bootsale haul - Sunday 21st August 2006

bootsale haul - Sunday 21st August 2006
Originally uploaded by blackadderhall.

Today was another one of those "good days". The weather was poor, so weren't expecting many cars when we arrived at 6:30. And we were right as the place was half-empty. We had a walk round and there were a few PlayStations, PS2 and Xbox games and that was about it. I spotted a few other retro buyers casing the joint (we stand out a mile LOL) including a dealer who seemed to be looking for games.

However, as the morning progressed, a few more cars turned up and then that's when the fun started. As we continually walked around and around, passing stalls many times, we noticed more and more bits were popping up on stalls we'd already checked over. So, here's what we got.

1x boxed Quickshot Python 1m (multi-format joystick) £1.50
2x GameGear games (Columns and Monaco GP) - £1 each
1x SNES with two controllers (good conditions case - shame the unit was f*cked) £5
1x boxed Master System II with 2 games (Sonic and Wonder Boy III) £5
1x unboxed Mega Drive II with 3 games (Sonic, SF II, Mega Games I also had a boxed DC Virtua Tennis in the bag) £5
1x SNES with one controller and no PSU £2.50
1x Mega Drive with 3 controllers, 2 arcade sticks and no PSU £1.86
5x Mega Drive games (Worms, Sonic Spinball, Road Rash 3, Sonic 3D, Mega Games III) £5
3x NES games (Top Gun, Solar Jetman x2) £3

So, looks like we beat the other buyers as they seemed to be in the wrong place at the right time :)

Next week is the last bootsale of the season down my way. A sad day indeed. But at least we get to have a lay in.

Boxed Nintendo Entertainment Sysyem and 2 lightguns

Boxed Nintendo Entertainment Sysyem and 2 lightguns
Originally uploaded by blackadderhall.

This was today's "megafind". We'd gotten to the bootsale earlier today as my nemesis "the bag man" always seems to get the goodies before us. So, we got to the bootsale about 6:30 and as you can imagine, people were still setting up. Had a quick look around and "bag man" was nowhere to be seen. Off we trundled round the stalls not hoping to find anything half as good as the previous day's finds.

First find of the day was a couple of Now That's What I Call Music albums (3&4) - so we picked them up for £1 each. Then we got a copy of Spice World for the PlayStation for £1. Walking up to where the cars had just stopped and were still in the process of setting up I spied an old bloke emptying a van and noticed a rather large arcade stick propped up against the van. Upon enquiry, he said he wanted £15 for it as it was in a nice big box (the guy clearly had no idea). I explained that it was for a machine that wasn't even made anymore and was probably worth about £5. He gave me the old "i'm a pensioner" sob story and said he'd sell it for £7. I offered him 6 and he gave in. YaaaaY..

Little else was to be had and we were almost ready to go home. Still no sign of "bag man".. However, I wasn't the only person there on the lookout for a retro bargain or 3. I'd spotted a guy feverishly looking through a bag of PS2 games and made note. We were on the last row of cars and we'd just walked past the other retro buyer. We walk quite quickly and so got a bit ahead of him. Then I spotted it!! A plastic tub filled to the top with NES games.. However a third bargain hunter had just asked the guy how much he wanted for it.. The seller said "make me an offer".. So I sniped! I made my attack "I'll give ya £20 for it" just as the other bargain hunter approached the stall. The other guy buggered off clearly dissapointed at my attack on his purchase. I offered a higher than normal bid as I know that the other two guys around me would have taken it if not - and i wasn't about to let that happen. As I emptied the tub of its contents, the other retro hunter looked on with envy in his eyes.. Mwaaaaaaahhhaahahahaha.

Turns out though that the machine was in quite horrible condition and we spent all afternoon cleaning it and the games. The joypads had mold (furry thick mold) growing on them. ewwwwww

Boxed collection of NES games

Boxed collection of NES games
Originally uploaded by blackadderhall.

Here are the boxed games from the haul that cost me £20
Tetris
Double Dragon
The Dream Master
Batman
Home Alone 2
Tennis (4 player)
Baseball
Hogan's Allet
Gumshoe
Battleship
Duck Hunt
Turbo Racing
Super Mario Bros. 3

unboxed collection of NES games

unboxed collection of NES games
Originally uploaded by blackadderhall.

These are the unboxed games that I got for only £20 with a boxed NES (see related blog article).
The games are:
Airwolf
Ghosts & Goblins
Rescue: The Embassy Mission
Punchout (not Mike Tyson's)
Super Spike Volley Ball (x2)
Marble Madness
Ghostbusters 2
Donkey Kong 3
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Probotector

Bootsale 2nd August

Today was one of the best days for booting. We went to our usual saturday bootsale with less than half the money we normally take (as pickings are usually crap we didn't really worry that we'd run out). However, we nearly did run out!! OMG.

Anyway, what did we find? Here goes!!!

