So, anyone on here get these?

[mitsuman]

I bid on both of them, but kept my bids low. But I'm not really surprised at how high they went.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Turbo-Grafx-16-TurboTeam-Veteran-RARE-TG16-/221709878139?_trkparms=gh1g%3DI221709878139.N15.S1.M-77.R1.TR2.R1.TR2&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=PdoPIz%252FpncLJuPF%252FdNt8rwRkL80%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Turbo-Grafx-16-First-Production-Unit-RARE-TG16-/221709865526?_trkparms=gh1g%3DI221709865526.N15.S2.M-109.R1.TR1.R1.TR1&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=PdoPIz%252FpncLJuPF%252FdNt8rwRkL80%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[mickcris]

Those are pretty neat.  Cant believe they left the power to that console on this whole time!

[CrackTiger]

Easy way to make a lot of money fast. Will not be surprised to soon see many more rare promo items surface on eBay.

[SignOfZeta]

With zero provenance I honestly wouldn't pay a dime for either of those.

[ToyMachine78]

I'm with zeta. It would not be difficult nor expensive to fabricate those.

[TurboGrafx]

They are cool if they are legit.

[mitsuman]

With zero provenance I honestly wouldn't pay a dime for either of those.

Yup, that's why I kept my bids low.
If I won the hucard holder thing, I was going to raffle it off here.

[EvilEvoIX]

This looks like someone just went to a local trophy store and asked for a plexiglass box and the cheapest engraving possible.  I mean a Keith Courage game in a stupid block?  How are people falling for this shit?

[esteban]

This looks like someone just went to a local trophy store and asked for a plexiglass box and the cheapest engraving possible.  I mean a Keith Courage game in a stupid block?  How are people falling for this shit?

If it is real, I would love to have one. However, I am not willing to spend $$$ on anything. Especially unverified stuff.

[jperryss]

If it is real, I would love to have one. However, I am not willing to spend $$$ on anything. Especially unverified stuff.

Not to worry. I'm sure the next one that is "found" will be VGA graded with a BIN of $5K.

[GoldenWheels]

Huh. The system piece is neat, if real. I'm not Columbo or anything but if you look at the pic of the underside of the plaque, it does look like some pretty old glue.

[wildfruit]

With zero provenance I honestly wouldn't pay a dime for either of those.

I thought exactly the same thing. Though less eloquently.

[Phase]

Someone should contact the dude, see what his story is.

[DragonmasterDan]

A former poster on this site DreamTR was at one point in possession of the first off the production line TurboGrafx16. Depending on the history of this item, I wouldn't be surprised if this were real.

[LostFlunky]

Someone should contact the dude, see what his story is.

Too bad the turbo list archive is down, I am pretty sure he was active on there 15 years ago.  He programmed a Pac Man clone in HuC called Krunch back around 2000...

[cr8zykuban0]

I kinda wonder the back story of those items. are they one of the very first produced if its kind? are they prototypes?

hmmmmm.

[SignOfZeta]

This looks like someone just went to a local trophy store and asked for a plexiglass box and the cheapest engraving possible.  I mean a Keith Courage game in a stupid block?  How are people falling for this shit?

If they were real, that's probably exactly what they'd do. That's why provenance is key. There is no real difference between "real" and "fake" with items like this so you have to have a complete history.

I think they look perfectly real, or perfectly fake. Either way.

I like how the seller basically prepares the bidders to see a wave of identical "first" TG-16s. If 100 more of these show up next month he can just say, "Hey, I warned you."

If they were real then they were a good buy, IMO. If fake, probably nobody will ever know. But who needs ANOTHER copy of Keith?

[SignOfZeta]

I kinda wonder the back story of those items. are they one of the very first produced if its kind? are they prototypes?

hmmmmm.

A "prototype" is generally something aimed for mass production at a later date. As far as I know NEC never released an unusable TG16 entombed in plastic so I think we can rule out prototype.

[esteban]

This looks like someone just went to a local trophy store and asked for a plexiglass box and the cheapest engraving possible.  I mean a Keith Courage game in a stupid block?  How are people falling for this shit?

If they were real, that's probably exactly what they'd do. That's why provenance is key. There is no real difference between "real" and "fake" with items like this so you have to have a complete history.

I think they look perfectly real, or perfectly fake. Either way.

I like how the seller basically prepares the bidders to see a wave of identical "first" TG-16s. If 100 more of these show up next month he can just say, "Hey, I warned you."

If they were real then they were a good buy, IMO. If fake, probably nobody will ever know. But who needs ANOTHER copy of Keith?

I would totally love a copy of Keith if I knew it sat next to a "Turbo Veteran" --ha!

