Recent content by The_Central_Scrutinizer

I'm pretty sure Brickseek Target only populates results properly if the game still has an active Target.com page. It wasn't always that way, but that's what I've noticed in recent months.

Remember last year, when Fire Emblem Echoes and some random Wii U games started popping up at a bunch of random Targets after being MIA? I think the same thing might be happening this year with some other 3DS titles. Found WarioWare Gold, Mario Party: The Top 100 and Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn for...

I'm surprised clearance deals on the Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch are still so rare. I can't speak for every city, but in my neck of the woods, they're clinging on to shelves even harder than Codename STEAM did. They just... don't move, at all. I'd like to own one but there's no way I'm...

I shit you not, I found a $0.03 copy of Personal Trainer: Walking (DS) last night. Spider-tagged with its old $49.94 price tag, no less. Got it through self-check with no issues though! I remember this particular store having a ton of them when the original $0.03 shenanigans happened, so I...

Huh, that's an interesting point about the GameCube stuff. I reckon Mercari, being younger and less established than eBay or Amazon, has had a harder time attracting the older 8-bit/16-bit collectors who are "set in their ways" versus the younger, more malleable gamers who feel strong nostalgia...

Kmart's clearance-cycle system was truly the gold standard. Items didn't stay at minimal discounts forever (Best Buy), get saddled with lousy "Repackage" prices (Target) or suddenly drop to $0.03 and cause mass hysteria (Walmart). They just... started at a 15-30% off clearance percentage, then...

If that copy of Captain America is still sealed, I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend keeping it that way. Factory sealed copies are rarer than hen's teeth these days.

I reckon you're right, but a man can dream.

The fact that there's still so much supply of this game gives me hope that Nintendo won't lean too hard on this Disney Vault-type BS in the future. It doesn't seem like the limited-release strategy caused the FOMO rush a lot of people expected. 

As great as the $0.03 deals were for us CAGs, it still blows my mind that Walmart kept taking the same "honor system" approach to having the items pulled/blocked from sale. Guess they finally realized that many employees weren't going to put their asses on the line to enforce a policy that...

For what it's worth, I revisited my nearest Family Video today to see if the prices had changed at all, and they haven't yet. Though the clerk did slide me a copy of Kidding: Season One for $5 (down from $12.99), so I can't complain.

I went to a bunch of Family Videos and never saw a single copy of Origami King. Super stoked that Meijer is selling it for the same $30 price point. Thanks for the tip!

I combed through various first-party Switch games last night, in light of the Octopath Traveler news. It looks like Octopath, Kirby Star Allies and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze all got the $10 treatment, as close to chain-wide as Walmart is willing to go. Everything else appears to still...

Every time GameStop's store locator shits a brick, I get a little more excited for their demise.

I went to check out my nearest Family Video today and it was identical to what fmwross2 described. Lots of bizarre pricing on older movies - Animal House was $12.99, for crying out loud - and the Switch prices were absolutely the highlight. Picked up Pokken Tournament DX for $29.99 and Ultra...