So it wasn't a payday Friday, but I felt the need to swing into Goodwill since I was driving home from work anyway. I try to make these "quick stops" very abbreviated trips into Goodwill, with a quick sweep past the toy department, a sweep past the glassed-in case, a quick look down a couple of the other hardgood aisles, and then a very brief GLANCE at the books section (as opposed to the in-depth COMB I do on payday Friday of ALL those departments). I don't expect to find much, but I still usually find one or two things to cart off home. Well this quick stop was of a different breed altogether. My quick GLANCE at the book section went a little more in depth as I continued to find interesting titles that I just couldn't leave behind. It wasn't ALL books though (scroll down to the bottom for a toy and a board game I found if books aren't our thing). Here's the stuff I found: Disney put out a series of Nancy Drew-style mystery novels in the early 1960's featuring their very own Maiden-fair Mouseketeer, Annette Funicello. These just jumped out at me. I am not a fan of old mystery series from that era, but slap a little Disney on it, and make the adventures star a real-life "It girl" from back then? And it spells out "G-O-T-T-A H-A-V-E I-T!!!" These cost me a cool 1.99 apiece, and I have no idea yet what I'm going to do with them... But oddly enough I think I may actually read them!!! These are both duplicates of books I've already brought home before... but I couldn't leave them behind. I've started doing this because I've learned that having fodder to add to either trades or even just gift packages is a nice thing. These will be moving on to new homes sooner rather than later. This one almost didn't come home with me, but I've gotten into the dangerous habit of buying books for their covers... and admittedly the story of Joseph Merrick is one that I kind of want to know more about. Look at that cover! The color! The artwork! It looks amazing and it batted its eyelashes until it convinced me to take it home. .99 cents. I always feel the need to point out that I am not a religious person when I showcase items like this one. Apologies to my religious friends, of whom I have more than a few (and whom I am sure roll their eyes every time I feel the need to clarify this)... but I want it all out there, upfront and honest, so people don't get the wrong idea. This is a book of prayers for children, yes, but to me it is first and foremost a Little Golden Book from 1945, with a dust jacket. A DUST JACKET PEOPLE. It's actually the seventh printing of the book, as the original was from 1942. This is now officially the oldest LGB in my collection. I picked up these two Ramona books for my wife actually, as she wants to start reading them to my son. I looooove me some Beverly Cleary, y'all. I have a few other books kicking around, but... confession time folks... I HATE IT when I have several books from the same series and they were all published at different times so THEY DON'T MATCH. So I will be keeping my eyes peeled for the other 4 or so Ramona books in this style (And yes, I know the Henry Huggins, Ribsy, and Beezus books all share the same world, but I'm not counting those). A couple of quick ones here, a book by David Sedaris I haven't read yet, Naked (.99 cents) and a teeny-tiny copy of Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones (also .99 cents). If you have never read either of these authors, you should correct this oversight AT ONCE. Nothing too terribly geeky going on here honestly, just really great writing. Next up is this bizarro book with the uneccarrily long-named Imps Demons Hobgoblins Witches Fairies and Elves. I know I have encountered this book in the past, but I couldn't tell you when or how. I almost didn't end up bringing this one home either... but it is so genuinely weird that I couldn't leave it behind. Leonard Baskin dedicated his book to pieces of (what I have to write in quotes) "art" and snippets of prose poetry (I guess?) about each creature it details. I would say that the Tooth Fairy piece is especially disturbing in a weird way. I picked that one for its corpulence and body horror aspects, and the pieces on Jack o' Lanterns and Bloody Bones because I have a certain affection for those types of characters. This is one of my absolute favorite finds. A Ghostbusters storybook! A big one! By all that is good in this world, I LOVE FINDING THIS STUFF AT GOODWILL!!! I included shots of some of my favorite scenes from the film as the are pictured in the book. Norman Bridwell, of "Clifford the Big Red Dog" fame wrote and illustrated this little gem, which is exactly what is sounds like... a manual detailing the caretaking of various different kinds of monsters one might own as pets. These include such beasties as vampires and Frankenstein's monsters, among others. Plan on seeing more of this book during my Halloween countdown in October. I mentioned above that I am developing a dangerous habit of buying books simply for their covers. This is a prime example of this developing trend. Perry Mason Solves the Case of the Caretaker's Cat which I bought solely for the cover art by Robert McGinnis. This would be the second time I have bought a Perry Mason novel simply because the cover delighted me. Look at that image above. Look at the woman's face. Look at the... whatever that thing is she's wearing. Look at the cat behind her. I mean even the way she's holding her TOES is cool... it's just an awesome piece of art and I want to find a way to display this thing to make ALL my friends insane with envy. Again with the classic kid's literature for my boys. Really