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Sparky

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TG16 Dreaming.... old catalog picts!
« on: March 18, 2010, 07:57:12 AM »
When i was a kid i use to cut out some of the video game sections in catalogs & ads and put them in a binder so i could look throw as a "wish i had list" hahahaha (dont judge me :P) ... well i kept this binder and here are some of the cut outs i had, wet dreams of the TG16... i got the sms instead <<shrugs>>

Check out what us Canadians paid :P.....

 

If you want to see others for SMS click below....
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x114/sparkss_photo/CF3102263.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x114/sparkss_photo/CF3102275.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x114/sparkss_photo/CF3102271.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x114/sparkss_photo/CF3102270.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x114/sparkss_photo/CF3102265.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x114/sparkss_photo/CF3102273.jpg

OR for the GENNY click below....
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x114/sparkss_photo/CF3102268.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x114/sparkss_photo/CF3102274.jpg


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Re: TG16 Dreaming....
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 07:59:43 AM »
What was the exchange rate back then?
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Sparky

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Re: TG16 Dreaming....
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2010, 08:09:00 AM »
good question... i googled it.... she was high around the end of the year!!!  http://www.federalreserve.gov/RELEASES/H10/Hist/dat89_ca.htm
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Re: TG16 Dreaming....
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2010, 08:12:40 AM »
Fuzzy memory but exchanges rate floated around 1CDN$ => 0.60 to 0.75$US.

Were any of those scans from "Consumer's Distributing" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers_Distributing )? I used to to work at a branch during the TG-16/Sega Genesis era. :P

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Sparky

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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2010, 08:16:49 AM »
hahahaha.. yes i think one of the genny ones were.
That is where i got my SMS actually, even though they sold me a broken one :P
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« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 08:24:09 AM »
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Make TurboGrafx-16 an essential part of your television schedule.

Words to live by, eh?  Canadians of yore gave sound advice.  8)
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Re: TG16 Dreaming.... old catalog picts!
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2010, 08:33:09 AM »
Quote from: Sparky on March 18, 2010, 08:16:49 AM
hahahaha.. yes i think one of the genny ones were.
That is where i got my SMS actually, even though they sold me a broken one :P

I bought a TG-16 there using my discount. (Err... but I bought it in order to trade for an Amiga. :P)  Sorry, at the time I wasn't much into the TG-16 until the TurboDuo came out.

I did buy a Sega Master System as well (was debating over the SMS or Genny, but I went with SMS since I could afford to buy games with the system.) :P
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Re: TG16 Dreaming.... old catalog picts!
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2010, 11:14:55 AM »
Only $67.99 in one ad and 89.95 in another ad for Power Golf, sign me up!   :?

Look at the booster price.  It still sells for that when it's boxed.

Thanks for sharing Sparky.
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Re: TG16 Dreaming.... old catalog picts!
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2010, 01:28:47 PM »
Don't you remember the Kids in the Hall?  FIVE AMERICAN, SIX CANADIAN!  FIVE AMERICAN, SIX CANADIAN.

North Mexico has some great comedians...
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Re: TG16 Dreaming.... old catalog picts!
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2010, 10:16:15 PM »
Quote from: Sparky on March 18, 2010, 07:57:12 AM
When i was a kid i use to cut out some of the video game sections in catalogs & ads and put them in a binder so i could look throw as a "wish i had list" hahahaha (dont judge me :P) ... well i kept this binder and here are some of the cut outs i had, wet dreams of the TG16... i got the sms instead <<shrugs>>

Check out what us Canadians paid :P.....



Thanks for the scans, I love stuff like this.

Did you scan these?

Is it possible to scan the TG-16 ads at a higher res? (Say, at 300 dpi?)

I'd love to add the scans to my site.





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Sparky

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Re: TG16 Dreaming.... old catalog picts!
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2010, 01:02:37 AM »
ya man i scanned these in, actually awhile ago but just found the folder i put them in :P
i think the original is scanned quite high, there at work and i will check and hook you up :)

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« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2010, 01:53:16 AM »
Quote from: Sparky on March 21, 2010, 01:02:37 AM
ya man i scanned these in, actually awhile ago but just found the folder i put them in :P
i think the original is scanned quite high, there at work and i will check and hook you up :)



Awesome. I'll take raw files (even if they are huge), if possible :)

Yay!

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