Mom sells NES game system..ITS OVER $9000!!!

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  • CptainCrunch
    I am the 1%
    • Oct 2007
    • 12976

    #1

    Mom sells NES game system..ITS OVER $9000!!!

    Here it is:
    A mom in North Carolina listed an NES and five carts on eBay last week for $9.99. Final winning bid: $13,105. One of the games in the lot happened to be the ultra-rare Stadium Events, in its original box.

    What's Stadium Events? Well, according to its Wikipedia entry, it was a Bandai exer-game that used the Power Pad, originally known as the Family Fun Fitness mat; it's considered the rarest licensed NES game made available in North America. It was only released in a northern U.S. test market in 1987. In 1988, Nintendo bought the North American rights to the mat, re-released it as the Power Pad, and anything Family Fun Fitness branded was taken off the shelf and destroyed..

    Fewer than 2,000 copies of the game were believed to have been produced, only 10 complete specimens are thought to exist, only one of them factory sealed.

    It's not clear if the seller knew what she had on her hands when she started the auction. If not, she sure found out once the questions about Stadium Events started pouring in and the bids soared north of $1,000. Either way, I'm sure she is delighted to get 13 grand for something that had been sitting in a closet for several years.

    Would You Pay $13,105 for an NES with 5 Games? [Hot Blooded Gaming]

    Ive played and beaten all those games, but the rare one of course. Ninja Turtles was the hardest thing and I didnt think I ever would. Anyway, you have games in good condition lying around and are you tempted to sell them?

    Crunch
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  • =d][b=Ausden
    Member
    • Jul 2006
    • 229

    #2
    Re: Mom sells NES game system..ITS OVER $9000!!!

    Here's the story. This lady has a hobby of visiting estate sales and garage sales, she found the game and purchased it for $2.00. Her other hobby is selling small items on Ebay and decided to put SE on the auction block. At the time of her putting it up for the first time, she had no clue what she had, nor what it was really worth.

    She listed it for $1.00, the first bit was over $125. After 4 hours it hit $2000. A retro game site I frequent was watching this item intently and notified her what she really had. She joined the site and thanked everyone and told them the story. What I'm getting at is don't take this story as some random mother selling her kids stuff (at least like my mother did to me). But now because of this sell, the price of a lot of games are going up. Let's just say, she got herself a wonderful little present.

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    • CptainCrunch
      I am the 1%
      • Oct 2007
      • 12976

      #3
      Re: Mom sells NES game system..ITS OVER $9000!!!

      I hate it when people spindoctor their stories. Here it sounds like some mom is cleaning out the closet and decides to get rid of some games.

      In fact, I just googled this story and not one of them mentions your information Ausden. Granted, I only went through the first three pages

      Oh well, its still a good story and its not like the lady knew what she had the first time either.

      Crunch
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      • =d][b=Ausden
        Member
        • Jul 2006
        • 229

        #4
        Re: Mom sells NES game system..ITS OVER $9000!!!

        This should help you Crunch. It's several pages long, the seller joins and comments after 5 or 6 pages.

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        • Spik3d
          Member
          • Feb 2006
          • 4890

          #5
          Re: Mom sells NES game system..ITS OVER $9000!!!

          It's up to 13k, what a lucky woman. I wish I found that.

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          • =d][b=Ausden
            Member
            • Jul 2006
            • 229

            #6
            Re: Mom sells NES game system..ITS OVER $9000!!!

            You think this story was crazy? Check this lucky fool out:

            http://cgi.ebay.com/FACTORY-SEALED-N...item20af8b55d6

            Here is a thread the seller started on a nintendo site, it all actually sounds legit.

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            • CptainCrunch
              I am the 1%
              • Oct 2007
              • 12976

              #7
              Re: Mom sells NES game system..ITS OVER $9000!!!

              Thats just too much. I understand collectors and the rarity of an item, but come on! This is just wrong on so many levels.

              I'm hording some SuperMan comics that may be worth something in another 40 years, but I dont expect people to pay $20000 for them then. I guess I hope they do

              Crunch
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              • =d][b=Ausden
                Member
                • Jul 2006
                • 229

                #8
                Re: Mom sells NES game system..ITS OVER $9000!!!

                Ha! the guy just made $40K on that thing.

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                • Pace51
                  Member
                  • May 2010
                  • 48

                  #9
                  Re: Mom sells NES game system..ITS OVER $9000!!!

                  Originally posted by CptainCrunch
                  Thats just too much. I understand collectors and the rarity of an item, but come on! This is just wrong on so many levels.

                  I'm hording some SuperMan comics that may be worth something in another 40 years, but I dont expect people to pay $20000 for them then. I guess I hope they do

                  Crunch
                  I have an original copy of the amazing spiderman #1 reserved for that purpose exactly.

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