Anyone have an extra nickel for lunch money???

[airzonkrulz]

I continually am amazed (not judging - they have earned their money and can spend as they like) at the value some folks put on items..............

As the latest example with regard to our love of all things TG-16 - Not sure if anyone on this forum was following this auction that just ended on ebay tonight - but in summary - an AirZonk plastic lunch case and some freebies (Frisbee, HuCard holder, sunglasses, stickers) - just sold for over $1100 US -- ironically - it was only 2 bidders after $380 - (by definition the true market value) - they just rode each other's bids til the end --  wow -- that is a lot of money for some plastic -- best wishes - ron

link to the auction description: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Turbografx-16-promo-lunchbox-case-VERY-RARE-/272474551073?hash=item3f70bfb321%3Ag%3AbQgAAOSw2xRYRLbb&autorefresh=true&nma=true&si=dwuvFPBTCzzu8rSmjbNcLzlLb2Q%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[tbone3969]

Holy shit and I thought this auction that just ended was nuts:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401238893230?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649

[bob]

I continually am amazed (not judging - they have earned their money and can spend as they like) at the value some folks put on items..............

As the latest example with regard to our love of all things TG-16 - Not sure if anyone on this forum was following this auction that just ended on ebay tonight - but in summary - an AirZonk plastic lunch case and some freebies (Frisbee, HuCard holder, sunglasses, stickers) - just sold for over $1100 US -- ironically - it was only 2 bidders after $380 - (by definition the true market value) - they just rode each other's bids til the end --  wow -- that is a lot of money for some plastic -- best wishes - ron

link to the auction description: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Turbografx-16-promo-lunchbox-case-VERY-RARE-/272474551073?hash=item3f70bfb321%3Ag%3AbQgAAOSw2xRYRLbb&autorefresh=true&nma=true&si=dwuvFPBTCzzu8rSmjbNcLzlLb2Q%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

i will be first to admit, i have never seen that.

[HailingTheThings]

I wanted to cry when I saw the final bid. Didn't think it would top $400.

[esteban]

I continually am amazed (not judging - they have earned their money and can spend as they like) at the value some folks put on items..............

As the latest example with regard to our love of all things TG-16 - Not sure if anyone on this forum was following this auction that just ended on ebay tonight - but in summary - an AirZonk plastic lunch case and some freebies (Frisbee, HuCard holder, sunglasses, stickers) - just sold for over $1100 US -- ironically - it was only 2 bidders after $380 - (by definition the true market value) - they just rode each other's bids til the end --  wow -- that is a lot of money for some plastic -- best wishes - ron

link to the auction description: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Turbografx-16-promo-lunchbox-case-VERY-RARE-/272474551073?hash=item3f70bfb321%3Ag%3AbQgAAOSw2xRYRLbb&autorefresh=true&nma=true&si=dwuvFPBTCzzu8rSmjbNcLzlLb2Q%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I could easily fake all of the items in that auction. I am not saying that the items are fake, but without knowing their provenance, there is *no way in hell* I would offer more than a few bucks for each of them.

Stickers on generic items = pretty lame (I know TTi didn't have lots of money), but we have seen many other promotional items from TTi that were more "impressive"...

Now, would I want all of those Air Zone items?

OF COURSE I WOULD

Even if they were fake, I would have fun with them. Like gynt, I have never seen them before.




Sparky, and others, have expressed similar thoughts in the past... who has the awesome Magical Chase paintbrush that Sparky mocked-up? It is even more relevant now! Crazy, crazy times we live in.

[airzonkrulz]

I could easily fake all of the items in that auction. I am not saying that the items are fake, but without knowing their provenance, there is *no way in hell* I would offer more than a few bucks for each of them.

I was thinking similar thoughts - a good few hours with Paint/Photoshop and a few nice high quality runs at Kinko's - you would have very similar "collectibles" - I had only heard of the HuCard holders in the past (in a magazine article I beleive) -- 

[Necromancer]

I don't recall ever seeing these before either, and I agree that they look cheap and could easily be faked.   Assuming they aren't fake, someone at NEC probably had the sticker sheets printed (the one shown has one of each type used on the promo items), bought a bunch of cheap trinkets from some place like Oriental Trading Company, and applied the stickers himself; likely for shit to give away at CES, etc.

[Gypsy]

Sounds like Tobias might be due to find a warehouse filled with various "legitimate original promotional items".

[Otaking]

pfft no Airzonk energy drink or collectors coin.. amature.

[Necromancer]

pfft no Airzonk energy drink or collectors coin.. amature.

Instead of a rubber stake dildo, this CE could come with silicone moo moo milky tittehs. 

[DarkKobold]

If you ever go to an auction at a convention, such as Game On or PRGE, stupid promotional shit sells for 3x what game shit sells for. Its insane what people will spend on ugly looking banners and posters. My friends like that shit, and I'm always shaking my head. We have a running joke, that you can't play swag.

Last PRGE, two people got in a bidding war over this -

http://barbarism.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/starfoxbanner.jpg

They started staring each other down when it passed $1,000. It ended at $1750. I don't think I'd pay $10.

[xelement5x]

Man, if people are paying this kind of money I should sell off those Bonk pins from E3 in the 90s that I re-found recently. 

[blueraven]

If you ever go to an auction at a convention, such as Game On or PRGE, stupid promotional shit sells for 3x what game shit sells for. Its insane what people will spend on ugly looking banners and posters. My friends like that shit, and I'm always shaking my head. We have a running joke, that you can't play swag.

Last PRGE, two people got in a bidding war over this -

http://barbarism.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/starfoxbanner.jpg

They started staring each other down when it passed $1,000. It ended at $1750. I don't think I'd pay $10.

you cant play swag

[Keith Courage]

I can say that those items are real. I received the same promotional pack when I was a kid at the Chicago Consumer Electronics Show. That was not my auction but they are indeed real. funny enough, it was the same Consumer Electronics Show shown in my avatar picture where I was wearing my TurboGrafx shirt.

also, that greenish looking case is a coin holder. Not a hu card case.

[esteban]

I can say that those items are real. I received the same promotional pack when I was a kid at the Chicago Consumer Electronics Show. That was not my auction but they are indeed real. funny enough, it was the same Consumer Electronics Show shown in my avatar picture where I was wearing my TurboGrafx shirt.

also, that greenish looking case is a coin holder. Not a hu card case.

Awesome. Thank you for corroborating that. Can you share the year of the Chicago CES?



Also: Do you have a larger version of your avatar image?