I live just outside of Toronto .. a very diverse city, with a large chinese and moderately sizes japanese population.
I grew up near Ottawa but recall coming to Toronto on family vacations as a young teenager. There were a ton of Game stores that exclusively told Import consoles, accessories and games.
There just has to be more than an average amount of this stuff sitting in people's basements, attics, or garages. I want to start doing like on the TV show American Pickers. Print out a sheet of the type of systems I play and want to collect for .. then go knocking door to door asking, and handing out the list with my contact information.
I've never gotten lucky walking into a Garage Sale or Yard Sale (always seniors selling old people stuff) ... always strike out at Thrift Stores, Pawn Shops etc. But have done fairly well recently with some focuses searches on local online Classified Ads (found SGX/PCE GT/games bundle, and more recently PCE Duo-R/games bundle)
It's out there, and most of the people that have it sitting around have zero use for it .. and would likely part with it if you can convince them to dig those boxes out of storage. At least that is what I keep trying to tell myself .. but maybe it's just wishful thinking
I want to be that guy that walked into my Garage Sales when I was in my late teens and selling my entire TG-16, minty and all cib in order to raise money for a PC build.
I ask that people continue to share their wild finds .. as it keeps the rest of us hoping
