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Post by ilovethevectrex on Sept 22, 2013 12:44:50 GMT -5
i just wanted to see if anyone knew much about this. I recently won a bid on eBay for a bunch of promotional pins, mostly video games but some movies. But the main reason i bid on this was because on of them caught my eye, it was a vectrex promotional pin. ive almost never heard about this thing, the only time i have heard it even be mentioned is on this page (http://www.revival-studios.com/?page=5) its a guy on fury unlimited showing off his collection, and its mentioned at the bottom under the small category of stuff he is missing (which is cool because i own it!  ) it says he is missing the pen and button. so apparently there is a pen too, which i also know nothing about. anybody know anything about these items? i will also attach a picture of the pin as soon as i can (i cant at the moment but will add them later on this thread) |
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Post by VectorX on Sept 22, 2013 12:56:20 GMT -5
I've seen the pen before. Never seen the button until now though.
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Post by ilovethevectrex on Sept 22, 2013 12:58:49 GMT -5
I've seen the pen before. Never seen the button until now though. hm, thats cool. was the pen in real life or on the internet? |
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Post by VectorX on Sept 22, 2013 13:01:00 GMT -5
No, it came out back in the day, I do believe.
Also, Atari Age sold Vectrex buttons too, now that I think about it. I don't know if yours is one of those or from back then.
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Post by ilovethevectrex on Sept 22, 2013 13:01:58 GMT -5
No, it came out back in the day, I do believe. Also, Atari Age sold Vectrex buttons too, now that I think about it. I don't know if yours is one of those or from back then. yeah same here. im not sure if its from atari age or not, because i got it from a person on ebay. well, ill ask him and tell you what he says. |
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Post by ilovethevectrex on Sept 22, 2013 13:24:00 GMT -5
No, it came out back in the day, I do believe. Also, Atari Age sold Vectrex buttons too, now that I think about it. I don't know if yours is one of those or from back then. oh and by the way, here are some pictures of it:   |
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Post by Mayhem on Sept 22, 2013 14:39:55 GMT -5
I recall that auction, I wasn't sure if the Vectrex button was genuine or not, so I didn't bid. The pen and button that Martijn mentions on his page about what he's still after is as a result of myself taking a couple of items to Eurocon one year to show. Yes, no surprise they belong to me. I should say buttonS as I've acquired a different one sometime afterwards from a guy in the US. With the items in my hands, I'm confident these were all released back in the day, and are not modern productions.  |
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Post by ilovethevectrex on Sept 22, 2013 14:50:45 GMT -5
I recall that auction, I wasn't sure if the Vectrex button was genuine or not, so I didn't bid. The pen and button that Martijn mentions on his page about what he's still after is as a result of myself taking a couple of items to Eurocon one year to show. Yes, no surprise they belong to me. I should say buttonS as I've acquired a different one sometime afterwards from a guy in the US. With the items in my hands, I'm confident these were all released back in the day, and are not modern productions. wow, those are cool! do you know if those are the only promotional pins? it seems like the one i have is probably the only from atariage sadly, but what is cool is that the auction came with a bunch of other ones, and those are cool. but hey, the vectrex pin is still cool  were the ones that you own expensive/are they hard to find? |
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Post by TrekMD on Sept 22, 2013 15:13:54 GMT -5
That stuff is really cool! I'm jealous!
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Post by ilovethevectrex on Sept 22, 2013 15:40:17 GMT -5
That stuff is really cool! I'm jealous! same |
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Post by Mayhem on Sept 22, 2013 16:24:59 GMT -5
wow, those are cool! do you know if those are the only promotional pins? it seems like the one i have is probably the only from atariage sadly, but what is cool is that the auction came with a bunch of other ones, and those are cool. but hey, the vectrex pin is still cool were the ones that you own expensive/are they hard to find? I've only ever seen one example of each of them, and I own them, so yeah, I figured they're pretty hard to find. The black pin cost me $10, the other badge and the pen went for about 50 quid each (!). Yeah, us Vectrex collectors are a hardcore bunch  |
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Post by VectorX on Sept 22, 2013 16:47:39 GMT -5
^That's because there ISN'T a lot to collect altogether, although it is slowly growing!
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Post by ilovethevectrex on Sept 22, 2013 17:29:25 GMT -5
^That's because there ISN'T a lot to collect altogether, although it is slowly growing! there are few vectrex collectors but we are all great! no trolls or haters, those people leach onto other franchises and consoles |
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Post by ilovethevectrex on Sept 22, 2013 17:30:33 GMT -5
I've only ever seen one example of each of them, and I own them, so yeah, I figured they're pretty hard to find. The black pin cost me $10, the other badge and the pen went for about 50 quid each (!). Yeah, us Vectrex collectors are a hardcore bunch thats pretty awesome. yeah we are hardcore, 20$ for a cib game is considered CHEAP! |
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Post by 50tbrd on Sept 23, 2013 10:57:26 GMT -5
That's one of those transformer pens, isn't it?
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) it says he is missing the pen and button. so apparently there is a pen too, which i also know nothing about. anybody know anything about these items? i will also attach a picture of the pin as soon as i can (i cant at the moment but will add them later on this thread)
were the ones that you own expensive/are they hard to find? 
