June 2010 Finds

[PapaStu]

you are sending consoles media mail? if they catch that, and they do check, they will send it back to you.

What they do is charge the reciepiant the additional shipping. It happend to a co-worker last week, when something he bought from Ebay or Amazon (some computer parts) were shipped that way. The mailman woulnd't leave the package w/o an additional 7.55 postage. Box came with a bunch of notices on it about what should be media mail as well.

I don't understand why people ship everything media mail (or try to). First Class isn't much more and is WAY faster.

[wingzrow]

Yeah, after having some Manga I packaged and shipped out awhile back get opened, and then repackaged, i've never used media mail again. It's slow, and nothing ever seems to ship correctly.

[Cornelius]

What they do is charge the reciepiant the additional shipping. It happend to a co-worker last week, when something he bought from Ebay or Amazon (some computer parts) were shipped that way. The mailman woulnd't leave the package w/o an additional 7.55 postage. Box came with a bunch of notices on it about what should be media mail as well.

I don't understand why people ship everything media mail (or try to). First Class isn't much more and is WAY faster.

First Class only works up to 13 oz., though, and a console weighs well over that. Priority is a lot more expensive when you are sending something "$20 shipped".

That said, I follow the rules on that stuff. In my case I sent a box of PS1 games and they were returned to me since Games don't qualify for media mail. Seems like BS that games on CD don't but music on CD does, but whatever. I suspect your friend could have refused delivery and it would have just been returned. Then it would have been the seller's problem again.

[darkslime]

I've honestly never had a problem sending something media mail. I print out a label online and drop it in the automatic postal system in the front of the post office so no workers actually look at it.

If I sent them priority or parcel I would be making no money. One person paid me expedited shipping and it cost me $14 to ship.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I don't understand why people ship everything media mail (or try to). First Class isn't much more and is WAY faster.

Because if people can send stuff fast or save a penny, they will save a penny.


First Class only works up to 13 oz., though, and a console weighs well over that. Priority is a lot more expensive when you are sending something "$20 shipped".

That said, I follow the rules on that stuff. In my case I sent a box of PS1 games and they were returned to me since Games don't qualify for media mail. Seems like BS that games on CD don't but music on CD does, but whatever. I suspect your friend could have refused delivery and it would have just been returned. Then it would have been the seller's problem again.

This BS depends on the post office. I've gotten Media packages just fine, and have only had one package inspected. But my local clerks will not let me even mention it or else they start foaming at the mouth and yell at me. The postmaster is a douche.

This is Amazon's fault, too. Their shipping credit (for computer and video games) is what, $4 max? They also say the item has up to two or three weeks to arrive. They're blatantly saying "Use Media Mail."


I've honestly never had a problem sending something media mail. I print out a label online and drop it in the automatic postal system in the front of the post office so no workers actually look at it.

If I sent them priority or parcel I would be making no money. One person paid me expedited shipping and it cost me $14 to ship.

At the risk of sounding dickish... well, you have to deal with it. Amazon's shipping credit is way too low for many items, which is why a lot of things are overpriced there. :\

[evg2000]

You all wanted to know what games, so I took some pictures, hopefully you can figure out what games they are from the pictures. I didn't see anything overly exciting, I bought it mostly for the neo geo, the atari decks, and the coleco deck.
I didn't take any more pictures of the decks with sticker cause it was really only the ps1 with the smiling pirate and the xbox that had graphics on them.

http://evg2000.com/finds/20100615/g1.jpg

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[hellfire]

What is the clear blue famicom game?

[evg2000]

What is the clear blue famicom game?

konami salamander

[SamuraiSmurfette]

"Deadly Duck"?! That sounds unfortunately awesome.

I've had a slow week.
360 wireless adapter (hooray! finally!) $30 on kijiji
2X Dance Factory PS2 bundle with mat (new) $5 each

Also:
konami salamander Nice.

[Dreadstar]

Loose Nintendo goodies from a few days ago:

Gameboy Pokemon Red, Yellow, Blue
Gameboy Color Godzilla Monster Wars (R4)
N64/Gameboy Transfer Pak
N64 Nuby Rock Rocker Pak
all 99 cents each

N64 Pokemon Snap, Stadium, and Stadium 2, 1.99 each

[Kitsune Sniper]

So anyway.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2010-06-16.jpg

Adobe Premiere Elements 4 (w/ sealed manual): $4
Bat Thumb DVD: $1
Garbage / Garbage: $1
World of Wrestling Rocks (new): $1
Xenogears + Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown: $7

Yes, I basically got Xenogears for five bucks. The discs are MINT. I was thinking of selling it, but now I'm not so sure...

And I kinda want to keep Premiere Elements.

[garagesaleking!!]

