Red 5 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) Mattel Aquarius and games - all boxed If anyone wants to ship this over to Auction Central, that's fine by me. Edited March 14, 2008 by therealred5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 How much would you be looking to part with this for and/or are taking trades for it? Just wondering thanks and good luck with the sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 It's hard to price these. I've seen them go from anywhere between $100 to $400 (NIB). Like this. Considering there were less than 20,000 ever made, you would think they would be worth more but the unpoplularity of them knocks the price back a bit. I would let the whole thing go for $175.00 I think? Feel free to scream 'too high jerk!' Or 'too low you idiot!' (something tells me nobody would do that last one...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scream And Fly Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Holy crap! I had no idea the Aquarius was getting any real money at all. I have a new-in-box Aquarius (not selling) but man, I got the thing for $30 a few years back. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Too low you idiot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Too low you idiot... Even with Dusks valued opinion, I will drop the price to $150.00. If no takers by Sunday, off she goes to Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icbrkr Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Holy crap! I had no idea the Aquarius was getting any real money at all. I have a new-in-box Aquarius (not selling) but man, I got the thing for $30 a few years back. LOL! Yep! Same here. I got mine for $37 shipped a couple of years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastRobPlus Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Holy crap! I had no idea the Aquarius was getting any real money at all. I have a new-in-box Aquarius (not selling) but man, I got the thing for $30 a few years back. LOL! Yep! Same here. I got mine for $37 shipped a couple of years ago I sold mine for about $40 in 2006 (w/the mini-expander) I got out of the "gotta collect 'em all" mentality and the Aquarius was a nuatural first to go. Funky looking both otherwise useless in every way. Love those blue keys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I plugged you over at vintage-computer, I hope you sell it to a good home (I know it isn't a pet, but still). For such a system, $150 isn't bad imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucebidder Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Holy crap! I had no idea the Aquarius was getting any real money at all. I have a new-in-box Aquarius (not selling) but man, I got the thing for $30 a few years back. LOL! Yep! Same here. I got mine for $37 shipped a couple of years ago I sold mine for about $40 in 2006 (w/the mini-expander) I got out of the "gotta collect 'em all" mentality and the Aquarius was a nuatural first to go. Funky looking both otherwise useless in every way. Love those blue keys! Yeah these guys are strange when it comes to ebay. I got mine CIB like the one that went for 395.00 but it came with all the games released and I got it for 50.00 a few monthes ago. But like a week before that a similiar setup sold for 250.00 so its all over the place..... Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I was shocked to see some confirmation of higher prices for the Aquarius. Must be the dawning. However, higher prices in this instance correlate with specifics. For example, a recent auction had the complete set in the large box, which is kind of harder to find than the system box- it was that set released with the expander and a few games. Having a sturdy outer box may be why more boxed hardware survives for this system than usual. That and it's underwhelming ability to encourage interest in computing. Also, a set with all (or as I suspect most) of the released titles would likely fetch more. There are a few impossibly difficult titles (probably only released outside the US) to get for the system. I was happy to dump my spare boxed system with games on someone at CGE a few years back for $40 or less (can't recall, could have been $25, but I still would have been happy). I'm sure I've passed up a few marginally priced systems and probably even a few cheap ones since, knowing it wouldn't fetch much and would take up disproportionate space. Even given the changing times, I'd be amazed to be able to sell a similar set for $100, and if I listed it on eBay I'd probably set my min at $50 and be thrilled if it sold. Perhaps I'm living in the past, but I don't see high prices for Aquarius as sustainable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I bought a boxed Aquarius at a collectibles store last month for $25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 I plugged you over at vintage-computer, I hope you sell it to a good home (I know it isn't a pet, but still). For such a system, $150 isn't bad imho. Thanks for the plug! Price lowered one last time before Ebay on Sunday night. $125.00 shipped to US. Pics added too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godsey1 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 2 or 3 years ago, I found a box of modums for this system. They were brand new and still shrinkwrapped. They sold for $8.00 each, and one of them went to England. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 I have a box for the system now. I am waiting to get it before putting it on Ebay so if anyone wants it here, there is still a few more days. I will include the box for $10.00 more (so $135 shipped). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icbrkr Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 2 or 3 years ago, I found a box of modums for this system. They were brand new and still shrinkwrapped. They sold for $8.00 each, and one of them went to England. Tony One of them also went to my house if it was you I bought it from I bought a shrinkwrapped one for about that price a couple of years ago from fleabay. Still sealed too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Now on Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucebidder Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Anyone know the whole list of games released for this guy, its what only like 8 or 10 right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Ten games released in the US: Advanced D&D : Treasure of Tarmin Astrosmash Biorhythms Burgertime Night Stalker Reversi Snafu Space Speller Tron Deadly Discs Utopia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Last bump by me. Two days left. Ends Sunday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 $61, and I'm not at all surprised. Sets like this selling for twice that are anomalous, IMHO. Occasionally as a seller you get lucky and idiots pay too much, but mostly you can expect some average or market rate. I think you did just fine for an Aquarius set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Tron Deadly Discs? How was it different from the Intellivision version? Any movies of the game play for this? I didn't even know this version of the game existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 (edited) My old Aquarius setup. I found it in a Salvation Army store for 25 bucks back in 2002, it sold on eBay for $125 I believe. I should have kept it, it was complete with all the boxes and manuals. It came with a bunch of manuals (utopia and others if I remember correctly, but the games weren't there) I also remember that the system had bad RF interference with the 16K module attached. Edited March 26, 2008 by Osbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggerthehun Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 How, if at all, does that Utopia version differ from the normal one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodos8 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I picked up one of these for $3 at gw back in 2006. When I sold it on e-bay I only managed to get $5+shipping. It was the Radofin version w/o the Mattel Electronics logo so I don't know if that made a difference or not. When I first saw it it was in a box and I passed on it. When I saw it the following day the box was mia but the styro inserts were still firmly attached to it so went ahead and picked it up. These were being given a ways as prizes at land promotions and time share seminars around here in the late 80s. They touted it as a 'powerful' home computer. It was better than getting the 'professional' 35mm camera I guess but not by much. My dad used to go to these fairly often just to get the freebie and he a small collection of junky 35mm cameras and a couple portable b&w tv sets. He never did win the boat/car/$10k cash, but I somewhat suspect no one ever did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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