[thrifty music]
- Greetings, and yeah,
Christmas 2019 is just over with,
New Years is upon is,
and so is a new decade, which is,
well, it only comes around once every decade,
so I figured I'd go thrifting one final time
in the 20-teens before we reach the 20 next, 2020s.
Right, let's go thrifting.
[LGR Thrifts music]
And off we go,
visiting this Goodwill for one final time,
before the decade ends.
And then next decade begins
in like four days, so whatever.
And just getting inside here,
and aw man, who left the dog out?
Aw, Goodwill needs a good boy mascot,
I nominate Buggy Dog.
Over on the back shelf of electronic stuff,
this Sharp stereo stood out for being,
I mean, it's not the sharpest looking,
but Sharp brand, it's just larger than I normally see,
with a 50 disk CD changer, yeah,
that's a beefier all-in-one system
than I normally see, yeah but whatever,
there was this thing that I saw
out of the corner of my eye when I got over here.
What in the world, man?
There's not much around back, like at all,
and I just don't even know what this design is,
the front sticker seemed to imply
it was some kind of a game,
and it turns out it is,
by a company called Merch Source,
it's called the Black Series Hover Target Game,
it's like a plastic candelabra that shoots out air
from its holes, and hovers ping pong balls,
you try to hit 'em with a dart gun.
That's a thing.
And yeah, just down from there,
on the other shelf is some stuff that sort of stood out
for being slightly different,
like this older pair of wireless, infrared headphones,
never used IR headphones,
but I can't imagine they work too great, I don't know.
Also had a pretty average example
of a Polaroid Square Shooter 2, Land Camera,
haven't seen one of these in a while.
And then there was this electronic slab of sorts,
it really just had two buttons,
backspace and start.
Certainly a foot pedal for some sort of electronic system,
and yeah, around here,
on the back as you can see is a Panasonic RP-2692,
which confirms that it is indeed a foot pedal
for a transcriber, dictation,
recording, type of machine,
for like micro-cassettes,
like the Panasonic RR930.
And down below there we've got a record player,
with a kind of amusing aesthetic,
no needle, apparently.
But yeah, this is a Sears system,
one of those that I was drawn to
simply because of the aesthetic,
I mean I don't know, that slanted,
metallic front, chunky sliders,
and the simplistic insides.
It's a cheap thing, no doubt,
but I was really close to getting it
just because it was so simple.
Anyway, didn't get it.
And down from there is one of these phones
that any time I see 'em
I get a slight little bit of excitement,
and then I realize it's just that stupid same one
that I've seen so many times.
It's just a simple touch-tone phone
made to look older than it actually is,
with coin mechanisms that don't actually work,
I don't think.
Or maybe they do, I don't know.
The whole thing's plastic.
Over in the media section,
and there were actually a few PC games in their
smaller boxes, "Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Platinum",
of course I already have that, highly enjoy it.
And there's also a "Stronghold 2" over here, also have this,
but you know, I don't know,
I'm pointing them out because look,
here it is, it's pointed out.
Hmm, let's see,
what do we got over here in the randomness section,
we've got two-speed electric scissors.
This lady on front, why is she here?
Is she making clothes using these scissors?
Does she cut her hair using them?
Is this a veiled threat?
I don't know what to think.
Anyway, old scissors that are electric scare me.
And speaking of scary, but oddly intriguiging,
there is this thing.
I think it's a candle holder.
It's really hard to tell.
It's a highly unique, hand-made,
and $13, yeah I see you there,
I see you.
Right, onto another Goodwill.
Fun fact, the lucky rock here,
runs out of luck in just four days,
so let's see what we got.
And what we've got are a bunch of Christmas left-overs
of course, including these very bedazzling looking presents
that are all lit up,
and the usual stacks of used Christmas trees,
it's just incredibly sad,
used fake trees, it's a special kind of melancholy.
