This actually finishes one of NESJoe's assigned tasks. Helping me collect K.K. songs was one; creating a venue for all the NES games and Mario items is the other.

Thanks to series 4 of the AC eCards, I now have Ice Climber and the original Mario Bros. I found the Ice Climber card in a pack, but I had to snag the Mario Bros. card from eBay. I don't like Ice Climber, but Mario Bros. is one of my all-time favorite classic arcade games. This version - the NES version - isn't as nice as the original coin-op game, but it's more or less equivalent. Jumping isn't as tight as I'd like, and many of the graphics were dumbed down for the NES... but, heck, it's easily one of the best 2P NES games going.

I'm decided I'm done with buying AC eCards from retail. My last purchase - six packs of series 4 and 2 of series 3 - contained exactly two cards I needed. That's a pretty good sign that I've achieved Maximum Rarity Yield. So from now on, it's only eBay browsing for me. I'm only missing 40 or so cards from the entire run, so it's a very achievable goal.

And on that note, I'm selling some lots of cards on eBay. Three auctions, a small, medium and large assortment of my dupes. I don't really care what they go for as long as they go; I just don't have the space for multiples of cards that I only need one of in the first place. So if you're just starting out in AC, that's some good auction meat there... usually people sell eCards as singles and try to get $1.00 or $2.00 per card. I don't imagine they hold a ton of rare cards - these are my leftovers after leaving myself two of every card - but the rarity scheme for AC cards is subject to extreme questioning anyway. So you never know. I could have just the card you're looking for.