February 2012 Finds

[Sunnyvale]

Well, I guess I get to start this month's thread...
I have my weekly visit on Tuesday evening and Wednesday day, so I don't hunt much on Wed. But the pawn shop has been so good to me lately, I made a quick trip and got:

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids-27.jpg

A little less than $20 after tax.

[Jaruff]

Not bad. The local pawnshop only takes PS1 and newer but they never have anything good. The other pawnshop I go to sometimes has a larger collection of PS2 games than the local GameStop but the prices are even worse. Last time I bought anything good there was several DC games for $2 apiece and he rung up a copy of San Andreas for the same amount.

I didn't go out today but will go out tomorrow. Probably going to go to a local auction house too; anyone else go to those regularly? I rarely find video game items but I do find nice items for eBay and the flea market. Every bit counts when you're unemployed in a jobless area.

[Sunnyvale]

I haven't been to the local auctions in a while, but my board game guy hits em religiously, and cleans house. I should start, but it's a long drive.
The pawn shops never were this good here, and it'll dry up. The old manager at the store I keep hitting was an Ebay fanatic, and took all kinds of stuff the other stores in the chain wouldn't touch. Hence, they ended up with lots of good stuff, but very high prices. When the managment changed, the new manager is the same manager that hooked me up at my old favorite store. So now he's got a mountain of Ebay stuff, and charges local prices, and gives me a discount on top of it. So until it gets barren there, if I make no other runs for the day, at 10 AM, I'm at Pawn One.

[The 1 2 P]

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Crysis: Warhead(Pc) $3
Halo: First Strike Novel 50 cents
Left 4 Dead(360) $7.50
The Black Eyed Peas: Monkey Business cd $3
Greeting Card Designer cd $3

Crysis: Warhead was a Goodwill find and also includes Crysis: Wars(two disc set). If only I played games on my laptop or Pc games in general. I doubt it but hopefully Crysis: Warhead eventually gets ported to XBL. Left 4 Dead was from ebay and the cheapest I've ever seen this game for. That was always my excuse why I didn't open up my copy of the second game and play it, because I wanted to get and beat this game first. And I have already started playing it. I can also see where all the enthusiam for this game comes from because it's pretty intense and I haven't even played it on XBL yet. The other cds and Halo novel were all from Goodwill.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1119.jpg

Kingdom Hearts 2 strategy guide(PS2) $1.50
Norton 360 3.0 $1.91
Call of Duty: Black Ops(360) $10
Ninja Gaiden: Sigma(PS3) $8
2K Sports Commemorative 360 Demo $6

I got the KH2 strategy guide from Goodwill. At first I thought it was the Birth By Sleep guide because it looked so new. Somebody kept it in pretty good condition. The Norton 360 software is sealed and was found at a thrift store. I guess everyone else that passed this by on the shelf wasn't aware that you can take older versions of Nortons and automatically upgrade them to the newer version for free. I haven't decided if I'm going to sell this or keep it for myself.

Black Ops was a craigs list find and replaces the copy I sold a few months ago because the disc wasn't in the best of shape. Ninja Gaiden: Sigma was from Gamestop. The best part of getting games that are already open is that I'm more likely to play them sooner than if they were factory sealed. So I'm going to play this one soon but unfortunately it doesn't look like it has any trophy support. Oh well. The 2K disc was probably released around the 360's launch or sometime within the first year. It's a nice little collectible to have even though I could care less about sports games. And then we have this thing....

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1121.jpg

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1122.jpg

Panasonic HDD & Dvd Recorder

Yes it's story time. I found this earlier in the day and got pumped because I thought it was an hd-dvd player. But obviously it isn't because it's missing a vd....um, not that kind of vd. But it looked cool so I jotted down a few details about it in my phone and was set to look it up on ebay and/or amazon when I got home, which I often do so that I don't end up spending more money then I should. It was pretty late when I remembered to check online for it. I typed in "Panasonic hdd & dvd recorder 2004" since those were the only details I jotted down earlier. After looking at some crazy high buy it now prices I decided to take the usual shortcut and click on completed auctions. There was 35 results but by the time I had gotten thru the fourth one I was out the door and in the car, not even stopping to grab any essencials other than my keys and wallet.

I honestly haven't left the house in that much of a hurry since back in high school when my ex girlfriend use to give me booty calls at 1:30 in the morning. I left the house at 8:37 pm and the Goodwill near me was set to close in roughly 20 minutes. So I sped the whole way, which in hindsight might not have been very smart since lots of deer cross that road at night. Plus it's only around 10 minutes away. But I didn't care. There were lots of different models but after seeing some with completed sold auction prices of $200-$500 I figured I'd take a chance.

When I got there I was relieved that it was still there. However, one of the wires was removed from the plastic bag taped to the top. I thought someone had took it but they had just plugged it in, probably to see if it worked. Luckily they didn't buy it though. It's in really great shape too and not a bad deal for $20 now that I know that some of these things are actually worth some money.

[Deadman]

Just had to get out of the office for work today and hit a Thrift Store that sometimes does me good. Did okay today:

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/466/photo2yi.jpg

Alphabet Park Adventure (VSmile)
Numbers on the Run (Leapster L-Max)
Art Safari (Pixter)
The Little Engine that Could (Leap Frog)
Kidz Bop Star Station Mega Hitz (Fisher Price - not sure for what unit?)
Learning with Leap (Leapster)
Ratatouille (Leap Frog)
Grand Theft Auto (Gameboy)
Tetris (Gameboy)
Donkey Kong Country (GBC)

An odd bag of mixed "little carts" for $2.42 total

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/820/photoxv.jpg

N-Gage Lot:
Ashen (loose)
MLB Slam (loose)
2 loose Cart cases
Tony Hawk Pro Skater (sealed with manual, cart case, cart, and cardboard backing - pack-in maybe?)
Spider-Man 2 (missing frikkin cart...)

