Tokyo Game Action Auction [06.06.09]

We attended the Tokyo Game Action auction in Winchendon, MA this morning. A sad day for arcades. After nearly six years in operation, TGA had to close their doors due to a combination of flood damage and financial troubles. More details on their website. The owner had no choice but to liquidate the entire business: every arcade machine, every piece of japanese "swag", every fixture, every sign, and even the property itself.

Week 4 [05.23.09]

Day Total: $6.00

Sales Visited: 11

1 Ogre Battle 64 (N64, cart only)
1 Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64, cart only)
1 Jet Force Gemini (N64, cart only)
1 Kirby 64 (N64, cart only)
1 Command and Conquer (N64, cart only)
1 Mario Party 2 (N64, cart only)
1 Mario Tennis (N64, cart only)
1 Star Craft 64 (N64, cart only)
1 Total Carnage (SNES, cart only)
Paid: $4.00


1 Game Boy Color
1 TMNT 2 (GB, cart only)
1 Scooby Doo Classic Creep Capers (GBC, cart only)
1 Powerpuff Girls Bad Mojo Jojo (GBC, cart only)
1 Pooh and Tigger's Hunny Safari
1 Game Boy Color carrying case
Paid: $2.00

Week 3 [04.25.09]

Day Total: $0.25

Sales Visited: 1

1 Pac-man card game
Paid: $0.25

Week 2 [03.22.09]

Day Total: $0.00

Sales Visited: 1

1 Bondi iMac G3 (Rev. B) with tray-loading 24X CD-ROM (233 mhz, 32mb RAM, 4 GB HD, OS 8.5)
1 Bondi Apple USB Keyboard
Paid: FREE

Week 1 [02.16.09]

Day Total: $0.00

Sales Visited: 1

1 Graphite iMac G3 with slot-loading CD-RW (700 mhz, 320mb RAM, 60 GB HD, OS 9.2)
All manuals and backup disks, including Mac OS 9 installer
1 Pro Keyboard with Mouse
1 Mac OS 9 for Dummies book
1 Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual book
1 Mac USB hub
Paid: FREE

Japan [10.21.08 - 11.02.08]

This entry is long overdue! We spent two weeks in Japan for our honeymoon back in October 2008. It was awesome - words cannot describe what an amazing time we had! We spent most of our time in Tokyo, but also visited Kyoto and surrounding for a few days. Below are pictures of everything we bought (photos taken while still in Japan). Though we wanted to buy everything in sight, we had to restrain ourselves, knowing it would've been impossible to get it all home. It was quite a feat just getting the video games home.

Read on to see all the cool stuff we bought in Japan!