The Official CAG 2024 Pick-Ups Thread

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Thread is ready for the new year of pick-ups in 2024.

Hope to see a lot of great pick-ups again starting January!

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Yeah I really feel like I posted in December.... I guess not!

Facebook Marketplace- $120 for these NBA HangTime rom chips that I haven't found a value on yet. And all the games, ac adapters, magazines.

Striker DC wireless limited black controllers from Retro Fighters. Atomic Edition Evercade VS from Funstock. Xbox 360 ac adapters and microSD cards from Amazon.

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Facebook Marketplace- $200 for the 1st pic and the slim PS3 below that ended up having YLOD. Thank Jebus that Spiderman game is worth like $100! That wired controller was almost broken. GTALCS and Fast & Furious don't have discs.

Video Games Monthly Box.

Won a can of Dr Pepper Hot Take.... ended up selling it for like $80 on Ebay!

Facebook Marketplace, same guy as before. $160 for all this stuff. He was told the PSVR was complete, it's just the box/headset/ and 2 Move controllers.

My dad found this Flight Stick by a dumpster! It was in an old Amazon box dated back in April. The address and name were so faded I probably couldn't figure out the destination.... if I wanted to.... which I don't! The stick is brand new.

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Found someone on Ebay selling the exact parts I needed for my Facebook PSVR- $60 shipped.

Parted out my PC and bought a pretty top of the line Fragbox.

Some nice freebies.

Got my N64 module for the Polymega after having it pre-ordered for a year! Spent all day backing up like 400 cartridges!

PS3 component cable from the local game store. I have a PS3 that doesn't display over HDMI but does with component.

Freaked out when I noticed all my pics and videos weren't on my 12TB hdd when I plugged it into my new PC. Bought this adapter off Amazon to plug my old PCs NVME into USB and phewwww everything is on there!

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Nothing at the thrift stores all week so I FINALLY got around to cleaning, testing, and taking pics of a couple big bundles I picked up. Plus some other stuff. I got a PS4 to PS5 camera adapter from Sony, free after a 25 minute call. Paid $5 for a Pokemon VHS and some Turkish Taffy at a booth store. Video Games Monthly box came in. FB dude, $150- the NES, some Pokemon cards, Xbox 360 controller, and all the games in the picture. Bought a replacement remote for my Goodwill 4k Bluray player then sold it on Ebay for $80. Accessories and a couple games from local game store, Stone Age Gamer, Amazon, and Ebay. And another bundle from FB dude, $420. Model 2 Genesis works but the clip over the power button needs glued or something so the button stays pressed down. All the hardware except the Xbox Ones work. Currently testing all the games. So far ive only had 3 that wouldnt buff out and play, looks like ill have no more than 10 bad games. Theres also extra manuals, cases, disc only stuff because unfortunately quite a bit of this stuff had gotten wet. Threw out quite a few cases and manuals.

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Facebook dude, $680- all the Halo Mega Bloks are sealed except the Wraith, it's missing the manual and the orange figure. The rest is sealed. PSP 3001, Guitar Hero DS Lite, NES, accessories, and games all work. PSP battery's and battery cover from Ebay.

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Catch up posts!

Craigslist Scott- $40

Craigslist Scott- $40 for this box of stuff and a RockBand drum for PlayStation 4 or 5. I thought it was a PS3 drumset at first!

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Retro Fighters Hunter Xbox controller.

Wiimote battery covers from Ebay. NES accessories from local game store.

Craigslist Scott, $250- 500GB Xbox One with ac adapter, controller, and NBA 2K22. Doesn't currently want to read discs. 1TB PS4 Slim with cables, 4 controllers. Works fine. 4 cases under the consoles don't have discs. All games in this picture I got to play after buffing.

Working games.

These all gave errors, even after buffing. Most have artwork scratches which if big enough can't be fixed and the game is trashed... perfect reminder to PUT YOUR GAMES BACK IN THEIR CASES AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR SH1T!

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Sora Amiibo from Target. After 10 years I finally have the whole Smash Bros set SEALED!

Craigslist Scott- $15

Local Antique booth store- $49 total

Facebook Robert- $600! 1st pic is all complete.

2nd pic- incomplete games, opened cases are missing discs, slim PS2, 2 PS1 controllers, and for some reason a wooden measuring stick.

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Guess I missed last week- DS games were $15 from Craigslist Scott, I got my Analogue Pocket cartridge adapters finally, docking station for my ROG Ally from Amazon, Facebook Robert- $180 for the pic with the Gamecube games, $300 for the Sega/Xbox/random pics.

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Video Games Monthly Box, $20 Craigslist Scott bundle- all the Pokemanz are repros, $15 PS2 bundle from CL Scott, in a not very CAG purchase I got a Retrotink 4K!, and in a very CAG purchase I got the Blurays for $1 on our sale cart at work.

