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Tatsujin
04-30-2010, 10:17 AM
ultimate rare!!! the KID's Station 6 pack complete set.
Now to be seen at super potato in akihabara:
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9881/kyukyokurarepce.jpg
Go on then I'll bite.... what is this?
Tatsujin
05-01-2010, 08:57 AM
There was no price tag yet. I guess they do only sell it upon request, and that would mean sure for at least like $5000+ or so. Or they keep it on "not for sale" for while, to push the hype about it.
It's probably the first time, the full 6 pack set is gathered together.
Regarding the software itself, it's kinda education soft for kids.
next time I wil ask if it is supposed to sell or not.
alphagamer
05-01-2010, 03:33 PM
I see... never heard of the stuff, interesting!
ASSEMbler
05-01-2010, 11:46 PM
Makes you wonder which sucker sold it to them.
alphagamer
05-02-2010, 03:58 AM
Makes you wonder which sucker sold it to them.
"We can't give you more than 500 Yen for those..."
Jamtex
05-02-2010, 05:18 AM
There is collecting and there is collecting... "Yes the pinnicle of my collection are these Japanese kiddies education software titles on the PC Engine Super CD-ROM"... It would be less embarassing to say "Yes, I do stand on the edge of the train platform and take train numbers, once I saw the 7.47 Advance rapid commuter special from Glasgow to Birmingham central, the GNR761".
Thibaut
05-02-2010, 08:12 AM
Missing all spin card.
Were they hibaihins or commercially released games?
Thibaut
05-02-2010, 10:36 AM
They are commercial games with spin card and the TenKeyPad 10.
ASSEMbler
05-02-2010, 12:50 PM
Don't you know? The most boring and terrible software always becomes the most rare as no one bought it.
SuperPlay
05-02-2010, 02:29 PM
$5000+ .... Looks like I will never own a complete set of super CD titles ;-)
hl718
05-03-2010, 07:51 PM
Owning this is like owning a t-shirt that says "Hi. I'm never getting laid and I know it."
heh
-hl718
alphagamer
05-04-2010, 03:02 AM
Owning this is like owning a t-shirt that says "Hi. I'm never getting laid and I know it."
heh
-hl718
Hmm.... no.
Someone who has enough dough to drop $5000 on those is attractive, no matter what. As we all know, money is the most effective aphrodisiac there is.
If it's a commercially released game, how come this one has never (?) appeared before? Usually the extremely rare stuff like gold/silver carts, prices or sealed hibaihins all get together at Potato/Mandarake... how come a "regular" game is so hard to get hold of? And 'hard' means "no price tag" here... O_o
ASSEMbler
05-04-2010, 11:27 AM
You probably had to mail away for them or something like that.
Like Circus Lido & Akiyama-jin? Then why did it take super potato so long to get hold of them ^^
Thibaut
05-04-2010, 02:29 PM
And also the 8 volumes of Active Life Network.
andoba
05-04-2010, 02:52 PM
Don't you know? The most boring and terrible software always becomes the most rare as no one bought it.
This. I've gotta start getting some crap PS2 games to finance my retirment.
alecjahn
05-04-2010, 08:39 PM
Do they always display the spine card on the spine? I know a lot of people store them flat inside the manual.
Does anyone own any of these?
Owning this is like owning a t-shirt that says "Hi. I'm never getting laid and I know it."
heh
-hl718
Wait, you're saying you wouldn't have full sex with whoever buys these?
Druid II
05-05-2010, 03:54 AM
Don't you know? The most boring and terrible software always becomes the most rare as no one bought it.
This is so annoyingly true.
alphagamer
05-05-2010, 04:33 AM
This is so annoyingly true.
Be grateful that you can get the quality games for next to nothing.
Do they always display the spine card on the spine? I know a lot of people store them flat inside the manual.
In Japanese stores they are always displayed if they are included.
Thibaut
05-07-2010, 03:02 AM
The review (in french) is online : http://nekofan.free.fr/
Tatsujin
05-07-2010, 05:26 AM
In Japanese stores they are always displayed if they are included.
Not 100% true. Games in Hard Off or Book Off sometimes tend to hide the spine inside the case. Always a nice surprise when you open it at home :)
As for those Kid's Station collection, it still could be the case, that they keep the spines inside the jewel case, since putting back the spines to where they belong is always a little bit risky, because each time you have to bend them for-and backward once. So regarding the high price and high rarity level, it might not be the best idea, since one of those spines probably are more worth than a mint-cib dracula x.
