So here's my second post (I figure that I really don't have the knowledge to say anything other than "Yeah, that's cool" or something to that effect if I was going to reply to anything, so I've been keeping quiet and just trying to learn from what others are writing). Anyway, here's a part of my collection: mostly the displays I've accumulated from working at a toy store, a couple from eBay, and a couple other random things. Nothing anywhere near as impressive as what I've seen in these forums, but I've gotta start somewhere. The Nintendo Power Previews machine, in case I want to know what games were coming out in 99. Very small Game Boy Color Display Playstation Debugging Unit on an old PS advertising stand Sega Saturn display with a couple of Dreamcasts inside... Playstation display with a PS2 and a couple of almost worn out DDR pads Giant Game Boy Display Some old "World of Nintendo" signs Punch-Out and a Playchoice 10 Some Famicom disks - I have no idea what most of them are, and my famicom disk system doesn't work These are the systems actually hooked up to my TV right now. That's about it. If I ever have the time or room to organize any of my games or consoles, I'll try to take pictures, but I figured this might be some of the more fun stuff anyway.
Thats cool stuff man. I use to have one of those world of Nintendo signs from an old movie place...It's in storage now though. Is that a blue dreamcast I see or is it just funky lighting? And btw....how the crap do people aquire those display kiosks??
Holy crap. Awesome collection! I remember the Nintendo Previews machine. They use to have one at Toys R Us. I also thought about getting a Playchoice 10 once too, but didn't because the price rose extremely high.
Thanks a lot. I really love the world of nintendo stuff for some reason. I guess it just reminds of going to the video game aisle of toy stores in the eighties when Nintendo pretty much owned the aisle. That's just bad lighting for the dreamcast. There's an American and Japanese Dreamcast in there, but they're both the basic models. I think the US one doesn't work anymore, now that I think about it... And I got most of those kiosk from working at Toys R Us (pretty cheap, too). I think I got one from eBay and the Saturn display from another video game store in town that was closing.
Thanks! I think those two were about $100 a piece, and since they came with the systems and TV's (and the N64 had a couple of demo carts with it), I was pretty happy to buy them. The Super Nintendo and Game Boy Pocket Displays were even cheaper, about $30 each if I remember right. By the way, Nintendo hooked me up very nicely, too. I called their retailer support line because I didn't have keys for any of the systems, the N64 was missing the first N at the top of the display, the Nintendo Power Previews machine didn't have a VCD to show the new games and the game boy pocket had a broken control pad. Even though they were all older displays (especially the Game Boy), they sent me new parts for everything (including a brand new game boy pocket with the modification so it could attach to the display with the demovision thing inside).
Toys R Us was pretty good about the pricing. I got the blue playstation from them for $20, and traded a TV/VCR that was about the same size as the one on the display for the Nintendo previews thing. I miss that job sometimes...
Don't feel you collection isn't impressive just because you don't have shelves full of games you don't play - I'd much rather have those kiosk units over shelves full of games ny day of the week, though in an ideal world I'd have both hehe. I had forgotten how cool the N64 pods looked - used to see them in Woolworths and the Trafford centre years ago, maybe I should track 1 down hehe
Man, i forgot what that stuff looked like. Awesome, just awesome. Though that SNES one needs a new system in there hehe
You know whats really wierd? When I was in like 1rst grade, when my gramma was in the army, there was this thing (christmas party I think) at the unit up in Montana, and I remember this Supere Nintendo with that color with a funky cartridge thing sticking out of it and wires and stuff and it was connected to a wierd steel batalion style controller and tv moniter and I guess it was a tank simulator.....I still haven't been able to find info on what exactly I saw....maybe just a heavily modded snes. I dunno.
Impressive collection of displays you have! Sega Saturn, Giant Gameboy and N64 are great. A good work of preservation too considering that many stores take apart them.