All this in a sealed bag together for $2.42 total. Bought this for the Spiderman since I need it and it turns out the Ashen and MLB were inthe Spidey case, but Spidey wasn't.... :(

[Kitsune Sniper]

I could've started the February thread, but noooooooooo.

Lazy copy and paste below:
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From today:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-02-01a.jpg
Black Fire (Saturn) - $2
Impact Racing (Saturn) - $2
Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics - $1
Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (remastered, new) - $1

This booth had a few Saturn games, but I already had most of 'em. I considered buying them all but my budget for the day wasn't much.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-02-01b.jpg
Dire Straits (Warner Remasters) - $2
Dire Straits / Communiqué (Warner Remasters) - $2
La Onda Vaselina / 16 Kilates Musicales (new) - $1
Ghalib Ghallab / Live at Voodoo (new) - $1

That Onda Vaselina CD is the stupid CD of the day. I can't stand that band. At all. I hate them. But this contains music from back before they started sucking balls. Well. More than they do now.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-02-01c.jpg
Romantic Encounters at the Dome (Mac floppy, new) - $1
V/A / The Living Daylights Original Soundtrack - $1
Cibo Matto / Stereo Type A - $1
Bran Van 3000 / S/T - $1

And yes, I did buy that Living Daylights CD for this song alone. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JhlOVQNyBs) I could've sworn I'd bought a CD with a ton of James Bond themes but I guess I left it behind...

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-02-01d.jpg
Fighting Masters (Genesis) CIB
Action Replay (Genesis) CIB
Mort the Chicken (PS1)
Super Monkey Ball (GC)
Fight Club (2 disc special edition x2)
$14 total.

... why two copies of Fight Club? Well... I remember seeing that this version sold for lots of money years ago. A lot of years ago. These days it doesn't even sell for $5. :( So the extra copy's up for trade. Other things of note at that booth were a copy of PS1 Fighting Force (PAL) that some creepy fat lady almost snatched from my hands when I looked at it. I still grabbed the Genny stuff from under her so haw haw.

Oh yeah... a booth had a ton of older Amiga / C64 hardware, mostly cards, and some floppies. Many were trashed due to age and poor storage... but the box also contained two small photo albums. There were pictures of who I presume was the former owner and his wife (there was a photo of her in a wedding gown), and other relatives. I also found the guy's social security card. (No, I did not take it.)

And um. Photos of a woman's um, private areas.

... *coughs*

[Sunnyvale]

I could've started the February thread, but noooooooooo.

All the meseta will be MINE! Bwahahahaha!
Wait a tick...

[Junkyrdsalesman]

A few birthday gifts, along with Persona 2 which i purchased for $20 new from GS. The rest was free :)
http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb448/junkyrdsalesman/IMG_0063.jpg

[FamicomFreak]

I know it's not gaming related but I though you guys would get a kick out of this anyways. To commemorate the findings post number 400 I put together a whole set of TMNT action figures and finally got the Technodrome! I hope you like! There are a couple of more pics on my blog, link at the bottom of this post! ^_^

Finds #400!!!!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/TechnoOrgasm9.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/TechnoOrgasm6-Copy.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/TechnoOrgasm4-Copy.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/TechnoOrgasm2-Copy.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/TechnoOrgasm8.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/TechnoOrgasm3.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/TechnoOrgasm.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/TechnoOrgasm3-Copy.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/TechnoOrgasm10.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/TechnoOrgasm4.jpg


http://famicomfreak.blogspot.com/

[Sabz5150]

I managed to grab a KILLER deal on a C128 lot. Picked up the computer and drive (1541-II) with all the needed bricks and serial cable plus loose copies of Pool of Radiance, Secret of Silver Blades, Hitchhiker's Guide, Zork, Jeopardy and a handful of new blanks. $60!!!

Plus I got to meet another collector and check out his room of doom. I know there are plenty of us out there, but to finally meet and hang with another serious collector... its relieving to finally know you're not totally insane.

Hopefully he will find his way here. I recommended he check us out :)

[Sunnyvale]

What a day. Thrifts were ok...

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids001-23.jpg

$5 for the guitar, $3 for the Lego knock offs, $5 for the Mega Bloks Traxx, $2 for the bag of toys (Mario and Sonic are in there), and $2 for the Frogger Plug N Play.
The real deal for today was my board game guy. He's moving. Not too far, but far enough to move his storage unit. So he called me a couple days ago and asked me to come buy a bunch of crap from him. Hehehehe....

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids002-19.jpg
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids004-8.jpg
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids005-5.jpg
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids006-3.jpg
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids003-14.jpg
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids007-4.jpg

And yes, the bowling ball is actually worth 50 or so. I've got my work cut out for the next few days, so probably won't search much till Saturday. Anyway, two things in this mess stood out to me:
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids010-3.jpg
:D
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids008-3.jpg
Any help with this Famicom game would be appreciated. It's a 101 game cart, and I can't find it online.
I gave him $225 for all that stuff.

[Kitsune Sniper]

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids008-3.jpg
Any help with this Famicom game would be appreciated. It's a 101 game cart, and I can't find it online.

