New to the group! Long story short I have been collecting since 1986, sparingly …

New to the group! Long story short I have been collecting since 1986, sparingly at first starting with the NES, followed by the SNES / Genesis / Turbo Grafix 16 during my youth, and then much heavier during the PS2 / GameCube / Dreamcast on up eras while I was the manager of a local GameCrazy (they were located inside / attached to Hollywood Video) from 01-07′. Most of my collection focuses on sealed duplicates of every game I have purchased, including consoles. Never went overboard on accessories but I do have your standard controllers in their OG color flavors with a few being special or limited in some way. Also doubled up on AV cables, OEM Component for the GameCube, PS2, +. My technique has always been aquire first, worry about what to do with it later in hopes of one day displaying it all, over the years this became a huge spacial problem living in apartments and always having to get one with yet another bedroom due to the amount of stuff I had, until 4 months ago when I can now say I own my very first home. 🤘 With this comes the freedom (FINALLY) to create my vision and for that it’s a huge breath of fresh air.

It’s going to take a while but I plan on posting some pieces from time to time some might enjoy seeing along the way, with that, I came across these in one of the first boxes I’ve been working on unpacking just now. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 for the DC signed by the Birdman himself, and God of War Ragnarok for the PS5 signed by Chris Judge. I met Hawk on his book signing tour at a local book store at the end of 2002 and Judge at Comicpalooza 2023 last year. Both games were new sealed, but I chose to open them and have them sign the inner art sleeves vs the cellophane because God forbid something happen to the cellophane and then the auto is ruined as well. Also had Judge hit the cover of my God of War 2018 Collector’s Edition Guide which is brand new as well. If you ever have the chance to meet him do it, he’s a huge fan of gaming and one of the most down to Earth guys you could ever meet. Until next time! 🤙

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