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General / Re: March 2016 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: March 07, 2016, 10:56:46 am »

Here's the pickups from this weekend...

Interactive Figures
Eggcited Thrillipede (SuperChargers)
Hot Streak (SuperChargers)
Power Blue Gold Rusher (SuperChargers)
Power Blue Splat (SuperChargers)
Power Blue Splatter Splasher (SuperChargers)
Power Blue Trigger Happy (SuperChargers)
Sea Shadow (SuperChargers)
Shield Striker (SuperChargers)
Sky Slicer (SuperChargers)
Spitfire (SuperChargers)
Spring Ahead Dive Bomber (SuperChargers)
Thump Truck (SuperChargers)

It was Skylanders Day at GameStop and I went a little overboard...

NES
Mystery Quest (Box Only)
Puzznic (Box Only)
Tetris 2 (Box Only)

PS2
Grandia II
Grandia Xtreme (got these from a friend who I'm helping to sell some of his games)

PS3
XBlaze Lost: Memories

PS4
The Last Tinker: City of Colors (apparently the physical version just came out this week, found it in a mom n' pop game store)

Vita
The Wolf Among Us (found this marked down to $3.74)

Wii
Beyblade Metal Fusion: battle Fortress
GT Pro Series
Mountain Sports
Virtua Tennis 4

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: March 07, 2016, 10:24:02 am »

My cousin and I ended up going but had to leave earlier than anticipated when I discovered my car was acting up. We got down there on Saturday around 1PM, hung out for a few hours and then went to get a bite to eat / look for local game shops. As we were leaving the convention my car acted like it didn't want to start or if it did turn over it would fall below 1000 RPMs and then die. Luckily I was able to get it going but it kept doing that even after we ate and found a local game shop (btw Game Force is on my DO NOT RECOMMEND list). Rather than risk it any further I decided to just come back home. It's a 14 year old car and it's been a very reliable vehicle the last five years but I'm thinking it's time to get something newer. 

Anyway, about the convention...it was larger than I was expecting. If I had the space for it, I would have snatched up an E-SWAT cab I saw.  My cousin is a huge Dragon's Lair fan and he finally got the chance to play the arcade machine. The vendors were a little more sparse than I was expecting. I did find a guy selling empty boxes for relatively cheap. I picked up the boxes for Puzznic, Mystery Quest, and Tetris 2 on NES. There was this huge framed bead art Bomberman picture that I almost dropped $50 on.  The lack of lighting made it hard to see what some vendors had so I probably missed out on some stuff.

I'm looking forward to attending the show next year and if anyone else from here is going then I'll definitely make a better effort to communicate so we can meet up. 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2016

« on: March 06, 2016, 06:24:47 pm »

Legend of Zelda, The: A Link to the Past
Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/6099
Dupe: http://vgcollect.com/item/99594

Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (THQ)
Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/9166
Dupe: http://vgcollect.com/item/99593

Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom
Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/12449
Dupe: http://vgcollect.com/item/99591

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2016

« on: March 06, 2016, 03:31:45 am »

Legendary Bone Bash Roller Brawl (say that 10x fast  )
Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/96114
Dupe: http://vgcollect.com/item/99288

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Site Feedback / Re: Move "Submit New Item" button

« on: March 06, 2016, 03:03:33 am »

Excellent suggestion! 

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: March 05, 2016, 03:06:04 am »

Anyone going to the Louisville Arcade Expo this weekend?

http://www.arcaderx.com/

I know a few guys going. Are you going to be there?  Let me know. We'll meet up.

