July 2014 Pick Ups Thread

[larryinc64]

It's close enough to July, so I'll start it out with June pick ups.  
To be fair some will arrive in July.


First games:
In a trade from Megatron - DKC 1, 2 & 3 and Mario All-Stars - $45

Figures - Bigbadtoystore:
Samus figma figure - $50
(Unpictured) Super Mario Figure Arts Set B (Blocks) - $20 (I got another set)
Invader Zim Series 1 - Ms. Bitters - $14
Invader Zim Series 2 - Zim & Pustulio (Hot Topic Exclusive) - $35

DVDs:
Dexter's Laboratory - Season 1 - GoodWill $3
Invader Zim Vol 1, 2 & 3 - $35 eBay

The Dexter DVD sparked my interest back in DVDs, and I saw the older Zim DVDs on eBay for a good price, The same price the new DVDs go for that do not have any special features. I actualy got the Zim's House DVD boxset back in the day, but accidentally got the set with no DVDs, only the bonus DVD and figure. I never got the rest. It is still a great series and aged very well, even more than Dexter's Lab, and is a great example of a cartoon series written for all ages instead of children, me and my Mom watched a few episodes together.

With the Zim figures, I had the entire Series 1 when they came out 10 years ago (10 years? Dam) but I was 9 and played with them. Even though the slogan of Palisades Toys is "Play With It!" I did and they all easily broke and I lost all the parts.    I do not get why they made fragile collectable figures of children's shows. I have a sandwich, a screen, Ms. Bitters name tag, and a broken mishmash of 2 Gir figures left.
I'm not going for a completest set this time around, I'm just after the main cast and 3 sets. I wonder how many people are reading this?

For thous who may care I'm going after I'm going after:
Series 2  - (HT) Human Disguise Zim - GOTTEN!
Series 1 - Gir With Pig Saucer
Series 1 - Dib with Computer
Series 2 - Gaz With House Part 3
Series 1 - Ms. Bitters With Classroom - GET!
Con Exclusive - Old Man Zim & Doggy Gir

[Megatron]

$45 for the set, I believe.  Hope you like them.

And out of curiosity, did you ever get DKC 2 to work?  Hopefully you did  If not, you have a nice replacement shell if you find a crappy one in the wild.

[larryinc64]

$45 for the set, I believe.  Hope you like them.

And out of curiosity, did you ever get DKC 2 to work?  Hopefully you did  If not, you have a nice replacement shell if you find a crappy one in the wild.

I have not tested any of them yet. 
I've been busy graduating and some other things, And my SNES is on the frits as well, the power jack needs replacing.
I have a working DKC2 cart so if it does not, no big deal. If it does I may give it to a friend who is just getting into retro gaming.

They were the last few SNES games I was seeking at the moment. 

[BadChad]

LMAO "Puck Ips" Thread? Fixed!!!

[Beastman1975]

finally got Mega man 5 on nes  and also picked up megaman x snes  both cart only today

[mojoeskateco]

finally got Mega man 5 on nes  and also picked up megaman x snes  both cart only today

MM5 is underrated IMO.

I really enjoy it.

[Ozzy_98]

Awww, someone changed the fick'ed ip title. 

[MisterDaSausage]

Been a little while since i did some pick ups! Been a good week though!

Will start with my last week of June here



Value Village trip got me 3 xbox game (All 3 games got a 1$ reduction)
-Star Wars the Clone Wars + TetrisWorld 3$
-007 Agent Under Fire 3$
-Hitman Blood Money 4$
-Underground Jampack winter 99 was for free
-Bound by Flame was 19.99$ at my local game store (got a 20$ fidelity reduction, at that price i had to try it)
-AC4 Benjamin Hornigold was 4$ new again at my local game store ( had a 75% reduction on all figurines)
-Nintendo 2DS Sea Green was 99$ at walmart last week, since i didn't have one yet, decided to get one and didn't pay for it...wife paid it for my bday
Now to find some good 3DS game, im pretty new to 3DS ! So ill take any obscure game suggestion or plain good one!

-Not Pictured for June, i got an almost brand new SNES, wires and 2 controllers (No Box), was pretty mint, not yellowed at all works like a charm with Top Gear game....will trade in my old yellowed one for store credits and keep this one. That was a donation from a coworker, she will gives me all her games too when she finds em I'm quite happy bout this!


Now for the first day of July, went back to local game store and found a gem!!



2 Ps3 games for 5$ each
-Earth Defense Force insect Armageddon
-Alpha Protocol
Heard great things about these game, so why not!

And last but not the least, Soul Blazer ! Got it for 44$ which is a real good price here, and finding it without expecting it, my best retro pick up this year!
I never saw it in the wild before and even on the web i never saw it below 60$ without shipping, so quite happy! Only thing with it is the back of the cart is quite ugly...but ill switch it out with the top gear one from above!

[Ozzy_98]

I still can't figure out how to beat the first boss in Soul Blazer, I need to give it another shot.  I just can not seem to get his pattern down.

[Arseen]

I think I over leveled myself and just fucked him up.

[MisterDaSausage]

Ill be playing it soon enough, ill tell you!! hehe

[Desolis]

Man oh man do some of the current prices for vintage games just surprise the crap out of me. A decade ago if you had told me Soul Blazer would be $40-$50 loose I would have laughed in your face. Really makes you start to feel your age....

[Ozzy_98]

Man oh man do some of the current prices for vintage games just surprise the crap out of me. A decade ago if you had told me Soul Blazer would be $40-$50 loose I would have laughed in your face. Really makes you start to feel your age....

two decades ago $40-50 would get it for you new, sealed in box.

[BadChad]

That was some of the first games I bought on ebay about 8-10 years ago. I was only $20 then! Oh the good old days..

[mojoeskateco]

I still think $40 is pretty decent for a good SNES game.

I find filling out my SNES want list much more satisfying than paying $70 for a new retail title unless it's something like Mario Kart 8.

I spent $100 (much lower after trade-in) a couple of weeks ago on Congo's Caper, Sparkster, and Skyblazer and I've been playing the crap out of them.

I spent $30 on Super Metroid last summer and am now just playing it for the first time.  I love it and can already tell that it will be an annual play through for me for sure.