3 New Games For The Collection

killerwot in Hive Gaming • 8 days ago

I bought a couple of games last week, and they arrived today.

The reason for buying them was that I managed to snag them at a really good price, compared to what they sell at over here in CEX.

Dynasty Warriors Gundam.

I have been a huge Dynasty Warriors fan since playing DW4, which in my opinion is the best game in the series, followed closely by DW5.

This spin off is very similar to Dynasty Warriors, however, it substitutes Humans for Gundam mechs. My only experience with this game, and Gundam, in general, is a demo of this I downloaded on the Xbox 360 around the time it released.

I remember enjoying it, but because my town didn't have a very large game shop, there were many games like this I never got a chance to buy.

For example, we had 2 movie rental shops back then, Xtra-Vision, and Movie Magic, and they both mainly sold and rented films, and each had a very small game section.

So, finding anything out of the ordinary was pretty rare back then.

Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition.

I loved this game and played it countless times when it first released; however, I never played any of the DLC for it, so having this with everything included is great, and I'm looking forward to a fresh replay.

This is, in my opinion, the only good Dragon Age game.

Dragon Age 2 was okay, but it was very small in scope.

Dragon Age: Inquisition was very large in scope, but felt almost too big. While I did enjoy it, it didn't really grab me as Origins did.

Dragon Age: Veilguard is the newest one, and I haven't played it, so I don't have a formed opinion about it.

Origins was released at a time when BioWare was at the top of its game, and it shows in the writing and world design of this game.

Star Wars Bounty Hunter.

I played this game in a friend's house when I was a kid, and as much as I thought it was a cool game, I never owned a copy or played it properly, because I just never came across it.

I own and have completed nearly every AAA Star Wars game made. This elusive title has always been on my list, and now I have finally tracked it down.

It's not an overly rare or expensive game, but for me, I prefer to only pick up stuff in bundles or buy them individually when I see them for a really good price.

Buying and Selling

When I first got into buying and selling games, my intention wasn't to start collecting, but this little hobby of mine has resulted in me having a really kickass collection.

My methodology is to buy bundles, keep the ones I want, and sell the ones I don't, in order to earn back my money, to put back into buying bundles.

The reason I focus primarily on games is the fact that I love games, and if they don't sell or whatever, I get to keep them.

In the last 2 years, I have come across and played some great titles that I probably never would have looked at twice had I seen them in a shop, which has made the entire thing a really cool experience.

In a future post, I'd love to do a walk-through of my entire collection, stack by stack, and talk about some of my favourite ones.

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8 days ago in Hive Gaming by killerwot

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triverse 8 days ago

Great idea to buy bundles and keep what you want and sell off the rest. I do that with toys, particularly 80s robots and such (Go-Bots, Transformers, especially the knock-off brands that were ultimately just repaints, etc). Great way to build a collection without breaking the bank.

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killerwot 7 days ago

Do you have any posts on your collection? I like Transformers, but never collected them.

I collect Star Wars stuff as well, which is sometimes harder to find bundles of. But, I do a similar thing, like selling my doubles to put towards completing figures I have.

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triverse 6 days ago

I will have to get them out of storage - I know I have an incomplete original Trypticon (no battery residue either) which is the prize of my collection at the moment. The original run was much better at the cars than they were good looking robots.

I have been on a Blokees kick lately for newer takes on the G1 characters.

I had an incomplete Metroplex but someone offered me more money for him than he was worth to me to keep so he left.

I am trying to piece together an original US Megatron and then get the other two color variations from Japan.

I know I have a few Go-Bots too, a few knock-offs of course (like the bubble blowers).

I really wanted the Star Wars crossover figures but could never find them at a decent price as scalpers here locally ruined that run. Same thing for teh Delorean and other movie/TV transforming toys.

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killerwot 4 days ago

Thats amazing, I'd be really interested in checking them out if you take them out of storage in the future.

I love seeing peoples collections, and hearing about the details of particular lines.

About 2 weeks ago I bought my son a transformers toy in a collectibles shop, nearly all of them were between €30 - €50, but this particular one was €10 on sale, so I snagged it.

He's only 3, so I didn't want to spend too much on it as it will most likely lose pieces. I find that even Star Wars figures are a bit too pricey to buy for kids, where as when I was a kid they were more afforable.

In general, I think the current pricings are blocking the new generations of fans and collectors from entering these hobbies.

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triverse 4 days ago

Prices for vintage and new is financially degradingly horrible. The Star Wars figures, and GI Joe of the same scale, are disgustingly high for what fans are getting. In my area, they are $20+ for the original scale size figures, then they have a larger scale, at least for GI Joe, that dwarfs the original for $27 (makes no sense other than gouging fans on those smaller figures).

I have been trying to find the Altered Beast action figure ($10 which is a great price for a basic articulation figure) but he is always sold out and scalpers have him listed at $35+ on local swap websites.

Same for modern Transformers - all plastic but somehow costing MORE than the originals, even when inflation is considered. So sad that so many potential new fans will be left out of this hobby due to price gouging for the sake of "nostalgia".

There is a local mom and pop game used game store that is trying to turn into a culture stop, something like what most Gamestops are now but for older stuff. Last year I brought my Trypticon in and wanted to get an appraisal on it. They said best they could give was $5 in store trade, no cash. I get he is not complete but over the years collectors have offered $80 to $100 for him because he does have some key pieces that are hard to find (though he is missing many others, cheaper to replace, pieces).

I get they need to make money on these things but they had an incomplete Optimus Prime priced at $145. I can only imagine what they paid some poor unsuspecting person trading that in.

This same store has Super Mario Bros 3 on NES, damaged label, priced at $45.

I would hate to look up all the toys I had as a kid growing up. I lived in the aftermarket, yard sale hand me downs - getting a new toy, in box, was rare for me. I was fine with it, I was very much about the quantity angle growing up.

Even there new fans are kind of screwed. Everyone prices yardsales at "eBay prices" some even tape printed screenshots of the asking price on eBay for that item. Not solds that are MUCH lower.

So sad.

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