I had never heard of this series before I thrifted the Season 1 set. The S1 set pops up about once a month in various shops, but I had never seen the S2 before today. That wraps it up, it's only two seasons. It's a pretty good watch IMO. It's magical fantasy historical drama, I guess.

Almost skipped over this one, at a glance I thought it was some kind of chunky transistor radio of the "Columbus" brand, but then I saw the buttons and the HITACHI, the Columbus is just some sticker.

This is a cool little mono tapecorder thingy. Very clean "leather" (?, I think it might be real) case, no smells. Who knows what I can do with this, I don't feel like powering it up, but as a tchotchke? Wonderful!

Oh and it was 8$. I think this thing is worth maybe 20-25$ + shipping, considering I got no accessories and the battery cover is missing, it's fair. You can't notice it's missing with the case on.

No idea what's been going on for the last few days, another new-looking piece of semi-respectable audio gear. NAD has a decent reputation, I don't quite see it but for 23$, meh.

Another bookend. Soon my Kallax will collapse like those pictures of Kallaxes overloaded with vinyls.

It's in mint condition, the inside looks new, like not even a speck of dust. NAD had this odd fetish of backlighting their displays with incandescent lightbulbs, that look like Maglite bulbs, soldered to a board that overheats. The board looks new and the bulbs as well. No smoky insides.

For a manufacture year of 1999, that's quite an interesting design choice.

I didn't even bother plugging it in yet, even I, Certified Master Hoarder, didn't have a CD on hand and there's no headphone jack anyway.

This thing is crazy. It's this giant cassette deck with an ultimate late '70s look to it. Those huge vertical VU meters, LED "Spectropeak" display, that power button, those piano keys, beautiful.

It's in impeccable condition, all the knobs are there, not even a scratch on the cassette door window.

It's massive, super heavy and huge. Inside it's amazing, it's a basic single motor mechanism but everything's huge in there. Huge motor, gigantic flywheel, and some kind of internal secondary chassis to hold stuff in place. Belt's slack though, at least it ain't goopified.

It doesn't do Dolby but has ANRS and Super ANRS, some kind of alternative noise reduction system.

It didn't power up at the Renaissance but it was 15$. It will make a decoration or bookend if, as I suspect, I will never attempt to repair it.

I guess this can be handy if you have coax going between rooms but want ethernet connectivity. Sure this thing is about 15 years old but it's new in box, the stuff inside is still in its baggies.

I just think it looks cool.

Seasons 3&4 on Bluray, shrink-wrapped. Not bad, although the media selection at each Friperie and Value Village is dwindling.

I found these unique items labelled "bols" which I think is French for "bowls". They came with a strangely-shaped key, but it doesn't help, I can't see how to use these items as bowls?

It is quite heavy though.

It's a Redragon Kumara K552-KR, I have no idea if it's nice to type on. It's kinda thick and heavy, which I like, the cable was pulled out of the housing but that was an easy fix. It's like they expected it somehow, there's a screwed on panel to access that. Do gamers express frustration by pulling out their keyboard's cable?

So there's these Amazon return stores everywhere that look like permanent flea markets. Walking around I saw this little guy for 5$, an external Bluray writer. Not bad, not bad. The QR code just links to a short manual. edit: it's a Matshita BD-MLT UJ-260 according to device manager.

This was with the pile of the usual VGA-only or DVI monitors, it really stood out. I knew it was something special just from the thickness of the thing, little did I know it was a MultiSync. This has a DP input, does 1920x1200, has a light sensor, an up-down and tilting swivel mount as well as portrait mode. It's also supposed to have a good 10-bit color space. All I know is it was 19.95$. This used to be pro-grade stuff maybe 10 years ago. It's hard to tell from my awful pic but the backlighting is much more uniform than cheaper monitors, there's none of those dimmer areas in the corners.

It must weigh close to 30 lbs, it was a bit of a slog on the bus.

Sure, maybe 1920x1200 gets me a wedgie these days, but my main monitor is a 4K 27", so as a second monitor for 20$ I'll take it!

Just as I was complaining that there's been fewer tech finds, along comes this. Sure, it's over ten years old and pretty basic, and the price is just fair, when you consider shipping it's good. It's pretty much new in the box, with the original AA batteries (soon to be replaced by some USB AAs). There are two receivers in there too, and a USB dongle I believe for RC simulators.

I haven't played with RC crap in a long time, I have an old quadcopter somewhere this will work with (I hope?).

Some kind of compilation of 1960s hits, I guess. For 2.50$, why not? Especially compared to $49.98. The box is in OK shape, and unlike many of these sets I find, no mold or cigarette smell!

The records themselves are immaculate, like new. The pretty lady could be Barbara Bouchet for all I know. Anyone got a record player? Have yet to find a reasonable ('70s or '80s brand name) turntable while thrifting.

I saw that logo and recognized it as a brand of super expensive German toys from a long time ago, this just seems to be a storage box with variable sized containers, I suppose for all the Fischertechnik parts.

The box is still sealed and is quite heavy, and has little damage. I think the quality of this old stuff is excellent. In any case, $5.85 barely gets you a cheeseburger anymore.

I know this model. It's ~30 years old, can make a decent shot. This particular one didn't smell, looked clean enough, had all parts, powered up, but decided to leak coffee powder everywhere once I got it home. Pump doesn't prime but I think it should be an easy fix, the pump makes the normal pump sound. Worst case I need a 30$ gasket kit and a weekend of futzing around. Not bad huh?

I saw it when it came out and only remember that I thought it was pretty good. Maybe I'll watch it this weekend.

A good find this afternoon I think. 10$ for these two, and Strangelove is in a metal jewel case thingy. Pretty good.

Less than $15USD for all of it. Only $3.99 for Oblivion and $2.99 a piece for the CDs.

Luck be what luck is and luck was good.

Star Trek The Motionless Picture through The Undiscovered Country plus The Captain's Summit for 7.50$. That's decent

Not me! Maybe not the best selection, there were more Warner Brothers discs, infamous for bit rot (it's real, even their regular DVDs die prematurely), I passed on those. I have a few and they are all dead.

[For those who don't know, HDDVD was the HD format that lost the format wars of the early 2000s. There are very few readers any more out there. The XBOX 360's external reader is one, the Toshiba machines are the others. I have both!]

Pretty lame I guess but this is pretty fancy and looks like unused and unopened. It really slowly, smoothly AND silently opens up.

Now to find magneto-optical disks.

All 6 seasons with 6 still sealed. Nostalgia, baby. I miss the '90s!

A real horroshow Bluray

A nice hat trick for today. I happened to be there when they were bringing fresh meat to the shelves. Picked 'em right off the cart. I mean "The Prisoner"? Come on now. Cosmos 2014 on Bluray?

Hey for 4$ who can complain? Each disc is immaculate.

It's like new. I guess I'll have to start playing games now, does Solitaire support joysticks?