Whats your fav/most valuable collectable?

[NESVIDIOT]

We all have our favorite or most valuable video games and systems, but what do you hold most dear to your heart when it comes to the video game inspired collectables that you shell out the bucks for? What "toys" do you value the most in your collection?
I look around my room of doom and hold many of the trinkets that I've accumulated in high regard, but I can't really say what I place the most value on. I'd like to hear about yours, and what makes it so special to you. :D

[Videogamerdaryll]

Pretty much my Big Red Neo Geo Cab....That's #1

[NESVIDIOT]

From the pics I see, I really like that VirtualBoy display unit. The Neo Geo cab is beautiful, is it a store display unit or an arcade machine. If it's an arcade machine, what would you say is your most valued collectable- not including games or actual systems/arcades.

[Promophile]

Probally my favorite. My most valuable is probally my prototype gamecube controller.

http://img192.exs.cx/img192/1699/poster8nk.jpg[/img]

[NESVIDIOT]

That is a beautiful promo poster! How did you get it? How long have you owned it? Did it cost you a lot or was it a sweet steal that had you bursting inside with joy until you got it out of the store?
Not a poster I even remember seeing at the launch of Earthbound.

[NESVIDIOT]

Hey Promophile, do you have any pics of your prototype GC controller?

[Promophile]

I got the poster for like 60 dollars off Ebay. I got it for cheap because the other guy bid like 250 on a Chrono Trigger poster. It was like maybe 5 months ago, a Ebay selling partner was selling a huge lot of video game posters that someone had decided to sell.

Heres a pic of the controller.


http://img178.exs.cx/img178/6789/controller2fr.jpg

[NESVIDIOT]

Ok, so whats the story with that controller? I love Nintendo product, and thats another piece I've never seen!
Collectables will always be just that... COLLECTABLE.
Nice stuff!

[Sothy]

I have a pimpin Prototype Gamecube controller too.

Check this shizzle!

http://img176.exs.cx/img176/9564/keyboard3rb.jpg

[Iron Draggon]

I guess right now it's my unopened MegaDrive Encyclopedia. I still want to get another one so I can open one, but until I have two I am not opening the one that I have. So that makes it very special to me because ordinarily I open everything that I get as soon as I get it. But for some reason I just can't bring myself to open it until I have more than one. It just seems like the kind of thing that you should keep unopened, or at least keep an extra unopened copy of. It only cost me $50 plus shipping, but I'm hoping that someday it will be worth mega bucks. They were selling on ebay for $100 or more during Christmastime. So I am definitely going to keep one unopened.

[suznjak]

my tv.47" widescreen hidef
yamaha 6.1 surround receiver.
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[NESVIDIOT]

Sothy, I like the swiss army knife attachments on that- what games are they most useable on?? LOL
Unopened is always so intrigueing- you want to look, but you don't want to open it- the torture is almost unbearable. You had better get a 2nd encyclopedia!! ;)
I've been collecting Nintendo toys from Japan lately- UFO catcher stuff etc and have had my eye on the Club Nintendo stuff too. I've heard that they were bring out the Club Nintendo stuff in North America soon.... BUT WHEN???
I miss the old "Nintendo Power Supplies" mag supplement that came with Nintendo Power- all the cool stuff they had always keep me interested! and buying!!

[Iron Draggon]

Unopened is always so intrigueing- you want to look, but you don't want to open it- the torture is almost unbearable. You had better get a 2nd encyclopedia!! ;)

LOL Tell me about it! It's driving me NUTS! I wanna rip that sucker open and check out all the contents so freakin' bad, and I've had it for almost 3 months now! I have to keep it hidden from myself so I don't see it. I am definitely getting another one ASAP, so I can finally open one and look inside it. This is worse than waiting for Christmas to finally come, so I can open my presents! I hear that it's a really nice book too, I'm dying to see all the old screenshots.

[maxlords]

My FAVORITE gaming collectible is probably my framed Sylphia print ad from Japan, closely followed by the framed Shin Megami Tensei one.

Other than those...I don't know. I have a lot of that kind of stuff.

[Videogamerdaryll]

From the pics I see, I really like that VirtualBoy display unit. The Neo Geo cab is beautiful, is it a store display unit or an arcade machine. If it's an arcade machine, what would you say is your most valued collectable- not including games or actual systems/arcades.

Thanks.. :-P
The VB is store display unit ..

I have to say..it sits pretty high in value to me..your right.
I actually have it in on the top if my console shelf now..in the center,like a big trophy. :D
It's playable from there too..

[GrayFox]

I really don't know what my favorite item is. It's a tough question.

But, one of my favorites is my Sonic 2 promotional banner from like 1992. I love that thing so much.

[Cryomancer]

Probably the only thing I have that meets at the crossroads of cool / pseudo-valuable is my Vectrex. I saved it from the rain outside goodwill I did. And I've told that story like 500 times.

[Ed Oscuro]

I don't have a permanent favorite (though my boxed, basically brand-new Contra The Hard Corps import copy comes to mind immediately whenever I read such a topic...not my most expensive game but one of them! Samurai Spirits IV AES would probably be my game worth the most $$$).

Right now my item of the day is the Henry Explorers (Crypt Killer) OST, by Konami/Konami Kukeiha Club - there's some really good music in there, just what you'd expect from the KKC! I hope to OGGify some of it and release it to the forum sometime.

