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[hallopino]

A little while back I made some wall art connecting together a few games. I was going to put them out on eBay, but I saw a thread and thought I'd give them a chance here first.

I have a large one I was looking for $30


Mid sized ones I was thinking $20




Wide one for $15


And a small one for $10


Add on $10 for shipping/handling.

If you you would like one, send me a message.
Thanks.
Ryan

[Blackbag]

The response to this should be interesting.

[Jibbajaba]

I am also interested to see how this is reacted to by the community...

Chris

[hallopino]

Blackbag, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:11 AM, said:

The response to this should be interesting.

Good interesting, or bad interesting?

[phreakindee]

hallopino, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:39 AM, said:

Blackbag, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:11 AM, said:

The response to this should be interesting.

Good interesting, or bad interesting?

Somewhat interesting. I did something similar a couple years back with old VCS game labels that had fallen into an irreparable state. Made a sort of collage with them, turned out strangely but I like it. Wish I had more bad labels to continue it, don't know what happened to it (moving does that). I have mixed feelings on these of yours. If they're working carts, part of me says "That's stupid". But I like what you've done, it's a similar thing to what is done with old mirrors or tiles sometimes. I think I like it. Enough to buy them? Well, I have extras of most of these and could just as easily make it myself for the cost of time...

[jboypacman]

Its pretty cool but i hope that those were non-working carts.

Edited by jboypacman, Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:12 AM.

[cvga]

hallopino, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:39 AM, said:

Blackbag, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:11 AM, said:

The response to this should be interesting.

Good interesting, or bad interesting?

I had the same question. I figured someone would either complain about the price or that good cartridges are being used. I don't have a problem with either although I would recommend using the very best labels possible. I wouldn't purchase something to hang on my wall that was suffering from actiplague.

[Crazy Climber]

Is it just me or are these just atari games glued together with picture hooks on the back? Seems like they would be pretty easy to just make yourself with 50 cent common games, unless I am missing something? $40 shipped for 9 super common 50 cent games with non mint labels, some glue and 2 picture hooks seems way over priced. I can't see the total cost of this being more than $10 to do yourself? No real trickey assembly going on either as far as I can tell?

[the-topdog]

I think it is pretty cool. These would look neat in any of our game rooms. Using commons for this project is cool too...

As for the argument that these are just cartridges glued together with a picture hook and that you could do it for $10 yourself? Very true, but how many of us would take the time to make them? Not many of us, but if you do, cool.

So bottom line, these are neat pieces of art and I am very interested in seeing how well they sell here.

Do you make custom hangings? Like in the shape of a space invader using pre-selected carts?

Edited by the-topdog, Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:42 AM.

[Cebus Capucinis]

I would take the time to do it. But you've already seen my stuff.

I think these are really cool!

[the-topdog]

Cebus Capucinis, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:43 AM, said:

I would take the time to do it. But you've already seen my stuff.

You have that crazy banana shaped building with the "Monkey Labs" sign hanging on it... hey those aren't bricks... those are E.T. cartridges!

[Crazy Climber]

the-topdog, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:41 AM, said:

As for the argument that these are just cartridges glued together with a picture hook and that you could do it for $10 yourself? Very true, but how many of us would take the time to make them? Not many of us, but if you do, cool.

You are right, most of us would not take the time to make them but for $40 it just needs something to make it more unique. It is just atari carts with hooks, I have the same exact thing on my wall right now (my wall of ET carts, I really have to post a pic someday ) but I just used double stick mounting tape instead of hooks. Looks identical and cost me about 25 cents in tape. This wall hanging might do alright at an arts and crafts show but it just seems a little generic to me for his asking price, maybe he overpaid for the carts or something? I would be amazed if more than 20 minutes of work went in to assembling one of these? I might be wrong though, how long did they take you to make Hallapino and what kind of work was done? Is it just Atari carts, a hot glue gun and two 10 cent picture hooks? That is what it looks like to me

[hallopino]

Eh. I had a feeling it would go one way or an other. No better way to fond out what people think then to put it out there.

To answer the barage of questions:

I don't know if the games worked. My sisters ex gave them to her for Christmas off eBay once upon a time. They are no longer married and she wanted to be rid of them. I saved them from the garbage so I could use them and the system as props in a photo shoot. After that I had no use for the games and I thought this wa better then throwing them away.

Time I think I spent a couple days including waiting time for things t. Dry and test runs looking for an adhesive that will not give under stress or over time. But I justify price with that not everyone has games laying around or ones they are willing to destroy.

Yeah I could have more to them, but I do like the destressed look they already have.

[Jibbajaba]

hallopino, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:37 AM, said:

I saved them from the garbage so I could use them and the system as props in a photo shoot.

I'd like to hear more about that. Sounds like it might be pretty cool.

As to the comments so far, yeah you could do this yourself cheaper, but that is often the case in life. It's always more expensive to have someone else do the work. These seem expensive to us because we know what the carts are worth, but to someone who is just into retro decor and isn't an active classic gaming enthusiast or is just a very casual player, these might easily be worth the asking price just to have something interesting hanging on the wall. I definitely think that there is a market for these, but this might not be the right place...

