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Retro Game Advent Calender
I had this idea last night that I played around with after the kids had gone to bed.We have this big advent calendar that my mom made for us after my son was born. It hangs on the wall in our living...
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Famicom Galaga CIB Completes my Namcot collection
I haven't been posting much recently, mainly due to just being busy. I did hit a milestone in my Famicom collection that I thought was worth mentioning though. 7 years ago I did a post detailing my...
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Famicom Menko are Amazing
I picked these up the other day, a big pile of Famicom menko. They are spectacular.Menko are cards that Japanese kids use to play a game that mainly involves throwing them at other menko on the...
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The Mysterious and Lovely Famicom Milk Caps
One of the cooler and rarer Famicom things out there to collect are these guys: Famicom milk caps. These things are awesome, yet very little seems to be known about them. They were distributed with...
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A Big Box of Famicom Puzzle Boxes
Agh, I'm so excited about these! Amada Famicom Puzzles!I decided to pull the trigger on a big ticket item that was up for sale on Yahoo Auctions a few days ago. This beautiful box arrived in the...
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Mega Sized Super Mario Bros. 2 Menko
This is another recent pick up - a Super Mario Bros 2 menko that is about the size of my head! This is from the Famicom Disk System's Super Mario Bros 2, NOT the American Super Mario Bros 2 (which as...
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100 Yen Shop Famicoms: Beginner's Guide
I was on Twitter the other day when I saw this post by RuiReiChannel, had written about building a DIY Famicom out of Petit Blocks, which are these super cheap block sets you can buy at Daiso, Japan's...
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Famicom Games and Inter-Generational Justice
My kids have built up a pretty decent sized collection of Famicom games over the course of the past year. I mean, just look at all these suckers:And they also have a little pile of Super Famicom...
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Lot Lot Silver Member Stickers are Now Insanely Expensive
A really interesting and very rare thing sold on Yahoo Auctions a couple of days ago. A copy of Lot Lot without the game!But this was more notable for the sticker it contained: A Lot Lot Silver...
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Air Raid has some thoughts on the $660,000 copy of Super Mario Bros for the NES
To put the recent $660,000 sale of a copy of Super Mario Bros. for the NES in context, I'd like to ask if anybody remembers how a decade ago there was a similar buzz about the below copy of Air Raid...
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The Coolest Vintage Mario Thing Nobody Knows About
One of the cooler and also (for some reason) least known Mario "things" out there is a set of round Menko cards that were released in Japan in 1985 and feature artwork inspired by the first Super...
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Will Retro Game Collecting Kill Retro Gaming?
I noticed something alarming the other day which is a problem I think a lot of retro gamers are having these days.I can’t play with a lot of my retro gaming stuff anymore. Its just become too damn...
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I turned my wife's car into a Bullet Bill
I discovered a neat DIY Mario related crafts idea the other day. All you need is two magnet sheets (the type you use to write messages on fridge doors), a pair of scissors, a dry erase marker and a...
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