Items you can't even look at on Yahoo Japan Auctions

[richmal]

http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/212478736

Any one fancy half a dozen Versus Citys

[AeroCityMayor]

There are about a dozen and a half not 20 miles from you d00d

[richy13]

There are about a dozen and a half not 20 miles from you d00d

[richmal]

There are about a dozen and a half not 20 miles from you d00d

Maybe I'll have to come look one time

[OlDirty]

You bought it? You can't be series.

What's her name?

[Chempop]

Marcia Brady

[OlDirty]

You're all wrong, it's Christine Taylor of the "the brady bunch movie" (1995 remake) Hot but stupid as **** in the movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zCfNdv1ewk

[jhonny_d]

http://page23.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... o140428864

chiki chiky boys, didn't know it was that rare/expensive

[phillv85]

I saw that at £220~ yesterday and thought that was a lot. What's going on in Japan at the moment with PCB prices? Is it all us foreigners bleeding it dry, or has there been a crazy uptake in ownership locally in the hobby?

[nem]

Judging by the amount of feedback it mostly likely went to some foreigner through a deputy service.

Absolutely mad price though.

[zak]

I don't think it's foreigners. I was offered cheapish copies of mega twins when I was looking 3 months ago - could also be the art work....

[pubjoe]

I always suspect it's foreigners/agents because the prices of items in demand are so vastly out of line with items that aren't on the radar.

Like the Pocket Fighter poster I got for 200 yen while other Capcom posters go for over a hundred times that, or the Pony panel I forgot to bid on ends at 2000 yen but then the ones I have bid on go for over 20,000.

You'd expect fluctuation or a demand premium anywhere, but it sometimes seems like a whole other auction room.

[rancor]

Every time I got to MAK / TRY / G-Front / Beep!, etc.. I see 2-man teams of French and Italians (and yes - STV, many times) leaving with huge shopping bags completely stuffed full of PCBs and Saturn games. I really do think that mainland Europe is driving this madness.
I was just there this afternoon, and Akihabara is more foreigners than Japanese.

[zak]

Every time I got to MAK / TRY / G-Front / Beep!, etc.. I see 2-man teams of French and Italians (and yes - STV, many times) leaving with huge shopping bags completely stuffed full of PCBs and Saturn games. I really do think that mainland Europe is driving this madness.
I was just there this afternoon, and Akihabara is more foreigners than Japanese.

French and Italian......

[zak]

Isn't STV banned from a few of these shops though?

[pubjoe]

What for? Buying too much?

[AeroCityMayor]

Presumably for just being STV!

[zak]

http://blog.system11.org/?p=1174

[jhonny_d]

it's just a matter of high demand for stuff in limited quantity, even without these "speculators" price would increase anyway

I don't see any problem if a customer is happy to pay a fat markup to a middleman

[ArcadeSTG]

Isn't STV banned from a few of these shops though?

I have read the posts about STV showing a frankenstein CPS1 kit (slightly different box and homemade serial number sticker) as a legit kit. He was trying to sell that kit and was caught by another forum member. I don't know if this is the complete story, but this is what I understood.

I am curious about another infamous member: JAPJAC (Leading pioneer and expert in the field of Japanese videogame playing, studying & collecting in the U.K. since day one' © 2001. Japan resident & TFP founder.). He seems to do spam across all arcade forums but he seems to have a very bad reputation and I don't know his story. Actually, if you write his name in the forum you get an extra line