View Full Version : Possibly the best ever find!
mrhaboobi
10-10-2003, 06:51 PM
Today while at my local market i stumbled across what could be considered my best ever find. Today i started and completed my odyssey collection bar one game :D I picked up the following
Boxed Magnavox Odyssey
Boxed Shooting Gallery
Boxed Baseball
Boxed Basketball
Boxed Brainwave
Boxed Funzoo
Boxed Handball
Boxed Interplanetary Voyage
Boxed Invasion
Boxed Volleyball
Boxed Win
Boxed Wipeout
All overlays, cards, counters, dice etc. I saw on a magnavox odyssey site that only 3 sets of the Basketball, Interplanetary Voyage, WIN, and Brainwave are known to exist. Well make that four now.
To top this off all the games appear mint and totally complete. The even more funny thing is this system was never released in the country i live in
Yeah its been a good day :D
EDIT: I just found out i have the nr 12 game card, only 2 known to exist!
Slipdeath
10-10-2003, 06:58 PM
pictures??
mrhaboobi
10-10-2003, 07:05 PM
I'm still getting over the shock of it all, i'm going through all the items and can't believe how mint everything is. I'll get some pictures up later today :)
sniperCCJVQ
10-10-2003, 07:35 PM
Add to this that you found it in New Zealand, even more spectacular.
Balloon Fight
10-10-2003, 08:05 PM
Wow! Congratulations on this spectacular find! I can't wait to see pictures. Get 'em yup as soon as you can. ;)
omnedon
10-10-2003, 08:24 PM
:eek 2: :eek 2: :eek 2:
hezeuschrist
10-10-2003, 08:50 PM
:eek 2: :eek 2: :eek 2:
I believe what he meant to say was:
@_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@ @_@
hydr0x
10-10-2003, 08:51 PM
OH MY GOD x_x
really one of the best finds i ever heard of
mrhaboobi
10-11-2003, 12:08 AM
Ok well here are some quick pics. The boxes are not as nice as i thought, but everything inside them is mint, infact mostof the games have not been used and the inserts or little tokens have not evenbeen opened :)
http://www.forgottenrelics.co.nz/images/01.jpg
http://www.forgottenrelics.co.nz/images/02.jpg
http://www.forgottenrelics.co.nz/images/03.jpg
http://www.forgottenrelics.co.nz/images/04.jpg
This last one has the picture of the NR 12 board, aswell as some flyers, one of which is a chinese version, something i couldnt find any details about :O
djbeatmongrel
10-11-2003, 12:12 AM
god damn. that is probably the best find ever. congrats you lucky bastard X_x
RoboticParanoia
10-11-2003, 12:29 AM
*whistles*
omnedon
10-11-2003, 02:00 AM
my jaw has dropped!
I may be jealous, but am VERY pleased to see a find lke that made it's way into a collector's hands, who knows what it is!
AWESOME!!
Videogamerdaryll
10-11-2003, 04:36 AM
Very Sweet,,,,Congrats...
mrhaboobi
10-11-2003, 05:09 AM
Cheers Guys, im still stoked with the find, a system i never thought id ever see as it wasnt released here, so to find a complete collection in this condition blew my mind :) at the time i didnt know too much about it, but when i gothome and did some research i was very pleased with my purchase :)
That's got to be one of the best finds I have seen, and coming from and Odyssey fan, I just wish it had been me! :D
Damn nice stuff!
:O X_x @_@
Queen Of The Felines
10-11-2003, 10:41 AM
And somewhere in the middle of Arkansas, PDF is quietly making travel arrangements to New Zealand. :evil:
Those pics bring back memories...wish my folks didn't throw ours out. :(
Kristine
digitalpress
10-11-2003, 10:44 AM
That's awesome, Greg! Congrats to you. :rocker:
Sanriostar
10-11-2003, 12:06 PM
That's a real hat tipper. Everyone should be impressed!
Masco73
10-11-2003, 12:39 PM
:D :D Great find!!!! How much did it cost you??
Captain Wrong
10-11-2003, 12:53 PM
Those pics bring back memories...wish my folks didn't throw ours out. :(
Me too.
(I mean I wish my folks hadn't thrown ours out...welll...I wish your folks hadn't thrown yours out too...you get my meaning.)
I think every time people crab that all the good stuff has dissapeared from "the wild" this find should be displayed as a stunning example of the fact that, yeah, you can find stuff in the wild still, you just got to have a bit of luck.
Very nice find, enjoy that!
Kid Ice
10-11-2003, 06:09 PM
Wow! I don't collect that stuff, but I would start if I stumbled onto a lot that nice-looking. Congrats!
Mr. NEStalgia
10-11-2003, 06:54 PM
I don't know much about the Odyssey, but that's one impressive find!
Congrats man!
-=Mr. NEStalgia=-
mrhaboobi
10-11-2003, 07:35 PM
hey guys, thanks for all the good wishes..
For any of your guys that are big into odyssey, id be happy to try and take pictures of anything you want to see, as i said most stuff looks new or at least basically unused ( the game anyways ), the machine has been used and is a little dusty, but the games seem unused, might be a good time for some reference pictures, unfortunately i really didnt know much or anything about the odyssey before finding this gear, so i have a question on the overlays.
Whats the best way to store the overlays, do you keep them in the boxes with games? or take them out and keep them flat, they seem tobe very flexible, soi dont think they would crack, or is this something that may happen over time?
Ed Oscuro
10-11-2003, 07:40 PM
Most
awesome
find
ever.
:D
It's hard to find ANYthing from the 1970s that's not dusty, nasty, or covered with engine oil streaks at markets...I have no idea how that managed to survive in such good condition. All the same, I think I speak for everybody when I say HOLY COW, GOOD THING IT FOUND YOU.
It's nice to know that we're saving the past, piece by piece. :)