Bootleg question # 7,587,245: Kits

Ajax · Nov 18, 2005

So I just made a large Neo purchase from a reliable seller on this forum. I'm not worried that the games I just got are boots, but just for future reference. If you get an MVS game in a kit with matching serials and no crease on the label, is there still a chance that the games might be bootlegs?

Also, on a Metal Slug 3 MVS cart, is that piece of plastic by the contacts of the PCB supposed to be blue?

Dr. Jigglin · Nov 18, 2005

I doubt you would ever get a bootleg in an MVS kit with the original lable, correct serials, no bend in lable.

Neo Ash · Nov 18, 2005

I'd say that if it has the original label with no signs of bending where the two parts of the shell meet; it's legit. There is no way to open an MVS cart without leaving some signs that it was opened. That is why I only open my MVS carts that already have poor labels when I'm cleaning my carts.

stuffmonger · Nov 18, 2005

lachlan said:
I doubt you would ever get a bootleg in an MVS kit with the original lable, correct serials, no bend in lable.

The label is just a sticker. Stickers can be printed. Just because you have a label that LOOKS original, doesn't necessarilly mean that it IS original.

Aaron D> My ms3 also has a blue holder for the pcbs.

Dr. Jigglin · Nov 19, 2005

stuffmonger said:
The label is just a sticker. Stickers can be printed. Just because you have a label that LOOKS original, doesn't necessarilly mean that it IS original.

Aaron D> My ms3 also has a blue holder for the pcbs.

You can't print those hologram stickers.
A copied sticker is going to have a flaw somewhere though.

J0e Musashi · Nov 19, 2005

Neo Ash said:
There is no way to open an MVS cart without leaving some signs that it was opened.

lachlan said:
You can't print those hologram stickers.

Lol n00bs.

stuffmonger · Nov 19, 2005

stuffmonger · Nov 19, 2005

lachlan said:
You can't print those hologram stickers.
A copied sticker is going to have a flaw somewhere though.

umm... yeah, you can... You just need the right materials, and a little creativity. :rolleyes:

El Capitan · Nov 19, 2005

Yep - I have a boot with a hologram sticker- it's not like the diamond holograms on snk ones, it's stars.

Ajax · Nov 19, 2005

stuffmonger said:
Aaron D> My ms3 also has a blue holder for the pcbs.

Ok... Phew...

Dr. Jigglin · Nov 19, 2005

stuffmonger said:
umm... yeah, you can... You just need the right materials, and a little creativity.

You're saying I can print off MVS SNK hologram stickers that look 100% SNK ?

Vectorman0 · Nov 19, 2005

The only surefire way to know if you have a boot or not is to compare your boards to others.

Ajax · Nov 20, 2005

Well, the games I got were Metal Slug 1, 2 and 3 all in kits. Out of them MS 3 is worth the most and I know that it is original (Toshiba chips). MS 3 is the most likely to be pirated, so I would have no reason to believe that the other two were boots.

stuffmonger · Nov 20, 2005

lachlan said:
You're saying I can print off MVS SNK hologram stickers that look 100% SNK ?

If you spent the time and the effort to make them "perfect", then yes, you theoretically could.

Ajax · Nov 20, 2005

I do most definitely agree that anything in an MVS kit could be duplicated with the right devices, effort, materials, etc. I bet any box company could duplicate those boxes. I'm not sure of the copyright laws on boxes though :kekeke:

. The bubble bags could probably be made yourself with some blue bubble wrap and some scissors that have been heated. I have a few loose carts and have thought about looking into getting boxes made though *only for myself and not for profit in any form*

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