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07/31/19: It's Wednesday! And it's time to show off my finds and an international get! Made it mid-morning to the local fleamarket And it was already in the high 90s, low 100s! Damn hot! But I charged on! My first finds was from that same awesome guy with a table full of media. His selection wasn't that great like in the past but I still got some okay stuff. For $6.00 I got the things in the lower left of the picture. Five bluray movies, one ps2 skateboarding game and two empty cases for a guilty gear game and a DS Atlus RPG. I then bought a dinosaur transformer for $2.00. Farther up ahead, I found another guy selling some more bluray movies. I got six more at a dollar each (top right). Afterwards, it was three DC Vertigo graphic novels for $2.00. And finally some of the last purchases was a bare ps2 and a small aluminium trunk. Got both from the same seller. I saw the ps2 first on a table, and when I asked how much, the lady said $5.00. I'll take It! After that I saw the trunk. And I thought it wasn't on sale and she was using it to store things. But I asked anyways. "$4.00" she replied. I noticed it's missing half of the foam, but it's no big deal. I need a case like this to store some excess games. So with the fleamarket done, it was off to the post office to check my mail. And something did come in for me. All the way from Greece, I got in a Ratchet and clank ps3 game! I traded a ps3 game for it with a fellow about a month ago and now it finally arrived! After this it was a drive to the next town over and see what I can get at the salvation army store. I barely missed out on two other people who bought a ps1 and ps2 respectively. Oh well. But I did find some ps1 games there. They're not in the best conditions, but five games for $2.00 is a fair gamble. Finally the last get of the day was Tetris Effect on ps4. It was gamestop new. Ugh! But I did get it about $5.00 less. I took back a game that I bought recently from them, that I realized I already had. And so ends another day of accumulation!

Ps: I forgot to put that found a ps1 Ms. Pacman game inside the ps2 tray! Bonus!

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07/28/19: Woke up suuuper early today to take a trip to the San Diego area. Picked up a friend to make the two hour trip more fun. We made it to the fleamarket in Spring Valley. My friend found a bunch of ps3 things and other gaming stuffs. But I'm pretty happy with my own gets. Mostly ps2, but I can't complain! First thing I got was Sonic Riders Zero Gravity for $3.00. Then I found that NASCAR game and Marvel Alliance game at a dollar each. Then I found a man with a varied selection of games and reasonably priced too. I got three ps2 games for $9.00; 25 to life, Narc and Crimson Sea 2. Sadly, its got no manual and I wish that game was in better conditions, but that game seems scarce, so I'll have to take it. Afterwards, we found a resellers stall. He had quite a bit of games. But they looked well taken care of. He had a whole bunch overpriced. And some were priced well enough. As I looked through his stuff under glass, I saw Warioland 4 and Sword of Mana GBA. He had them at $12 each. Which was fair considering he was overpriced on 'Mario' games. But I was surprised when I offered him $20 for both and he accepted! The last things I got at the fleamarket was Sonic Boom 3ds, Grid 2 on ps3 and a demon girl figure. All three were $11.00 dollars. After that, my friend and I hit up five different gamestops in the area. I had a hard time trying to choose games for their 3 for $15 deal. I would find a game or two, but never the last one. I didn't feel like buying a game twice. But not my friend. He's starting a nice ps4 collection and he bought lots of games for himself and others for his Mexican online store. But it's not to say I didn't leave empty handed. At one store, I found a limited edition Vita game! Death Mark. It's labeled at $60, but it rung up at $30 clearance! And I had enough points for a $5.00 gamestop coupon, so that helped a bit. At another store was Harvey Birdman wii for $3.00, the game is spotless! Like if someone unwrapped it and traded it in! And at the last Gamestop, before heading home, I did manage to do the promo! And with good reason. I found a sort of rare ps3 steelbook! It's for Devil May Cry 4. It seems to be missing the plastic outer sleeve, but ill take it like that! I also got Heroes of Ruin 3ds and just for the hell of it, that WWE game on ps4. Road trip over, and my collection got bigger!

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07/17/19: This Wednesday was finally great to find some of that silicon and plastic we all love! Hit up the fleamarket and gamestop. First get was an official gold wii nunchuck for $5.00. Then I found that Rick and Morty plush for $2.00. I then came across a Miracle Piano NES cart. Guy said $5.00, so I took it. And when I paid him, I spotted a gamecube memory card, I got it for a dollar. Speaking of a dollar, I also found some more games for that much. A lonely n64 tennis game, and two DS games. And finally, all the way in the rear of the fleamarket, the man who has a table full of media was back. I hadn't seen him in a few weeks, so it was nice to search for some goodies. Unfortunately, I couldn't get his merchandise as cheap as the last few times. He wasn't selling by the bag yet. But I still made made my stack. I only found two videogames, but the rest was anime, DVDs and blurays. Some still sealed! And I also found and empty jpn ps2 case and sonic 2 case. Grand total for everything was $23. Okay, I guess. So after that was some trips to good old Gamestops. First store, I picked up some sub $10 games. Some wii Naruto fighting games and I was surprised to find Aquapazza ps3 real cheap too. Finally at the last gamestop before heading home, I bought their last "new" copy of Nier Automata. It was the display, :/ but there weren't anymore copies. I tried to get them at the other store, but they were out too. So, opened copy it is. Thanks for reading!

