TurboGrafx store display kiosk someone found on NintendoAge

[mickcris]

Did anyone else see this:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=145611

Looks pretty awesome.  He doesn't say how much he paid for it, but he said he got a good deal on it.  I am guessing these are pretty rare.

guess i should have searched first as there are already a couple threads about these kiosks:
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=5856.0
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=11990

[esteban]

Toys R Us had that kiosk in '89...

This one you linked to seems to be in excellent condition.  I'd love to have one. I don't care. I want that damn thing.


UPDATE: Your post reminded me that there were actually several different designs for different upright kiosks.

Sometimes, for example, the kiosk simply looped a promotional video. The hardware was on display under plexiglass.

Now that I look at the one Sparky has, I don't think it was the one at my local Toys R Us back in the day... TrU had hardware locked up.

Other stores, though, had playable TG-16 demo units...but not always in a kiosk like Sparky's.

GODDAMN I AM JEALOUS OF SPARKY!!!!!!

[cjameslv]

Yeah it is a thing of beauty esteban!

[johnnykonami]

Yeah, that's pretty cool.  I remember a similar one at my TRU running a promo video that must have at least had the CD-Rom attachment, because I specifically remember Valis II running on it.  I'm sure it was covered in plexiglass, too.  I suspect maybe the cabinet above is missing that part, some kid would have stolen the game for sure.

[Jibbajaba]

I hate it when people in this hobby refer to games or gaming items as "pieces" in their collection.  I've actually tried to drop the word "collection" from my vocabulary, because every game in my *library* is a game that I enjoy or appreciate playing.

That being said, that kiosk looks badass.  I'd love to have something like that.  I bet one of my desktop PVMs would fit right in there, and then I'd just use it as a baller TV stand.

[tool]

That kiosk is beautiful!

Here is a piece that just recently went for over a grand...


NEC/TTI had some great designers back in those days. Very sharp and catchy designs!!!

[DragonmasterDan]

That kiosk is beautiful!

Here is a piece that just recently went for over a grand...


NEC/TTI had some great designers back in those days. Very sharp and catchy designs!!!

I totally remember seeing that kiosk back in the day. I'd like to say a babbages had it in the corner. People had ripped out some of the laminated pages from the book though.

[MotherGunner]

That kiosk is beautiful!

Here is a piece that just recently went for over a grand...


NEC/TTI had some great designers back in those days. Very sharp and catchy designs!!!

I totally remember seeing that kiosk back in the day. I'd like to say a babbages had it in the corner. People had ripped out some of the laminated pages from the book though.

I also remember seeing these at Turbo Zone.  =)

[Necromancer]

Neato kiosk, but it's too bad he didn't get some back story from the guy from which he bought it.

[esteban]

That kiosk is beautiful!

Here is a piece that just recently went for over a grand...


NEC/TTI had some great designers back in those days. Very sharp and catchy designs!!!

I totally remember seeing that kiosk back in the day. I'd like to say a babbages had it in the corner. People had ripped out some of the laminated pages from the book though.

I also remember seeing these at Turbo Zone.  =)

Toys R Us had one on top of a glass cabinet.



These were more common than the kiosk, in my experience in Northern NJ.

[FiftyQuid]

There was a guy selling one in Quebec City a few years back.  Never assembled, but he took it out of the box to snap pictures and post on eBay.  It did not have the plexiglass.  He wanted $300 and you had to pick up locally.  I offered him $200 over 3 years ago.  He turned me down cold even after I pointed out the kiosk was incomplete.  He reposted the eBay ad over and over again for the next two years.  The last time I contacted him I offered him $150.  That was over a year ago.  I don't know if he ever sold it, but the eBay ad is gone now.

[Warbucks]

Some cool stuff in this thread.

I have yet to see any promo stuff in the wild.. barely even see Keith Courage.

[CPTBadAss]

So I'm curious. Did the original displays just have a 21" CRT TV in them? Or did they have a specialized TV that went into them?

Regardless, it's very cool!

[SplatterTrigger]

That was the same kiosk my local TRU had back in the day.

[esteban]

So I'm curious. Did the original displays just have a 21" CRT TV in them? Or did they have a specialized TV that went into them?

Regardless, it's very cool!

They had standard televisions. NEC sold a line of home electronics, including tv's, I believe.