Gameboy Collectors Unite!

[hash47]

Sweet collection, i got all of my silver consoles all in the last month, went a bit mad! I had some extra cash and was looking to fill a get a few of the common consoles i was missing like silver variants and pink. I was getting annoyed at the high prices and lack of listings on ebay and ended up buying the silver console silver screen in the small box just for the sake of it! (wanted to find the normal pal box version).

Then i managed to get the Japanese boxed one to pair with my gold console from another site, i couldn't pass up on the deal/opportunity so i bought it with a bunch of cool Japanese games!

After that i just needed the black screen variant, stumbled across a japanese listing of a american console with a bunch of Gapanese games, although it was a little more than i normally spend on a console the games made it worth while!

That's how i ended up with three different silver gameboys in like 2-3 weeks, after not buying any gameboys for months!

[mickylynch9]

I've seen the silver pocket with the black screen twice in the last month or 2 come up on ebay in a bundle with other consoles but the sellers refused to sell me the pocket on its own. I'll get it eventually then i'm hoping to add some of the Japanese releases. I love the pocket in the original gameboy colours, i think it's the Famitsu edition.

[hash47]

That sounds annoying, shame the seller won't split as they would probably get more money that way!

As for Japanese Consoles there are a few sellers/shops which are pretty good.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/usedvideogameyamatokuclassic

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/nintendohandheldclub?_rdc=1

The first one does very low start auctions with varying quality of items, and they normally list 10 or so gameboys at a time including a few Japanese only releases. Postage isn't too bad and they are really good at combing postage on items.

The second has really good/rare items but they are a tad expensive, they are pretty workable on prices though!

[chocklo]

I'd like to sign up as a Gameboy collector please!

Not got a HUGE hardware collection but I mostly collect the complete games.

Haven't done a count in a while but I'm not far off 400+ Gameboy games, 200 GBC games and about 400 GBA games (from memory).

Hardwarewise I've got

1) Gameboy and Tetris bundle
2) Gameboy and Starwars bundle
3) Silver Gameboy Pocket
4) Red Gameboy Pocket Funtography pack
5) GBC (snot green)
6) GBC (bluey purple)
7) GBC Ozzie ozzie ozzie
8) Gameboy Light burgundy astro boy
9) Gameboy Light light violet/blueish astroboy
10) Gameboy Light Famitsu blister pack with space girl on box
11) GBA skeleton purple
11) GBA Afterburnered black (my best buddy)
12) GBA SP pink
13) GBA SP Bluey silver AGS101
14) GBA Silver
15) GBA SP Toys r us AGS101 Pikachu
16) GBA SP Toys r us AGS101 Spongebob
17) Gameboy Micro silver

[mickylynch9]

400+ gameboy games? That's really impresive chocklo. Are they CIB or loose carts?

[mickylynch9]

Thanks for the links hash. I'll save them searches and keep an eye on it. Hopefully add more to the collection in no time

[hash47]

Sounds like a mighty fine collection Chcoklo, i am jelly of the quality in your console collection such gems in there with the GB Light and AGS-101 consoles.

Would love to see some pictures of collections on here, it's always a pleasure to see the collections of like minded people and amazingness that is the gameboy!

[mickylynch9]

My collection is all uploaded on my profile. Check it out at: http://www.retrocollect.com/Community/m ... ction.html

Hope you like it

[chocklo]

Sounds like a mighty fine collection Chcoklo, i am jelly of the quality in your console collection such gems in there with the GB Light and AGS-101 consoles.

Would love to see some pictures of collections on here, it's always a pleasure to see the collections of like minded people and amazingness that is the gameboy!

Yup, I love looking at GB photies as well!

It's gonna be difficult digging all the bits out for a piccie but I'll see what I can round up and get a piccie over the weekend - some of my stuff's been vaulted though so I won't be able to capture everything together.

[chocklo]

400+ gameboy games? That's really impresive chocklo. Are they CIB or loose carts?

All CIB and complete with instructions

I haven't taken any piccies for ages so I've got more titles to add.

