June 2012 Finds

[Collector_Gaming]

I picked up an nes rock n roller controller at a goodwill on the way home from visiting my sister. Its in the original box. It is for sure something you dont see every day. I never had even of heard of it before.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kBMscW_dVg

8:15

[Porksta]

Decent day at the thrifts. Not gonna make enough to retire, but should be enough to pay for what I bought myself:

Thrift Store #1
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/DSC01732.jpg
CDs were $2, DVDs $3

Thrift Store #2
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/DSC01731.jpg
Random disc bags - $4.50 after tax for all three. Got Star Ocean disc 1 and 2 in separate bags, as well as FF XIII discs 1 and 3
Walk The Line - $2.30 after tax. Surprised everything was included, nothing stolen.
Seven - $3.89 after tax
Inuyasha (no manual) - $.55 after tax
FF Tactics (GH) - $1.50 after tax
Not pictured is an authentic Clinton Portis Broncos jersey I got for $15.74 after tax

Goodwill
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/DSC01729.jpg
Chronic - $3.14 after tax
DVD - $4.19 after tax

Thrift Store #3
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/DSC01730.jpg
Deadwood (box is beat up and missing discs 4 and 5) - $6.72 after tax

[Kitsune Sniper]

Welp, not much today... I wasn't going to make a post but I felt two of the items were oddball enough to merit one.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-06-11.jpg
The Best of Charles Brown - $1
Disney's Newsies Soundtrack - $1 (what the hell is this?)
Jimmy Durante & Bing Crosby - "Star Off Every Day With A Song" (new) - $1

And the crown jewel, the pick of the litter, the best thing I've ever seen:

Don Johnson - Heart Beat - $1

I mean seriously look at that! I stumbled upon a Laserdisc of a music video from this album like a year ago and thought to myself, "If I ever see this on CD, I'm buying it!" I didn't even think it was released on CD but look. There it is.

The other wacky thing I picked up was a movie called "Sensitive Johnson". It's a comedy about a guy who suffers from premature ejaculation issues and stuff. It's on a DVD-R, and it has the soundtrack, on CD-R too. It stars a guy called "Chris Valenti", here's his website (http://chrisvalentimusic.net/). Apparently this movie was entirely self-released by the guy, so I figured, why not. The entire movie is up on Youtube, and he seems to be a decent comedian. He CAN sing, too. A pretty cool find, too bad the artwork is super faded. :(

Edit: Oh yeah, this was also taken with my brand new camera! My sister bought this for me. Last Black Friday. She barely sent it to me. Sheesh. :P It can also take really awesome videos so I may end up doing some about my collection in the future.

[PapaStu]

What the hell is Newsies? It's a musical! One that is based in New York circa 1880's and all the crazy newspaper wars that were happening then and what Pulitzer and Hearst were doing to get stories and how they ran the place. I don't know if the Broadway show came first, but there is one as well.

I've still got the cassette around somewhere. I loved it when I was little.

Pulitzer may crack the whip but he don't own us!

Pulitzer may crack the whip but he don't own ussssssssss!

[DigitalSpace]

Ah, Newsies. The film that nearly everyone had to sit through at least once in their middle school days.

My lone thrift find yesterday: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 for the GBA for $1.99.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4584/image06112012202404a.jpg

Coincidentally, it turns out that yesterday marked the 11th anniversary of the US release of the GBA... which I wasn't aware of until I got home and wound up reading about it.

[Kitsune Sniper]

What the hell is Newsies? It's a musical! One that is based in New York circa 1880's and all the crazy newspaper wars that were happening then and what Pulitzer and Hearst were doing to get stories and how they ran the place. I don't know if the Broadway show came first, but there is one as well.

I've still got the cassette around somewhere. I loved it when I was little.

Pulitzer may crack the whip but he don't own us!

Pulitzer may crack the whip but he don't own ussssssssss!

I had -never- heard of this movie until yesterday. It has never been on TV down here as far as I know. I'm more or less up to date with US pop culture but damn, I didn't have a clue about it. Apparently Christian Bale was in it, too. What the hell!

[FamicomFreak]

A wicked addition to my collection!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/Finds422SuperMarioBros2AsianVersion.jpg

[yoshilime53]

I waltzed into the local thrift store to check if they had any new t-shirts in stock. Sadly, they did not. They did get about 8 new NES games though, so i took and gander and saw a few i didn't recognize. At 5 dollars each, it was a gamble, but i picked up 2.

The first, Palamedes, turned out to be worthless. I picked it up because the label was strange and ugly, usually a sign of either a rarer game, or something strange.

The second was this:
http://i.imgur.com/olxJ7.jpg?1

It looked cool, and it caught my eye, so i bought it.

Turns out its rare? A quick ebay search turns up a loose copy like mine sold for 75 bucks. The box alone sells for 108!

While i lost of Palamedes, i am excited over this Fire 'n Ice find. I think i'll end up selling it, i kinda lost interest in collecting games i would never play.

[camarotuner]

A wicked addition to my collection!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/Finds422SuperMarioBros2AsianVersion.jpg

Um, what is it?

[InsaneDavid]

While i lost of Palamedes, i am excited over this Fire 'n Ice find. I think i'll end up selling it, i kinda lost interest in collecting games i would never play.

Palamedes is never a loss! I have no problem admitting it's one of my favorite NES games.

[FamicomFreak]

Um, what is it?

It's Super Mario Bros 2 Asian Version. It's the version that was released in Korea I believe.

[SparTonberry]

Palamedes is never a loss! I have no problem admitting it's one of my favorite NES games.

