sydric Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hey guys .... this is Syd from the Personal Computer Museum. Had somebody drop in the museum the other day and donate this E.T. Standee! I was so excited. Any idea what this is worth? How rare, how desired? We all know the story about how this game single-handedly brought down the industry for a while so it makes a great conversation piece. Your thoughts are appreciated. Also, for anyone in Canada that gets SPACE: THE IMAGINATION STATION (Expressvu Satellite 627, check your local cable provider) my Game Room will be featured on "The Circuit" this Friday at 7:30pm. Lots of Atari stuff in there (I'll post YouTube video later). Also, anyone in South Central Ontario is invited out to my Game Night - this Saturday, April 25th at 7:30pm. Visit www.gamenight.ca for more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite Bailey Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Very cool; looks like it is in great shape! I will be watching for it as I am in PEI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Nice stand for sure but ET didn't cause the crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydric Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Nice stand for sure but ET didn't cause the crash. Trust me, I know that. I've been in the biz for a long long time....I'm just referring to the fact that people looking for a scapegoat often choose this game to blame. It's the mentality behind it (push out a game before it's ready, order more copies than we have hardware for, etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Interesting. Looks like the pre-release of this one: http://www.atarimania.com/zoom_frame.php?T...ODIE&ID=162 Don't know the value, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite Bailey Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Nice stand for sure but ET didn't cause the crash. Come on, was the poor little guys fault Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Screw the E.T. standee, I'm digging the Amiga 4000 in the background! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydric Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Screw the E.T. standee, I'm digging the Amiga 4000 in the background! lol We have a ton of Amiga stuff at the museum. Check out http://pcmuseum.ca/viewbysystem.asp?id=Amiga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Great site, don't mean to hijack - but where's the store or marketplace section? Guess you wouldn't have much of a museum left if you sold all that yummy Amiga stuff :-) LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I paid $10 AUD for the exactly the same type..so thats about 7 USD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydric Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 I paid $10 AUD for the exactly the same type..so thats about 7 USD Well I'm Canadian so that's $8.74 lol. So did you get a super deal or is it generally only worth this? I know Standees don't usually get a lot of value, I guess I'm more interested in how rare it is. Having never seen one before myself, I kind of felt it was pretty rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydric Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Great site, don't mean to hijack - but where's the store or marketplace section? Guess you wouldn't have much of a museum left if you sold all that yummy Amiga stuff :-) LOL! Yeah. Although, we do sell off doubles that have been donated with the "do whatever you wish with them" clause. We're actually having a huge Star Wars/Spring Cleanup event on May 23rd and will be selling vintage software and complete systems. Probably a bit of a drive for you though! Selling our extras at time helps finance the costs (for example we now have over 600 computers in our storage facility which has rent every month and the juice required to keep these puppies operating also costs money every month) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I have no clue about the E.T., but I wanted to say nice website and museum. I love the timeline! If I was near you I'd love to go there and volunteer, but alas I'm all the way on the other coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I paid $10 AUD for the exactly the same type..so thats about 7 USD Well I'm Canadian so that's $8.74 lol. So did you get a super deal or is it generally only worth this? I know Standees don't usually get a lot of value, I guess I'm more interested in how rare it is. Having never seen one before myself, I kind of felt it was pretty rare. Dont know if its a super deal or not,i was the only bidder on my item and i got it for that price...have never seen another until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Around $30 to $40 that was a good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 If you decide to sell the ET stand, please let me know.....I am VERY interested!!!! Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydric Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 So here's my collection that was on TV across Canada tonight. save2600 -- note the cool Amiga reference during the credits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Very Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 So here's my collection that was on TV across Canada tonight. save2600 -- note the cool Amiga reference during the credits! Thank you for posting that! That´s a very cool collection! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 (edited) So here's my collection that was on TV across Canada tonight. save2600 -- note the cool Amiga reference during the credits! Wow! Thanks for posting that Syd. Great collection you have there, and tidy too! I can't believe some of the things that come out of peoples mouths though: "now that there's PS3 and XBox360, why the need for all of this". lol Reminded me of a botched interview where Diane Sawyer asked the Moody Blues about drugs, women, etc. She obviously knew absolutely nothing about 'em. Anywho, the host toward the end, asking unabashedly over network tele about pirating Amiga games... classic stuff! lol Although, some of the NewTek programs are now PD. At least, on the Amiga end. Did you point him to the WHDLoad, HOL, etc. sites? He'd go bonkers with his Miggy if he was aware of them... Edited April 25, 2009 by save2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Very nice collection Syd! BTW - If you sell the E.T. stand up I too am interested, Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I'll start the bidding at $40 shipped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydric Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 So here's my collection that was on TV across Canada tonight. save2600 -- note the cool Amiga reference during the credits! Wow! Thanks for posting that Syd. Great collection you have there, and tidy too! I can't believe some of the things that come out of peoples mouths though: "now that there's PS3 and XBox360, why the need for all of this". lol Reminded me of a botched interview where Diane Sawyer asked the Moody Blues about drugs, women, etc. She obviously knew absolutely nothing about 'em. Anywho, the host toward the end, asking unabashedly over network tele about pirating Amiga games... classic stuff! lol Although, some of the NewTek programs are now PD. At least, on the Amiga end. Did you point him to the WHDLoad, HOL, etc. sites? He'd go bonkers with his Miggy if he was aware of them... Well actually the "CONQUEST" game he referred to was on a Fred Fish disk - it was public domain. But I did hook him up with DeluxePaint lol He's actually going to come out to one of my next game parties (http://www.gamenight.ca) because he's only in Toronto which is about an hour away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thanks for sharing the video! TOTALLY AWESOME!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisaperfectdayelise Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Thanks for sharing the video! TOTALLY AWESOME!!! Ditto...Amazing, really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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