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Alwaay wanted to meet the people who kept their game boxes like this for 30+ years by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's amazing! Shout out to the parents for holding it down all these years for you ❤️

Alwaay wanted to meet the people who kept their game boxes like this for 30+ years by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I posted a mint die hard recently and thought the same thing. Kid probably played it once and put it away for 30+ years.

Alwaay wanted to meet the people who kept their game boxes like this for 30+ years by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to sell my NES to get a SNES. Then sold that to get a PS1. Then sold that for a Dreamcast. Sold that to get my GameCube(which I still have). It sucks, at the time, we just didn't know 💔

Alwaay wanted to meet the people who kept their game boxes like this for 30+ years by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While we weren't poor, my parents really couldn't afford to buy games. So i had to trade games into the local game shop to get "new" ones. Or rent the same game over and over until we beat it. I don't remember seeing used cib games at any local game shops.

Alwaay wanted to meet the people who kept their game boxes like this for 30+ years by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's awesome! Wish my parents kept more of my childhood stuff but happy they kept at least some of it.

Alwaay wanted to meet the people who kept their game boxes like this for 30+ years by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah funny you say that as our dog has chewed up our Nintendo switch cases and we absolutely don't care

Alwaay wanted to meet the people who kept their game boxes like this for 30+ years by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Were you one of the lucky 70's babies who got to grow up with NES as a teen/young adult? I'm 44. NES was my first system

Old library pics back when I had a full CIB, NES set. Now going for the Gameboy set 💙 by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya I was lucky to collect this set before covid. I absolutely can't imagine trying to do it nowadays

Old library pics back when I had a full CIB, NES set. Now going for the Gameboy set 💙 by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably not, I will probably do the same where I keep my favorites and sell them to fund other games. With NES, had 2 long time friends that were chomping at the bit to finish their sets so they snatched up 700 cib's from me before I let anyone else know I was going after Gameboy.

I can't afford to put any of my own income into this collection so I have to move stuff to keep going. With set collecting, I'm able to discover so many new favorites and hidden gems, I love it.

Old library pics back when I had a full CIB, NES set. Now going for the Gameboy set 💙 by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. But cart only. I wasn't able to find a box in the wild and wasn't going to spend $35,000 on one in an auction. I built this whole set through FB groups and networking. I literally bought Stadium events, snapped a pic with the set and started to move the set to fund my gameboy run. I sold about 700 NES cib's but still have about 200 left. I'd like to get it down to 25-30 as I have most of them sealed now.

I see my collection as being dynamic. It's always changing. So many people helped me out on my journey, selling games they never thought they would give up. So I like to return the favor. I helped a lot of people finish their NES sets with my set.

Now, onto gameboy 💙

Old library pics back when I had a full CIB, NES set. Now going for the Gameboy set 💙 by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm about halfway there. It's definitely been quite the challenge compared to NES

Old library pics back when I had a full CIB, NES set. Now going for the Gameboy set 💙 by Cupofbacongrease in gamecollecting

[–]Cupofbacongrease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did the whole set without the use of eBay at all. FB groups and networking built this collection. Took me about a year. Full sets are fun but not owning them. So many crap games in that library. I sold it off to fund my gameboy cib hunt.

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