Its not really at the counter that they inspect the packages, its at distribution and sorting centers where they would choose to do it I believe. They probably have a better chance of checking a big 40lb box than a bubble pack or something.

It would be so nice if the rates for media mail were also the same rates for priority, but unfortunately thats not the case. Some things are $50 priority and only $12 media. I use fedex for anything large because usps will just rape you.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Its not really at the counter that they inspect the packages, its at distribution and sorting centers where they would choose to do it I believe. They probably have a better chance of checking a big 40lb box than a bubble pack or something.

My clerks will not accept anything labeled media until they inspect it to make sure it's acceptable.

Like I said, my postmaster's a douche.

[Ryaan1234]

Bat Thumb DVD: $1

How have I not heard of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQYxAeruiEo)?

And who in their right mind would make a movie parody with an entire cast of thumbs?

[Kitsune Sniper]

How have I not heard of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQYxAeruiEo)?

And who in their right mind would make a movie parody with an entire cast of thumbs?

Steve Oedekerk.

I only bought it because it's mildly comic related and it's good fodder for my site / S_D.

[PapaStu]

Steve Oedekerk.

I only bought it because it's mildly comic related and it's good fodder for my site / S_D.

Bat Thumb was the second or third that he did. I've got Thumb Wars, Thumb tanic and maybe one other one as well. Thumb Wars was ok, but the others wern't all that good and they went further downhill with each release.

[DigitalSpace]

Haven't done much game hunting lately, but I did check out one thrift yesterday, and left the store with a Gamecube game:

Tetris Worlds (w/everything but the manual) - $3

[Ryaan1234]

Bat Thumb was the second or third that he did. I've got Thumb Wars, Thumb tanic and maybe one other one as well. Thumb Wars was ok, but the others wern't all that good and they went further downhill with each release.
This thumb stuff is insane O_o

Anyways, I hit a terrible estate sale this morning (around 8ish) before going to the lot sale. I got a nice boxed copy of Sim City 2000 special edition, mint & complete and everything. I also got a copy of Quickbooks Pro 2004 with it's case and key. They were a buck a piece. I love the Sim games and for some reason I keep on buying boxed Sim whatever. I guess I have some sort of sickness LOL. As I guessed, the Quickbooks is an easy $20 on eBay. Not bad I guess, but it's a shame the estate sale was so overpriced. For instance they had a National brand microscope, with the dual eyepiece. It had been used in a home school curriculum. They had $500 on it O_O. (btw, I checked it on eBay and it's worth around $100 LOL).

Also, a TI-54 (http://cgi.ebay.com/COMPLEX-NUMBERS-Very-rare-Texas-Instruments-TI-54-/180514804251?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Calculators&hash=item2a0785521b) calculator for $1, merely bought because I'd never seen one before. Again, not too bad I guess. I love being in Texas. Texas Instruments stuff is so common here LOL (dunno if it's like that anywhere else >_> )

I went to the lot sale, but came back empty handed. They really didn't have anything new today.

[Tupin]

Got my Tapwave Zodiac and Dingoo A330 both in the mail today. Both are awesome.

[The 1 2 P]

Got my Tapwave Zodiac and Dingoo A330 both in the mail today. Both are awesome.

How much did the Zodiac cost you?

Also, I thought video games could be sent thru media mail. I send all of mine thru first class unless they are too heavy(which rarely happens). I need to reread the media mail shipping guidelines.

[Tupin]

The Zodiac cost me 60 GBP, which I think is around $85? It came with the original box and everything was in it, including a leather case and the guy also included 2 2GB SD cards, but I think I may need to replace the battery.

[NayusDante]

Got a loose Atari 2600 woodgrain 6-switch today for $5, but all it's putting out is a blank screen. Definitely turns on, but I can't get a game to boot on it. It's odd because it looks really great, almost brand new. I'm suspecting the cart slot. Any ideas?

Also, should all the chips be in holders like that? I thought they just soldered them to the board. I don't know a lot about Atari, so any help is appreciated.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4710315776_49c1683c9d_b.jpg

[HurricaneAndrew]

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The only thing I have found wrong with them is that the glue has come loose on on Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, and there is no registration card in Custer's Revenge.

Good deal?

[Kitsune Sniper]

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2010-06-17.jpg

Yeah. So it turns out my video card commited suicide last night, it stopped working after installing Premiere Elements 4. I couldn't get it to do anything, my computer wouldn't recognize it. I ended up buying a PCI video card (64MB Geforce 4 MX 440) that was for sale at the booth where I bought the Diablo games two days ago. It cost me... a dollar. It was brand new. I popped it in my system and I have a video signal again, but of course, it won't run games very well, if at all. I can keep working. But I can't play. :(

I also owe the guy who sold me this a cup of coffee. I told him I'd buy him one as thanks if it worked.