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Ive been trying to cut back on my big bundle purchases because I am so backed up with discs I need to buff and test and just back projects. I even brought a monitor and PS2 to work to test at least 2 discs a day on my lunch breaks! Currently have 2 PS2s hooked up in the game room as well! One on my Playstation 3D monitor and one on the LG 4K through the Retrotink 4k. Havent bought anything from my 2 FB MP guys in almost 3 weeks now. Ive still been getting stuff from Craigslist Scott because his bundles are usually smaller and not overwhelming like the other guys who do storage lockers.

Pic 1- someone left a crochet thing in our book return at work. I did their little post on FB thing. Got quite a few likes and comments. We now use it for the break room key.

Pic 2- Couldve sworn I had like 6 DS Lite ac adapters.....turns out I sold them all. Had to pick up 2 from the game store.

Pic 3- $20 lot from CL Scott

Pic 4/5- Finally got around to ordering replacement shells and parts for my Sega Nomad thats pretty scuffed up. I thought the colors were going to be a little darker but at least my Nomad will stick out from the rest! These were from PCBWay.

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Bought the Xbox controller hoping it would work with the Polymega....it does not.

Got a free smoothie at Smoothie King so I decided to go into GS next door, which I rarely do. Apparently mine is still keeping cartridge based trade ins instore. Manager at another GS said they were suppose to go online. OH well! Ill copy these to my Polymega, clean them up, resell them. I got discounts/promos on everything as well so I didnt even pay the Pro Member prices.

Last pic is 3 different pickups from Craigslist Scott- $60 total

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2 bundles of games from Craigslist Scott were total $100 I think and I got a little carpet wet vac from Amazon to try and clean up a spot in the bedroom where the cat pissed twice! I used it on my old Smash Bros rug and it did a pretty good job, gave the rug to my nephews.

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Video Games Monthly Box

Ordered 1 roll of bubble wrap from Ebay and they sent 4!

Craigslist Scott- $50

Craigslist Scott- $50

Facebook Robert- $200.... Switch isn't turning on even after a new battery from Amazon and some of the games have top scratches. Don't currently have an Xbox One or Series to even test these! Should've offered lower. 160GB PS3 Slim seems fine. He still owes me the 2 controllers he forgot.

Target Review Group- free. I just have to "review" them!

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Keep forgetting to check Gamestop for retro stuff. Got everything in the first pic for almost $72. Pokemon does need a new battery. LOU 4k bluray from Amazon. Craigslist Scott- $15 for the PS2 controller and the PSVR processor. Havent tested the processor, hope it works. The controller is probably just getting ecycled, no dongle/beat up.

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250GB RGH modded Xbox360 from Ebay. Still messing with sending stuff over with Filezilla.

Picoboot Gamecube with purple clear shell from Handheld Legends.

Paper Mario TTYD from QVC, it was $20 off after a 1st time purchase coupon.

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1.Gamestop- Move controllers were $9.49 apiece, Gradius Galaxies for GBA was $18.99, and the 1TB X1S ended up being like $160 after member coupons. Probably could've got one cheaper on Ebay but it was there in the case and I was thinking about the stack of untested X1 games I had sitting on my shelf!
2.Video Games Monthly Box

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1.Facebook Robert and Craigslist Scott, $160 total- binder of DVDs and PS1/PS2 discs,.
2.DS, PS3/PS4 games in cases. Almost all of these are complete.
3.500GB Xbox One, 120GB PS3 Slim, 5 Xbox360 ac adapters that work, 120GB Xbox360 hdd that works, 5 as is Xbox360 controllers im working on, and a dead Xbox360 hdd/disc drive/headset/ and power button motherboard. Oh and a working Chromecast that was thrown in!
4.5.PS3 had some digital games on it.
6.Local gamestore- Xbox360 batteries and a transfer cable.
7. Ebay seller- Andro Dunos for Neo Geo CD. I tried putting a burnt copy on my Polymega and it wouldn't play. Turns out a legit copy also doesn't play on it.
8. Local gamestore, $37- B3G1 free plus 10% off used items for members.

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Slow regular pickups this week. stocked up on some gaming related post notes for my Ebay packages (those came from Amazon), Luigis Mansion 2 HD from Gamestop, and a couple items from Craigslist Scott for $5. Need to try some ac adapters to see in the plug n play works.

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Switch ac adapter from Amazon for the dock I setup in the Break room at work.

USB to Xbox adapters. Use modern controllers on you original Xbox. ModzvilleUSA.

Baja Blast ice cube tray from Mountain Dew.

Video Games Monthly Box.

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Baja Blast socks.

Few games from GS.

Xbox 360 breakaway cables and PS2 Memcard Pro2.

Smashed Jones soda... 5/12 survived, full refund.

Craigslist Scott- $80! Xbox is already sold for that amount and I'm putting a GC LOADER with a 512GB micro SD card in the Cube today. That top row is no discs.

Booth store. 1997 Turok figure was $8. Minty CIB Gameboy game was $7.

Nintendo World Championship from Best Buy.

Memory cards from Amazon Prime Day.

Craigslist Scott, $60.