First off, I spotted a Multi System. It cost me £5 and was marked up at £10. What it is is a PC Joystick that is based on a console that joystick maker Konix was going to release back in the early 90s. The KMS (Konix Multi System) never arrived, but the joystick technology did in the form of this hybrid. With a couple of twists and a click its a steering wheel. Another couple of clicks its a set of handlebars. Twist things another way its a flight yoke! FAB!

Then walking on a bit further I spotted a box with a boxed Goldeneye N64 and accessories. The woman said she wanted £5 as it didn't have a TV lead. HELL!! £5? I was having that TV lead or not. As it turns out it had a SCART lead in the box. Result! came with 3 extra games and 2 extra joysticks. Box is in good condiditon too.

Walking on a bit further I spotted a Barcode Battler. Paid £1 for a boxed complete "German" version. This was imported from Germany by a company and they included English instructions and barcode stickers. Yet another wacky Japanese idea that failed to make any sort of impression in the UK. I like to think that if this said Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh on it, this would sell a million. Also picked up an uboxed copy of Metal Head for the 32x for 50p (next purchase, a 32x LOL). As we left the stall, we spotted the guy was also selling some other "retro bits" - He had a couple of boxed TV games from the late 70s... He wanted £1 for a boxed Ingersoll multic-coloursport TV game. YUP! I'll have that.. He also had a Radofin TV game with extra game for £2. Yes please, thank you!

Having bought all that, our arms were getting fuller. Then we spotted a guy flogging Mega Drive games for £1 each. The usual tat, but we got Jungle Strike. NICE!

Finally, the last row of cars.. usual kids clothes and pottery. My girlfriend called me over... She'd spotted a SNES!!. I'd been after a UK one for sometime and I could have easily got one from eBay but there something about finding one at a booty. Anyway, it was in a crappy condition and looked like it'd been in the garden. No wonder I didn't spot it.. Kudos to my girlfriend though. Anyways, the woman wanted rid of it and offered it to us for £1.. FECKING BARGAIN. As it turns out, it didn't work. But a quick swap of the PSU soon sorted that.

And then we went home for a nice cup of tea :) and a rest...

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Boot Sales Sat 29th and Sun 30th

Hi all, below are the finds I have found at my local boot sales this weekend. I haven't posted lately, as I have had a really bad few weeks, but am over them now. I will get pics up tomorrow:

Saturday

Sega Saturn with 2 pads, all leads, 14 games - £8
Sky Skipper and Ms Pac-man on the Atari 2600 - 80p for both of them

Sunday

Spectrum +2A with light gun, joystick and leads with 12 games mint - £2.50
Mario All Stars + Simpsons Krusty on the SNES - £1 for the both
Tomy Caveman table top game is good, working condition - £1
Mega Drive Lemmings boxed complete - 50p

The spectrum I had to clean up as there was dirt stopping the datacorder working and dirt causing a sticky key effect on the system, but otherwise it is mint and works fine.

Saturday 29th July

First off, apologies for the lack of updates - its not like i've not been bargain hunting. In truth, I picked up so much stuff recently and I've been in and out, I've not had time to update the blog.. Anyway, today...

Not a great day today, but some bargains nontheless..

I got:

£1 for a plug-in TV space invaders game (which also has some other games like Phoenix and Qix on it)
£1 for yet another crappy NES-clone TV game with 21 crappo games on it
£2 for 200 HD floppies with PC stuff on them.
£1 for a PlayStation Barbie game (box no manual)
£1 for one of those Interactor backpack things - looks complete and is boxed.

Looking forward to tomorrow's biggie. Right off to the charity shops round my way

Last Sunday's bootsale

What a terrible day Sunday was. We were really looking forward to this week's as there were supposed to be two big bootsales very close to each other. We woke at 6am to a cloudy sky and by 6:30 it had started raining. Not letting a bit of rain put us off, my girlfriend and I did our usual walk to the bootsale. IT WASN'T THERE!!! Noooooooo. Maybe it was the weather, maybe it was that a larger bootsale close by was starting at 11. We went home, went to bed and then headed off to the "big" bootsale for 11. How dissapointed was I? VERY. It was a piss poor turnout with about 20-30 cars in total. Found nothing on the first run. Went for a coffee and came back.

I thought my luck was changing as some woman had a purple GameCube with three controllers and two memory cards. She said she wanted a fiver for it as she'd sold all the games for a fiver each. She assured me it worked and so I parted with £5 (bargain I thought). Got it home - the bloody thing wouldn't read any discs. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! What a disaster. Here's hoping this Sunday is better.

Thursday's Charity Shop visit - 7th July

OMFG!! Today was a GOOD day. Made a single purchase for £4 and this got me a single item.. A Game & Watch from 1983. The game? Rain Shower (its a nice dual-screen game). Checked eBay when I got back to the office; price ranges up to £400!

It wasn't boxed and it has been played. I'll upload an image tonight.. But hell am I chuffed or what.