August 2015 - What summer is finally perhaps coming??? Let's get stuff!

[Megatron]

An Amiga CD32 has been on craigslist in my area for $375 CIB.  I have always been curious, but that seems pretty hefty for a near 25 yr old console I hadn't heard of until 2013.

[TDIRunner]

An Amiga CD32 has been on craigslist in my area for $375 CIB.  I have always been curious, but that seems pretty hefty for a near 25 yr old console I hadn't heard of until 2013.

That seems a little high to me, but they only sold approximately 100,000 units, so they are pretty rare.  By comparison, the Jaguar sold more than double that. 

[noemann]

stopped by the post office today to pickup what turned out to be the sealed Benjamin Bluemchen for GameBoy Color.
got home just in time for the post to ring the bell. We got our DS pickups too.





my Wife snagged a few girly games for 1 euro. Awesome!
we are happy with our pickups. we managed to get Crash and Chima cheap.

[tiktektak]

Nice as usual.

If you ever run into Amiga copies of hybris or battle squadron, I please let me know.

Amiga OCS/ECS or AGA?

I have to say though that Amiga big box games are hard to come by and if you get some the chances are high nowadays that the disks are dead. I think those really were not meant to last 20 years.

I'm so happy about my CD32 pickup as I really see those games rarely and most of the times for horrid prices. That lot was only 65 euros so more than reasonable. Especially as DotC2 is more than difficult to get and Ebay is insane.

[RealPlumpBox]

Sorry it is not gaming related.  But I subscribed to my first ever Monthly box thing.  I swore I never would but this one got me.
http://www.tacpack.com/  It is gun stuff. (my second hobby)
It is 47.00 a month if you do a year.  It is guaranteed to have a minimum of 60.00 worth of stuff.  This one values at about 70ish.

This month I got  Shooting gloves, Ammo box, handgun case, 550 cord bracelet, Mag release for AR-15, and Targets. 

[Megatron]

Pickup at a local thrift - everything for $20.  Games were $1 each and the genesis (no cables or controllers) was $5.  Haven't had a chance to test the Genesis yet, but I'm not terribly worried.
Highlights include a CIB Gozdilla Destroy All Monsters Melee for Xbox, and a Rogue Galaxy Disc inside of a Gran Turismo case - a good reason why you should LOOK in cases while shopping, even if you aren't interested in the game portrayed on the case.

[larryinc64]

and a Rogue Galaxy Disc inside of a Gran Turismo case - a good reason why you should LOOK in cases while shopping, even if you aren't interested in the game portrayed on the case.

That is how I got my Dragon Force for Saturn, it was in a MGS case instead of Disc 1.

[TDIRunner]

and a Rogue Galaxy Disc inside of a Gran Turismo case - a good reason why you should LOOK in cases while shopping, even if you aren't interested in the game portrayed on the case.

That is how I got my Dragon Force for Saturn, it was in a MGS case instead of Disc 1.

One time, I found an extra disc inside of the manual of an otherwise CIB game.  It wasn't a big name game, but just another reason to look closer at the thrift stores.

[Megatron]

Of course, this can also go the other way too - nothing worse than seeing a case for a rare game, or just one you really want, only to find the wrong game or nothing at all inside.
I once saw Tron Bonne...I nearly peed myself...then I realized it was a self printed jewel case insert (probably from here) and Mega Man Legends inside.  Yes, finding MML is a great Thrift find...but when you think you see Tronne Bonne, very little will console that loss.

[monjici]

I thought my days of nice pick ups were done... until I found this today: A CIB Sunset Riders + CIB Killer Instinct, for only $50 

[TDIRunner]

My blinking light win finally arrived. I'm not that happy that people who didn't back the Kickstarter and just ordered off of their site received theirs more than a month before I did, but at least they apologized for that.

[Spiden]

My blinking light win finally arrived. I'm not that happy that people who didn't back the Kickstarter and just ordered off of their site received theirs more than a month before I did, but at least they apologized for that.

Really? I backed the kickstarter and I got mine months ago.

[TDIRunner]

My blinking light win finally arrived. I'm not that happy that people who didn't back the Kickstarter and just ordered off of their site received theirs more than a month before I did, but at least they apologized for that.

Really? I backed the kickstarter and I got mine months ago.

Also why I wasn't too happy, but I know for a fact that they allowed non-backers to order before some backers by mistake. They admitted to it and apologized through email. Oh well, at least i got them eventually. 

[Megatron]

Is that thing actually worth it if you have a new 72 pin connector?  Do the games immediately work 100% of the time (or close to it?)

[Megatron]

Nevermind...I found a pretty descriptive video review.  Looks cool, but only needed if you have a problem with your current hardware and haven't already disabled the lockout chip.