What is you "status piece" in your collection?

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Limewater wrote:My collection isn't that impressive, except to non-collectors. My "status piece" is probably just my Aladdin Deck Enhancer with Dizzy the Adventurer. It's not incredibly valuable, but I really like that I actually found it in the wild in 1997 when they were a little harder to come across than they are now. It was at a weird little store in or near Washingtonville, NY called "What's Hot" that, at the time, mostly sold yo-yos.

I dont remember yo-yo's being "hot" in 1997, lol.
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Crabmaster2000 wrote: I dont remember yo-yo's being "hot" in 1997, lol.
Oh yeah. They went through a brief bout of popularity around 1997-2000 (my dates are surely not exact). They weren't the hottest thing ever, but at the time a lot of people were spending decent money on high-quality yo-yos and parts.

*EDIT* Actually, now that I recall, yo-yos were pretty popular at least a few years earlier than 1997.
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My copy of Home Alone for the Sega Genesis.
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At first I didn't think I had one as I'm not too concerned about impressing anyone with my collection, but I think this oddity qualifies:
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gennss wrote:For me its my imported V-Saturn. Since no one else I know is a retro-gamer much less an import gamer, its the piece that I feel sets me a part. Almost like my trophy piece.

What is your "status piece"?
Which model V-Saturn do you have? 1 or 2?
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I've got one of those joyboards too. Have you ever used it? I'm a little afraid I'd break it.
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Probably my SuperGrafx. I am its first owner, and probably its last unless my unborn kids want to inherit my systems.

My old favorite was a Hitachi Saturn, but I sold it since I like my Skeleton Saturn better.
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hashiriya1 wrote:Probably my SuperGrafx. I am its first owner, and probably its last unless my unborn kids want to inherit my systems.

My old favorite was a Hitachi Saturn, but I sold it since I like my Skeleton Saturn better.
Did you get your Super Grafx when it was first released?

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My Mega Drive 2, and my original copies of Sonic and Knuckles and Sonic 2.

They aren't rare or anything, but they are the first 2 video games I ever owned.

I bought a Sonic 2 copy from ebay, in much better condition than my copy (I bought it used 14 years ago) but I just can't get rid of my first games. Same with the Mega Drive. I've given away a GameBoy, a GBcolor a GBA a Gamecube a PS2 fat a DS fat, but I can never give away my Mega Drive.


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