You know, it's inevitable with every episode of Thrifts there's gonna be
somebody asking "why do you go to so many Goodwills? Go other places!" And I wish I
had more options as far as thrift stores, they're just the dominant chain in this
area so that's why I go to so many Goodwills. However, today I have found
somewhere that's a little bit different than a Goodwill. In fact it's a little
bit different than your normal thrift store, you'll see what I mean as the
episode proceeds. So yeah let's go thrifting!
As is tradition at this point
we're starting at a Goodwill, this one with the lucky rock out front. Here, have
an offering of a dollar, we'll see if that helps. Hm I guess not, because the first thing
I see when I walk in is this. Well this really SOCKS.
This doesn't though, although the price is a bit much: 150 bucks. "Vintage record
player," it says. Well yes it is that and much more. Turns out it is a General
Electric all-in-one transistor radio/phonograph player, with hookups and
adjustments for all sorts of things really, in a pretty neat little wooden
package. Well it's not little, it's substantial. You got this fold-out record
player down here, that's just a neat design. And a lot smaller than the gigantic
stereo floor units that I often see at Goodwills. Over in the glass cases we
have glass case things, including the expected cameras of dubious desirability.
Along with one of these things: an electro-mechanical Deluxe Computer
Baseball game, probably from the mid-70s, 1976-77. I have another version
of something like this, they're pretty neat. I thought this guy was pretty
friggin cool, really fascinating display going on there with the dials that
almost--I thought it was like an oscilloscopey kind of thing at first
but it doesn't appear to be. Still with the crosshairs it looks like something
that should be in some sort of aircraft, I like it. Over with the Nuvis and
flashlights I saw this little thing: a Vivitar digital camera, which I swear is
the cheapest thing I have ever felt. It just feels like nothing, runs on triple As.
It has a USB connection, internal memory I guess. Yeah I'm gonna get it
because it's cheap in just every sense of the word, so much so that I'm
curious. Saw this little thing on the shelf below that and was curious because of
the brand Agfa. This is an Agfalux, it is a flash module that actually folds
open, although it didn't get that on video. Yeah I don't see too many Agfa
things, much less these old flashbulb modules like this, so yeah I thought it
was kind of cool. Now this caught my attention, this is a
Skyrider bike. I don't know much about bikes but something about this really
drew me in... the red, the design, the way the spokes look, the chain protector, just
all of it. They were asking $99 for it and who knows if that was a good deal, either
way I thought it looked cool. Well here's something that I know a little bit more
about! Over in the CDs I saw a copy of Battle Bugs, an MS-DOS strategy game
where you control a bunch of insects and was released by Sierra back in the day.
I do have another version of this already but I know someone who's looking for a
copy so I picked this up, it was 5 bucks. And then over in the puzzles and board
games today there was quite a bit to choose from for someone such as me. Looks
like they'd just gotten in a bunch of boxed PC software and some Macintosh stuff.
Expert Landscape, Virtual PC, Nero 6 Ultra, OmniForm, Adobe Acrobat 4... you know,
a bunch of stuff that i don't want but a few things that i did and ended up
picking up. Was also very close to picking up this right here: Cad
Complete for the Macintosh. I don't know, I'm not really big on Macintosh stuff,
I would have bought this if it was for DOS. But it's just an early early Softkey
product, I don't see many of these in the box at all. All right onto another Goodwill
and it's quite nice outside today, I'm enjoying. And inside the glass case is
sword, haha. I don't know if this is like, from some property of something? It's a
hundred bucks, I'm sure someone can tell me like, what
this is. Or maybe it's just one of those generic ones that you find at like the
beach from some guy that smells like hot dogs. Checking out the glass case near
the registers and yeah, I'm seeing a lot of these cheapo VR headsets show up now,
they're littering Goodwills. And some console games, whatever nothing I need.
However this got my attention, this is a Tomytronic Slimline Speedway. For one
thing I love this case and for another, I don't know, it's just one of those early
portable monochrome black and white electronic games. Only thing holding me
back was the price of 25 bucks, which actually wasn't
that bad once I got home and looked it up, but oh well.
