August 2018 - Last Chance for Summer Pickups

[TDIRunner]

My pickups from MO Game Con 2018.  I didn't get much, but they are big titles that I've wanted.

Turn out was great this year.  Every year this con has grown.

[Bear78]

Great stuff TDI, MO Game con was great this year!

Here's my pick ups from the con (Kolibri is box only).



Also went to a toy show yesterday and found a few more things.

[TDIRunner]

Great stuff TDI, MO Game con was great this year!

Sorry I missed you.  I was watching for you, but there were a lot of people this year.  Unfortunately, due to my schedule, I couldn't get there until about an hour after they opened, which meant there were pretty much no panels to get into.  Chuck said he could probably get me into Metal Jesus as standing room, but I wasn't able to stay that long anyway.  Oh well.  I'm glad to see it's been growing as much as it has in just 3 years. 

While I'm happy that it's growing, I will also say that the nice thing about it being smaller last year was the fact that last year I could walk into any panel I wanted, and I could even walk up to the guests and talk to them.  You could still talk to the guests this year, but it was so busy that it was just a lot more difficult. 

[Bear78]

No worries, I think I saw you walking around but didn't "run into you".  I didn't try going to any of the panels although the one with the whole Metal Jesus cast would have been the one I would have been interested in.  I was going to go over and maybe talk to a few of them after I was done shopping but they were not around at the time ( I think the panel was still going on).  My only real complaint was that my phone data sucked in there which meant looking up prices was not as easy as it usually is

[TDIRunner]

My only real complaint was that my phone data sucked in there which meant looking up prices was not as easy as it usually is

I had the same issue.  I could get data, but it was super slow. 

Still, it was a much better location compared to last year. 

[Hesch]

Oh you bastard, I want that kolibri box. I know it's a shitty system, but I'm working on trying to get a complete set of that one. Sitting at like 22 games, with 16 CIB

[Bear78]

Oh you bastard, I want that kolibri box. I know it's a shitty system, but I'm working on trying to get a complete set of that one. Sitting at like 22 games, with 16 CIB

Ha!  I'm right there with you.  I just need World Series Baseball to complete my set as far as games go.  I'm missing a few manuals (Kolibri and WWF RAW) and my Spiderman is cart only which is totally fine with me.  If it makes any difference, the Kolibri box is far from great shape lol.

[Tech13]

Got this because Bear reminded me that I wanted one.

[Bear78]

Finds from the weekend. SUPER clean sealed copy of Tetris 2, Rolling Thunder 2, and a really nice Power Set box. All the inserts (foam / cardboard / manuals) are in the box. I just need a copy of the triple cart to make it complete.

[Mel]

Okami Vinyl preorder for Oct.

[Quazimoto]

So, not a gaming pickup per say, but I use my computer for some games once in a while so, it counts, right...

Picked up a load of frustration and aggravation today...  Windows 10 did an update (despite me seemingly having told my computer not to in multiple ways).  After the update, my laptop would not go into sleep mode.  Well, it actually did, but only for two seconds, then the drive and fans started whirring again.  When I open the lid to resume, the screen wouldn't come back one, even though the computer was running.  Fed up with this crap, I went to roll back the latest update, only to find it get stuck in a "restoring your files" loop where it would constantly restart itself over and over again.  That ran for about three hours before I decided it just wasn't working.  So, I had to reinstall windows.  Thankfully, I was able to recover my files (500+ GB worth - Tuesday is my normal backup day and I'd added a lot since the last time, not worrying about it because before the 'update' my system was running wonderfully).  Unfortunately, all my apps, programs, and personal setting were wiped, so I have to spend at least a full day reinstalling all of those.  Over three dozen things that I use at least weekly need to be readded, so... FUN!!!


Sorry about the rant.  Was ever so close to tossing this damned laptop in the pool a few hours ago.  Seems to be running fine now with the new windows install.  Even fixed the sleep issue apparently.  This whole mess has made me decide to invest in a solid state hard drive, so I'll be switching the HDD out soonish.  That way if Windows next 'super awesome update' breaks the sleep cycle again, I can just power down and not need to wait ten minutes to boot up and kill a few processes that always start, even though I have them set not to.  Been wanting a SSD for a while, so I'm just gonna do it.


Made myself feel better from all the frustration by buying a new Midnight Blue PS4 controller tonight though.  Got it at Target with a Costco price match and gift card, so brand new Midnight Blue controller for $40.

[BigChew]

Finds from the weekend. SUPER clean sealed copy of Tetris 2, Rolling Thunder 2, and a really nice Power Set box. All the inserts (foam / cardboard / manuals) are in the box. I just need a copy of the triple cart to make it complete.

I have two copies of the triple cart, PM me your address and I will mail it to you.

[Bear78]

Finds from the weekend. SUPER clean sealed copy of Tetris 2, Rolling Thunder 2, and a really nice Power Set box. All the inserts (foam / cardboard / manuals) are in the box. I just need a copy of the triple cart to make it complete.

I have two copies of the triple cart, PM me your address and I will mail it to you.

Seriously?  Awesome!

[Bear78]

Some finds from the flea market this weekend.  Always cool to find TG16 games in the wild.

[Tech13]

My knockoff xbox 360 controllers came in and I must say that are better quality than I expected.


I Added a steam logo to the blank silver home button because I bought these for my steam link.


This Was advertised on my local CL as not working. Got it for $10 and cleaned all the roaches out of it and did a pot tweak on the laser and it is all good now.


So I have a 5 year old little girl and she want to play games with me..... This was $15 at my local Wal-Mart so I grabbed it and we are having a blast in the toybox.