HEY NOW!
FAIR WARNING: This post might be too TL;DR for you ADHDers out there. So if you're looking for brevity and conciseness, please scroll down to the next post. Thank you for your limited span of attention.
Does the hat fit?
Like a
5-time Super Bowl champ! Here, see for yourself:
[img width=286 height=427]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/OptiNiners_zpsbad975f6.jpg?t=1380660985[/img]
Damn, you had to remind me that I've been off my
Skylanders game lately. Still trying to track down three of the lightcore figures, myself. Fortunately, with some funds I fleeced from a couple hayseeds in some midwest backwater
, I was able to pick up a few new figures, as well as some other stuff:
[img width=457 height=535]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/Score10-1-2013a_zps50dfbb38.jpg?t=1380660939[/img]
- Halloween '13 Eye-Brawl
- Like, totally gnarly Tree Rex, dewd
- Super-freakin'-badass series 2 Drobot
- tin of Skylanders Giants Trigger happy Power Sours candies
Oh yeah, I also got a few other things:
- Prima
Final Fantasy Tactics and
Okami strats
- K'Nex Wario mini-figure
Well, I was a little jealous of Bil, so I had to pre-order one of my own...
[img width=700 height=488]http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af356/jackcrow2000/baby_zpsd178b053.jpg[/img]
I'd get a refund on that pre-order ASAP if I were you. Those things are way overpriced, both monetarily and emotionally.
All right, time to show off a few notable non-gaming small scores I've uncovered:
[img width=684 height=522]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/Score10-1-2013b_zps70df290a.jpg?t=1380660961[/img]
- Three Polish-language
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic magazine thingies. I dunno why I picked these up. I guess I just found the idea of Polish MLP reading material funny. BTW if there's anybody out there who's interested in these, why not drop me a PM, m'kay?
Speaking of which, this was in my workplace's lost-and-found box the other day:
[img width=333 height=415]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/BronyWallet_zps27a34e39.jpg[/img]
I wonder if Shoboni wants this back? I mean, that's his life savings right there...
ANYway: thanks to my obsession with airliner disaster shows, I picked up a
Who Are Air Traffic Controllers? coloring and activity book so I can be more in-the-know on these wonderful human beings. Fortunately, it's written at just the right grade level for me.
I also found a sealed Micro Machines Titanium die-cast Optimus Prime and Bumbelebee set. Sadly, it's the original G1 Bumblebee who always got his fellow Autobots into bad situations, and was basically a little bitch. Say what you will about Michael Bay, at least he made Bumblebee kinda not suck...
I also decided to go back to basics with my calculator collecting, and picked up a TI-108. After seeing this pickup, I'm sure Nupoile will be all like [img width=90 height=110]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/Nupoile-came_zps16a0882b.jpg[/img]
That's just about it I guess-- hey, wait, what's this? Oh man, wait'll you see it (now with patented Bil-o-meter technology):
[img width=338 height=545]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/Score10-1-2013c1_zpsa1c4fe2a.jpg?t=1380661039[/img]
That's right... I got the BOX!
[img width=615 height=545]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/Score10-1-2013c2_zps89c9fcc1.jpg?t=1380576702[/img]
And I got... the MANUAL!
Aaaand finally: the GAME that came with the BOX and the MANUAL:
[img width=700 height=416]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/Score10-1-2013c3_zps4170ed20.jpg?t=1380661064[/img]
Eh, two outta three ain't bad, right?
Actually, there's a bit of a story behind this pickup. I entered a local Goodwill on Sunday and found this put aside on the checkout counter. I was allowed to give it a look, which is when I discovered it didn't have the right game in it. I was willing to buy it anyway, but the cashier told me it couldn't be sold until they did a full check to make sure the game it goes with wasn't still in the stockroom somewhere. I left the store a bit bummed
, and figured I'd never get a chance to add it to my collection... and finally be one of the cool kids on RF Generation, sorta.
Fast-forward to this morning as I commenced my usual Tuesday thrift crawl routine. I returned to that Goodwill, and saw that precious bit of cardboard still there at the checkout counter. The store manager was there at the time, sorting out a few things. I pointed to the box, and asked him if he'd be willing to sell it to me, even though it didn't have the correct game in it. He thought it over for a second, and said, "Sure, why not."
So ummmm... does anyone out there have a copy of that submarine game they'd like to trade for a copy of
Rampage?
All right, that's enough silliness for now. But before I go, I'd like to give WildBil52 a big thank-you for being the primary inspiration for my silly bug-eyed avatar "upgrades." You, sir, are my muse...
'Late
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