Yakumo
05-07-2010, 06:35 AM
Not 100% true. Games in Hard Off or Book Off sometimes tend to hide the spine inside the case. Always a nice surprise when you open it at home :)Yes, this is very true. When I go game shopping in Manga Soko I'm always looking down the clear part of the CD case to see if there's a spine card in there. People must think I'm mad, :lol:
Yakumo
Tatsujin
05-07-2010, 10:10 AM
OBI HANTÂ YAKUMO:lol:
Zomby
05-12-2010, 10:20 AM
What exactly is so special on it ?
Tatsujin
05-12-2010, 10:33 AM
Beside its rareness, probably not that much.
Zomby
05-12-2010, 05:32 PM
Why become such uninteresting games so expansive ?
alphagamer
05-12-2010, 05:36 PM
Why become such uninteresting games so expansive ?
You have the answer right there (and a few posts up): Nobody buys uninteresting games -> they become rare -> they become expensive :nod:
Shadowlayer
05-19-2010, 03:41 PM
There is collecting and there is collecting...
Indeed, apart from a few holy grails that have appeared through the years (betas of popular games, unreleased stuff like Starfox2 and Sonic Xtreme) and others that are yet to be discovered, the rest is composed of weird and mostly uninteresting games which its only virtue is to just be rare, to exist in very small quantities.
Don't you know? The most boring and terrible software always becomes the most rare as no one bought it.
Quoted for Truth:nod:
Well, I don't think quality really matters when the price is in the thousands. It's all about owning rare pieces of gaming history and most people won't even take those games out of their boxes more than once due to its value.
No need bashing bad hibaihin's here, or maybe it's just a question of aims in collecting. If I had the money to spare, I'd definitely go for hibaihins of which only a handful exist and that cost 5000$.
Now the games that are actually fun to play can mostly be had for 20-150$, go figure... :)
Shadowlayer
05-19-2010, 05:14 PM
My point is that for a game to be a part of history it had to be relevant in some aspect, to really made a footprint in the genre.
A bad game nobody bought doesnt qualify as collectible to me, is like those guys dying over tossed test recordings from bands, even if its just a cassette full of farts sounds.
I see your point, but I still do disagree. I still think it's fun to collect very rare, dull items. I don't own much of them, but the ones I own that are actually valuable, I'd never sell even though they are a pain in the ass to "play" (like Super Keirin for Saturn... argh). They just seem so interesting and odd, an aspect of collecting that I wouldn't give up for any good game that came along.
Though I have to admit that tossed test recordings can be quite an odd thing. Remember when Michael Jackson died and weeks later that "lost song" turned up, distributed as a new post-mortem CD release by MJ? That had to be the biggest pile of shite I've ever seen with the name Michael Jackson on it! Damn, there was a reason why Michael didn't want that lame ripoff of "Horse with no name" to be published...
Shadowlayer
05-19-2010, 07:16 PM
I'm not saying its completely useless, but to pay thousands of dollars for some old low quality shovelware seems pointless to me.
Now, if you find those in a 99cents bin then go ahead: the plastic alone is worth more than that.
Brilliant2meNu
05-21-2010, 07:15 PM
Owning this is like owning a t-shirt that says "Hi. I'm never getting laid and I know it."
heh
-hl718
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I Love it!
Tatsujin
05-22-2010, 12:41 AM
I asked for its price but it's not for sale atm (as assumed). they probably wait till they will get the ten-key controller as well to make it complete. the spines are hidden in the cases. so they seem to be complete so far.
arnoldlayne
05-22-2010, 07:30 PM
It's a piece of gaming history and an investment, anything else is pure conjecture ;)
GOREFESTOR
12-22-2010, 05:44 AM
Hello,
Resume HERE (http://nekofan.free.fr/kidsstationtest.html) with pictures. (in french :-) )
It say it was distribued in one school near Tokyo only and and no more for the bad quality of programs. His is thinking that after, stock in factory was destroyed.
GaijinPunch
12-24-2010, 11:21 PM
Missing all spin card.
They will still spin if you turn the power on at the right voltage.
G0dLiKe
12-30-2010, 07:24 AM
They will still spin if you turn the power on at the right voltage.
lmao :lol:
ralfsmouse
12-31-2010, 09:12 PM
"We can't give you more than 500 Yen for those..."
Gamestop in Japan anyone?
Don't you know? The most boring and terrible software always becomes the most rare as no one bought it.
Exactly right.
Hello,
It say it was distribued in one school near Tokyo only and and no more for the bad quality of programs. His is thinking that after, stock in factory was destroyed.
Destroyed? like the game E.T?
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