Oddity Archive: Episode 208.5 - Archive Thrifting #13: Deck The Hauls

[@VectraQS]

At a Goodwill I found a bunch of early 1980s LP dubs on good quality tape. One was _Escape_ and whoever dubbed it took the time to perfectly recreate the stylized title in ballpoint pen on the back of the cassette liner. For _years_ the only _Home Alone_ we had was 3. I now have the first two on tape. Interestingly enough, the _only_ tape from my childhood that got completely lost was Home Alone 3.

[@ilajoie3]

I agree, only the first two Home Alone movies count

[@anotherguy2741]

It's hard to believe John Hughes wrote Home Alone 3.

[@millsyinnz]

I think there is a 4th one floating around.

[@TFLS]

Those NES games were Thrift Shopping with Ebay Prices... screw them!

[@Rando1975]

Exactly what I thought when I saw the price for Tengen Tetris!

[@Damaniel3]

Describes the modern game collecting market perfectly. PriceCharting has made it super simple to find out what a game is 'worth', and everybody prices their things accordingly. That's the main reason I dropped out of game collecting - you can't find bargains when everybody knows the exact going price of everything, and I wasn't in it to buy a huge collection of games at full price.

[@conflictmagazine]

Yeah, the Tetris price is dead on...that's the selling price in the open market...Tengen titles have lost a lot of their value cart only but boxed ones still pass for high dollar.

[@adamstamps3568]

@@Damaniel3 i still collect but not willing to pay full vaule price of what its worth

[@syferdet]

I believe it's ten-gih-nn. I could be wrong but that is how my memory recalls it from the commercials. 20:46 Yessss! More filler programming! And now I've got a new 50" smart TV for it, too.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Tengen was the company that put out unlicensed NES games during that time.

[@RetroDakota]

13:06 - Barbara Streisands "Jingle Bells" is a guilty pleasure of mine, simply because of how insane her rendition of it is. 13:08 - That particular Jackie Evancho album was released only two months after she first appeared on AGT, and her singing of those Christmas songs is actually very good for being only 10 years old at the time. It definitely isn't a top-40 wannabe album, and from the few samples I heard, it also steers clear of kiddie album territory. It's just fairly standard, opera-style covers of Christmas songs. 17:05 - I recall Polaroid blank VHS tapes were sold until the mid 2000s, mostly at discount retailers and convenience stores. 19:28 - Meet Lalaloopsy, the creepiest girls doll franchise ever created. Made by the same company that unleashed Bratz onto the world... 20:32 - Surprised you passed on that sealed copy of the Lady and the Tramp VHS in the upper left corner.

[@RetroDakota]

Addendum: Right now, my local grocery store (one of those independent outfits) has started selling Christmas CD re-issue albums in their greeting card section. You have the usual suspects like Elvis and Nat King Cole, but also artists like Chicago, John Denver, and even the official soundtrack to "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Since I don't have much of a CD collection, I've started picking these up whenever I can.

[@Musicradio77Network]

I do have three Jackie Evancho’s Christmas albums and she sounded good when she was still a young girl doing opera, and then in her young adult years, she is still singing.

[@ericn.wilson2345]

Re: that Poe book. I suspect that's part of a "uniform edition", a multivolume set of a popular author with a large bibliography where the books are the same size and style so that they look good on the shelf. They were a trend at the turn of the last century, and if it forces you to buy the same books a second time just to have a matching set, all the better.

[@bibberly]

I had two of those Garfield mugs! They are very common at antique stores and indoor fleamarkets around this area, although they are priced too high for me.

[@breeslilcorner]

I have the Use Your Friends Wisely Garfield mug. I wasn't able to collect any of the others. That first place you went to was super expensive for the junk they were selling. But at least your Goodwills carry more interesting music and tape collections.