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Well, Here's my Trails of Cold Steel collection. It came out first on ps3 and Vita and some time later on ps4. When it was announced, I decided to get it on vita instead of ps3. Although all versions now are getting a bit harder to find. The deluxe re-releases on ps4 are very pretty too. They come in steelbooks and have some extra goodies in them. Hopefully soon I'll get part 3 and I'll update this picture.

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07/03/19: It was comics and ps2 games today at the fleamarket! Went mid morning, and I couldn't stay longer to get cheap or free stuff, since my dad had a doctor's appointment in the afternoon. And it was too hot anyways to stay outdoors anyways. First find was Ninja Assuslt and a VR troopers toy, both for $6.00. Next for $3.00 I found a ps2 game I've never heard about before. It's called Unison. So there was no hesitation to take it, even though it's got its barcode cut out. Meaning it wasn't sold retail. In another place I found a sealed eyetoy game for a dollar. After that one, I got a nicer, bigger haul. I found a table full of comics and other random things on the ground. I first found some empty game cases. a bunch of yugioh and Magic cards and put them inside a tin case. A digimon card game, some little halo toys, a generic ps2 remote receiver and a Soul calibur 4 guide. Then I went to check out the comics. At first the guy said $2.00 a comic, but when I had a nice little stack going, and I finished looking around, he sold me everything for $25 dollars! I counted 20 comics and the rest of the stuff. So it actually wasn't that bad! Next place had a bunch of bluray movies, I had most of them already, but not these two horror movies. And the $3.00 for both was a good price too. And then Solo Star Wars in some other stall, new and sealed for $2.00! And finally my last get was pretty good too. I saw a man packing up his things, on the back of his truck, I saw a stack of ps2 games. I asked him how much? He said a dollar each. Nice! So I took them all. Some are a bit more scratched up than others, but for a buck, it's a fair risk.

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Breath of the Wild Champions by UG

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These look great! Thanks to the artist and the people who found and shared it.

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06/12/19: Boy is it getting hot outside. By 9am it was already 90° and climbing. But I braved the heat for my hobby and got many things. The first buy was the bottom row in the first pic. A mix of OG Xbox, wii and a Genesis game. Two for $5 totaling $15.00. Then three music cds and a comic for $5.00. I found South Park N64 and a comic book for $5.00. Two Xbox 360 games at a dollar each. And then for $10 a generic n64 controller and another n64 game. And as I paid $4.00 for two new bluray movies, I got a call from my dad saying that he needed a bit of help in his home, I left the fleamarket. On the drive over to see him, I stopped by the Salvation Army Thrift store. A Facebook friend gave me a tip that some bluray movies came in, and he was right. As I was choosing the titles, I snooped around and found more wii games. A skiing game and Mario Kart wii, sadly no game in the last one, just an empty red case. My total there was $14.00. After helping out my dad, it was noon already. I debated whether going back to the fleamarket and hitting up the last section I missed. Well, I went back. And good thing I did, I was sweating my butt off, but I found some bins full of media. They were mostly music cds and some random dvds. But I spotted that familiar xbox green! And I found ps1 games mixed in with the music. Suffice to say my grand total on the second trip was $30.00. Twelve music cds of various genres, four ps1 games and five xbox discs. The heat was no match for my shopping skills!

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06/04-05/19: Took a road trip to the San Diego region on Tuesday with a friend and my nephew. I went to four GameStops and two thrift stores. We took advantage of their 4 for $10 deal. I got a lot of last gen games. Ps3, 360 and wii. We did this because our local GameStops are dry and out of these cheap titles. Most of these are for selling at the next con but I’m still keeping a few of them. I grabbed some wii titles I’ve never seen before. And I’m intrigued by the cardboard sleeve on Prototype 2. I’ve never seen that before. I’m also happy to find some boxed DS games! Some fell under the gamestop deal. But others I had to pay a bit more. I’m pleased I found a boxed warioware and Jake Hunter game. It pays to ask if they have DS games complete. The worst they can say is no. I was also gifted a case for Theatrhythm. Since they couldn’t find the game and we’re going to throw it away. I was also happy to find a Danganrompa 3 sealed for $18 clearance! One game I had to pay more for, was Shining Resonance refrain on switch. I managed to get five off with a coupon, totaling $34. This switch RPG comes in a metal box and I don’t think it got reprinted. It got sold out near me and I had to get it before it really ran out. Between GameStops I found a goodwill and a small thrift store. For $20 at the goodwill. It was those three comics, the bluray movie, ps2 cheat disc and ps3 games. And that Spider-man bluray was a $2.00 purchase at the other. Grand total for the haul was about $226 dollars. Oh, and last but not least, yesterday at a Mexican pawn shop I got that pokemon moon for $300 pesos ($16.20 US). I’m a happy collector!

