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Does it still work if serated from the display?

Just had to loop back here as a Nall (from Lunar) plush and poster came up for sale recently and it ended at a whopping $1425. Craziest price I have seen on it so far (the poster is also in big demand too), but it has also been awhile since one was listed. If you guys do an updated collectibles episode you've got a new thing to talk about besides the Elephant card. https://www.ebay.com/itm/135026805803

Probably a Genesis middle or heavy that I still need, or if the actually have CIB Vita stuff I need I might grab a couple there I would be looking for.

Embracer moving people around, now LRG is a bunch of Hobbitses

Lol the instant I saw this cart label I was reminded of the Mega-CD cover of "The Third World War"

I still consider game collecting a niche collecting hobby compared to others given how long it has been around, so whenever I see something about game collecting on mainstream TV it still seems novel to me. I didn't see a thread for when people have spotted retro game collecting stuff shown on TV or other media, so I figured it would be fun to see if anyone else has come across it and post snippets. Anyway, saw this last night on Antiques Roadshow in the Feedback booth. First time I have seen Saturn games on television in years! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQKdZhcIVYs&list=PL0gC7G7GmJArcoNpq3Vyn-mxLGlDRgNC-&t=3060s

Man that is insane to see. Wonder Library is rare enough but I have never see the US cart pop-up outside of a digitpress thread years and years ago.

Up until 2019 or so I used to do really well at Gamestop for just some of my time. I'd follow the CAG thread about deals and flips for trade ins, and I could literally go from one to the next in a loop buying stuff, trading it in, and coming out with additional funds since there were 8 Gamestops in my nearby area. I turned maybe a $250 initial investment into thousands in trade credit over time, it was nuts that it worked. Plus none of the employees really cared because I would rate well and buy the occasional GPGs to help them out.

My own taxes are "relatively" simple. Mainly W2s, various 1099s, investments, schedule C, and deductions around kids. I don't know how good it is about finding credits, especially on a local/state level, but as I went through it basically asks you a ton of questions about your year and if it pertains to you if you want. And btw, I agree it is ridiculous how complex they make this in general when they are clearly lobbied by interests to keep it too obtuse for general people.

Man, I probably got over 80% of my Wii U collection, and at least half of my Vita collection from Gamestop. Plus plenty of other stuff over the years when they were doing clearance sales. I bought so much Wii junk from them one time too, it was disgusting looking back on it.

So when I paid for the TurboTax software I get the physical CD (lol how fitting for this forum, maybe I can sending it to WATA for CIB grading later), then install it in my PC. I does a whole walkthrough of how and what to fill out with the application, then saves your return as a specific file that's read by the software. Also if you used it previously when you start up you can point it to last years return and it'll import all your basic info about your family and businesses from last year. Filing for the Federal side is free, I had to pay $25 to file with my state, but buying it from Costco in the physical form they give you a $10 "credit" of sorts so I really only paid $15 to file my state taxes. Actually just got my state refund the other day, now to spend it again at Costco

Looks awesome! I have a love hate relationship with those Justifier boxes. They are so cool but man are they massive to store.

When I was big into PSP this and I think MegaMan were really difficult to locate correctly because they had that weird double-UMD case for both games.

Just posting here as a box guy with some shelves that is valiantly working towards trying to be a shelf guy. I bought like 8 new Billy bookcases when I was able to get free Ikea shipping earlier this year. I've already got a couple, but the whole room will look drastically different once I'm done in the next month or so.

Yeah taxes are never fun to deal with, mine seem to get more complex every year as well but I've gotten better at it. If you think you're going use TurboTax next year Costco normally sells home and business (which sounds like what you need) for about $100 and they give you a $10 credit for state filing. I've been using it for years.

I always figured Winston wasn't in the court scene because he wasn't one of the people digging the hole in the middle of the street or arrested. The judge, like so many others in the GB universe at the time, just forgot he existed.

Got this recently from Japan, the Ys Special Collection - All About Falcom: Promotional VHS with Flyer from 1993. This release was presumably mainly for rental and then for sale later as the marking on the tape show. It's mainly promoting Ys but there is some Popful Mail footage on there as well, which is why I picked it up. https://www.instagram.com/p/C5rHN6gRNUm/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Put GB II as an 8, but it could also be a 7.5 to me. A lot of weird moments in 2 that bring it down compared to the first but the best parts still make it shine to me. It had a lot of great one liners and they hold the movie together when it starts to come apart sometimes. Some of my favorite parts: Statue of Liberty down main street, Titanic appearing at the dock, Venkmenn's "photo" shoot with Vigo, and of course the courtroom scene when they save the judge. "Do!, Re! Egon!" But some weird character development too, I was always confused if Egon had a thing for Dana after this movie. I was a big fan of the cartoon growing up as well, and my parents still have my original proton pack hiding in the basement. Regarding Ghostbusters 2016 I watched it much later, but it also had some good parts. A bit too crass than I would have wanted to see, but the parts where it shined was fun. Testing new weapons, the silly bickering in the beginning, but the final ghost battle was so much fun as well, especially with the remixed GB theme. Where GB2 overly sanitized the franchise, GB 2016 was a bit too raunchy. My Ranking: GB1 > Afterlife > GB2 >= Frozen Empire > GB2016 (I enjoyed Frozen Empire but I think it had too much going and that hurt it a bit)

I got burned the same way with Resident Evil Origins Collection on Switch. RE 1 is a code and RE0 is actually on cart. Just went ahead and got the PS4 version instead which actually has all the content on disc.

Just saw this pop up and thought of you, I would guess they have the Pirates! one in there but I'm not sure.

Not sure what all 5 would be, but one would be this copy of Jurassic Park for the Sega Genesis I got for my birthday in 1994. Over 30 years of good memories. Played the snot out of the game, wrote down the passcodes as I beat Grant and the Raptor on pieces of paper and tucked them in the case, even recently played it with my kids.