Sealed Game Collecting? No thanks.

[Skykid]

Because anti sealed game defense force sounds fucking cool.

That's basically it.

However, I'm slacking on the channel tbh. I'll put up Pyonyang's amazing vid, but I'm always so busy I'm struggling to keep track of it. I mentioned to Bzpbanshee several months ago that I may either offer up the keys (password and google account) to a successor or just can it. I'll probably reupload the Awesome Guide to Sealed Game Collecting on my regular channel though (because funny).

So this is a callout: does anyone want the keys to the ASGDF mantle? Or should I kill it dead?

Who knows, one day you may get your hands on a resealing video (the ultimate!)

[BIL]

Anybody still buying sealed old games off eBay and leaving them as-is should be very concerned. I open all my sealed games and since 2007, about a quarter of my "new" purchases have been fakes or reseals.

Any for Saturn / PS1? Just curious, as I like to get sealed copies of disc-based games if the sellers I trust don't have any meeting their mint/near-mint grade. Have bought (and promptly opened, played and read through the manuals of) tons for those two systems off eBay, don't think I've come across any boots/reseals yet. No twinkies either. Get to work Ed!

I'd have taken photos of my unspeakably violating Taromaru, Zanac X Zanac and Umihara Kawase Shun 2nd Edition, if I'd have remembered to care all those months and years ago. I'm mulling over selling Taro's sticker but it's so cute I can't bear to. :p

I'm not sure how sealed game collectors sleep at night.

I'm pretty sure most are a bit nuts/deluded to begin with. I don't say that entirely facetiously - I've seen posters on Sealed Game Heaven (<-funny site!) fretting over the seal on their PAL Madden 2004 for Xbox. I assume they suppress the sheer horror of even contemplating unsealing their stash to find a horde of twinkies leering back at them, lest they finally go over the edge into howling Lovecraftian digit-gnawing or - even worse - start playing their games.

[Mero]

Just took a quick gander at Sealed Game Heaven, here's a thread that made me laugh

*fucks off to go and find some y sealed games*

[Skykid]

Just took a quick gander at Sealed Game Heaven, here's a thread that made me laugh

So much gold there, I love reading some of those threads. Anyone got any more gems?

[BIL]

I can only view it in short bursts, it's a thin line between hilarity and despair in that place!

In my opinion SW'ed games actually look better compared to the glossy wavy cellophane of the Y-folds. I prefer tight shrinkwrap.

"SHIT, IT'S MAKIN' ME CUM"

[system11]

Just took a quick gander at Sealed Game Heaven, here's a thread that made me laugh

*fucks off to go and find some y sealed games*

I like how someone casually describes Final Fantasy VII as being worth up to $3k. If I ever find one thats getting unsealed on youtube.

[Casey120]

I still have 2 boxes filled with these (no joke), time to buy some more expensive games in good nick and fill them for profit !

[BIL]

Oh shi - TAKING DOWN A MASS RESEALER

[Casey120]

My games are wrapped in the seal of faith !

[Skykid]

I still have 2 boxes filled with these (no joke), time to buy some more expensive games in good nick and fill them for profit !

How do you get the Y-folds open without tearing?

I want an answer to this question.

[Casey120]

I got them like this :



A little chloroform to seal them back together but first a nice cover and maybe fill them with those yellow Ketsui stickers I still have piles of for weight

[Skykid]

I got them like this :



A little chloroform to seal them back together but first a nice cover and maybe fill them with those yellow Ketsui stickers I still have piles of for weight

Oh, you're going to be rich. Aim for the top!

[emphatic]

those yellow Ketsui stickers I still have piles of for weight

[Marc]

you people are worse than record collectors.

Something else that horrifies me. Vinyl not played, extensively, is vinyl wasted.

[z0mbie90]

I play my game, I listen to my Vinyl/CDs and watch my DVDs. Thats why I buy them to enjoy watching/playing/listen, not have them on a self collecting dust.
Stupid people are still stupid people PLAY THE GAMES GODDAMNIT!!!!

[boagman]

So...does this apply to all things, though?

Example: when Game Boy Micros were being phased out/discontinued, I saw them being major-league clearanced out at Sears (specifically, the 20th Anniversary of Mario ones) for a song, and I bought one sort of as an investment/thing that I thought might be cool to have. Since I already had an original DS, which gave me the ability to play GBA games, having the GBM to use wasn't exactly necessary or a priority to me.

I'm kind of glad I never bothered to open it, because a still-sealed system is worth quite a bit o' cheddar these days.

I'm *absolutely* of the mindset that games are meant to be played (including pinball machines, thank you), cars are meant to be driven (including your precious Ferraris, thank you), and basically anything should be used for its purpose. However, this purchase was just for coolness'/investment's sake.

Was I wrong to do so?

[Drachenherz]

So...does this apply to all things, though?

Example: when Game Boy Micros were being phased out/discontinued, I saw them being major-league clearanced out at Sears (specifically, the 20th Anniversary of Mario ones) for a song, and I bought one sort of as an investment/thing that I thought might be cool to have. Since I already had an original DS, which gave me the ability to play GBA games, having the GBM to use wasn't exactly necessary or a priority to me.

