Anyone got non-game promotional gaming goodies?

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Anyone got in their collections things like shop display's or anything like that? I know a lot of people have things that you'd expect to find hanging up on a wall or ina window of a game shop to promote certain games or systems.

I also know a few people have actually got shelving and all sorts ripped straight out of game shops to add to that "Game shop" effect for their "Room of doom"


I was thinking about perhaps asking around certain stores for obsolete non-game promotional items that they would perhaps use to promote a game, and then simply ditch in the garbage. Things like point of sale units and maybe oversized cardboard cutouts and the like...

Anyone actually collect this sort of thing?


What about press packs? Anyone got any unique press packs from certain games that are very limited, and only given out to press and magazines to review the game?

[crisssybwoy]

I got a Dreamcast beach ball, Crazy Taxi 2 air (car) freshener and a capcom credit card holder. I dont collect this stuff, its just some stuff is cool 8-)

Oh yeah, and a nice JSR sticker for sale ;)

[McBacon]

Yea, my localish GameStation and very local GAME used to fill their bins with stuff. I've got:

*Huge Posters*

- Super Mario Sunshine
- Tony Hawks 4
- Gameboy Advance
- Theme Park World
- Gameboy Advance SP

*Big Boxes*

- Metroid Prime
- Mario Sunshine and Gamecube bundle

*Display Only Boxes*

- NES Classic GBA
- NES Classic Games

[WanganRunner]

I've got a couple bits here and there, I collect Playstation 2 launch goodies (those blue ponchos, shirts, bags, pens, blah blah blah).

What I really want to collect is store displays/kiosks, but I'm in a 1 bedroom apt with my gf right now, so no dice on anything that takes up too much space.

[Sylentwulf]

I've had the chance to get tons of them, but they just take up WAY too much space.

I had the old target PS2 Kiosk in perfect condition with space for 2 monitors, controllers, everything hooked up and working, I had to get rid of it, just too damn big, I kept all the artwork though.

[Queen Of The Felines]

Oooohhhhh yeah. I've got a ton of good stuff.

- Resident Evil Outbreak flashlight/tool kit

- Extermination first aid kit

- True Crime two-way radios

- Beyond Good & Evil disposable camera

- Red Baron II pocket watch

- Gun Texas Hold 'em poker set

- Conflict: Desert Storm 2 binoculars

- Star Fox Adventures DVD holder stand thing

- RTX Red Rock swiss army knife

and lots, lots more including about fifty "deluxe" boxed press kits.

Buyatari also has some great stuff, hopefully he'll see this thead. :)

Kristine

[Muscelli]

I have a ton of ps2 launch store window displays, as well as some other store window displays

[Cauterize]

- Resident Evil Outbreak flashlight/tool kit

Woooooo! Please can i see some photos of this? :) :)
Sounds awesome!

How was it distributed and how did you obtain it?

[GrayFox]

Sonic 2 Promotional Banner.

Need I say more?

[rbudrick]

I have bags and bags full of stuff like this from E3 shows back when I used to work for The Mushroom. Fun times indeed. I was one of those jerks carrying more free crap than I weighed. Midway had the best, strongest bags to carry stuff in every year.

-Rob

[Queen Of The Felines]

Woooooo! Please can i see some photos of this? :) :)

http://www.vgpresskits.com/REO1.jpg
http://www.vgpresskits.com/REO2.jpg

I honestly have no idea how it was distributed, I got it off ebay. :)

Kristine

[heybtbm]

When I worked at Target back in '96, we got these Nintendo 64 promo kits that consisted of:

N64 logo white T-shirt
N64 logo flashlight/keychain
N64 VHS promo tape
N64 "dogtag" w/chain
Various Nintendo stickers and promo materials.

We had 100+ of these kits that nobody wanted so we each took a few and dumped the rest. I still use one of the N64 T-shirts (which is now several rags) to polish my shoes.

Aaron.

[Promophile]

tooo.... many.... things! someday I'll catalogue it all.