All right, over in the media and whatnot,
there's a few PC things hanging around here,
mostly really boring stuff like "500 Legal Documents",
now this one sure grabbed my attention,
because it said "Space Quest",
but it's not that "Space Quest",
but it did also say three and a half inch diskette,
but this is a CD case,
and yeah, this is one of those jewel cases,
that usually will hold a CD,
but has a special insert,
to hold a three and a half inch floppy diskette,
which is pretty darn cool,
I only have a few of these in my collection,
I you know, don't know why I didn't get this,
I should have gotten this.
And I normally don't look at too much
in the audio CD section,
but I saw these old
"Now This Is What I Call Music" releases,
like "Now 3" here, and yeah,
the instant odd 90s nostalgia this brings back.
I'm not even sure it's nostalgia,
it's just like weird memories that haven't resurfaced
in almost exactly 20 years.
Anyway, seemed appropriate considering this
is the end of 2019,
this was the end of 1999,
heading into the year 2000.
Over on another media shelf
I saw this intriguing stack of fragile document mailers
all sent out from the Chicago Daily News
Language Records label, apparently,
these are all like 10 inch language learning series,
like learn a language,
33 and a third RPM language lessons on records,
many of them appearing to be brand new or very close to it.
They have just an odd assortment, I love seeing this stuff.
Oh man, haven't seen one of these in Goodwill yet,
this is one of the Pip-Boy cell phone holders
that goes on your wrist,
from "Fallout 4's" whatever edition,
they're charging $80 for it,
which actually seems to be about the going rate.
And over next to this weighing machine
that weighed like a billion pounds,
I saw this Big Bobber floating cooler,
it's a cooler, that looks like a fishing bobber, [laughs]
yeah, I guess it's a cooler that floats beside your boat,
a common enough idea, but an uncommon design, I approve.
Aw man, buddy, I feel ya.
Look at that, he's been through the New Year's hangover,
and it's not even quite New Year's yet.
All right, getting over to the electronics,
and we got some classics, these Gateway 2000 speakers,
Altec Lansing ACS41s,
I'd actually like to get a nice set of these,
if they had the subwoofer and the power supply,
which this does not.
A shelf up from there we have some intriguing items,
some cameras, a Konica C35,
I quiet like the look of,
as well as this Olympus 35 ECR,
compact little metal cameras like this
just feel nice in the hands,
unlike that very plastic older Polaroid back there.
And these very plastic cheap garbage VR headsets,
that again, as I've said many times on LGR Thrift,
these are just littering stores these days.
It really is kind of a sign of the times,
like at the end of this decade these are just everywhere.
Ah man, this brings back unfortunate retail memories,
especially around Christmas holiday season,
retail workers don't get no respect, man.
Especially in toy sections.
Anyway, wanted to try to see if I can get
over there and take a look at the puzzles and board games.
Eh, not a whole lot, that's how it goes,
although I did see one thing over here,
not a game but a piece of software,
a "Brodurbund 3D Home Architect Deluxe 3.0",
and I have this one already,
well I think it's a little bit older,
but these are fun,
don't know why I haven't done a video about them yet.
Okay, over in the whatever this is section,
and there's a bunch of whatever this is,
including this thing,
it is a Dynex USB Parallel Converter cable,
plug your older printer into a more modern machine,
nothing terribly special,
it's just I don't see these too often,
much less new in a package like this.
Also don't see this new in package very often either.
Look at GeoSafari, classic inserts here,
this is the Wonders of the Smithsonian Pack,
yeah, it still had it,
price sticker from Toys & Co. on there,
I was always amused by these as a kid.
Oh, and what do we have here,
there's a delightful little basket of calculators.
Actually some pretty interesting ones in here.
Several graphing calculators from Casio, Sharp,
and of course, Texas Instruments.
And some older scientific stuff like this TI-30 here
from the late '70s,
and even one of the venerable HP12C's which they still sell.
Shame this one had an R scratched into the front,
but hey, it had its case, it's only $5,
so yeah, I hope somebody picks this up
that knows what it is,
'casue these are nice, man,
reverse Polish notation.
The Goodwill searches continue with another Goodwill.
