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Promo shot from Capcom's Pragmata where the character Diana, riding the robot Hugh, has her arm outstretched and fingers splayed as she reaches into the unknown much like Jan's photo of him reaching out to 235 2nd Street, the old office location of Giant Bomb and Gamespot

Bye forever

I remember they had to stop one of our Photon matches because a kid fell and broke his arm on that ramp on the back wall. Also the arcade was one of the few that had I, Robot in the area

DAY OF THE DEVVVVVVVVVVS! Come on down!! 💀🎮♥️ #dayofthedevs

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A Coleco PERMA POWER kit on card. It features pictures of the Coleco tabletop arcade line. In the bubble is an AC adapter and dummy batteries that fit inside the unit to make the electrical connections

You gotta get that PERMA POWER!

Ha! I saw your post and thought the timing was a coincidence

Tabletop LED/LCD games including Tron and Dracula. A Pac-Man plug and play is also visible and the edge of an Intellivision II. There’s a Nintendo Power featuring the Secret of Mana on the cover and a Casio handheld called Karate Fight.

A strange bat-shaped handheld from Casio called Karate Fight. It features two controls, one on each side, for 2 players. There’s a cartoon bearded character doing a forward kick on the left and a younger guy in a prepared stance hands up on the right. The words “Karate Fight” are at the bottom and the LCD screen appears to be a competition arena with markers for the fighters to start.

Gameplay on these are not great but I have a huge soft spot in my heart for them plus look how awesome Dracula and TRON look.

Only thing I picked up was Karate Fight because a) it's apparently 2 player and b) impulse buy at $20.

And end of thread! Extra info in ALT text as always

Boxes of parts of larger toys all missing parts (mostly cockpits) including the Rebel Transport ship, multiple Millenium Falcons, Ewok Village, Tie Fighter, Castle Greyskull, and a GI Joe Skystriker.

A diorama of Transformers. Starscream’s coronation with Starscream on a throne with a crown, Soundwave standing next to him with the Matrix of Leadership on a chain, Kickback on the other side, Skywarp and Scourge in the foreground on lower steps.

Anyone need any parts? I think past me would have been diving in so that I could harvest a landing gear or something.

Someone also put a lot of work into this Starscream Coronation diorama. I can hear Leonard Nimoy's "This is bad comedy" in my head.

A box for Topps Fright Flicks trading cards. It features Freddy from A Nightmare on Elm Street with his gloved blades piercing cards. Two word bubbles read “HI’YA KIDS!” and “... WANNA SEE SOMETHING GROSS?” The words Cards, Stickers, Bubble Gum are at the bottom.

A cardboard tray holding 12 cans of Hi-C Ghostbusters Ecto Cooler.

A box of Cocoa Puffs. The top half of the box advertises a FREE mini Pez candy dispenser and a window in the box shows that this one contains a Sonny PEZ dispenser and candy.

A bin of Teddy Ruxpin boxed Adventure Series tapes and books. To the left is a basket with a bunch of loose books.

I call this collection "Inspired by @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social"

Sadly the Fright Flicks box was empty and I don't know about buying old cans of Ecto Cooler or boxes of cereal from the 80s. Teddy Ruxpin boxed books & tapes tho...

The box for a 200 piece He-Man puzzle. It features He-Man holding up a shield that is being sprayed by Kobra Khan. They are both standing on a log in front of a waterfall. Higher up and in the background you can see Skeletor fighting Fisto. Fisto is swinging his fist at Skeletor’s staff.

What a weird picture for a He-Man puzzle. Kobra Khan? Fisto? You only see Skeletor's back!

Somewhere in this box is a puzzle piece with Fisto's fist on it.

A photo of a large piece of white cardboard wrapped in plastic. Attached to the cardboard are the Transformers Technobots in vehicle form and the various parts to combine them into Computron. There are also the separate weapons for each robot, their Tech Specs sheets, and an instruction booklet. Written at the top of the cardboard in marker is the word “Computron”. To the left is the same setup for the Arialbots and Superion. An early version of Shockwave is visible above along with a boxed Silverbolt. The word Ultramagnus is just visible on the right.

Same cardboard Transformers display layout as the 1st photo but this one includes Defensor (Protectobots), Bruticus (Combaticons), and Menasor (Stunticons). Galvatron is visible in the background along with the smaller robots of Metroplex and a G2 Optimus Prime.

GoBots mounted on the same white cardboard cards with descriptions. Notable GoBots include Cy-Kill, Cop-Tur, Tank, a Super Gobot Leader 1, Spay-C, and Super Gobot Psycho.

A Bandai Tokyo Pre Transformer/Gobot/Diaclone Metal Joe MJ-06 from 1984 with the key. It is a robot that turns into a lock and the key is shaped like an axe.

I really appreciated the work this vendor put into displaying loose Transformers combiner sets and his 'carded' loose stuff in general. Great info, descriptions, and in some cases pointing out rare or damaged items. A++

A carded GI Joe Roadblock figure but instead of the GI Joe logo it says “BODY MASSAGE”. The figure is holding a long pair of pincers and his title is listed as Electrical Safety & Covert Masseuse

Same as Roadblock this is Mutt and his dog Junkyard. This card is titled “I’M A COMPUTER” and his title is K-9 and I.T. Bandwidth Specialist.

Quick toy show thread. Lots of fun stuff for sale and it was great to see so many families shopping together.

Starting things off with these Eric Fensler GI Joe PSA-inspired figures. I didn't know they existed but I'm really happy that they do! Porkchop Sandwiches!

Toy show tomorrow at the same place where they had arcade game auctions back in the day. Just checked and my last results were from March 2001 so 25 years ago. wtf

Yep! Just happened to be there for work in the lead up to the race. Just realized it was only a few months after you started the podcast.

I remember coming back from Singapore in 2015 with F1 swag for you guys because of the podcast. Feels like a lifetime ago

(No I didn't do this from memory. I looked it up and when I got to that page I had to rage quit)

"PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE INCONSISTENT FONT ALIGNMENT ON THE CONTROLLER BUTTON MAP!"

Amplified bullhorn next to that dude who tells you to read your Bible

Maybe it's "Discover the change... in your customer's pockets!"

"Discover the change"

That elevator scene...

Did great! That Pokemon badge GWP is going for like $100+ since the preorders sold out so quickly. Enjoy the builds!

Remember when they had Val Venis introduce them at Wrestlemania?

Since it plays both Xbox and PC they should have named it Project Tuvix

Fun story around this: There was a customer talking to an employee in front of the hard drive case about setting up his first NAS. Employee was recommending starting with 2 8TB and then asked if I needed something to which I replied "I need 4 26TB WD Red Pros please"

I upgraded my gaming PC with top of the line parts in January 2020 even though it felt superfluous at the time...

It is! Had some gold filament and I think it turned out well

Yeah, definitely. I'm moving up from 8TB drives and figured I might as go all the way up

A stack of 4 Western Digital Red Pro 26TB hard drives wrapped in static bags. They are sitting on top of an Arby's Beef n Cheddar desk mat and also visible on the desk are an Expedition 33 coaster, a SNES button keychain, a small stuffed capybara wearing a scarf, and a dice box with some dice in it and a miniature Castle Greyskull dice roller

Helluva time to have to upgrade the NAS 😅

Just telling myself it'll be more expensive if I wait