What's everyone's take on this? Would you consider hard case rentals collectable or junk? It's a grey area for me, and are these given/bought from the companies like Nintendo, Atari etc?
I think most, if not all, Virtual Boy collectors would agree with me that hard rental cases for the Virtual Boy are very collectible. A lot of people, even gamers who don't consider themselves to be collectors, try to get the standard Blockbuster hard cases for their Virtual Boys, since it is a great and attractive way to store and preserve the Virtual Boy and several games when it is not in use, and the collectors also try to get the TravelMaster hard case for their collections, which serves the same purpose but is extremely rare.
http://www.assemblergames.com/forum...Import-Virtual-Boy-amp-Games&highlight=rental Here's a rental posted not too long ago. Subsequently put on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/230911889932?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
I guess I posted that because it was relevant, but yeah... that didn't contribute much. Hah! I see how they could seem over-hyped, but considering the silly stuff people collect these days I'm of the opinion that they're very interesting. I'll admit, however, that this could have something to do with nostalgia... I tried so hard to get my parents to rent systems we didn't already own, back in the day.
I guess so, just wondering though, if these systems are given to Blockbuster by say Nintendo, Atari, Sony to help advertise...
While I can't be certain for every system for the most part video chains just purchased normal systems and bought the cases from their distributors so the systems themselves are not very special. The cases also tend to be universal (usually fit most systems for the generation they were made for) so while useful they aren't real special either. The only exception I can think of to this rule are the Tsutaya Dreamcasts that Sega rented in Japan. That is the only time I can remember a console maker producing a console package for rental.
