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Huge Console Auction Debuts
neura writes "In quite possibly the largest console auction ever, someone is selling just about every development kit and production game console ever made in Japan. They also have listed tons (almost literally) of software to go along with the systems. Anybody ever seen the original Super Famicom development system? The pictures alone are worth taking a gander. :)"
Let's get this out of the way:
1) This guy is the most dedicated console collector the world has ever seen!
2) This guy is the most fucked up collector the world has ever seen!
3) Imagine a Beowulf Cluster made out of them...
4) (Obligatory MS dig for the white Xbox at the end)
5) (Obligatory all you base belong to us joke)
6) Sure, but don't they support Ogg!
7) In Soviet Russia, the consoles buy you!
8) I have an Atari 2600, you insensitive clod!
9) Let's get this out of the way
10) ???
11) Not Profit!
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And just think... if only 3 people ever play it, it will have been the most successful 3DO game in the console's entire history!!!
HIGH BIDDER HAVE TO HELP FOR SHIPMENT & PAY ALL SHIPPING FEE, DUE TO ALL ITEMS MIGHT OVER 100KGs !!! HIGH BIDDER MAY HAVE TO PAY SOME THOUSAND US$ FOR SHIPMENT
:)
that's gonna be one hell of a shipping cost. it may be cheaper to rent a ship and go to hong kong to pick it up yourself
i guess if you are willing to pay 100k it may not be a big deal.
Marge, get me your address book, 4 beers, and my conversation hat.
"..INTERNATIONAL BONK TO BANK TRANSFER.."
I wish my bank offered Bonking services - maybe I wouldn't moan about their monthly fees if they did.
A dream is good. A plan is better.
Nice. Just a few more university japanese courses so I can read the development manuals, a couple (or 80) grand to hustle up before the auction ends, and my ultimate goal of porting Mary-Kate & Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall to every system ever made can be realized.
Imagine there'd be a geek with money. I know, that's very rare, but still... Wouldn't that said geek with money be interested to know there's another geek w/o money but with a ton of geek stuff waiting to be sold? There's your /. story.
/. for helping keeping the money in the family.
Thank you
Bitten Apples are still better than dirty Windows...
Hell at $100,000.00 US this is quite a bargain. ;)
I mean the Hello Kitty LE Dreamcast alone is worth it's weight in Gold. But with the N64 Pikachi-orange Limited Edition!?!?!?!?!
Ohhhhhh Man!
There's no group of people (no matter how small) that isn't represented somehow on Slashdot.
Something tells me the Amish are not represented here.
It's pretty obvious why he's selling all of that. He must be getting married and the bride-to-be said "you can either play with SEGA, or play with me, your choice"
"Um, Dad... can I borrow $100,000?"
" WHAT?! "
"...plus shipping..."
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for sega."
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Sure, once I receive the funds, I'll be sure to send you all the P-P-Playstations and X-X-X-Boxes.
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Sweet mother of god, he really does have a Pippin! Several of them! In fact, he probably owns every Pippin ever made, given that no one actually bought one.
For a collection that large, I'd spend $100K any day.
So would I. That's probably why we don't have it.
The ______ Agenda
The dude is selling this for $100,000 starting price. That's pretty insane. Unless you're a store wanting to resell this in a 3rd world country (even then, it'll be hard), you're not going to make your money back.
Maybe the guy just got married and his wife told him to get rid of all that electronics shit. So he comes up with a plan: auction it all off on ebay in one lump but with a huge starting bid. If no one buys it then he can go back to his wife and say no one would buy it. But if someone does bid on it, hey, $100000 is a pretty nice chunk of change.
" But if someone does bid on it, hey, $100000 is a pretty nice chunk of change."
He has all this stuff and he found a wife? Are ya sure he's not trying to sell it so he can rent one?
"Derp de derp."
My name is Wan Dev Kit, son of Wong Dev Kit, Hong Kong's foremost exporter of video game systems and utilities. Following the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong, my father disappeared and his bank account has been frozen by the state. This has caused great hardship to my family who have been unable to access his account.
However, there exists a loophole in the law which allows foreign companies to remove existing stock from Hong Kong following the takeover. To this end I am seeking a discreet, reliable foreign partner to provide the sum of $100,000 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS U.S.) in transfer fees which will allow my father's company to operate outside Chinese control. In return, you will be richly rewarded by the Dev Kit Electronics Company.
THank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Wan Dev Kit