This is the traditional weekly thrift and bargain finds list.
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Went to the local Texas Thrift store and picked it up for a parts copy to replace a damaged card and a missing poke center from the last set I got. It came out to $1.41. Missing a few of the pokemon tokens and some houses, but makes a nice complete version for my daughter.
At another location of the same thrift chain... I found this one untaped and complete for .99 cents. Everything is in great shape and has the wonderful One Ring of DOOM!
Last week was a pretty good thrifting week for me, so of course, this week I found nothing. Well, except this Mastermind, which turned out to be missing several of the pegs, but oddly enough had two boards (but only one shield).
I'm not sure why I picked it up today, since I've passed it up many times before. Now I'll need to pick up another one just to complete this one. I do like the game, though, and we get a lot of use out of our Mastermind for Kids version, so I'm sure we'll put this one to use, too.
I did do a better job of filling (overflowing?) the kids' bookshelves than the game shelves, so it wasn't a wasted trip. I also picked up a mixed bag of colored stones at Dollar Tree to use with an incomplete Bazaar I got a while ago.
For Mother's day, the kids decided that I should build a brand spanking new flower bed for our backyard. Not one to argue, I ventured to the nearby Home Depot for some stones, soil, plants and other items. And wouldn't you know it, but this Home Depot is right down the street from a Value Village. Well, it would be a shame to be in the neighbourhood without dropping by.
Not much new on the shelf, but sandwiched between Clue and Clue Jr was this little Ravensburger game suitable for kids. For $2 it's a no brainer.
However, on inspection at home I find that the rules are missing, as are a yellow and red boat. Oh, and the die has been replaced by a standard d6. Oh well, none of these are fatal -- I'm not likely to play with more than 3, the rules are downloadable from the Geek, and a die is a die, once you know the faces (which I've already discerned from postings on the Geek). I'm looking forward to playing this one with the kids.
Up the River. $2 at Value Village. Incomplete, but enough to play with three players. Otherwise in great shape.
Tooled around to some thrift stores and at Bargain Thrift I located This version for 54 cents. Amazingly, they had Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader in Shrink for $13 in the display case.
I would say "Yes, I am smarter than a 5th Grader and thanks for the bargain!"
Picked this up at ValuWorld. Luckily it was the middle of the three items taped in a stack so there was no damage from that tape. The other two items were a box of greeting cards and a puzzle. So the cost assigned to the game is 40 cents. The box has shelf wear, stains, sticker, and some tape removal damage on the bottom (previous). It is complete but the components show their use. One of the green chips has a chip! The chip off the ol' chip is still in the box.
Picked up a couple of things this weekend while running around. Picked this up for $1.99, in pretty bad shape but mostly complete. Looks like it might be an interesting play.
Also picked up a copy of this for $1.99, in the plastic case but no box or instructions. Anybody know why this doesn't show up when you search for 'Set' in the game lookup box when adding it to a geeklist? Weird!
Also came home to a nice surprise - a package of games from the current http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/24780/ that I've been waiting on for a while. It included a Brawl Club Foglio Tess deck