The other stuff? Pure luck. I saw Office 2003 Professional Upgrade on a table between a bunch of clothes and DVDs. The Outlook 2003 was under it. $4 for both.

The Primus thing is a CD+DVD set. It cost me a buck. The Hoagy Carmichael CD was also a buck.

Rest in peace, old video card, I never registered you for the warranty and now I'm fucked and have to buy a new one.

[NayusDante]

Also found this today, $3. Are these worth anything? I don't see any on eBay. It's never been used, still has the ties on it, it's just not sealed.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4710365904_612647770a.jpg

[Tupin]

I also went to Goodwill and got a Talkboy Deluxe for $2.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Also found this today, $3. Are these worth anything? I don't see any on eBay. It's never been used, still has the ties on it, it's just not sealed.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4710365904_612647770a.jpg

Not trying to be stupid, but what is it? All I can tell is some type of Sonic controller type thing.

JY

[NayusDante]

It's a Shadow the Hedgehog PS2 controller by Nuby. They also made Mega Man ones to go with the collection releases (would rather have found one of those).

[Goodwill Hunter]

Hit a craigslist rummage during lunch today that advertised a PS2 and “MANY video games”. Didn’t look like much when I pulled up, but as I walked over, I saw a PS2 slim system sitting on top of a small table. They wanted 50 bucks for it, so I really didn’t give it a second look. What caught my eye instead was the clear plastic tub under the table with stacks of PS2 games in it, and especially the game on top…

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - $4.00

That’s nice for a change, I thought as I bent down to go through the bin, the good game on top of all the sports titles. It was complete and in great shape, so I put it aside to start a keep pile next to the bin. Only thing was, the next title in the stack wasn’t a sports game either…it was Disgaea 2, then Grandia III, and Tales of the Abyss, plus Odin Sphere, and MANY, MANY more!

Almost everything in the bin was a quality RPG, complete and well-cared for, ranging from $1 to $5! A few were a bit more, but they came with guides, and there were also some quality Gamecube titles. I left behind a few common RPGs I already had in my collection, but pretty much just took up the entire bin and didn’t even try to haggle. Final damage was $121.00 for 32 games and 3 guides (but I did get him to throw in the bin for free ;) ). I’m pretty sure that this is the most I have ever spent at a rummage sale on video games, but think I came out okay…

Baten Kaitos Origins (Gamecube)
Beyond Good and Evil
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
Escape From Monkey Island
Final Fantasy X
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Gamecube)
Grandia III
Kya Dark Lineage
Magna Carta (Deluxe Boxed Edition)
Makai Kingdom
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Odin Sphere
Okami
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
Primal
Radiata Stories
Resident Evil (Gamecube)
Resident Evil Zero (Gamecube)
Rogue Galaxy
Shadow Hearts: From the New World
Shadow of the Colossus
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Shining Force EXA (w/ guide)
Shining Tears (w/guide)
Tales of Legendia
Tales of the Abyss
Valyrie Profile 2
Wild Arms 3
Wild Arms 4
Xenosaga II
Xenosaga III
Ys The Ark of Napishtim (w/guide)

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2051/ps2rpg1.jpg

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5228/ps2rpg2.jpg

[garagesaleking!!]

Went to 3 or 4 Thrift stores today and found absolutely nothing. People need to get off their asses and get jobs. I expect that being a college student on summer break that I can drive around between normal working hours with minimal traffic and minimal competition at thrift stores. Wrong. I was stuck in traffic all over the damn city and every store was crawling with guys with their barcode scanners and women buying everything they can get their hands on. Anyways, after that rant, I found nothing.

[jeffg]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/jeff_in_edon/100_2258.jpg

nice little ebay snag for $55 that showed up today.

i will probably sell it as i like using my pc engine duo for cd and pce games and a tg16 with turbobooster for us hucards.

i have a 2.0 system card coming then will sell it off

[allyourblood]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/jeff_in_edon/100_2258.jpg

nice little ebay snag for $55 that showed up today.

i will probably sell it as i like using my pc engine duo for cd and pce games and a tg16 with turbobooster for us hucards.

i have a 2.0 system card coming then will sell it off

I hate you. How do I always miss these?


Seriously though, nice score. If you don't go the Ebay route, lemme know. I'd be interested.

Oh and great local buy, Goodwill Hunter.

[NayusDante]

Goodwill Hunter, you just bought nearly the entirety of my Goozex requests list. Very nice find.

[pacmanhat]

I responded to a rather non-descript Craiglist ad for an NES collection. I didn't really know what to expect, but here's what he had:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/pacmanhat/nesgamespic.jpg

Among the highlights are boxed copies of Operation Secret Storm and Robodemons. A good amount of this will make its way to B/S shortly as well.

