ZX Spectrum - Unboxing Nostalgia - Episode 12

[Reg]

As I go on my journey to collect New Wheels John from Automata, this maybe of interest to some of you !

 

[johnparker007]

I don't know if you've been using the facebook groups, there's a few - quite a few years back I went through the same process of buying all the old Speccy games I either used to have a (usually pirate) copy of, or even just remember playing at a friend's house.  Thankfully that didn't comprise of too many games/boxsets!   The rare ones get expensive  

So you can often find things cheaper outside of ebay through the fb groups, especially if you get a few from a single person who is willing to 'build piles', so you can accumulate a pile and then they send them all together as a single package.  Also, you can request, as someone may have a copy of New Wheels John for instance, but not be very attached to it and so willing to sell, even though they don't list it.

Good luck in your quest, I rebuilt mine, and have zero regrets at having them all original on a shelf!

I saw some insanely obscure stuff on the groups, sometimes going for crazy money like £400 for a single game (these are usualy suuuper rare titles).  Almost always cheaper (and friendlier) than fleabay.

Edited August 19, 2023 by johnparker007

[jabbathehut]

Enjoyable as ever the search for New Wheels John continues.

[Reg]

On 19/08/2023 at 10:05, johnparker007 said:

I don't know if you've been using the facebook groups, there's a few - quite a few years back I went through the same process of buying all the old Speccy games I either used to have a (usually pirate) copy of, or even just remember playing at a friend's house.  Thankfully that didn't comprise of too many games/boxsets!   The rare ones get expensive  

So you can often find things cheaper outside of ebay through the fb groups, especially if you get a few from a single person who is willing to 'build piles', so you can accumulate a pile and then they send them all together as a single package.  Also, you can request, as someone may have a copy of New Wheels John for instance, but not be very attached to it and so willing to sell, even though they don't list it.

Good luck in your quest, I rebuilt mine, and have zero regrets at having them all original on a shelf!

I saw some insanely obscure stuff on the groups, sometimes going for crazy money like £400 for a single game (these are usualy suuuper rare titles).  Almost always cheaper (and friendlier) than fleabay.

Thank you - can you recommend any specific groups here where I might have luck ?

[Reg]

8 hours ago, jabbathehut said:

Enjoyable as ever the search for New Wheels John continues.

I so want it to end - lol !

[johnparker007]

1 hour ago, Reg said:

Thank you - can you recommend any specific groups here where I might have luck ?

I've checked my old fb account - this may not be comprehensive, new groups may have started etc - but here's the recently active ones on my list:

Sinclair For Sale (or Buy)
World of Spectrum
Sinclair For Sale (separate group to the first one in this list!)
ZX Spectrum Latest Games
sinclair sales

Sign up to some/all of those, and ask about your New Wheels John in the groups, if someone can help you locate and procure an obscure Speccy game, it's these guys 

[Reg]

Lovely, thank you - I've signed up to some of those.

[jabbathehut]

The search for New Wheels John is over.

Congrats.

 

[onearmbandit]

Bobsleigh is a great game.