That's just a generic multicart. You should test it to see what it has, but odds are it only contains simple games like Super Mario Bros., Track and Field, and such. It's still a nice find, for all we know it might contain some strange game hacks. :)

So, I found this and I'm not sure if I should sell it.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-02-02.jpg

Pikmin 2 - $5
This is Jazz Volume 23: Louis Armstrong Sings - $2

On the other hand yay game
On the other boo need money

[VertigoProcess]

So, I found this and I'm not sure if I should sell it.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-02-02.jpg

Pikmin 2 - $5
This is Jazz Volume 23: Louis Armstrong Sings - $2

On the other hand yay game
On the other boo need money

The first one was better in my opinion... pikmin that is...

[Sunnyvale]

That's just a generic multicart. You should test it to see what it has, but odds are it only contains simple games like Super Mario Bros., Track and Field, and such. It's still a nice find, for all we know it might contain some strange game hacks. :)

Thanks. There's some games I've never heard of on there... but I'm not up to speed on Japanese games, so who know... I'll check it out... eventually.
In the mess of Apple ii stiff, I found a few 'official' games. Anything here people's want without a box? Kareteka would be the only one I'd think might be, but I'm not up to speed on old PC stuff.

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids-28.jpg

[Kitsune Sniper]

Thanks. There's some games I've never heard of on there... but I'm not up to speed on Japanese games, so who know... I'll check it out... eventually.
In the mess of Apple ii stiff, I found a few 'official' games. Anything here people's want without a box? Kareteka would be the only one I'd think might be, but I'm not up to speed on old PC stuff.

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/gkids-28.jpg

There's a few people who might be interested. phreakindee for one, especially if those are full games (which I doubt, but you never know.)

[InsaneDavid]

Thanks. There's some games I've never heard of on there... but I'm not up to speed on Japanese games, so who know... I'll check it out... eventually.
In the mess of Apple ii stiff, I found a few 'official' games. Anything here people's want without a box? Kareteka would be the only one I'd think might be, but I'm not up to speed on old PC stuff.

For Apple II games I think there's really only one diskette that would pull a lot of money from a lot of us, two words: Rocket Factory. For some reason it looks like no one ever made a disk image of it, although I'm sure there has to be a copy collecting dust in some elementary school storage closet somewhere.

[Sunnyvale]

Thanks guys. Life's much easier asking the knowledgable than it was looking through mountains of blogs.

[Cornelius]

Two thrifts this morning. The first had a boatload of ink! Which is how I justified buying the SMW carts for $7.50 each. Total for that store was $48. Next was Savers for the $15 SNES (no hookups) that is in really nice shape, plus the 360 dealie for $3. Have to look up what this thing is since I haven't seen it before. I passed on a half dozen NES controllers for $3 each and a couple zappers for $5 each. Maybe I should go back for them, but I don't need them to make any bundles right now. I also passed on a bag of N64 memory cards, rumble, ??, and a jumper. I need jumper paks, but the bag was $12 or so, so I passed. Now that I check, though, I had no idea official N64 memory cards would actually sell for anything, and there were at least 3 in that bag. Hmm, probably should go back. Maybe after naptime.

http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww75/evanwink42/Snapbucket/DFA4DF23-orig.jpg

[Kitsune Sniper]

... plus the 360 dealie for $3. Have to look up what this thing is since I haven't seen it before.That thingy is a Scene It controller. They usually come bundled in packs of four with the game. Each button is an answer, I imagine. :)

Today's finds:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-02-03.jpg
Ivo Papasov and his Bulgarian Wedding Band / Orpheus Ascending (new)
V/A / King of the Hill soundtrack (new)
V/A / Newman's Own: Salsa Songs (new)

$3 total.

That Newman's Own CD looked kinda silly so I grabbed it. And then I saw the tracklisting... all Salsa. Which isn't a bad musical genre, mind you - but why the hell is Paul Newman wearing a sombrero and a mustache WHEN THE CD DOESN'T EVEN CONTAIN MEXICAN MUSIC? Oh because we use Salsa, ha ha how cute get the hell out, Newman. Seriously though, apparently three CDs were made - this one, a Love Songs one, and a Movie Themes one. And like most Newman's Own stuff, the proceeds went to charities, so I forgive you, Paul. I'll keep an eye out for the other two.

In other news, I found Duke Nukem: Kill-A-Ton collection! But the asshole selling it wanted $3 per CD. So $9. Sorry, I don't like Duke enough to buy it at that price.

[wingzrow]

God I love looking things up on my new iphone.

$75 worth of VHS tapes for $2.00. No idea why most of them are worth so much but a cooler climate was a made for tv movie so i'm guessing it's only available on VHS.

http://i42.tinypic.com/35irt6t.jpg

[fahlim003]

Got all these items a while back but didn't finalize the price until right now (as I sold other goods that came in the bundle).

So excluding Geist (missing manual) for $1, Fire Emblem for $30, and WipeOut Pure $2 the rest were $23 total.

[Porksta]

That thingy is a Scene It controller. They usually come bundled in packs of four with the game. Each button is an answer, I imagine. :)


That is exactly what it is. I hate to say it, but at $3, I think you overpaid. The one thing I did like however was that those Scene It controllers came with batteries. Nice touch.

[Cornelius]

That is exactly what it is. I hate to say it, but at $3, I think you overpaid. The one thing I did like however was that those Scene It controllers came with batteries. Nice touch.

Well crap. I guess I probably got $1 out of it since my daughter played with it for most of the time in the store and otherwise she was near the end of her rope. Anyone need it for $2 to make up the difference? ;)

I swung through a GW this afternoon and there were some ps1 games like Jet Moto 2, tiny toons, etc, on the carts of stuff about to be put out. So close, but nothing actually worthwhile. I suspect they screen that stuff pretty closely in the back. At least I picked up a few more ink cartridges, canon this time.

