thriftcrawler 11/12/05

11/12/05

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World; Nintendo 64 Game Shark; Atari 2600 Demon Attack game, SNES Castlevania IV game; Burger King Jabba the Hutt figure; Jimmy Castor Bunch 45

I spent a nice couple of hours in Baton Rouge today with Sherie at America's Thrift Store. It was just like old times, it was. Very nice. Mmm. Oh, so here's the loot:

01. I've already got a copy of Huxley's Brave New World, but this one has some snazzy 70s cover art featuring women in tight-fitting body suits and blurbs which proudly proclaim that the book is now being made into an NBC TV movie! I had to!
COST: I don't remember. Probably 50 cents or less.

02. As many of you may know, Game Shark is a line of cheating and game-saving devices for various consoles. Like the original Game Genie for the NES, you program in a few codes and you've suddenly got infinite lives, super jumps, or all 12 items in Princess Peach's secret panty collection. I think I've been mentioning panties too much recently. I'll try to work on that.
COST: 25 cents.

03. Demon Attack is a pretty common find as far as Atari carts go. Hmm... Atari Kart. Someone should make a go-kart racing game in the same vein as Mario Kart, but with famous Atari-related characters like Pitfall Harry, Q-Bert, Miner 2049'er and that smiley face thing from Berzerk.
COST: 25 cents.

04. I was pretty shocked to find a 16-bit console game at America's Thrift Store that wasn't a sports game. Even better, it's another Castlevania masterpiece from Konami. Following the Super Nintendo's "Super _____" trend, it's also known as Super Castlevania IV even though it's really just Castlevania IV.
COST: 59 cents.

05. Even though I haven't bothered seeing the much-maligned Star Wars Episodes 1-3, I have to admit I did make a few more lunch trips than usual to Burger King when they were offering Star Wars premiums a few months ago. The only cool ones I managed to snag were Darth Vader, an Ewok and a Jawa. Well, now I've got Jabba the Hutt too - and he even squirts water out of his mouth when you push a button on his back. Just like in the movie!
COST: 39 cents.

06. I picked up this Jimmy Castor Bunch 45 because Sherie insisted I should. I'm not sure what they sound like, but I know Kool Keith namechecks him in one of his songs. Songs: "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" and "I Promise to Remember". This shit better be good, Sherie!
COST: 25 cents?

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01.	I've already got a copy of Huxley's Brave New World, but this one has some snazzy 70s cover art featuring women in tight-fitting body suits and blurbs which proudly proclaim that the book is now being made into an NBC TV movie! I had to! COST: I don't remember. Probably 50 cents or less.
02.	As many of you may know, Game Shark is a line of cheating and game-saving devices for various consoles. Like the original Game Genie for the NES, you program in a few codes and you've suddenly got infinite lives, super jumps, or all 12 items in Princess Peach's secret panty collection. I think I've been mentioning panties too much recently. I'll try to work on that. COST: 25 cents.
03.	Demon Attack is a pretty common find as far as Atari carts go. Hmm... Atari Kart. Someone should make a go-kart racing game in the same vein as Mario Kart, but with famous Atari-related characters like Pitfall Harry, Q-Bert, Miner 2049'er and that smiley face thing from Berzerk. COST: 25 cents.
04.	I was pretty shocked to find a 16-bit console game at America's Thrift Store that wasn't a sports game. Even better, it's another Castlevania masterpiece from Konami. Following the Super Nintendo's "Super _____" trend, it's also known as Super Castlevania IV even though it's really just Castlevania IV. COST: 59 cents.
05.	Even though I haven't bothered seeing the much-maligned Star Wars Episodes 1-3, I have to admit I did make a few more lunch trips than usual to Burger King when they were offering Star Wars premiums a few months ago. The only cool ones I managed to snag were Darth Vader, an Ewok and a Jawa. Well, now I've got Jabba the Hutt too - and he even squirts water out of his mouth when you push a button on his back. Just like in the movie! COST: 39 cents.
06.	I picked up this Jimmy Castor Bunch 45 because Sherie insisted I should. I'm not sure what they sound like, but I know Kool Keith namechecks him in one of his songs. Songs: "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" and "I Promise to Remember". This shit better be good, Sherie! COST: 25 cents?