Cave arcade kit boxes?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun May 21, 2006 11:47 pm

jpj- wrote:i don't really understand collecting boxed pcb kits... surely, by their very nature, they shouldn't be seen as collectible.

The same thing can be said for spinecards. Games boot just fine without them, yet, you see people's assholes pucker when it's not there. Some people take it a step further and only buy games in complete form, w/ all the questionairre forms.

jpj- · Post by **jpj-** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:06 pm

i suppose some people are just of the "collector" mentality. which is odd, because none of them ever keep their games for a considerable length of time anyhow...

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:40 pm

jpj- wrote:i don't really understand collecting boxed pcb kits... surely, by their very nature, they shouldn't be seen as collectible.

why dont you start a topic about it

it was also mentioned during chapter 7 of "the meaning of life"...

and on a more serious note;
what are other companies boxes like, i know raizing/8ing boxes look the same (with brave blade being somewhat deeper), are there any companies that made custom artwork on the boxes (like guwange) ?

jpj- · Post by **jpj-** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:30 pm

what's wrong with plain cardboard...?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed May 24, 2006 4:08 am

jpj- wrote:what's wrong with plain cardboard...?

Absolutely nothing if that's what it came with. People could care less about the box. They just want the complete kit.

jpj- · Post by **jpj-** » Wed May 24, 2006 9:42 am

sorry, i was being sarcastic. i'm not trying to annoy anyone, i just don't *understand* why. it's not the same as a console game. plus, also the fact that they are so simple (the boxes and art), and i'd imagine not that difficult to reproduce if you go to a professional.... in fact, even just the boxes... i've got an ibara boxed kit (but again, only because they didn't have a cheaper pcb-only). maybe it'd be worth it to find someone who can reproduce them, and get like 20+ AMI boxes...........?

hmmmm, see you on ebay...

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:34 pm

kinda unrelated but anyways.. pink sweets is dropping pretty fast, JPY70K in a matter of weeks

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h37342708

ed: ugly flyers

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:55 pm

I think that's pretty standard. It's been out two months. ESPGaluda dropped to about 180k yen in the same amount of time. Mushi is the one that seems to have defied the laws of PCBs.

One note though -- Pink Sweets didn't sell at that price. This is the 2nd listing.

Post by **Icarus** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:09 am

sven666 wrote:kinda unrelated but anyways.. pink sweets is dropping pretty fast, JPY70K in a matter of weeks

Think I'll wait for Ibara Pink to drop to about half that before I think about buying it.

zak · Post by **zak** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:18 am

undamned wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote:CPS2 Progear. According to zak, it's a standard CPS2 box...
Hey, zak, is it the brown CPS2 box or the green/white (glossy) CPS2 box?
-ud

It is the brown one - same as pda's one.

zak · Post by **zak** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:19 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
Forgive my ignorance, as I'm not at all a collector, but: why?
B/c mint full kits (which includes the box) of any Cave games after ESPGaluda are incredibly hard to come by. I wouldn't write in magic maker on anything of mine that wasn't disposable... I don't know why others would. Just me.

Thats the way I received it.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:53 am

its been out two months already!?

feels like it was just released last week

its really been quiet around this title...

then again, yeah this (cave) release is the one im the least interested in too.. ill proboably pick a couple of other older games up before thisone..

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:52 am

My Ibara box is the old style (lighter cardboard), while my Galuda 2 kit is the new style (darker cardboard). Both were bought brand new. The new-style cardboard seems less sturdy than the old style (particularly the cardboard pieces inside which hold the PCB). Anyone else notice this?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:02 am

ive had like 5-6 Ibara kits go thru my hands now and its completely random which box you get... cant say i noticed anything different in the quality tho?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:02 pm

a-aight i guess weve pretty much have the lowdown on the cave boxes..

what about other kits?
i know raizing/8ing have their own boxes as do taito and capcom.
any other company that make nice boxes for their games?, and btw.. hows bout starting a complete kits thread, sometimes its hard to know just what a complete set includes.. ?