And right up front on top of the glass case
is this Mansfield 650 eight millimeter film editor,
and Mansfield, this is satisfying to mess with.
All those metal components, and I don't know,
metal, it just feels good. [laughing]
You got this PreSonus bag over here
on top of some furniture, what is this?
Well it appears to be a drum pad from Yamaha, a DD65.
Friend of mine had a less advanced version of this
back in the day,
had a lot of fun banging around on that, that's for sure.
And what do we have here?
We got a Wii Tower of Power, of sorts.
This is quite the set-up,
you got spaces for games, and controllers,
guess the Wii itself,
gotta wonder how many of these things sold.
Balls.
Over in the kitchen stuff, what do we have here?
Looks like a old-school pour-over coffee maker, of sorts,
yeah, it's a Bodum design thing,
it's very red, very plastic,
seemingly from the U.K., or Europe.
- [Computer Voice] Denmark.
- [LGR] I like making pour-over coffees,
so it had my attention.
Alrighty, board games and other things,
and this stood out, 'cause not English,
this appears to be a puzzle for trains.
Yes, bullet train puzzle,
that is one of the most delightfully Japanese things
I have ever seen, I kinda love it.
This is interesting over here,
almost thought it was a couple of packs of cigarettes,
but nope, it's a couple of packs of playing cards
for Carnival Cruise Lines,
the most popular cruise line in the world.
Definitely an older Carnival,
judging by the photography and logos and whatnot,
that's pretty neat.
Aw man, speaking of older stuff,
check this classic Crock Pot out.
Hamilton Beach Crock Watcher,
this brings back memories, dag-gum-it, I swear,
saw this thing in like every other holiday
thing that happened as a kid.
Did seriously everyone have one of these in this design,
or something very close to it, 'cause man.
Yeah, that's a little different,
at least for the keyboard section at Goodwill's,
I've got a Razor keyboard here of some kind,
very flat one, chicklet style keys and such,
I don't know what model it is,
it looks like the stickers were taken off the back,
but yeah, $9 for you know,
I'm not saying it's a great keyboard,
it's just a little different in terms
of brand than you normally see.
Ooh, what is this wood-grained wrapped monstrosity?
From DBX no less,
check out that in and out in the back,
it's a couple of fuses,
and oh man, those cones
are not in great shape, unfortunately,
no sticker on the back either,
but it looks like a DBSW, two by six,
it's a subwoofer speaker system, it's pretty cool, man.
Rarely see older subs like this.
Ooh, and check this out.
Exactly the type of clock radio
that I am eternally attracted to and I don't even know,
looks awesome, looks fantastic.
Ooh, I think we've hit a mother-load of sorts,
in terms of boring software.
Actually there's some intriguing things in here,
a lot of big box stuff,
all the way from the late 80s,
to the early 2000s,
most of which I'm not interested in,
or I already have it,
or I just, you know,
it's kind of interesting but it's rather beat up,
but these were all between three to five dollars each,
so I picked up a few of them.
Got the "Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus"
for Windows Three,
"Rivers and Waterfall Screen Savers and Wallpaper Pack",
"Fractal Chaos! Screen Saver" for Windows,
"Expert Travel Planner" for Windows Three,
and "My Internet Postage" by Stamps.com, yeah,
that Stamps.com.
This not only comes packed with a lot
of old-school postage supplies inside,
but you could also just print out postage right here,
not even getting on the internet at all,
just using the software.
Still sealed, pretty neat.
Alrighty, and we got one more Goodwill to check out,
before the end of the decade here,
and yeah, they are still building that building,
over the building building building,
don't know what it is,
there's no signs up that I see that say
what it is gonna be here,
but obviously it's a thing,
and very close proximity to Goodwill,
so we'll see in 2020.
And right inside on top of the glass case
had a few interesting things here,
but mostly this Thomas Collectors Edition radio,
number 75 of a limited run apparently.
Despite the 1930s appearance,
it is definitely not that old,
it's a recreation, but it's pretty cool.