[Goodwill Hunter]

Pacmanhat, are those back 2 rows all boxed? Awesome NES score!...how many boxed vs. loose, and much did it set you back?

Rich

[pacmanhat]

Pacmanhat, are those back 2 rows all boxed? Awesome NES score!...how many boxed vs. loose, and much did it set you back?

Rich

Yes, those are all boxed. In total there are 111 loose carts and 101 boxed carts. I'd rather not say how much I paid, but I don't think I'm going to have an issue making back my investment and having plenty left over. :)

[Steve W]

Everybody's finding interesting stuff, all I've bought in a while were loose copies of Phantasy Star ($3.99) and Time Soldiers ($5.99) for the SMS. I'm planning to range outward a bit more next week, hit some new thrifts.

[buzz_n64]

Thrift store finds today.

NES Power Pad $5
Nokia N-Gage game- Fifa Soccer 2005 (sealed) $4
Game Gear game- Sonic Drift 2 $4
A/V/s-video 4 System selector $5

[allyourblood]

Thrift store finds today.

NES Power Pad $5
Nokia N-Gage game- Fifa Soccer 2005 (sealed) $4
Game Gear game- Sonic Drift 2 $4
A/V/s-video 4 System selector $5

Time for some World Class Track Meet!! :rocker:

[ganondorf]

$5 with my employee discount card at goodwill, all vhs

Nightmare on elm street 2: Freddies revenge
Nightmare on elm street 4: The dream master
Nightmare on elm street 5: The dream child
Tales from the hood
halloween 4: Return of michael myers
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th pt. 2
Friday the 13th pt. 3
Friday the 13th VI: Jason lives
Friday the 13th VII:The new blood
Friday the 13th VIII: Jason takes manhatten
Jason goes to hell

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[Deadman]

Everybody's finding interesting stuff...

I have found a few things lately, very little of it is interesting:

Half Price books:
Conflict Desert Storm (xbox)
Full Spectrum Warriors (Xbox)
Incredibles (Xbox)
all on clearance for $2 each, all complete

Movie Trading Co:
Guncon 3 (PS3) no sensors $9.99
Platinum Gamecube controller (nintendo) mis-marked as "generic" for $9.99, instead of $16.99 for first party GC controllers

[Steve W]

Well, at the only thrift around here that I've ever found TurboGrafx-16 games at in the past, I managed to find another batch of them. 8 in total, all $1.98 each. I actually don't have too many Turbo games, since I didn't buy many back in the day and now they're hard to locate second hand. I do have a few of these already, but I bought them anyway, since I was so excited that the games were still in the cases rather than stolen by the locals.
http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp222/StevePW/TurboGames.jpg

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I picked up a copy of Elebits for the DS at my local Five Below for $5. Don't know why I did it. I still have tons of other games that I haven't played yet, including Panzer Dragoon Saga.

JY

[allyourblood]

Finally I have tomorrow (Saturday) off, so here's hoping for some decent finds. You folks have been picking up some killer stuff lately!

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Xbox 360 games from Gamestop, Buy2Get1 Free + 10% off (not included in prices):

Bionic Commando - $8
Clive Barker's Jericho - $5
Madden 08 En Espanol - $4
Rainbow Six: Vegas - $5
Smash Court Tennis 3 - $4
WarTech: Senko No Ronde - $3

WarTech for $3?! Mine...

[FOnewearl]

Nice find on the Primus CD Kitsune Sniper, I've only ever ran into Tales From The Punchbowl around me which as luck would have it I already have.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2694/61810.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/61810.jpg/)

Donkey Kong 64
Hey You, Pikachu!
NBA Live 98
Pokemon Snap
Star Wars Episode One Racer
Super Smash Bros
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

$5

Asked about older video games at a sale that only had a few GameCube games out. As I was leaving the lady called me back and asked her son if he had anything and he brought out some N64 games he didn't play any more, made an offer of $5 for them.

Brave Fencer Musashi
Darkstalkers 3
Final Doom

(All Complete) $10

This sale had a decent sized table with a bunch of PS2/PS1 games, probably about 50 games or a little more between both systems. Said $4 a game $10 for 3 and I think some other price if you bought more. I picked out these 3 and tried to do a little better since they were PS1 games but the lady said they were for her son that wasen't around and that he was trying to raise money for a vaction (be it the truth or not).

GameShark 2 (PS2, I'm Pretty Sure It's Complete) - .10 (IAP)

N64 With Hookups, 3x 1st Party Controllers

Cruis'n World
Namco Museum 64
Nascar 98
Mario Kart 64
Super Mario 64

$6

GBA SP, GBA (Missing Battery Cover)

Donkey Kong Country (GBC)
GTA 2 (GBC)
Super Mario Advance (GBA)

$4

The GameShark 2 was from one sale.

