Sharp Twin Famicom AN-505-RD

[Japan-Games.com]

Has anyone seen this model before?



I've seen the black AN-505B, the black AN-505BK, and the red AN-500R, but never an AN-505-RD.....?  It's basically a red model of the BK where the stripe extends all the way across the top of the console.

Thanks!

[ericj]

Here's something mentioned about it. Guess it's a re-release:

...the Twin Famicom was sold in two colors: red with black highlights (AN-500R), and black with red highlights (AN-500B). There is also a re-released version with a slightly different case design, turbo controllers, and different color schemes, black with green highlights (AN-505-BK) and red with blue/grey highlights (AN-505-RD).

http://www.answers.com/topic/twin-famicom

[nintendodork]

Carl has one of those.  I remember him telling me that it was the rarest model of the Twin FC.  Pretty cool!

[JC]

http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=2171.0

I believe we talked about it in that thread when we (kite?) first discovered it.

[ckenda1]

This!?    It is more or less orange-ish in color with a red cart eject button.  Also the stripe is tan/blue.

This is definitely the most rare Twin Famicom as they are completely uncommon.

[L___E___T]

I smell an auction coming up...

[Rogles]

Oh god that is the coolest Twin I've ever seen.

[ckenda1]

I smell an auction coming up...

You never know as it is just sitting in my closet.  Would take a pretty good offer for me to part with it.  They generally sell for about twice as much as all the other models and this is one of the cleanest I've seen.

[Padoca]

i want one of these so hard ^^

[L___E___T]

It's up on japan-games.com's ebay site by the way.  i haven't checked lately, it could be gone already.

Yup, still there:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sharp-Twin-Famicom-AN-505-RD-Red-w-Turbo-Cont-RARE_W0QQitemZ350240767699QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Electronics_R2?hash=item518bf9fed3&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262