October 2010 Finds

[Kitsune Sniper]

Tenenbaums actually has TWO inserts; both are more fold-out than bookish. One insert is sketches of the sets and the other is notes from the movie, special thanks, et cetera.

Well, crap. I suppose a dollar for the discs isn't too bad, but still. :\

[orangest]

Highlights from the last couple of weeks of thrifts...



PS2-
Shadow Hearts-$4.99
Bully-$6.99
Madden 08 En Español-$5.99

Sealed VCD of The Twisted Tales of Felix The Cat: Gross Ghost and Other Stories-$2.00

Bootleg Donald Duck VCD, the cartoon is "Trick or Treat", fittingly enough. Chinese(?) subtitles and dubbing-$1.00

Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru 2 CD-$3.99

Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer CD-$3.99

Mario Teaches Typing 2 CD-ROM-$2.00

American McGee's Alice soundtrack CD, promo copy-$1.00

[Gameguy]

OSX 10.4 was $25, the other games were $10 total.

I'm a bit jealous, nice Infocom collections you've got there.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I'm a bit jealous, nice Infocom collections you've got there.

You realize they're for sale, right?

I also have Lost Treasures of Infocom around, but that's way too heavy to ship to Canada.

[Gameguy]

You realize they're for sale, right?

I also have Lost Treasures of Infocom around, but that's way too heavy to ship to Canada.

Ah, I see you have them on ebay. Still a good price, but I'm really cheap with PC games. $10 total for both would have been my limit, the shipping costs alone would probably be more than that.

Wait, out of all those games you're keeping the Terror Trax?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Wait, out of all those games you're keeping the Terror Trax?

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell no. They don't have a product listing though, so they'd charge me loads of money instead of five cents to list it. I have to wait for them to approve the listing I submitted! Amazon doesn't even HAVE this!

[understatement]

I only got one thing worth noting over the down time this tub…



Full of games!!

3x Sega Genesis (all hook-ups and 2 controllers for each)
2x Nintendos (all hook-ups, 1 light gun, and 2 controllers for each)
1x PS2 (no hook-ups)
1x N64 (no hook-ups)
1x 32x (no hook-ups)
1x Wii (all hook-ups but no controller)
2x plug N’ plays
and other random things (NES Mario, power cords, etc., etc.)

All of it was declared as “broken” so I gave $35 for it.
When testing, all the Genesises (?) worked. The NESs blinked, bent the pins back and they worked. The Wii had a game stuck in it and somehow the person got it out but the Wii was left thinking it had a game in it, all I had to do was take the top off to get a disc in above the stoppers and push the eject button now it works fine.

[frogofdeath]

Working on building a small, but solid Genesis collection. Added these two today; total was $3 and some change.

Picked these up at the same store that I saw a loose copy of Castlevania: Bloodlines last month. Slightly kicking myself for passing up that one, but the cart and sticker were in real poor physical condition.

[Goodwill Hunter]

Saw a bag with SNES games for $9.99 in the glass case at Goodwill today. They also had a bag of common NES games for $9.99 and a boxed cobalt blue Gameboy SP for $24.99, but I passed on those. It looked like the SNES bag had a console inside, but it was actually a Super Advantage joystick. What sealed the deal, however, was a few of the titles I could see through the bag:



In addition to the Joystick, an NES Zapper and RF switch, and two manuals, were 5 common games, and 5 that really caught my eye:

Mario is Missing
Plok
Pieces (R7)
Mega Man X
Snow White: Happily Ever After (R6)

Pretty eclectic mix of games, but a few nice additions to the collection for one low price!
Rich

[Cornelius]

Kinda regretting some of these purchases, but no biggie.


Miracle Piano w/ unopened PC software, manuals, AC adapter, foot pedal, and 'other' headphones for $25. I thought from the ad that the headphones would be the original ones (the woman selling on CL thought they were), and the Piano is missing the plastic insert thingy that would have the Nintendo seal of quality, so that's a bummer. I already have a complete minus box M.P., so this purchase was purely because I thought I could sell the AC, pedal, headphones, and maybe manuals to make up my cost and help some people here or at NA complete there sets, but I knew it would be close even w/ the headphones (they seem to be the hardest part to find). So if you need any of those (not the headphones, obviously), let me know! Picked up Brawl for 20 and Win98 w/ key for 3 from a GW. Brawl is like new target salvage and I was able to register for coins already.



Dragon Age Origins CE was 35 off Amazon Warehouse, DLC has been used, though.
Contact was 8 from Amazon, new
OEM WinXP MCE was in a box w/ other packin software (powerDVD, NERO, etc) at a garage sale, Guy said a quarter and I stupidly didn't have any small money. Pull out a 20 (sheepishly), and he started to break a roll of quarters then just told me to have it. I found an on the ground lawn chair thing for a buck on the way out so I bought that and felt a little better. Can I sell this XP that is "for distro w/ hardware only" on eBay? (Kitsune?) It has the hologram seal/sticker w/ cd-key.