Heading to the back part of the store and what in the world
look at this industrial steampunk-looking beast. It's some gigantic saw
thing. Oh it's just a Craftsman bandsaw. Yeah whatever, I just don't see like
exposed saw blades at Goodwill very often. Over on this end cap over here I
saw a copy of Symantec PC Anywhere 32 version eight. You know I do like to pick
up software like this if it's in a big box, but my personal rule is like,
unless it's version one or two of the product I don't really care. I don't know
it's just what I like. Got a couple of Sims 3 things in here a dollar fifty
each. And a copy of Duke Nukem 3D, nice. Always happy to come across this, I don't
know it's still exciting for some reason. I've played it a million times I have a
million copies but it doesn't matter, it just makes me happy to see. And I'm not
sure if this makes me happy to see but there's definitely something I'm feeling
when I'm seeing this banana sitting on a knife display stand. It's like carved out
of a piece of tree. This is so confusing and it's just classic Goodwill. Ooh, there's a
whole stack of 45s down here with their sleeves. That's actually not the most
common thing at least in my experience. I usually see 45s just sort of shuffling up
against each other getting all scratched without any sleeves. I'm not a huge
collector of them, I pick them up every so often, but the fact they had all the
sleeves -- I appreciate that whoever owned these last. And as soon as I left filming
this some guy bought all of them at once so I guess there was something good in
there. Hmm what is this, looks like old tech! Cine-Kodak Editing Kit sixteen
millimeter, all right. Hmm well unfortunately all of the stuff that used
to be in here is pretty much gone, at least all the good stuff. Not that I
would have gotten it anyway but you know whatever. Still though, neat case,
I appreciate the packaging. And you *know* I appreciate this 8-track player over here.
Shiny chrome and black and some wood grain, aw yes, sweet looking-knobs and
switches and dials. Rarely do I bring kit like this home, but man are they
enjoyable to admire. And the shelf below that and I thought this was kind of
fascinating, this is a Radio Shack Tele Pone.
Yeah like telephone without the H. Essentially a Rolodex and you just put
in like, contacts, phone numbers and stuff.
And then you can key them up with those letters down there and it'll sort to them
automatically. Analog tech like this fascinates me, kinda like flip clocks and
you know just anything like that. Flippy things, they're neat! And I thought this
was just a clock but it turns out it is much more than that. This right here is
The Timer ™ model number X10-TC262. And yes this is an X10-compatible device
for all of you Oddware viewers out there. I'm not entirely sure how this works but
that's why I bought it: because I want to try it with my existing X10 system,
because I have that going where I can control a lot of stuff in my house with
my MS-DOS computer and if I can make more things happen with this timer?
Definitely getting this. And as I was leaving I noticed this ad for the Goodwill "Color
Me Goodwill Fashion Show." That just sounds fantastic somehow. Okay under the
tree to another Goodwill, here we go. Ooh hey in the puzzles and board games I see a
Learning Company logo, what is this? Nothing. Yeah I like a lot of Learning
Company games but when they started getting into this territory of just like
straight-up education? Nah man I want that edutainment! So this was kind of
interesting, this is a Sharp Aquos AVC system. Maybe the TV went with it and nobody
knew what it went with? Like, Sharp Aquos is a series of TVs, this is the control
box that goes with the TV, so seeing them separate is kind of odd. I do wonder if
there's any use for this outside of its intended situation. Now this this was
much more tempting, this is a Sony SL-2400 Betamax VCR. I dug a lot about this
except that it was not in great shape and when I turned it on the mechanism
was making some strange noises. It might have just needed new belts or something.
I don't know, either way I didn't get this one. One of them though, one of these
days. Up above that I saw a typewriter that caught my attention, because I mean,
look at the design of this thing! Green-topped keys, now those just look
friggin cool. It's an Olivetti Underwood Praxis 48. If I could get a modern
mechanical keyboard with those key tops I totally would. And as I was about to
leave the store I saw this here, which was a -- I don't know, it struck me as oddly
melancholy, kind of sad. "Unanswered prayers." Maybe it's
supposed to be encouraging because it was empty, so it's like "all your
prayers have been answered!" But at the same time it's just like, are you
supposed to put your unanswered prayers in there? I don't know it's making me
think too much. And finally one more Goodwill here and
it's this one. And inside the glass case, I don't know man.
This scouring pad holder just caught my attention: "I'll hold your scouring pad."
How direct and oddly friendly. Oh and hey look it's one of our local
mascots. The Tourists baseball team has a moon for a mascot. I don't know what the
story is behind that but he's a little disturbed. Whoa check out this very green
upright piano. It almost looks like it was painted by hand way after the fact, maybe
it was! Either way though a pretty old thing, they were asking 95 bucks for it.
I do not recognize the brand but I'm sure someone in the comments will enlighten.
Over in the junk I found some junk and a PC game here, a kids' game which is
Stanley: Tiger Tales. Never heard of this but it was in a big box, I like that.
But yeah you know whatever I don't know anything about it so I'm not gonna get it.
