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dreamcaster
02-18-2003, 10:03 PM
I'd have to say that the most obscure thing (gaming related) I own is a large plastic shopping bag with the Atari logo printed on it, and their slogan below.

What's your's?

samuraiX
02-18-2003, 10:14 PM
Well... lets see...
QBert serving tray
set of 6 new Pac Man magic motion mugs
Pac Man phone in box

just snagged this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3008903525&category=187

hmm...
have lots and lots and lots of promo items, standees, display boxes and a few signs!

Raccoon Lad
02-18-2003, 10:23 PM
I have a Dragon's Lair lunch box.

Six Switch
02-18-2003, 10:26 PM
A clay Pac-Man I made in art class last year. :D ;)

dreamcaster
02-18-2003, 10:30 PM
Oh yeah, I forgot about our Super Mario lunch boxes. We've got about 3 or 4...

EnemyZero
02-18-2003, 10:37 PM
ummm probably the Mario bobble head i have on my desk

lostsage
02-18-2003, 10:42 PM
a pac man wind up toy that looks like it came from McD's or something like that. ridge racer 4 sign from KB Toys. and a controller for ackrinoid (or something like that, it's a paddle controller for the NES for that blockout-like game)

nesman85
02-18-2003, 10:56 PM
i've got a turok evolution promotional raptor claw in a wooden crate. i used to have a walkman thing called the cassette boy that looked like a game boy, but i traded that away.

scooterb23
02-18-2003, 11:37 PM
I don't have a lot of non-gaming memorabilia...

I have DP to thank for these...

A plastic Playstation bag
A Zapper (? I think that was the name) the Cricket "clicker"
A Shinobi Ninja Star...I still like to throw it at my sister when she's sleeping...

and the Funco in Port Huron Michigan gave me a Stuntman standee...

ubersaurus
02-19-2003, 12:15 AM
Mario lunchbox, maril wallpaper, mario crane game toy, empty mario pop cans, a felt mario on a stick from Mario on Ice, a mario light switch cover, Legend of Zelda action stand thingies, Mario ladder game, Sonic board game, stuffed Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, stuffed Sonic with a Sonic & Knuckles tshirt, a stuffed Chao, another stuffed mario with removable hat, about 13 mario VHS tapes, 1 zelda one, and 2 sonic ones, as well as the battletoads VHS tape.

Man I'm sweet.

WiseSalesman
02-19-2003, 12:28 AM
Didn't we just do this very recently? Oh well...it's still either my FFIX/Bouncer bardboard standup or my Kirby plush.

maxlords
02-19-2003, 12:29 AM
Hmmmmmmmm....

the oddest one I have is probably a giant Super Mario Bros. 2 beer mug...holds almost 2 liters, and it's heavy glass.

Other honorable mentions include wall sticker skinless dogs from Resident Evil 2, some really bad Captain N comics, a 5' Samus from Metroid Prime, promotional FFVII poster and cardboard standee, a cloth Shadow Madness map, and my treasured Ghaleon punching puppet from Lunar!

y-bot
02-19-2003, 12:44 AM
I have at least 100 different Pac-Man items but the most obscure thing I have had is a pair of Nintendo prescription eyeglasses. I don't have them anymore though.

y-bot

briskbc
02-19-2003, 01:38 AM
I've got a Pac Man light switch cover from 1980. I wish I knew where it was.

Cheese
02-19-2003, 02:00 AM
I have a Final Fantasy 7 trailer... on 35mm film. It was ment for theaters and I havbe no way of ever watching it.

CrazyImpmon
02-19-2003, 02:45 AM
I used to have a large store display board (about 3' by 4') that had a number of Pac Man air refresher. I should have a picture of them somewhere. I traded it away to someone in Bowling Green (OH) for a load of rare Atari games.

deadtech
02-19-2003, 03:36 AM
Probably the most obscure gaming item I have is a plastic shell for a small TV that says "SEGA" on the bottom front. It was thrown out by a department store that was getting rid of thier Genesis demo kiosk. Sadly, this was the only part I could find in their dumpster.

