TPR Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I think they are the white ADAM controllers with plastic dye applied to them. Ahh, ok. That was going to be my next question if they were dyed or painted somehow. Still they are really nice looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Wow! Those are cool. Do they "feel" like real ColecoVision controllers? How did he get the molds and everything for them? They are re-purposed original ColecoVision controllers. At the simplest level they were refurbished and dyed among other things. Details can be found as follows: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/146832-pre-order-custom-donkey-kong-donkey-kong-jr-cv-controllers/ http://atariage.com/forums/topic/131859-custom-pac-man-ms-pac-man-colecovision-controllers/ I have ended the auctions for the two controller sets - private deal struck with an AA member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 ^ Congrats! Those are really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Wow! Those are cool. Do they "feel" like real ColecoVision controllers? How did he get the molds and everything for them? They are indeed the beige ADAM Hand Controllers that were used seeing as dying something light is a lot easier than dark. DoubleDown also extended the controller shaft and the ball knobs are considerably larger than those used by Yurkie. The DoubleDown controllers are without a doubt my favorite controllers to use on the CV or ADAM... although I rarely use them so as to keep them in as good of shape as possible. I did end up selling my Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man controllers, but will not part with the DK controller set. If you got the money to spare, make the effort to at least get one of these sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I have ended the auctions for the two controller sets - private deal struck with an AA member. I'm sure the person made a very handsome offer that you accepted, but it would have been interesting to see these auction run their coarse as I think you would have gotten more... especially during the sales frenzy leading up to X-Mas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I'm sure the person made a very handsome offer that you accepted, but it would have been interesting to see these auction run their coarse as I think you would have gotten more... especially during the sales frenzy leading up to X-Mas. There's always the possibility of getting more on eBay but then again it can be a lottery with auction style listings. I did strike a deal that, in my opinion, would likely have matched eBay - but then again who knows. I'm glad they're at least going to a great AA member who is serious about collecting and preserving all things CV. BTW - do you remember how much your Pac-Man set sold for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj4u43 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 It's ganna hit 400! eBay Auction -- Item Number: 321839102336 I ran it up! whoever I was bidding against if it was a a real bidder or not it got ridiculous so I am not ashamed to admit I bid it up...I hope the owner wasnt playing games and someone wanted it that bad. So I am out of thy bidding.. enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I ran it up! whoever I was bidding against if it was a a real bidder or not it got ridiculous so I am not ashamed to admit I bid it up...I hope the owner wasnt playing games and someone wanted it that bad. So I am out of thy bidding.. enjoy I'm the owner and I can assure you that I don't play those games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 It's ganna hit 400! eBay Auction -- Item Number: 321839102336 I'm so bummed on this. Death Race was the first arcade game I ever played and it has a very special place in my heart. I got the O2 version and am waiting on the Vectrex version. I was hoping beyond hope that someone would do a CV version not realizing this existed already. I would have even gone 100 to get it but this is rediculously out of my reach! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) What's the story behind this Death Race cart? Is it a homebrew? I didn't know such a thing existed. Stupid me. Just read the auction description, which explained everything. I ran it up! whoever I was bidding against if it was a a real bidder or not it got ridiculous so I am not ashamed to admit I bid it up...I hope the owner wasnt playing games and someone wanted it that bad. So I am out of thy bidding.. enjoy Maybe I'm reading this wrong. When you say "I ran it up", are you saying that you bid with the sole purpose of driving up the price without an intent to buy at your bidding price? Edited August 22, 2015 by goldenegg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I ran it up! whoever I was bidding against if it was a a real bidder or not it got ridiculous so I am not ashamed to admit I bid it up...I hope the owner wasnt playing games and someone wanted it that bad. So I am out of thy bidding.. enjoy Isn't that like really not cool to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 glad someone got the sketch! Wow, I also now see from the bidding history that it looks like you "ran up" the Super Sketch. So thank you for making that Super Sketch Super Expensive for me even though you probably have no intent to buy. Kind of think this dude is really on my "not very cool" list at the moment. (I'll post some screen shots below where you can see both names bidding up the items) Maybe you've watched one too many episodes of "Storage Wars." From the Super Sketch auction: From the Death Race auction: EDIT: Looks like he also bid up a copy of Juno First: EDIT: And a Championship Ice Hockey: Did you have any intent to buy any of those games, or were you just purposely raising the price because you think that's fun? EDIT: I apologize if I sound like I'm being too accusing, just going off what the guy said above, and then looking at a bunch of auctions, including ones I was involved in where the bidding history looks suspect, especially reading the words "bid it up" and "I'm not ashamed to admit it," I, too would kind of like some explanation about what he meant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Oh man - that one is still on my want list. I'd have paid $400 for it Back in 2006, Direct4Games in the UK was blowing out Telegames' old stock, and before they got prickish about things you could get some really good deals; they were selling CBK:PS for 9.99 GBP (or about $20 then). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 They are re-purposed original ColecoVision controllers. At the simplest level they were refurbished and dyed among other things. Details can be found as follows: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/146832-pre-order-custom-donkey-kong-donkey-kong-jr-cv-controllers/ http://atariage.com/forums/topic/131859-custom-pac-man-ms-pac-man-colecovision-controllers/ I have ended the auctions for the two controller sets - private deal struck with an AA member. wow after seeing death race go for crazy money you should have left those controllers out there. I don't understand the whole side deal thing. I am betting you may have seen a sky rocket price. I know if I didn't already have both sets I would have paid huge money. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I ran it up! whoever I was bidding against if it was a a real bidder or not it got ridiculous so I am not ashamed to admit I bid it up...I hope the owner wasnt playing games and someone wanted it that bad. So I am out of thy bidding.. enjoy I hope it is a language thing, ran it up around here means you are screwing with people to inflate prices without any desire to ever buy the item. It is totally not cool and everyone will be very pissed at you. Hopefully you mean you just wanted it and can't go higher. