Atari_Bill Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) I just picked this up recently and would love to know if anyone has any details about it. I know it’s got to be a promotional piece, but for whom. Customers, employees? I could only find it in 2 places when I was researching it. One was a member here that has one and the other was on ROMs page. Neither provided any history though. Edited April 2, 2020 by Atari_Bill Word missing 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Guessing it was probably an internal employee thing. Maybe Tod Frye would know? BTW: might you be interested in trading or selling it? Into other vintage Pac-Man collectibles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 31 minutes ago, save2600 said: Guessing it was probably an internal employee thing. Maybe Tod Frye would know? BTW: might you be interested in trading or selling it? Into other vintage Pac-Man collectibles? No, not into selling. I love to add old game related merch to my collection. This is one I really like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, Atari_Bill said: No, not into selling. I love to add old game related merch to my collection. This is one I really like. Yeah, it's a cool piece for sure! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 I found the other member that has one. cvga has one in his collection. I saw it in one of his pics. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Atari_Bill said: I found the other member that has one. cvga has one in his collection. I saw it in one of his pics. Yep. I bought mine from a guy who had a bunch of promotional stuff. I know it was a promo piece from 1982 but I'm not sure who it was given out to. I hadn't seen any others until now and had assumed it was probably given to large retail buyers. I'm not sure why though since everyone was super excited to get Pac-man. I can't imagine Atari needing to talk any stores into ordering it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmavision2000 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Maybe It could've been an early version of a pre-order bonus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 43 minutes ago, cvga said: Yep. I bought mine from a guy who had a bunch of promotional stuff. I know it was a promo piece from 1982 but I'm not sure who it was given out to. I hadn't seen any others until now and had assumed it was probably given to large retail buyers. I'm not sure why though since everyone was super excited to get Pac-man. I can't imagine Atari needing to talk any stores into ordering it. Did you supply a pic to the Atarimania site? Didn’t know if he got that from you or elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Just now, Atari_Bill said: Did you supply a pic to the Atarimania site? Didn’t know if he got that from you or elsewhere. Not that I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doxberry Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Hi, I have one of these in the UK. We've had it since the 1980's, but perhaps its time to let someone else enjoy it. It still is an epic game if you ask me! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Huh, neat to see another example, thanks for sharing! ..Al 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Very cool. Is the back the, well, back of the box, so to speak, or is it just the same image as the front? Just curious, hard to tell from the pics, but looks like a card in an acrylic block basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doxberry Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Its the same on both sides, made of acrylic or some similar material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Cool, thanks, A back of the box could have been cool too, but as a desktop piece, if used in an office, whoever was on the other side of the desk would see the, well, other side, so the same on both makes sense too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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