Maybe the 52 Topps Highs did get dumped?

[Volod]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

I've often wondered if there are any remnants on the ocean floor. Extreme long shot I would guess.

Sounds like a project that could be pitched to the History Channel...somebody get me John Chatterton's cell...

[Shoebox]

There was a movie I saw that involved trying to prove if the urban legend about a mass landfill dump of thousands of copies of the ET Atari game had actually taken place. It was inconclusive, but the general sense was that it was likely a fiction.

[toppcat]

If anything was dumped, it's long disintegrated.

[irv]

Originally Posted by toppcat

If anything was dumped, it's long disintegrated.

50+ yrs ago or so, I'd say one wouldn't even find a trace even if they knew the exact spot they were dumped.

If anyone has the gumption for such a search, Josh Donaldson might just finance it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsjwRHzGaMg

[campyfan39]

You need to check out netflix "Atari: Game Over".
They DID find a massive trove of ET and other Atari cartridges in that landfill.

Originally Posted by Shoebox

There was a movie I saw that involved trying to prove if the urban legend about a mass landfill dump of thousands of copies of the ET Atari game had actually taken place. It was inconclusive, but the general sense was that it was likely a fiction.

[irv]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

You need to check out netflix "Atari: Game Over".
They DID find a massive trove of ET and other Atari cartridges in that landfill.

I thought I had heard the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t48DB9NRc60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHXK2mKtu20

[Shoebox]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

You need to check out netflix "Atari: Game Over".
They DID find a massive trove of ET and other Atari cartridges in that landfill.

That was the one I was thinking of. I guess I just didn't accurately remember their conclusions.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Volod

Sounds like a project that could be pitched to the History Channel...somebody get me John Chatterton's cell...

It would probably end up like Geraldo Rivera and Capones safe...

Hosted by TV personality Geraldo Rivera, the special centered on the opening of a secret vault in the Lexington Hotel once owned by noted crime lord Al Capone, which turned out to be empty except for debris.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Leon

It would probably end up like Geraldo Rivera and Capones safe...

Hosted by TV personality Geraldo Rivera, the special centered on the opening of a secret vault in the Lexington Hotel once owned by noted crime lord Al Capone, which turned out to be empty except for debris.

I remember the hype around that. Unbelievable!

[JustinD]

I am sure some of the older crowd remembers the 50s and 60s quite well. I can't fathom in any way why in a time that many homes had incinerators as commonly as ovens that a company would waste the time barging paper product out to sea for dumping.

I do not doubt that they could have been destroyed but I think the dumping story was another of Sy's tall tales because it sounded neat. If there was such a pile he could not move, incinerating would have cost near nothing at the time.