The N64 & GBA stuff were from an unadvertised sale that I was actually told about at a sale a block over on my list so they get an assist on this find had I never would have went back over a block to this sale if they never told me about it. I'm guessing it was about 10 or shortly after when I found this I paid the asking price on both.

Joystick - .50

Found this at one of my last sales, was marked a buck and took .50.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Nice find on the Primus CD Kitsune Sniper, I've only ever ran into Tales From The Punchbowl around me which as luck would have it I already have.

I uh. Actually find their stuff pretty often. I only picked it up because it had a DVD. >_>

[MarioMania]

I know vinyl is not commen like CD's are...

Like I got the 2 CD set of "This is it" on CD for $10 used

On Vinyl it's like $40

Same going for the new Maria Carey on vinyl

[PapaStu]

I know vinyl is not commen like CD's are...

Like I got the 2 CD set of "This is it" on CD for $10 used

On Vinyl it's like $40

Same going for the new Maria Carey on vinyl

Unnecessary thread is unnecessary. Stand alone finds threads are for games. All other finds belong in the Monthly finds thread. Besides your post wasn't even really about a find and was more about asking a question that could have gone in OT.

The vinyl is more expensive because its a limited run, with a high grain count and geared towards collectors/audiophiles.

[NayusDante]

From what I've been told, new vinyl isn't worth bothering with. If it's recorded and produced digitally, there's no point in listening to it on an analog format.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Which is funny because I've heard otherwise.

Some Depeche Mode fans have said that their newest albums are much better in vinyl and not mastered as loudly.

[NayusDante]

Some Depeche Mode fans have said that their newest albums are much better in vinyl and not mastered as loudly.

...and I'm just now hearing this? >_<

The ones I've seen are expensive though... Maybe someday.

[Kitsune Sniper]

...and I'm just now hearing this? >_<

The ones I've seen are expensive though... Maybe someday.

I missed out on huge FLAC encodes of these albums. I weep.

*coughs*

[MarioMania]

Vinyl is better then CD's in a way..If you have a good needle

[InsaneDavid]

Playing catch up over the past week. First some PS2 titles that I was long overdue in picking up, I think I paid $10.00 total if I remember correctly...

PS2 - Lego Star Wars (complete)
PS2 - Le Mans 24 Hours (complete)
PS2 - Okami (complete)

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2010-06-18(01).jpg

Vacation is only a few more weeks away and I have a couple days set aside to catch up on some of my gaming / writing. I'll probably play Okami then as I've finally worked out about all the extra stuff I care to do in Steambot Chronicles.

Since I finally have a couple days off the 'fridge has been stocked...

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2010-06-18(02).jpg

$15.00 DVD boxset pickup, Future GPX Cyber Formula, one of my favorite anime series. The outer slip cover has a little shelf wear but the two individual boxes and discs are fine...

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2010-06-18(03).jpg

Lastly an animation cel that I've been after for a long time. Well, not the specific cel but a cel from a particular sequence.

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2010-06-18(04).jpg

Makoto Kino from Sailor Moon R episode #56. The scene in question is one that became fairly infamous with the fan base as the girls are arguing about who will play the lead in Snow White. When it comes to Makoto she said she should play Snow White because she has the largest breasts. In the English dub this was reworked as her having the most "talent." I'm a sucker for most things Makoto but it's really nice to have a cel from this sequence checked off my list. I'll probably frame it this weekend. $15.00 from eBay, got lucky.

[Voliko]

Picked up a Dreamcast with 6 games. The games are Soul Calibur, Sonic Sdventure, Sega Rally 2, Speed Devils, Vanishing Point, and Ready 2 Rumble boxing. $20 on craigslist.

Also picked up Pokemon Crystal for $1. I finally found a loose copy of Crystalis on NES in the wild for $5, it's not a great price, but I have been wanting to play this one for quite some time and didn't really feel like buying it off ebay.

[Steve W]

Since I finally have a couple days off the 'fridge has been stocked...

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2010-06-18(02).jpg

You've got good taste. I luvvs me some Cheerwine. Not a big fan of Vernor's though. And you've got Jolt Cola! I thought the parent company went out of business, and it was bought by someone else and turned into a generic energy drink. I hope I can get my grubby mitts on some over here!

[darkslime]

Finally I have tomorrow (Saturday) off, so here's hoping for some decent finds. You folks have been picking up some killer stuff lately!Good luck! I'm also going out tomorrow to yard sale and pick up some stuff with the GS B2G1. Not really wanting to wake up early right now though, I'm running on like 4 hours of sleep.

