The odds are astronomical, and the chances of finding one probably kay with someone who got it in their mind that they were going to buy two and keep one sealed, and has probablybbeen sold off already or lost in someone's storage and probably crushed or scratched unsealed.

Of course! I don't believe they shrink wrapped them so, uh, honour system on that one. It'd be very hard to determine whether or not it had been opened before. Only under exceptional circumstances could you determine that.

Oh, so you are saying Nintendo did not seal them?

There could be a Nintendo seal on the opening flap that I'm unaware of but my understanding is there's no seal/sticker. I could be wrong.

Almost positive none got shrink wrapped though.

Alright. Have you owned a brand new NES before? Just curious

Yes. Of course there are. I have one.

I also have a brand new Sega Master System.

The very earliest NES stuff sold during the test market phase had glossy stickers sealing them, and then matte stickers, before they did away with the stickers for the full retail launch.

Any still in circulation?

Yup. You can find them on Ebay from time to time sold by people who don't understand the significance of the little sticker.

There are a few graded by VGA as un-opened... yes. Not many though. I think I've seen about 2 or 3 truly unopened and they were all graded at the 8 level. Last one at open auction went for 7k I believe? Or somewhere around there.

Yeah I just searched on eBay for a brand new NES and all I found was one listing for 16 thousand dollars

Is the box opened though? So is it "Qualified" or not? Thousands of dollars depend on it!

I bought a brand new NES in 1988. Still have it.

A few years ago my friends mom was cleaning the attic and found a super NES that had never been opened or played with.

We had a lot of fun with it.

I had one in 1992 or so...

This guy

I have an old still sealed nes so yeah they still exist

Wow, how did you obtain those rare consoles?

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I owned a video game store for almost 20 years. Strangely enough, just trolling through these posts made me realize I need to sell off some of this stuff. I am going to make some posts on Ebay, tonight ... I think I shall be listing :

1. CIB Nintendo Action Set

2. CIB Nintendo Power Set

3. 2 loose NES consoles

4. CIB Sega Genesis

5. CIB Sega Master System

6. Prototype Mosaic Nintendo Virtual Boy w/Store Display in box

7. CIB Japanese Virtual Boy

8. USA Release Virtual Boy box only

9. 2 loose Sega Master Systems

Who knows what else ...

Good luck selling your collection of consoles. I hope you get paid well

You can tell... VGA can anyways :P

Based off of the paint chipping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIg2tyBQWE