Seller selling game which doesn't exist?!

marywooyeah

Hi I've come across this item as I collect a lot of nintendo products and cannot believe this. People do pay for empty boxes for nes/snes/n64 stuff as the cardboard ones can get torn, but this guy is trying to sell a box for "Mario Kart R" on the snes with no game for £20!

As far as I know Mario Kart R was the name for Mario Kart 64 when it was in production, but there was no game ever released called Mario Kart R so not sure where this guy has this from? link below:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mario-Kart-R-Box-and-Manual-PAL-SNES-/290645484659?pt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS&hash=item43abd22473

flashg67

Says it's custom made? Sounds like a lot of effort if it is, but if he can get £19.99, maybe not?

marywooyeah

but who'd pay £20 for a made up game box with no game in it?!

MyOnlyPost

Have you heard of Blue Harvest?

This was the working title given to Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi. The idea was to not give away what the film was during production and they went to the trouble of having merchandise made such as caps, T-Shirts etc. That merchandise is worth a fortune today for a film that never existed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Harvest

marywooyeah

I have but only because of family guy - always wondered why they gave it that name! I suppose it's a possiblity that the boxes were manufactured by nintendo preproduction like the star wars example but it's the first I've seen of it and I've been collecting nintendo products for 8 years. it's a pickle alright!

nikki1520

MyOnlyPost wrote: »

Have you heard of Blue Harvest?

This was the working title given to Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi. The idea was to not give away what the film was during production and they went to the trouble of having merchandise made such as caps, T-Shirts etc. That merchandise is worth a fortune today for a film that never existed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Harvest

We have a poster for The Empire Strikes Back trailing the next film to be Revenge of the Jedi. Apparently it got changed as Revenge wasn't a proper Jedi sort of emotion!

MyOnlyPost

nikki1520 wrote: »

We have a poster for The Empire Strikes Back trailing the next film to be Revenge of the Jedi. Apparently it got changed as Revenge wasn't a proper Jedi sort of emotion!

I wouldn't be surprised if that was quite a valuable item

Astuteboy

marywooyeah wrote: »

Hi I've come across this item as I collect a lot of nintendo products and cannot believe this. People do pay for empty boxes for nes/snes/n64 stuff as the cardboard ones can get torn, but this guy is trying to sell a box for "Mario Kart R" on the snes with no game for £20!

As far as I know Mario Kart R was the name for Mario Kart 64 when it was in production, but there was no game ever released called Mario Kart R so not sure where this guy has this from? link below:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mario-Kart-R-Box-and-Manual-PAL-SNES-/290645484659?pt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS&hash=item43abd22473

Mario Kart R is hacked version of the game; you can download it from ROM sites etc (not posting a link or arguing the legality of doing so). I suppose you could then upload the file onto a SNES flash cartridge and put it inside that box.

Sounds like a heck of a lot of effort to go through to me, but some people are really into retro gaming I guess!

Edit:

Like this guy! He might want the box http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCj07u6-UXA

marywooyeah

lol astuteboy I'll send him the link!

madmonkey01

NOTE:
This is a custom made box and manual for the game above

from the description.