[DigitalSpace]

Today's haul:

SNES:
Kawasaki Superbike Challenge (cart only) - $1
Vegas Stakes (cart only) - $1
Xardion (cart only) - $2.50

Dreamcast:
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Vol. 2 (disc only) - free
(This puts me at 100 DC games)

Kitsune Sniper buy of the day: Count Yorga Vampire on DVD for $2.50. (If anyone's interested, you can see my full DVD haul here (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1735643&postcount=2962))

[wingzrow]

Makoto Kino from Sailor Moon R episode #56. The scene in question is one that became fairly infamous with the fan base as the girls are arguing about who will play the lead in Snow White. When it comes to Makoto she said she should play Snow White because she has the largest breasts. In the English dub this was reworked as her having the most "talent." I'm a sucker for most things Makoto but it's really nice to have a cel from this sequence checked off my list. I'll probably frame it this weekend. $15.00 from eBay, got lucky.

Is that an ORIGINAL animation cell from the series? If so then you either got insanely lucky or the price of those things really dropped off in recent years. I would have thought something like that would have cost a ton more.

I'm also now realizing how manly a girl's name " Makoto Kino" is. Main character of the anime kino's journey & makoto from street fighter both came to mind, being very androgynous.

[Ryaan1234]

I stopped by a sale, whose most notable item in the ad was "Precious Moments figures" LOL

Ummmm.... well, I was stopped dead in my tracks when I saw a box with an Xbox 360 sticking out of it. O_O

The Xbox had a $5 price sticker on it, obviously RROD. It's one of those early stripped-down models, with no onboard memory and only A/V out (no HDMI). It had a 64mb card attached.

Anyway, when I looked in the box I saw a more goodies, took it up to the checkout table and asked what they'd do for the whole box. It was $20 for the whole box, and I grabbed 2 360 games for a buck a piece. I got:

Slim PS2 with power and A/V (People at the sale told me all it needs is that "2 circle" style dongle for it's power, and it's working otherwise)
Fat PS2 with power and a broken disc drive door (don't think it's working)
Xbox 360 with power brick, A/V cables, and 64mb memory card. (RROD)

Not bad, considering a broken fat PS2 is worth $15 and a working slim is worth $30 (perhaps more) when I couple controllers with it. I may try to do a RROD fix on this Xbox. I still have that $3 Xbox that I put a RROD fix on, and all it needs is an outer shell.

They had a bunch of PS2 games and a few 360 games, but they were mostly Madden and NHL games. Ghost Recon and Over G Fighters were the 2 360 games I got for a $1 each. When I powered on the 360 NHL 07 was in it. And Madden 08 was in the slim PS2.

That's really it, it's been a really Texas Instruments-y week for me. Thursday I found a neat 80s TI calculator, yesterday I found a boxed Speak & Spell in good shape for $1, and today I found the "Holy triad" of Texas Instruments: A Speak & Read, Speak & Math, and Speak & Spell (earlier button version) in beat up shape for $0.25 a piece :D

[InsaneDavid]

Is that an ORIGINAL animation cell from the series? If so then you either got insanely lucky or the price of those things really dropped off in recent years. I would have thought something like that would have cost a ton more.

Yes, it's original. As with most things (somewhat like video games actually) prices vary amazingly widely. I've gotten higher median value cels for less and I've paid over market for low value cels many times. I don't think the market has dropped off but I do think there's a much wider gap between the affordable and the insane these days. With the series' that I enjoy getting older that rift is only increasing in size. There are also fewer large scale collectors that used to inject the market on a regular basis with pieces they were selling. So you basically have really nice cels that come up in the sub $20.00 range from time to time, and then others that are priced in the $200.00+ range that people sit on for years. Gone really are the days of the market and lower level collectors deciding the value, at least for old anime cels. The stuff I passed up years ago for pocket change... :bawling: There are still a few sources that keep things in the $30.00 - $100.00 range which is nice for people just starting out or those like myself that only buy a few cels here and there (http://www.classicplastic.net/anime/acels.html) (Pac-Man and the bank breaking Mr. DNA not shown).