As to the fact that he used working carts, they are all dirt common and worth nothing because there are a majillion of them in circulation. This is no different than the people who build furniture out of SMB/Duck Hunt carts. I can understand the knee-jerk reaction being negative because the carts are being taken out of circulation, but they aren't being thrown away or anything, and instead are being turned into something that celebrates the Atari. Not really much different than sending Al donor carts which he uses to make new games. In that case, the old game is destroyed in the process.

Anyway, I give this stuff a thumbs-up and I really would like to see what that photo shoot business was all about.

Chris

[revolutionika]

No one cares if you use these crappy common carts.

just don't use anything above an R3

[the.golden.ax]

A few of those 'crappy' carts are actually no so crappy value-wise (very few). I could have used a few myself actually, and the value on some like DK Junior, Spiderman, and Mario are in the $5+ range on eBay alone. The others I just don't care R1s are a dime a dozen.



AX

[pangasinan]

Im sure Iwan will buy these,he into this sort of stuff

[EricDeLee]

It would probably be really cool to make up some labels with the label maker and slap them on some combat carts for this type of project.

You can have a fake "Rarity 10 or Rarity 9" wall. You could also do the same with perhaps Activision carts.

Or what about a big one of nothing but ET carts. You can change one little thing in each label and have a little stick figure digging in a dump somewhere to poke fun at the whole ET Burial thingy...

Edited by EricDeLee, Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:12 PM.

[the.golden.ax]

Right now there is a Basketball and a ET in my dishwasher.

AX

[seanhq]

the.golden.ax, on Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:15 PM, said:

Right now there is a Basketball and a ET in my dishwasher.

AX

Seriously? A Basketball and ET is in your dishwasher? Hehe... don't let the NBA or NASA know about this... oh wait, you meant the cartridges not a real basketball or a living ET

[the.golden.ax]

The ET wouldn't survive my dishwasher, unless it came from a hot wet planet.

AX

[homerwannabee]

The only cart I have any real reservations about is the Mario Bros. cart. That cart is a $10 cart shipped on Ebay. I wonder if doing this will be akin to someone gluing an Amazing Spider-man 1 comic to the wall about 40 years ago.

[CPUWIZ]

Mr. Galaxian, on Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:35 PM, said:

The only cart I have any real reservations about is the Mario Bros. cart. That cart is a $10 cart shipped on Ebay. I wonder if doing this will be akin to someone gluing an Amazing Spider-man 1 comic to the wall about 40 years ago.

Yep, because Mario Bros. is just as rare as Spiderman #1.

[Cebus Capucinis]

CPUWIZ, on Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:44 PM, said:

Mr. Galaxian, on Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:35 PM, said:

The only cart I have any real reservations about is the Mario Bros. cart. That cart is a $10 cart shipped on Ebay. I wonder if doing this will be akin to someone gluing an Amazing Spider-man 1 comic to the wall about 40 years ago.

Yep, because Mario Bros. is just as rare as Spiderman #1.

It will be if my 'Will it Blend?' plan comes to fruition.

[homerwannabee]

CPUWIZ, on Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:44 PM, said:

Mr. Galaxian, on Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:35 PM, said:

The only cart I have any real reservations about is the Mario Bros. cart. That cart is a $10 cart shipped on Ebay. I wonder if doing this will be akin to someone gluing an Amazing Spider-man 1 comic to the wall about 40 years ago.

Yep, because Mario Bros. is just as rare as Spiderman #1.

It is demand that makes Amazing Spiderman #1 more valuable. Do a check on Ebay for completed listings of Amazing Spider-man number 1 and you will see 20 different Spider-man #1's. There were 13 different Mario Bros. carts also sold. In fact over 1622 different Amazing Spider-man #1's have been graded.

See what you may not know about me is I also am an Amazing Spider-man collector. Have been for a few years now. Sure I will give the point that a lot more people would be selling Mario Bros. if it was game that sold for at least $1000 in almost any condition, and $200,000 in cherry mint condition.

But it is not as rare as you may think. See Amazing Spider-man 1 came out in March 1963. In about 2 or 3 years there would start to be actual comic book conventions. There were stories of a dealer at one convention having a stack of at least 100 Amazing Spider-man #1 comics for $5 a piece in the mid 60's. Which would already be 20 times cover price. The original print run for Amazing Spider-man 1 was about the same as the Atari 2600 version of Mario Bros. About 300,000. Yes, paper does dispose quicker, and yes people are more likely to throw paper out, but $5 back then was a big amount of money. Enough for people to scour yard sales, and buy up as many Amazing Spider-man #1's as possible.

So ending. Is Amazing Spider-man #1 rarer than the Atari 2600 version of Mario Bros? Probably, but not much more rarer than Mario Bros. Maybe it is 2 to 3 times rarer given the fact it is 20 years older than this game. So it is the insane demand that makes this issue worth so much.