[Jaruff]

I picked up a really cool chess board at the local auction tonight. Some pieces included but those are pretty much trash as I have three incomplete sets and some pieces are broken. Will put those up on eBay eventually and see if anyone bites for parts.

I'll post a picture up tomorrow but I need some help with this thing. It's definitely old and looks to be a marble surface embedded in a wood case. Came from an estate sale and I bought some other items in the same lot that I've dated in the 60's but I'm confident this board is older. I couldn't find any markings on it at the place but I didn't take it out of the car tonight.

Anyone have experience with these things? I bought it to keep for myself as I'm a big chess guy but if it's worth a decent amount, I might consider letting it go.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I had a really disappointing trip today. I hit the first flea market of 2012 for me. Even though it was inside, I figured it would be small since after all the building isn't heated well, and it is the first week of February. As it turned out, the place was packed. Just not with the stuff that I wanted. I did however see some odd CDs, but I am not quite sure if they rise to Kitsune levels. I saw the soundtrack to the Tank Girl movie and the CD of Menopause - The Musical.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Menopause - The Musical.http://gifsoup.com/imager.php?id=186710&t=o (http://gifsoup.com/view/186710/kith-spit-take.html)

Also, I already own the soundtrack for Tank Girl. It isn't that good. :(

[joshnickerson]

Technically this is from last weekend, but I forgot to post it then... from my local dirt mall... went late to meet up with some friends, and while I was waiting for them to show up, walked around. Came upon this guy just setting up, putting a box full of NES and SNES games on the table. I decided to riffle through them, and was quite surprised at what I found... as I dug through the games, the guy offered to sell me the whole thing for $40. Sold.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/joshnickerson/dpblog/DSCN0784-1.jpg
So... yay!

[Sunnyvale]

Technically this is from last weekend, but I forgot to post it then... from my local dirt mall... went late to meet up with some friends, and while I was waiting for them to show up, walked around. Came upon this guy just setting up, putting a box full of NES and SNES games on the table. I decided to riffle through them, and was quite surprised at what I found... as I dug through the games, the guy offered to sell me the whole thing for $40. Sold.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/joshnickerson/dpblog/DSCN0784-1.jpg
So... yay!

Earthbound... Wow!

[xelement5x]

Holy shit, wow is right!
If people are still finding copies in the wild for a steal like this, then this is proof that Earthbound isn't that rare :D

[Videogamerdaryll]

Flea Market:

One of the first things I ran into was this...Asking price $500.00
If it was $50.00 I would of bought it.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012 PICTURES/superbowlsaturday018.jpg



Everything I bought today I lugged around in this box given to me there...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012%20PICTURES/th_superbowlsaturday022.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012%20PICTURES/superbowlsaturday022.jpg)

and everything except the calculator was bought from the same vendor..(the only guy who had anything worthwhile-the last vendor I saw before I left)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012 PICTURES/superbowlsaturday023.jpg


Board Games were $15.00 for all plus an extra Qbert part....I have a Pac Man set in my collection and these are all going up for sale.
The two long Pac Man sets are heavy..




Sears Video Arcade II System...$10.00..no plug but it looks like a common plug end not like the 7800.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012 PICTURES/superbowlsaturday025.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012 PICTURES/superbowlsaturday026.jpg
Gamecube Deck..$5.00..I bought it because it has ZELDA decals on it-to go with my Gamecubes with Mario Gamecubes..
And too cheap to bother selling.
It was complete with parts for $10.00 but I was broke by then..

Dreamcast RF $1.00
Dreamcast DC Super Extension Cables $$2.00 Each..
Final Fantasy IX $3.00 in a DVD case.. discs are nice.
PS2 Multiap $2.00

GTX tire pressure tools $2 for $1.00

Nintebo Games $1.00 each


Vintage Calculator in display case $5.00

The vendor that I bought all the stuff from also had a bunch of dirty Genesis systems,N64,A Brown faded Dreamcast..and a Dirty Atari 2600 with trashed game carts..No plug no controllers.
Another buyer gave me the respect to look at it first then asked nicley if I was going to buy it,I said No..he haggled it to $13.00 for the whole bin with games,He asked me why i didn't want it..I said because it's just to much to gather up everything else to sell it,test it .then with shipping it's just not worth it..(as I buy to sell)

[ownerizer]

My first finds of the month. Finds for me have been realtively slow, due to tax season, and putting up snow stuff before I loose my window.

However, these are mostly for me, I paid $80 for all of them off Craigslist, felt it was a fair deal.

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m222/ownerizer/IMG_6641.jpg

[Balloon Fight]

My first finds of the month. Finds for me have been realtively slow, due to tax season, and putting up snow stuff before I loose my window.

However, these are mostly for me, I paid $80 for all of them off Craigslist, felt it was a fair deal.

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m222/ownerizer/IMG_6641.jpg

Crazy nice deal. Dragon Force by itself will sell for $80. Congrats!

[Sunnyvale]

However, these are mostly for me, I paid $80 for all of them off Craigslist, felt it was a fair deal.

Funny, I end up in the same boat most of the time something says 'Sega' on it. I keep 90%, and sell the extras.

[Collector_Gaming]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd158/car_show_fan/carshows2/IMG_0133598x800.jpg
Nintendo 64 without hook ups with Cruisin world at good will 5 bucks for the n64 and 3 bucks for cruisin world

and a late christmas present from my little brother... really wish he didn't but he did so whatever i guess.
A sega nomad fully working operates like new. Only problem with it is a small scuff on the screen that i think can be fixed.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd158/car_show_fan/carshows2/IMG_0134598x800.jpg
he paid i am guessing 58 bucks on ebay.

