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jorel

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« on: August 29, 2004, 05:55:42 PM »
hey you guys remember those turbo points on the back of the instructions for tg16 games? anybody know what they were for?
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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2004, 07:39:47 PM »
I believe once you acquired enought turbo points, your were eligible to mail them in for a free game.  There was a list of games you could choose from.  It was long ago, but I'm pretty sure that's what they were for.
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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2005, 01:36:19 PM »
There was going to be a catalog, where you could order cd wallets, Turbo water bottles, T-Shirts, etc...

TTI never got around to it.

I got a free Lords T-Shirt + Dungeon Master(probably would've been DEII if I hadn't listed the games I owned) in mail after writing one of my letters to TTI back in the day.

Of course they never took my advice in bringing over quality games, which I even listed by name.
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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2005, 04:22:24 PM »
Hey I'll buy that Lords of Thunder shirt off you :D . I saw an auction on Ebay a couple years back selling a big Duo collection and it had some sweet extra stuff like a Devil's Crush and Bloody Wolf shirt. I also saw another auction for  a awesome Spatter House mug with a TG16 logo on it and another mug of some game I forgot with the TG16 logo on it. I think it was Bloody Wolf, but not sure.
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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2005, 05:19:10 PM »
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Hey I'll buy that Lords of Thunder shirt off you :D . I saw an auction on Ebay a couple years back selling a big Duo collection and it had some sweet extra stuff like a Devil's Crush and Bloody Wolf shirt. I also saw another auction for  a awesome Spatter House mug with a TG16 logo on it and another mug of some game I forgot with the TG16 logo on it. I think it was Bloody Wolf, but not sure.


I remember NEC home electronics (pre TTI) had a catalog with shirts, posters and a lot of other stuff in it. It was very cool, I wouldn't imagine anyone here might still have a copy of that catalog?
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« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2005, 12:32:27 AM »
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I remember NEC home electronics (pre TTI) had a catalog with shirts, posters and a lot of other stuff in it. It was very cool, I wouldn't imagine anyone here might still have a copy of that catalog?


I used to have that catalog as a kid, but I actually threw out tons of my stuff in the mid 90's.  

I (and some fellow turbo fans) have been looking for it.  The catalog I remember had:
1. waterbottles
2. hip packs
3. small duffle bags (I actually got one of these for free, but I used it until it fell apart, which was pretty quickly since it wasn't designed for heavy use).
4. maybe 2-3 shirts?
5. maybe a nylon wallet?

Of course, nearly everything was nylon and in flourescent green, orange, yellow, black and emblazoned with the TG-16 logo.  The shirts were white and/or black cottton w/ prints on front and back.

Should we find this catalog, I will definitely make page scans available on my upcoming site.
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« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2005, 12:41:01 AM »
oh yeah, getting back to the original question:

Advertisement: Join the T² Team Club!  Redeem TurboPoints for ...neo geo and LaserActive?

From the final issue of DuoWorld.

EDIT: I forgot to include this little "news" item announcing the T2 club.

From the third issue of TurboForce


I've never seen this catalog, so I tend to agree with the previous post (that TTi didn't follow-through with T² Team Club... should I update my commentary? How reliable is this info?  Thanks in advance :)[/url][/url]
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« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2005, 06:30:38 AM »
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oh yeah, getting back to the original question:

Advertisement: Join the T² Team Club!  Redeem TurboPoints for ...neo geo and LaserActive?

From the final issue of DuoWorld.

EDIT: I forgot to include this little "news" item announcing the T2 club.

From the third issue of TurboForce


I've never seen this catalog, so I tend to agree with the previous post (that TTi didn't follow-through with T² Team Club... should I update my commentary? How reliable is this info?  Thanks in advance :)[/url][/url]



All I remember is that they never went through with everything, but I remember seeing some sort of listing of what they were offering(I don't remember if it was an actual cataolg).

The other thing is, you were also supposed to send in the UPC sticker from every game. I believe that this was also for ordering stuff.

Foolishly, I peeled almost every one from my games as soon as I got them, but never got to redeem them.
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« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2005, 07:41:11 AM »
Yeah, if you read the commentary I wrote for DuoWorld #3, I think I mentioned that you also had to send in the receipts as well (of course!)...

Like I mentioned on my site... How many goddam points would have been necessary for NeoGeo or LaserActive?  Even if you bought every single DUO game they released... you still wouldn't have enough!
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« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2005, 02:13:56 PM »
Those are some awesome prizes though and I'm surpised they had money for that kind of stuff if they pulled through with it.
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« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2005, 06:28:24 PM »
I actually have one of the nylon wallets floating around somewhere...I think it's with my JJ & Jeff HuCard in my old playhouse!  Gotta get back home and dig through some boxes! :D
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« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2005, 10:28:46 PM »
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I actually have one of the nylon wallets floating around somewhere...I think it's with my JJ & Jeff HuCard in my old playhouse!  Gotta get back home and dig through some boxes! :D

you forgot to add this to the end of your post: "And, upon finding the wallet, I will send it to stevek666, who will cherish it forever."
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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2005, 07:06:05 AM »
You made a typo there, Steve. It's for "Keranu", not "steve666" :D . Hey I'll give you five bucks for that wallet if you find it!
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« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2005, 08:50:39 AM »
I have a Legendary Axe II mug ... it's pretty cool.

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Keranu

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« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2005, 09:10:20 AM »
That mug does rule. I hope to have some of this cool extra Turbo stuff someday.
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