[ASSEMblerEX]

Probably my one of a kind art and awards from ACCLAIM, My prototype games for famicom, dreamcast, pc engine, virtual boy, N64, and GBA.My Panasonic M2, SNES CD dev kit, and all my other dev kits (for virtual boy, snes, megadrive, 32x, saturn, gamegear, gameboy,gameboy color, advance, n64, 64DD, 3do, master system, Dreamcast, Dolphin-gamecube). One of my favorites is my limited FF7 sculpture I got in Japan.

http://videogamecollectors.com/albums/ASSEMbler-s-devkit/4_G.jpg

http://videogamecollectors.com/albums/ASSEMbler-s-devkit/m2coming.jpg

http://videogamecollectors.com/albums/ASSEMbler-s-devkit/FF7.sized.jpg

[NESVIDIOT]

ASSEMblerEX that art from Acclaim is really cool I think considering that Acclaim has been having a pretty tough run of it the last few years. If they went out of business :( then it would be even more valuable from a collectable stand point!!

Not including games or systems guys- what posters, toys, store displays etc are your most fav or valuable too you. It doesn't have to be what you spent the most money on- value is in the eyes of the beholder.

Some of the things I love the most in my collection are keys chains ,stuffies and figurines. I got this cool UFO catcher toy (plushie of Mario holding a bucket- a promo type toy from the S FAM game Mario and Wario, which I have too) I won it on E-bay (along with a Baby Mario keychain from Yoshi's Island) both with original tags on from the early-middle 90's. I value them pretty high- non replaceable to me(well pretty difficult at that) I've never seen them in any other collections .

[NESVIDIOT]

Ed- soundtracks definately qualify!! some go quite high on ebay! I've been looking for some of the Nintendo music collections- always seem to go for high dollars on ebay- I saw a Paper Mario soundtrack cd go well over 100$ a while ago on ebay...

[jdc]

I don't really have anything that would go for huge bux........but I'd never get rid of my complete mint set of Gamer's Republic magazines or my sealed NFL 94 Genesis 2 gift set. Or dumb small things like my copy of Shining Force or my gold Ocarina Of Time.

[importaku]

Hmmmm, probably one of my most treasured bits of merchandise is my japanese super mario world motorized maze ball game.

I had been after one for over 10 years, but i eventually tracked one down as they are incredably rare nowdays. It usually sits protected behind glass in my display cabinet.

Noisy but lots of fun. :D

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/importaku/importakus%20collection/mario%20ball%20game/mario%20pic.JPG

[NESVIDIOT]

importaku I absolutely LOVE that thing!!!!!! Did you win that on ebay not too long ago?? If so I was going to bid on it too but ended up away.
If would fit in sooooooo well in my room!
I would also love the Mario Hat you have! and your Mario Golf playset( i also saw this on ebay, no money at the time)
If you EVER get sick of them........... :D
I would love to find the "Mario Blocks" from Japan too.

[AFGiant]

I've got this Legend of Zelda belt buckle that my babysitter gave me back when I was like 5. I always thought it was the coolest. (it still is :D )
It has link ond the front with the old-skool triforce behind him, with the tiny words 'The Legend of' and then a huge "ZELDA"
I've never been able to find any info on it, but it's pretty valuable to me.

[NintendoMan]

My most valuable is probably my near new Nintendo Playchoice 10 Countertop.
My most prized is my sealed GOLD copy of Zelda - NES. Or my WORLD OF NINTENDO neon sign.

[NESVIDIOT]

Got Any pics of that World of Nintendo sign to post here NintendoMan?
That is a COOL collectable.
I really love my Sonic lighted sign, and my Super Nintendo store front sign.
both can be seen in my R.o.D.
I just added another pic of the sonic sign lit up

[importaku]

importaku I absolutely LOVE that thing!!!!!! Did you win that on ebay not too long ago?? If so I was going to bid on it too but ended up away.
If would fit in sooooooo well in my room!
I would also love the Mario Hat you have! and your Mario Golf playset( i also saw this on ebay, no money at the time)
If you EVER get sick of them........... :D
I would love to find the "Mario Blocks" from Japan too.

Ii didn't win my mario toy off ebay. I saw that auction too, but i never expected to see one on ebay. For once when they said it was rare they really were correct hahaha. In the end one of my friends won it, trust me you'll be glad you didnt get it. When my friend recieved it some of the pieces were missing and a lot of the stickers were peeling or badly damaged, suffice to say he wasn't pleased.

I found mine via my friend in japan i was pestering him about them and then one day i spotted it on yahoo auctions japan, then a few days later i spotted another. After 10 years searching i had found 2 of the things what were the odds. No more have since sufaced on yahoo. So i asked my friend to place bids on them both fully expecting to have to fight to win them due to their rarity, but luckily nobody bid. so i won 2 a used one and the other one was fully sealed it had never been played with at all i was totally freaking out when i saw it.

Heres some more pics just for you, this is of the totally new one. :D

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/importaku/mbal1r.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/importaku/mbal2r.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/importaku/mbal3r.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/importaku/mbal4r.jpg

[Lord Contaminous]

Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (Turbo Duo, especially with the spine card)

Street Fighter II Comic Book from 1994. I'll scan it later if I ever get a chance.

[Emily]

Probably the only thing I have that meets at the crossroads of cool / pseudo-valuable is my Vectrex. I saved it from the rain outside goodwill I did. And I've told that story like 500 times.

Yeah same here. I love my vectrex. :-P

[D_N_G]

lol @ sothy

[NESVIDIOT]

Out of all the cool collectables you all have discussed here I think importaku takes the cake! (mostly because of my love of Nintendo 8-) ) I have looked at all the pics and rooms and I've seen a lot of really cool toys and trinkets.
I'd love to see more pics of rare collectables that I've never seen before.
Keep'em coming! :D