Last is the Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera. This was in a plastic baggie at a thrift for 4.95 I think. I opened it at the counter to look at it closer and couldn't even figure out how to open it! They fold up flat if you haven't seen them. Anyway, I was 90% sure it was a Polaroid, and 25% sure it was worth something. I've bought worthless polaroids before since they at least look kinda neat on the shelf, but luckily this one is worth something like 40-100 bucks, and my interest isn't enough to keep it.

[Dreadstar]

Call of Duty 3 (ps3) for 7.99 and a Nerf N-force six-shooter for like 2.99, both from goodwill.

[Ryaan1234]

Last is the Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera. This was in a plastic baggie at a thrift for 4.95 I think. I opened it at the counter to look at it closer and couldn't even figure out how to open it! They fold up flat if you haven't seen them. Anyway, I was 90% sure it was a Polaroid, and 25% sure it was worth something. I've bought worthless polaroids before since they at least look kinda neat on the shelf, but luckily this one is worth something like 40-100 bucks, and my interest isn't enough to keep it.

I'm surprised you didn't know... The SX-70 is one of the classic "Them things are worth a bunch on eBay!" items...Mostly because you can manipulate photos with it.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Can I sell this XP that is "for distro w/ hardware only" on eBay? (Kitsune?) It has the hologram seal/sticker w/ cd-key.

I have a rule: If it says "for sale with hardware only" or something similar, I don't buy it to resell. Sometimes the licenses are tied to the hardware they were first used with. I'm not completely sure which programs do that, and Microsoft likes to take down most OEM software auctions they find, so I just... leave those things behind. I'll buy them for myself if the software's worth it though! That's how I got my copy of Office.

Anyway, I had no finds today at all, unless you count the two CDs I bought at the 99 Cent Only store in my US hometown: Tangled Up in Blues: Songs of Bob Dylan - This Ain't No Tribute, and The Hard + The Heavy Volume One. Both were 50 cents each, $1.09 total after taxes.

And technically, The Hard + The Heavy is my Kitsune Sniper find of the day. Check out that tracklist. o_o;;

I passed on... a Shaquille O'Neal rap album at my flea market. There's having standards, and then there's not being an idiot...

[Ryaan1234]

SpiderBabe DVD - $2

Sex-O-Rama 2 CD (music inspired by porn music) - $1

I got that along with Little Mermaid 2 (shut up!) for $3.

I passed on... a Shaquille O'Neal rap album at my flea market. There's having standards, and then there's not being an idiot...

Standards?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Standards?

1: I'm a comic book fan! Sadly most of the fun stuff is in the unrated DVD.
2: I like bass music.
3: After The Emperor's New Groove PS1 game, I figured I'd give Disney a shot instead of dismissing the games outright.

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Also, it's kinda creepy how you singled out all that stuff. o_O

[Ryaan1234]

Also, it's kinda creepy how you singled out all that stuff. o_O

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>_> They were memorable Kitsune Sniper finds, in my opinion.

[Suikoman444]

Managed to find complete copies of Kartia and Breath of Fire III at a goodwill recently for $4 a piece.

[Gooch3008]

During the forum downtime I managed some great finds.

FLEA MARKETS:

Breath of Fire 3 (mint) $3
Mega Man X4 (mint) $2
Donkey Kong Country $2.50


Thrift Stores / Goodwill:
Sega Genesis model 2 with 2 first-party controllers and minus a power adapter $3.98
GH FF7 (mint as hell) $2.95

It's been a good month so far, I am hoping it keeps up!

[Kitsune Sniper]

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>_> They were memorable Kitsune Sniper finds, in my opinion.

Right, right. I'm just messing with you.

Anyway, I only found three CDs today:'

The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack... which is unrippable. Dammit. *tosses it*
Wesley Willis: Greatest Hits (Volume 1) - I wupped Batman's Ass!
Spy Magazine Presents: Spy Music Volume 1 - This CD has a bunch of typical spy songs: Secret Agent Man, Peter Gunn, Mission Impossible, Goldfinger, and so on. What's weird about it was a sticker it had on the cover.

It has a Fox Hunt sticker. As in the Capcom-released FMV game. I purchased the soundtrack album for that game years ago off eBay, and it was published by Rhino, who also released this CD. I wonder if this particular copy had the sticker applied to promote the game.

Or it could be a huge coincidence.

[Daria]

Went to the local thrift store this weekend, picked up a couple CIB genny games in good to excellent condition for $1 each.

NBA Jam
Dr Robotniks Mean Bean Machine
Eternal Champions
Virtua Figher (32X)
Virtua Racer (32X)
and.... Mutant Leauge Hockey

which makes my second CIB MLH thrift find in the past year. Nothing amazing but I have a soft spot for Sega stuff.