While it's a cool idea that they use the cart label as a quick-reference for the possible combos you can make, I guess they kinda forgot the cart becomes hidden inside the front loader while you play. :P

Fire 'n Ice has really increased in value. I think it was only a few years I bought the game on a BIN easily for $30 cart only with a photocopied manual.

I'd have guessed the SMB2 was a HK version. Were Korean games labeled in Korean as well (as the Hyundai Comboy as well as the NES. Don't why it seemed like consoles in Korea at the time needed two names.)?

[Reverend JagDiesel]

I rarely find anything anymore, but saw quite a bit of loose NES commons and even some PS3 games at Goodwill this past weekend. Nothing I needed, so I left them for the next guy. Hit the pawn shop across the center from Goodwill and got a Halo Xbox, with controller, DVD kit, and hookups for $25. Not sure if that's a smoking deal, but an extra Xbox is never a bad thing.

[Kitsune Sniper]

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-06-13a.jpg
Science Fiction Movie Themes
V/A - Save Our Wetlands
Woodie Guthrie - Pastures of Plenty
$1 each.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-06-13b.jpg
Spore (PC/Mac, new)
Dragon Age II Signature Edition (PC/Mac, new)
$5 for both. (And damn my luck... Steam just put Spore on sale for five bucks a pop. So much for a quick sale on eBay...)

And I wasn't sure whether or not to buy this...

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-06-13c.jpg
Yeah. An official Cardcaptors / Card Captor Sakura Clow Card and Clow Book set (US edition). This was... cheap, but not as cheap as I'd wanted. And uh... this appears to sell for a pretty penny on eBay ($50 without a box). This one seems to be complete and unused, but I haven't checked it out completely yet.

[Guyra]

Duke Nukem Forever: Duke's Kick Ass Edition (PS3) about $8. :P

[yoshilime53]

Palamedes is never a loss! I have no problem admitting it's one of my favorite NES games.

The creepy sentient jelly cubes on the cover threw me off.

[Porksta]

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/DSC01733.jpg

Shrek collection - $13.56
Kinect Sports - $7.31
Staind CD - $1.04
Dexter - 300 points ($15) on Goozex

[markusman64ds]

5309

Got some free Elvis 8-tracks! Any idea what these are worth?

[Gameguy]

Yeah. An official Cardcaptors / Card Captor Sakura Clow Card and Clow Book set (US edition). This was... cheap, but not as cheap as I'd wanted. And uh... this appears to sell for a pretty penny on eBay ($50 without a box). This one seems to be complete and unused, but I haven't checked it out completely yet.
I remember that show, it wasn't that bad. Some of the merchandise can be worth a lot but others can be worthless. I'm trying to sell some old VHS tapes and DVDs on Kijiji locally but there isn't too much interest, there's more interest in the original Japanese version which I don't have.

[Collector_Gaming]

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd158/car_show_fan/game%20finds/IMG_0401.jpg
got super mario world for SNES
paid way too much for it... pretty much ebay retail. but they are so friggin hard to find around here because everyone has hung onto their copies for whatever reason and i wanted one for myself. Whatever atleast i finally have it.

[theclaw]

heh. super mario world would be fun for variant collectors. in print into like 1998. there's KA rated, E rated, Korea, Canada, Australia...

[Balloon Fight]

I think i'll end up selling it, i kinda lost interest in collecting games i would never play.

Be sure to play Fire N Ice before you sell it. It's an amazing puzzle game that's easily one of the best for the system.

[Collector_Gaming]

Be sure to play Fire N Ice before you sell it. It's an amazing puzzle game that's easily one of the best for the system.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t782B0zK3Y
that does look pretty fun to me!

[SparTonberry]

heh. super mario world would be fun for variant collectors. in print into like 1998. there's KA rated, E rated, Korea, Canada, Australia...

There's also the fat and slim cart variations (changed over in early 1993). One of the very few games to get that (excluding Majesco print runs. I know I didn't get my original copy of Castlevania IV until about mid 1994, and I recall it was still a fat cart. Definitely wasn't a Majesco. Though it's been years since I had that copy.)

While F-Zero (original release) was also printed well into at least 1995, I don't think there are non-Player's Choice slim carts, are there? (unless Nintendo just printed years' worth of FZ carts and it took that long to sell them)
Player's Choice release wouldn't have been until 1996-1998.
It looks StarFox was printed in both cart variations, though.

[Guyra]

Swords of Destiny (PS2)

[BetaWolf47]

Yeah, Fire N Ice is a great game. It's kind of similar to Lost Vikings. Definitely the best puzzle/platformer for NES, even better than Lolo or Kickle Cubicle. Didn't know it went for $75 though. Last I heard, it only went for $40 or something.

[The 1 2 P]

I really wish these community yard sales would wait until Friday to start. Lately several have been starting on Wednesday or Thursday which is a bit too early in the week for me. Anyway...

