July 2013 Finds

[Cornelius]

A couple cool things today:



Half off day at Unique:
GB printer paper appears new, bag inside is sealed and it doesn't appear the box was ever sealed
New PS2 8MB memory card
SNES controller
ink
grand total after discount: $7.45

[SparTonberry]

I've heard GB Printer Paper has lost all its usefulness due to its age.

[Cornelius]

That wouldn't surprise me at all, but let's face it, the GB printer was never all that great in the first place. I can't really imagine anyone opening this omg rarez collectible, anyway. ;-)

[orangest]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Luigi's Mansion (missing manual), Call of Duty: Black Ops and Army of Two were from Goodwill. SSBB was $14.99, the others were $5.99 each. Blasto was $.99 at Salvation Army and My Japanese Coach was $19.99 at Wherehouse.

[theclaw]

$5 sealed: Street Sharks complete series (DVD)
$15 each: x2 New Super Mario Bros U (Wii U), one missing the manual's cover page
$5: Rival Schools (PS1), case cracks & no manual

$10:
Ninja (DVD)
Derailed / In Hell / Wake of Death (DVD)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (DVD)
Cowboy Bebop The Movie (DVD)

$10:
Escaflowne The Movie (DVD)
Samurai 7 (bootleg DVD)
Terminator Sarah Conner Chronicles season 1 (DVD)
Akira (DVD)
Garfield / Garfield A Tale of Two Kitties (DVD)

[The 1 2 P]

Super Smash Bros Brawl(Wii) $10
Super Monkey Ball Adventure(GC) $4
MAG(PS3) sealed $5
Bless The Child vhs movie $1
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages(GBC) $3
Pokemon Yellow(GB) $3
Double Dragon import(GBA) $10
Silent Hill 2(Xbox) $3

The first four things I got from one Goodwill. I had to make it an even $25(or more) to use my $5 off coupon, which is why I picked up the vhs movie. That made my copy of SSBB $10 instead of the $15 they had it marked at. It was another Target return. MAG sucks and is the only PS3 game I have ever sold after playing it. But it was sealed so I figured I could use it in trade. Silent Hill 2 and the two Game Boy games were from another Goodwill, the one that pretty much sells all their games for $3 now(I wish the other locations followed that directive). This is the first time I've seen Oracle of Ages in the wild. Is it wrong that the last Zelda game I've beaten was the first one on the Nes way back in the 80's?



Buffy The Vampire Slayer season 2 dvd $4
Soap Panic and some other game(FAM)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind(Xbox) $4
Secre 5(TM) $25
DS Case $3
Silent Hill(PS1) import demo $7

Ironically I found the BTVS season 2 dvd set as I'm just about finished watching season one. It wasn't marked so they gave it to me for the normal dvd price. Soap Panic and the other game were alittle less than $100 combined after using my discount for the online store. One of these days I need to get a list for all of the Hacker Famicom games beyond the AV ones. Speaking of list, I can't find any for the Secre games, not even on gamefaqs. Morrowind and the DS case were from Goodwill. As always, I'm going to say that this will be my last DS/GBA case purchased. Of course I say that all the time and I currently have around 5 or 6 of them. But this one was really nice with all it's cool compartments.



Two Halo 4 t-shirts $3.99 each
360 wired controller $2.99
Original Xbox memory card and dongle $2.99
Assassin's Creed III novel 50 cents
UV Light Scanner $1.99
PS3 demo sealed $1
Street Fighter II cd $1.99
Black Eyed Peas cd $1.99

The two shirts were clearances. All the bagged stuff was from Savers(it amuses me how we just got our first Savers in this state in April or May and a few weeks later every Goodwill in the state starts immediately copying how they have a majority of their smaller product in little baggies). Anyway, there was also an original Xbox controller bagged but they wanted more money for that than the 360 controller. I'm not sure what the memory card dongle is for besides maybe saying your files to your PC. The UV scanner was the first weird thing I found at Savers. It's suppose to be a sanitizer for surfaces and stuff. It sounds very futuristic but it was cheap so I figured I'd try it out. The other weird thing was the SF II cd. It basically has a few songs on it but Nintendo's logo is also on the case, although I doubt they had anything to do with the actual cd itself. The PS3 demo and Assassin's Creed III novel were from two different Goodwill's.

[GamerTheGreek]

Picked up a few things at the flea market today.

A complete NES with Mario bros and duck hunt 5.00

2 NES consoles. Don't seem to fire up with an Atari controller. 1.00 ea

[Kyle15]

Biggest find in awhile.











There's some kinda extra booklet in the case too, I thought it was the disc loose inside but it isn't. There's a little crack on the front and the shrinkwrap is peeled on the corner somewhat by the orange price tag. Usual bit of wear on the edges but otherwise really good. I want to sell it and there's only one sitting on eBay for $210 with one having sold for $165 recently. Not sure what to ask for it!

[Enmity]

Biggest find in awhile.


There's some kinda extra booklet in the case too, I thought it was the disc loose inside but it isn't. There's a little crack on the front and the shrinkwrap is peeled on the corner somewhat by the orange price tag. Usual bit of wear on the edges but otherwise really good. I want to sell it and there's only one sitting on eBay for $210 with one having sold for $165 recently. Not sure what to ask for it!

If it were me with those other ones on there I would drop it on Ebay with a BIN of $150 with free shipping and let it sit.

[ownerizer]

Biggest find in awhile.





**Many images of sealed Air Combat**





There's some kinda extra booklet in the case too, I thought it was the disc loose inside but it isn't. There's a little crack on the front and the shrinkwrap is peeled on the corner somewhat by the orange price tag. Usual bit of wear on the edges but otherwise really good. I want to sell it and there's only one sitting on eBay for $210 with one having sold for $165 recently. Not sure what to ask for it!