[@thealrightestguitarist9135]

Always love the thrifting episodes, Ben! Our local shop closed down and now the nearest one is about an hour away. Sadly I don't get out to it as much as I'd like, but this is a great substitute :)

[@TheMoogleMaster]

I had one of the Garfield mugs, it was the one where he was in the canoe. Think I also had the one with him on the seesaw.

[@luisreyes1963]

Never a dull moment when Benny goes thrift store shopping. 🛒

[@1903tx]

Re: the NES games, the few price tags you showed are almost exactly in line with those on pricecharting. Tengen Tetris loose is right at $75.

[@Ace411275]

www.pricecharting.com/ has become the de facto resellers standard for all things retro games..

[@adamstamps3568]

@@Ace411275 ahh thats a bitch

[@imrustyokay]

Oh hey, it's my birthday, and I'm sad to report that my k-tel 8-tracks got destroyed last summer...

[@jessecoffey4737]

The Bob Dylan album at 4:04 appears to be a Brazilian release from 1975 according to Discogs.

[@Fluteboy]

11:18 - Bring on the next Record Ripoffs instalment already! I am keen to hear what QMO do to "Sir Duke" and "Got To Give It Up"!

[@NigelCarlsbadFan70]

I see we got peak snark out of you this week. I love it. You were on the top of your game.

[@Kenneth_Mac_Pherson]

NICE! I get to enjoy YET ANOTHER FINE episode of Oddity Archive & Ben Minnotte, with a cuppa Joe and a smoke, while on my 4th and final week of paid vacation this year. :-) ALWAYS looking forward to the next episode! :-)

[@Cherryberrygirl89]

Love the thrifting, Ben! Got one of your shirts for Christmas. It's so soft 😍

[@vicariousgamer2871]

What's that kid doing to Micky ? I thought that this was one of those family friendly shows ? HEY, wasn't that Joe who photo bombed your shot exiting that goodwill ?

[@OddityArchive]

If it was, he's misplaced his aviators.

[@RandoRod]

Nice. I noticed the "Call of the wild" dog looks nothing like a husky (wolf mix? I can't remember) like in the book. more like "Collie of the wild" hehe

[@WOSArchives]

14:13 I used to have the exact same portable DVD player set a long time ago. The first one we got was dead on arrival, so we had to return it and get a replacement... which was also dead on arrival. Hey remember when the RCA brand used to be on quality products? That was a very long time ago, unfortunately.

[@Sabrina79]

I actually have one of those plush Mr. Peanut toys but mine is slightly different than the one you found. My dad bought mine through a mail order offer back in the early 80s.

[@nintendolunchbox]

The prices at the first place seemed like a consignment antiques store.

[@AirknightTails]

14:32 I have a Samsung Blu-Ray Player that looks exactly like the model you found there (It just shows the Blu-Ray Disc logo instead of Blu-Ray 3D) Found the Remote with it (Paid Around $12 all together)

[@soundminedd]

And a partridge in a pear tree❤❤❤

[@mightyfilm]

Ah yes. Remember when Fast Food chains would sell promotional drinkware? I think I have one or two of those Garfield mugs somewhere. There was a Peanuts set as well. I think both of them even had non-breakable plastic or melmac (I'm bad with kitchenware materials) versions for the kids. Then of course, Shrek 3 came out and McDonalds offered glasses, but the sweatsho...errr... factory that made them used a lead based cadmium dye and they had to be recalled. They never offered anything like that again, but did have plastic cups for 3 of the 4 Lego Movie Happy Meal promotions. Anyway, here's the commercial for the Garfield mugs if you're interested. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqOtmoelocSJpdE

[@jamesborlan2850]

I actually remember the Disney glasses McDonald’s once had as part of a promotion I actually own a few

[@mightyfilm]

I miss when fast food companies had secondary merchandise outside of the kid's meal premiums. They used to have videos and glasses and plush toys and like that. I think the last time a fast food company did something was those tainted Shrek glasses, but I do remember Lord of the Rings glassware at Burger King. Probably the first movie, but I'm not sure. I also miss the big plastic cups you'd get if you ordered a large meal. Sure, they have large thin plastic cups, but they're rarely collector related. Subway had a Star Wars cup promotion years back, and if you want to get very technical to the point of pushing it, Burger King had Stranger Things season 3 printing on the cups, but it was just the 80's logo and the show's logo. Hell, they don't even print characters on the paper cups anymore.