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1467.jpg

Super Nintendo Players Guide $1
Top Secret Passwords For Nes $1
Super Metroid(Snes) strategy guide $1
Nintendo Power magazine issue 103 $1
Final Fantasy VII(PS1) strategy guide $1
Final Fantasy VIII(PS1) strategy guide $1
Final Fantasy IX(PS1) strategy guide $1
Parasite Eve(PS1) strategy guide $1

These were all from a yardsale. The guy said he only wanted a dollar for each so I took everything he had. I've always liked old codebooks for Nes games. And since I still haven't played Super Metroid yet that book may come in handy. As usual rpg strategy guides are worth a bit more than most non-rpg ones so even those seemed like a good pick up...even though I'm not a fan of rpg games.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1465.jpg

Super Mario World(Snes) cart and manual $2
Parasite Eve(PS1) $2
Rumble Roses XX(360) $2
Supercar Street Challenge(PS2) $2
Mortal Kombat(Snes) $5
Mortal Kombat II(Snes) $2
Super Mario World(Snes) $2

The cart version of SMW and Parasite Eve were from the same guy I bought the strategy guides from. They were marked at $3 each but I offered him $2 a piece to make my total $12. Two houses over from him(this was a community yard sale) I found all the other stuff, including boxed complete copies of all three Snes games and the 360 and PS2 game. I remember always wanting that racing game before I had a PS2 and it never went on clearance low enough where I felt it was worth it to pick up(I think the lowest it got was $20). And Rumble Roses XX is.....um, something I can play on my 360. Then again, I still have the first one for PS2 and have yet to play it after all these years. But atleast this one is open and sometimes thats half the battle. And is it just me or is Super Mario World one of the most difficult Mario games to sell for a decent price? I can sell Nes Mario games easier and quicker than SMW. It's one of the only Mario games I have trouble moving and I find them all the time. The two I found at this yardsale get added to the other cart only one I'm still trying to sell for $8.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1482.jpg

100 Wonders Of The World hardcover $2.50
Halo: The Cole Protocol paperback 17 cents
Puni Puni Poemy dvd $4

That hardcover book is not only larger than most small children but it would probably intimidate most early teens. But on the plus side it could always double as a makeshift kevlar vest. The Halo novel was marked down cheaper than most paperbacks for some reason and the anime dvd came with a free patch. You can't go wrong with patches.



http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd158/car_show_fan/game%20finds/IMG_0401.jpg
got super mario world for SNES
paid way too much for it... pretty much ebay retail. but they are so friggin hard to find around here because everyone has hung onto their copies for whatever reason and i wanted one for myself. Whatever atleast i finally have it.

You should have went to my sales thread months ago. I've had one sitting on there and on ebay forever. Like I said earlier, that is the Mario game I have the most trouble with moving and not because I'm trying to get alot of money for it. I guess theres just so many for sale online that mine always get overlooked.

[Steve W]

I didn't find anything video game-wise, but I did find an Entex Jackpot! Gin Rummy & Blackjack electronic handheld from 1980 for $3.99. There was also an Entex Poker handheld I passed on, since I've already got two and have now passed on a couple more in the wild now.

[Gameguy]

And is it just me or is Super Mario World one of the most difficult Mario games to sell for a decent price? I can sell Nes Mario games easier and quicker than SMW. It's one of the only Mario games I have trouble moving and I find them all the time.
I usually have no trouble selling copies locally for $10 each. I used to avoid buying copies because they were so common and I always heard people wanted to avoid them like Super Mario/Duck Hunt carts, but now I'm happy to pick them up if I can come across them.

Also, that boxed copy you found would be worth more as boxes are very difficult to find for that game. Most copies were pack-ins that never came with a box. You found lots of good stuff so congrats, that anime is also pretty funny if you get a chance to watch it.

[DigitalSpace]

My lone thrift find yesterday: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 for the GBA for $1.99.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4584/image06112012202404a.jpg

I wound up going back to that thrift today, and found another GBA game: Wario Land 4. This was also $1.99.

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7513/image06142012203455.jpg

[SparTonberry]

I usually have no trouble selling copies locally for $10 each. I used to avoid buying copies because they were so common and I always heard people wanted to avoid them like Super Mario/Duck Hunt carts, but now I'm happy to pick them up if I can come across them.

Also, that boxed copy you found would be worth more as boxes are very difficult to find for that game. Most copies were pack-ins that never came with a box. You found lots of good stuff so congrats, that anime is also pretty funny if you get a chance to watch it.

Yep, SMW boxes (especially non-Player's Choice) are a lot less common than the cart or manual, so are in higher demand. In addition to being a pack-in without a box, it was also such a popular game that a lot of people who bought it separately probably threw the box out.
Same story with Tetris for Game Boy.

[FamicomFreak]

Here is another lot of DOS games. Some duplicates as you can see but I wanted Jill of the Jungle so bad!!!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/DukeNukumandJilloftheJungle.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/SuperArcadeGamesCommanderKeenCrystalCavesCD-ManDesertStormandCommanderKeen.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/DOSGamesRomancingtheroseBoloAdventures2HugosAdvent ureSharkAttackKungFuLoieandChineseCheckers.jpg

[Kitsune Sniper]

Aren't those shareware version, though? The ones with like three levels only?

[BetaWolf47]

"Duke Nukum" Seems legit.

[MASTERWEEDO]

"Duke Nukum" Seems legit.


After the game's release, Apogee became aware of a Captain Planet villain called Duke Nukem,[4] and to avoid a lawsuit Apogee renamed the 2.0 version of its game Duke Nukum, having rejected the idea of discarding the pun on "nuke" and respelling the name Newcomb or Newcombe. It later turned out that Duke Nukem was not a registered name, so Apogee registered it and used the original Duke Nukem name in the sequels.[5]
LINK. (http://www.3drealms.com/duke1/index.html)

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

For those who may have read my posts about the Gen/Sega CD package that I picked up last week with the unidentified orange light gun, it has now been identified. It looks like it originally went to the SNES via an adapter. Here is an old thread on here about it:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-77552.html

and a couple of pics:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/qbertandernie/shoota.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/qbertandernie/shootaback.jpg

[Jaruff]

For those who may have read my posts about the Gen/Sega CD package that I picked up last week with the unidentified orange light gun, it has now been identified. It looks like it originally went to the SNES via an adapter. Here is an old thread on here about it:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-77552.html

and a couple of pics:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/qbertandernie/shoota.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/qbertandernie/shootaback.jpg

Makes sense. Cool nonetheless.


