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Last edited by Starwander; 09-27-2007 at 12:01 PM.
Keep in mind that if video game collecting ever goes mainstream (which I believe it will within 5-10 years) and third party grading companies enter the picture, using any type of replacement label, etc. will be considered a form of restoration!
A lot of comic book collectors found this out the hard way when CGC (Comics Guaranty Corp.) entered the picture back in 2000 and started grading comic books. Everyone laughed when they started to encapsulate comic books in plastic. I however can tell you I was happy when I sold my comic book collection for $50,000 because the value of near mint unrestored CGC comics went through the roof. Restoration kills value. So if you are a collector of anything, you do it at your own risk.
I know that some of you reading this are laughing and thinking that the idea of grading video games is stupid, but a lot of collectors said that about toys, action figures (both loose and carded), sports cards, comic books, and coins.
This is just a word of caution. By all means if you just want the game for your own use pursue it.
The more I look at CD games, the more experience I have in seeing whether or not they were "buffed" or "resurfaced". The ones that were, I tend to look at like a red headed step child. I hate to say that, but to me it has to be MINT and NATURAL.
Just my opinion...keep that in mind!
I would be interested in this, and not just for NES games. I'm a gamer-collector, meaning I collect to play, not just for collecting itself, so replica labels doesn't bother me. That said, perhaps you should consider putting a small "watermark" that IDs your labels as replicas so hardcore collectors will be accepting.
There's already replacement shells for console systems. Why not go a step further? I'd like replacement labels if they were marked as such. You should see the condition of a Tecmo Super Bowl I sold recently...
Agreed. Don't be "one of those guys."
There has to be something on the cart that identifies it as a repro. That being said, make sure it's something someone who isn't really into collecting wouldn't notice. Fibbing to a friend should be possible. "I have one of those mint. Follow me, I'll show you."
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Can you do SNES Labels, I have some with Bad or No Labels
yeah ,I have a bunch of these wierd carts with stupid typed labels that say "property of nintendo please return" and like these holes with chips sticking out, i'd love to get some new labels for those.
If you collect anything-stamps, baseball cards, even video games-solely for the monetary value, you are an asshat.
Speaking as someone who has a small stable of animation cels (all from He-Man and She-Ra, mind you, but it's a start), I consider restorations to be valuable when performed by a knowledgeable individual. The animation art and general art communities see restoration as a positive thing, as does the film community.
For video games, restoration applies largely to the media itself, since the data has been largely (and notoriously) preserved for all time on the Internet. Labels, contacts, the surfaces of discs....these all should be preserved first, and restored second in the event that they've been damaged. If you're more concerned about the value of your damn collection than preserving the games themselves, then I pity you.
Last edited by GarrettCRW; 09-26-2007 at 06:29 AM.
You might want to research how the comic book community views restoration, as that was my original example, not any other form of "art". Comic book collectors have been "burned" by collecting "restored" books by uncanny dealers selling them as "unrestored". The value is lower for restored books, as is demand.
As for value, yes, as a collector, I care about the value of my collection! I don't know how you collect(?) If you buy games just to be able to play them, than you are less likely to equate value to your collection. However, when I pay $100+ for Radiant Silvergun, I do expect it to keep some (not always all) of its value. I would also expect that a lot of the people on these forums feel the same way, so you must have a lot of pity ready to go around!
You are aware you are on a site that sells collectors guides for video games. Value and condition have been hotbeds for debate on this subject matter and I do understand that. The same thing happend with stamps, toys, coins, and yes, comic books!
Any thoughts? Does anyone else care about the value of what they collect? If you don't let me know. If this "thread" goes into another direction, I will gladly start a new "thread" on the subject!
Last edited by neogamer; 09-26-2007 at 08:10 AM.
Replacement labels would be nice ... however, being able to completely and totally cleanly remove an official label from an NES cartridge is quite the task.
If you're going to make replacement labels, you should come up with a guaranteed technique and product (something like goo-gone, which is pretty hit-or miss if you ask me) to get the cartridge casing down to the smooth gray plastic (no sticker glue residue/label chunklets) ... or else a replacement label will be practically useless.
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not to through a wrench in, but how would you get the licensing to repo the label??
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I say only make them for R10 games.
Kidding, just stirring trouble here.
But seriously, I do think that a repro label does reduce value. To make them indistinguishable would be tough. Ask any pirater out there. However, if you did indeed make them indistinguishable, I'm scared for collectors in a way. At the same time, I feel for the people with messed up labels. My thoughts? Only make them for commons...no wait, that kind of defeats the purpose, since they can always buy another common, and who wants to restore a common? I dunno, mixed feelings, I guess. It seems folks would only wanna do this for rare games with messed up labels.
However, if you made the labels more like collectors cards instead, those would be a very cool collectible if you wrote some data about the game on back and maybe put DP ratings on them (with DP permission, of course).
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I think it's an amazing Idea. I've always wished someone (like Nintendo) would offer new boxes, and manuals for every Nes games made. I think they would sell pretty good.
I agree, they would have to be perfect reproductions of the originals.
Last edited by Nescollector; 09-24-2007 at 05:03 PM.
I do like the idea. However like others have said the quality of the label needs to be REALLY good and there should be some kind of symbol in a corner of the labels front artwork so a repro label could easily be spotted in auction pictures and what not.
Anything to keep the values of games low I'm all for, but honestly? I think it would be fun to make NEW labels for classic games, as we all know alot of games had questionalbe box art (yeah megaman..i'm fucking looking at you..what the hell?) just think of all the creative ideas people could come up with for replacement labels? everything from just resizing the japanese art to coming up with totally new ideas. That i'd lay some cash down for, team that up with the clear tinted game cases another site is selling, would add some fun back to the hobby for those of us who have everything we want.