Quote Originally Posted by portnoyd View Post
Because of the mentality that people have, you included by your post, they are not regarded as rare as others. Since you do not see them as valuable, you do not want to pay more for them. It's a Catch-22. You don't think they're rare, so you don't want to give them proper value. And since they don't have proper value, you can't regard them as rare. It doesn't mean they're not.

As much research that I've done over the years, I can say that yes, they are definitely up there. Since I stand no chance of turning the NA tide, no one will regard them differently so as they are, they stay.
Color a Dino and Kid Klown perhaps, but not Race America. Race America is simply uncommon. I would agree that Color a Dino / Kid Klown are potentially undervalued as they can both be a bitch to obtain, but demand just isn't there.

Hype definitely goes a long way in pricing, but that's the nature of the beast. Overhyped games can command more in value than sleepers which are rare but cheap. However, NES is pretty mature now and everyone has a good idea about what's what. Completionist collectors would have driven their prices up a bit if they realized "Hey, I haven't found this game for months and months, maybe I need to pay more to obtain it." That just simply hasn't happened.