Why the hell is Flintstones 2 so widely desired?  Sure it's rare, but it's not THAT rare.  There are other games that are harder to find yet still aren't nearly as valuable or desired as it.  Games like Wayne's World, Gun+Nac, Little Samson, Pro Sport Hockey, and several others are just as hard to find as it, yet don't seem to carry the same value.  I'd consider Flintstones 2 the most valuable licensed cart with the exception of SE, but really it shouldn't be. 

It just seems like the word has spread about F2 and everybody seems to want it.  Perhaps its only a matter of time before people begin to discover what other games are truly rare.  Thoughts?

first off, it is one of the rental taito games.  second, i have noticed on here and dp that many people are getting down to the last 10-20 games they need, so people will pay more for it.  and yea, it is hyped up.

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It is pretty rare.  In the last year I think only 2 popped up complete on ebay.  I kind of get where you are coming from though Nick.  A person could go buy one on ebay just about any time he wanted to so it doesnt seem to be as rare as people think.  I have a theory though.

Most of the F2's listed on ebay are buy it now's.  These people realize what they have and are trying to get a premium for it.  Somewhere between $110-$140.  Now because these are overpriced, they don't sell very fast and are available for much longer periods of time, which in turn makes this cart available for purchase most of the time if you want to pay the price.  Its not nearly as often that you see a cart just up for open auction or in a lot of games.  This is due to the fact that the game really is pretty rare.  When one pops up like this, there are plently of people out there that refuse to pay the premium price for one and end up fighting over the open auction.....thus bidding it up to $90-$100 where the value of the cart currently lives.

Bryan

I agree Nick, it is overpriced.  But I think the 3 Panesian games are WAY overpriced incompairson to them.  If you search ebay a lot, there is almost always one of the 3 Panesian titles on anymore.  At the minimum there is at least 2 listed per month.  There is no reason the game sales for 600+ bucks, it simply isn't "that" rare.  I think they got hyped up because of the nudity and Mike Etlers list made them more rare they they truly are to begin with, but in the end we the collectors drove the price of them up to the current selling point.

The Panesians are DEFINITELY a better example than Flintstones 2.  There is no way I should be able to get a CIB Wayne's World for $30, which is just as hard to find as a $600 Panesian title.  It's ridiculious!

Hype is everything in terms of collecting.  Interesting stories is what it's all about.  How interesting is this:  Yeah, CIB Wayne's World is a hard to hell find because.....it was a late release.

Know what I mean?  And it isn't like that means the game will be seen as overtly rare forever...look at Tengen Tetris, the price for that loose has come down over the years.