enjoyed this book as a kid, and I keep seeing books like this and The Chocolate Touch and Superfudge at Goodwill, so I'm going to start snapping them up. A couple of the movie adaptations I found on this trip: American Graffiti and For the Love of Benji. I have never seen either of these films... but lately I have been going bonkers picking books like these up. Aaaaand speaking of... I found THIS little gem! I think this is also another of the most exciting finds of this particular trip to Goodwill. My friend Brian over at Pop Pop! It's Trash Culture has spoken openly about his love for the two Coreys on the recent episode 79 of the Geek Fallout Podcast, focusing on pop-culture duos. It was shortly after hearing this podcast that I made this trip to Goodwill and found this book. I sort of feel bad keeping this for myself as I WANT to be the sort of person that would hand over a novelization of License to Drive to a friend who clearly loves the source material... but I WANT IT FOR MYSELF. I'm sorry Brian. I'm just so sorry. Finally moving out of the book territory and solidly into "toys" we have this Flintstone Kids Wilma toy from McDonalds, circa 1988. I was never a huge fan of the original Flintstones, but for some reason I DID like the Muppet-Babies version of the show, which starred Fred and the gang as... well... kids. I also distinctly remember owning this toy as a kid too. I was so surprised to find her actually IN her purple dino car there on the shelf that I almost couldn't believe my eyes. I paid .99 cents. And finally, we have, from 1990: "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Das Pizza-Spiel" A German version of the "Heroes in the Half-Shell" boardgame. I don't care that the thing's in German... in fact, it increases the appeal for me! The fact that I picked this up for only .99 cents had me singing "Go-Ninja-Go-Ninja-GO!!!" Everything's in there that was supposed to be in there, so I'm pretty happy! In fact, the whole haul made me pretty happy! Lots of cool, weird, interesting things to sort out and figure what to do with. It's what I love about a good trip to any thrift shop! That's all I've got for tonight kids! I'll be back soon with more geeky Goodwill goodies though, so until then, Happy Hunting!
So I thought I'd finally use some of the thousands of pictures I have mouldering away on my hard-drive to actually show off some of the stuff I've been finding at Goodwill while I've been off having my mid-life crisis. I thought I'd get some of the books out of the way this time around, as they seem to be the majority of what I've been finding lately. First up, a couple of Darkwing Duck Books! The first one I was kind of disappointed to find featured Tuskernini as the villain, who I never really got behind as a D.D. villain in the first place. They always played him as a weird mix between The Penguin and Mysterio... but a walrus movie director supervillain just feels kind of sad. Next up we have this copy of Darkwing Duck: Just Us Justice Ducks which is an adaptation of the tv show. This is the story where the heroes that Darkwing has met throughout the series all come to help him defeat a team-up of his most dangerous foes. The adaptation is a little sloppy, and is definitely aimed at kids, not "all audiences". It feels rushed, and the panels are crowded together to fly through the story as quickly as possible. It's a shame too, because they could have done a great deal more with what they had for material. For instance, there are no splash pages that show the villains all together. The best we get is pretty much just this: Always loved those episodes of D.D. because it gave the show the same shared universe feel of the comics it was parodying, and you got the goofy, anthropomorphic version of the Avengers or JLA, but Darkwing style. Gizmoduck from Duck Tales makes another guest appearance here, and we get returning heroes like Stegmutt the dinosaur, Neptuna the fish woman, and Morgana the sorceress. But of course, this kind of story is all about the villains. I really loved the villains in the roster of the Fearsome Five: the plant controlling Dr. Bushroot, the electrifying Megavolt, Darkwing's evil twin from the negative universe, Negaduck, the watery salesman Liquidator, and the Mad Jester of crime, Quackerjack! This was a neat find, but honestly if you're a Darkwing Duck fan, I recommend just sitting down with the DVDs and watching the two-parter instead of trying to track this graphic novel down. Next up we have this Choose Your Own Adventure book: Mystery of the Maya. I haven't had a chance to play through this one at all yet, but it looks like some good old-fashioned Tomb Raider/Indiana Jones style adventuring, except with kids. Long-time readers will remember that I am a CYOA NUTJOB and I collect just about any of them I find. I'm also a pretty big fan of Monsters Vs. Aliens (The movie and the Halloween Special, not the abysmal TV show on Nickelodeon). I am also a huge fan of the wonky old Weekly World News-style craziness that used to be available in the grocery store checkout lanes. So when I flipped through this book and found that they were telling the story in that format: I had to pick it up. I honestly don't even know if this book would interest ANYONE other than me... the subject matter is a bit young for most kids who are capable of this sort of reading level... and it's too densely packed for an kind of bedtime-story read aloud... so I'm thinking they were marketing this book (and in most cases the movie) to me and me alone. It's funny how often Disney and Golden Books put out these "picture stories" of their properties, which were really