-deadtech

sniperCCJVQ
02-19-2003, 05:40 AM
Pacman shooter glass

Mayhem
02-19-2003, 05:47 AM
Maybe not obscure but definitely one-offish... the Spectrum 48k that Jeff Minter used to code Llamasoft games for that format :)

jhd7
02-19-2003, 08:14 AM
Super Mario 2 cake pan. 35 minutes to bake, 2 hours to decorate.

autobotracing
02-19-2003, 09:00 AM
I have at least 100 different Pac-Man items but the most obscure thing I have had is a pair of Nintendo prescription eyeglasses. I don't have them anymore though.

y-bot


I have the painting still I got from your g/f so thats the most obscure thing I have

Alex Kidd
02-19-2003, 09:29 AM
Something NOT really a GAMING item, but RELATED.

While diggin thru my cousins old toys I found this simple bowling game where the pins were hinged onto the lane, and you didn't ROLL the ball down it, the ball had legs and you wound it up, and hope he walked straight enough to knock down the pins properly
Kinda like tho old vibrato football games...

But anyway, the windup bowling ball looks JUST like a Bob-Omb from Super Mario Bros 2, so I added a little fuse to the tope of him and he's my one-of-a-kind Bob-Omb toy!

Alex Kidd

christianscott27
02-19-2003, 09:33 AM
my playchoice 10 mini marquees are pretty uncommon, i have a big robot tank store poster and a "ms pac man- golden maze" pint glass.
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y-bot
02-19-2003, 11:18 AM
@autobotracing-I have a couple of videogame paintings my girlfriend has made as well. My favorite is an Intellivision controller, a heart, & an Atari joystick.

@Alex Kidd-That would be Tomy Strollin' Bowling. I used to have a pretty good collection of Tomy white-knob windups at one time. Right now I have Bumblin' Boxing & Goof Around Golf which are similar to the bowling game you described. I'm taking them along with tons of other crap to sell at the Portland Comic Book show this Sunday.

y-bot

gamergary
02-19-2003, 11:54 AM
I have a crash bandicoot plush and i had a waverace visor but i gave that to portnoyd.

FABombjoy
02-19-2003, 12:40 PM
I still have my reply letter from Namco Hometek telling me that I was in the top 20 finalists for a beta tester position. The letter & envelope are dated 1/30/92. Sadly, I never made it beyond the final 20.

I used to have, but somehow lost, my letter from Sega of Japan congratulating me on finding the hidden Space Harrier contest. That's the one that I wish I still had.

Buyatari
02-19-2003, 01:02 PM
Man I have a TON of these promotional items. They actually take up a seperate room in our house.

These are some of the nicest or the largest. Most are full sized.

7 Foot tall mario hollow Mario Figure
GTA 3 - engraved baseball bat
State of Emergency- police riot stick
Max Payne- oversized Shotgun shells
Spyro - Cystral Ball paperweight
Red Faction II - General's hat
Ico - Birdcage
Jak and daxter - Zen garden
Skies of Arcadia - wooden sword
Rune - Battle Axe
Shinobi - small letter-opener sword in a wooden locked box wrapped in red silk
Devil may Cry - Decantur
Onimusha - Chi set in wooden box
Toe Jam and Earl - Space age CD boombox radio
NFL Blitz - fullsized helmet
Star Fox - "Competetion held here" store banner

Some of the strangest
NCAA 2k3 - Nike football cleat
Sega Bass Fishing - Fish in a newspaper
Nba Shootout - Build a player kit ( box with socks, wristbands headband etc )
Incredible Crisis - Emergency kit ( some first aid items along with a condom ? )

LOTS and lots of Soundtracks, Hats , Stickers , Fuzzy Dice, Bookbags & Dog Tags

These I do NOT have but am looking for them
Resident Evil - Head in a Jar ( close to full size )
GTA Vice City - Rubics Cube
GTA Vice City - coke mirror

samuraiX
02-19-2003, 02:24 PM
Damn... where the hell do you get stuff like that? I have heard of some of them but I haven't seen any, or maybe just one of the items you listed.

curiosity...