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I'm the owner and I can assure you that I don't play those games. Of course Ikrananka is in my brotherhood so I know he is a cool guy but before we were even in the brotherhood together he was always a great seller with fair prices. I can confirm he is not that kind of guy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj4u43 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 What's the story behind this Death Race cart? Is it a homebrew? I didn't know such a thing existed. Stupid me. Just read the auction description, which explained everything. Maybe I'm reading this wrong. When you say "I ran it up", are you saying that you bid with the sole purpose of driving up the price without an intent to buy at your bidding price? No I was gonna buy it at first. I thought I was being drivin up. So I stopped the bidding thinking that whoever put it up to bid on was fake bidding against me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 No I was gonna buy it at first. I thought I was being drivin up. So I stopped the bidding thinking that whoever put it up to bid on was fake bidding against me. So you had every intention of buying the Death Race and all the other titles that you were bidding high on and then dropped on someone at pretty close to the last minute? Because I'll be honest, the Super Sketch one looks REALLY sketchy. The fact that you bid it up high against me, and then dropped it on me with 3 minutes until the end of the auction with only a $5 difference looks super suspect, especially with your language above "I'm not ashamed to admit it" just makes it sounds like you're doing something not right, I'm sorry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj4u43 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 So you had every intention of buying the Death Race and all the other titles that you were bidding high on and then dropped on someone at pretty close to the last minute? Because I'll be honest, the Super Sketch one looks REALLY sketchy. The fact that you bid it up high against me, and then dropped it on me with 3 minutes until the end of the auction with only a $5 difference looks super suspect, especially with your language above "I'm not ashamed to admit it" just makes it sounds like you're doing something not right, I'm sorry. If you ask troy whelan... he will tell you I pay. and pay well..I will pay as soon as auction over...I want the games..but if i feel i am being scammed I will stop. The sketch pad I wanted no doubt about it. but when it went too high I backed off.. so no worries there... my pockets are deep but not gonna be taken for a ride. BTW I am currently the high bidder for death race..chill kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 If you ask troy whelan... he will tell you I pay. and pay well..I will pay as soon as auction over...I want the games..but if i feel i am being scammed I will stop. The sketch pad I wanted no doubt about it. but when it went too high I backed off.. so no worries there... my pockets are deep but not gonna be taken for a ride. BTW I am currently the high bidder for death race..chill kids. I appreciate the explanation, but I'm sure you can understand why I posted what I did. I don't like being taken for a ride. And yes, you were bidding against me on the Death Race also, so when I saw what you wrote, it really made me concerned that's exactly what was happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 On rare and super rare items such as the ones mentioned above, we all know full well that there will be a HEAVY price to pay to acquire them... more so if they show up on eBay versus private sale. The best remedy to any funny business with auctions is to set a price in your mind that you are willing to pay and then enter this bid amount of your's with a couple seconds left or use a bidding service. There is no point as far as i'm concerned in placing bids as soon as an items shows up and then keep placing bids over numerous days.... you are just running up the price yourself. Try this, make an early bid at a low price so that the seller knows there is interest and then wait for the final seconds to enter your best bid. You can also check with coleco_master when items like this show up to see if he can custom make such item. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj4u43 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I appreciate the explanation, but I'm sure you can understand why I posted what I did. I don't like being taken for a ride. And yes, you were bidding against me on the Death Race also, so when I saw what you wrote, it really made me concerned that's exactly what was happening. I understand..sometimes a little liquor and posting makes me confusing..lmao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkerieSilk Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 On rare and super rare items such as the ones mentioned above, we all know full well that there will be a HEAVY price to pay to acquire them... more so if they show up on eBay versus private sale. "The best remedy to any funny business with auctions is to set a price in your mind that you are willing to pay" and then enter this bid amount of your's with a couple seconds left or use a bidding service. There is no point as far as i'm concerned in placing bids as soon as an items shows up and then keep placing bids over numerous days.... you are just running up the price yourself. Try this, make an early bid at a low price so that the seller knows there is interest and then wait for the final seconds to enter your best bid. You can also check with coleco_master when items like this show up to see if he can custom make such item. I'm so bad at that ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkerieSilk Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 On rare and super rare items such as the ones mentioned above, we all know full well that there will be a HEAVY price to pay to acquire them... more so if they show up on eBay versus private sale. The best remedy to any funny business with auctions is to set a price in your mind that you are willing to pay and then enter this bid amount of your's with a couple seconds left or use a bidding service. There is no point as far as i'm concerned in placing bids as soon as an items shows up and then keep placing bids over numerous days.... you are just running up the price yourself. Try this, make an early bid at a low price so that the seller knows there is interest and then wait for the final seconds to enter your best bid. You can also check with coleco_master when items like this show up to see if he can custom make such item. I was thinking that it's a bummer any of this has become about the money (I'm no less guilty) rather a revisit to happier days ... our childhoods (let me have it now, I can take it).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I was thinking that it's a bummer any of this has become about the money (I'm no less guilty) rather a revisit to happier days ... our childhoods (let me have it now, I can take it).... It's a shame that this all the hobby has become for a lot of folks. Money (or who has the most of it) is all that matters. Of course that's the world in its essence today unfortunately I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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