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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 1620277, member: 13650"]LMAO!! Now that is funny. Is it bad that when I first saw it, for a brief moment I kind of wanted it!? lol Brings back memories of childhood that seem like 100 years ago now. The bad part is, there's got to be a warehouse or a storage unit with boxes and boxes of those games if you ever wanted one again. But guess what? Functionally, they sucked back then and that means they still do now. If I wanted to actually play any of the classics, I would order them up on my Wii off the internet. </p><p><br /></p><p> Getting back to the topic at hand, this thread has somewhat swayed me on ancients and slabs. I'm a slab guy and always will be for moderns. I can see the points for not slabbing ancients. They've made it this long and most are crude. I do like the labels with the info. To me that's worth something. I don't think they're a bad storage medium. They may not offer authenticity guarantees but you really have nothing if they're raw. Most of them I want are pricey. I want a Greek owl tetradrachm. Does everyone here feel comfortable slapping down a grand for a raw one? How do you know it isn't a Chinese counterfeit? They're more crude. They've got to be easier to fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 1620277, member: 13650"]LMAO!! Now that is funny. Is it bad that when I first saw it, for a brief moment I kind of wanted it!? lol Brings back memories of childhood that seem like 100 years ago now. The bad part is, there's got to be a warehouse or a storage unit with boxes and boxes of those games if you ever wanted one again. But guess what? Functionally, they sucked back then and that means they still do now. If I wanted to actually play any of the classics, I would order them up on my Wii off the internet. Getting back to the topic at hand, this thread has somewhat swayed me on ancients and slabs. I'm a slab guy and always will be for moderns. I can see the points for not slabbing ancients. They've made it this long and most are crude. I do like the labels with the info. To me that's worth something. I don't think they're a bad storage medium. They may not offer authenticity guarantees but you really have nothing if they're raw. Most of them I want are pricey. I want a Greek owl tetradrachm. Does everyone here feel comfortable slapping down a grand for a raw one? How do you know it isn't a Chinese counterfeit? They're more crude. They've got to be easier to fake.[/QUOTE]
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