bay · Post by **bay** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:30 pm

sven666 wrote:hows bout starting a complete kits thread, sometimes its hard to know just what a complete set includes.. ?

this is a good idea, i dunno how permanent some of the image hosting facilities are on the net but i'm willing to host pictures on my domains.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:58 pm

bay wrote:
sven666 wrote:hows bout starting a complete kits thread, sometimes its hard to know just what a complete set includes.. ?
this is a good idea, i dunno how permanent some of the image hosting facilities are on the net but i'm willing to host pictures on my domains.

same here, maybe gaijinpunch (or someone else

) would be willing to host on one of their respective sites?
GP has a great library of flyers and stuff already for instance

maybe the folks over at system16 would be willing to host it..

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:21 am

So then naturally, a brand new unused Cave arcade PCB kit complete with original brand new factory Cave box will fetch some serious $$$ years down the road?

(Besides the crazy monetary increase value of such a Ketsui arcade PCB kit with factory box and all original arcade paperworks would fetch top dollar or yen, right?...even such a 'bare-bones' Ketsui PCB fetches some serious $$$ these days.)

It's like asking is it harder to find a brand new complete Ketsui PCB kit than is it harder to find a new PS3 console on "day one of it's launch"? -- of course, those are two completely different things...it's the supply & demand of scarce items that drives up the overall cost if one wants them badly enough..... ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:59 pm

so whos interested in documenting their kit boxes?

i can proboably get the hosting part up and running

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:25 pm

sven666 wrote:
bay wrote:
sven666 wrote:hows bout starting a complete kits thread, sometimes its hard to know just what a complete set includes.. ?
this is a good idea, i dunno how permanent some of the image hosting facilities are on the net but i'm willing to host pictures on my domains.
same here, maybe gaijinpunch (or someone else ) would be willing to host on one of their respective sites?
GP has a great library of flyers and stuff already for instance

maybe the folks over at system16 would be willing to host it..

I can do it if you'd like me to. Check the following page:

http://insomnia.ac/archive/games/polyga ... emonfront/

I am making similar pages for all Cave shmups (and for Raizing ones afterwards, etc.) , and I would very much like to include kit pictures. If you are interested let me know.

Radiant · Post by **Radiant** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:31 pm

rtw will put it on WOA soon....
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

@rtw: u will get the scans...sorry i had no time......

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:38 pm

mm yeah im talking about kits boyond Cave and raizing tho.. taito, konami, capcom etc..

i think everyone knows what the cave and raizing boxes look like by now

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:43 am

I don't mind adding a 'kits' section to gamengai.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:14 am

Okay... back from the dead. I got an interesting box today... unfortunately it wasn't that of a 19 year old Shibuya slut.

Here's what it looked like when I got it from the mail guy:

And then I opened it, took out the contents, and noticed this on the inside.

I'm assuming the guy just turned it inside out. There's tons of tape on it. If I'm not mistaken, I saw mention of "Hot Gimmick" somewhere on the original label which I have sense taken off. Not sure what hardware that is.

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:05 pm

I have two of those in equally ropey condition for Daraku Tenshi and Dragon Blaze

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:51 pm

Came back to this from the discussion in Zaks thread.

Did the kit box picture archive come to fruition? I have PGM, F3, GNet and CPSIII boxes I could contribute (if I could find the camera!).

Post by **undamned** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:58 pm

ill6 wrote:I have PGM, F3, GNet and CPSIII boxes I could contribute (if I could find the camera!).

I'd be interested in F3, GNet, and CPSIII stuff

If you take pics/scans, I will gladly put something together, thanks!
-ud

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:30 pm

I just shipped something in a G-Net box.

Post by **undamned** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:58 am

GaijinPunch wrote:I just shipped something in a G-Net box.

Well, I can let that slide, but an F3 box, oooooh nelly

-ud

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:06 am

I had it open to offers for weeks. Nobody grabbed it.

Cave arcade kit boxes?

Years down the road will new Cave arcade PCB kit worth $$$?