Wow, I haven't said this yet on DP, but...
This thread is chock-full of stupid!
First of all, for all you that think it's
exactly the same as a faked sticker, let me ask you this: Do you think the paper would have a distinct makeup? In other words, couldn't one test it chemically against a copy of Strider with a sticker, and confirm it wan't made on my PC? Yes, it would be expensive. So is VGA grading. So is... the damn game to begin with! Once it hit this price, verification is soon to follow. If I dropped a G on it, I'd take it to a lab for confirmation.
Next, there will
never be a sealed copy turn up. They pulled the shrink to add the sticker. You
mayfind one with the little blue SEGA sticker on the edge, but that don't prove it's sealed. No sticker games with shrink, in my experience.
And as for the semi-popular "why pay all that money for a sticker?" this thread keeps seeing, ummm... DURP?
You guys have a SNES? Why, when you can get an emulator for almost nothing? Bragging rights? For the fancy plastic housing? How about wanting a game for 2 different consoles, like SFII? Isn't that just
dumb?!? Why buy a heavy sixer for a couple bills when an atari flashback costs 20 bucks? Hell, why buy a heavy sixer, period? For a
sticker that says 'Made in Sunnyvale'?
If a collector wants to complete a
US-release SMS set, he needs the f*cking Sonic!
Methinks lots of sticker envy is on this thread