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Re: Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

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Post by cduzz »

Brendinooo wrote: post #14
iamben wrote: post #5

What's the monetary value of a find like this? It always boggles my mind when people jump straight to "bin it" rather than "I'll see if anyone wants to buy it". I guess sometimes you just need the headspace!

Yeah, you really do. I'd imagine who isn't in the space might think "well the graphics are so outdated and the thing is so heavy, who would want to deal with it?" And we don't know what else was on the curb that was taken by the trash people; sometimes you get to a point where you decide that cleaning out fast is worth more than hoarding until you're able to sell everything.

It may also be along the line of "Stan said he'd get that thing working, then he didn't, then he died of cancer leaving me with a bunch of unresolved crap to deal with, and I really miss him and I really hate him and I really miss him." or some similarly complex issue.

Re: Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

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Post by tsunamifury »

rob74 wrote: post #16
lelandfe wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's one for $8k: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/240731233987834/

Listed 2 years ago, apparently still unsold. Which proves the point I was making in my sibling comment :)

Looks like this comment may have sold it

Re: Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

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Post by markstos »

As someone who just bought 900 Pokémon cards at an unadvertised estate sale at a roadside Michigan blueberry stand, I can relate. We had just stopped by for blueberries.

I happen to see a couple unlabeled sheets of paper tacked up in a corner with grainy scans of cards.

I asked the old farmer if she has some for sale and she pulls out this massive binder of cards with many first edition and holo cards in very good condition… they were from her sister’s estate and she didn’t have time or interest to deal with them.

Re: Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

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Post by ZiiS »

gabereiser wrote: post #32
ZiiS wrote: post #30

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At $2k it would sell today. The condition looks great could easily go for more then double that to the right buyer (Environmentals are prized but obviously limit who has room for them).

$2k would be a bidding war. This is worth way more than that! I definitely know some collectors that would part with $50k to have this.

I think the price is silly but https://www.ebay.com/itm/275969869915

Re: Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

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Post by acomjean »

detourdog wrote: post #37
Roark66 wrote: post #23

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Indeed. I used to own a vintage IBM AS400 server system and a separate disc enclosure. Each component was roughly the size of two mini fridges one atop the other. It weighted over 130 kg each. Add a "smart" crt terminal and a carrier bag full of cables. Unfortunately I had to relocate for work and I couldn't take it with me. I tried to sell it, then I advertised to give it away. Eventually I had to take it to local "…

I got a fully complete Nixdorf 820 with the dust covers for free. As far as I can tell I might be the only person outside of the Nixdorf Museum with one. I don't I could sell it if I wanted to. The drives alone seem to powered by washing machine motors. This group usually tries to rescue things. https://vcfed.org

We went toRhode Island computer museum pre-pandemic, was fun (smallish) retro museum. We were offered a tour of the warehouse. A short drive later, a warehouse full of old machines. Impressive lot. It was a lot of fun. They rent them out for movies apparently. They have one old car. One of the founders told us he switched to computers because they were smaller..(ha)

It’s impossiblely hard to keep all the machines working, but they're still fun to look up.

https://www.ricomputermuseum.org/collections-gallery

Re: Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

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Post by DarknessFalls »

xnx wrote: post #35
trentnix wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m working order? Maybe as much as 10-12k. The emergence of barcodes has inflated the price of games like this. A DoT environmental is widely considered an arcade grail and is rare. It’s extremely sought after and the logistics of the size of the cabinet resulted in lots of them being trashed over the year or chopped up.

Confused until I realized "barcodes" was probably an autocorrect of "barcodes".

Autocorrect got you too. Barcades.

Re: Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

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Post by thombat »

xnx wrote: post #35
trentnix wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m working order? Maybe as much as 10-12k. The emergence of barcodes has inflated the price of games like this. A DoT environmental is widely considered an arcade grail and is rare. It’s extremely sought after and the logistics of the size of the cabinet resulted in lots of them being trashed over the year or chopped up.

Confused until I realized "barcodes" was probably an autocorrect of "barcodes".

Now I don't know whether that's a sly joke, or I'm too dumb to spot the difference, or simply if autocorrect bested you in that joust?

Re: Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

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Post by tesin »

xnx wrote: post #35
trentnix wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m working order? Maybe as much as 10-12k. The emergence of barcodes has inflated the price of games like this. A DoT environmental is widely considered an arcade grail and is rare. It’s extremely sought after and the logistics of the size of the cabinet resulted in lots of them being trashed over the year or chopped up.

Confused until I realized "barcodes" was probably an autocorrect of "barcodes".

Haha I'm sure you mean "barcades", but that was amusing.

Re: Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

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Post by thombat »

cduzz wrote: post #41
Brendinooo wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, you really do. I'd imagine who isn't in the space might think "well the graphics are so outdated and the thing is so heavy, who would want to deal with it?" And we don't know what else was on the curb that was taken by the trash people; sometimes you get to a point where you decide that cleaning out fast is worth more than hoarding until you're able to sell everything.

It may also be along the line of "Stan said he'd get that thing working, then he didn't, then he died of cancer leaving me with a bunch of unresolved crap to deal with, and I really miss him and I really hate him and I really miss him." or some similarly complex issue.

Absolutely this: for many people settling the estate of a close family member is such an exhausting chaos of emotion that the question becomes: should I take it all to the dump, or maybe just take myself there?

Re: Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup

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Post by moepstar »

xnx wrote: post #35
trentnix wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m working order? Maybe as much as 10-12k. The emergence of barcodes has inflated the price of games like this. A DoT environmental is widely considered an arcade grail and is rare. It’s extremely sought after and the logistics of the size of the cabinet resulted in lots of them being trashed over the year or chopped up.

Confused until I realized "barcodes" was probably an autocorrect of "barcodes".

Confused that you wrote barcodes again (autocorrect? hah!) - i guess it was meant to read "barcades"?
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