Ground Zero's collection (*updated*)

Yes, that's a Sega of Europe release.

 

Amazing collection you have! Well done on compiling that :smt023

 

Update: Added a picture of my clear Seaman Edition Dreamcast and wrote a little info text for LE model.

 

Updated
Added picture of the rare D-Direct "pearl pink" Dreamcast and took a shot of my now complete D-Direct Color Edition Dreamcast series.
There aren't many / if any other collectors with a complete + mint color edition series.

 

There wer actually two unused Pearl's on YJ last week. Blue & Pink. THought about bidding, but went against it. Last thing I need is another console in a box.

 

I saw the pearl pink just one day after i bought mine. The pink one on Yahoo had a damaged box - not very desirable for a really rare console.

The pearl pink DC is the only REALLY rare console of the color collection. The blue one is just uncommon, black and silver one easy to get.

 

You got numbers on the print runs? I'm pretty sure the Pink & Blue are the same... released same time, etc. By that time they came out though I was definitely not into console collecting... not that I really am now.

 

>>You got numbers on the print runs? I'm pretty sure the Pink & Blue are the same...
>>released same time, etc.
Print nums don't appear to run sequentially. I have two blue pearl DCs and they vary by 2000325 between them. My pink pearl is no where near the blue ones either. Might be different production lines had batches of nums and hence parallel production lines would generate different tho parallel sets of nums (although a given line might be sequential) - if you know what I mean.

 

You could only guess limitation of the Color Edition consoles - Sega gave out no numbers.

From my experience the pearl pink DC is one of the rarest LE Dreamcasts overall. I even saw Crystal Seaman DC's (500 pieces) twice as often as pearl pink. I guess there were 200-500 pieces made.

Pearl blue DC is not that rare - you'll spot at least 5x more pearl blue DC's than pearl pink.

 

Been watching a while... I've seen 2 blues, 1 pink, and I think 2 silvers. Then again, I only watch one place. I also think due to the novelty (and time it was released) the Crystal Seamen went into some hands of not so hardcore collectors whereas the other colors did. You had to go pretty far out of your way to get any other LE DC.

 

It might as well be possible that nearly all pearl pink DC's went into hands of japanese women.
If jap. women are into collecting consoles like european women are in collecting shoes it is indeed a special day if you are able to sight a pearl pink DC.

 

Which dreamcast models are considered to be the rarest?
Is it possible to make a list from the rarest to the less rare?

I know it has already been asked many times before but a clear list would help for sure.

 

I think pearl blue & pink are the same, lot of japanese retaillers buy them for the same price.
For the "sega of europe" L.E., its not for all europe, never heard about in France, Spain... Any proof of the contest/donation anywhere out of germany or nl ?
Only the sonic seems to be for "all" europe due to the (official) contest ?

 

@Ter: It's impossible to make a complete list because there were so many LE mini-releases in Japan, e.g. in Famitsu contests.

If it comes up to the more "common" limited edition Dreamcasts the jap. Top 3 are: Custom 78 (78+1 pc.), blue Biohazard S.T.A.R.S. (200+1 pc.) and Mazora (people talk about 500 pc.- i think it's much rarer).
The only real 100% PAL collectors console is the Sonic 10th. anniversary edition DC, signed by Yuji Naka (50 pc.).

@akumajo: I didn't even know if every one of these airbrush consoles got a release as prize of a contest. I may also be that they just found their way out of Sega departments somehow.
It may be possible that they were just used by Sega of Germany.

Forget about NL. There's a guy from the netherlands who has a Resident Evil - Code Veronica DC which is fake. At least it's not made by T.Rachu and it looks kind of shit compared to the one made by T.Rachu!

 

If we narrow the topic to the jap limited edition cs,from what I gathered mazora,custom 78 and stars as you explained are the most wanted ones.
Now,it would be very interesting for me to know at least some guidelines about the prices.
If the mazora is the rarest,how much is the fair amount to pay to get one?1000 euros,2000 euros or more?
And how much for DC stars(blue) or custom78 or patners?

Infact,I would like to get informed about right market values for these very cool machines.

Also,I heard about a signed mazora..is it the rarest of them all or the rarest are the patners dcs(since from what I have read in the past it seems that the custom78 is not always the rarest dc...)

 

Collectors prices for mint consoles are approx. 1500.- Euro for a Mazora, 1400.- Euro for a STARS and 1750.- Euro for a Custom 78.

A signed Mazora will probably cost you a little bit more than 1500.- Euro.

I'm not sure about the Partners. I've seen more Mazoras, Customs and STARS than Partners DC but some high-level collectors claim it's not that extremely rare. I don't know a price because i never sold one and never got the option to buy one from a collector.

If you're lucky to get one in japan it's much cheaper - you'll get non-mint consoles there for 50-75% of that prices.

Of course there are rarer DC's like the golden Pro Yakyuu Team Edition Dreamcast.
A reliable source once offered me one of those for 7000.- Euro - it's limited to 5 pc.
One of those prototype Mazoras would also be a GREAT collectors item.

 

Thanks a lot for the very helpful reply.


I used to read that mazora is more rare even then custom 78 and that sounded weird to me but maybe it is because it was first le made and very charming model.

Also,what is in detail a signed mazora?
Is it the rarest of the "normal"LE dcs,even more than custom like I have read?

 

First time I see the toyota one.
Where did you get it?

 

@Ter: There were definately less Custom DC's made than Mazora LE.
However the Custom DC looks plain shit compared to a Mazora - that's why it switches hands much more often and thus is less harder to find than a Mazora DC.
A signed/normal Mazora is not rarer but harder to get than a Custom 78.

Mazora DC is said to be limited to 500pc. and below 200pc. should be signed by (i don't know for sure) "Yu Suzuki"(?) at a motorace event in Japan.

@cyberguile: Toyota DC's were sold in stores of Toyota only. It's not really a limited edition but as it became very hard to find a unit that still bears the yellow sticker it's something special and rare. I got it in Japan - for 1000 Yen.