Put it up for $130, highlighting the damage. Get paid!

[ownerizer]

Halo 2 Circuit City Promo Watch - $1
Casio Data Bank (watch only) - $1
Tamagachi - $.69
Dark Forces PS1 - $7
Spider PS1 - $7
Bubsy II - $7
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs - $7





Looney Tunes Talking Clock - $3
Rockies Collectable Bobblehead - $3
Vintage Tupperware Vegetable Tray - $2
Vintage Tupperware other thingy - $2 (not pictured)
Rock Band Wii Beatles Hofner Bass - $3.50 (not pictured)

The Rock Band Hofner Bass seems to carry some monetary weight to it, however, with batteries and power this thing just constantly and quickly blinks. From what I've read it's either malfunctioning or the batteries are toast. Does anyone have some experience with plastic instruments? Should I sell it for parts or just return it?

Also,
The vender I bought the games from (an older latino lady, ended up bargaining with her in Spanish), seems to have no clue how much the games she's selling are worth. She had a couple tables full of them and would just price them all a base price, except anything Nintendo or Mario related were inflated considerably. $15 for a sadly, sun-faded, copy of Wario Ware, Inc for the GC. However, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, $7. I bought Spider and Dark Forces because I've never seen them in the wild and they were complete and the discs perfect.

[Collector_Gaming]

A power pad (yay finally can try out world class track meet!) 3 bucks at a local recycle store

and Super Mario Kart 10 bucks at a mom and pops video rental shop that still clings on to life!

[YoshiM]

I felt pretty good about these pickups this weekend.



Jungle Green N64 with 2 controllers - $17
Franz Electric Metronome - $1
Sony Sports Walkman - $7
Medal of Honor Warfighter - $1
Star Wars: Battlegrounds Saga - $2

the rest are orphans - .25/ea




All AD&D Stuff, $11.

I see a seemingly good looking copy of Unearthed Arcana in that stack. Reminds me how beat up my copy is.

[Steve W]

I was thrift store shopping in and around Shreveport, Louisiana last week and ended up finding a decent amount of stuff. It's not all that much, but it's still more than I've found in the Dallas area all freakin' year.



An Atari Flashback 4 for $3.99, Summer Games and Ms. Pac-Man for $2.99 each, the Casper the Friendly Ghost board game (from 1958) for $1.99, the Genesis third-party arcade stick (for playing the Flashback since it didn't have controllers itself) for $3.99, Tetris for the CD-i for $3, and the two Nintendo console games for $3 each.

Also not pictured, a boxed electronic game from the '80s called Name That Tune (instructions came with it but no play money) for $3.99.

And lastly, I picked up this canvas bag (stuffed with '70s era K-Mart branded yarn) at a Goodwill for $6.99. If you're wondering, the design is based on some Odyssey 2 commercials from back in the day about how the keyboard made the console far better than the Atari 2600.



I also came across this Super Pac-Man cocktail cabinet out at a flea market, but (a) didn't have the money to get it, (b) didn't have the skill to restore it, and (c) didn't have any way of getting something that big home.

[Polygon]

I picked these up yesterday while I was out in Salt Lake. Three of them from a reseller and two from a Goodwill. All the discs are mint and I only paid $20 for all five. Pretty happy about that. Now, if it only happened more often.



These showed up in the mail yesterday. I'm pretty excited to play through Super R-Type. Sadly I think I overpaid for Word of Illusion. But I'm happy to have a manual for Super Off Road now.

[Enmity]

Today's finds.

I paid $20 for everything except the Pop'n controller. The Pop'n controller was purchased from a forum member on a different site, and I paid a lot for it lol.





3DO:
Shanghai Triple Trouble
PGA Tour 96
Love Bites 3DO Video (AO)
Blonde Justice 3DO Video (AO)

Sega CD/Saturn:
Loadstar
Fifa 96
Fighters Megamix

Amiga CD32:
The Chaos Engine *sealed*

CD-I:
White Christmas (video?)
The Uptown Blues *Sealed* (music)
NFL Football Trivia Challenge
Merlin’s Apprentice *Sealed*
Mega Maze

PC:
Totally Unreal
Two copies of Total Annihilation
Carmageddon
Ground Control
Lemmings CD-ROM
Aliens Versus Predator
Odi-Um
The Lord of the Rings War of the Ring

Disney Soundtracks:
10 favorite Disney Classics
Tokyo Disney Sea *Sealed*
Beauty and the Beast Special Edition Soundtrack *Sealed*
Find Stitch Tokyo Disneyland *Sealed*
The Lion King *Sealed*
Tarzan
Rascal Songs Vol. 2 *Sealed*

PC Engine:
Exile

[johnvosh]

Got this is the mail today. Paid $50 for it. I just wanted it as it was like near mint CIB!

[YoshiM]

Oops, I was actually mixing up the Monster Manual and Deities and Demigods. One of the latter has a revision that makes the earlier version worth more. I know just enough about old D&D stuff to mix things up and make myself look stupid.

The Deities and Demigods first printing had the pantheons from "Call of Cthulhu" and I think Michael Moorecock's Elric books. There was a rights issue and these entries were removed in subsequent printings.

[Shaq-Funaki]

Please check out my newest pick up video

[recorderdude]

You run into deals in the strangest places...

Local Library "Book Sale" - $1 each



RIIIIIIIIIDGE RACERRR CiB (Longbox)

Area 51 CiB (case is a little wonky but the actual inserts/manual/disc are fine so I'l prolly just change the case with another PS1 game I don't care as much about.

So yeah, Pretty good (And surprisingly valuable) finds. I'm mostly happy to finally own a game compatible with my GunCons.

EDIT: Area 51 Doesn't Work with GunCons...bah...least I can play it with a normal controller.