Official Nintendo Power and Related COPPER!! Mags/comics/plastic/anything that is 'Playing with Power' 0

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Taking over from this thread that marks the Nintendo Power Sales but is titled about Post TMNT, which the Nintendo Power #1 CGC 9.8 sold for 5 figures or more.

Feel free to post up? Nintendo and Related COPPER  

It is a magazine, but so were the first of the TMNT  

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Always loved the posters that were practically guaranteed for each issue, but before Wizard followed suit I assume?

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This one is kind of ick.  with some stains, but the dollar bins still turn up low grade as of 2023

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Then there is the difference that we don't yet know in the market concerning the Sample Copy of #1 and the Regular #1.

Sample has been achieving more in value? but the 9.8 sale mentioned above is for a regular?

I wonder

Lowly examples. Notice the "free sample copy" as oppose to "free poster inside"

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Also CGC grades these now, and they are thick, and as of 2023 achieving aghast for the limited available in high grade, and or, still complete with stickers!

It is really the only sale that I've seen so far, so I'm not sure if a fair comparison  

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Also gocollect.com has started following magazines, while neglecting them for a long while.

Adding Nintendo Power into some of their star advertising for the new feature  

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Nintendo Power #6 of course hosting the 1st published art of J Scott Campbell when he was a kid. People getting it signed and etc.

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 and then there is the registry going back as far as 2019! Heavy Hitters included @Jason Grier @Bobbyp29 @dominic418

When I got it added to the registry, and some transfers of ranks,  "NOW YOUR PLAYING WITH POWER!"

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On 4/21/2023 at 2:13 PM, Bronty said:

For the record I think the price is a little insane and won't hold up over time, and that's coming from a fan of nintendo material as a collectible.  

But I have to think that's a copper age record for anything that isn't TMNT 1?

Nintendo Power #1 (Nintendo of America, Inc., 1988) [Newsstand Edition] CGC 9.8 NM/MT White Pages.... 

Auction 7307 | Lot: 28080 | Apr 20, 2023

Sold For:  $108,000.00 

 

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On 4/21/2023 at 4:13 PM, valiantman said:

Interesting... mainly because it's not a comic or even a "comic magazine"... how many non-comic magazines sell for $100,000+? 

I think CGC 9.4 Playboy #1 (1953) might be the only one.

Sports Illustrated #1 (1954) is a "warehouse book", so they're easy to grab in CGC 9.8 under $5,000.

Are any other non-comic magazines even $25,000? 

 

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On 4/24/2023 at 12:06 AM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

High Times CGC 5.5 sold for $4,500 in 2021 makes me wonder what a Really HIGH grade would fetch. 

Here is a quick list I pulled from an older  internet article. 

Although several of these are either out of date (price wise) as here is the current GPA on a CGC 9.4 Playboy #1 First Print 

As for Life and Time as well as National Geographic there are a few semi valuable issues , but a lot of these "most valuable " are in the thousands not even tens of thousands.  

 

On 4/24/2023 at 12:10 AM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Here is a decent link to some of the more valuable magazines. 

https://www.nostomania.com/servlets/com.nostomania.CatPage?name=Top100MagazinesMain

 

On 4/24/2023 at 12:17 AM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

It is also worth mentioning that V1 1888 #1 National Geographic has sold as high as $100,000 however now the average sale is around $7k - $9k. That said if a Extremely High Grade came to market it has potential to be up there. 

The "High Times!"

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Savage Tales then Conan

 

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Eerie, all circa 2023, and credit to @onlyweaknesskryptonite for screenshots

 

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that's a lot of information ;)

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On 10/31/2023 at 12:32 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Always loved the posters that were practically guaranteed for each issue, but before Wizard followed suit I assume?

the posters are great.    I'll contribute with the OA for the poster in #35.

Its an old pic but its better than no pic.

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More and more posters!

Posters welcome for sure!

They had Gimmick style as well, and embossed mega man to cover and preserve the cover underneath with a Looney Tunes poster insert, featuring tournament fighters tmnt! Rock on!

On 10/31/2023 at 12:14 PM, Bronty said:

that's a lot of information ;)

Definitely 

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What I find interesting is the insert that is loose in some copies, due to subscriptions I assume, think it would still get a blue label without it, but would leave it in there if there is one?

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Speaking of which, the difference between "subscription copies and 'non' subscriptions!"  

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An ordinary binder?

Why? 

Plow Nintendo Power ha-cha-cha!

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Earthworm Jim is neat art, that poster though! 

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