I'm kind of glad I never bothered to open it, because a still-sealed system is worth quite a bit o' cheddar these days.

I'm *absolutely* of the mindset that games are meant to be played (including pinball machines, thank you), cars are meant to be driven (including your precious Ferraris, thank you), and basically anything should be used for its purpose. However, this purchase was just for coolness'/investment's sake.

Was I wrong to do so?

Yes.

[boagman]

Yes.

Defend.

[rapoon]

first year in the dorms, we'd buy games from bestbuy (psx), carefully slice em open w/ a razor, snake the game, reseal w/ tiny dabs of rubber cement + hairdryer. we'd fill em with bullshit audio cd's (blanks were still pretty expensive). we got around 200 games before being told to fuck off.

[Temia Eszteri]

you people are worse than record collectors.

Something else that horrifies me. Vinyl not played, extensively, is vinyl wasted.

Vinyl not ripped is vinyl wasted too. A recording setup isn't hard to hack together with a few spare cables and screw caps, and it's not like the oldies are coming back if that record dies!

That said, yeah, sealed game collecting is silly. Last time I got a new game purely for the sake of treasuring it and supporting the developers, I still tore the fuck outta that shrinkwrap. I even dropped the soundtrack CD in an old stereo for a listen.

[psoslayer]

I was bored tonight, finally a night with nothing zine-related to do. So I made this little video...

http://youtu.be/O1Tw3lPWTqQ

Moral of the story. PLAY THE DAMN GAME.

nooooooooo keep it sealed! I love sealed Border Down copies.

[Drachenherz]

I was bored tonight, finally a night with nothing zine-related to do. So I made this little video...

http://youtu.be/O1Tw3lPWTqQ

Moral of the story. PLAY THE DAMN GAME.

nooooooooo keep it sealed! I love sealed Border Down copies.

What for?

I mean, a brick has about the same function as a sealed copy of a game. You could stare at it, you could throw it around or you could use it as a paperweight...

I mean, come on, what's the use of piling up things you don't use but just... "possess"?

[boagman]

I mean, a brick has about the same function as a sealed copy of a game. You could stare at it, you could throw it around or you could use it as a paperweight...

I mean, come on, what's the use of piling up things you don't use but just... "possess"?

You still haven't defended your answer on the GBM I bought. I think I understand your position anyway, but it still bears repeating: why, if you don't *need* to open it in order to get the same use out of something else, why *wouldn't* you keep the thing sealed and perhaps wait for the value to go up?

[TrevHead (TVR)]

I got them like this :



A little chloroform to seal them back together but first a nice cover and maybe fill them with those yellow Ketsui stickers I still have piles of for weight

Once you've got them shifted why don't you upload a vid of you doing it on YT saying you've done the same with X amount of games. That should keep the sealed game collectors up at night.

A few more vids like that and one of a someone next to a machine sealing new repros would probably crash the market.

[Casey120]

How about a nice sealed Tombi ?

[BIL]

I've been looking EVERYWHERE for that sweet sweet sealed PAL goodness

[Skykid]

I mean, a brick has about the same function as a sealed copy of a game. You could stare at it, you could throw it around or you could use it as a paperweight...

I mean, come on, what's the use of piling up things you don't use but just... "possess"?

You still haven't defended your answer on the GBM I bought. I think I understand your position anyway, but it still bears repeating: why, if you don't *need* to open it in order to get the same use out of something else, why *wouldn't* you keep the thing sealed and perhaps wait for the value to go up?

A secondary piece of hardware I don't see a problem with the same way. Opening it wouldn't serve any purpose. Personally I'd keep it on hand as a replacement if my original ever conked out rather than to solely appreciate in value. The day it was required is the day I'd open and play it.

[boagman]

A secondary piece of hardware I don't see a problem with the same way. Opening it wouldn't serve any purpose. Personally I'd keep it on hand as a replacement if my original ever conked out rather than to solely appreciate in value. The day it was required is the day I'd open and play it.

Right, and that's pretty much the way I've viewed it, too. It isn't as though that particular piece of hardware is necessary for me to play the games designed for it, and quite frankly, I *never* would have bought the thing in the first place had it not been bargain-basement priced and I'd thought, "Hey, for that money, that's cool enough to be worth it. Maybe it'll be worth something someday, too."

But to, say, own a Vita and never open it or play it at all? Or to own any given system and not be able to play its associated games? That's stupid...like owning a Ferrari you never have any intention of driving. Truly a ridiculous picture.

[xgunnBlaze]

Just took a quick gander at Sealed Game Heaven, here's a thread that made me laugh

*fucks off to go and find some y sealed games*

I like how someone casually describes Final Fantasy VII as being worth up to $3k. If I ever find one thats getting unsealed on youtube.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Sealed-Blac ... 3f22af7c6e

Yo check it. I wish I had the money just to unseal this.

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

trash the spine card.

Bloody hell! I only opened a sealed Border Down! Even I have my limits!

Wub spine cards I do!

AND then I threw away the customer survey warranty card!!!