WTB: Silver Phantom Hourglass DS Lite

[Cosmic_Link]

Congrats! ^^ It's because of your post that I found these forums in the first place. Glad to hear you finally managed to get one! ^^ May I ask how much it set you back? The overall condition of it looks great! ^^ I assume it is mint or V.Good condition?

Congrats again! ^^

[Iwatasan]

I never feel comfortable calling anything mint. The box and sleeve are in unbelievable condition, but I could point out a few little flaws. However, everything on the inside has been unpacked/handled easily less than a dozen times, perhaps less than half a dozen, and almost imperceptibly. On the article's history, the seller told me this:

I bought this DS on ebay just shortly after the release in 2007. Even then it was sold out everywhere (only 1000 pieces were released only in the UK), because Zelda Collectors considering these limited quantities not thought twice to get them.

I bought it from a Zelda collector, who had two of these DS Lite Silver Limited. It costed me around 300 ?, even then the prices were high. I would link you the auction, but is old and has now expired. The DS was sealed, I opened it to make sure everything was ok, and then i never used it.

So just this once I think I can go out on a limb and actually call the box's contents, including the DS Lite itself, mint. And since the person who sold it to me was the one who unsealed the box and then never used it, I can also say with certitude that I have an entirely complete and original set here, plastic bags and all.

...Price?

...Let's just say it was somewhere in the ballpark of

[nipperkipper]

Thats great news. I am still looking for one (preferably sealed) but doubt this will be easy to find.

I have one but the outer sleeve on the box is a little scuffed

[Twisted]

now i want 1 too!

[EleZiuM]

I've had one one of these from brand new, which was bought from a Game Exchange in Lancashire (UK).
Though not a collector as such, as I like to use what I have, I do like to keep things in good nick & always keep my boxes. Though with this; my house was broken into & this & my Wii box were ripped apart :'( (luckily I had my DS with me & my Wii was at a friend's house).

It's pretty much been housed in a decent DS soft case for as long as I've had it, so aside from the usual light surface marks (& the clear plastic on the sticker on the back lifting slightly), it's still in very good condition.

Anywho, I didn't actually know it was so rare until recently & I was reluctantly thinking about listing it on ebay, as I was in need of some quick cash. I knew it had value (as it's Zelda), though some of these prices are crazy. Still,I'm certainly glad I didn't now