[ectoglow]

I don’t even know how many members are active Forum participants, but I’ve always been curious how many VB display units survived. There is a shop near me that has one (and they have both the floor AND desktop feet) and I’ve always wanted it, but its “not for sale” which means I’d have to offer them $850+.

But how many true VB fans (the members of this forum have one, and WHICH one?

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[ectoglow]

If you own more then one (lucky you!) mark more then one; but if you own the Floor display with the Counter feet just mark Floor Display (unless you own two entire units).

Also, Is there any way to modify the Poll after posting? I Made it half a month too long and I also wanted to ad “Display Sign” as an option for people who only have the sign from the display.

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Not any more 🙂 but if i do get one thing back..it will prob be one of those 🙂

I hope to get all 4 models in my collection someday, but right now, I’ve got the 2 smallest ones. It’s very hard to find the larger ones with both original ad inserts, which are definitely necessities for me.

I’m with Ben. I’d love to have all 4, but I only have the two small counter displays. I likely won’t have the opportunity to acquire the others either, lest I get kicked out of the house. :/

All except the floor one… and multiples of some.

DogP

None of the above.
Never even seen any of them for real. Maybe one day if i have enough spare cash and see one for sale.

Never made or used a Poll here before so I have some questions…

Is there any way for me to see stats before the end date? Can I change the end date? Can anyone even SEE the end date from their account? Will I get to see how many people Voted at the end?

Don’t have any. Maybe some day, but I’m more interested in my game collection. 🙂

jrronimo wrote:
Don’t have any. Maybe some day, but I’m more interested in my game collection. 🙂

Counter top model here.

I had the counter version compleet whit the original ad inserts
and i had the japan counter version

i also know some places in japan ( 3 )where they still have the floor displays but they never want to sell it to me in the past 🙁

mawa wrote:
i also know some places in japan ( 3 )where they still have the floor displays but they never want to sell it to me in the past 🙁

This brings up a good question that collectors must ask themselves: should the large Japanese store displays be regarded as different items than the large North American store displays, especially since they have very noticeable differences like the ad inserts? If so, then a completest would need more than just 4 store displays to complete his collection.

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How about the small Store Displays?
http://www.planetvb.com/modules/hardware/?type=displays&model=nintendo

OoZic wrote:
How about the small Store Displays?
http://www.planetvb.com/modules/hardware/?type=displays&model=nintendo

Thats listed as the “Japanese Counter Display”

This brings up a good question that collectors must ask themselves: should the large Japanese store displays be regarded as different items than the large North American store displays, especially since they have very noticeable differences like the ad inserts? If so, then a completest would need more than just 4 store displays to complete his collection.

As for the larger displays, I thought the only difference between US and JP was the Ad flaps and some random txt around the unit itself. Are there actual physical differences? Or is it just like the “difference” between the Floor and Counter models where if you have both the Japanese and US flaps you basically have all the parts for both.

I still wish I had included the “Display Sign” as an option though. Are there a lot of you out there that only have the sign, no display stand?

BTW, you guys are actually voting in the poll as well as posting to the forum, right?

ectoglow wrote:

As for the larger displays, I thought the only difference between US and JP was the Ad flaps and some random txt around the unit itself. Are there actual physical differences? Or is it just like the “difference” between the Floor and Counter models where if you have both the Japanese and US flaps you basically have all the parts for both.

I’m pretty sure that other than the ads and maybe some additional text, there are no differences between the two. But then again, the only differences between a Japanese Virtual Boy system and a North American Virtual Boy system are the serial number stickers stuck to them as well as the packaging that they came in. Thus, since these are regarded as separate collectible items by collectors, so also could the store displays. By the way, finding an original box that one of the larger store displays originally came in seems near impossible these days.

BTW, you guys are actually voting in the poll as well as posting to the forum, right?

I’ve already voted. 🙂

I can’t submit an empty poll vote, so I can’t vote, haha.

ectoglow wrote:

OoZic wrote:
How about the small Store Displays?
http://www.planetvb.com/modules/hardware/?type=displays&model=nintendo

Thats listed as the “Japanese Counter Display”

This brings up a good question that collectors must ask themselves: should the large Japanese store displays be regarded as different items than the large North American store displays, especially since they have very noticeable differences like the ad inserts? If so, then a completest would need more than just 4 store displays to complete his collection.

As for the larger displays, I thought the only difference between US and JP was the Ad flaps and some random txt around the unit itself. Are there actual physical differences? Or is it just like the “difference” between the Floor and Counter models where if you have both the Japanese and US flaps you basically have all the parts for both.

I still wish I had included the “Display Sign” as an option though. Are there a lot of you out there that only have the sign, no display stand?

BTW, you guys are actually voting in the poll as well as posting to the forum, right?

Ah ok, as I can’t change the poll afterwards, add a “Japanese Counter Display” for me 🙂

Should have known as @mawa listed it also….

Btw, is it my connection or is this site sometimes “a bit” slow?
Posting with the latest IE is almost impossible, I’ll try Firefox now…

Wish I could see the results without voting…hard to vote when you don’t have one 🙂

bigmak wrote:
Wish I could see the results without voting…hard to vote when you don’t have one 🙂

Yeah, I can’t vote either. Had I know it worked that way I would have posted three additional Options

“3D Display sign”
“Other display (like VB Arcade Machine 001)”
“I don’t have a display, but show me what the results are B!”

Benjamin Stevens wrote:
But then again, the only differences between a Japanese Virtual Boy system and a North American Virtual Boy system are the serial number stickers stuck to them as well as the packaging that they came in.

They’re not quite identical… you can see that they modified the mold for the US version, to change the text “PLAYLINK” (on the JP systems) to “EXT.” (on the US systems).

DogP

DogP wrote:
They’re not quite identical… you can see that they modified the mold for the US version, to change the text “PLAYLINK” (on the JP systems) to “EXT.” (on the US systems).

DogP

I actually checked my several Virtual Boy systems out after writing that, and only one of my Japanese units says “PLAYLINK” in that area. The other two Japanese units (one of which is the in-store demo system) say “EXT.” like the North American ones. Surprisingly, my North American demo system with a serial number under 1000 also says “EXT.” so I have no idea why some of the later systems had “PLAYLINK” and then they got rid of it.