Gameboy - http://www.retrocollect.com/Community/c ... ction.html

GBC and GBA - http://www.retrocollect.com/Community/c ... games.html

[hydr0x]

I can't compete with chocklo as unfortunately I don't own his money printing machine But I've still got a sizeable GB collection, all boxed and complete:

~250 GB + all Twin Pack releases
~125 GB Color (Black Cartridge)
~140 GB Color (Clear Cartridge)
~200 GB Advance
~40 Import Games and Unlicensed Games

I don't collect the hardware, I'm happy with the few consoles I got:

Classic Game Boy (Tetris Bundle)
Clear Case Game Boy
Silver Game Boy Pocket
Green Game Boy Color (no box )
Pink GBA
Pink GBA 101

Would like to add a micro, the Zelda GBA and a boxed GBC to that but haven't had any luck in the wild yet with those.

[chocklo]

I can't compete with chocklo as unfortunately I don't own his money printing machine

Maybe not, but you do have PAL region Cool World, Hammerin Harry, Ramparts and Hyperdunk to name a few which I've had my eyes open for years for and not managed to bag yet!

I'd also like your Robocop 2 please......

[hydr0x]

I can't compete with chocklo as unfortunately I don't own his money printing machine

Maybe not, but you do have PAL region Cool World, Hammerin Harry, Ramparts and Hyperdunk to name a few which I've had my eyes open for years for and not managed to bag yet!

I'd also like your Robocop 2 please......

Over my dead body

[Griffo20022]

I got a pic of my little collection I mentioned about earlier in the thread, sorry for rising an old topic but thought it'd be cool

[hash47]

Got back home from University yesterday so today i decided to take a bunch of pictures of my collection all in one place, huge wall of photos incoming! (sorry about some of the blurry pictures, was using my phone)

Firstly my main focus, Gameboy Pocket Consoles.




Still waiting on a extreme green console to arrive from America and i have a few doubles which i'm not too sure what i'm going to do with, i really like the Japanese boxes so i might just keep them! Hopefully going for a full collection, mainly rare and expensive Japanese limited editions to go now.

Here is what the big box Japanese consoles look like inside the cardboard, i believe there was only gold and silver versions released like this.(Gold left, Silver right, hard to tell with the light)



Next is Gameboy Color consoles, got the base colors and a few other rarer consoles. Not really sure how far i will take this collection but will probably go for some of the Pokemon consoles and a few of the awesome dual colored ones released in japan.





My only gameboy light, unboxed and with annoying hard stickers which i can't figure how to remove without scratching the console. Shame it's unboxed but it's a awesome color and was pretty cheap.



A couple of original DMG consoles, i might go for a unboxed set of colors as getting them boxed is a nightmare and expensive. The Play It Loud series mainly came in plastic boxed with paper inserts like the Japanese GBP above but now most are missing the inserts.



Now the last of the console collections, GBA SP, sold my GBA consoles as i had no real affinity for them! I will probably go for GBA SP after GBP as there has some many cool editions and the console itself is great. Just a shame they scratch so easy!





Now lastly the games, didn't bother taking photos of my boxed GBC and GBA games as they are mainly rubbish ones and i forgot about loose GBA carts, i have a few good games and a bunch of mediocre ones, plan at buying all the decent titles for GBA over summer.



The Pokemon games in the bottom right of this photo are not working, i got them really cheap but i seems they have damaged contacts/circuits so cannot me fixed . (I have close up photos but wont bother posting here for the sake of space)


Lastly a bunch of japanese games, some are pretty darn good but i can't play most due to them being in Japanese .


Hope you enjoyed looking, if you have any questions about anything feel free to ask. It's been a pleasure reading about and looking at the collections in this thread and i would love more people to post photos for me the gawp at!

[Joey]

Really nice collection you've got there hash! I love seeing boxed Game Boy games together like that.

[RossDaBoss]

Hey hash, How come you dont have the Tribal GBA SP?

[hash47]

@Joey Cheers, i can't see how anyone can dislike gameboy boxes as they are some of the best looking! Shame i can't find more in the wild because eBay prices are so expensive.

@RossDaBoss I've looked at them and bid on them, however i just don't really like the design and always think i could be buying a gameboy pocket with this money! . I'm sure now that i have all most of the more common and cheaper GBP i will start picking up for GBA SP's if i see them cheap.

[Miketendo]

I got a pic of my little collection I mentioned about earlier in the thread, sorry for rising an old topic but thought it'd be cool

Is that an orange GBA?! When did that come out?! The only systems I remember were the white, clear blue and purple.

[maD_mAN1983]

Is that an orange GBA?! When did that come out?! The only systems I remember were the white, clear blue and purple.

the color is called spice and if my memory serves me right it was released in all regions, i don't remember when exactly, but i think it was around the time that the SP came