I did kind of want this though. This is a Wendy's Burger Magic 8 Ball.
I did ask it whether this very video would reach a million views and "Burger sources
say no" is the result, so, oh well I tried. And check these things out, I saw the
Panasonic logo but was like "what the heck, like pencil sharpeners?" Nope,
they are closed-circuit security cameras, complete with some of the equipment as
well. Man I don't know what kind of age these are but I kinda like the retro design going on.
ROBOT.
And the last thing of note here was this Shred X Watergate
paper shredder. I don't know if that's the best or the worst name for a paper
shredder. Either way though props to the marketing
department on that one. And then last up for today, I just ran across this store
as I was driving around and was instantly intrigued. It didn't have a
sign out front, no name anyth--I couldn't even find it on Google Maps. It seems
they're in some sort of a transitionary period from old owners to the new ones,
so maybe it'll have a name later on. Seems that it used to be called Third
Hand Co-op. It's not really a thrift store or an antique store, it's sort of just a
junk shop. There are a bunch of these around me but this one, they just had so
much junk outside that I'm like "man, who knows what's inside!" So I stopped
and gave it a look and was instantly impressed with just the sheer amount of
stuff. I'm just kind of gonna gloss over a lot of this here because this place
was huge, every square foot had at least one thing of interest. There's a Brownie Kodak
camera in there randomly. Nothing is really sorted exactly, like some things
are together like the music and the movies. But then there's just random
sections of model cars and then other stuff thrown elsewhere that doesn't
really belong anywhere but it could if they organized it. But most of it is just
not organized, at least not right now. I myself spent about an hour just browsing
this place so suffice to say this will be heavily edited and I just want to
show a few of the things that were of interest to me.
Random electronics in here, VCRs and tape players that kind of thing. But yeah
this place has a little bit of everything I could think of from
glassware to pith helmets to paintings to gardening shears, gas pumps, desk fans,
pillows, baskets, a lot of toys, a lot of really weird knick-knack type of stuff.
Most of it seeming to be from like the 1970s to the mid-2000s. Most of it's not
the kind of stuff that I would buy but I did find a few things of note.
Starting with this desk lamp and you know, it was just a lamp but yeah I don't know.
There's something about the design of these kind of things in particular, I've
always enjoyed them. I have one at home but this one looked a little different
so I liked it. And then ooh, I saw vacuum tubes and some kind of freaky-looking
General Electric stuff going on, what is this? Well it's a piece of furniture that
is a radio. I don't really know any exact model numbers or a whole lot about it.
They were asking $125 for it and yeah it had one of those early 20th century
designs. Almost art deco, maybe not, I don't know it looks cool though. A lot of
camera-like photography and video stuff was just hanging around all over the
place: lens kits and camera bodies, bulbs, and film canisters and reels and just
all sorts of things. And then just like cases of this kind of stuff, it's just
like, what is this: Victorinox knives and doorknobs? Yeah why not. I quite enjoyed
their different toy sections though, had a whole bunch of Wienermobiles in here.
And a bunch of model cars and vehicles and planes
of different eras and types. One of those rereleased Mattel Classic Sports TV
games, just random stuff man. And I thought this woodgrain-clad box over
here was a speaker at first, but nope. It's a Com Air Eagle 2500 air purifier.
I'm almost intrigued by an air purifier of this age, it seems like it'd work
either too well or not at all. And man check this thing out!
This is a Grundig-Majestic radio, "Made in West Germany," it said. Now I know this is
a more common brand in the UK and parts of Europe but I've never once seen
anything of this brand or anything that even looks like this -- like the style of
this thing -- here in the US. Just, what a cool design.
It's 125 dollars, it obviously needs some work, but man am i tempted just because
it looks so unique. Speaking of unique, I mean, you just never know what you'll
find in this place. Check out this old box of like, first aid supplies. The top
of it said "BellSouth First Aid Kit," and then well I don't recommend smelling the
ammonia tablets. [coughing]
That was the worst, instant regret. And then just as I was
about to start getting to the real electronics sections my camera glasses
died. And I don't just mean like the batteries ran out, it just died. So yeah
I have to get some new ones for further episodes. But I was able to just pick
back up filming with my cell phone for a little bit here. And yeah there's just
stuff packed in here, like I really hope that they get around to organizing
sometime because, I don't know, I feel like I'm missing a lot of things.
