a printed newsletter for fans and collectors of the Atari 2600 Videogame Computer System. January 24, 2010 Our first batch of Mean Santa "unlimited" cartridges are ready to be shipped. If you are on our pre-order list, you should have heard from me by now. You can send an e-mail to Tim Duarte (timdu@hotmail.com) by clicking here if you have not heard from me re: your pre-order And, I am still taking names for pre-orders for our next batch. January 20, 2010 Received an email from a collector who missed out on buying Mean Santa. He is wondering if any of the 100 owners are willing to sell theirs. He is willing to pay double the price it sold for. I told him I would post a classified ad for him. So here it is: WANTED: MEAN SANTA. LIMITED EDITION. 1ST 100 ISSUED. MUST BE AS NEW CONDITION - BUYER WILLING TO PAY $50 US + postage (EITHER PAL OR NTSC) You can send an e-mail to Tim Duarte (timdu@hotmail.com) by clicking here if you are interested in selling your MEAN SANTA January 16, 2010 Posted Mean Santa FAQ January 12, 2010 Mean Santa "unlimited" update: We are still accepting pre-orders. (see below) The parts to make the cartridges have arrived and they are being manufactured this week. January 9, 2010 Mean Santa "unlimited" update: We are still accepting pre-orders. (see below) The manuals have been printed and are ready. The labels have been printed and are ready to be applied to the cartridges. The bubble mailers are ready. As for the cartridges themselves, we have ordered the parts we need. The manufacturing process will begin when the parts come in. Check back here at the 2600 Connection web site for more specific details soon! January 9, 2010 John Harvey discovered that someone sold one of the limited 100 Mean Santa cartridges on ebay in France! The first "individual post-production" sale was profitable for this ebay seller. It sold for 44 EURO. That converts to $63.33 in US funds! (according to xe.com) Check out the auction listing on ebay France by clicking here December 29, 2009 Posted Alternate labels for the "unlimited" edition of Mean Santa December 19, 2009 We are now accepting pre-orders for the "unlimited edition" Mean Santa game cartridge.It's easy! If you want to order a cartridge, send your name and email address at this time. Or send a private message to timdu on the Atari Age forums. Do not send payment at this time. We'll put you on our list and as soon as the game is in stock and ready to be shipped, we will contact you. The "unlimited edition" Mean Santa game cartridge will be a loose, unnumbered game cartridge with a slightly different game label and a basic manual. It will be shipped via U.S. Mail in a basic economy bubble mailer. It will sell for $15 plus $3.50 shipping. (We have not worked out the details yet for the international PAL version at this time - check back later) Here is what the label of the game cartridge will look like. Special thanks to Dan Skelton for the design: 
You can send an e-mail to Tim Duarte (timdu@hotmail.com) by clicking here or send a private message on Atari Age to timdu We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas to all from the 2600 Connection staff!
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