What will I record on these? No idea, but something special. They were an absolute steal and I had to have them.
Back in the day (the early 00s—as I’ve mentioned before I was a late bloomer to the MiniDisc format) I had a ton of the zebra stripes. I picked ‘em up at Fry’s Electronics as I remember. I don’t think they were any more expensive than the more common solid color discs at the time but I may be wrong. I got ‘em because they were quirky, and we know I like quirky.
Nowadays, unless you stumble upon a seller who absolutely has no idea what he’s sitting on (like I did) you’ll pay an arm, leg, your first-born, and have to take out a second mortgage—especially if you want one of the rarer varieties like Mona Lisa or the Power/Light Poles shown below (screencap from minidisc.pics). I’ve seen those go for over $100 each.).
None of mine fall into that “rare” category. Even if I were still working, there’s no way I would pay that kind of money for a single disc! There’s collecting, and then there’s madness.