What items made only in the 80s/90s/2000s do you think will be the most collectible in the future?

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2/22/2013 3:45:43 PM

Old school video games like NES and Atari

2/22/2013 3:48:46 PM

NES/SNES games, especially RPGs have a ton of value in the used market right now.

2/22/2013 3:55:14 PM

Reggie Bars
Video Games
Ecto Cooler

2/22/2013 4:35:04 PM

I know one thing, it isn't mid to late 80s and early 90s baseball cards. They're worth much less now than what I spent on them then.

2/22/2013 4:46:45 PM

i dunno why old video games would be so collectible when you can just download them all and use an emulator

2/22/2013 4:57:51 PM

don't know. but if you have a copy of Chrono Trigger or Earthbound you could make a quick $50 or $80-100 respectively

2/22/2013 5:02:30 PM

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"I know one thing, it isn't mid to late 80s and early 90s baseball cards. They're worth much less now than what I spent on them then."

Ain't that the truth. I remember when Jose Canseco rookie cards were going for around $100, back when he was lighting it up with the A's. Not worth the paper they're printed on anymore.

2/22/2013 5:22:21 PM

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"don't know. but if you have a copy of Chrono Trigger or Earthbound you could make a quick $50 or $80-100 respectively"

Chrono Trigger was 70 bucks in 1995. Black Lotus it is not. Granted looking on Ebay, it looks like you lowballed your estimate. I see a bid of 150 for a 100% complete (all the boxes, inserts, etc). And like 100 for just the cart.

2/22/2013 6:07:34 PM

I was thinking those America Online diskettes/cds with interesting graphics / tin cases might some day be collectible. I started collecting them as a kid when they came in the mail. Maybe in the next 20-30 years?

2/22/2013 6:07:50 PM

As a general rule, the things not meant to be collected are the most valuable, then you get into condition, rarity, etc. Pretty simple concept, really...

2/22/2013 6:40:11 PM

^^lol, we just threw one of those out helping my buddy move into his new house last weekend. 1000 free hours.

2/22/2013 6:50:54 PM

Beanie Babies


Please let Beanie Babies be the most valuable collectible ever. I have over 100 Beanie Babies with the tags on sitting in my parent's attic

2/22/2013 7:08:43 PM

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"i dunno why old video games would be so collectible when you can just download them all and use an emulator"

Some people just collect them as a hobby. It's not an issue of actually playing the game so much as having the original packaging, cart, etc.

2/22/2013 7:11:08 PM

Jodie Sweetin

A smart investor would have bought that during her meth phase.

2/22/2013 8:15:52 PM

I'd like to have every GI Joe and Star Wars toys I had as a kid in the original package. But most of the action figures ended up limbless, blown to pieces or filled with BB holes. Lol

2/22/2013 8:48:22 PM

^a very good example as to why what I said was true. Most people didn't just leave those things in their packages. They bought them for the kids to play with, hence, not meant to be collected. The toy market has changed drastically though, and it's controlled/flooded by people who don't understand the simple concepts of collectible items.

Whoever mentioned Beanie Babies, you're a casualty of this. Beanie Babies, with the exception of an elite rare few, will continue to decline to worthlessness.

2/22/2013 9:01:34 PM

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"i dunno why old video games would be so collectible when you can just download them all and use an emulator"

its the experience, loading the disc/cartridge, booting up the console, feeling the controller, its a huge part of a childhood/adolescent past experience that people want to share with people in the future

2/22/2013 9:45:31 PM

Target brand shit...if Target were to go belly-up.

2/22/2013 10:49:25 PM

^^i guess i just dont get it...repeated blowing into an NES cartridge and reloading it a few times before you finally get it to work might be a childhood memory, but I'd be content with loading Super Mario Bros in the emulator and getting my nostalgia factor on from hearing the opening music of "deh neh neh, duh neh NEH, nuh" as i started playing level 1-1

2/23/2013 12:53:07 AM

Tecmo Super Bowl is way more fun with a controller than using Z, X, and arrow keys.

2/23/2013 1:06:10 AM

most old console games are more fun with a controller

but you can get a programmable USB gamepad which pretty much solves that problem

I played a shitload of old NES emulated games a few years ago with one when I had to send my 360 off to Micro$oft for a couple weeks for repairs

2/23/2013 1:09:35 AM

^^True. Maybe some day some genius will invent a way to use a controller with a computer! Until that magical day....

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2/23/2013 1:10:33 AM

This is going to sound stupid, and it probably is: it never occurred to me that people make USB NES controllers.

2/23/2013 1:15:41 AM

my USB controller has either 4 or 6 buttons, can't remember

but you only use 2 for NES games, its not really that much different than using an actual NES controller

2/23/2013 1:22:40 AM

I was picturing something like the old Gravis Gamepad, and then realized I'd be disappointed playing an NES game that way.

Sure enough, Google turns up a USB gamepad that looks and functions exactly like an NES controller.

2/23/2013 1:29:57 AM

I had a Ms Pac-Man upright, then flipped it. Kinda wish I still had it, but it needed a lot of work done.

random thoughts.

2/23/2013 1:59:59 AM

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"i guess i just dont get it...repeated blowing into an NES cartridge and reloading it a few times before you finally get it to work might be a childhood memory, but I'd be content with loading Super Mario Bros in the emulator and getting my nostalgia factor on from hearing the opening music of "deh neh neh, duh neh NEH, nuh" as i started playing level 1-1"

You either get a new 72pin adapter, a top loader NES, or a clone and no more shitty "blow on the cart" problems.

Also, a lot of the better games on SNES (and a few NES titles) either don't really work on emulators, or just don't play the same.

I will say emulators do have SO much better video quality though.

2/23/2013 6:02:35 AM

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"i dunno why old video games would be so collectible when you can just download them all and use an emulator"

I know that in the (non-tool-assisted) speedrunning community, you need to use the actual cartridge on the actual console for your record to count (official means of emulation like Virtual Console may also qualify).

2/23/2013 3:14:10 PM

I have a rather large collection of He-Man action, and I have a small hope that a He-Man movie will come out one day so I can sell them.

2/23/2013 3:33:43 PM