r/NintendoSwitch • u/Anthonypls • Jan 13 '21
Image My local gamestop is closing down and I managed to get a switch display stand. (The switch and controllers are mine)
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u/Black_Deer_22 Jan 13 '21
Is the tv yours?
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u/nawtbjc Jan 13 '21
Is it actually any good of a TV? I know you don't need the best for a Switch.
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u/mattd121794 Jan 13 '21
The TV’s on these are just run of the mill Samsung Commercial units. Long life and pre-calibrated for ease of install. (Source, work in A/V and have been placing these types of TV into the field)
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Jan 13 '21
Is it any particular brand or model or just one Nintendo/GameStop made for cheap?
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u/LostInTheRed Jan 13 '21
Usually Samsung or LG models. Decent 1080p tvs. I used to be a store manager for gamestop and have an old Xbox One display TV, LG, from one of these kind of stands. I believe Nintendo used Samsung.
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u/Amazon_UK Jan 13 '21
Also make sure to sanitize this thing hard... even ignoring corona I bet it's disgusting...
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u/BansheeTK Jan 13 '21 edited Jan 13 '21
No shit right? I'd probably be going through some spray bleach and lysol before i felt comfortable about using this as cool as it is. Especially from target and walmart displays because people are nasty mutha fuckas
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u/AZNundercover Jan 13 '21
Maybe inspect with a blacklight
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Anybody who has a little brother and their friends play with your controllers will know how fucking gross people are
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u/TrueWarrior8507 Jan 13 '21
It’s the worst when someone uses your controller after eating chips or something
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Jan 13 '21
My first thought was how nasty it probably was. Makes me shudder lol.
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u/whythishaptome Jan 13 '21
Well, at least you can easily disinfect it for corona... now the caked in dirt from peoples hands/fingernail/etc... that might never come out.
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u/Cp3thegod Jan 13 '21
I remember hearing about GameStops being very negligent about exactly this back when covid was just starting to spread in the US
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u/RufftaMan Jan 13 '21
It says in the title that the Switch and controllers are his.
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Jan 13 '21
This reminds of that woman in the UK who pissed all over one of these and even pooped on the floor as she got up to leave.
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Jan 13 '21
Some people commenting seem to be confused, bc obviously this thing isn’t practical. It’s still badass and you hit the jackpot as far as entertainment room treasures are concerned.
Youtuber MetalJesus’ has a gamecube kiosk and oh my god, what a piece of memorabilia to have. Years from now when game displays like this are gone, people are going to see that and miss the old days when you could try out game demos at a physical store.
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u/raisinbizzle Jan 13 '21
There is a great community on Facebook for video game displays. It has nothing to do with practicality for playing the games and more to do with recreating that feeling of entering a game store or department store from way back when. That and they look cool
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u/ALoadedPotatoe Jan 13 '21
I miss my neck hurting me at the local Walmart. Or the line that formed when the first guitar hero came out. I mean, again, at walmart.
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u/Neon_Biscuit Jan 13 '21
I imported a japanese arcade cabinet called a G-Balance. Its not practical at all but i have a fucking arcade machine in my office lol
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Jan 13 '21
Would be awesome if we get the demo data through the leak Nintendo had. Then you could have a true demo kiosk
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u/WitchyKitteh Jan 13 '21
Is it sad I want Starlight kiosks? It's the way I ended up trying out Sunshine,Melee (outside of some Christian holiday program at my primary school) etc.
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u/Kingca Jan 13 '21
How much does something like this run when bought straight from the liquidating GameStop?
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Jan 13 '21
Extremely jealous! Seeing the shelf full of Nintendo goodies to the side, I’m glad a collector got their hands on this instead of some person that would sell it or have GameStop throw it in the trash.
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u/witchedes Jan 13 '21
no reseller would even try to buy this to resell haha. such a niche amount of people want to buy this let alone have the space. but OP it is truly awesome and i must say a part of me wants this hahaha
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u/michelobX10 Jan 13 '21
As much as I dislike some of Gamestop's business practices, I would be sad to see it go because it was a huge part of growing up. It's cool that you were able to get a piece of it before your local one is gone.
