September 2013 pickups - Yours truly TTT

[Arseen]

I bought this nifty Media player and it does what was promised.
Clicking the image goes to ebay listing that I bought it from, there is more info there.

[Dr.Agon]

Well, last week was my 21st birthday... I got quite a few games as gifts. I also got piles of gift cards for GameStop and Half-Price Books, and both were having sales right after my birthday - 20% off everything at HPB, and a 3 for 10$ deal at GS. The end result of this is that I have obtained a quite frankly almost embarassing amount of stuff last week.

[huge collection of pictures]

That's all - I'm pretty surprised by how much stuff I got. This is probably going to be one of the last pickups for a while though, since well - 21 equals kicked out any day now. The apartment hunt begins soon!

holy shit thats a lot of games!

also, happy 21st!, its all downhill from there mate! 

[larryinc64]

I just bought manuals for:
Banjo Tooie
Donkey Kong 64
Super Mario All Stars
Super Mario World 2: Yoshis Island   
Paper Mario   
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Glover
Super Mario Kart

Quest For Camelot (GBC Box)

$30 for all

[Blumpkin]

While not a pickup per se, I just preordered myself a RetroN 5 thru Amazon. I decided to go with the grey version.

[tiktektak]

Picked a few things up today:



Finally two more Mega CD "gems" for 5 Euro a piece.

The 32X also was just 10 Euros.

Wonder Boy was 8 Euros. Air Resuce also 5.

[sheep2001]

I need to take a holiday in Austria.  If you ever find another 32x at around that price, please pick it up for me!

[wiggy]

I feel inspired to make some genesis covers all of a sudden...

[tiktektak]

I need to take a holiday in Austria.  If you ever find another 32x at around that price, please pick it up for me!

It's really not always like that. I have to invest very many hours of freetime to get some good hauls. Today I missed out on a great deal sadly. A Mega Drvie with hookups and 30 complete games for 60 Euro. Was the second one who called. Oh well. no Sunset Riders, Ghouls n Ghosts, Rocket Knight Adv., Time Killers, etc. for me.

By the way sheep. Already got your game?

[sheep2001]

No - not arrived yet   Postal service is notoriously slow though - and have only had 2 things not arrive in over 2 and a half years - and one of those from eBay i suspect was never sent, so call it 1 package not arrive.

I just wish there was somewhere over here where i could get bargains - i miss the car boot sales of the UK.  We do have Vide Greniers here (loft emptying sale) - but its usually moldy old clothes, skis from the 1960's and bits of farm machinery.  Occasionally you will get a kid trying to sell crappy DS games for 10 euro a pop, and I once found a stack of Gamecube games for next to nothing,  but it's just not worth the time investment usually.  When i moved here, i thought i was going to be getting my hands on all the lovely RGB consoles for cheap - but it just hasn't happened yet.

[tiktektak]

Sorry to hear that sheep. I would still suggest to never give up though! I also go on flea markets every weekend in summer/spring and only get a real good deal maybe twice or trice a year.

Hope your game arrives soon. Was sent on Sept. the 6th.

By the way. Pickups from todays retro-fair here in austria! Was very nice with many cool guys, arcade-cabs to try and so much retro stuff. The price level was really insane though as many retailers were there. The best deals were to be had from privat sellers as always. Still got a pretty nice haul for little money.







So I am really proud that I didn't pay more than 15 Euro for anything. Except for Battletoads which cost me 17,50.

[SnesGuy]

Don't know if any others do, but my radio shack is having a clearance sale, they have soldering kits (like DIY programmer, DIY USB experiment interface board, DIY FM radio, etc) way cheap. Might be worth checking.

 I got all of the different kits. Programmer kit for $9.99 instead of $59.99, FM radio kit - $4.95 instead of 29.99, etc

Finished the radio and programmer. Can't use the programmer since I don't have a serial port, but all the lights come on and appears to function, and I'm listening to the radio now, lol. Since they were so cheap thought Id practice my soldering and try out my new SMD Rework Station

[Superchop]

EGG Elemental Gimmick Gear

($25 from Amazon)

Panzer Dragoon Orta
Mario Strikers
Space Channel 5 (w/ holographic cover)
Bust a Move 4

($23 from a stubborn vendor at the flea market)

Xbox HD DVD drive

($5...originally wanted $15 but as I was walking away he asked for my offer...I lowballed $5 since there was no plug and hd dvd is a dead media and he accepted.  He just didn't want to pack it back up and take it home lol)  Now the power plug will cost more then the drive itself :\

Not pictured but also snagged an Xbox High Definition AV Pack for the original Xbox.  Found it in a bin of a mess of cables and wires for $5.  Now I can play my original xbox games in HD lol

[larryinc64]

Alright, first eBay purchase.
Got a CIB copy of Super Mario 64. $37



Hopefully everything turns out good.

Also looking through the reviews of the seller, under neutral:
Buyer: THANKS
Seller response: Neutrals are cool too

[JakeHC]

Although I don't have pictures I thought I'd list some purchases I made. Things are a bit more expensive in Australia, but I thought they were good deals.

For $60
Pokemon Red Version CIB
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

For $75:
Final Fantasy X-2 Walkthrough
Final Fantasy XII Walkthrough Hardcover Edition
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Hardcover Edition
Two Assassin's Creed Walkthroughs Hardcover Editions

I looked up one of the hardcover's for AC and it was going for 100 bucks.

For $150 Dollars
2x Nintendo DSi Consoles
1x Nintendo DS Lite Console

+ 50 Games with boxes and manuals,.

As well as some other random purchases:

$22 bucks - CoD 4, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Gran Turismo 5

$12 each - Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Dragon Quest 9

$18 - Dragon Quest VI

Considering some of the prices out here, I thought these were pretty sweet

[Nacho3]

Alright, first eBay purchase.
Got a CIB copy of Super Mario 64. $37



Hopefully everything turns out good.

Also looking through the reviews of the seller, under neutral:
Buyer: THANKS
Seller response: Neutrals are cool too

That is a excellent condition on that box, hopefully it gets sent in a box. I've had too many CIB games sent by ebay sellers that were crushed in bubble mailers. Seems like a pretty cool guy too since most sellers flip out if you don't leave positive feedback.