The VGA is BS

[AppleQueso]

There's unfathomably rare games that'd make the shiftiest Neo Geo zealots do a double take, if only they gave a **** about it.

Go try to find the box of PAL Game Boy version Hammerin' Harry for sale.

I'll tell you what, theclaw, from your posts here and at DP, you sure do know your PAL stuff.

But does he know it as well as his Urusei Yatsura stuff?

[theclaw]

There's unfathomably rare games that'd make the shiftiest Neo Geo zealots do a double take, if only they gave a **** about it.

Go try to find the box of PAL Game Boy version Hammerin' Harry for sale.

I'll tell you what, theclaw, from your posts here and at DP, you sure do know your PAL stuff.

But does he know it as well as his Urusei Yatsura stuff?

Is that an offer? I'm looking to get out.

[AppleQueso]

But does he know it as well as his Urusei Yatsura stuff?

Is that an offer? I'm looking to get out.

Get out of Lum or get out of PAL collecting?

I don't think I'd be able to recognize you without that Lum avatar.

[o.pwuaioc]

This week Game Rave TV exposes the flaws, problems, and false truths in getting your video games 'graded' and 'secured' inside acrylic cases. The main focus is on the Video Game (Grading) Authority, but there are now copycats popping up here and there.

It's a good watch, and utterly destroys the VGA's reputation.

And a follow up:

Here he shows how easy it is to fake a misprint without damaging the security seal.

This is a supplemental video to Episode 4: Video Game Authority Debunking. We illustrate how a 'wrong insert' variant / misprint can apparently be faked and 'qualified' by the Grading Company. The text and still images reference the auction

[Ziggy]

^Wow, just watched those two YouTube videos. Wow.

[Opa Opa]

Awesome videos. I think I'll make a Final Fantasy VII/Radiant Silvergun misprint and send it in.

[AppleQueso]

His rant about sealed collecting aside, I think he does a pretty good job talking about the VGA. Some pretty damning points about them as a grading service.

[Hobie-wan]

He has pretty much the same arguments I do against putting games in coffins. It's funny that the way he opened the games to 'create the variant' is the way I open CD cases with seals anyway as it is easier to get the seal off without making a mess and having it tear 5 times as you pull it off.

Also, to anyone buying figures or toys that are blister packs on cards, don't buy any 'variants' that are graded or sold at inflated prices as you can remove bubbles from the cardboard, change the contents, and stick them back on and have it be completely undetectable as well.

[graffix_13]

I collect comic books (CGC graded books) and sealed video games. So I'm not totally opposed to VGA, but I am still a little perplexed about actually slabbing video games. Comic books I can understand. And I only collect my favorite video games sealed (and don't have any intention of selling them).

[Hobie-wan]

I collect comic books (CGC graded books) and sealed video games. So I'm not totally opposed to VGA, but I am still a little perplexed about actually slabbing video games. Comic books I can understand. And I only collect my favorite video games sealed (and don't have any intention of selling them).

But you can't read a slabbed book either. For an action figure or a baseball card, you can still see the item. Since most adults with action figures are treating them more like statues anyway, being in a case doesn't really affect that.