Evanlor Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 This is the first time I have seen one of these - Sears Telegames Adventure, color label. I was able to pick it up but you tell me - is this rare, or just rare to me? Thanks! Evan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 The cartridge in itself not really rare. The box would bring up the price but even the box isn’t really that rare. Lately the price has been inflated however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 I think it’s cool. I only have a couple of Sears carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanlor Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Atari_Bill said: The cartridge in itself not really rare. The box would bring up the price but even the box isn’t really that rare. Lately the price has been inflated however. Thanks! I've honestly never seen an Adventure label with Sears on it, and I scour eBay and other sites nightly. Of course that doesn't mean it is rare, its just that I don't ever see them. Do you? Have you? Thanks again! Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanlor Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 3 hours ago, sramirez2008 said: I think it’s cool. I only have a couple of Sears carts. Thanks, me too! Some of the Sears full-color labels pretty easy to come by (Sear Pac-Man, Asteroids, Berzerk, Sub Commander, etc), while others seem like pipe dreams. Adventure and Basketball come to mind in the latter category, to be sure. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, Evanlor said: Thanks, me too! Some of the Sears full-color labels pretty easy to come by (Sear Pac-Man, Asteroids, Berzerk, Sub Commander, etc), while others seem like pipe dreams. Adventure and Basketball come to mind in the latter category, to be sure. Evan Yeah, I have Asteroids and Sub Commander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Evanlor said: Thanks! I've honestly never seen an Adventure label with Sears on it, and I scour eBay and other sites nightly. Of course that doesn't mean it is rare, its just that I don't ever see them. Do you? Have you? Thanks again! Evan The Sears picture labels are among my favorites for the Atari. I just love the artwork on them. I have a full set of them but some of them are not easy to come by. Edited June 17, 2020 by Atari_Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krslam Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Atari_Bill said: The Sears picture labels are among my favorites for the Atari. I just love the artwork on them. I have a full set of them but some of them are not easy to come by. Do you have Superman? The Sears picture version of that is quite rare. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 23 minutes ago, krslam said: Do you have Superman? The Sears picture version of that is quite rare. You mean this one? ? Yeah this might be the rarest piece I got. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krslam Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Nice! That's the only Sears variant I'm missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanlor Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 12 hours ago, Atari_Bill said: You mean this one? ? Yeah this might be the rarest piece I got. *DROOL Woa, VERY COOL I think the rarety guide doesn't really reflect how hard these picture labels are to come by. I've NEVER seen one of those. I had a chance to purchase Basketball and no luck - really hard to find that one, too. Any others that are difficult to locate? Evan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Several of the Sears picture labels are fairly hard to find. I’m not sure which ones are tougher now, but there are threads here discussing this. I think Gunslinger and canyon bomber took me quite a while to find. Race isn’t the easiest either. As as far as the Superman goes, I don’t know for sure that it’s ever been decided that it was an official release. I don’t know specific numbers but I’ve heard of only maybe under 10 people that has one. That seems very odd that they would have made such a rare variation for production. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I find almost everything tough to find personally. The boxed sears games have great artwork and should be collected if you can find them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 That Adventure cart is ultra rare... I mean look at a dollar bill when a stamp is upside down. Much money! Well your adventure cart is completely reversed! I'd give you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 15 hours ago, Captain_Combat said: The boxed sears games have great artwork and should be collected if you can find them. Hear, hear! Love that Superman artwork? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanlor Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 On 6/18/2020 at 12:20 PM, ClassicGMR said: That Adventure cart is ultra rare... I mean look at a dollar bill when a stamp is upside down. Much money! Well your adventure cart is completely reversed! I'd give you Funny. Not for sale - took me 2 years of scrounging to find such a thing. I've just come across a Sear Baseball picture label. Can't wait for it to get here! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanlor Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 On 6/17/2020 at 5:00 PM, Atari_Bill said: Several of the Sears picture labels are fairly hard to find. I’m not sure which ones are tougher now, but there are threads here discussing this. I think Gunslinger and canyon bomber took me quite a while to find. Race isn’t the easiest either. As as far as the Superman goes, I don’t know for sure that it’s ever been decided that it was an official release. I don’t know specific numbers but I’ve heard of only maybe under 10 people that has one. That seems very odd that they would have made such a rare variation for production. Can you point me in the direction of the threads that discuss Sears and Telegames stuff for the Atari? This is near and dear to my nostalgia - I grew up picking toys out of the Sears catalog every September/October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Evanlor said: Can you point me in the direction of the threads that discuss Sears and Telegames stuff for the Atari? This is near and dear to my nostalgia - I grew up picking toys out of the Sears catalog every September/October. I feel the same way. My first Atari unit was a Sears 6 switch. I still have it CIB today (I was a weird kid that kept everything boxed and in nice shape). Below is a thread that I recall providing some insight into the Sears pic labels. Check it out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 There's a few die hard collectors/hoarders that like to buy those sears pic labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Picture label Sears Adventure as a loose cart is about a R3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 https://www.ebay.com/itm/274367651563 here are more sears carts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 also https://www.ebay.com/itm/153965454817 and the manual if you dont have it https://www.ebay.com/itm/143440412098 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanlor Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 12:46 AM, 0078265317 said: also https://www.ebay.com/itm/153965454817 and the manual if you dont have it https://www.ebay.com/itm/143440412098 wow, and very cool!! I still believe that it is far more rare than people know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanlor Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 12:41 AM, 0078265317 said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/274367651563 here are more sears carts Yup, and those look to be in pretty good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanlor Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/21/2020 at 6:48 PM, Shawn said: Picture label Sears Adventure as a loose cart is about a R3. Can you tell me why you think so? I’ve been scouring several sites for almost 2 years while building my collection, usually a couple of hours a day, and I’ve only seen one of these for sale. Have you seen many? This was my main question as I truly believe that some of these Sears picture labels are more like a 7-9 range, and possible a 10 or two are in there to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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