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  1. I bought this deck of sealed Pokemon cards from a record store owner who got it from the Ames Department Store in Portland, Maine. This is the first time I've physically seen and held one of the original theme decks since '99
  2. NBA 2K11 is the last game I believe I rented from Video Headquarters in Keene NH, so I would be 2010. The Blockbuster had closed the Summer before that. I didn't have enough cash to buy it at launch like I normally did so I rented it for the weekend before getting it. Was totally worth it as the game blew away every NBA game before it. Maybe still hasn't quite been topped in ways.
  3. I remember in my area this used to air on UPN at ungodly early morning hours around 2000-01.....maybe 5:00 AM on weekdays?
  4. I was back in Holyoke Massachusetts this afternoon and stopped in Stateline Video Games again. They have a case near the back of the store full of nothing but clamshell cases and some retail display racks. I grabbed five more of the SNES style clamshells for $5 each, and five more Game Boy dust cases for $2 each. At this point I once again have a 1/1 ratio of Game Boy games to dust cases. Also got a copy of Twin Darius for $20. Tanooki - If you are still looking this location is loaded in-store with authentic SNES dust clips for $2 each. I'd say they have about 50 in the case, not even counting ones that are actually connected to games in the shelves and CIBs. It might be worth calling them up and seeing if they would do a deal or to put them up on their eBay store in a lot.
  5. I have been searching for an authentic copy of this game at a good price for about 12 years now, my childhood cartridge was stolen when i loaned it out without realizing how valuable it had become. I always held on to my guide book and scratch & sniff cards though. I'm only missing two of the cards, and the original box. This is probably my favorite videogame of all time. To me it's the greatest RPG ever. Best music in any Nintendo game. I got it the day it came out back in 1995, but it was a commercial flop in America and sold very poorly due to a poor advertising campaign and little magazine coverage. I never realized that at the time though, me, my stepbrother, and our best friend all had our own copies. I framed the original magazine ad that made me beg my Dad for it. One of the screenshots features a character saying, "I just farted....sorry." That was all it took for me. I even have the stub for the coupon I used to get $10 off at Walmart. I have the soundtrack on vinyl, I bought it locally in 2015 at Bull Moose for like $20, now it's worth about $200 alone. Everything in this picture is easily worth $1,000 at this point. If my Dad hadn't thrown out the box I'd be closer to around $5,000. Of course at the time adults thought video games were mostly a waste of time and didn't see them as becoming valuable one day.
  6. I've managed to snag a couple cheap lots for multiples of these Nintendo of America clamshell cases. One of the NES cases had a Toys R Us sticker on the back for .89 cents, I never realized these were ever sold in stores, I only remember seeing them in the Nintendo Power catalogs. I can't even say I remember actually seeing a rental store use these official brand. At this point I've run out of room on my media shelves for all three consoles so my favorite and valued games are going to start transferring to these style. I know there are Game Boy ones too but they are impossible to find.
  7. Paid a visit to Alan Parrish's parents this morning
  8. I picked these up at my local mall this weekend. About $220 including the Zapdos. I had the full base set as a kid and sold them off about a decade ago, now that is the one card I have. The SNES games are in impeccable shape. Tinstar is a nostalgic one to me, when I first moved to my current town and met my eventual stepbrother, he had just gotten it and I had never played it. It's the first thing I ever remember playing in the town I now live and brings back good memories. Shadow Dancer is a game I had never played growing up and was blown away by how great it is, I think I like it more than Revenge of Shinobi. The dog attack mechanic is so cool and reminds me of Shadow from Final Fantasy III/VI
  9. Picked this up locally for $50 complete in very good condition w/box protector, about time I got one of these to go with my Genesis and NES copies! I thought this was a really nice deal on a copy in this good of shape though so I was happy I waited. It had been quite a while since I got a new Crash Dummies item in my collection
  10. I was back in the mall tonight checking out sports cards and Pokemon cards, but I ended up taking the lure of this. I'd seen it a few days ago and ended up deciding it's way too good of a deal to pass up. The coin alone is probably worth $20 and commemorates Kobe's jersey retirement with the Lakers in 2017. As for the game, I've always loved it and was still playing it years after release, still vividly remember getting this at my Grandparents house for Christmas 1999 and playing it on the big TV, blown away by all of the improvements from the original and how superior it was to every other N64 basketball game. The animated faces, eyes, mouths, and accuracy of the superstars and the motion capture by Kobe himself was so far above any N64 game before it. I still feel the 3 point contest in this game is better than any NBA game that has ever come since. And having Chick Hearn and Stu Lantz as the announce team in this game shortly before Chick passed away was magical and impressive for a cartridge game. This was also the last game to have Charles Barkley as an active player. And this is when Kobe was just starting to really explode as a mega star and still had a golden image in the public eye. The era where Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft all had their own exclusive NBA franchises and each console truly had its own identity. Those were the days. I think this game is very underrated, it was arguably better than the original NBA2K
  11. I went to the Holyoke Mall in Massachusetts twice this weekend, there is now a retro games store in the mall called Stateline Video Games that has loose/cib games and systems for just about every major system with prices ranging from good finds to premium prices. They even have a rack full of magazines loaded with Nintendo Powers, and an original Turtles in Time machine in the shop. The store is about 4 times as big as this one picture makes it look. The best finds were definitely the two Master System games, rare 1990 late release USA games at European prices. Both are steals, particularly Dick Tracy. NBA Give N Go was $10 and I also picked up a Ken Griffey's Winning Run for $5 and a CIB After Burner II for Genesis for $25. The most expensive items I saw were a cart only Earthbound for $500 and a CIB Pokemon Red for $500. Also a CIB Gold N64 for $400. Tons of "desirable" games in the shop for sure
  12. This popped up in my Facebook timeline today, this was me in my front yard using the Game Boy Camera in 1998
  13. Got a new "grail" in my collection....I feel blessed and grateful to have been put in the position to buy this and have this in my home......this is a one of a kind purchase for one of my favorite entertainers of all time, NORM MacDONALD. Last week I started talking with a guy named Steve, who has been a professional photographer for over two decades, doing all sorts of sporting and celebrity events. He also has a pretty nice autograph collection at this point, and there was one item I knew I had to have at all costs. He even cut me a deal. On March 22nd, 1998 Steve attended a comedy show, only a handful of days after Norm had been famously fired from Saturday Night Live. On that night, Norm signed this VHS copy of 'Billy Madison'.......23 years later it belongs to me. I was also shown Steve's ticket to the show, and the photo he took with Norm while holding the movie. Norm wrote "It's October", referencing the start of the movie when Billy asks "What's today?" I never imagined Norm would be gone so soon and there will be no more specials and no more podcasts. I miss just hearing him talk about things. But now having this on my shelf, I'll always feel like I have a small piece of the great Norm MacDonald in my house forever Of course now the mission is to meet Sandler in person with a "What's today?" inscription
  14. It's definitely mint, it just doesn't have the original batteries or warranty card. My black one has the batteries and warranty card and I only paid $50, that was highway robbery.
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