Speaking of radios that could be considered quote,
pretty cool, I got this transparent deal here,
that is not just a transparent AM/FM radio,
but it's also one of those hand-cranking ones
for emergency situations, or whatever you need
a hand-cranked radio for,
an emergency radio, we'll call it that.
Nice idea on the part of the manufacturer
to make it transparent,
because you can see the gizmo inside doing its thing,
yeah, that right there automatically makes this
more amusing than any other hand-cranked radio
I've ever had.
Over in the electronic junk section
there's some electronic junk,
including a super-loud phone ringer,
never miss another call.
I just like that it says super-loud,
not just loud, it's super.
And a shelf down from that,
this grabbed my attention,
first for that classic JVC design,
but then just because of what it is,
the XLR5010 CDR, yep,
it's a compact disk recordable,
but actually three of 'em,
perfect kind of late 90s party device right there,
that's actually pretty darn cool.
Speaking of pirate devices, [chuckles]
I got this Go Video DDV 9050 VHS copier,
as well as this Realistic High-Power
Video/Audio Tape Eraser.
Man, seriously, somebody was into copying some stuff
back in the day, fun times.
Look at this little tchotchke,
this is exactly the type of thing I remember seeing
on like my mom's managers desk at the hotel back in the day,
Sporty Memos, it's just like a little golden clippy thing
that holds things in place,
and looks like a thing,
in this case a tennis racket,
ah, it's amusing.
See what's over here?
We got some older lookin' bottles,
yeah, I'll say,
"Federal law forbids sale or reuse of this bottle"
I like old bottles like this,
don't know what I would do with 'em, but I approve.
Checkin' out the VHS section over here, and my goodness,
somebody had a whole collection goin' on,
and didn't open most of 'em.
Seems to be a complete selection of "The Waltons"
from Columbia House, on VHS,
man like seriously, every episode.
Gotta wonder the situation
where somebody bought all of these,
and then just never opened 'em.
Hot dang, this must be the day for Goodwill's
with slightly interesting keyboards.
We got this Fantech K10 Hunter
back-lit pro gaming keyboard over here.
Oh man, that Sony Spider-Man font on the keys,
and despite the mechanical appearances,
this is absolute garbage to type on,
what in the world?
It's got all these impressive sounding specs around back,
but the switches, they're non-existent.
And what do we have here on this table?
First I thought it was just a bunch
of vinyl laid out on top of each other,
but it's actually an art piece all glued together,
that's a bunch of albums in one piece for a wall.
Man, how many is that?
It's gotta be a record.
And then finally on the end-caps here,
I noticed all of these boxes
marked as $1 today only, soap dispensers.
[giggles]
I mean, I don't need one, but it's a dollar.
[giggles]
it's a battery-powered soap dispenser.
I'm getting one.
And there we go,
that is it for the final episode
of LGR Thrifts for this decade.
This is episode 44.
Yeah, look at the things that I got.
Maybe not the most impressive to everyone,
but these amuse me, so.
Yeah, I got an internet postage big box thing,
a dictionary, waterfall screen saver,
travel planner, "Fractal Chaos!"
and a friggin'
32499 Kimberly Clark Professional Soap Dispenser,
because why not?
It was a dollar.
Pretty nice lookin' battery-powered
soap dispenser right there,
kind of looks like a storm trooper.
Now I guess I just need some soap.
[chuckles]
and apparently that's like $25 a bag,
so that's where they get ya.
Give away the razor, sell the blades,
et cetera, et cetera.
Anyway, that's all for this episode of Thrifts,
and as usual, thank you for supporting the show,
and requesting more episodes,
and sending in your own thrifting finds
over however many months it's been since the last one,
has it been months?
It feels like months, I don't know.
It's a long time sometimes between these,
just because it's not always the most opportune time
to go thrifting throughout the year,
usually this time of year's a little bit slower,
but you know, is what it is,
so thank you for sending in your own finds
so I can include them here, and as usual,
thank you very much for watching,
we'll see you in the next episode.
Next year, next decade,
all that kind of stuff. [babbles]
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