teh "what did you buy today"-thread

[PunkicCyborg]

Nice M.U.S.C.L.E. Men toys you got there ROFLMAO! I had a ton when I was a kid but they've all but dissapeared. I still look for them in boxes at my parents house when I go up there.

[roflmao]

Nice M.U.S.C.L.E. Men toys you got there ROFLMAO! I had a ton when I was a kid but they've all but dissapeared. I still look for them in boxes at my parents house when I go up there.

Thanks!  I had a ton as well when I was a kid and they all disappeared into the past.  I picked those up off ebay a handful of years ago.  I don't remember them coming in different colors, but I ended up with a couple that weren't pink like the rest...  I love that they made a wrestling-themed toy that was overwhelmingly collected by boys pink.  wtf!?

[SuperDeadite]

Le RayXanber!  Also CRI's Goken Sega Budget Pack.
Damn, Last Survivor really makes me want to get a 2nd Towns
to try out the 4-player mode.   

[Mathius]

On Wed I strolled into my local Game Exchange to see how they could underwhelm like I do most weeks. Made my usual rounds until I moseyed up to the counter. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped! There in this case was a poor Joe's whole collection consisting of a stack of sealed SNES games, a plethora of hard to find PS1 games, a mountain of minty fresh Genesis games, and rows of Dreamcast games I have never heard of or even knew existed for Sega's 128-Bit console. And to top it all off most of it seemed to be underpriced! I walked out of there with this haul you see here for $35! Needless to say I am going back next week.

Edit- The Star Trek game was bought across the street and not among this find.

[chany60126]

Nice haul Mathius! Phalanx is a cool game to play. I've put in lots of hours into that game, very underrated shooter if you ask me. I love the parallax scrolling of the clouds in level one. The cover art on the box alone is worth the price of admission.  

[PunkicCyborg]

Phalanx has to be one of the worst US covor screw ups ever. Just look how awesome the Japanese one is. Nice stuff there though and nice price!

[chany60126]

You have to admit though, the cover art on the game does grab your attention. I don't think I would have ever spent my leftover change on that game if it weren't for that, hehe. I've seen worse cover art. Just look at the US version of Final Zone II, yeah..

[Mathius]

I always loved the cover art for Phalanx. I have never played it though! This copy here, along with Pilotwings, are still sealed but I am thinking about unsealing 'ol Mr. Banjo there. I already own PWs so I may keep it under wrap unless I want to study the manual in the bathroom.

[Joe Redifer]

The cover art for the US Phalanx rules.  The Japanese version is completely average in every way.  It could be any game.  But the US version... you KNOW it is Phalanx.  Plus, the Japanese version is way too "phallic" for me.  Just like Neo Geo's Last Resort art.

[Mathius]

The cover art for the US Phalanx rules.  The Japanese version is completely average in every way.  It could be any game.  But the US version... you KNOW it is Phalanx.  Plus, the Japanese version is way too "phallic" for me.  Just like Neo Geo's Last Resort art.

We may want to call games such as these phallic 'em ups or somethin'.

After examining the sealed SNES games I conclude that Game Exchange has a very well done process of sealing their games. There is a "used" price tag under the seal. Fooled me! The plastic feels just like I remember brand new SNES games feeling.

[hoobs88]

Reebok Zig Tech sneakers (for Ultimate Frisbee)

[Joe Redifer]

Mathius, were the games at least complete and in near mint condition?

[Mathius]

Mathius, were the games at least complete and in near mint condition?

Yes. All of Phalanx was complete and mint inside. Every game this guy sold to the store was in perfect shape! I couldn't believe it! They said they paid the guy around $250 for his collection. If this collection was on eBay it would have probably reached into the high hundreds and maybe even low thousands. I don't know why he sold it to a game store and not a auction site, forum, or Craig's List.

[Arkhan]

I have that Recognizer diecast holder with the full set of die casts in it, lol.

and TONS of MUSCLE duders.   Like, hundreds!

I took some to work and put them on my desk.  Theyre awesome toys.

[ceti alpha]

Reebok Zig Tech sneakers (for Ultimate Frisbee)

I'm blinded by teh blue!