“Friend of mine received this sealed and graded original copy of Pokémon Yellow,” Kick said. “U.S. Customs: Broke the acrylic case, ripped and discarded the seal, [and] sliced the front of the box off. Maybe they weren’t fans of Wata Games?”
Wata Games is an independent company that grades and certifies games for collectors. Chances are you’ll encounter Wata Games if you’re looking for high-quality, mint copies of old games. The company was responsible for grading and certifying The_Master_Of_Unlocking’s copy, giving it an A+ rating and a score of 9.2. According to Wata Games’ website, the game is in “exceptional condition” and worth $3,800. Or it was until U.S. Customs came through and decimated the certification.
“So…either they hated the battery inside the cartridge…or they thought it’d contain drugs or something,” one tweeter suggested in Kick’s mentions. “Can U.S. Customs just destroy things without recourse,” asked another tweeter, with many others demanding consequences against the agency.
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The creation of this kind of ridiculously expensive collectibles market is proto-NFT behaviour and to that I say critical support to US Customs for fucking with an NFT-brained loser.
It’s honestly almost identical to NFTs. Why should I care about this any more than some guy losing his apes? Lol
You definitely don’t need to care, but physical memorabilia like this at least has some history and organic demand attached to it, which classes it far above any NFT. Like anything to do with collectibles, it’s just my opinion or whatever so who care?
