The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[Scumdogg]

Grr.. The wife and i stopped at a flea market on the way home from the zoo with our nephew today, and were halfway through before i needed to make my first purchase and realized we only had $10 cash on us. Damn you Credit Card Age!!

 

Anyway, i picked up a couple 2600 games, Ghostbusters and a beveled case Eggomania, for $3 each. My wife spent the remaining $4 on a Popple. Had to leave a lot of games behind, it was sad...i'm happy about Ghostbusters though, the label is really nice and i've been looking for it for a while.

[classicgamer24]

today my local goodwill and they told me they had the old grey gameboy i said cool i'l be over there and when i went they priced it at 29.99 and it came with the adapter but i told the mgr that it wasn't working and she said she would give me 50% to make it 15 bucks and then i convinced the cashier if he could give it to me for 10 bucks and u know what he did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

i also found super mario land for the gameboy 0.99

a pinball game (which i put in the game slot of the gameboy just to be slick they didn't notice anyway)

super ghouls and ghost for the snes 2.99

top gun for the nes 2.99

all together my saturday i spent 15 u.s dollars !!!!

[classicgamer24]

i called my local goodwill <--- from prevous

[rustblackend]

Ok lots of good finds lately now that it is starting to get nice out here.

 

NES: All loose but came with Nintendo Dust sleeves

Archer Competition Controller .25

Archon .25

Mad Max .25

Iron Sword: Wizards and Warriors II .25

Double Dribble .25

Double Dragon .25

Off Road .25

Caveman Games .25

 

Resident Evil 3 TRU exclusive cover Strategy Guide $1

 

Gameboy:

Mario Golf (gbc) $3

Simpsons Itchy and Scratchy $3

Pokemon Puzzle Challenge $3

Bubble Ghost $3

Pokemon Pinball $3

 

Assorted Other Stuff:

Primus Rhinoplasty japanense import CD $2

Queensryche Greatest Hits CD .25

Stray Cats Best of CD $2

Universal Movie Monsters Large Wolfman Doll $3

Blind Melon Letters from a Porcupine VHS FREE (for buying all those GB games)

Pikachu talking Plush $4

Electronic Jaws (like a billy bass) plays the Jaws theme and flaps his tail when you push a button .25

10 Anne Rice Books .50 each

[super_dos_man]

Cib festers quest- 3 dollars

loose tmnt 2: the arcade game- 2 dollars

simpsons pez set- 5 dollars

enitre spiderman clone saga (all issues of the ben reilly/parker era))- 30 dollars

scrooge duck action figure- 25 cents

[Segataritensoftii]

A Japanese "Streets Of Rage" at an American Goodwill. Best. Find! EVER!!!!

[classicgamer24]

wow sega your absoultly right its bare knuckles for the sega cd right?

that's awesome im happy for you how much did u pay?

[Scumdogg]

Today's finds were...a bit more than i like to spend, usually, but i got some good stuff.

 

2 copies of Circus Atari....one complete text label, one loose picture lable. I can't believe i didn't have this game. $3 total.

 

SNES Games:

Rex Ronan: Experiemental Surgeon (finally!)- $12.

The Lost Vikings: $5

Ultraman: $4

U.N. Squadron: $5

 

Genesis games (complete):

Wiz 'n' Liz: $8

Muhammed Ali Heavyweight Boxing: $3

 

Dreamcast (complete):

Tomb Raider Chronicles: $4

 

2 Genesis controller extention cables...$4 each. Having 120 Genesis games and finally being able to play from the couch... Priceless.

 

 

Also got a bunch of weird crap on VHS for $1 each, because my wife and i don't know any better sometimes. Actually, they were $2 each or 10 for $10. I only really wanted the Monster in my Pocket tape, and...well...for some reason it seemed better to get 9 other movies to lower the price on one.

 

Biker Mice From Mars: The Pits

Kalifornia

Monster in my Pocket (sealed! woo!)

Boogeyman 2

Office Killer

Left Behind: The Movie ( )

Have You Been Left Behind? (I have a feeling I have...)

The Pagemaster

Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins

[tenoch]

Found a 1982 4 color (yellow, black, red, and a darker yellow) 32 oz Pac-Man Glass Mug for 2 bucks. Looks like a giant root beer mug.

and a unopened 1989 LCD Batman watch, 1 buck.

 

-h

[Ghost Soldier]

Had a great weekend for finds.

 

Quest Colecovision .99

Gopher 2600 1.50

Crystal Castles 2600 1.50

Warplock 2600 1.50

Top Gun Second Mission NES 1.00

Kirby Superstar SNES 1.00

Asciipad Controller SNES 1.00

Resident Evil 3 Nemesis PS1 2.00

PS2 Controller 1.00

Connect Four Electronic Game Free

Elebits Plush Figure New .29

 

Entire Into the Unknown Book Collection 1.00

Battery Charger 1.50

3 Pair's of Shorts 3.00

 

The wife bought all kinds of extra's that I don't remember. Great weekend for yardsales in our area.