just comic book adaptations. I'm a sucker for the Fox and the Hound, so when I saw this I had to pick it up. Here's a little sample of the interior: Straight up graphic novel. A couple of MAD magazine comic cartoon compilations from the 70s and 80s. I was really excited to find these, as browsing through MAD magazine was another grocery store pastime from my youth. The Mr. Bill Show book! I always found the Mr. Bill segments on the old SNL episodes to be hilarious when I was a kid. They seemed like a really demented version of Gumbi, which was another love of mine back then. Flipping through this book is much the same as watching the shorts on SNL as Sluggo and Mr. Hands torture, maim, disfigure, dismember, and emotionally scar Mr. Bill in some new way on almost every page. This one even still has the free soundtrack record included! It's been removed from the perforation and was actually tucked into the middle of the book when I bought it. Frequent visitors to this blog will also be able attest to the fact that I am a Sesame Street person as well. I collect just about anything pre-90's (and some stuff beyond that... but it has to be really special). I'm certain I either owned this book as a child or I obsessed over it in my school library because the illustrations are sooo familiar. This book really stands out for having a picture of the 2-Headed monster from the wait down: Freaky right? Here is a pile of random comics I picked up, the most notable of the two being the Marvel Comics Presents issues. This comic often told seriously long-haul serialized stories, such as the Colossus story you see featured here, which was a 13-parter (!). There was also a Black Panther story that ran on for 25 instalments!!! I sort of made it a personal goal to collect the rest of the Colossus story at some point, so finding these two issues was pretty cool. The Adventures of the X-Men .99 cent issue is pretty awful, but it features the Man-Thing... so I wanted it. I found another issue of Excalibur I didn't yet have, a part of the excellent "Cross Time Caper" back when comic books were still able to tell their own stories and go crazy places and not have to kowtow to the upcoming Summer crossover event. And I never don't buy What-If? if I find it cheap. And neither should you... not... not buy it? I don't know how write. I am a HUGE fan of advertising mascots and campaigns, and the "Got Milk?" campaign with its milk mustaches is one of the most famous and ubiquitous ad ideas of the past few years. So when I found this book detailing the history of the Go Milk ads with a bunch of the ads collected together in one book? I was pretty excited. The book is broken up into categories, such as athletes, cartoon characters, and musicians who have all participated in the campaign. Really enjoy flipping through the book Below are shots of some of my favorites: Spongebob, Mario, and Kermit have all worn milk mustaches. Crimefighters in the night, Batman and Angel count themselves among the thankfully lactose-tolerant. And guys who like greasepaint on their faces like their milk as well, as demonstrated by Ronald McDonald and the members of KISS. Finally, the last book of this post is the one I was the most personally excited about. Because I used to read this book obsessively as a kid. Everything You Need to Know About Monsters and Still Be Able to Get to Sleep by Daniel Cohen. I used to check this book out from the library (in the town of Bar Harbor when I lived there for a couple of years as a kid) on an almost weekly basis. I loved monsters as a kid and I especially loved werewolves. I would check this and a couple of other books out and pore over the pages lovingly over and over again. What is ESPECIALLY exciting about this particular book is the fact that it is the copy that came from that library. So I found a book at Goodwill that was the exact same copy I used to check out and obsess over as a kid. I now own that book. And it is a book about monsters. I mean... look at that guy on the cover! That mean green guy! He actually looks kind of worried. Anyway, that's all I've got for tonight folks! I hope you found at least one of these books as interesting as I did. I'll be back with more Geeky Goodwill Goodies! Until then, Happy Hunting!
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Gwent Set consists of 5 decks of Gwent cards and handmade wooden box for convenient storage. 1) Witcher 3 Gwent cards, 5 decks. Full Set with Ballad Heroes expansion. In total 484 cards: Monsters (99 cards) Scoiatael (96 cards) Northern Realms (96 cards) Nilfgaard (95 cards) Skellige (98 cards) Decks include: all cards from the original game "Witcher 3 Wild Hunt" and DLC "Hearts of Stone" and "Blood and Wine", neutral, special, leader and hero cards in each deck in necessary quantity, a full alternate expansion "Ballad Heroes" in each deck, all special cards in 3 copies in each deck. Cards language: English. Size: 59*113 mm. All cards are printed on thick glossy paper 270g/m3. 2) Wooden Gwent Box for 5 decks. Materials: Pine wood, lacquer "wenge". Painting with acrylic coating "Wolf". Size of box: 38*14,5*7 cm (15*5,7*2,75 inches). Size of cells: 13*6,5 cm (5,12*2,56 inches), and 3,5 cm height (1,4 inches). Also it is possible to put inside the lid any other picture you like, just contact us to discuss the details! This set is made to order, production time is 10-14 days. Sending by international mail with tracking number. If you are not satisfied with the quality or have another problems with the order, please contact us and we will help you to solve it. If you have any questions - feel free to contact us anytime!
