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maxcelcatI was in Box Hill this afternoon, as one sometimes is.
Walked into an Anime/Pop Culture type shop there. An intense guy ran the place, and was attempting to entertain his bored daughter. He had a whole display case full of retro Eighties hand-held Nintendo Game And Watches and related knock-offs. I have a weakness for these - if you follow that link to the Wiki article, I own three of the four they have pictured down the right! Anyone in my age bracket will remember them when they were new and so exciting. Only the coolest kids had them...
Until they invented ebay. And suckers like me.
Anyway, two of the were particularly rare, and completely new to me... So I bought them... Including a little display case for one of them! Eep. Pop culture.
This one is really, really old - first generation, from 1981, and really surreal. Basically you're a little guy who has to avoid a series of tools mysteriously falling from the sky...
(Borrowed this picture from somewhere.)
And this freaky little number:
(Also borrowed this picture.)
It's Donkey Kong 3. Yes, I also have Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong II and Donkey Kong Jr. So now I have the complete set....
How about another chorus of.... Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd!
Fuck me. They're a bit expensive, mint in box - check out this lot. My collection is no where near this complete or this mint. It does however now consist of eleven of the fuckers...
Now, if you have any lying around your place... :-)
Walked into an Anime/Pop Culture type shop there. An intense guy ran the place, and was attempting to entertain his bored daughter. He had a whole display case full of retro Eighties hand-held Nintendo Game And Watches and related knock-offs. I have a weakness for these - if you follow that link to the Wiki article, I own three of the four they have pictured down the right! Anyone in my age bracket will remember them when they were new and so exciting. Only the coolest kids had them...
Until they invented ebay. And suckers like me.
Anyway, two of the were particularly rare, and completely new to me... So I bought them... Including a little display case for one of them! Eep. Pop culture.
This one is really, really old - first generation, from 1981, and really surreal. Basically you're a little guy who has to avoid a series of tools mysteriously falling from the sky...
(Borrowed this picture from somewhere.)
And this freaky little number:
(Also borrowed this picture.)
It's Donkey Kong 3. Yes, I also have Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong II and Donkey Kong Jr. So now I have the complete set....
How about another chorus of.... Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd!
Fuck me. They're a bit expensive, mint in box - check out this lot. My collection is no where near this complete or this mint. It does however now consist of eleven of the fuckers...
Now, if you have any lying around your place... :-)
Maybe.
Date: 2006-09-10 07:46 am (UTC)Re: Maybe.
Date: 2006-09-13 09:38 am (UTC)I someone with a few originals, but there's no way he'd sell them..