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Re: teh "what did you buy today"-thread
« Reply #16845 on: April 18, 2018, 02:03:34 AM »
Wasn’t “today” but the police wouldn’t let me say too much when I found it a couple weeks ago:



You made the news here in Chicago.  Saw the story on TV.


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« Reply #16846 on: April 18, 2018, 02:21:28 AM »
Wasn’t “today” but the police wouldn’t let me say too much when I found it a couple weeks ago:




You made the news here in Chicago.  Saw the story on TV.

This one? http://wgntv.com/2018/04/16/drugs-found-inside-video-game-cartridges/

Being a superstation, WGN Chicago is inadvertently national news. :)

A CNN guy contacted me and marketed it to the CNN affiliates but I don’t think that means HLN or CNN proper. I’ve seen his package show up on local stations like this:
http://www.wwlp.com/world/video-games-stuffed-with-suspected-drugs/1126067504

Pretty exciting!

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Re: teh "what did you buy today"-thread
« Reply #16847 on: April 18, 2018, 03:08:49 AM »
You've even made it into Heise News:
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Konsolen-Mod-Spielesammler-findet-Rauschgift-in-alten-Nintendo-Cartridges-4024475.html

They also claim:
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In addition to the ongoing debate about the addictive potential of video games, a modern reissue of the classic Nintendo console - the Nintendo Classic Mini - has significantly reduced the risk of inadvertent drug trafficking through pre-installed games.
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They tried to make me do a recap
I said no, no, no

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« Reply #16848 on: April 18, 2018, 04:20:35 AM »
Lol, that's pretty nuts.  I've found weed in a PS2 before (expansion in the back), but what you found it probably the stuff that gets you a stint in pound you in the ass prison if you got caught selling it.  Good on you for contacting the cops ASAP though.  Any idea when you'll get the games back?
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« Reply #16849 on: April 18, 2018, 07:49:04 AM »
You've even made it into Heise News:
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Konsolen-Mod-Spielesammler-findet-Rauschgift-in-alten-Nintendo-Cartridges-4024475.html

They also claim:
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In addition to the ongoing debate about the addictive potential of video games, a modern reissue of the classic Nintendo console - the Nintendo Classic Mini - has significantly reduced the risk of inadvertent drug trafficking through pre-installed games.
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!!!

My brother is supposed to be going on some radio station to talk about it tonight. I’ll be at work. :( A couple podcasts have reached out too. Been wondering if Pat and Ian will say anything about it on the CUPodcast but they don’t do the guest/interview thing. :)

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« Reply #16850 on: April 18, 2018, 07:54:04 AM »
Lol, that's pretty nuts.  I've found weed in a PS2 before (expansion in the back), but what you found it probably the stuff that gets you a stint in pound you in the ass prison if you got caught selling it.  Good on you for contacting the cops ASAP though.  Any idea when you'll get the games back?
Got a lot of flak for that but even if I were the type to do something else with it, I considered it necessary. Why? Because the discovery was shared live on social media. If we didn’t demonstrate that the police had it then we’d likely have druggies and dealers figuring out where we lived and beating our door down. If not them, we’d probably have police asking what we did with it if anyone believed it at all. Who wouldn’t convince themselves that it’s just an April Fools prank if we didn’t take the next step of making a police report?

NY Post never talked to us but they did independently obtain and confirm the police report, adding a lot of credibility that was missing before (regardless of their reputation). There are still a lot of skeptics but now I can point them there. [emoji4]

Before even taking them the police asked if we were OK with them throwing it all away and we assured them that it was OK with us. We likely won’t see any part of them again.
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« Reply #16851 on: April 18, 2018, 08:27:02 AM »
Lol, that's pretty nuts.  I've found weed in a PS2 before (expansion in the back), but what you found it probably the stuff that gets you a stint in pound you in the ass prison if you got caught selling it.  Good on you for contacting the cops ASAP though.  Any idea when you'll get the games back?
Got a lot of flak for that but even if I were the type to do something else with it, I considered it necessary. Why? Because the discovery was shared live on social media. If we didn’t demonstrate that the police had it then we’d likely have druggies and dealers figuring out where we lived and beating our door down. If not them, we’d probably have police asking what we did with it if anyone believed it at all. Who wouldn’t convince themselves that it’s just an April Fools prank if we didn’t take the next step of making a police report?

NY Post never talked to us but they did independently obtain and confirm the police report, adding a lot of credibility that was missing before (regardless of their reputation). There are still a lot of skeptics but now I can point them there. [emoji4]

Before even taking them the police asked if we were OK with them throwing it all away and we assured them that it was OK with us. We likely won’t see any part of them again.

Ha! That is  a pretty crazy story.

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Re: teh "what did you buy today"-thread
« Reply #16852 on: April 18, 2018, 09:24:16 AM »
Maybe your case is what inspired customs to do this :lol: Recently happened too


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« Reply #16853 on: April 18, 2018, 09:36:18 AM »
Maybe your case is what inspired customs to do this :lol: Recently happened too


In the unlisted “full police visit” video (linked in the description, you can hear us lament about exactly that. [emoji20]

We voiced concern that this might increase scrutiny for other innocent collectors who already have horror stories about new/sealed stuff being opened for inspection.

Sucks!

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Re: teh "what did you buy today"-thread
« Reply #16854 on: April 26, 2018, 12:29:49 AM »
just arrived today

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« Reply #16855 on: April 26, 2018, 09:47:37 AM »
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Re: teh "what did you buy today"-thread
« Reply #16856 on: April 26, 2018, 09:59:44 AM »
Those bomberman plush things are awesome.  :mrgreen:
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Re: teh "what did you buy today"-thread
« Reply #16857 on: April 26, 2018, 01:50:10 PM »


My comments from the other place stand.

GET TO IT!

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http://archives.tg-16.com/Gekkan_PC_Engine_1992_02.htm

http://archives.tg-16.com/Gekkan_PC_Engine_1991_08.htm




non translations... but I wished I had a scanner big enough to scan the pages







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Re: teh "what did you buy today"-thread
« Reply #16858 on: April 26, 2018, 03:39:08 PM »


Holy shit that bonk is nightmare inducing.

It looks like he's gonna stick you in the hole and make and Edgar suit out of you.
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Re: teh "what did you buy today"-thread
« Reply #16859 on: April 26, 2018, 03:58:18 PM »
My copy of FX Unit Yuki safely arrived last Friday night:



There was a slight problem though, I backed the tier for the OST CD which wasn't included, but I talked to Jesse and it should ship out next couple of days, so no big deal.

I regret I didn't pony up the cash for the Treasure Box LE, but ah well.

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