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Play-N-Trade, Buy2Get1 + 10% off

Sega 32X
Blackthorne (Everything but game - already had game) - $11.25
Kolibri (CIB) - $35.99

Sega CD
The Animals (CIB) - $1.80
Double Switch (CIB) - $2.69
FIFA Soccer (CIB) - $0.89
Heart of the Alien (CIB) - $35.99
NBA Jam (CIB) - $0.89

Sega Saturn
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball (CIB) - Free
Warcraft II (CIB...probably reseal) - Free

TI-99/4A
Pole Position (Box + Cart) - $5

...TI-99 boxed cart?! Now I have something to play on my TI-99!
Also, Kolibri(!) and Blackthorne packaging for my loose cart (that I picked up for $4)

[darkslime]

Yard sale finds:

Trivial Pursuit SNL
Trivial Pursuit 90's
Wizard of Oz Trivia
$3 total. All sealed. I figure if they're not worth much Bookman's will give me more than a dollar

The Best of Smackdown DVD set
Duma Key - Stephen King paperback
EA Active Wii in big box w/ everything
$6 total. The Stephen King book is for me to read, I grabbed smackdown because I thought wrestling DVDs were worth something, looks like I can get about 6 bucks for it so not too bad.

http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Connectext-Terry-F-Pettijohn/dp/0072929049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276984124&sr=8-1 for a quarter. Not bad. I took schultzed on CAG's recommendation of buying text books.

PS2 w/ Network Adapter, cords and 3rd party controller - $20

a decent emerson stereo w/ speakers for $10

Domino PSP movie and one of those things that let's you plug in an ipod to a casette player - $1 total

Goodwill:
MS Office Student & Teacher x2 (one in DVD case, one in big box) - $14.99 ea
Windows XP Upgrade - $24.99
PC Buzz Buzzers (Thought they were for PS3) - $5.99

Bookman's:
Alice CIB in big ice wand box - $20
Zone of the Enders 2 - $8

Also a shitload of packages from Hastings B2G1 glitch and some things from GS B2G1, will post my haul from that later when I go to all the stores.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Garage sales all over the place but I didn't have time to stop,just drive bys..

Flea Market.
A rush through as I had a job to do today so we blew through it...I totally missed two isles.,

NES...$20.00..Trade..I bought a Dreamcast For $15 and the vendor asked if I'd trade him..OK..

NES Zappers 2 for $5.00

Pac Man $10.00

Playstation PsONE with Shrek Game $5.00..

XaviX PORT,plug.. with Bowling ball $5.00

Nerf Rifle $3.00
Nerf Gun FREE
Nerf ammo pack $1.00

Halo Vehicle $1.00

Plsyboy book $1.00

Star Wars Figures 3 for $5.00

Licence Plate CAG 392(Hemi) $1.00

Bike Part $2.00(for wifes bike)

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FREE BIKE..Specialized....

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More Picks Close ups and all the UNIQUE Stuff my Dad Bought.
SLIDESHOW
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My Dad also bought an awesome bonsai tree for $22.00

[FOnewearl]

I uh. Actually find their stuff pretty often. I only picked it up because it had a DVD. >_>

I guess that shows how bad my area is (I'd at least like to find and replace my lost Pork Soda CD as far as Primus goes), I did find a Revolting Cocks CD at a yardsale a few years ago which surprised me and is probably the least expected to find CD that I've ever bought at a yardsale. I can't even find Sublime (selftitled) 3 times I've ran into it at yardsales only for the case to be empty @_@

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4x PSP Game Cases, 2x Xbox Duke Controllers & 15 Playstation Games - $10ish

First sale I went today and got to it right after 8 as it advertised some of the video game stuff & Garbage Pail Kids. I only say $10ish as I paid $10 for this stuff and a few other minor things not pictured most notably 90 some GPK from series 1 & 2. PSP cases you can probably see the IAP in the picture, Dukes were $3 for both and the PS1 games said $1 each or $5 for all. I set out the worthwhile games and the other 9 are sports games, probably should have just grabbed the good stuff for the same price or less but I always feel a little more like spending first time I see something worthwhile at a yardsale for fear of the rest of the day being little or nothing.

Mario Party 5
Super Smash Bros Melee

(Both Complete) $7

I went to this sale pretty early as it advertised games, PS2 system for $35 and mostly bad Wii games for $5 each. $5 each took $7 for both.

7 Playstation Games - .25 each

No story here except that they had PS1 games marked cheap at .25

4x N64 Controllers - $1

Unadvertised sale, I only pictured 2 of the 1st party controllers the other 2 were generic 3rd party goodness. No price took my offer of a buck.

Resident Evil Director's Cut (Complete, GH) - $1

Had a boxed PS1 with about 6 games for $10. Asked about this $2 and took a buck.

N64 With Hookups - $1

Found this at a street sale in a box of stuff with no price took my offer of a buck.

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10 Atari Computer Games, Dig Dug (7800), Sam & Max (Disc Only), 2x The Punisher Guns (PS1, Saturn) & Misc Nintendo Stuff - $5

This was at a church sale that also had some people set up on the lawn like a flea market. The one lady selling had this stuff and I ended up taking everything I got for $5.

Intellivision With 5 Games With Some Misc Manuals, Overlays In A Boxed Video Game Storage Center - $5

Asked about games at a sale and this was brought out, offered $5 which was taken.