[ownerizer]

Funny, I end up in the same boat most of the time something says 'Sega' on it. I keep 90%, and sell the extras.

Yeah, I'm a sucker for oddball Sega stuff. I don't know why, relatively, it's worthless compared to Nintendo stuff, but I'll be damned if it isn't cooler than hell.

I'm keeping the Working Designs stuff, but Xmen: Children of the Atom, and Marvel Super Heroes are for sale.

[mobiusclimber]

That Saturn find is similar to one I missed out on last night. Guy had posted a Saturn along with 8~10 games including Magic Knight Rayearth, Shining Force 3, Shining Wisdom, Shining the Holy Ark and a couple others for $50. Man it hurt to miss that, but he sold it already. XD

[Videogamerdaryll]

Yesterday looked through the board games and they are all complete..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/Misc Pictures/superbowlsaturday008.jpg
Put them away as they are a PAIN to find a spot for..



Today,very small flea market..

Guides $1.00 Each
Neo Geo Pocket Color in Box with Sonic Game $10.00
Atari Lynx with game $10.00
Sealed PS2 game $1.00
Camera is to be sold for someone.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/Misc Pictures/superbowlsaturday010.jpg

[Sunnyvale]

Holy crap, Darryl! Handheld jackpot!

[xelement5x]

Yeah, I'm a sucker for oddball Sega stuff. I don't know why, relatively, it's worthless compared to Nintendo stuff, but I'll be damned if it isn't cooler than hell.

I'm keeping the Working Designs stuff, but Xmen: Children of the Atom, and Marvel Super Heroes are for sale.

I think I know the Craigslit Ad you were talking about, since I'm down in the Springs and I'd seen it up there for awhile too. It looks like you were able to talk the guy down a fair amount from his original asking price!

I'm interested in the other two Saturn games from you, cash-in-hand, depending on the price. PM me if you're interested :D

[Jaruff]

Funny, I end up in the same boat most of the time something says 'Sega' on it. I keep 90%, and sell the extras.

Same. With a few exceptions, I never keep anything Nintendo unless it's for testing games. Nintendo systems, except the Game Boy, didn't mean a lot to me growing up. Sega, however, did.



Oh yea, here's this chess board I was talking about. Maybe someone can help me with this. Antique, hand crafted, and some kind of stone (I'm guessing marble) surface.

http://i42.tinypic.com/k9umaa.jpg (http://i41.tinypic.com/2mfhyxy.jpg)

I'm just going to stick it up on eBay tomorrow with a reserve. If it sells, awesome. If not, I have an antique table it will pair with in my game room.

Sadly, I didn't get anything this weekend. Bad weather kept me from going out.

[ownerizer]

http://i42.tinypic.com/k9umaa.jpg (http://i41.tinypic.com/2mfhyxy.jpg)


This is pretty awesome. I love antiques, but really don't own any, but this would be awesome to turn into a coffee table or something. Curious as to what you're going to set your reserve to.

[The 1 2 P]

Guides $1.00 Each
Neo Geo Pocket Color in Box with Sonic Game $10.00
Atari Lynx with game $10.00
Sealed PS2 game $1.00
Camera is to be sold for someone.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/Misc Pictures/superbowlsaturday010.jpg

I never play my Atari Lynx, probably because of the lack of good games. But My NGPC gets played more than any of my other handhelds. And thats a good price you found both of them for.

[Jaruff]

This is pretty awesome. I love antiques, but really don't own any, but this would be awesome to turn into a coffee table or something. Curious as to what you're going to set your reserve to.

I haven't decided for sure but at least $100. For anything less, I'd rather not deal with the shipping hassle that will come up. It's also unique and I like it, so I'm not going to be upset if it doesn't sell. I think any finishing price would largely depend on a collector's personal taste. I couldn't find one quite like mine on eBay but two somewhat similar ones went for under $50 and around $100. Those were all wood though.

If it brings in a ton of money, I'll be very happy. If not, I'm very happy because I bought it with intentions of keeping it. Win/win as far as I'm concerned.

[Sailorneorune]

To the guys who scored Earthbound and the Portable Pot O' Gold upthread, not bad! Not bad at all.

Definitely upstaged the reasonably priced Warsong I scored earlier today.

(Will eventually have a "Genesis games I've heard are popular, but that I was not personally impressed with" trade thread.)

[ownerizer]

I made the mistake of having some auctions end today during the Supa Bowlz. I sold my old Droid (1st gen) for $31. Kinda miffed.

[Jaruff]

I made the mistake of having some auctions end today during the Supa Bowlz. I sold my old Droid (1st gen) for $31. Kinda miffed.

Yea, I've made the mistake of having things end on busy days before too. It's one of those things that you won't do again.

Also a great time to get deals right now. Haven't seen anything I've wanted so far but still looking.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I made the mistake of having some auctions end today during the Supa Bowlz. I sold my old Droid (1st gen) for $31. Kinda miffed.I didn't realize that, I just had an auction end right in the first quarter.

The stuff still sold for $230, but I can't help but think it could've gone for more. :P

[Ryaan1234]

I made the mistake of having some auctions end today during the Supa Bowlz. I sold my old Droid (1st gen) for $31. Kinda miffed.
That's odd. The auctions I had running this week ended at great prices tonight.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Technically this is from last weekend, but I forgot to post it then... from my local dirt mall... went late to meet up with some friends, and while I was waiting for them to show up, walked around. Came upon this guy just setting up, putting a box full of NES and SNES games on the table. I decided to riffle through them, and was quite surprised at what I found... as I dug through the games, the guy offered to sell me the whole thing for $40. Sold.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/joshnickerson/dpblog/DSCN0784-1.jpg
So... yay!

