My cool find for the day. 1960’s “Bubo” Midnight Owl transistor radio. Needs a good cleaning but the little one is fully functioning!

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Because why the fuck not. 2018, we’re ready for you!!

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Picked up this gem for $.25 at a flea market in Santa Clarita, CA. I don’t often find worthwhile comics in the wild, so this was a doozy.

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Original cel from Treehouse of Horror V. Found this morning at a local swap meet!

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Picked up this Acer Predator for $500 from an electronics liquidator. Has a 6th gen i7-6820HK CPU, 32GB DDR4 ram, 8GB GTX 980 graphics card, and a 512gb SSD. Same one costs $2,799.99 from Best Buy.

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How’s this for a random swap meet find? Box Boy amiibo and game for $5.

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Found a great piece of art at my local swap meet this morning. Disneyland magazine cover artwork featuring Pablo Penguin of Three Caballeros fame!

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TIL the state of Florida no longer has a scientist. She was just fired.

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Original Poster prelim for a little gem of an anime film called Warriors of the Wind. Better known as the Studio Ghibli classic, Nausica of the Valley of the Wind.

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Check out these wee Cutco embroidery scissors. They don’t look like much, but due to their quality and scarcity, they command a hefty premium on the resale market. Picked them up this morning for $2.

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Ice Station Zebra (1968) [3584 x 4559]

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Original illustration for a 1996 issue of NetWare magazine, featuring the Doom Marine and some friends fighting off a demon.

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Picked up this cute little Singer Sewhandy Model 20 in a rare red finish for $45! Collectors will pay as much as $400 for a clean one.

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I’ve been lucky with artwork at my local flea markets and swap meets. They did not disappoint this week. This gigantic illustration measures 38” x 36” and features over a dozen 80’s TV sitcom stars. Couldn’t help myself at a reasonable price of $99.

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Found this awesome Panasonic pencil sharpener for $2.95 at a local ARC thrift store. I’m a sucker for anything MCM, especially when it’s an orange beauty. Best of all, it still works!

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Picked up a boatload of sealed copies of Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator for PS4 from an electronics liquidator. This isn't even 25% of what I grabbed! If you know anyone looking for a copy, you know where to send them!

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Preliminary poster art by Frank McCarthy for the Sergio Leone classic, Once Upon a Time in the West.

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Picked up a ridiculous amount of sealed copies of Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator from an electronics liquidator. If you’re interested in a copy, let me know!

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And the last original cel, Lisa’s Substitute.

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My local Target is such a tease.. Saw them wheeling out the PS5 shipment while picking up an Xbox Series X tonight. What a friggin week!

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Found at the Rose Bowl Swap Meet in Pasaden, CA. They weren’t cheap ($475), but they are brand new.

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Electronics liquidator, Round 3! Picked up this beast for $20. Appears to be brand new.

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Anyone else luck out from that Best Buy price error? Received two copies of the Pokemon Ultra Sun & Moon dual packs for $10 a piece!

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Scored this lovely lady, new in box, for $10. Box isn’t mint, but she looks untouched. Play Arts Kai - Lightning Returns figure.

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Random Magic the Gathering cards, paid $10. The Bayou card pictured is worth around $150.

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Enter the mutant called GAMBIT! Picked up this excellent issue for a whopping $.25 this morning in Santa Clarita, CA.

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Thanks, Goodwill!

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Ever seen a grown man squeal at the site of a Disney product? At $5, I couldn’t help myself! Brand new, unopened.

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Nothing like finding sealed original NES games in the wild. These two classics lasted 20+ years unplayed, only to end up at a flea market!

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Affixing is the devil’s work. Took me multiple days and literally a couple of hours of mapping this thing out. I can pull off something similar for the other two pieces, but would downgrade from casting VI to IV. Seem viable for a Fo/Te?

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69 hours of wrestling action for $10! If that’s not hot, I don’t know what is.

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Two brand new NES games for $45 total. Found at the Rose Bowl swap meet this weekend in Pasadena, CA.

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Fellow comic fans! Can we help comic book artist extraordinaire, Joe Jusko, find a discontinued bottle of paint?? The specific paint he is looking for is Liquitex French Gray/Blue, item #2002243. I’ve searched eBay extensively, called local mom & pop shops, & combed Google search results but no luck

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I know, hard to believe but I grabbed another Acer Predator for $300! This one has a major issue though, as the screen doesn't work and it didn't include the ac adapter. Specs include i7-6820HK, 32gb ddr4 ram, 512gb SSD, and 8GB GTX 980.

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Picked up this 1943 Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm f2.5 reconnaissance lens for $40. Its a beast!

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Found this little gem for $5. I was pretty excited. Brand new, sealed!

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Another weekend find. A nice pair of Bose 501 Series IV speakers for $7.50 from Goodwill! Considering how much stuff makes it to shopgoodwill, I was pretty surprised to see these at all. The low, low price was icing on the cake.

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Preliminary poster art by Frank McCarthy for the classic Alistair MacLean book-turned-film, Where Eagles Dare.

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Everyone had a Virtual Boy homemade harness phase, right..?? That yellow polo wasn’t doing my round self any favors either.

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New, sealed copies of Pokemon Gale of Darkness and Wario World, plus a nice complete copy of Mario Party 6. Picked them up for $30!

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Anyone familiar with this large Rise of the Robots set? It’s sealed, but doesn’t specifically state anywhere on the box what it is. I can hear things shaking around inside. A quick google search doesn’t turn up any results.

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100+ new copies of Guilty Gear XRD Revelator for $100? Why the hell not! P.S. If you know anyone looking for a copy of GG, uh, send them my way..

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Check out this mountain of sealed copies of Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator. If you know anyone looking for a copy, send them my way!

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Michael Jackson's Moonwalker prototype preproduction cart found for $20! Different content than the final build released at retail.

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When you find a $400 figure for $10, that’s a pretty good day! Where my Final Fantasy and Play Art fans at?

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James Bond in Thunderball, art by Frank McCarthy, on vellum paper, 1964.

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Treat yourself to a Whopper for a whopping 1 cent. Order through the BK app while near a McDonald’s. If that ain’t frugal, I don’t know what is!

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