This is looking like a probability. My cousin was the one who told me about it and wants to go. I'm just hoping my vehicle is up for the 4 hours of driving. 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Recent Additions to Database

« on: March 05, 2016, 03:02:54 am »

Added the Power Blue Skylander SuperChargers variants which release today for Soera. 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2016

« on: March 05, 2016, 03:01:34 am »

Bratz: Forever Diamondz (Revenge of the Pesky Colon Edition)
Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/32447
Dupe (sans Colon): http://vgcollect.com/item/99452 (has a picture of the cart which is nice)



User also listed up some multicarts with no information (if these are allowed then never mind)
http://vgcollect.com/item/99429
http://vgcollect.com/item/99450
http://vgcollect.com/item/99451

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General / Re: March 2016 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: March 05, 2016, 02:27:18 am »

Copy/Paste what pacpix and redblaze57 said about the LOZ: TP HD Bundle. I got mine from GameStop and they also gave me a Sound Selection CD. 

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: March 04, 2016, 01:09:25 am »

Anyone going to the Louisville Arcade Expo this weekend?

http://www.arcaderx.com/

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Listing Errors 2016

« on: March 03, 2016, 02:25:19 pm »

I was trying to clean up some Skylanders entries this morning and got a bunch rejected (I really wish there was a way you could see who performed the edit so they could be contacted directly). The rejects were in regards to some ratings and genres. The packages don't have ratings on them and I was looking at the style guide for that and saw this...

"If your item has no rating of any kind, choose "None". This applies to all consoles and systems." which is what I've done a bunch of times and the edits have gotten approved without incident. I can only assume the mod is citing this "If your item has no rating anywhere on the package, do not make one up so you can add it to its listing" which IMO isn't what I'm doing, I was following the former. I also had the same thing occur to the Game Gear game Putt & Putter which was released prior to any ESRB or VRC. Again, I've submitted edits of "NONE" for other games released before ratings were adopted and they've been approved in the past.

Also in regards to trying to add or change the genre for the Skylanders, some were blank/unfilled and others had "Adventure" listed. I'd contest that while the games themselves are "Adventure" games, the FIGURES themselves are not and given that there isn't a "NONE" choice, I've been selecting "Other" for them (which again have been getting approved without issue). I had put off cleaning up the rest of the Skylanders section for a while and was about to start that again but can I get a consensus of what the PTB want in the fields before I do? 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2016

« on: March 03, 2016, 02:10:32 pm »

Another day...another Zelda dupe... 

Legend of Zelda, The: The Wind Waker HD
Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/46637
Dupe: http://vgcollect.com/item/99252

Here's what I notice first. Each entry have different ESRB boxes. One has a white header, one has a black header. Annnnd both exist. BUT there are 2 ones with the white ESRB box! Info here (with Ebay item ID where you can enlarge picture for reference)

Wind Waker HD Wii U
black ESRB header
 - 2013
 - WUP-P-BCZE-USZ
 - 8111SA
 - 045496903169
 - Made in USA
 - ebay 331789750519

white ESRB header
 - 2013
 - WUP-N-BCZE-USZ
 - 101975A
 - 045496903169
 - Made in USA
 - ebay 121912374818

white ESRB header
 - 2013
 - WUP-N-NCZE-USZ
 - 101975A
 - 045496903169
 - Made in Japan
 - ebay 331792820971

However, I do not know how the disc Part number (that's the number on the original db entry) matches up to which package, or if any of these 3 versions are what came in a bundle.

Well then...I guess in the grand scheme of things it isn't a dupe after all.  I mean, I'd maintain that it was and consider things like the color of a ESRB box to be largely superficial/overly technical but I don't have much of a say in the matter.   

I guess the entries should be changed to Legend of Zelda, The: The Wind Waker HD (Black Box ESRB) and Legend of Zelda, The: The Wind Waker HD (White Box ESRB)? 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2016

« on: March 03, 2016, 12:57:17 pm »

Another day...another Zelda dupe... 

Legend of Zelda, The: The Wind Waker HD
Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/46637
Dupe: http://vgcollect.com/item/99252

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2016

« on: March 03, 2016, 01:43:09 am »

Darklight Crypt Adventure Pack - Skylanders Spyro's Adventure
Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/26239
Dupe: http://vgcollect.com/item/75583

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: March 02, 2016, 01:15:55 pm »

For gf78 

https://www.humblebundle.com/star-wars