I got this baby in the mail today:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/320921199104?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649


Picked up the Sega Remote Arcade set a month or two ago and finally have a set of these in the box.

[The 1 2 P]

Also, that boxed copy you found would be worth more as boxes are very difficult to find for that game. Most copies were pack-ins that never came with a box. You found lots of good stuff so congrats, that anime is also pretty funny if you get a chance to watch it.

I suppose that explains why the buy it now auction I put it up for ended within an hour of being listed. I thought it was just a fluke that someone was looking for a complete copy at the right time. But from experience I can agree that I rarely ever see boxed copies but cart only copies pop up about every other month. And I am going to watch Puni Puni Poemy. Anytime I pick up anime it's for me to watch first. If I like it I keep it.

I picked up a bunch of stuff at a huge community yard sale today but because I'm going to a flea market and a few thrift stores tomorrow(and possibly Sunday) I'm going to hold off on pics until then.

[Enmity]

I hit up a couple Good Wills today and found the following

The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons You Decide on the Adventure book. $0.49
Blaze & Blade Eternal Quest PC $1.99

Eleven Crimson Fire Games $1.99 This one I had never heard of the games, but apparently they are PalmOS games. The company website isn't even online anymore. This cd looks like its a burned disk. I'm not even sure if the company sold CDs of their software. The games on the disk are:
Kyle's Quest 2
Solskia
Galactic Realms
Nike Street Rock
Buyo Burst
Xtreme Snowboarding
Welded Warriors
Nike Shade Running
Kyle's Quest Classic
Kyle's Quest Dungeons
Firestorm OS5

From K-Mart I got:
Energizer Xbox 360 controller charger $6.00

[SparTonberry]

I suppose that explains why the buy it now auction I put it up for ended within an hour of being listed. I thought it was just a fluke that someone was looking for a complete copy at the right time. But from experience I can agree that I rarely ever see boxed copies but cart only copies pop up about every other month. And I am going to watch Puni Puni Poemy. Anytime I pick up anime it's for me to watch first. If I like it I keep it.

I picked up a bunch of stuff at a huge community yard sale today but because I'm going to a flea market and a few thrift stores tomorrow(and possibly Sunday) I'm going to hold off on pics until then.

I see your listing (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item2ebf17ffdd&item=200774516701&nma=true&pt=Video_Games_Games&rt=nc&si=XkRneebzJ80qMYarhmBPJiQLkEE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc)
Really, cart only copies only poping up rarely? Do you mean single cart listings?
I'd imagine it appears at least in lots more frequently.

[Tokimemofan]

LINK. (http://www.3drealms.com/duke1/index.html)

I always wondered about how they handled that conflict.

[The 1 2 P]

Really, cart only copies only poping up rarely? Do you mean single cart listings?
I'd imagine it appears at least in lots more frequently.

I'm talking about in the wild. I find loose carts of SMW about once every 2-3 months. The boxed one I sold was the first complete one I've ever found.

[yoshilime53]

"Video"
that does look pretty fun to me!

It looks very well made and pretty clever. Not much for puzzle games though, i think i'd get stuck 5 minutes in haha. I can see why people would want to pay for it though!

[Guyra]

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm19/MagnusGuyra/Picture11.jpg

Okami (PS2)
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (PS2)
Warriors Orochi 2 (PS2)
Splinter Cell Trilogy (Classics HD, PS3)

226kr totalt på CDON.com, inkludert frakt. (Hadde gavekort på 50kr og 30% rabatt på tre av spillene.) :D

All brand new in plastic. Total of USD $38.00 / GBP £24.50, shipping included.

[FamicomFreak]

New arrivals!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/Finds424SweetHomeBalloonFightDonkeyKong3andHydlide FamicomTitles.jpg

[Kitsune Sniper]

A guy was selling complete in box Genesis games at two for five bucks. I wish I had enough money to buy them all, but I walked away with Ys III, Bio-Hazard Battle, Toe Jam & Earl and Trouble Shooter. All in pristine condition. Too bad I'm going to have to sell them off. Stupid crappy economy. :(

I had to leave behind Batman and Quackshot... two games I wanted for my personal collection. :(

[Dreadstar]

Goldeneye (n64 loose) 99 cents
Mario Power Tennis (Wii complete) 6.99

at two of my regional Goodwills

[SEGA_Queen]

I found one cute item this week:

Kirby Plush for $11.99 (New)

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w361/SEGA_Queen/My%20Finds/KirbyPlush.jpg

I put the PS1 games I found earlier this month on Craigslist to see if I could get any money to add to my PS3 fund. But even with a rare game in the lot (Tomba 2), and the prices being lower than the shops, no one was interested.

So I ended up trading them all to a local game shop, and broke even on them. Of course, the day after I traded them in, someone emailed me regarding my copy of Tomba 2. Oh well, that's life.

I also sold off a lot of Yu-gi-oh cards this morning for $30.00. It turns out the buyer is giving them to a bunch of YGO crazed kids he works with. I was glad to hear that they're going to someone who'll enjoy them!