Also, something had to be done with all the extra HuCARD's lying around

Actually, I feel that we should copy this idea and make some silly awards in the same style.

OR MAYBE A ICE CRYSTAL-ESQUE DISPLAY for HuCARD's reminiscent of Krypton in Superman 1970's.

Plexiglass glows...HuCARD's look awesome...

[LostFlunky]

I would totally love a copy of Keith if I knew it sat next to a "Turbo Veteran" --ha!

Also, something had to be done with all the extra HuCARD's lying around

Actually, I feel that we should copy this idea and make some silly awards in the same style.

OR MAYBE A ICE CRYSTAL-ESQUE DISPLAY for HuCARD's reminiscent of Krypton in Superman 1970's.

Plexiglass glows...HuCARD's look awesome...

Now if we could just find a Nazi to make them for us....

[esteban]

Hahaahhahahahahahahaha. Nazi + plexiglass = TG-16 logo on plexiglass.

Oh, the insanity of that debacle.

[NecroPhile]

The SN sticker sure looks like it's be applied atop another sticker.

[jelloslug]

The SN sticker sure looks like it's be applied atop another sticker.

It sure does. 

[BigusSchmuck]

Butt crack smoke, lots and lots of butt crack.

[esteban]

The SN sticker sure looks like it's be applied atop another sticker.

It sure does.

I wish the image was better quality.

[LostFlunky]

The SN sticker sure looks like it's be applied atop another sticker.

Lol! Of all the nincompoop type things to mess up! 

Rule #1 of faking a serial # label, take the old one off first!

This almost makes me think it is real.  Who would be so brazen and stupid to fake something like that so badly...

[wildfruit]

The buyer has revealed themselves
https://mobile.twitter.com/stevenplin

[bob]

The buyer has revealed themselves
https://mobile.twitter.com/stevenplin

Holy fuck. Some judge should rule that this guy not be allowed within 100 feet of the internet.

[PCEngineHell]

I kinda kept quiet on this, because I don't like outright accusing anyone of fraud with no legit proof of some kind to work with. But as is, my understanding is that only Keith Schaefer was issued a Keith Courage TurboTeam Veteran piece. His was also the first Keith card made. It was a lighter blue I do believe, and "Keith Courage" name was yellowish in color, and the "Turbo Team Veteran" logo was in a lower position on the base. I have a pic of it in a book somewhere here.

I think it's that High Score! book I have put away in a closet that has a pic of it. I mean it is possible that they gave out more of them, sure. But the only one I ever saw was of the one given to Keith Schaefer, and as is I would assume the one in the auction was a fake inspired by the one shown in my book, unless a prior NEC employee comes forward to confirm it was theirs or something.

Lol! Of all the nincompoop type things to mess up! 

Rule #1 of faking a serial # label, take the old one off first!

This almost makes me think it is real.  Who would be so brazen and stupid to fake something like that so badly...

Dion Dakis and Chris R of NeoGeo Freaks?

[dallaspattern]

How the heck did you find this dude on twitter?!

[esteban]

I don't know what to make of any of this, except that the best thing to do with loose copies of Keith Courage is to display them in plexiglass TurboTeam stands.

[SignOfZeta]

I wish I had the time to waste manufacturing these stupid things by the dozen and totally tanking the value of the original with it.

[DreamTR]

I know this is long old, but that was the first production Turbo Grafx unit. It was given to the owner of TZD when he was working at TTI personally. When TZD sold their inventory I was able to purchase the #1 unit and a bunch of rare counselor strategy game player guides (like Nintendo's service center used) and a giant Bonk among other things.

I sold the #1 TG to the ebay seller, I can tell you he lost a lot of money on this because he didn't buy it from me at the price it sold for.

Either way, I hope this help's for posterity's sake. I also had some Turbo Grafx protos (a bunch) over the years but most of them have been purchased by one buyer over the years.

[HailingTheThings]

Tell me more!

[esteban]

I know this is long old, but that was the first production Turbo Grafx unit. It was given to the owner of TZD when he was working at TTI personally. When TZD sold their inventory I was able to purchase the #1 unit and a bunch of rare counselor strategy game player guides (like Nintendo's service center used) and a giant Bonk among other things.

I sold the #1 TG to the ebay seller, I can tell you he lost a lot of money on this because he didn't buy it from me at the price it sold for.

Either way, I hope this help's for posterity's sake. I also had some Turbo Grafx protos (a bunch) over the years but most of them have been purchased by one buyer over the years.

I just want to echo everything Nulltard said: MOAR PLEASE.

We are very eager to hear anything you can share with us.

Thank you.