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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.
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/NP%20Previews.jpg
The Nintendo Power Previews machine, in case I want to know what games were coming out in 99.
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/DMG%20SNES.jpg
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/game%20boy%20color.jpg
Very small Game Boy Color Display
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/ps%20debug.jpg
Playstation Debugging Unit on an old PS advertising stand
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/saturn.jpg
Sega Saturn display with a couple of Dreamcasts inside...
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/n64.jpg
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/playstation.jpg
Playstation display with a PS2 and a couple of almost worn out DDR pads
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/Game%20boy.jpg
Giant Game Boy Display
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/world%20of%20nintendo.jpg
Some old "World of Nintendo" signs
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/arcade.jpg
Punch-Out and a Playchoice 10
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/famicom%20disk.jpg
Some Famicom disks - I have no idea what most of them are, and my famicom disk system doesn't work :(
http://www.unm.edu/~robbh/systems.jpg
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.
PhreQuencYViii
08-04-2005, 10:02 PM
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??
kstyle25
08-04-2005, 10:03 PM
good GOD man! that's an impressive display collection...how'd you track down all that stuff?:prayer:
PhantasyStar
08-04-2005, 10:15 PM
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.
djb1986
08-04-2005, 10:17 PM
Awesome collection
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??
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.
Alien Workshop
08-04-2005, 10:54 PM
The N64 display is my favorite, followed by the PSX display. Cool stuff dude :smt023
madhatter256
08-04-2005, 11:01 PM
awwwesomme!
The N64 display is my favorite, followed by the PSX display. Cool stuff dude :smt023
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).
Topic Archive
08-05-2005, 02:14 AM
Stunning!
...Thanks for sharing such a great collection.
liquitt
08-05-2005, 04:23 AM
Hmmm that's some great stuff dude!! Those old Gameboy Advertizing Stands are awesome :) <3
samael64
08-05-2005, 04:37 AM
Damn, very impressive.
Thanks for sharing.
gaming247
08-05-2005, 04:56 AM
pure sweetness...
and impressive that you got some at that stuff relatively cheap
pure sweetness...
and impressive that you got some at that stuff relatively cheap
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...
LeGIt
08-05-2005, 05:52 AM
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
Borman
08-05-2005, 11:16 AM
Man, i forgot what that stuff looked like. Awesome, just awesome. Though that SNES one needs a new system in there hehe :)
liquitt
08-05-2005, 11:18 AM
Man, i forgot what that stuff looked like. Awesome, just awesome. Though that SNES one needs a new system in there hehe :)
why ? its the special limited nicotine edition :D
PhreQuencYViii
08-05-2005, 11:32 AM
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.
the_steadster
08-05-2005, 11:58 AM
Nice stuff there man, but you need to get a duster on them every now and then ;)
Fatalist
08-05-2005, 05:15 PM
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.
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.
I was pretty upset to see the manager not only take apart but destroy a Sega Genesis display one day. The Nintendo Power Previews machine was going to be the TV for the break room, but they wanted to cut holes in the part that holds the VCD player so that they could put a PSX and N64 in there and have access to the controllers. I begged them to let me save it.
Putzi
08-06-2005, 11:51 PM
Good job nice collection of stuff you got there!
Yakumo
08-07-2005, 02:47 AM
Some really nice units there but don't you think you should give them a dusting? :p I wish I had room for such cool stuff.
Yakumo
Fabrizo
08-07-2005, 03:32 AM
Wow! Im very impressed by some of the things you have their. Like the 'Nintendo Power Previews machine', I havn't seen one of those in so many years, I had completly forgotten about them. What videos does that one you have own have on it?
Some really nice units there but don't you think you should give them a dusting? :p I wish I had room for such cool stuff.
Yakumo
Yeah, cleaning them in any way would probably be a good idea. I'm living in student housing right now, so the majority of that stuff is at my parents house (they're begging me to get it out of there), so I don't really see it very often. Once I get my own place, it should be set up a lot nicer. The question of if I'll actually dust it at that point, though...
What videos does that one you have own have on it?
I wish I could remember off hand...I know the main thing I wanted was the GoldenEye videos, since they had the names of real guns before they got edited out of the game, but that disk got destroyed :( Next time I'm at my parents, I'll check what's on there. I don't know if there's a way to copy the contents of the disk so that anyone can download the videos, but if anyone is interested in them, I'll try to do that.
virtual alan
08-19-2005, 05:16 PM
Nice stuff there man, but you need to get a duster on them every now and then ;)
Isn`t that what a wife is for?
AlbinoLove
08-19-2005, 06:50 PM
Lol ouch. If any woman I knew saw that you would get the hardest e-slap you have ever felt...erm..I mean read.
plasticrelic
09-05-2005, 12:31 AM
You have an amazing collection of displays. Out of them all though, I have to say my personal favorite is your Nintendo Power Display. Thank you for sharing. :)
Bert Hardy
09-07-2005, 02:14 PM
The N64 and Saturn displays are superb to see...thanks for posting pics...cool...
arsenal
09-08-2005, 03:16 AM
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).
It's like an arcade, OF DEMO DISPLAYS! :) Please tell, what demo carts were there n64? About how long ago did the "SUPER" Nintendo Rep hook all the parts up? That's the greatest story of a rep I've heard thusfar.
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