[jeffg]

So $100 and road trip gets me the following. Anyone see the gem in the lot :)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/jeff_in_edon/P1050344.jpg

[Sailorneorune]

I found one cute item this week:

Kirby Plush for $11.99 (New)

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w361/SEGA_Queen/My%20Finds/KirbyPlush.jpg

I put the PS1 games I found earlier this month on Craigslist to see if I could get any money to add to my PS3 fund. But even with a rare game in the lot (Tomba 2), and the prices being lower than the shops, no one was interested.

So I ended up trading them all to a local game shop, and broke even on them. Of course, the day after I traded them in, someone emailed me regarding my copy of Tomba 2. Oh well, that's life.

I also sold off a lot of Yu-gi-oh cards this morning for $30.00. It turns out the buyer is giving them to a bunch of YGO crazed kids he works with. I was glad to hear that they're going to someone who'll enjoy them!

Where did you get that Kirby plush? I couldn't find one for less than $35! Then again, it WAS OMGcon, and the only vendor with Kirbies that weren't of dubious authenticity...

[The 1 2 P]

I went to a big ass community yard sale that covered four main streets and atleast two dozen side streets. I left at 6:30 in the morning and after getting there alittle before 7:30 I ended up not leaving until a little before 2:30. I didn't get to check every single house but I covered a good portion of them and luckily I seemed to be the only one(out of the hundreds of people searching) that was looking for video games. That left me with some good deals but I also left behind alot of stuff.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1487.jpg

Pikmin 2(GC) strategy guide 50 cents
Metal Gear Acid(PSP) $2
Metal Gear Solid: Official Graphic Novel(PSP) $2
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days(DS) $3
Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Mini Land Mayhem(DS) factory sealed $7
Trauma Center: Under The Knife(DS) $2
Shadow Hearts: From The New World(PS2) $4
Shadow Hearts: Covenant(PS2) $4
WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010(360) $5
WWE Toy Belt $1

I got the Pikmin 2 guide from the same seller that I got a Star Wars: KOTOR guide from last year at this same community yard sale. They also had a Sonic The Hedgehog kids book but I passed on that. The two Metal Gear PSP games and Trauma Center were all from the same kid. The Kingdom Hearts game was marked at $5 but I talked her down to $3. Likewise, the Mario Vs Donkey Kong game was $10. Although that was a good price for it being sealed I still talked him down to $7. The two Shadow Hearts games were the first two video game finds of the day after looking at atleast 15 diiferent sellers by that time. I offered a seller $1 for the wrestling belt and he accepted it(it was in a box of other junk for $2 but I didn't want any of that other stuff). And Smackdown Vs Raw was mixed in with a pile of random movies. SVR2010 and the belt are the only things I'm keeping for myself.

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Gears of War: Coalition's End hardcover book
Gears of War: Anvil Gate softcover book
Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant softcover book
Gears of War: Aspho Fields softcover book
Watchmen dvd $1
Dead Space: Downfall dvd 50 cents
Dead Space: Aftermath dvd 50 cents
Black Stars Of Professional Wrestling book $1

This was my favorite find of the whole yardsale and made it worth searching for the entire 7 hours I was there. Everything in that pic came from one seller with the exception of the wrestling book. I grabbed the three dvds at first because they were a good price and I'm always trying to keep up with video game and comic related movies. I haven't even played either of the Dead Space games yet(outside of the demo for Dead Space 2) but these dvds should help me get alittle caught up on the story. As I was leaving I saw the Gears books in a pile on the ground. He had a tag on them asking $8 for the set. Truth be told, I would have gladly paid that much for them but I offered him $5 and he accepted. I have yet to read any of these books but I've heard Karen Traviss is a good writer and I enjoyed the one story I've read of hers in the Halo anthology novel so I'm looking forward to reading all four of these books. The wrestling book was the lone thing I found today at the flea market and thrift store. I've always thought a book like this was long overdue but it turns out this one has been out for quite some time. It will most likely be the next thing I read.

[SEGA_Queen]

Where did you get that Kirby plush? I couldn't find one for less than $35! Then again, it WAS OMGcon, and the only vendor with Kirbies that weren't of dubious authenticity...

It was in a local specialty toy store. And before you ask, no they don't have an online store.

The plush's tag has the Nintendo seal of approval and the Nintendo/HAL Laboratory copyright info on it, so I assume it's an official licensed product. It's distributed in NA by a company called Global Holdings, Inc.

Now that I think of it, I recall seeing this plush while watching Youtube videos of the Nintendo World Store. The tag at least looks the same as the ones in the videos.

[Sailorneorune]

Yeah, that's the one I saw. However, between that, bootleg plushies at one vendor's booth, and $400 Sailor Moon artbooks, I don't recall a time in the OMGcon vendor room that I WASN'T pissed off. I guess I'll need to check around - maybe one of the comic shops or even Toys R Us might have Kirby eventually.

[SEGA_Queen]

Yeah, that's the one I saw. However, between that, bootleg plushies at one vendor's booth, and $400 Sailor Moon artbooks, I don't recall a time in the OMGcon vendor room that I WASN'T pissed off. I guess I'll need to check around - maybe one of the comic shops or even Toys R Us might have Kirby eventually.

$400 for a Sailor Moon artbook!? Sheesh, I knew they were rare and expensive, but that price is insane!

[Sailorneorune]

The $400 artbook was #5 (from the Stars arc). The first rule of shopping for Sailor Moon merchandise seems to be "if it comes from Season 5, bend over". I think they took someone's eBay BIN, slapped it on a Post-it note, and left their sanity in Nashville or wherever the hell it is they came from. I admit I did buy 2 Pikachu keychains and a Rayearth doll from them, though... $35 for all. Funny how their not-Sailor Moon stuff was nicely priced.