Wow,Great Score..

I think I would of ran out of the place after that sooo fast...

[Videogamerdaryll]

Holy shit, wow is right!
If people are still finding copies in the wild for a steal like this, then this is proof that Earthbound isn't that rare :D

I personally don’t think it’s that rare as there are a ton listed on ebay..It seems everyone is trying to cash in on this game..

That’s another reason I held off on selling my own..(though I won’t play my own the game looks interesting to play.


But in all the flea markets,garage sales I’ve hunted-searched through in say .the last 15 years I’ve never found a loose/copy in the wild....I do find Loose SNES games 98% of the time at flea markets but never an Earthbound..

I don’t know really why,...?was the game a low production run?Where are they all at?(buried with Atari E.T.


......I don’t believe that everyone out there hunting in all those years was looking for this game....

For instance..I was at a vendors table yesterday,he sold a N64 and SNES to a 10 year old kid(isn’t that cool) the kid was looking for both the systems but had no clue on games besides looking for racing games to race his friend...an Earthbound could have been at the top of the pile and he would of passed it up...


Now I say I have never seen one in the wild but before I knew anything about the games value when I was collection SNES games to play.. I could of swore I passed up a loose copy in a box filled(held it threw it back in the box) with SNES games...UGH!!!!:|

[mobiusclimber]

This game only jumped in price within the last... three years I want to say. It was, at most, a $50 game, sometimes less. Around the same price as Chrono Trigger. I've come across a loose copy a couple of times in the last six years, so I'd say it's a little rarer than Chrono but not by much. Both were late releases and RPGs so they probably didn't sell a ton of copies. And then EB wasn't released by Square either, so that probably hurt sales/production numbers. This is, of course, pure conjecture on my part, LOL.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I've personally found Earthbound twice over the years. Once as cart only and once complete.

And I didn't sell that complete one on eBay because I was stupid. Anyway...

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-02-06.jpg
Toad the Wet Sprocket / Bread and Circus - $1
Warcraft III - $1
24 The Game (PS2) - $3 shipped from GameTZ (freebie forum)

Not pictured: New SCSI Iomega Jaz 1GB external drive - $8

[Videogamerdaryll]

I've personally found Earthbound twice over the years. Once as cart only and once complete.

And I didn't sell that complete one on eBay because I was stupid. Anyway...

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-02-06.jpg
Toad the Wet Sprocket / Bread and Circus - $1
Warcraft III - $1
24 The Game (PS2) - $3 shipped from GameTZ (freebie forum)

Not pictured: New SCSI Iomega Jaz 1GB external drive - $8

I just got a Ebay Watch Reminder for a Earthbound in box ending in two hours..It's up to $860.00 with 37 bids,WOW!!

Now,That kind of price I'd sell mine....
I just could not let it got for $500.00 shipped.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Holy crap, Darryl! Handheld jackpot!

Thanks,,I just don’t find stuff like this anymore,if I see a handheld it’s trashed...
..or a colored in Marker GBC with no battery Cover..($10 bux,I guess I have to pay for that special kids artwork on it huh buddy)

Does it work,ohh yes yes yes...



Coincidentally,Friday I dug out my Atari Lynx to play then I find one the next day..
I don’t have a NGPC anymore..I sold the collection I had,Go figure I still have a boxed game and am into Neo Geo..
I want to sell this on but....since I don’t have one,it’s not on my get to it shelf..:)

[The 1 2 P]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1124.jpg

Wireless Controller Game Pack W/4 Games(360) $19.97
Wes Craven Collection dvd $6
Dance Central 2(Kinect) $4.99
H & R Block Tax Cut $1
Mario Party 7 with mic(GC) x2 $10 each
Donky Konga(GC) free
Resident Evil novel 50 cents
Gameboy Advance SP with case and no charger x2 $10 each
GBA SP Charger x 2 $5 for one and the other was free

Why is it so damn hard to find chargers with GBA SP systems? Everytime I find them in the wild at Goodwill(which is where I got these two), thrift stores or even on craigs list sometimes they are usually missing. And the two chargers in the picture are from a flea market. One is a US charger that doesn't work because it's cord has tears in it(I got that one for free) and the other is the Japanese version that another vendor had in his pile of random adapters. So I used the working charger to charge both systems because one of them wouldn't even turn on when I bought it(I got the chargers 3 days later). So I'm keeping the charger for my own system but I need atleast one more to sell with the systems.

I'm not sure if I'm going to keep the controller or not. I already have three and the games don't interest me that much. Dance Central 2 was a recent Target return at Goodwill and even though I already have it I can use this one to actually play since it's already opened. Both copies of Mario Party 7 were from another vendor at the flea market where I got the SP adapters(they had adapters too but wanted $10 for them, as did two other vendors). Because I bought two Gamecube games I got to pick a third one for free as long as it wasn't a Mario game. So since I couldn't get Mario Strikers I went with Donkey Konga.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1131.jpg

N64 Lot with boxed copies of Mario Party 1, Mario Party 3, Super Mario 64, Diddy Kong Racing, NFL QB Club 2001(factory sealed), and loose copies of Star Fox 64, Star Wars: Shadows of The Empire, F-Zero X and some basketball game.

