A lot of things are considered rare, but it's a relative term. Before the internet made it easy to research and import things it was common to find what's rare in one country is common in another. The internet is a great equalizer, making information freely available to everyone and, very often, making the rare things appear less rare.
Sometimes a rare game like the PC Engine's Circus Lido, which often sold for over $600, is suddenly found in abundance, brand new, on Amazon Japan's website for fifty bucks. Sometimes a rare console like the Taiwanese Super A'Can, completely unheard-of in most of the world, is dumped en masse via surplus parts dealers in America. Once in a while the internet will confirm an
item's rarity, as with the HiSaturn Navi.
And then there's this thing.
Sometimes a rare game like the PC Engine's Circus Lido, which often sold for over $600, is suddenly found in abundance, brand new, on Amazon Japan's website for fifty bucks. Sometimes a rare console like the Taiwanese Super A'Can, completely unheard-of in most of the world, is dumped en masse via surplus parts dealers in America. Once in a while the internet will confirm an
item's rarity, as with the HiSaturn Navi.
And then there's this thing.
