MagnaFarce

Is this just a great work of fiction or did you actually at one point come across a Halcyon? I would kill to find a Halcyon in the wild.

I had no idea those existed! Why, if I could find one in the bay area I might be able to find stuff at reasonable prices. Goodwill has really gone downhill in my area in the last three or four years. I don't even bother going anymore.

The only reason I bought it was to sell it, to be honest. I already have a CLD-D606 with a remote that I'm happy with as well as a secondary player. If I can fix the skipping problem I'll let you know and maybe we can work something out.

Pretty good day at my new local thrift. Normally Savers thrift stores suck ass when it comes to electronics and media, but this new one is actually really good. The Load: LPs: 99¢ each ELO - Face the Music LDs: 99¢ each Circuit City Program: November 1998 Circuit City Program: January 1999 Japanese Karaoke LD Raiders of the Lost Ark [Widescreen] Temple of Doom [Widescreen] Last Crusade [Widescreen] Electronics: Panasonic DVL-919 LaserDisc/DVD player: $19.99 They also had a Sega Saturn, but were asking for, get this, $59.99. They also had a couple Sega Saturn games for $2.99 a piece, but they were all generic sport titles that have no appeal to me. All in all, a good thrift store. The LD player does seem to have a skipping problem, but I'm pretty sure it's just built up gunk on the laser guides. I'll open it up tomorrow and see if I can't get it to work.

I'll be interested in an Atari 400 when you get everything sorted out.

I had an amazing day at the flea market today! I guess Thursdays are one of the biggest days at my local flea market. Who would know? VHS Camcorder in a hard case with battery charger and cables: $10 Bram Stoker's Dracula and Jurassic Park for the Sega CD: $4 Case for Sonic CD (no booklet, no disc): Free Sega Genesis controller: $0.50 Ten sealed blank Betamax tapes: $7 The Omega Virus board game: $5 And here's the big one. The one that made my day: Mattel Intellivision: $8 I've always wanted an Intellivision and now I've found one in the wild I can die a happy man.

Great day at the flea market yesterday! Four Atari Lynx games (Xybots, Power Factor, Tournament Cyberball [x2]), still sealed but with crushed boxes. $4 Suspect 5.25" floppy game box and feelies (no discs, damn). $1 Aiwa AM-F70 Minidisc recorder with power adaptor and four new 74 minute discs. $17 Two CEDs (Acadamy Award Winners Animated Short FIlms, The Neverending Story). $2 Toshiba HD-A30 HD DVD player (No remote or power cable, but the cable is easy to find). $12.50 My friend also got a hold of a Bell & Howell 16mm camera. $2

I've had some good finds recently at my flea market and at a thrift store in Minnesota while I was visiting. Sony Mavica FD200 Floppy Disc Camera [2002] - $15 I actually bought this on Ebay because someone on Atariage had a post about theirs and it interested me enough to actually buy one immediately instead of just keeping my eye open for one. I got it complete with the box, all the documentation, and a battery charger. The battery I got was dead, but the seller is sending me a new one. On a related note, I got some floppies on Craigslist from an "socialist, anarchist, communist" lesbian, which was interesting. Cassette to 8-Track Adaptor [1975?] - $2 Between my friend and I we have four 8-track players, none of which work. Still, I couldn't pass up this adaptor. I had no idea these existed, though it makes sense that they do. Nishika N8000 (3D 35mm camera) [1989] - $5 I'll probably hack this thing and see what I can make it into. I really don't care much for 3D and there's so many of these cameras around that I don't mind accidentally ruining the thing in the process. It'll be a fun new project. 3M Stocks & Bonds Board Game [1964] - $1 I have no idea how this game plays, but it was a dollar and had everything in the box except the piece of chalk. I mostly got this so my friend can decorate his room with it because he really digs displaying old things from the sixties and seventies. On top of all that I was able to find a few groovy bell bottoms and turtlenecks while in Minnesota. Pictures: http://imgur.com/a/F8sjH#0

It's the same deal in San Jose. I always get the inkling that a lot of the discs at the local flea markets are stolen and I attribute this to why the local Goodwills are extremely protective of their disc-based media.