[classicgamer24]

dang ghost soldier that kirby all stars was a great find you can make good profit i believe it's worth about 25-30 bucks but if i were you i'd keep that bro !!! it's all about kirby

[Ghost Soldier]

dang ghost soldier that kirby all stars was a great find you can make good profit i believe it's worth about 25-30 bucks but if i were you i'd keep that bro !!! it's all about kirby

Kirby is a keeper.

[RickHarrisMaine]

Just now, at Target, I picked up an X-Box 2.4 ghz wireless controller for $4.98. Seemed like a decent little deal...

[shadow460]

Found Ms Pac Man for the Genesis for 50 cents at Goodwill. Nothing special, methinks.

[Scumdogg]

Found Ms Pac Man for the Genesis for 50 cents at Goodwill. Nothing special, methinks.

 

 

It's a good port of the game though...the one i usually play when the mood strikes. Definitely worth 50 cents.

[classicgamer24]

yes he is ghost soldier<---- kirby is awesome

[Prodos8]

@ GoodWill for $0.59 each

 

GBA:

 

Lunar Legend

Fire Emblem Sacred Stones

Capcom Classics Mini Mix (CIB)

[BeerGnome]

Found a 1982 4 color (yellow, black, red, and a darker yellow) 32 oz Pac-Man Glass Mug for 2 bucks. Looks like a giant root beer mug.

and a unopened 1989 LCD Batman watch, 1 buck.

 

-h

 

A liter stein with pac-man on it?

 

you willing to part with it?

[rustblackend]

Found a 1982 4 color (yellow, black, red, and a darker yellow) 32 oz Pac-Man Glass Mug for 2 bucks. Looks like a giant root beer mug.

and a unopened 1989 LCD Batman watch, 1 buck.

 

-h

 

A liter stein with pac-man on it?

 

you willing to part with it?

 

I got one of those Pac-man glasses at Goodwill a few years ago. I found a Garfield one as well.

 

Anyway found today:

New from the Clearance Bin at K-Mart:

GBA Pokemon Firered 12.99

DS Pokemon Blue Rescue Team 14.99

GBA Rampage/Paperboy 9.99

[SpendTooMuchOnAtari]

I was at my local Game Crazy to pick up Touch The Dead for DS when I was browsing through the "classic bin" which are 3 for $10. I got three games, all complete:

 

PS1 Intelligent Qube

PS1 King's Field II

PS1 Alone In The Dark

 

Then I went to a record store that also buys/sells/trades games and got two PS2 games:

 

Guitar Hero II $15

Way of the Samurai 2 $8

 

 

I don't want the Intelligent Qube so off to e-pay with that and let it pay for my other purchases.

Edited May 19, 2007 by SpendTooMuchOnAtari

[Hoodoo]

After many weeks, and much suspicion that one of the employees at the local Goodwill was "hoarding" the good stuff, I walked in today....to find....gaming HEAVEN.....First, I walk back through the toy aisle (usually I go right through the clothes to the electrical/electronic section, which is a ways from the toy aisle), and lo and behold, lying there among many broken dolls and toys was......and for $5!!!....CHRONO TRIGGER for the SNES.....get this...SEALED in the box! Even still had an "EB" sticker that said "Buy this game and get the strategy guide for 50% off!" Assuming that finding this was my ONE gamer miracle of the day, I continued to the electric aisle and was astonished to find, as a bundle, a GOLD n64 (special Zelda edition,perhaps? Not sure...although it had an expansion pak in it already and came with a gold controller.) with the following games, COMPLETE in box: Perfect Dark, Goldeneye 007, Mario 64, Ocarina of Time and Super Smash Bros. all for 29.95!

[SRGilbert]

My local thrift stores never have anything, but today at the Salv I saw a small stack of Atari 2600 carts. Mostly commons, but among them I found an Imagic No Escape! and a Congo Bongo both for $1.20 each. I guess not bad for R4's.

[classicgamer24]

today hit up my goodwill after work and found

super smash tv nes 1.99

crystalis nes 1.99

spiderman max carnage 2.99

nba live 97 2.99

total 9.97

 

[SpendTooMuchOnAtari]

and for $5!!!....CHRONO TRIGGER for the SNES.....get this...SEALED in the box! Even still had an "EB" sticker that said "Buy this game and get the strategy guide for 50% off!"

 

 

WOW! I don't know what else to say, that is one hell of a find!

 

Is that a keeper? That would probably bring a nice price in the open market. LINK

 

Whatever your intentions are, way to go on the find!

Edited May 18, 2007 by SpendTooMuchOnAtari

[Hoodoo]

This one's a keeper...part of my Square collection...I own the COMPLETE FF series,mint,sealed for PSX as well as Legend Of Mana (one sealed, one "play" copy), Chrono Trigger will look mighty nice next to the rest (I own these sealed cause I got em CHEAP,years ago, with of course,the exception of CT)