Goldeneye Xbox 360 from GS.

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Been a month! Thought Id post my pickups on my random Weds off. I haven't been buying big bundles from "Facebook Robert" or "Craigslist Scott" that much recently since IM STILL trying to get all my little projects done in between real work.

Pic 1- Found these in a VCR/DVD combo player I was cleaning.
Pic 2- A Video Games Monthly box of course
Pic 3- PSVR2 PC adapter from Playstation Store. Hooked it up, bought Half Life Alyx.... havent played yet!
Pic 4- Decided to checkout the "retro" section of the local Gamestop. Its mostly Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, DS, 3DS with a smidge of GBA, PS1, PS2, Xbox, and the SNES games that have been sitting there since I picked them over months ago. Most stuff is "meh" or basically Ebay priced. They had an NES for $100 last week, I guess some dumbass bought it because it was gone. I would never pay $100 for an NES!



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Been on Staycation Round 2 since 9/7, dont go back until 9/19. Been trying to get projects done (I said that during Staycation 1 last month)! Still burning Saturn games and ripping them to the Polymega, man Japan got way more games than we did! Got the tv room all cleaned up, played some Astro Bot, put some new speakers and screens in some GameBoys, finally swapped my Nomads guts into the 3d printed shell I had made months ago, couldnt easily get 2 Walkmans (wrong size bands?) and a Switch Lite (no charge even with new battery) to work correctly so I listed those AS IS, Im very slowly trying to put a new charge port into an OLED Vita....God I suck at desoldering!, few other little things- mostly Ebay related. Got some pickups as well.

Craigslist Scott, $10- sealed board game and 3 fake Pokémon cartridges. Turns out the DS carts are rom carts with 1GB microSD cards!

New supplies for my disc buffer, new soldering iron from Amazon, Emio The Smiling Man from Best Buy, Talking Krusty doll from Amazon.

Astro Bot from Best Buy. Replacement Saturn Fenrir from Stone Age Gamer. The other one didn't work.

Video Games Monthly Box

Craigslist Scott, $80

Craigslist Scott, $40

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Amazon- 2TB stick for my Polymega. Ripping a bunch of burnt Saturn games took up a lot of space!

Ebay- clear box protectors for my Jaguar and NESs.

Rare Replay and Rock Band 4 for the bedroom/testing Xbox One. Didn't know it would download all of my old Xbox 360 songs!

Riffmaster from Gamestop.

Collected 100 Jones Soda caps and got the skateboard deck!

Local gamestore, $25 sealed GBA wireless adapter.

New DSiXL screen from Ebay, Jag2HD adapter from Stone Age Gamer, the GBA adapter again.

Some PS3 games at Gamestop. About $94 after promos and tax.

Zelda stuff from Best Buy.

Astro Bot controller from Amazon.

Got my Saturn back from Dragons Hoard Gaming. He recapped everything, did the fram mod so it'll remember saves and the date, replaced the green led with an rgb led, got most of the rust off the top heat shield and controller plug, ran everything through an ultrasonic cleaner, then sprayed uv protectant on the shells. He ended up throwing away the bottom heat shield because it was too rusted. He also swapped the mobo for an extra $50 when he started finding more problems with the original board.

Gamestop, $363 after promos, taxes, $5 coupon. The clearance items were B1G2 free so I didn't pay anything for the plush and hat. Basically I paid for the purple Xbox One with cables and controller, and like the 3 most expensive games. Gave the plush and hat to my nephew, the toy will be Xmas. Gonna swap the white X1 in the bedroom for the purple one. Will copy all those carts to my Polymega then sell them on Ebay.

Apparently this was a Fortnite Xbox One. Too bad they didn't have the matching controller. I do like the grey and blue one I got.

They finally got something retro besides Xbox360, PS3, Wii, and DS!

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Video Games Monthly Box

Gamestop

Bought a 1TB HDD for my nephews Wii U I modded. Going to hopefully rip all their games to it and then I get the discs if it all works! Somehow last week I managed to fk up the Wii mode when I was trying to get USB Loader to work so they could play GC/Wii games on it. I had to restore the NAND files I backed up (THIS IS A LIFE SAVER PLEASE DO THIS IS YOU MOD A WII U!). Got the Wii mode back and running. Its got Home Brew Channel and sees the other apps on the SD card but it doesnt recognize the HDD after running some program that all the latest tutorials tell you to run! Before I ran it it showed all the games on the HDD but would only play Gamecube. And now apparently my Wii U doesnt want to read my HDD for GC/Wii as well! I must have some file missing on the SD card or something! Theres no reason my console should be messed up unless all my SD copy/paste stuff left something off! I didnt run the program on my personal Wii U.

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Guy who makes his own VHS cleaners finally got to me on his waitlist. USB 2 plug cable for my nephews modded Wii U. Mario Party from Best Buy. 2 of my Video Games Monthly games didn't work (PS1 games) so they sent 2 replacement games. Actually ended up with much better games!

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