I didn't think it was humanly possible for Goodwill to have attractive employees! It seems like all the ones I go to are manned by middle-aged minority workers that look like they're only working because it will pay for their next fix.

That doesn't look bad at all! I'm going to look into getting one of these so I can finally have a camera to take with me places.

I've been looking at those things lately. How's the image quality?

I picked up an old Sharp pc-7200 at the flea market today for three dollars. It powers up and the screen displays text, but I am still unsure as to how well it works since I can't seem to find any 5.25" floppy disks around the house. I'll have to keep looking in the attic and the shed out back tomorrow to see if I can't find a couple to try out. Not my picture.

I used buy LaserDiscs whenever I came across them, but now I've got more than a hundred and I've only seen a handful of them. Now I hold myself back and only buy the discs I really, really want, or the ones that look so incredibly bad that they'd be funny.

Really good day at the flea market today! Sega Saturn with Memory Card Plus but with no cables: $5 Nintendo 64 mic connector: $2 11 loose Atari 2600 carts and Robotica for the Sega Saturn with manual: $20 Games: Jr. Pac-Man River Raid (Blue Label) River Raid (Red Label) Kool-Aid Man Adventures of Tron Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle Pitfall Popeye Q-Bert 2 Parker Brothers carts with no labels

Not a thrift find, but definitely an unexpected surprise. I was helping my friend and his roommate move out the other day and they gave me a Fairchild Chanel F and about a dozen games to hold on to for a while. This thing is in supreme condition! The console has a protective plastic cover, still has the original receipts and manuals and hasn't been played since the late eighties, so I'll probably have this thing on my hands for a long time. I'd post pictures, but I don't have a camera.

Bought a Sega Genesis without any of the cords for fifty cents at the flea market today.

Not gaming related, but I found a Betamax recorder with the remote for $19 today at my local flea market.

'Butter F*cker.' It's a nickname I somehow got and I use it for my name whenever it fits. When it doesn't I just go by 'Butter' and name another character 'F*cker' if I can.

Isn't it? I found out about it through Rocky Horror, but I've gotten to a point where I find Shock Treatment superior to Rocky Horror. I enjoy the songs more, I really dig the clothing they wear, and I love how the reality television watching masses are portrayed.

If you were within a reasonable geographic proximity to me I would definitely invite you over to watch it. I go to great lengths to share it with people I befriend. Give that bit a try. It's one of my favourite songs from the film. I just love how they're looking toward material things being advertised to them to better their lives. But, on the actual topic of rabid sports fans; I never got into watching sports and never quite understood why people got so passionate about watching other people exercise. I can understand being really into playing sports, just as one could get very into playing video games, but just sitting there and watching other people do it is odd to me. I admit I have had a history of watching televised South Korean Starcraft tournaments, but even then it was for observing strategies and not for the sole purpose of rooting a certain player on. The only explanation I've figured over the years of watching my own father go from not really caring about sports to becoming a devoted fan of our local Minor League Baseball team is that there is a sense of community with the other fans that makes one feel welcome and wanted. It's something that people can bond over when they would otherwise have nothing to bond over and have little in common with the majority of society.

I highly recommend you see Shock Treatment. It's a fantastic musical with catchy songs about consumerism and ego/fame brought on by appearing on television.

Ooh, Clockwork Orange! That's one of my favourite films. My prize Laserdisc is Shock Treatment (Japanese release), though I also have fond feelings for The Kindred (which has never been released on DVD) and Boogie Nights. I have a fairly large collection, I'd say 100+, but I'm in the process of attempting to sell more than half of them. I got a bunch of Laserdiscs that I have no desire to watch from when I bought my main player.

I've only just started collecting within the last month or so and I'm restricting myself to what I can find at the flea market or thrift stores. I like to buy stuff, so if I didn't hold myself to this rule I'd have no money left. 'Tis the curse of being young and with little money. What's the crown jewel of your Laserdisc collection? I'm sure you've got a favourite or two.

Oh, yes. I use everything. I listen to the records, watch the Laserdiscs, watch reels of Super-8 (though I haven't filmed anything yet), and I have friends that are fond of games that use my systems. I wouldn't buy them if I wasn't going to have them used in some way. There's no point to that.