+atari2600land Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I found this on eBay. Any idea on what it is? http://www.ebay.com/itm/294026760458 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) Quote These were given out at a Consumer Electronics Show (probably 1981) to tie in with the "$1,000,000 Money Machine" contest being presented at the Magnavox booth. It's a small, white cloth (perhaps canvas) drawstring bag. It features a green drawing of a moneybag that says "$1,000,000" and "Money Machine" over the word ODYSSEY². https://www.the-nextlevel.com/odyssey2/collect/misc/storage/ I wonder if RARE means it easily is worth $50 to a dedicated collector or if that still is hefty for a canvas bag? I found the same on Etsy, about $23... https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/789716031/cotton-canvas-odyssey-money-bag-1000000?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=odyssey+gaming&ref=sr_gallery-1-30&from_market_listing_grid_organic=1 Edited March 8, 2021 by carlsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 OK, thanks. I was wondering if it was for some contest or something. It's kind of odd it's a bag, though. I thought there was a prototype of a cancelled game called $1,000,000 Money Machine". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I got curious if the press would write anything after CES, assuming this was January 1981. What I found confused me a bit. Based on the timeline, the US Odyssey^2 was introduced at CES January 1979. Yet in this clip from February 1981, it says: Magnavox demonstrated the "Odyssey", a hybrid of computer game and simple computer. and that is it. While Magnavox most definitely could showcase a system that debuted two years earlier, it doesn't quite sound like what you would bring to a trade show, in particular if resellers already had begun to have discount bundle packs. Could it be some of the latest Odyssey^2 games they showcased but it didn't register with the magazine that was the news? I know it is said that InfoWorld often misunderstood things, miscredited people etc but as time markers I believe it should be useful even if you can't always trust the details they write about. Sure the $1.000.000 contest (or whatever it was) could've taken place in the summer of 1981 or perhaps in 1982 etc. I don't know how closely in time this bag is pinpointed. It could be worth checking a few other magazines among those scanned, as CES was an event many wrote about (but of course could not cover everything). https://books.google.se/books?id=jz4EAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=sv&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 There were 2 different bags for consecutive years at the CES from what I’ve found. I have both bags. I paid quite a bit more for this when I bought it but they seemed to show up much less frequently several years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Don't quote me on this because I may be misremembering, but I believe that something similar was also used in a Pick-Axe Pete contest. Again, this may be my memory playing tricks on me, but for some reason that sticks in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 9:54 AM, carlsson said: I found the same on Etsy, about $23... Thanks for the heads up on this. I'm just getting into the Odyssey2 scene and just purchased this item for $15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Cool. I saw that the $50 bag on eBay also got sold to best offer, whether it was more than $15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Yeah who knows, though I'd think it probably went for more than $15 since the asking price was $50, but you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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