rnye Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 http://www.ebay.com/itm/161982277714 Threw them up on Ebay if anyone here is interested. Extremely rare and hard to find in this condition. Priced $500 under the set sold for a couple months ago. Quote
Cozza Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 http://m.ebay.com/itm/161992249565 Really, I understand they are rare but $2,200 is mind boggling to me. Quote
MichaelT Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 Especially when they go for about $1500 on Jap auctions. Are they NOS? Seems to be quite. alot in the same simple plastic wrap on the auction sites. Quote
rnye Posted March 16, 2016 Author Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) Sold@2200USD. This isn't 1995 anymore.... Edited March 16, 2016 by rnye gav240z 1 Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 16, 2016 Administrators Posted March 16, 2016 Hopefully someone will reproduce these soon, I would really love a set but have other priorities for now and I'd hate to get a stone hit them and cause a crack in the lens of a NOS set. Quote
Riceburner Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 http://m.ebay.com/itm/161992249565 Really, I understand they are rare but $2,200 is mind boggling to me. Especially when they go for about $1500 on Jap auctions. Are they NOS? Seems to be quite. alot in the same simple plastic wrap on the auction sites. Agree 100%, Unless the buyer was the owner of a genuine Z432 I would say there's zero value for money in these. The other sets priced on yahoo auctions are hard enough to swallow. Quote
MichaelT Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Didn't someone get 10 made in the US a little while back? Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 17, 2016 Administrators Posted March 17, 2016 Agree 100%, Unless the buyer was the owner of a genuine Z432 I would say there's zero value for money in these. The other sets priced on yahoo auctions are hard enough to swallow. The sets I often see on Yahoo! Auctions are good 'used' sets, often missing fasteners and may have minor cracks in lens near mounting holes, good chrome etc.. But there is a big difference to some between good used condition and NOS in the box, with manuals, fasteners and never been used with original part no. on boxes etc.. You might not get it, but apparently there are buyers out there for such things.. If you think headlight covers are expensive check out this! http://blog.pricecharting.com/2009/07/most-expensive-nintendo-nes-game-prices.html Stadium Events in NOS shape = $41,300 USD, the game is horrible. But for collectors it's the holy grail of vintage 8 bit Nintendo games. Lot of Angry Nintendo Nerds... Quote
Cozza Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Do you subscribe to that YouTube channel Gav? Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 17, 2016 Administrators Posted March 17, 2016 Do you subscribe to that YouTube channel Gav? At the risk of going massively off topic. No I don't, but would you believe 1 of the biggest Youtube categories for online video watching is video game content? Just Google PewDiePie. I don't really get it, but others do. I will confess though I have subscribed to the Angry Nintendo Nerd channel. I get Nostalgic for the old NES console. I don't really play modern games (no time) but I still like the classics. Quote
Riceburner Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Hehehe, the power glove! Classic. Getting back on topic, I think Mark Clapp from the USA was making lenses only for the G-nose types, no standard type lenses and no stainless trim rings for either type? Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 17, 2016 Administrators Posted March 17, 2016 Hehehe, the power glove! Classic. Getting back on topic, I think Mark Clapp from the USA was making lenses only for the G-nose types, no standard type lenses and no stainless trim rings for either type? Sadly no for the short nose version. I would be interested if he did make some though! If I could get a pair of chrome trim rings I would take them into my Tafe course and ask the teacher if he had any ideas re: reproducing them. Then the hard part is vacuum forming the lens. Quote
smugley Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Sadly no for the short nose version. I would be interested if he did make some though! If I could get a pair of chrome trim rings I would take them into my Tafe course and ask the teacher if he had any ideas re: reproducing them. Then the hard part is vacuum forming the lens. Hi Gav Vac forming the lens is not that hard and I've made many tools to do headlight lens for show cars etc. The hard part is getting enough interest to make it viable . I could look into making a set of tools but would need a set of genuine lens to start with . Any one prepared to lend me a set that I could laser scan ? I do have a set of lens of my race car but don't know what or where they are from ? Cheers Doug Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 17, 2016 Administrators Posted March 17, 2016 Hey Doug, How much interest would you need to make it viable? There has been a few sets on Yahoo! Auctions over the past year but they seem to have shot up in value lately. I have tried bidding on a few but missed out, haven't tried to win a set in a while though. I am not sure how tricky the chrome trim rings will be to make. I'd imagine you would need to shape it and tig weld it together, not sure if you'd use stainless or another material? I keep forgetting to ask the teacher at Tafe, will try and do it next time I'm there. But I won't be there for a couple of weeks. Traveling next week, so will need to be the week after. I am not sure if locally we would have much demand but I think the North American and Japanese / European markets might have interest. Supposedly there was someone doing reproduction sets in Japan, but I'm not sure who? http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/29086-repro-headlight-covers/ I could ask around.. Quote
smugley Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 Tooling up for the outer frame would be very expensive and would require an nos original's to copy from . Hand fabricated parts would be way to expensive and fit and finish would be an issue as no 2 parts would be the same . The above reasons are properly why no one has started to make reproduction's . gav240z 1 Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 18, 2016 Administrators Posted March 18, 2016 More threads where discussion of reproductions has happened. http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/110976-oem-style-headlight-covers/ Sadly progress was good and then it fizzled out... http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/123360-reproducing-headlight-covers-input-needed-from-the-community/\ More recent thread but no updates lately... Quote
smugley Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/50-1041 With the covers easily available no point going to the trouble of tooling up . Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 19, 2016 Administrators Posted March 19, 2016 http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/50-1041 With the covers easily available no point going to the trouble of tooling up . Unfortunately they don't fit the Chrome trim rings or so I believe. Quote
simonmj Posted March 19, 2016 Posted March 19, 2016 Just a dump question. Why not make chrome trim rings to fit the cheap lens covers? Quote
Riceburner Posted March 19, 2016 Posted March 19, 2016 http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/50-1041 With the covers easily available no point going to the trouble of tooling up . That type fits flush with the edge of the headlight bucket requiring an internal bracket and nowhere for the retaining ring to attach. The genuine ones overlap the headlight bucket and attach via set screws into an included flat metal plate which is screwed into the bucket with small self tappers. I've had both types, the standard nose type appeared to be chrome plated? The G-nose type seem to be stainless steel, both types were welded together in three pieces and have a downward rolled edge on both sides IIRC. Quote
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