[Scrimble]

Picked up a box of stuff on Craigslist for $50

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Xbox w/ 3 controllers, power cable
Sega Saturn with 4 controllers, cables
SNES mini with controller, cables and 8 games (SMW, DKC, Super Punch Out)
N64 with controller, exp pak, cables and 1 game
Genesis with controller, cables and 6 games

There are 4 PS1s with 4 controllers, cables and an Xbox Thrustmaster wheel and pedals in the box which I forgot to put in the picture. The SNES, N64 and Genesis were thrown in for free because they were "broken" but after I cleaned the carts they work perfectly. There also a few extras in there like a few PS1 games, an NES controller, Metroid for NES, Sega RF cables and some sort of famiclone controllers and carts.

[FOnewearl]

Phantasy Star 0
Mario & Luigi: Bower's Inside Story
Yoshi's Island DS

(DS And All Complete) $33

Craigslist around here isn't that great but a few times a year I'll find something of interest to me from somebody that is actually serious (and reasonable) about making a sale. In order listed was asking 15,20,5 and I shot an e-mail offering $35 for the three. Meet up and everything was good but the guy didn't have a $5 for change from $40 and I could only do $33 without getting change back with the bills I had.

Small world as this actually ended up being the same guy I bought about 50 Genesis games from last year at his yardsale. This was last September IIRC but they actually did the street sale today which I passed on since I was at it last year and BSing with the guy he wasen't selling anything today and it sounded like he wasen't in this year as they didn't have much around the house to sell.

[brykasch]

snagged halo 3 finally from the weekend sale at gamestop 14.99

also snagged kung fu panda for the 360
maximo for the ps2 and gradius III and IV, in the buy 2 get one free sale

got a 25 card in the mail for doing surveys, so total outlay was 4 bucks or so for everything.

[ScourDX]

Last week pickup

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O story PS2 - $6
Scandal PS2 - $6
WWE PS3 - $15
PSP Hannah Montana Bundle - $99.96
Defenders of Oasis GG - Free

This week pickup

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Crackdown - $4
Project Snowblind - $0.25
Prey - $10
SOCOM Guide - $0.01
Mario Kart DS - $10
Super Mario DS - $10
Magician Quest - $9.98
Legendary Starfy - $15

[GLP]

Vikings rule!

[jeffg]

I had some good Gamestop Finds with the buy 2 get 1:

Ninja Gaiden Sigma Collector's Edition PS3 with Special DVD still Factory Sealed
CMT Country Karaoke complete
Xenosaga black label complete
Xenosaga II black label complete
Ephemeral Fantasia complete
Alien HOminid complete
Klonoa 2 complete
Skygunner complete
Lost Kingdoms GC complete
Lost Kingdoms II GC complete
Batallion wars complete
Tetris Worlds GC complete
Star Fox Assault GC complete
Bomberman Jetters GC complete

all 14 games $70 total

[Fatalstar64]

I got myself Bust-a-Move CIB and Kirby's Dreamland 3. There was also a garage sale that had NES SNES and N64 games for $2 each, unfortunately for me some guy just bought everything at the start.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Funny find...
Going through my cartridges, I found my Joshua: The Battle of Jericho NES cartridge. I was looking at it and saw some kid had written something in pencil on the cartridge. It reads...

** Fuck uu Joshue **

Epic.

[garagesaleking!!]

Finally Decided to stop being lazy and post pics of my finds from this weekend for the first time this summer. This was a really good weekend for me, kind of unexpected. Plus I actually had some gaming related finds.

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The 360 games were 25 total.
The jedi knight disc 1 and 2 were $1 total,both are mint
The snes games were .50 each, the highlights being final fantasy III and secret of mana
Metal gear solid was $3

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The michelob sign I bought together with a art x-15 ultrafoot guitar accessory and the sgx t2 guitar amp thing, I paid $50 for the sign and guitar stuff, also got a boss ds-2 distortion pedal for 5. The guitar stuff is worth about $150 to $175. The sign I might keep or sell, Im not sure.

The ps1 games were $1 each
Stubbs for xbox was asking $5, I got it for $3.
The tamagotchi was .25, its the gold colored one, I bought this thanks to the other one I saw on dp a little while ago and thanks to my droid incredible with internet, haha.
The ti 83 plus was $2
the minidisc player was $5, yes those are actually minidiscs in what look like cassette cases

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The gilmore girls were $5 total for all 7 seasons. The rest of all the seasons I paid $85 for 19 sets. There is csi 1-5, ncis 1-3, that 70s show 1-3, family guy vol.1-4, weeds 1-4. A pretty good week I must say, The guitar stuff I got is really nice, Im pretty happy about that.