Felix's BIG announcement!

[felix]

After months and months and months of thought, I have finally payed off my bills and got enough money saved up to start my OFFICIAL collection! I have decided to go to MY roots and start collecting sealed/complete NES games. I have made about 20 bids on ebay today alone and look forward to seeing what happens and starting my first WTB list!

I actually sold my ps2 and all my games in order to fund my first batch of games and I cant wait to get my hands on some of my old favs.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Good Luck on your collecting....

[Yago]

At least you have your priorities straight. Bills when they catch up to you can really bring you down. Good job and good luck!

[Nesmaster]

guess that beats starting a collection with bills, then having to sell the collection to pay said bills. congrats :)

[THATinkjar]

Were you an Off-Topic kinda guy prior to this big annoucement, Felix?

Where does your collection stand at the moment in terms of numbers?

[kainemaxwell]

Good job paying off those evil bills and good luckw ith the collection! Going after anything else besides NES games?

[felix]

Were you an Off-Topic kinda guy prior to this big annoucement, Felix?

Where does your collection stand at the moment in terms of numbers?

EDITED because my post was WAY too big.

I have never collected console games before. I have spent some time collecting classic sealed pc games (pentium era) but have lost interest. There is a market out there for pc wares but its not as mainstream as collecting cosole games.

YES I was an off topic junkie for a while but I have wondered into the video games section a few times.

I wanted to start collecting something new.. something that really meant something to me and I think I have found it with NES/SNES games. I want my collection to be something great to look at so I have decided to go with factory sealed games (this will also limit the amount I can spend, so I dont buy 100s of loose games in bulk and end up blowing my entire paycheck). I can limit myself to 1 or 2 games a paycheck and also have a good cap on how much I spend, seeing that I can afford about $50-100 a paycheck. Also after being here for a couple of months, I have made a few good friends and have really had fun in this community. There is a lot of support here and always a friendly person around to help out when needed. This place is ideal for starting my ideal collection.


ADDED: About 10 years ago, I sold my nes and all of my games to my cousin for $30. I think he still has it tucked away in a box somewhere and I will gladly buy it back from him for $50 (if he doesnt just give it to me). This will start me off with an nes system, 2 controllers, a lightgun and about 30 loose games.

[THATinkjar]

Thanks for the reply, Felix. It is nice to know your background a little more!

Goodluck with your new style of collecting - I hope you enjoy yourself!

If you ever want to rid yourself of those PC games... ;)

[felix]

Just an update,

I purchased my first complete nes game for my collection and i am officially on my way to being a real collector :) . It is one of my favorites from my childhood. I got Codename: Viper for $3.99 and $4.00 shipping.

WHOOHOO!

[-hellvin-]

congrats and good luck

[Lothars]

hey good luck welcome to collecting side, im sure you will have tons of fun

[Daria]

Just an update,

I purchased my first complete nes game for my collection and i am officially on my way to being a real collector :) . It is one of my favorites from my childhood. I got Codename: Viper for $3.99 and $4.00 shipping.

WHOOHOO!

Oooh! Good choice! I love that game. (:

[suppafly]

I thought your big announcement was going to be something like finding an unreleased game and dumping it :p

[Sothy]

Thats cool man but honestly if yer going back to roots....
.. when I was a kid begging for a NES game Wasnt giving a shit about the cellophane.

[Alucard]

Good luck on getting your collection back together.