August 2017 Pickups!

[wiggy]

I don't even try to find them in the wild. I bought these from a buddy on IG who's liquidating his complete set. He's still got a bunch left.

[Blumpkin]

[TDIRunner]

I made it to the Missouri Game Con this year.  I wish I could have made it Saturday since there was a little more going on, but I still had a great time.  I got to see the Nintendo PlayStation prototype running a SFC game.  I got to meet Kelsey Lewin from Metal Jesus Rocks.  I sat in on the Limited Run Games panel which was ran by Doug, one of the co-founders.  I saw John Riggs and Radical Reggie, but I didn't get a chance to meet them.  Unfortunately, I couldn't stay long enough for the Kelsey/John/Reggie panel, but I believe they taped it and plan to put it on YouTube.  I was trying to keep my spending down for the weekend, so I only ended up with a few games.  Overall, it was a pretty amazing event and the turn out was fantastic especially for only their second year.  It might be pretty small compared to some of the East Coast and West Coast conventions, but I would prefer something smaller and less busy anyway. 

I didn't take a whole lot of pictures, but here are a few.

[Hesch]

I really wanted to go to that one, but I found out about it less than a week before it started. I'm definitely going to the Grand Ole Gameroom Expo in Nashville this year. If anyone else is going, definitely look me up!

[Bear78]

@Blumpkin, that case is pretty cool!  Was that some kind of promo thing I guess?

I also made it to MO Game Con on Saturday and was able to get some good pickups! Also got the copy of Leisure Suit Larry signed by Al Lowe.



Sunday I traded a ton of junk (old figures, sports games, misc cables) to V-Stock and got this for next to nothing... Which also completes my Mega Man set!

[BadChad]

Nice pick-ups! Mr. Heli is one of my favorite PC Engine imports in my colletion. And I've always wanted to try Iron Blood.

[Bear78]

Nice pick-ups! Mr. Heli is one of my favorite PC Engine imports in my colletion. And I've always wanted to try Iron Blood.

Yeah, I've heard a lot of good things about Mr Heli and Iron Blood was a total random pick up.  I had never heard of it before and just liked the box art and screenshots on the back.  It's actually brand new!  I'll have to see if I can get it to run on my Windows XP computer.

[TDIRunner]

Bear, you should tell them the autograph story. 

[Bear78]

Bear, you should tell them the autograph story. 

Ha!  Yeah, so Al Lowe was just sitting at a table by himself with no signs or anything.  Just hanging out talking to fans.  So I walked up and asked for an autograph and he was more then happy to sign and talk for a minute.  AFTER he signed my game he says "Oh yeah, that will be $20"  I started laughing because I totally thought he was joking with me (hell he makes comedy games).  He was kind of laughing too but then said he was serious and that there was supposed to be someone there with him or something to let people know.  I just laughed, told him no problem, and paid the man.  I've paid for autographs /  been to plenty of cons in the past but usually the person either has a sign up or says something before they sign the object.  It wasn't a big deal, but it was pretty funny.

[wiggy]

$20?!  I'd have been like "I'd like to return this autograph".

Something like that needs to be made clear upfront. He should have tracked down "his guy" and sorted that out. Not terribly professional.

[RealPlumpBox]

$20?!  I'd have been like "I'd like to return this autograph".

Something like that needs to be made clear upfront. He should have tracked down "his guy" and sorted that out. Not terribly professional.

Same.  I understand this is how they make money by going to there things but I personally refuse to pay for a photo or an autograph. 

[Lashek]

I haven't really been collecting much lately, kinda been AWOL for a bit.

But I have been perfecting my SNES RetroPie making skills:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/162467053058392064/347214066395381760/image.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/162467053058392064/347214085903089664/image.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/190110682237108224/346398204331556866/image.jpg

[wiggy]

Why DMC on a SNES box/cart?


I'd be super grateful if anyone has an extra Jotun that they'd be willing to trade.

This is what arrived today from LRG

[Lashek]

Why DMC on a SNES box/cart?

It was a custom request. They wanted a DMC Themed RetroPie in a SNES Shell, with a box. So I did so.

Also, nice pickups from LRG. I wanted to get in on the Night Trap for PS4, but was only able to secure the PC version.

[BadChad]

Why DMC on a SNES box/cart?


I'd be super grateful if anyone has an extra Jotun that they'd be willing to trade.

This is what arrived today from LRG

Ugh, gotta love being Canadian. I'm still waiting for my Neuro Voider, Jotun and Oceanhorn. They've all shipped already but none of them have shown up yet...