over well, we'll rent the entire hall for the next show

I might be interested in a monitor (or two), depending on their condition and the price. I think that I may have a few items from your list that you're looking for that I could offer in trade.

if anyone is after japanese titles, shoot me a pm of your desires.

I still have close to 2,000 factory sealed japanese gameboy color, gameboy advance, dreamcast, playstation and playstation 2 games that I'm looking to sell and reduce my collection.

I had a brand new zen black (transparent) jp ps2 but I don't remember if I sold it or not. if I uncover it, I'll let you know

target currently has a "buy one, get one 50% off" sale. that makes titles like the 50th atari anniversary and tmnt cowabunga collection very appealing

personally, the whole grading thing still comes off as quite the subjective scam. additionally, grading something on the package rather than the actual object (like coins, trading cards, etc...) never really made any sense to me. the fact that CGC and heritage are giving a grade based on the plastic, cardboard and shrink wrap never really made any sense. sure, it should add value if you have something that is pristine, but solely grading on that fact

I still love the stories of people submitting their items multiple times only to receive a different score based on who scored it, what day of the week it was graded, etc... only furthered the fact that the numbers are subjective and mean nothing.