Business Lunch with Mr. Brisco

Ok, our business was driving around playing guessing games and going to toy, game and book stores, but we did have lunch!

I decided to run out to Bud's Games this morning and asked my son if he'd like to ride along. I bribed him with the promise of lunch and a stop at Toys-R-Us. So, while his mother went out to get her hair done, in preparation for a business trip, Brisco and I had a guys day out!

Bud's wasn't what I hoped, but nice folks. Bud opened the business for his son and hangs out with him there. Pathfinder and Warhammer seem to be the games of choice. I'll head out again and spend some time chatting. Like I said, nice folks.

We then went to Johnny Rockets, for hamburgers, fries and milkshakes. Good Stuff! Brisco declared the burger "Good!" So, we'll probably go back.

Then, because we were so close by, I went to Legions Games for the first time in years. I had some initial hopes of it being a useful trip, when I saw a few boxes and shelves of old gaming material. None of it was priced.

The dude said he'd have to look the prices up, but he would take condition into account. Uhuh. I had a strange feeling that I wouldn't be buying anything.

I would have paid the $20 asking price for B1, if hadn't been in such crappy shape. The Queen of the Spiders supermodule was in ok condition, but I literally laughed when he asked $150 for it.

Yeah, dude, I'm sure there's people asking that much for it. But, even if I was impatient, I could still snag a copy for half that. Give me a month and I'd be surprised if I had to pay more than $60.

After listening to a few more idiotic price quotes, Brisco and I bought some cokes and left.

Next was Toys-R-Us. We ran around for a while, till Brisco was done fooling around and ready to head for what he was really after. We discovered that Nintendo DS games were on sale for buy 1, get another for 50% off.

So, two more Mario DS games, joined Brisco's collection. Little dude loves Mario Games.

So, while Mr. Brisco wanted to go home right then, now that he had what he wanted, Toys-R-Us is right next door to 2nd & Charles, the Super, Giant-sized used bookstore. Which, I've since found out is owned by Books-a-Million.

I love 2nd and Charles. And they price their old gaming stuff, to move!

No, dammit, no Cthulhu! But, I've never owned a Deities & Demigods and paid less than $10 for both of these! Score, baby!

I've never played or owned any WFRP stuff! But for $4, I figured, what the hell! It's the HC.

None on ebay, though there's a softcover with a $29 asking price. Amazon has one HC and they're asking $99. There's not enough info to tell what it would really sell for. It's in ok condition. Solid, but certainly not collectible. Very heavy wear at the tips and corners of the boards. It may be ebay bound. If anyone's interested, let me know and I'll send a very detailed description. My ebay rep. is awesome.

I have the SFBC Omnibus edition of Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun, but I found this old BCE HC of The Shadow of the Torturer and just had to buy it! It's in beautiful condition and I love the original cover of the first book. My rule of thumb on Conan Pastiches is: If it's not written by de Camp, Steve Perry or Roland Green, I buy em! I have most of the Tor Conan's not written by the above. I was going to collect ALL the Tor Pastiche books, but Steve Perry cured me of that notion. As if his books weren't evidence enough, I once read an interview with old Steve, where he made perfectly clear, his lack of respect for R.E. Howard, Conan and his own pastiche work. I don't think he's ever read Mr. Howard. Asshole.

I blogged about this book the other day! $1.78. It's the BCE HC of the original printing. Which, I think was a pbo. Which would make this the first HC edition.  A "First, Thus" in bookseller lingo. Considering the movie being out, this damn well may be worth ebaying.

After spending a lot of time, a few years ago, heavily into buying and selling on ebay, I just can't look at books quite the same way. If I find something like the above and only kind of want it, it quickly comes down to "just what's it worth to me?" There's a lot of expensive stuff on ebay, that I really, really would like to have.


Our last stop was Publix to pick up a few odds & ends. I snagged myself one more goodie, for the day.

I love Boar's Head Meat & Cheeses!