I had no idea the Top Loader NES was THAT rare

Earthquake · Feb 11, 2004

I was just browsing the Bay when I came across this auction for a Top Loader NES system. It's currently at $160.00 and it doesn't even include any of the original packaging. How many of those things were supposedly made anyway? I wonder how much a boxed unit would go for? $250+ perhaps? :eek:

ClassicMode1985 · Feb 11, 2004

Oh ain't it scary Earthquake? Yeah I've been having a real field day with these prices alone lol A boxed complete Top Loader...shit..I dunno..Im guessing $170+ I got to find one..boxed or unboxed..dont really care that much at all, if I can get my hands on it

Mike Shagohod · Feb 11, 2004

Paid $51.95 Tax included for this...

when the system first came out at TOYS R US, and is the one system I'll never sell just for the sake of games like the NINJA GAIDEN series, P.O.W. IKARI 1-3 (though III sucks compared to the arcade), Code Name Viper and a bunch more. *It is indeed rare now, though the only down side is unlike the original BOX NES it doesn't support AV Output... but the Japanese Famicom version does. DOH!

MERCENARY X99

Electroman · Feb 11, 2004

I sold a boxed toploader with accessories for $100 last year on eBay... value sure went up fast.

Syxx573 · Feb 11, 2004

My friend saw 2 top loaders at a Game Crazy near here and I went there and they still had one on their inventory sheet for only 50 bucks and I asked if they still had it and it was gone.

GunstarHero · Feb 11, 2004

It's not terribly rare. Hell, KB had a hard time getting rid of them when they were released. They just have a very good reputation, coupled with many people looking for a way out of the 'blink blink' NES toasters.

oldschool · Feb 11, 2004

I sold my Toploader with 40 games for about $150.00

OmegaSaber · Feb 11, 2004

Syxx573 said:
My friend saw 2 top loaders at a Game Crazy near here and I went there and they still had one on their inventory sheet for only 50 bucks and I asked if they still had it and it was gone.

Yep, my friend manages a game crazy and they had a couple of them recently. The bastard area manager had the one complete one on hold though. They also get CDX's in and they sell for $15 because they have to buy them in as a Genesis.

Jediwarrior · Feb 12, 2004

i guess they are rare, but i never would have thought megamanx3 for snes was rare either.

SonGohan · Feb 12, 2004

I had a boxed mint one offered to me at $120 about a year ago.. passed because I thought it was too much

Maybe it's just a fluke like SF3: TS for Dreamcast.

Earthquake · Feb 12, 2004

Anyone here own an old style NES with a new 72-pin connector? I've heard that they do the trick pretty well, but I'm curious as to how long they actually last.

AnechoicJinx · Feb 12, 2004

Earthquake said:
Anyone here own an old style NES with a new 72-pin connector? I've heard that they do the trick pretty well, but I'm curious as to how long they actually last.

I do, and they should last indefinitely, in theory. The reason you need to replace it in the first place, I've heard, is because Nintendo used some metal (I forget which one) that oxidizes over time and therefore doesn't work after this happens. The new pin connectors are made of silver or gold, so this won't happen. A lot of people say you need to replace the connectors because they become too loose after awhile, but I don't think this is true...

I've been using mine for like a year now and it's just fine.

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Feb 12, 2004

It's not rare. People are just idiots, and pay ridiculous prices.

It's kinda crappy too. The picture quality is not good at all. I even had one modded with composite, and the picture still sucked. The dogbone controllers are nice though.

GunstarHero · Feb 12, 2004

buttasuperb said:
It's not rare. People are just idiots, and pay ridiculous prices.

It's kinda crappy too. The picture quality is not good at all. I even had one modded with composite, and the picture still sucked. The dogbone controllers are nice though.

Ouch, thats bad news about the picture quality. Now I definitely won't buy one of these, its just more of a novelty item anyway. Thanks for that tip.

I have an old toaster NES with a new 72 pin and it works great, but I must say that the carts go in super tight now, and are hard to pull out sometimes.

edit* I said tight, and pull-out in the same sentence.

roker · Feb 12, 2004

I still have mine stored away.

I bought it for 25 bucks brand new about a year after they were released.

Seems people were too busy buying Genesis and SNES to bother.

I don't have a box and I wouldn't sell it as it is my prized possession.

samuraiX · Feb 12, 2004

I had 7 of them at one point. They are not really rare. Just the most in demand of the classic systems. Plus as people are finding it harder to fing NES games at places like GameStop e-gay is the only other option. Thus they pay retarded prices.

ClassicMode1985 · Feb 12, 2004

GunstarHero said:
Ouch, thats bad news about the picture quality. Now I definitely won't buy one of these, its just more of a novelty item anyway. Thanks for that tip.

I have an old toaster NES with a new 72 pin and it works great, but I must say that the carts go in super tight now, and are hard to pull out sometimes.

edit* I said tight, and pull-out in the same sentence.

Yeah mine is loose like a $20 hooker at Mardia Gras..Just depends on where you got the PIN.

Yet seriously, that is my biggest concern, the video output had to be just RF? I mean why didn't Nintendo think straight?

Everyone who was playing SNES and Genesis at least had their stuff in AV. It was 1993 for godsakes...

I will say the dogbone controllers were a very good idea, nice design.

SamuraiX, how in the world did you obtain 7 of them?

dr.r.muckly · Feb 12, 2004

When these were around $20 at Walmart I should have bought 20... :oh_no:

jethrek · Feb 12, 2004

ClassicMode1985 said:
Yeah mine is loose like a $20 hooker at Mardia Gras..Just depends on where you got the PIN.

Yet seriously, that is my biggest concern, the video output had to be just RF? I mean why didn't Nintendo think straight?

Everyone who was playing SNES and Genesis at least had their stuff in AV. It was 1993 for godsakes...

I will say the dogbone controllers were a very good idea, nice design.

SamuraiX, how in the world did you obtain 7 of them?

Sam owns a lot of game systems.

Tehcno · Feb 12, 2004

Yup, bough my boxed toploader on ebay for just $50 then a couple years later sold it for over $200. People are crazy over these things.

ClassicMode1985 · Feb 12, 2004

dr.r.muckly said:
When these were around $20 at Walmart I should have bought 20...

I remember when Virtual Boy was $20 at wal-mart..

samuraiX · Feb 12, 2004

jethrek said:
Sam owns a lot of game systems.

Not for much longer hehe. Gotta clear it all out so I can buy my new toy.... vroooom

I have around 200 or so sytems at the moment ranging from odyssey to xbox. I aquired a number of the top loaders through gamestop. =)

chris1 · Feb 12, 2004

Out of all the Nintendo's I've been through/own,and that I have repaired 72 pin connectors on..(I won't go into the replacement 72 pin connector thing)

I never went looking for a Top Loader with the high prices they sell for/cost...(Ridiculous)
But,I got one off a friend (member here) for free...(thank you again)

I still don't use it much though,I still use the Nintendo I repaired the 72 pin connector on over 4 yrs ago.

I keep the Top Loader as part of my Console collection only.

Ein_boser_Schotte · Feb 12, 2004

Crikey I know of five university kids who were students of mine, with the top loaders, I just have to find a way to wrestle it from them now.
Cheers

umiami80 · Feb 23, 2004

Got Mine for $3 at the Auction, works so much better then the original unit, thast why it is $$$$$$$$$$$$

I had no idea the Top Loader NES was THAT rare

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