So I emailed a dude on craigs list about this lot asking if it was still available. He didn't even have a picture up but I knew that I needed a copy of Mario Party 3 to complete my set. So despite his steep asking price of $60 I told him I'd take it if it was still available. So you can imagine my surprise after we met when he showed me that several of tha marque games were complete, raising the value of this lot by a significant amount. I was just like "ok", handed him his money and walked away with the loot. I initially thought $60 was too much to pay for this N64 lot but after seeing the condition of everything it was totally worth it. And we all know what the real highlight is: a factory sealed copy of NFL QB Club. I mean, that alone will bring in like 4 or maybe even 5 whole dollars.....if I'm lucky.

[Sunnyvale]

Yeah, them damn GBA SP chargers are always missing. I try to keep a few on hand... I ordered 2 lots of 10 from China last year. Cheap, but you gotta wait.

[Gameguy]

and the other is the Japanese version that another vendor had in his pile of random adapters.
Are you sure that's a Japanese version? It looks like an adapter for the original DS, they're also compatible with the SP systems and have no mention of any specific system on them.

I personally don't bother buying SPs anymore unless they come with the adapter, those are too difficult to find separately. Pretty much the only exception is if the system comes with a good game in the slot too, I passed on several loose systems for under $5 without an adapter. I might pick up a loose backlit model but I already have one so I won't be too desperate to get another one.

[Jaruff]

Yeah, them damn GBA SP chargers are always missing. I try to keep a few on hand... I ordered 2 lots of 10 from China last year. Cheap, but you gotta wait.

I don't know if you've ever tried this but look in the generic charger stacks that many thrift stores have. I know of two thrifts that will separate the chargers from the systems and sell them separately to make more money. Makes me want to smack a bitch when someone does that.

I'm going out tomorrow to a few places, including one that hooked me up with some decent NES gear last time I went. I'll be in South Carolina visiting family this weekend and there happens to be an auction on Saturday that will feature a Pawn Shop owner that needs to sell overstock. I'm hoping some of the electronics and video games will sneak by the older people so I can get some good deals. Could be a good weekend if I can grab some electronic musical equipment and games.

[Junkyrdsalesman]

Kind of an odd bundle with some really nice goodies :) $27 for everything

Shadow Madness Guide
The 7th Guest (I don't normally buy PC games but this was too cool to pass up, it's in great condtion as wel)
Sol Divide
Monkey Hero
Eggs of Steel
Silent Hill 3

All complete, how did i do?
http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb448/junkyrdsalesman/IMG_0068.jpg

[Tupin]

Wow, that is a good find. I think Sol Divide still goes for a good price, but I'm not sure. I only own the discs of 7th Guest, wish I had the box.

Eggs of Steel is a weird game. Monkey Hero is one of the only PS1 games that cannot be played on any PS2.

[Baloo]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1131.jpg

N64 Lot with boxed copies of Mario Party 1, Mario Party 3, Super Mario 64, Diddy Kong Racing, NFL QB Club 2001(factory sealed), and loose copies of Star Fox 64, Star Wars: Shadows of The Empire, F-Zero X and some basketball game.

So I emailed a dude on craigs list about this lot asking if it was still available. He didn't even have a picture up but I knew that I needed a copy of Mario Party 3 to complete my set. So despite his steep asking price of $60 I told him I'd take it if it was still available. So you can imagine my surprise after we met when he showed me that several of tha marque games were complete, raising the value of this lot by a significant amount. I was just like "ok", handed him his money and walked away with the loot. I initially thought $60 was too much to pay for this N64 lot but after seeing the condition of everything it was totally worth it. And we all know what the real highlight is: a factory sealed copy of NFL QB Club. I mean, that alone will bring in like 4 or maybe even 5 whole dollars.....if I'm lucky.

Mario Party 3 boxed is almost assuredly worth at least $60 CIB, especially in such good shape. Everything else is gravy.

[Tokimemofan]

Got a DTL-H50001 Debugging station for $40 with a spare controller and a memory card at the Goodwill in Los Feliz, CA. BTW that is the second debug in just over a month after the one I got in East LA.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Got a DTL-H50001 Debugging station for $40 with a spare controller and a memory card at the Goodwill in Los Feliz, CA. BTW that is the second debug in just over a month after the one I got in East LA.NOOOOOOOOOO.

That's the place where the booth that I do most of my Tuesday hunting gets stuff from!

[The 1 2 P]

Yeah, them damn GBA SP chargers are always missing. I try to keep a few on hand... I ordered 2 lots of 10 from China last year. Cheap, but you gotta wait.

I might do that. I have 3 GBA SP's now and have passed on a few because they didn't come with a charger.


Are you sure that's a Japanese version? It looks like an adapter for the original DS, they're also compatible with the SP systems and have no mention of any specific system on them.

It's a Japanese version. After taking a closer look it does say it's for both DS and SP but those are interspersed between the kanji and katakana symbols. And it has the Nintendo logo on the other side and on the connector part so it's most likely an official Japanese DS charger.


I don't know if you've ever tried this but look in the generic charger stacks that many thrift stores have. I know of two thrifts that will separate the chargers from the systems and sell them separately to make more money. Makes me want to smack a bitch when someone does that.

It makes me want to smack a bitch too because I think more ofter then not this is what happens with SP's in the wild. The place I got the Japanese DS/SP charger from had a GBA SP in a glass case they were selling without a charger. I'm not sure if they seperated the charger on purpose or if it just ended up in their random pile when they couldn't figure out what it went too. But what I do know is that these chargers are a hot commodity, although they won't get too price heavy because you can also use first generation DS chargers for them.