[@BBC600]

23:34 curiosity got the better of me (and the blurring job wasn't very good) and I'm sorry to report the original owner of that tape died in 2010 (found an obituary).

[@anotherguy2741]

If there's any way possible PLEASE do something on the Kovacs stuff. Thanks!

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

Ouch, the irony of seeing an Ed Asner movie titled "Hey, I'm Alive" after his passing, when this was filmed while he was still living.

[@raccoon874]

*9:46** why block out Mickey getting a handie?*

[@Azomama2]

Where's my oddity archive Netflix series?

[@OddityArchive]

Netflix has never come a-knockin'.

[@robfriedrich2822]

Acoustic records plays fine with RIAA. But a 65 micrometer stylus (1950's standard for shellacs) is too fine. Better use 90 or 120 micrometer, so it picks up the groove properly, not too deep in the groove.

[@michalaugustniak433]

What, do they feed their feas, solid gold or something? Talk about market-conscious pricing! I noticed charity shops began doing this well over five years ago. The Salvation Army was always aware of marke value and had their prices jacked ahead of everyone else. Sneaks.

[@HaroldDuggart]

Up until about a year ago the local record store sold retro console games for about a $1. Now they all use Ebay prices. Same with the flea market. You can thank retro game collecting for that.

[@Musicradio77Network]

11:10 is a pretty good album. “Record-ology” did a video about this album and the 45 MCA reissue of “White Christmas”, and this album that “Record-ology” has is an “Enhanced Stereo” edition which was a total letdown.

[@Nokorola]

I would have jumped on that Verities and Balderdash 8-Track.

[@blainemason8218]

I really enjoy your thrift store videos. I’m not sure why, though, since I have no interest in thrifting for myself. I guess I get a vicarious thrill. 🤷🏻‍♂️ thanks!

[@scooterwearssocks]

How many printer ink cartridges do you go through a year printing photos out for box segments?

[@OddityArchive]

Given that pretty much the only printing I do is the box shots and my scripts, I'd say only about once a year.

[@stevenharwood5362]

I’ve got the Fats album in my collection!

[@stevenharwood5362]

If I recall correctly, Fats only played piano on “I’m Ready”. The rest of the piano duties were handed down to Larry Knetchel and legendary fellow New Orleans pianist James Booker. Randy Newman also write some arrangements for this album as well!

[@raccoon874]

looks like they hauled out all their Santa inventory to try and sell to the poor folks

[@nononannette4017]

"Here Comes Santa Claus" is such a bizarre movie. Combine cheesy 80s pop musical numbers with a story about Santa saving a boy's parents from some terrorist. And it's a kid's movie. I watched the Rifftrax version called "I Believe in Santa Claus" for free on Tubi last year and I think you can still watch it there.

[@OddityArchive]

Since making this episode, I have seen it (under the "I Believe In Santa Claus" title). It was a seriously rough watch.

[@AjaxTheRoo]

So in other words, Red Letter Media would feature it in Best of the Worst.

[@claytoncondo3460]

Love these videos man

[@michaelfisher9722]

Maybe I'm alone on this, but these thrifting episodes could go on for 2 hours and I'd like it. If you hadn't bought those awesome 78s for 33 cents each I'd have been upset. Hell for that price I'd have bought them just for decor.

[@ihartmacz]

Please, please, please put Bunk Management in Archive Annex. :) Thank you!

