<WARNING> Please do not turn this into an "I Can't Believe X-Chain Would Throw Away All This Stuff Thread" It is just intended to be a brag thread, with a Q for those in the know thrown in at the end. Thanks. </WARNING>
I've recently found a dumpster for a local game store that has been yielding pretty consistent results. Today I got my biggest haul so far & thought I'd share:
Over 150 Sets of PS2/XBOX Inserts & Instructions
Over 100 'Loose' PS2/XBOX Inserts (Some are displays for upcoming games)
Various Mini-Posters & Banners:
Various Mega-Posters:
These last two really got me geeked out.
A Giant (3-Foot) Flying Wario on a really thick, almost wood-like, substance:
An awesome 3-Piece Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Display. The motor that rotates the interior tube still works:
I was very happy. I do have one question for employees of major video game stores. Do you think this store was field destroying those 250+ PS2/XBOX games? There weren't any discs in the dumpster, but I can't think of any other reason all of those inserts/instructions would be there.
This is puzzling to me because it seems there were lots of (semi-)valuable games in there. I know some of the 2K2 sports games won't really sell anymore, but there were plenty of titles in there that would. Can any employees explain this to me, or is there another explanation?
There were also TONS of plastic wrappers with the game's name/barcode/price mixed among the inserts. But no discs. And no cases... hmmm... very strange.