In some place they can redo the plastic seal ... i dont know if it is the case here ... but it's possible, so it have some sticker on the plastic?

Hah, didn't even notice it.... yes it has a barcode sticker on the plastic with the text 3dfx voodoo 3 3000 agp. Thanx, should be real then.

AFAIK retail stores would do this to prevent customers from opening the box and sneaking the card out the side.
This is before the advent of lockboxes and spiderwraps used in modern retail.

There's enough unopened voodoo 3 boxes out there to last for the next 100 years. A documentary was done on some Scandinavian fellow who had this unnatural addiction to 3dfx boxes where his entire house was filled with them from floor to ceiling-- and he'd periodically re-organize and move them around. All sealed too, he didn't use them...

raymangold wrote:

There's enough unopened voodoo 3 boxes out there to last for the next 100 years. A documentary was done on some Scandinavian fellow who had this unnatural addiction to 3dfx boxes where his entire house was filled with them from floor to ceiling-- and he'd periodically re-organize and move them around. All sealed too, he didn't use them...

I wish I had an unopened 3dfx box 🙁

Can you please tell us where we can find that documentary?
What was it called?
This is really fascinating!

+1 those blue straps are probably either some crude anti-theft device or for shipping purposes (I've seen some packages from Amazon even today come strapped like that - I guess it supports the box from deforming or something). I've worked with the machines that put them on before, but I haven't the foggiest where you'd find someone to re-add those if you wanted to, but they aren't terribly expensive or exotic.

The Boxes that have been sold by "Media Markt" in Germany have red straps!

raymangold wrote:

There's enough unopened voodoo 3 boxes out there to last for the next 100 years. A documentary was done on some Scandinavian fellow who had this unnatural addiction to 3dfx boxes where his entire house was filled with them from floor to ceiling-- and he'd periodically re-organize and move them around. All sealed too, he didn't use them...

You mean NitroxInfinity? he is Dutch btw 😉

vetz wrote:

raymangold wrote:

There's enough unopened voodoo 3 boxes out there to last for the next 100 years. A documentary was done on some Scandinavian fellow who had this unnatural addiction to 3dfx boxes where his entire house was filled with them from floor to ceiling-- and he'd periodically re-organize and move them around. All sealed too, he didn't use them...

You mean NitroxInfinity? he is Dutch btw 😉

Is the documentary an article or a video?
Is it on youtube?

It's a video from a Dutch TV program about collectors of different stuff. It's on Youtube.
raymangold made it sound much more crazy than it really is. The video is much more down to earth.

Now we just need Artex on some show with his collection 🤣

Nitrox had a collection around 220 cards or so, so yes, it was pretty big but no, he didn't fill his house with them 🤣

Don't know if he still has them, he had some auctions recently (prices were high so maybe he still has most of them)

meljor wrote:

Nitrox had a collection around 220 cards or so, so yes, it was pretty big but no, he didn't fill his house with them 🤣

Don't know if he still has them, he had some auctions recently (prices were high so maybe he still has most of them)

Yeah, he did have a few bundles up for auction on falconfly.de earlier this year. One was specific to Quantum3D cards and the other had a bunch of misc. 3DFX cards - some sealed, others not. Both auctions ended with no sales and I haven't seen any further postings.

I think the best way to get the most money for his cards is ebay and sell them separately. After a long period and 220 auctions he could very well have his 10.000 euro

It is a nice collection but to sell 20 cards in a bundle for a good price is not an easy task.

I have been searching for the biggest collections of 3dfx stuff in the past and his always popped up. There are some people who have more and on top of that multiple v5 6000 cards..... 😢

Anyway, i will unpack the voodoo3 and see if it works 😎