[@NortelGeek]

$37... For 70s Pyrex?!? It's like $2 at Goodwill. Bonus question: Do you know how the album "Eat A Peach" got it's name? 17:32 She looks like she's on Jeopardy getting ready to question the answer.

[@OddityArchive]

If memory serves, Duane Allman would "eat a peach for peace" whenever he was in Georgia. Duane was a pretty quotable guy.

[@NortelGeek]

@@OddityArchive Actually, yes... My mother told me, as a youngin' that it was named after an accident involving running into the back of a peach truck, but since I looked it up (to give detail), I find that was a myth. Wow. Thanks for replying, I love your channel and have been a watcher for years. By the way, what's the tune you use in the intro (and where did that video of that guy touching the disgusted-looking girl come from? I LOL every time.)

[@OddityArchive]

Pavanned (the theme song) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4S2lKdpptNsfcU Manos: The Hands of Fate (the film clip) - archive.org/details/manos_the_hands_of_fate

[@NortelGeek]

@@OddityArchive Thank you, kind sir. You're very talented. I thought the music was from a film from the 60s-70s. Be well, and stay warm!

[@ladylilith6495]

Total scam on the price, but those apps marketed on gaming device cartridge, prior to the 7th generation were actually pretty common... even into the 7th generation, they appeared constantly in the DS' library as shovelware, as it simply didn't have the same kind of power or accessibility as the PSP. Nintendo rather notably had two of their own to their name; The Brain Age series of education remedial tools and the Wii Fit series of Workout tools... trust me, the latter actually worked somewhat, look it up if you're morbidly curious. In otherwords, if you found the accessories for some of them, like that piano training tool for the NES, with its ENTIRE FUCKING ELECTRIC KEYBOARD you actually could make an episode out of it.

[@RickinBaltimore]

Wow price gouge much for NES games?

[@LunarianDelia]

Taboo might make for an interesting video! If you found a couple of other weird not-very-game-like NES carts, too, which I'm pretty sure there's a non-zero number of from the early days. A consequence of it being marketed as more than a video game console and all that. $8 is probably a huge ripoff, though.

[@imrustyokay]

I heard the Cinema Snop and Obscurus Lupa have this very public feud going. Not in your typical "angry reviewer" feud, I'm talking, "put these two in the same room and they will both be in the hospital for boxing injuries" feud, and from what I've seen, the Snob has been stoking the flames of this feud. For full transparency, I prefer Lupa to the Snob, mainly because the quality of the jokes are just a bit more to my liking. UPDATE: ok so apparently Lupa doxxed the snob so they're both asshats. What do you expect when you're both on Twitter fighting eachother? No wonder Lindsay Ellis deleted the app from her phone. 14:16, also, man I had so many memories of those DVD players growing up. 21:13 Hey, I have an Elmer Fudd tape from the same company with the same malformed art.

[@FooPanda]

What's this have to do with Ben thrift shopping though?

[@imrustyokay]

@@FooPanda Ben mentioned the Snob while looking at that 1941 book

[@jamesborlan2850]

I have a question why would anyone buy tengen Tetris for $75 nowadays Especially since you can find a lot of nes games for cheap

[@dylaninpieces2]

Stop deadnaming Wendy Carlos. Just say Wendy, even if you see her deadname.

[@kandigloss6438]

eh, at this point so many sensationalist youtubers and twitch streamers have covered taboo the sixth sense that I feel it doesn't need any more coverage, also $8 seems a bit much for it but I could be wrong. Also "OH WOW, TENGEN Tetirs!" "oh... it's $75... because of course it is..." Also I wonder how much they wanted for that copy of Dr Chaos, lol.

[@AliasUndercover]

$75?? They should be ashamed.

[@dylaninpieces2]

Ben Minnotte is NOT antisemitic. Seriously.

[@NortelGeek]

Is this a myth going around or something? He never struck me as a hateful person in any way.

[@robfriedrich2822]

Butt-weiser