[DonMarco]

T-shirts, posters, promo posters, pens, postcards... Stuffed animals, mini baseball bats, a Paper Mario and Quake III promo cardboard cut-out thing... And a few swag bags from two Tokyo Game Shows. That's about everything. I just can't bring myself to throw anything away.

[Damaramu]

I've got a Rival Schools standee, it's pretty big. This is the only pic I could find of one (thus not my pic) as mine is in my closet and I don't feel like whipping it out.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Damaramu/display_large_rival_schools1.jpg

[GaijinPunch]

I've got a TON of flyers. Probably 1000 or so, just sitting in my closet. Most of them you can see at my site in the flyer section (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~japangaming/flyer.php).

[dj898]

I collect game promo mug cups, mobile straps, neck straps while missus collect game related key rings...

between two of us we'd have about 50+ in total...
and then there are all the omake that I accumulated with 1st prints edition games over the years...

[Darren870]

Go to your local EB...

Look around at store displays, signs, glowing lights etc.
I have all that in and around my room.

I have over boxed 40 store displays sitting under my bed. Plus any single thing I can get my hand on.

[GamecubeFreek]

I've got a few large standees (most notably: Geist, Viewtiful Joe 2, and in a couple of weeks I will have Mario Superstar Baseball). I have some other promotional standees, mini size (mario v DK, Mario Kart DD, Yoshi Topsy Turvy, Wario Twisted, etc.). I also have a lot of wierd random items that I got from a lot of different locations. I learned a while back that if you get to know people in game stores, and prove to them just how psycho you are over gaming, they will usually go out of your way to give you stuff.

[diskoboy]

I have a few large dreamcast standees.

-Crazy Taxi 1 & 2
-Shenmue (I caught hell at the store I worked at because EVERYONE wanted this standee - but I called dibs.) :P
-NFL 2k1

-A promotional CD soundtrack for Jet Grind Radio.
-and a standee for Dark Cloud 1.

T-shirts for Grim Fandango (which has never been worn, but still looks like it's seen better days), Onimusha 1, and Myst Exile. I wear the myst t-shirt to this day. It looks pretty ratty. But the picture on the shirt is just so cool. :D

oh... and a leather keychain for the N64 version Crusin' Exotica.

[NESVIDIOT]

Yeah I think I have a couple of things that might qualify...... LOL

You can see most of it in my Room pics, see my sig

just being a smartass...

[NESVIDIOT]

GamecubeFreek said:
I've got a few large standees (most notably: Geist, Viewtiful Joe 2, and in a couple of weeks I will have Mario Superstar Baseball). I have some other promotional standees, mini size (mario v DK, Mario Kart DD, Yoshi Topsy Turvy, Wario Twisted, etc.). I also have a lot of wierd random items that I got from a lot of different locations.


Pictures man pictures!!!!
Get a Room of Doom going!! We need to see this stuff!! :D

[suckerpunch5]

I have a press pack for Metroid Prime 2: Echoes that is probably kind of rare. It consists of a folder with Samus on the front, a sealed copy of MP2, a couple papers saying how great the game is, and (get this) two Metroid Prime 2: Echoes cookies!

I still have the cookies. I wouldn't try to eat 'em, cause they're kinda old now. but, I thought they were neat, so I hung ont them. Can't be many of those out there.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v679/suckerpunch5/100_0578.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v679/suckerpunch5/100_0577.jpg

[Biff_McFresh]

A bunch of stuff that I've gotten from the last four years at E3.

[Darren870]

Here is a list of some of standees I know I have:

Super Mario Baseball
Call of Duty
Zelda : Windwaker
Pokemon
Indiana Jones
Splinter Cell
Fear
Unreal
Unreal 2
Wario Ware
Fear
Mario Tennis
Mario Golf
Metriod
Planetside
God of war
+ about 25 more I really can't remember.


Plus Numerous amounts of counter tops:
Zelda: A link to the past.
Dark Could 2
Zelda Windwaker
Metroid
Super Mario Sunshine
Starfox adventures

And all these EB signs, banners, posters, neon glowing signs.

