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[Shephda]

Hello all,
Spring here in SW Ohio brings the opening of the outdoor flea markets.
This weekend I scored a few great deals.

Picked up an jungle green, and an atomic blue N64 system. Complete sans box for $25 each.
Also got a near perfect Threshold cart for the 2600, and a Artillery Duel\Chuck Norris 2600 cart. Both were $2 each.
Found a few misc Coleco carts, and misc. hardware.

I love spring!

[Atarian7]

Shephda, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:31 PM, said:

Hello all,
Spring here in SW Ohio brings the opening of the outdoor flea markets.
This weekend I scored a few great deals.

Picked up an jungle green, and an atomic blue N64 system. Complete sans box for $25 each.
Also got a near perfect Threshold cart for the 2600, and a Artillery Duel\Chuck Norris 2600 cart. Both were $2 each.
Found a few misc Coleco carts, and misc. hardware.

I love spring!

Nice finds. I have never found atari in the wild.

[turboStar]

Atarian7, on Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:26 AM, said:

Nice finds. I have never found atari in the wild.

Never?

Maybe I'm just an old fart, but 10-15 years ago I'd see 2600-5200 all over the place. I don't know how many Odysee's, Apple ]['s or Atari's I coulda scored.... DAMNIT!!

I was just a dumb poor kid. Now its true- I rarely see them in the wild.

[Pyromaniac605]

Atarian7, on Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:26 AM, said:

Shephda, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:31 PM, said:

Hello all,
Spring here in SW Ohio brings the opening of the outdoor flea markets.
This weekend I scored a few great deals.

Picked up an jungle green, and an atomic blue N64 system. Complete sans box for $25 each.
Also got a near perfect Threshold cart for the 2600, and a Artillery Duel\Chuck Norris 2600 cart. Both were $2 each.
Found a few misc Coleco carts, and misc. hardware.

I love spring!

Nice finds. I have never found atari in the wild.

Really? I find them in the wild all the time every time i go to cash converters or a retro gaming shop there is always a Basic Programming cart stalking me.

-Darren-

[Shephda]

Pyromaniac605, on Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:15 PM, said:

Atarian7, on Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:26 AM, said:

Shephda, on Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:31 PM, said:

Hello all,
Spring here in SW Ohio brings the opening of the outdoor flea markets.
This weekend I scored a few great deals.

Picked up an jungle green, and an atomic blue N64 system. Complete sans box for $25 each.
Also got a near perfect Threshold cart for the 2600, and a Artillery Duel\Chuck Norris 2600 cart. Both were $2 each.
Found a few misc Coleco carts, and misc. hardware.

I love spring!

Nice finds. I have never found atari in the wild.

Really? I find them in the wild all the time every time i go to cash converters or a retro gaming shop there is always a Basic Programming cart stalking me.

-Darren-

Must be the region, I find lots of video game "stuff". This week I found 2 Mini Super Nintendos (one complete the other just the console), pieced together a Sega Dreamcast for about $15, and scored a Super Arcade Stick for the SNES. Also found a few games here and there.

[Atarian7]

I haven't been to a retro gaming shop. I don't know if we have any in the area. Are there any national chains?

[Eltigro]

I'm waiting until Summer to hit the local flea market. Being a teacher kinda makes it difficult to visit someplace that's only open during a weekday.

Friday I saw a 2600 in a retro-gaming store, asked how much they wanted for it, and the guy said it wasn't for sale. He just had it in the shop as a display kind of thing and to have something for the "parents" to talk about. It was a really clean looking 4-switch.

[Shephda]

My son and buddy hate me because I seem to fall into deals a lot. Sunday I went with the wife to look at some outside toys for kids, she cares for a toddler and wants some toys for him to play with this summer. So as we are looking in the lady's garage at kids toys I spy a Nintendo Power Set box in the corner. I ask her if that's for sale and she said sure. It was her kids and they are gone now.
So I picked up the complete Nintendo Power Set CIB, a NES Advantage CIB, and 7 various games (outside of Dr. Mario nothing great but decent games) for $20.

Think it's going to be a good summer!

Edited by Shephda, Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:40 AM.