With the Sailor Moon manga revival and Great Eastern merchandising blitz, we need English artbooks yesterday. I would (almost) kill for them, but they probably won't happen, since Kodansha USA seems to enjoy screwing with me, seeing has how they've delayed Phoenix Wright manga volume 5 3 times already...

Sorry for the bitterness; I've been screwed out of the remaining Sailor Moon artbooks twice in the span of 2-3 months because someone decides they want to get Amazon money out of me without Amazon fees.

I did manage to get Beck, Night Raid 1931, Nerima Daikon Brothers, Wallflower, Smash Bros. Brawl, and Reality Check #1 signed... OMGcon itself is great. Some of the vendors need to be slapped, though. But I guess it's that way with pretty much all cons...

Managed to pick up Sin & Punishment 2 and SMT Nocturne today. Maybe I'll like Nocturne more that I know what I'm doing this time, having had more exposure to SMT games and how they work.

[joshnickerson]

Another Saturday morning, another visit to the dirt mall...
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Game Informer magazines were .50 each... and yes, the Kid Icarus card was still inside the Assassin's Creed issue, the only reason I picked these up. Reno 911 seasons were $5 each, and the games were $2 each. Godzilla will be a prank gift for a friend. :D
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After the dirt mall, took advantage of the TRU 2 for $30 sale and picked up Pikmin 2 and Sonic Racing. And from the interwebs, the Kid Icarus Uprising guide, which I had no idea existed up until a couple of weeks ago.

[SparTonberry]

I tried to find my own copy of Pikmin 2. Went to four stores on launch day, only one GameStop reported having one but sold it before I could get it.
Now I have to wait for amazon to get more.

[Flashback2012]

I perused a couple of Gamestop stores in a more swankier part of town. Snagged Mind Quiz and Mech Assault: Phantom War for DS. I also picked up a PSP copy of Worms: Open Warfare. I noticed the case looked a little off because I spied a holographic sticker on the back. Upon closer inspection I realized it was the EU release. :)

I dropped by the Half Price books in that area and picked up Kingdom Hearts RE: Chain of Memories on PS2. They had a SMT: Devil Summoner 2 CIB with the Jack plushie for $25. I already had it so I passed. I swung over to the Graphic Novel/Trade Paperbacks and saw that someone sold them like 4 different DC Absolute Editions including Green Lantern: Rebirth, Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Justice (the Alex Ross maxi series). They were between $38-50 but a few dinged up so I passed on all of them. Since I saw those, I searched the entire shelf in the remote hope I might find a hardcover copy of JLA/Avengers. Unfortunately I did not see one. :|

[InsaneDavid]

Sorry for the bitterness; I've been screwed out of the remaining Sailor Moon artbooks twice in the span of 2-3 months because someone decides they want to get Amazon money out of me without Amazon fees.

Other than manga or DVD's you've had about ten years to get cheap Sailor Moon merchandise. Those days have passed (other than original translated manga of course which is nearly worthless now), at least for the foreseeable future. Sealed boxes of Sailor Moon CCG premiere boosters used to be easily obtainable for $30 two years ago. Now $60 - $70 is the starting range. A sealed box of Past & Future booster packs? $90 starting range these days, up from $50 or so. No one cares really (including myself) but the "unlimited base set" of the premiere cards randomly packed in with the P&F boosters is not only going to become even more impossible to complete (due to the unpopularity of the P&F booster packs at retail as well as the huge supply of the premier packs) but extremely expensive at that. I'm two foils out of the premiere set and about ten cards out of the P&F set and could fill them with single card purchases but would rather go the sealed pack route because I'm insane. LOL Then again I think I have like 3600+ cards right now or something and yes I do play the game.

I can't blame people for selling their Sailor Moon stuff for fair market value (eBay and whatnot) with how high most of it is right now. I'm not talking about the people trying to get $80 for a single DVD disc but instead the supported price that things actually quickly move at. I've been guilty of this and I've seen a handful of members here post Sailor Moon stuff in the finds thread that went back out for fast resale. There will always be deals to be found but Sailor Moon has become the EarthBound of anime in North America. The only art book I can remember going for crazy money ten years ago was the infinity manga art volume, everything else could be had for $20 - $30 with a little patience.

As for my finds I bought a box of loose consoles for $10.00 at a yard sale that contained the following...

Dreamcast console (loose) x2
Nintendo 64 console (loose)
Saturn Model 2 console (loose)
Saturn Model 2 control pad (loose)

One of the Dreamcast systems had a copy of Power Stone inside so I figured at least one of the systems would probably work and I could always use extra parts and shells. Originally I was just after the Saturn to which I was told $2.00 and then $10.00 for the box. Everything needed the usual cleaning. Both the Dreamcast systems work great and I've put four hours of usage on each without a single problem. The copy of Power Stone, while loose, is in excellent condition. The N64 has no problems either. The Saturn needs a new laser assembly but I have a spare in storage that I need to grab and swap in.

At another yard sale I bought a Model 2 Genesis with Sega branded RF switch and a Model 1 Genesis power supply for $2.00. The lady running the sale was one of the crabbiest people I've met at a yard sale in years, didn't even know what the items were, and got in my face about explaining them to her and then making a price. The system ended up being a waste due to a number of issues but I'll be able to salvage some parts from it. I found a GameCube power supply for $0.50 at a small garage sale when stopping nearby for a large estate sale.

