[quote name='ChuckT']
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I remember seeing these as a kid (a grocery story by my house sold unlicensed NES carts behind the cash register), but never gave them any thought at the time. However, when I started collecting, I saw how coveted these were, and wondered how many were still floating around my city. Apparently, a few.
This isn`t one purchase, but parts of three purchases over the last month. I`ll give you the story behind each purchase.
Action 52 #1 - Someone put his entire collection up online, and had it listed as 52 in 1. I called for a price, and he offered it to me for $20. I spied the rest of the collection, made a reasonable offer on the entire lot, and took everything home. Flipped the doubles and the system, and walked away with a free copy of Action 52. Sweet.
Action 52 #2 - Another person with their entire collection on sale. I was actually interested in just one game (North Vs. South), but made an offer on the entire collection and took everything home. Ended up with an NES and 17 games, an SNES and 11 games, and a Game Boy and 2 games. I'm still in the process of flipping doubles, but am five dollars away from breaking even on the lot, and will turn a profit before parting with Action 52.
Action 52 #3 and #4 - Bought those today. A woman was selling her entire collection at a local flea market, and had two copies of the game. She knew they were valuable, but had them priced well below what they sell for on EBAY, so I made an offer on both (plus a few other games) and she immediately accepted. Probably should have grabbed more stuff, but was running out of hobby money and didn't see anything else worth flipping.
Right now the plan is to keep one copy, and flip the other three to some collector friends.[/QUOTE]
Awesome, the game sucks but I'd still love to have even one of those! One question, is that label on the fourth one normal? I've actually never seen a copy like that.