Tectoy-imported Japanese Saturns (white, Skeleton, Derby) converted to PAL-M

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Tectoy-imported Japanese Saturns (white, Skeleton, Derby) converted to PAL-M

HST-3220 · Sega · 1998

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Rarity

Uncommon rating

Why

release type “regional» - no lower than Uncommon; model rated as Uncommon - variant no lower than. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.

Specs

Released: 1998
Model: Sega Saturn
Color: white / translucent green-ish / translucent blue-ish
Region: BR

Description

Japanese white, Skeleton and Derby Stallion Saturns that Tectoy imported into Brazil in late 1998-1999 and converted from NTSC-J to PAL-M. Per pt.wikipedia, Brazil was the only Western market to get the white and Skeleton colours.

Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

How to tell them apart

Japanese white or translucent shells; 'This is Cool.' print removed on Skeleton units.

Details from sources

pt.wikipedia (unsourced): from late 1998 through 1999 Tectoy imported batches from Sega's factory in Japan, converted them from NTSC-J to PAL-M and removed the 'This is Cool' print; Brazil was the only Western market that got the white and Skeleton colours.

Data source: pt.wikipedia.org

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