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I would gladly pay you in October

for the SNES today!

I'm a retro-gaming junkie, but I don't have any money!!

(Kimbo, Mon 7 Apr 2003, 19:51, archived)

Sort of Apropos to that

My son had $20 from his Grandfather and we went to spend it yesterday. We were kind of surprised to find an old-style transformer (but new) that I figured couldn't be more than $15 (but couldn't find actual price), took it to the counter to find out it was $34 as a collector's "re-issue" of a "Classic" transformer. It's still fucking plastic, isn't it? It's brand new - not an original, isn't it? Ridiculous.

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Artamnesia, Mon 7 Apr 2003, 19:55, archived)

Collectors

would be more interested in the FIRST issue, surely?

All this "new collectable" crap is pointless...

I'd love the SNES too, but I wouldn't pay more than $50 for it even with all those games - I believe "overpriced" is the right word.

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JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 7 Apr 2003, 19:58, archived)

buy one of the new

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38579&item=3016472229&rd=1

gp32's/

they do all the snes emus and play movies and other assorted loveliness - just got mine today.

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Alfie, Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:08, archived)

My brother's got one

but they don't actually take full-sized carts, or come with full-sized controllers, or allow you and all your mates to cluster around the screen (easily) yelling advice at the player(s) - so it's cool, but just not the same. :-D

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JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:19, archived)

Y'see, my brain saw transformer

and thought "Power Supply Unit" - you know, like 240v AC > 9v DC. "34 quid?" I thought "Perhaps it's from a +3"
Sometimes I worry.

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helmetcream, Mon 7 Apr 2003, 19:59, archived)

I guess I should have capitolized the "T"

StarScream!

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Artamnesia, Mon 7 Apr 2003, 20:12, archived)