Lokkenjawnz wrote:One thing though was that Hoss mentioned that someone had found a warehouse full of brand new Virtual Boys in the last few years, and that just sounded like utter crap to me. Unless someone can point me to an article that corroborates that story, I'd have to say that was just a lie to get the guy to sell it for less. It really does kind of bother me that he did that, because I really like the show, and they're usually pretty good to the people they buy off of. I would assume it was just a mistake though, like maybe he got it mixed up with the Dreamcast or something. Anyhow it was a cool episode!
I seem to remember that. I think it was in Washington state they found a shipping crate with Virtual Boys in it. Ill have to look for it. I want to say there were Powergloves there aswell.
Lokkenjawnz wrote:One thing though was that Hoss mentioned that someone had found a warehouse full of brand new Virtual Boys in the last few years, and that just sounded like utter crap to me. Unless someone can point me to an article that corroborates that story, I'd have to say that was just a lie to get the guy to sell it for less. It really does kind of bother me that he did that, because I really like the show, and they're usually pretty good to the people they buy off of. I would assume it was just a mistake though, like maybe he got it mixed up with the Dreamcast or something. Anyhow it was a cool episode!
I seem to remember that. I think it was in Washington state they found a shipping crate with Virtual Boys in it. Ill have to look for it. I want to say there were Powergloves there aswell.
Yeah, I know they found the VBs somewhere. That's definitely true.
Gaming accomplishments: Nibbler (marathon): 251,169,160 / Nibbler (one life): 5,263,360 (WR) Donkey Kong: 423,100 [L12-1] (150th place as of 2019-01-15) Super Smash Bros. (N64): Ranked top 5 in Wisconsin from Q1 2016 to Q2 2017 Shrek SuperSlam: won largest tournament in game's history (Shrekfest 2018)
Lokkenjawnz wrote:One thing though was that Hoss mentioned that someone had found a warehouse full of brand new Virtual Boys in the last few years, and that just sounded like utter crap to me. Unless someone can point me to an article that corroborates that story, I'd have to say that was just a lie to get the guy to sell it for less. It really does kind of bother me that he did that, because I really like the show, and they're usually pretty good to the people they buy off of. I would assume it was just a mistake though, like maybe he got it mixed up with the Dreamcast or something. Anyhow it was a cool episode!
I seem to remember that. I think it was in Washington state they found a shipping crate with Virtual Boys in it. Ill have to look for it. I want to say there were Powergloves there aswell.
Yeah, I know they found the VBs somewhere. That's definitely true.
Link please? I'd like to read about this if it exists somewhere.
Gaming accomplishments: Nibbler (marathon): 251,169,160 / Nibbler (one life): 5,263,360 (WR) Donkey Kong: 423,100 [L12-1] (150th place as of 2019-01-15) Super Smash Bros. (N64): Ranked top 5 in Wisconsin from Q1 2016 to Q2 2017 Shrek SuperSlam: won largest tournament in game's history (Shrekfest 2018)
Well damn, I stand corrected! I can't believe I didn't hear about this. I have to wonder though, did this actually change the price/availability of Virtual Boys? I've definitely never seen a brand new VB on eBay, and certainly not at any sort of decent price. Did these actually end up out on the market at all? This story fascinates me, makes me want to go investigate old shipping containers!
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