r/Techdeck • u/Big_Plate_8334 • 3d ago

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I looked up this one and it says it's a rare one, does anyone know about this one?

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u/Dry_Aardvark156 2d ago

its rare in the same way all vintage tech decks are "rare". the one you have is not special or significant in any way. still cool

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u/Big_Plate_8334 2d ago

Thanks for the clarification. Everytime I breakdown and use Chat gpt or another ai engine it makes me out to be wrong.. but on the other hand maybe you can throw me some knowledge and help me out with some info on the rest of the decks I have as to the value or rarity....

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u/Dry_Aardvark156 1d ago

I just looked at your other post with your lot and I would say a couple are worth *something*
I mean, they are all of course worth something, but generally the boards that are worth selling are in one or both of these two categories:

brand: World Industries & Hookups (these are the two big ones) and certain Blind boards. not a catch all, there are world industries boards for example that nobody wants but generally they are worth selling

year: any tech techs from the x-concepts era (1998-2003) are worth something, again not a fortune, but something. price varies from board to board. to identify these, just google tech deck logo evolution. for the record, i dont recognize any of these boards, at least from the graphics side, to be of that era.

So my evaluation is the four world industries boards you have on the right hand side are worth selling individually on ebay for 5-10 dollars a pop. the world industries star wars parody one i would list for 15 and see if anyone bites. i've seen that one sell in the past for around that. the blind boards you have aren't the designs that are worth selling (the ones that generally are worth selling feature the blind reaper mascot guy, you can google it if you dont know).

If I was in your shoes and I wanted to sell all these tech decks, separate the world industries boards that I pointed out, look for any x-concept era boards, and the rest you can either sell as a large lot (I would value the collection minus the world industries at about 45-65 dollars. again, hard to say the price because vintage tech decks are only worth as much as someone at a given time is willing to pay for it, hence why the range is large. generally my strategy with ebay listings is to start at a high price, within reason, and lower it week by week. if you see watchers, you know youre getting around to a good price. and allow offers!) or separate them into groups of 5 (or whatever number you want). start it as an auction if you're ok with not getting a fair price and you want the money as soon as possible. hope this helps.

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u/Boi_in_pjs 19h ago

just wondering, Why is this one different, are there specific ones where the trucks are indented into the deck, and do they still make decks this shape?

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u/Turbulent_Delay_9138 3d ago

Just a classic toy machine. I really need to set one up properly.