Quote Originally Posted by Garry Silljo View Post
Wow, I had no idea Bucky had gotten so expensive. I got mine many years ago for maybe $10.

I've spent more than I wanted on a few different carts. I think the worst I spent (on NES) was $60 for a cart only Godzilla 2. What is really dumb is I don't even like the game. It's ass compared to the first game which I do like.

I'm not going to say I won't spend that much on a game again. I know I will, and more. However I've recently re-evaluated my collection and collecting habits and I'm only going to pay big bucks for good games I want to play. I was going for a complete set but I just can't bring myself to pay the moeny for Action 52, the trio of porn games, or Staduim Events which I technically already own under a different name. I have over 700 games now on 2 custom made shelves that were made to hold a complete collection. The bigger shelf holds 480 and I decided I'm going to fill that with what I consider the best and purge the rest, putting the earnings to a few expensive carts I still want (Little Samson ... OUCH!). Long Story short I've got a Godzilla 2 to sell or trade.
I used to feel that way through trades, but I can't and won't do it anymore. I've permanently written off Aerofighters on SNES and Little Samson on the NES due to how far things have fallen. In the last couple of years i've sold off a couple hundred games, more if you include rare pick ups at stores/flea markets that were lowly marked too. I'm like you, keeping the good I will use, and dropping the dead weight. It has an amazing benefit. The last purge I did more than half of last year got me into this new high tier gaming laptop I ordered back in December. The time I've put into it alone, and not just with online chit chat garbage has been more in time and $ value than the goodies (and crap) I put out to pasture. It's really worth it just getting away from how things have become. And like you I even went last year and got this big media shelf for games and movies. As it stands now 20% of it has games on the shelves themselves, and probably 1/2 are legos I got back into as they're fun and stress relieving. The rest is empty or has misc things on it and it doesn't bother me one bit.