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Subject: Collector's Corner..Comparison Of Two Robot Auctions..

Author: Steve B

Date: 04:41:23 01/06/05


A few days ago i pointed out this auction for a Milton Bradley Grandmaster Robot
fairly common ,no Dust Cover and no box
the auction was riddled with factual errors(not to mention the usual
misplacement of pieces in the starting position)
sadly, bidders have already bid this up to over $350 and who knows what it well
end up going for:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5946089508

now lets compare this mess to another Auction for an MB Robot
this is for the far rarer MB Phantom
auction includes everything except for the box for the computer and possibly the
seperate boxs for the pieces
it does have the dust cover

the auction is factually accurate and the pieces are set up correctly!
:)

all of the 3 MB Robots are the same exact computer with the singular exception
that the MB Milton has the keys labeled in German

the MB Phantom is the rarest of the lot  simply because it was sold in far fewer
quantities,with the MB Grandmaster being the most sold of the 3

the MB Phantom is highly sought after by Collector's due to its rarity

the seller  has a reserve price on the computer so it will probably  bring in a
fair price

between the two auctions..
IMO .. the first is not worth more then $250 and the latter.. $750


Best
Steve



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