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05/22/19: Back, again. Heres what I got on Wednesdays fleamarket visit. Six manga, three comics and a bluray movie, all were a dollar each, totalling $10.00 US. I found for $2.00 each those Voltron DVDs but missing their lion tin. Next for $3.00 was a GBC BMX game. Followed up by a slim ps2 power brick for a dollar. I almost missed it, because I thought it was a boring EA sports game, but when I flipped it over to check, the sega genesis game ended up being Road Rash 3! $5.00 And it was mine. In the next spot there was some game manuals, scattered in different areas I gathered them up. I also found a USB brick. When I went to pay, the plug and six manuals were $2.00 for everything. Then, for $5.00 I got a n64 microphone and Chicken Run GBC. The same guy last week who sold funkos was back. And this time I picked up some star wars toys for $2.00 each. And the final get was was two NES games and two SNES games, all for $10!

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A doctor friend of mine shared on Facebook some crazy happenings in hospitals, so I stole the pic from his post and made this new image. Let’s see if you gamers out there get the reference……

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Hello everyone! I few weeks back did a little thing where I bought some not so rare US ps3 games and offered up a little trade for them. Duck Dynasty wasn’t really going to make it to the far corners of the world on its own. So I put up the offer for a random trade in a ps3 collectors group and these fine gentleman: Raymond, James and Darren sent me these things. Two of them were from UK and one from Australia. The last package came in today, but I’ve had the other two for almost two weeks now. I just wanted them all together to make a nice post. The first to arrive was the two rugby games from Australia, Rugby games aren’t well known let alone successful in the US; so I’m happy to have what would be for me a quirky oddity. Just like what Duck Dynasty would be to someone overseas! The next to come in was from the UK, where Darren sent me a cool looking PAL UK steelbook of Sniper Ghost Warrior, and a set of fun England keychains. And last but not least Heavy Rain and another Rugby game. I knew this was going to be a bit late cause I got a message from him that he’d been a bit busy and couldn’t make it right away to send off his package. But it’s here now and that’s what matters. I’m happy and excited to have these things from all across the world and I hope that duck dynasty ps3 game has a good home among those collectors.

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Video game mashup!

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05/15/19: It’s another good day for my weird random Wednesday fleamarket finds! First purchase was a small piece of artwork, Snatch UMD movie, Atari touch pad and sega rf cable all for $10. Then I found a D&D book for a dollar. At another place, I found two manga, a complete psp charger and a slim ps2 power brick. All for $8.00. I found two random unopened anime DVDs at a dollar each too. I also bought some Monster High funkos. I got five of them at $2.00 each although not all are shown. I saw a guy again who hadn’t shown up in a month, that last time he had ps2 and ps3 games for a dollar. And today was the same. Two ps2 games and four ps3 ones. Their plastic wrap is coming off a bit, but the games are new. After that, was for $3.00: civilization on 360 and a little figure of The Flesh. I also know it wasn’t the best of deals, but $5.00 seemed alright for a 4gb Sony memory stick. And finally the last purchase was for $6.00 A gamecube game, an NCAA basketball 360 game, six loose ps2 games and a ps3 Netflix disc. The discs are in decent conditions and I pulled them out of a binder full of random, loose DVDs. So it pays to check old binders to see if there’s anything good inside.

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Hello friends! Here’s a selection of some of my RPG’s for the original DS

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05/12/19: Today, I had a most excellent deal at the Mexican flea market! I went to eat some tacos first and while walking it off. I found this gameboy color with games! I pulled out Pokemon Gold from the pouch, and I asked him how much? “$200 pesos.” he said. “For just the game?” I replied. In which he said back; “No, for everything.” So with no hesitation, I happily paid the man. So for about $11.00 US I got a Gameboy color, carrying case and accessories, Bionic Commando, Pokemon silver and Gold and Trading card Game! I’m so happy!

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Yep. Don’t mind me. Just playing for the plot. Keep scrolling…….

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Nintendo Switch Toaster Skin made by DecalGirl

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720 or 1080 toast?