News

Rare Game Pulling Five-Figure Bids, With Some Proceeds Going To Japan Relief

It’s well settled that Stadium Events is, if not the rarest video game on the collectible market, is certainly the rarest of any retail release. A year after a sealed copy of the NES game set a record for the most ever paid for a single game, another verified, factory-sealed copy is seeking to dethrone it.


February 25, 2011
Mobile

There’s Still A Market For NBA Elite 11

In sports collectibles, one company’s mistake is another man’s fortune. (Ask Billy Ripken.) Five months after NBA Elite 11′s embarrassing cancellation, copies of the game are still circulating over eBay – as well as box art, download cards, and other mementoes of the game that never was.


February 11, 2011
Xbox

Won’t Anyone Let This Man Sell A Sarah Palin Xbox 360?

Poor David Morrill. All he ever wanted to do was sell an Xbox 360 that had, of all things, Sarah Palin’s autograph scrawled on the side of it. Instead, all he’s getting is trouble.


February 6, 2011
In Real Life

Boys’ Beyblade Bathtub Breakage Begets EBay Bailout

At first blush, you might think the older kid on the left is faking the tears. But at right, one sees only the authentic, thousand-yard stare of a younger brother caught up in more trouble than he can possibly imagine.


February 1, 2011
In Real Life

Buy This INSANE Gears Of War Game Chamber On Ebay!

Kotaku AU

Australian Gamer writer, and Kotaku regular, Cav was wandering aimlessly around ebay when he discovered this, an insane ‘Game Chamber’ filled with eights LCDs, eight Xbox 360s and a bloody air conditioner. The only catch? You’ll have to cough up at least $25,000 for it.


January 16, 2011
In Real Life

Zombie Yoshi Didn’t Survive The Outbreak

He’d be perfect, recast as a Left 4 Dead smoker. Zombie Yoshi, a six-inch tall custom figurine by artist Kody Koala, whose other work may be seen here and here. This statue sold on eBay for $US162.50. Seen via icanhasinternets.


January 10, 2011
News

Someone Wants $15,000 For Legend Of Zelda Dishware

The starting bid is not yet met on this set of new-in-the-box Legend of Zelda dishware from 1989, a three-piece set the seller hopes to sell for $US100,000 but will be willing to part with for, presumably, $US15,000.


October 21, 2010
In Real Life

Awesome NES Coffee Table Up For Sale On eBay

Matt, the guy who built the stunning, giant-size Nintendo Entertainment System coffee table we showed you about a month ago, just listed his masterpiece on eBay. Bids open at $US400.


October 2, 2010
News

Someone Claims To Have A Retail Disc Of NBA Elite 11

NBA Elite 11 was indefinitely postponed on Monday, a week before its commercial release. I didn’t receive any disc pre-release (for review), but conceivably they might exist somewhere in the wild. One allegedly just sold on eBay for $US255.


September 23, 2010
News

Hold On: $US66 For A Halo: Reach Pre-Order Bonus?

Those who preordered Halo: Reach from GameStop got a code for a nifty suit of armour. This code was, technically, free. Some guy’s been selling them on eBay, for close to and even more than the game’s retail price.