The King of Collectors: Full Playstation 2 NTSC Library Sealed

[Xtincthed]

Not nearly as much as what he probably paid to accumulate it.

actually I thought that too, but as the text says he paid $300 for Moto GP and that was by far the most expensive one.. so the games that go for big bucks now were all picked up pretty cheap

[Bojay1997]

actually I thought that too, but as the text says he paid $300 for Moto GP and that was by far the most expensive one.. so the games that go for big bucks now were all picked up pretty cheap

Yes, but if you look at one of his other answers, he says he got 95% of the games for either a discount or around what they were released for. Given that probably 95%+ of the PS2 library goes for less than 1/3 of what it was released for, he probably spent many times more than what the entire collection is currently worth to accumulate it.

[savageone]

Well, that is amazing and all but I think he is going to have to sell all that if he wants a decent Neo Geo AES collection.

[The 1 2 P]

Thinking about all those sealed yearly sports games in his collection is headache inducing. If he ever decides to sell his collection he won't even be able to give those away.

[Smashed Brother]

actually I thought that too, but as the text says he paid $300 for Moto GP and that was by far the most expensive one.. so the games that go for big bucks now were all picked up pretty cheap

I thought it was Wizardry that he paid $300 for? Very impressive, but still, sealed collecting is masturbation no matter how you justify it.

I don't know who's crazier: this guy, or Adol?

[Aussie2B]

Boy, some people have more money than they know what to do with. It only takes him four years to get a full, sealed PS2 library (is it full NTSC? I don't see Japanese games), and he immediately starts a US AES set and is only shy two already? All by 23 years old? Crazy. Talk about the silver spoon. Kudos to him for meeting his collecting goals, but a huge, sealed collection like that is just a massive waste of both money and space in my book. I'd be more impressed by an average Joe without bottomless pockets slowly piecing together a full set over many years, one which he plays and loves.

[Bojay1997]

Boy, some people have more money than they know what to do with. It only takes him four years to get a full, sealed PS2 library (is it full NTSC? I don't see Japanese games), and he immediately starts a US AES set and is only shy two already? All by 23 years old? Crazy. Talk about the silver spoon. Kudos to him for meeting his collecting goals, but a huge, sealed collection like that is just a massive waste of both money and space in my book. I'd be more impressed by an average Joe without bottomless pockets slowly piecing together a full set over many years, one which he plays and loves.

I agree with you. It's impressive that he has the collection, but assuming virtually unlimited financial resources, there is almost nothing on the PS2 that is so rare that you couldn't get it with a little bit of waiting for Ebay, Amazon, etc...I actually think I am within 100 or so sealed PS2 games of a complete US set right now, but I don't think I will ever pick up the annual sports games and a few edutainment titles for small kids to finish it off just because I don't care enough. I also picked up most of the games when they hit $20 or less, but it was within the regular retail window, so it's not really all that impressive, especially when you consider I still spent well over $20K over the years for a collection that is worth far less than what I paid (not that I would ever sell it).

The Neo Geo collection is actually more impressive in my opinion just because some things very rarely show up and when they do, it's almost always in private transactions and not on Ebay or even Neo-Geo.com. Still, you're right that hearing stories of people who have put together entire sets without a lot of money or in some cases Ebay is really neat and those are the stories that I like reading.

[portnoyd]

Boy, some people have more money than they know what to do with. It only takes him four years to get a full, sealed PS2 library (is it full NTSC? I don't see Japanese games), and he immediately starts a US AES set and is only shy two already? All by 23 years old? Crazy. Talk about the silver spoon. Kudos to him for meeting his collecting goals, but a huge, sealed collection like that is just a massive waste of both money and space in my book. I'd be more impressed by an average Joe without bottomless pockets slowly piecing together a full set over many years, one which he plays and loves.

Just because you have money doesn't mean you are smart with your money. Also, I agree with this post. This moneybags should talk to the moneybags on NA who has two complete in box GG collections. Together, they can forge an even more meaningless collecting goal and waste even more money.

[Gameguy]

Nevermind the complete PS2 collection, what about some of the other stuff in his collection?

When you have a collection as vast as yours, there are probably dozens of items in your collection that would qualify high in anyone’s “favorite items” list. So now I wonder which ones you pick out of all those amazing items.
Well actually picking a top 5 is not that hard for me:
1. Uncharted Fortune Hunter Editions [Playstation 3] (of which I have two copies)
2. Elemental Gearbolt Assassin’s case [Playstation 1]
3. Last Hope [Neo Geo AES]
4. Magical Chase [Turbo Grafix]
5. Minestorm 2 Cart [Vectrex]

How much are those worth now? They're all pretty rare, each one is basically considered a grail. How someone can get all this stuff so quickly just boggles the mind.

[Aussie2B]

They're all pretty rare, each one is basically considered a grail. How someone can get all this stuff so quickly just boggles the mind.

I'm guessing the bad economy is working in his favor. When you got average collectors willing to part with their grails if they can get enough out of them and a guy ready to throw his cash into the wind and spend whatever it takes, it's probably not that hard to get even the rarest of items.

[chrisballer]

I have not looked at the interview yet,but I must be missing something. There is a lot of hate in this thread.

[Emuaust]

Just because you have money doesn't mean you are smart with your money. Also, I agree with this post. This moneybags should talk to the moneybags on NA who has two complete in box GG collections. Together, they can forge an even more meaningless collecting goal and waste even more money.

I would rather have a full PS2 set(sealed is stupid) then a CIB Nes set anyday, takes all kinds I suppose.

While this guy seems to have too much money and probably doesn't super appreciate what he has I am nearly half way on a PAL PS2 set and Im dirt poor...

[Porksta]

He says he only collects the first release with the white logo? Were there other releases, or does he just mean black label?

[jonebone]

lol @ all the hate in this thread. So what if he has money, he's still a collector.

Now if he just slapped $100k down in someone's face and bought their entire PS2 collection, then you'd have a point. But he pieced it together game by game just as many of us collectors do.

When talking about the last game he needed, he even says:

"The first Moto GP. It was an early release title and I had never seen one sealed. I literally looked through thousands and thousands of games every day on EBay to find one."

Someone looking through thousands of games in a day obviously has a love for the hobby, no matter how much money. If he was such a filthy rich snob as you guys make it seem, he'd pay someone else hundreds of dollars to search for him and land the deal.

Seriously, the jealousy in this thread is disgusting.

[Oobgarm]

Boy, some people have more money than they know what to do with. Kudos to him for meeting his collecting goals, but a huge, sealed collection like that is just a massive waste of both money and space in my book. I'd be more impressed by an average Joe without bottomless pockets slowly piecing together a full set over many years, one which he plays and loves.

QFT. I love the PS2, but I find this crazy. Maybe 1/10th of the games on the system will be looked at as "good buys" later on down the road, especially sealed, but the rest will likely be "just more old common crap".

And the sheer number of dupes I saw was kinda sickening. 13 copies of the GH version of Crazy Taxi? WHY??? No one needs 5 sealed copies of NCAA Football 2002. NOBODY. Showing off piles of dupes just screams of arrogance to me. And this is the kind of arrogance that was simply bought with piles of money.

Anything can be achieved if you throw enough money at it.

[Parodius Duh!]

its not like collecting sealed NES or other vintage stuff either, Im sure quite a few super nerds have put away sealed copies of "what might be rare" just to hock on ebay in a few years. You'll see.