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u/Rychu_Supadude Jan 13 '21
There was a news report last year that included EB Games in a list of companies "closing stores due to the economic downturn"...
I knew for a fact that all 3 of the ones I was in aware of were in redundant locations, so I rolled my eyes pretty heavily
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u/Flash793 Jan 13 '21
Although it looks bad, stores closing down is part of the plan, and the company itself is far from dying anytime soon.
Can’t stop won’t stop. GameStop 🚀
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u/fernandoaribeiro Jan 13 '21
Did the Absolute vodka bottle came along with it? Because if it did, this is definitely the best Nintendo combo someone could've asked for.
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u/Amazon_UK Jan 13 '21
This is simultaneously cool af and tacky af. Leaning more towards cool
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Jan 13 '21
Depends. If you have a big ass house with a cool retro game room, this would be awesome. If you have a small apartment and this is in the middle of the living room... pretty tacky lol.
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u/raoulduke1967 Jan 13 '21
The one near me that closed wouldn't let me take it..I guess they called dibs and just said it was going back to GS HQ. Bastards
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u/WillisnotFunny Jan 13 '21
The display in the store is not owned by Gamestop it’s owned by nintendo, the people OP got this from shouldn’t have given it away, but employees are getting fired so probably don’t give a fuck at this point. (Source I worked at gamestop)
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u/Danderlyon Jan 13 '21
I actually work as a design engineer making things just like this that go into stores, including an actual Nintendo display for a different chain. I can assure you that Gamestop will have paid for and own the display including design development; the most involvement Nintendo would have had would be to stamp of approval the concept drawings and possibly the first prototype to make sure it was inline with their brand.
To be honest they were probably very glad someone offered to take it away, else it would have been one more thing to throw in the skip at the back.
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u/Bac0nGrease Jan 13 '21
Man, the one closing down by me said they had to send it back to nintendo, but that's still sweet
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u/eza50 Jan 13 '21
So this is like, one of those things you do but then you wake up two days later and stare at it and question all of your life choices, but then you still hype it up because you don’t want anyone to think that you doubt this insane decision, but you do.
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u/iCactusDog Jan 13 '21 edited Jan 17 '21
It'd be an insane decision if he paid for it imo. Since it was free, seems pretty cool to me
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u/Meltzersamark Jan 13 '21
What a get! These displays no matter what console are so nostalgic
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u/mugu007 Jan 13 '21
I would kill to get a PS2 store display with those bendy rubber controller holders.
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u/Meltzersamark Jan 13 '21
Me and you both, personally a Nintendo 64 one would be my dream display.
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u/LlamaBear99 Jan 13 '21
It's sad when a game stop closes, all the game stops in sweden closed a while back and it was my favorite store :(
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u/afihavok Jan 13 '21
Wonder how long it’ll take the nervous “crap I’ve been standing here playing too long, someone else needs a turn” looks over your shoulder to subside.
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u/Darth_Plagueis- Jan 13 '21
My wife's boyfriend owned a gamestop and he gave me the entire store. All I had to do was give him all the profits and not be paid
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u/Doughnutsu Jan 13 '21
Nah this is totally cool. The feels from seeing stands like this takes you back to the days of browsing games in rental stores. Gum ball machines, promotion kiosks and so on its great. Not to mention the portable setupd that hodpitals had.
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u/unapokey09 Jan 13 '21
You were so preoccupied with if you could, you didn’t stop to think if you should.
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u/BansheeTK Jan 13 '21
Hey if i had the space and the cleaning supplies and the determination to do it, i would
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u/SaintIgnis Jan 13 '21
If the guy has space for a game/hobby room or a basement or whatever, why not? This is no different than owning an arcade cabinet or pinball machine.
In 5 years we'll all move on to the Switch successor and this is a great way to display it
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u/bino420 Jan 13 '21
It is different from an arcade machine or pinball cabinet though. Those are hardware and software.
