$300 for a Tiger LCD game?!?

[norkusa]

Can anyone that collects LCD handhelds explain why this is worth so much? I've sold a few Tiger LCD games before and they usually only go for $10-$20 loose and maybe double that if they're new & sealed. Was this a special mail-order only offer from Life cereal or something?

http://tinyurl.com/bkynx5

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

It must be something special since someone has another one with a BIN of $399.

JY

[norkusa]

It must be something special since someone has another one with a BIN of $399.

JY

I think they priced it at $399 because they saw this one sell for $306. It was just listed today too.

Must have been some special mail-away Life promo like Chase The Chuckwaggon. Unless there's an underground group of hardcore Inspector Gadget collectors that get in bidding wars over stuff like this.

[NE146]

Some discussion about it here.. I guess it looks like it's Inspector Gadget fans that are wanting it.

http://handheldmuseum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1245

And the admin Rik posted this quote from a bidder: "
"Hello Rik---I have been collecting Inspector Gadget for a long time, that was the only time I had ever seen this game actually up for sale, I'm sorry to have been outbid---It was a premium only offered by sending away for it through a Life cereal box offer"

Being that it was a cereal offer, that would make them rare. Finding a sealed one would be even harder I imagine, since if you are going to take the time to order one, you probably want to play with it. "