Who knows what's hidden behind these buckets and bed posts! Just look at what's out on
top here, check out this Pioneer tape recorder. I just love this design. If this
were in better shape, or if I thought that I could restore it and get like the
little switches and knobs and stuff that need to be replaced and the tape
mechanism? I would totally buy this for 32 bucks. Yeah I don't know, as it is I
don't have the time which is why I pass up on all sorts of things like this. But
yeah there is more to see, like this up front, which I saw as soon as I walked in
and had to go back and check it out. This is a complete in box, as far as I can tell,
brand new in box Pioneer Laserdisc player, a CLD-D701. The people here said
that it was untouched as far as they knew, brand new in the box,
still has everything sealed up. Now, they wanted 750 dolllars
for it, but when I saw what else it came with for that price I can kind
of see why. There were also around 500 sealed laserdisc products. I'm saying
"products" because I mean, there were movies, there were TV shows, there were
sports specials, there were random reports, there were interactive games,
there were x-rated movies, there were just a ton of things. I have never come across
a laserdisc selection this large in one spot just out in the wild like this, so
I'm still thinking about it. It's a bad idea, I don't need this, right? I don't
need this. This was a truly unique selection and that Pioneer laserdisc
player alone in the box? One of those sold recently for $230 plus 70 bucks
shipping on eBay. Anyway I'll think about it, but in the
meantime I was looking around the rest of the store because there are yet more
electronics. And dude like look at this thing: this is a BMC brand BM-12A
computer monitor. Yeah that's right, this is made for like Apple ][s, it's a green
phosphor monochrome screen. Just got the one composite input at the top there and
some vertical and horizontal adjustments and things like that. But yeah, this would
be great for certain older computers, I might go back and get this. And holy crap
if I ever need a VHS VCR I know where I'm coming first!
They have just tons of them everywhere, and record players and tape decks and
just all kinds of things that you rarely see at once in a Goodwill. Like this
Toshiba satellite receiver down here, I wonder what kind of display used to be
on the front there, I like the way that little screen looks. And one of these
neat little Realistic weather radios, they usually come in a cube form but
this one was more rectangular and had this little dial on front that looked neat.
Then there's just Micronta something antenna switch, I don't even friggin know
what but it looks cool. Another VideoCipher II over here, this one is a Tracker
System X. Yeah this is why junk shops like this are awesome, you just absolutely do not
know what you'll find. Like this guy right here, this is a Philips CD-i, the
compact disc interactive multimedia CD player/game console thing. It's one of
the first models, the 220, and they were only asking four dollars for it. Yeah, so
the little door on front doesn't stay closed anymore and it doesn't come with
the cables or controllers, but you know whatever man. I do not care,
four bucks? You can hardly ask for a better price for a friggin CD-i. And that
is all for this episode of LGR Thrifts! And this episode I'm quite happy with
these things: a boxed copy of Battle Bugs for a friend, a copy of Expert Landscape DOS
landscaping software, why not. A boxed copy of Connectix Virtual PC, an X10
timer unit, a Vivitar piece of crap cheapo camera that is unbelievably cheap,
a freaking Philips CD-i, good grief I still can't believe I found that for
4 bucks. And lastly a copy of Nero 6 Ultra Edition in the big box, which I
used a ton as a younger lad to do *totally legitimate* backups. But I never
had the box, I always wanted the box, now I have the box. A couple little things
her:e that camera, turns out it has some sort of stupidly tiny USB connection.
I've never seen USB that small, I'm gonna have to find one. I will be trying the
X10 timer, probably in a video in the future. And I haven't tried the Philips
CD-i yet because I don't have the controllers or any software or anything
like that, so I just gotta get all that kind of stuff. And one more thing: as I
was editing this episode together I just had to go back out and grab that little
monitor. There wasn't a price tag on there but I got to talking to one of the
employees and they were like "I think it was 30 bucks at one point" and I was
noticeably disappointed but they're like "yeah we'll do 10 bucks, how's that" and
like "yep sounds good to me." It powered on, didn't explode or anything like that at
the store so it seemed promising. Took it home and hooked up a Sega Genesis just
to try it out and hooray! It works just fine. It does of course need a good
cleaning but overall it's in pretty good shape I think. And the aesthetic of this
is just highly appealing so I'm happy with it. And athletically all of your
finds look fantastic as well, thank you very much for sending all of these in
over the past couple months, or whatever it's been since episode 38. As always, I'm
still going thrifting all the time, but I don't consistently find enough things to
make a video as often as I would like. So my apologies for that as usual but new
thrifting episodes are always in the works so feel free to keep continuing to
send your photos and all that kind of good stuff. As well as your general
support asking for more thrifts because that is seriously encouraging, so thank
you. And thank you for watching, we'll see you next time!