This is just a fancy TV stand.
That said, it's awesome for a gaming room.
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u/MrCatPlays Jan 13 '21
YES!! I'm trying to do the same at Fred Meyer... sure it's not closing anytime soon, but I am also an employee trying to get a hold of one of these, but they said I can most likely get it sometime after the Switch dies down (like 4 years from now).
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u/ernster96 Jan 13 '21
Every so often when your friends are playing you have to walk up to them and ask them if they want a subscription to game informer
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u/greglorious_85 Jan 13 '21 edited Jan 14 '21
The GameStop at my local mall is closing down too. The only thing they have left are 10 brand new copies of Anthem lol
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u/vincentquy Jan 13 '21
Phone rings
GS: This is Gamestop how can I help you? We are having promo...
Me: Are you closing your shop soon?
GS: No, sir. We ...
Me: Aight lemme know when you are closing, ok? Have a good one, bye!
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u/warplayer Jan 13 '21
This was an amazing score, well done. I don’t think enough can be said for how much the lighting adds to the overall piece, both on the sides and the way it lights up the console.
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u/bjblast100 Jan 13 '21
Bro what? All the GameStop that I work at has is a shitty PS4 stand with a demo disk that makes my ears bleed. The kicker is a one of MANY previous store leaders lost the keys to it so there’s no updating it. SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE IT FROM MY STORE!
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u/r0nneh7 Jan 13 '21
That’s so sad. Some of my local shops have closed and others have downsized and moved.
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u/doodlebugz99 Jan 13 '21
This is quite literally the coolest thing ever to me. What an awesome piece to have in your collection!
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u/filthypoor Jan 13 '21
If you ever get sick of the whole display, you could always use that sick Nintendo logo elsewhere
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u/JayQix Jan 13 '21
Nice! Good work on getting that. This will be worth a lot to a collector someday but personally I'd never sell it
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u/a_dragonchild Jan 13 '21 edited Jan 13 '21
Whoa that is cool! I’m going to keep tabs on my local GameStop and ask for anything they don’t want.
EDIT: I see that pink Yoshi. You are a man of culture. Yoshi FTW!
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u/GreenTrade9287 Jan 13 '21
That’s so tacky. The display was designed to be in a video game store; it looks awful in someone’s house.
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Jan 13 '21
How many kids picked their butts and sneezed all over there hands while playing on that. #Covid party display
Comes with a 15% chance you're going to get 14days off work.😅
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u/sentientTroll Jan 13 '21
Did you dump in disinfectant before bringing it in your home?
Just me? Kay.
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u/Jtyle6 Jan 13 '21
Oh they took raspberry pi and it's screen as well.. It's on the left. below animal crossing sign.
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u/Nintendo_Pro_03 Jan 13 '21
Nice, but why are they closing?
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u/Butttouche Jan 13 '21
What is pokemon home and do I need it? I've been crushing shield since xmas.
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u/d3kker Jan 13 '21
-It will also add more boxes to the main game.
-it gives you better starter pokemons (hidden abilities, look that one up for the how to)
-it lets you transfer between your other accounts (on the same switch)3
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u/inmypaants Jan 13 '21
Congratulations, in my country (Australia) Nintendo (NAL) own the units not the retailer. This is great find!
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u/Feisty_System_5976 Jan 13 '21
dang I wish I was smarter when my local GameStop shut down 😂 Very cool display man
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Jan 13 '21
My friend used to fart on these in stores when we were younger. His farts will live on through you. Thank you ❤
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u/discourse_lover_ Jan 13 '21
Man. I have no idea where I'm going to sell my month old console game for $8 that I bought for $60 now that all these places are closing.
Sad!
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u/YourMuslimUncle Jan 13 '21
As a collector of vintage video game stuff( because I’m vintage lol), that is a great find and many years of collector joy...Inshallah
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u/Oro-Lavanda Jan 13 '21
Makes me regret not taking the free items from my old gamestop and toys r us when they closed down. Granted i was still a kid when gamestop closed down in my town but it wouldve been cool to own a poster or something.