I also picked up Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle on DVD for $5.00 from another yard sale. Other than that all the estate sales and other yard sales were complete busts. The big lot of systems was one of our last stops when swinging back around and heading home after being out for four hours.

[camarotuner]

At the toomanygames convention I picked a friend up...

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this game is surprisingly expensive for a final fight clone. But anyways I paid the one dealer 30 bucks and everybodies happy so yay.

[Tokimemofan]

Eggs of Steel PS1 $3
Sony PS1 Memory Card $3

[Jaruff]

A guy was selling complete in box Genesis games at two for five bucks. I wish I had enough money to buy them all, but I walked away with Ys III, Bio-Hazard Battle, Toe Jam & Earl and Trouble Shooter. All in pristine condition. Too bad I'm going to have to sell them off. Stupid crappy economy. :(

I had to leave behind Batman and Quackshot... two games I wanted for my personal collection. :(

Oh man, I was selling loose Genesis games this weekend for $1 apiece and boxed (some complete) for $2. Nothing that great but still solid deals. One guy my age bought a couple and a vendor bought three of them. However, that vendor bought all of my DC games (commons) at $2 apiece.

You can get at least $30 for that TJ&E if it's minty. That's what I sold a copy for a month ago.



I got some really cool things over the weekend.

Gamecube w/ GB Player, controller, two memory cards, hookups + SNES MK2 and MK3 - $20
Gamecube w/ ~10 games, two controllers - $20
Two broken Xbox 360 consoles + two power bricks + AV cable - $15
Boss GT-5 Guitar Effects Processor - $50
Seiko SQ 4004 Watch - $3
Vintage Sony Boombox - $5
Sealed Duke Nukem Shareware Version - $2
Pokemon Red + Gold - $20
Vintage Sony Walkman - $2

First guy wanted $15 for GC w/ GB and $4 apiece on the SNES games. I haggled to $22 for everything (saved a dollar, yey). The second GC was at asking price. This lady had each 360 marked $10 each but she was desperate to sell them. Before I even said anything, she said $5 for both. Offered to throw in two working PSU's and the AV cable for an extra $10. They are in pretty rough shape and I may not even fix them; should make a decent profit selling them as-is. The guy with the GT-5 was asking $60, I countered with $50 and he happily accepted. Already have a similar device for my studio but it's a nice flip in the $120-150 range. The watch was asking price, it's probably worth $20-25 but I'm likely keeping it for myself. I can probably quadruple my money on the boombox once I clean it up. Shareware version of Duke is for me. Paid a little more than I usually do on the Pokemon games but I know those are easy sells. The Walkman was asking price; not an expensive model but it's not a terrible gamble. I'll still make a few bucks.

Finally, this lot of sealed PC software - $40

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I really don't like to pay this much for these kinds of things. The guy was wanting $5 apiece and he told me $2 apiece if I bought them all. After some counting and haggling, we settled on $40 (probably 1.5 a game). I couldn't walk away from sealed PC goodness like that. Plus I recognized one title that would pay for the entire lot.

The Duke Assault is the one that stood out. I found some on eBay a guy literally gave away for $9.99 apiece and those came from Gaffney SC. I bought these roughly an hour away from that place so I'm assuming my two copies came from the same wholesale lot. The guy acted as if he had a ton of these things but since I was on vacation, there's really no way for me to make an arrangement to purchase more. I should have no problem making my money back on these two alone. I already have a copy so it's not like I need them.

I know I should be able to get $10-20 on the Q!Zone and D!Zone boxes. I think the GameWizards box is worth a little bit too; can't remember. Don't think there's much value in everything else but as I said, the Duke lot made it worthwhile.


Not a terrible weekend at all. Only made $45 selling but it's the first time I've sold at that particular flea market and the interest in vintage games isn't that high there.

Edit: Does anyone know the value on those WC3 boxes? I haven't opened one up (and I won't until I know price) but the box says it's a pre-order with a novel included. Best Buy exclusive.

[Flashback2012]

Went to the flea market on Sunday for the first time in a few months. A couple of booths I had previously looked at/bought from were no longer there and a couple of new ones sprung up in different aisles. At one such booth, I found a decent range of games that weren't price too obnoxiously bad. They did have an old Pac-Man lunch box I would have liked to get but I wasn't going to pay the $40 asking price. I ended up finding something from that same vendor I purchased though. They had a CIB copy of The Smurfs on Game Gear (EU) for $10.

A little later I ventured over to a different Half Price Books and snagged the game Drawn: The Painted Tower on PC for $3. Apparently they must have gotten in a big buy of EA PC software because they were loaded with copies of Crysis 2 for $7 among others. I'll probably go back and pick that up at some point.

PS Jaruff: Let me know what you find out about those WC3 pre-order boxes. :)

[garagesaleking!!]

Another Saturday morning, another visit to the dirt mall...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/joshnickerson/dpblog/findsJune2012_D.jpg
Game Informer magazines were .50 each... and yes, the Kid Icarus card was still inside the Assassin's Creed issue, the only reason I picked these up. Reno 911 seasons were $5 each, and the games were $2 each. Godzilla will be a prank gift for a friend. :D
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/joshnickerson/dpblog/findsJune2012_E.jpg
After the dirt mall, took advantage of the TRU 2 for $30 sale and picked up Pikmin 2 and Sonic Racing. And from the interwebs, the Kid Icarus Uprising guide, which I had no idea existed up until a couple of weeks ago.

I have that issue laying around, what is so special about the kid icarus card?

[JSoup]

Not really worth getting my camera out for, but I got a Diablo 3 styled Battle.net Authenticator the other day.