[Tokimemofan]

NOOOOOOOOOO.

That's the place where the booth that I do most of my Tuesday hunting gets stuff from!

The price sticker says it was there on on 1/28, that's 9 days.
Edit: Hey Kitsune Sniper, check out the PM I sent you.

[SEGA_Queen]

My copy of Tales of Hearts CG Movie Edition came in this morning. I played up to the part where you enter the first "Spir Maze". So far, I haven't found it that difficult to navigate the menus. Of course, having played through several english tales games, and the fact that the menus use pictures for most of the options does help.

Also, despite what others say, I don't find the CG movies that bad. They are quite impressive, considering this is a DS game. Really, the only thing I don't like about the CG version is the character designs. The character's noses look a little to big. LOL

EDIT: I went to a couple of local shops this afternoon, to see if they would take some things I didn't want anymore. I ended up getting a CIB copy of Super Paper Mario (Nintendo Selects Version) for $5.00. I also snagged a Nintendo Power Pokemon XD guide for 1.99.

[Kitsune Sniper]

So today I found:
V/A Forrest Gump (2 CDs) - $2
Warcraft III Battle Chest - $2
Leisure Suit Larry: Love For Sail (CD in case w/ scratch and sniff card) - $2
Shivers Two (CDs in case) - $1

No pictures. I'm feeling sick.

[InsaneDavid]

I've actually picked a few things up this month, starting with attempting to rebuild my stable of DDR games. The following was about $40.00 together.

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2012-02-07%2801%29.jpg

PS1 - Dance Dance Revolution (JPN) (complete)
PS1 - Dance Dance Revolution 2nd ReMix (JPN) (complete)
PS1 - Dance Dance Revolution 2nd ReMix Append Club Version Vol. 1 (JPN) (sealed)
PS1 - Dance Dance Revolution 2nd ReMix Append Club Version Vol. 2 (JPN) (sealed)
SAT - Sega Rally (JPN) (complete)

Went out to a couple estate sales on Saturday. At the first I got an old backgammon set for $7.25 (half off from $14.50).

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2012-02-07%2802%29.jpg

Another later on had a few things of interest. Everything came to $6.00. Pac-Man is missing four of the white marbles. Box has some tape damage but it'll be a nice display piece just the same. Stratego is complete, some tape damage to the box. I really didn't need it as I have the version before this one (when the plastic pieces were first introduced) but I couldn't walk away from another complete vintage set. I also happened to find a loose copy of Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge floating around.

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2012-02-07%2803%29.jpg

Lots of Pac-Man board games floating around this month it seems.

[orangest]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/52aa149c.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/3f4ada94.jpg

Found this today for $2 at a thrift. I can't open most of the files at the moment (they're AI files but my Adobe isn't able to open them) but they're mostly promo art of characters and locations, including a black and white size reference chart of the main characters. I'm guessing the fax sheet was to send to Fox for clearances. It's nice having the whole theme song as well. :)

[joshnickerson]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/52aa149c.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/3f4ada94.jpg

Found this today for $2 at a thrift. I can't open most of the files at the moment (they're AI files but my Adobe isn't able to open them) but they're mostly promo art of characters and locations, including a black and white size reference chart of the main characters. I'm guessing the fax sheet was to send to Fox for clearances. It's nice having the whole theme song as well. :)

Very nice find! My inner Futurama-fanboy is writhing with jealousy. :D

Which version of Adobe do you have? One trick you might try is just to open directly in Adobe Acrobat; it should just convert them into PDFs.

[weirdguy]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/52aa149c.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/3f4ada94.jpg

Found this today for $2 at a thrift. I can't open most of the files at the moment (they're AI files but my Adobe isn't able to open them) but they're mostly promo art of characters and locations, including a black and white size reference chart of the main characters. I'm guessing the fax sheet was to send to Fox for clearances. It's nice having the whole theme song as well. :)

You're gonna sell that ? Let me know if you do.

[Kitsune Sniper]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/52aa149c.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/3f4ada94.jpg

Found this today for $2 at a thrift. I can't open most of the files at the moment (they're AI files but my Adobe isn't able to open them) but they're mostly promo art of characters and locations, including a black and white size reference chart of the main characters. I'm guessing the fax sheet was to send to Fox for clearances. It's nice having the whole theme song as well. :)

*sniff*

You've done me proud. :p

[wallydawg]

Today I got a 32x $5, came with power adapter and that extra plastic thing that sits between the 32x unit and the genesis. Luckily it worked because when I checked the receipt for the return policy the Goodwill girl had listed it as a paper shredder. :lol:
http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/6733/32xl.jpg

Also picked up one of those weird Dual Analog controllers and a Ps1 Multitap it was attached to for $5. This one. (http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19126) Flightstick mode sounds pretty cool but I doubt I will ever use it really.
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4133/dualanalog.jpg

[Junkyrdsalesman]

Today I got a 32x $5, came with power adapter and that extra plastic thing that sits between the 32x unit and the genesis. Luckily it worked because when I checked the receipt for the return policy the Goodwill girl had listed it as a paper shredder. :lol:

Also picked up one of those weird Dual Analog controllers and a Ps1 Multitap it was attached to for $5. This one. (http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19126) Flightstick mode sounds pretty cool but I doubt I will ever use it really.

No actual pictures right now since it's 4AM and everyone is all up in my shit to sign up for their site in order to upload photos (when did imageshack start this?)

That flightstick is $20 at my local store in a beat up box, is it worth anything?

[Deadman]

I have GOT to get out more. This months finds thread has some killer stuff in it - <jealous>