Buyatari
02-19-2003, 09:18 PM
None if it was sent to me because of the store (I haven't given up yet) but belive me I have a TON. I really need to find away to display it somehow its all boxed up right now.

I paid for all of it. Some off ebay some in private sales. I do know alot of people in the industry and that helps.

Adam

Charlie
02-21-2003, 06:00 AM
-Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Nintendo Cereal Systems cereal boxes. No, the food isn't in there.
-Dragon's Lair... uh... scratch off games I guess they're called. Six cards, all unscratched.
-Sealed box of Nintendo sticker book stickers.
-Dragon's Lair pulltabs. Tabs pulled, sadly.
-Joust 2 promotional flyer.
-Joust Pinball machine. Unworking, but still pretty, and still worth a ton.
-Kings of the Beach beach towel. I got it at a garage sale... saw the Ultra logo and was like "what the fuck?"

To the guy with the beer stien... I've got a bar in my basement now (ironic since my depression medication prevents me from drinking), and I'm trying to get some really nice looking beer steins/mugs, and since the bar shares the basement with my arcade, I think it's really neat. Is there anyway I can get that off you?

BTW, something I was say. I'm a cronic pack-rat. Story goes like this: When I was like nine, my Aunt Dorothy (not really an aunt, just an old lady whom my mom took care of) came down with Althimzers (or however you spell it) and my mom found out that she was the execetor of her estate. Dorothy didn't have any money so my mom had to sell her house. This old three story house that was right next door to the house that was used as Ally Sheedy's home in Short Circuit was a major disaster. Seriously, she had like 20 cats, and had packed that place so tight with stuff that there was no room to walk. She never threw anything away. She had Time and Life magizines stacked as high as she could reach, like 20 piles of them. She had newspapers from when Kennedy was shot, she had figurings, baseball cards, buttons... just pretty... boring stuff for a kid. But some of it was so valuable that it was able to take care of her for one year. Even at nine, I was like... wow, if I save my shit up like this, my kids will be set for life.

So I never threw anything away as a kid. Pissed my parents off a tad, but now I've got so much stuff that's worth a ton of money. And the ironic thing is my wife can't have kids, just like Dorothy. LOL, god giveth and god taketh away. BTW, Dorothy died two years ago. She was 99 years old.

samuraiX
02-21-2003, 10:36 AM
Heh, found a couple more oddballs:
Legendary Axe II coffee mug woot!
sealed box of those Nintendo cards
lots of promo videos for upcoming games, mainly N64 games, a few others though too

brandver3
02-21-2003, 01:18 PM
My Racoon City Police Badge is my most obscure. Man i love that thing.

MankeyMan
02-21-2003, 05:07 PM
I have a promotional PS2 T-shirt. It's very badly made.

Atariguy
02-22-2003, 10:30 AM
I have:
Frogger 2 promotional sponge
Punch Out!! trash bin
Virtual Boy 3d light thingy
Pac-Man bead spread
Pac-Man ice skates
Mario, Street Fighter 2, and Pac Man luch boxes
Vectrex store display stand
a shelf full of Mario PVC figurines
many video game board games
a fuzzy Pac-Man poster
various other posters, stickers, action figures, etc.

madden821
02-22-2003, 04:13 PM
I would have to say my Yar's Revenge album. I have no idea how it sounds since I don't have a record player to try it out on, but its kind of cool anyway.

slapdash
02-24-2003, 12:33 PM
These I do NOT have but am looking for them
Resident Evil - Head in a Jar ( close to full size )
GTA Vice City - Rubics Cube
GTA Vice City - coke mirror

I'd love to have that Rubik's Cube myself!