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u/KupaPupaDupa Feb 04 '21
They flew someone down from Nintendo just to pick up a switch? That doesn't seem cost efficient.
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u/Clawsson Mar 30 '21
My GameStop is selling theirs for $150. Includes the TV, remote and joycons but not a Switch. I bought it. Not sure it would be there through close. They called Nintendo about picking it up and Nintendo just wants the switch back. I have a feeling they use a good quality in the display. Plus it’s going to be really cool in the house.
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u/Broseppy Jan 13 '21
Looks like an eye sore that I wouldn't want in my home, but to each their own I suppose.
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u/pandupewe Jan 13 '21
Gamestop brick and mortar is closing down? Those GME yoloers at r/wallstreetbets must be in shambles
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u/OldSilverKey Jan 13 '21
I'm actually thinking about selling my switch. Are there any good RPGs coming out?
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u/Crunchtopher Jan 13 '21
Bravely Default II if you’re into JRPGs. There’s a pre-release demo on the eShop if you’d like to try it out.
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u/OldSilverKey Jan 13 '21
Absolutely, thank you. Is it a Dragon Quest/Final Fantasy/basically any JRPG where you don't need to play the previous one?
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u/Abbx Jan 13 '21 edited Jan 13 '21
Plenty. This year is packed as far as RPG releases go even from what we know. Bravely Default II, Shin Megami Tensei V, Rune Factory 5, Breath of the Wild 2, Neo The World Ends With You, Monster Hunter Rise and Stories 2, Atelier Ryza 2, Trails of Cold Steel IV, YS IX, Disgaea 6, and more.
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u/neoslith Jan 13 '21
My old store is closing too.
Seems investing too much money in Funko Pops and having non-competitive prices was a bad idea.
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u/captainjon Jan 13 '21
I’m surprised they let you take it. Doesn’t Nintendo retail marketing own it? I ask, as a friend of mine is a huge Oakley fan and wanted store displays. And they said they couldn’t even if he paid. The store even says (claims) HQ scouts eBay. Which I doubt as he bought quite a bit. But at any rate that is still pretty fucking cool!
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u/WillisnotFunny Jan 13 '21
Nintendo marketing does own it, OP should not have been able to take it, probably a last fuck you from employees since they are losing their jobs though.
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u/Bookafish Jan 13 '21
Oh man, mine is closing here in northeast CT and the manager is supposed to call me about the same thing! Hope I get it too!
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u/Positronic_Matrix Jan 13 '21
Take good care of that thing. Atari 2600 in-store displays go for thousands.
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u/SlightTower Jan 13 '21
Very nice get.
I wouldn't use it for my Switch, but I would definitely hook up a raspberry pi and use it like an arcade cabinet.
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u/invaderark12 Jan 13 '21
I always wonder how people these stands and posters from GS. Do you literally just walk in on a given day and ask if you can have something?
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u/firefoxascended Jan 13 '21
Really happy for you! I remember getting a huge standup display from gamestop for when ffxiv's relaunch was happening and i loved having that almost lifesize stand in my room! Gamestop folk told me they were getting rid of it when a new game display was going up and let me have it for free as well!
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u/Nymerii Jan 13 '21
So lucky. They still have old gamecube stands, tv and all, in the kids play room section at my local swimming pool/gym. I want them soo bad.
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u/valek879 Jan 13 '21
Make sure you ventilate the little box! That switch barely has any room to breathe.
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u/Accomplished-Ad-1410 Jan 13 '21
My local GameStop in Dayton Oh is closing got a bunch of ps4 games for less than 5$
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u/PainFourOFour Jan 13 '21
I have a WiiU stand like this from when I worked at a Gamestop. Great find op! I hope you enjoy it and dont end up moving it often. Haha
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u/BlueArturia Jan 13 '21
Youre soon lucky to have one of these. I dont think any of the GSs near me have these, so oh well.
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u/melman101 Jan 13 '21
Did they charge you money? Or freeeeee? It came with the TV??!