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

[F86]

Granted I've never seen a japanese contra but still

It was usually around 35000 yen

[F86]

Super lol, immediately another pops up..
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/au ... 1068483595

[F86]

You could even buy it at surugaya for 1/4 of the price

https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/180000936

[kazuo]

Proxy buyers are having a field day with the exchange rates. It'll be bad in the long run, as the price expectation will remain high once the yen stabilizes.

Meanwhile, here is the nicest, most pristine New Astro City you will ever see... never used on location, still has WHITE speaker surrounds (!), and even the date sticker is still visible under the control panel. Madness. 10K USD and rising.
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/au ... 1068323574

[aerobert]

Jeebus christ

[supabok]

Meanwhile, here is the nicest, most pristine New Astro City you will ever see... never used on location, still has WHITE speaker surrounds (!), and even the date sticker is still visible under the control panel. Madness. 10K USD and rising.

Ended up selling for 20K USD factoring in the current exchange rate. Pretty crazy but oh such a beautiful cab

[CFO]

Another one: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/au ... 1068555882
Bonus: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/au ... 1068230656

As crazy as they are, seems a bit conspiratorial to chalk all these prices up to shill bidders

[Ddshot]

Recent prices are ridiculous!£4.2k for air gallet,the great ragtime show £1.4k muchi muchi pork went for something like £3k untested/damaged if I rember correctly!i never minded paying for something I want but I’m not dropping 4.2k on a shmup that’s gonna be on mister sooner or later.I’m out looks like my pcb collecting days are over!
It’s totally unsustainable,there’s a obvious bubble which means it’s gonna pop at some point,when who knows??but wouldn’t wanna be that dude who dropped £4k on a pcb only to find out it’s worth only a fraction of that!

[lastspaceship]

ha, thread name change.

[F86]

It will pop soon like neogeo stuff did

[parodius]

Did it?

[F86]

Did it?

Exactly.

[nem]

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[MrSandman]

[Ddshot]

Yeah I had a bit of rant!but I can’t be the only one thinking pcb prices have gone insane the last few years?theres a lot of forum members who been in the arcade scene a lot longer than me,would be great hear there opinions

[garrz32]

Yeah I had a bit of rant!but I can’t be the only one thinking pcb prices have gone insane the last few years?theres a lot of forum members who been in the arcade scene a lot longer than me,would be great hear there opinions

Everything has went insane and has been for years, Video games, comics, toys etc , if you don't have the things you crave now and are waiting for the bubble to burst, you'll have a long wait

[Ddshot]

Tbh i Think I was just shocked seeing air gallet sell for £4.2k!

[sven666]

Im more shocked my electricity bill has gone up about 15x tbh... makes collectibles doubling or tripling in price seem pretty meager.

[arcnl]

i'd argue that quite a few have gone up 10-15x since the golden days. You know, when we used to discuss gameplay, projects and fun instead of what the expected return on your investments is

[zak]

Not sure what you're all talking about. Aliens is still a cheap PCB:

https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/en/auction/ ... ch_url_auc