[qbertandernie]

i have a mario sunshine standee, a d konga standee, some table top thing(mario v dk, mario tennis, pikmin 2), a big 'purchase yours today' ngage box with an ngage thing on a spring in the middle, an inflatable mario and an inflatable spyro, 15th anniversary megaman canvas thing(i think a lot of folks have these), pacman mugs, ashtray etc,

not really promo, but i also have a roll of atari service center stickers, the kind theyd stick on so you knew who to call for the next servicing...

im going to put my stuff in room of doom this weekend probably...ill put shots of all this crap up for anyone who cares to see it.

[qbertandernie]

i have a mario sunshine standee, a d konga standee, some table top things(mario v dk, mario tennis, pikmin 2), a big 'purchase yours today' ngage box with an ngage thing on a spring in the middle, an inflatable mario and an inflatable spyro, 15th anniversary megaman canvas thing(i think a lot of folks have these), pacman mugs, ashtray etc,

not really promo, but i also have a roll of atari service center stickers, the kind theyd stick on so you knew who to call for the next servicing...

im going to put my stuff in room of doom this weekend probably...ill put shots of all this crap up for anyone who cares to see it.

[qbertandernie]

i have a mario sunshine standee, a d konga standee, some table top things(mario v dk, mario tennis, pikmin 2), a big 'purchase yours today' ngage box with an ngage thing on a spring in the middle, an inflatable mario and an inflatable spyro, 15th anniversary megaman canvas thing(i think a lot of folks have these), pacman mugs, ashtray etc,

not really promo, but i also have a roll of atari service center stickers, the kind theyd stick on so you knew who to call for the next servicing...

im going to put my stuff in room of doom this weekend probably...ill put shots of all this crap up for anyone who cares to see it.

the metroid cookies are the coolest things ever! wish i had some...

[Slate]

I'll list what i remember:

Donkey Konga 2 Display
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Display (Yes, the rotating one!)
F-Zero GP Legend Display
Halo 2 Poster
Kirby And The Amazing Mirror Display
Mario Golf: Advance Tour Display
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Bonus Set Display
Mario Party 6 Display (Mario has come unglued on this one :( )
Mario Pinball Display(s) - One looks like a mini pinball machine, the other is like a Big GBA Box.
Mario VS. Donkey Kong Display
Mechassult 2: Lone Wolf Display
Metal Gear 3: Snake Eater Display (I think that is what it is called - It isn't constructed yet)
Metroid: Zero Mission Display
Pikmin 2 Display
Viewtiful Joe 2 Display (Not Constructed)
Warioware Touched Display (One side has wario's moustache)
Yoshi: Topsy-Turvy Display (Moves back and forth like a rocking chair)

I have MORE displays, but they are still in their original shipping boxes, So i don't know what they are!

[den68]

I've got a few small things. a couple that are pretty cool are my War of the Monsters Viewmaster:

http://www.quikey-c.com/den1/elements/wom_viewmaster.jpg

and this puppet. I don't know how it was distributed, I found it at a Salvation Army.

http://www.quikey-c.com/den1/elements/lunar_puppet.jpg

I've also got a 2-sided hanging sign for Zelda II, Adventures of Link. I got that when I used to work at Kay-Bee. I used to have a standee of Mike Tyson for Punchout. I tossd that after his rape conviction.

[NESVIDIOT]

qbertandernie said:
im going to put my stuff in room of doom this weekend probably...ill put shots of all this crap up for anyone who cares to see it.



Now that's what I'm talking about! PICTURES! YAY!
:-P

C'mon you guys- lets see a whole new mad throng of Room of Doom pics. I know I'm not the only one who loves to look at other collections, I know it makes Joe happy to see new collections- it is a tribute to what he has built here ;)

[Darren870]

All my standees are in there boxes.

I also have this VERY COOL nintendo "WHO ARE YOU?" Floor mat where it has all these nintendo characters on it.

I'll have to take a picture next time I go home.

My room of doom can be found here:

http://students.rwu.edu/dfrickel920/Collectiion/collection.htm

However you can't see any of the promo items as alot of them are in boxes and stuff for when I get a bigger room to fit them all.

But its all there...mostly under the bed :P