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[goodcow]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62054&item=8160150576&rd=1

:lol

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Smuggled through the Mexican border in a horse's ass.

 

[belgurdo]

Guy must have used that mofo as a humidor or something

 

[Gattsu25]

wow...my system is consistantly grey throughout...never knew the color could change so drastically

 

[Duck of Death]

No ####L@@K####, no sale.

 

[ButtonMasher]

That thing looks like a pile a S***!

:lol

 

[teepo]

they colored it.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

This man has just made my Super Nintendo's miscoloring "half full"!

 

[Wario64]

:lol

Anyone know why the console fades though? I remember a thread about this was made and a lot of people have faded SNES's, including me

 

[MetatronM]

How the hell did it get THAT color though? I mean, mine has a light brown-ish tint to it, but it's hardly full-on yellow.

 

[Link316]

the back of alot of my Super Famicom carts look like that too ;_;

 

[Matlock]

Most of the plastic stuff I bought around '91 that's been hit by the sun constantly has turned yellow. Dunno why.

 

[Forsete]

COOOL! I own the gold version too.. But it wasn’t gold when I bought it, I guess Santa or someone exchanged mine while I was asleep, thanks santa.

I wonder what a “gold” monitor can be worth?

 

[Soul4ger]

Someone smokes a little too much.

 

[duderon]

I bet they just fucking painted it to match the faded color :lol

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Most of the plastic stuff I bought around '91 that's been hit by the sun constantly has turned yellow. Dunno why.

I don't remember the reason (though we've heard it before), but basement-dwelling systems suffer too.

 

[Demigod Mac]

Some SNES models were made of plastic that eventually turned yellow.

Mine is as gray as the day I first had it.

 

[michael000]

Must have been cleaned with Mexican tap water. Drank the water there once by accident, in a margarita no less and the results were a ruined last 2 days of vacation.

 

[Pellham]

the coloring is stupid, but if they actually sell it for $5, it might be worth it (as long as the system is still working)

 

[TheTurtleTitan]

You would think something that rare would be worth more than $5.

 

[human5892]

The plastic surrounding the controller ports on my SNES is quite yellowed, but everything else is still grey.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

You asked:
"ahahahahahahaha!!! that's good, rare. good luck and thanks for the laugh."

It's the only gold one I've ever seen.

:lol seems he really thinks it's rare.

 

[appletop]

Maybe I took this too far, but I couldn't resist emailing the guy, here is his response:

Dear ------,

You asked:
"Ok, so basically you're lying, this is just a color faded SNES, no one is stupid enough to believe you. Don't lie about this "Rare" find. Why don't you say it was owned by like Donald Trump or something, then it would sell!"

It's not faded, you can believe what you want, but it is really gold. And, just the fact that you don't know that proves that it is rare. I didn't start collecting old platform games until about six months ago and I purchased this in a bulk auction. THE FACT THAT IT IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN PROVES TO ME THAT IT IS RARE.

 

[puck1337]

Mine did not start turning a different colour until I moved in with two heavy smokers.

 

[Vicious]

The bottom half of my SNES turned that yellow color, while the top half stayed the normal gray. However, my friends SNES ended up exactly like the one in that ebay auction. So yes, this does happen to some SNES systems.

Neither of us smoke, and we always keep our stuff clean.

 

[Sein]

Maybe I took this too far, but I couldn't resist emailing the guy, here is his response:

Dear ------,

You asked:
"Ok, so basically you're lying, this is just a color faded SNES, no one is stupid enough to believe you. Don't lie about this "Rare" find. Why don't you say it was owned by like Donald Trump or something, then it would sell!"

It's not faded, you can believe what you want, but it is really gold. And, just the fact that you don't know that proves that it is rare. I didn't start collecting old platform games until about six months ago and I purchased this in a bulk auction. THE FACT THAT IT IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN PROVES TO ME THAT IT IS RARE.

Surely the dummy act is a put-on. Right?

 

[appletop]

Naturally, I mean obviously someone who has been collecting for six months MUST know everything about the SNES

 

[Doogdogg]

My SNES is still grey. I bought it in 1994.