I was browsing DP now and i found an old thread from 2005. There was a guy called Speedy (possibly Speedy_NES's old nick?) there who said that Gyromite bigbox also excists as PAL version (spanish release). I have never heard or seen anything about this :o

Anyone got some info?

Yeah i read that thread also. It was the Dutch Speedy, not the one we know Speedy_NES.
I never saw a PAL Gyro BB, it  never popped up nor any pics of it.
I think it's a hoax but you just never know, i'll beleive when i see it.

I have never seen one either, but I am just getting my feet wet in the PAL market.
~~NGD

I've seen one of the big box gyromites. There was a selling thread on DP where someone had the box in under average condition (marker). Someone beat me to it at 15 bucks.

Didn't want to make a counter offer at the time because I didn't even consider anything rob. Now i have two boxed robs and I reaaaaaally want it.

I should have a private message with the seller, I'll dig throug later tonight and see what I can find. It should have the link to thread/photos
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update... no luck in finding that thread :(

Are you sure this was the big boxed PAL Gyromite box?

NESaholic wrote on 16. Jan 2007 at 16:59:

Yeah i read that thread also. It was the Dutch Speedy, not the one we know Speedy_NES. I never saw a PAL Gyro BB, it  never popped up nor any pics of it. I think it's a hoax but you just never know, i'll beleive when i see it.

Ye, afaik ROB didnt even get released in Spain so it seems like bullshit to me hehe. Maybe he saw some guy over there who sold it and assumed it was a PAL version.

I remember exactly what I saw, it was a big box like stack up, but It had the gyromite graphics. I don't remember if it was in another lang. other than english. hmm.

jajaja wrote on 16. Jan 2007 at 16:36:

I was browsing DP now and i found an old thread from 2005. There was a guy called Speedy (possibly Speedy_NES's old nick?) there who said that Gyromite bigbox also excists as PAL version (spanish release). I have never heard or seen anything about this :o Anyone got some info?

Hi!
Yes, I can confirm that - there exists a Pal version from the Gyromite BigBox.
It was released in France (maybe only - I don't know) - above the Gyromite print is printed "game of / jeu de") so it should be a Pal version for sure  ;)

I was wonderin how mutch would be the value of this rare item - anybody an idea?

cheers
nikki

Ye, i know about the normal PAL release :) But some guy said a bigbox release (where the box is much bigger than the normal NES boxes) excists as PAL. That i have never seen so i asked.

About rarity, the game itself is very easy to get. Its alittle harder to get it complete, but its not too hard. Not sure about the value, but its something between 10-25 euro for a complete copy, totaly depending on the condition.

I spoke about the BB (not the oposit of small boxes like the black series without stryrofoam inserts) a BB like the one from Stack up - with the ROB parts.
This one exists as a Pal version with the print "game of / jeu de" and 2 round seals of quality at the front. The back side is in English and French.

As much as I know the NTSC version got only one seal of quality and not the mentioned print above "Gyromite".

I'll post some pics when I get a copy  :)

Ah ok. Pics is a must ;)

nikki, are you sure it is PAL and not Canadian?  The -CAN version also has French on it.
~~NGD

jajaja wrote on 17. Jan 2007 at 16:35:

Ye, afaik ROB didnt even get released in Spain.

that's true, we didn't thet the rob, so there's no gyromite "Spanish version"

Hey NGD!
I supposed that too - but the box where sealed with the smal round and black nintendo sticker (like in FRA ITA AU and UKV usual) - I don't know how it was sold in Canada? I guess shrinkwrapped and without that sticker? Does anybody got a pic of the Canadian version?

And if I remeber it right on the back was Paris and France mentioned. So it should be a French Pal - but we will know for sure when we get pics of it, hehe.

nikki wrote on 24. Mar 2007 at 07:50:

Hey NGD! I supposed that too - but the box where sealed with the smal round and black nintendo sticker (like in FRA ITA AU and UKV usual) - I don't know how it was sold in Canada? I guess shrinkwrapped and without that sticker? Does anybody got a pic of the Canadian version? And if I remeber it right on the back was Paris and France mentioned. So it should be a French Pal - but we will know for sure when we get pics of it, hehe.

The black sticker where used in Canada too. There was a topic about it here not long ago actually, a member had bought Stack-Up (or was it Gyromite?) and it was sealed with both the black sticker and shrinkwrapped.

I have the -CAN BB version, I just picked it up about 2 months ago off ebay.  Here is pic of it from NA
http://www.nintendoage.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NES.Game&Game_ID=678  
Just click the box to make the picture larger to compare.  I am pretty sure you may have the -CAN version.  Take a look at the game cart and manual to see if they have an id code on them.
~~NGD

@ jajaja, thanks I didin't know that with the sticker and shrinkwrapped. I allways thought the one or the other option...


@NGD, thanks for the link. I have problems to enlarge the pics but as much as I saw this one is from MATTEL - the Pal one should be from ASD. The back has a pic of the ROB that I remember for sure!
I should get a copy in the next few weeks, so I can look for the codes and make some pics and of course I will post it here  ;)

Got it today!  :)

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/SAVE042512.th.jpg

French Pal Version

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/SAVE042612.th.jpg