[Kitsune Sniper]

You can get at least $30 for that TJ&E if it's minty. That's what I sold a copy for a month ago.I think the price went down a bit since then. I do intend to sell it for that much shipped... I've been getting a lot of ridiculous lowball offers these days. eBay selling isn't wirth it anymore.
I got some really cool things over the weekend.
Those are some damn nice finds. I'm curious about those WC3 preorder boxes too. Some Blizzard fans might be interested in paying good money for those.

[Deadman]

Good Lord it's been a long time since I posted a true find!! Well, since I attended OVGE this weekend, I might as well post my purchases as finds. They weren't many but they are nice!

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DC Magical Racing Tour - $5 from Brett (thanks bud!)
Kasumi Ninja (Jaguar) - $2 can't remember who I got it from
Spike (Vectrex) - $20 complete! From Delf (gracias)
Challenge of Nexar (2600) - $.99
Popful Mail (Sega CD) - $39.99
Vay (Sega CD) - $24.99

The last 3 were from Vintage Stock and I couldn't believe them when I saw them! The Working Designs games are complete and about as mint as possible!

[Jaruff]

I think the price went down a bit since then. I do intend to sell it for that much shipped... I've been getting a lot of ridiculous lowball offers these days. eBay selling isn't wirth it anymore.
Those are some damn nice finds. I'm curious about those WC3 preorder boxes too. Some Blizzard fans might be interested in paying good money for those.

Yea, I'm still trying to dig up some info on the WC boxes. Just by reading the box, I know you bought it at Best Buy for $10 and used your receipt to redeem the game and pay it off at launch. I just wonder if you received another box or if they just handed you a jewel case.

I haven't opened a box yet (and don't plan to) but on the back, it states the box includes the ""WarCraft III: Lord of the Clans" novel and "a chance to win a high-end Intel Pentium 4 processor-based gaming system." I guess that's the 2002 version of free DLC for pre-orders. LOL I know the book can be purchased for ~$10 but anyone interested in a variant might want this. One of those weird quirky things. I actually thought they were retail boxes until I got home and took a good look at them.


I also realized that the picture I uploaded didn't include all of the games. Also included was another copy of the DN3D Game Wizards guide, some Mac software, some assorted sealed PC titles (nothing of note), and a sealed copy of Cryptic Passage for Blood. All of this has to be NOS from somewhere; probably a budget retail outlet. The guy I bought these from had a lot of NOS and box damaged merchandise.

[plaidbrad3141]

I had today off from work so I hit some of the local thrifts and pawns and such. Didn't see much until the last store. I found Steel Empire for Genesis cib and Guardian for Atari 2600 loose cart. I had with me an original Xbox system that I had picked up a couple weeks ago from a garage sale for $3. I asked the owner if he had any interest in the Xbox. Not really. Got to talking to him for awhile, told him I'd be interested in Steel Empire ($6 price) and Guardian ($8 price) he said tell you what I'll trade you the 2 games for the Xbox. Thank you sir. He said we both feel like we got the better deal. I said I guess we are both happy then. Very nice guy. Before he made that offer I even told him Guardian is a pretty rare game. I guess he didn't feel like messing with it so I replaced my damaged label copy with the cleaner label copy. Empire is complete but the cart label looks like it was in a fire. Box and instructions are clean, even came with the receipt showing purchased at Kay Bee Toys in 1995 for $19.99. Plays fine tho.
P.S Guardian is on Ebay. Will pull off Ebay for a good trade.

[Steve W]

At OVGE I picked up a nice amount of stuff...

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp222/StevePW/OVGE.jpg

On the drive home, I stopped at a little weird shop and bought Toy Bizarre and Up n' Down for the C64, Math Fun for the Intelly, H.E.R.O. for the Colecovision, and Dungeon Master II for the Sega CD, for a total of $31. He had some other stuff, like a boxed Emerson Arcadia 2001 with five boxed games along with heaps of Dreamcast games and some good Atari 5200 titles along with some nice Colecovision stuff, but they were too rich for my blood considering how much I blew at the show. So I just bought these.

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[FamicomFreak]

Just Breed for the Famicom and Foot Soldier!

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[DigitalSpace]

Found at a Goodwill:
NES dogbone controller - $3.99

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/2869/image06152012221105b.jpg

[xelement5x]

Challenge of Nexar (2600) - $.99
Popful Mail (Sega CD) - $39.99
Vay (Sega CD) - $24.99

The last 3 were from Vintage Stock and I couldn't believe them when I saw them! The Working Designs games are complete and about as mint as possible!

That's an awesome find on Popful Mail! That's about what I paid for my copy as well.... 2 years ago. Sega CD prices seem to be exploding recently and I haven't seen that game for under $100 in recent memory.

[Videogamerdaryll]

STREET FAIR PICK UPS..

I am sorry I don't have the time right now to list what I paid for things,somethings were free..
I did not get Super Cheap deals on things so I gotta sell the stuff at a decent price to make any money..

Mainly Video Game Soundtrack CDs..
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THESE ARE ALL FOR SALE-to go on ebay.I have already researched price.I just need to get the time to list them..


please check out the quick video..for a closer look
http://youtu.be/w6isdvsx6As




EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE..(EBAY=VIDEOGAMERDARYLL)

[Aussie2B]

Nice haul on all those soundtracks. All the US releases should be legit, but you better check the Japanese releases. There's a high chance that they're bootlegs. You can check for the proper publisher and catalog number on here:

http://vgmdb.net/

If any are from EverAnime, Sonmay, Miya, etc., they're fakes.