Gwent Set consists of 5 decks of Gwent cards and handmade wooden box for convenient storage. 1) Witcher 3 Gwent cards, 5 decks. Full Set with Ballad Heroes expansion. In total 484 cards: Monsters (99 cards) Scoiatael (96 cards) Northern Realms (96 cards) Nilfgaard (95 cards) Skellige (98 cards) Decks include: all cards from the original game "Witcher 3 Wild Hunt" and DLC "Hearts of Stone" and "Blood and Wine", neutral, special, leader and hero cards in each deck in necessary quantity, a full alternate expansion "Ballad Heroes" in each deck, all special cards in 3 copies in each deck. Cards language: English. Size: 59*113 mm. All cards are printed on thick glossy paper 270g/m3. 2) Wooden Gwent Box for 5 decks. Materials: Pine wood, lacquer "wenge". Painting with acrylic coating "Wolf". Size of box: 38*14,5*7 cm (15*5,7*2,75 inches). Size of cells: 13*6,5 cm (5,12*2,56 inches), and 3,5 cm height (1,4 inches). Also it is possible to put inside the lid any other picture you like, just contact us to discuss the details! This set is made to order, production time is 10-14 days. Sending by international mail with tracking number. If you are not satisfied with the quality or have another problems with the order, please contact us and we will help you to solve it. If you have any questions - feel free to contact us anytime!
Gwent Box with 5 decks. Materials: pine wood, lacquer "wenge". Painting with acrylic coating "Factions". Size of box: 38*14,5*7 cm (15*5,7*2,75 inches). Size of cells: 13*6,5 cm (5,12*2,56 inches), and 3,5 cm height (1,4 inches). Witcher 3 Gwent cards, 5 decks. Full Set with Ballad Heroes expansion. In total 484 cards: Monsters (99 cards) Scoiatael (96 cards) Northern Realms (96 cards) Nilfgaard (95 cards) Skellige (98 cards) It is possible to put inside the lid any other picture you like, just contact us to discuss the details. The box is made to order, so production time is 7-10 days. Sending by international mail with tracking number. If you have any questions - feel free to contact us!
Witcher 3 Gwent cards 5 decks. Full Set with Ballad Heroes expansion. In total 484 cards: Monsters (99 cards) Scoiatael (96 cards) Northern Realms (96 cards) Nilfgaard (95 cards) Skellige (98 cards) Decks include: all cards from the original game "Witcher 3 Wild Hunt" and DLC "Hearts of Stone" and "Blood and Wine" neutral, special, leader and hero cards in each deck in necessary quantity a full alternate expansion "Ballad Heroes" in each deck all special cards in 3 copies in each deck This is the full set of Gwent cards, any other cards were not presented in the game - you can easily check this by simply launching a video game. Cards language: English Size: 59*113 mm Printed on thick glossy paper 270g/m3 Sending by international mail with tracking number. If you have any questions - feel free to contact us!
Gwent Box with 5 decks. Materials: pine wood, lacquer "wenge". Painting with acrylic coating "Factions". Size of box: 38*14,5*7 cm (15*5,7*2,75 inches). Size of cells: 13*6,5 cm (5,12*2,56 inches), and 3,5 cm height (1,4 inches). Witcher 3 Gwent cards, 5 decks. Full Set with Ballad Heroes expansion. In total 484 cards: Monsters (99 cards) Scoiatael (96 cards) Northern Realms (96 cards) Nilfgaard (95 cards) Skellige (98 cards) It is possible to put inside the lid any other picture you like, just contact us to discuss the details. The box is made to order, so production time is 7-10 days. Sending by international mail with tracking number. If you have any questions - feel free to contact us!
Witcher 3 Gwent cards 5 decks. Full Set with Ballad Heroes expansion. In total 484 cards: Monsters (99 cards) Scoiatael (96 cards) Northern Realms (96 cards) Nilfgaard (95 cards) Skellige (98 cards) Decks include: all cards from the original game "Witcher 3 Wild Hunt" and DLC "Hearts of Stone" and "Blood and Wine" neutral, special, leader and hero cards in each deck in necessary quantity a full alternate expansion "Ballad Heroes" in each deck all special cards in 3 copies in each deck This is the full set of Gwent cards, any other cards were not presented in the game - you can easily check this by simply launching a video game. Cards language: English Size: 59*113 mm Printed on thick glossy paper 270g/m3 Sending by international mail with tracking number. If you have any questions - feel free to contact us!
Witcher 3 Gwent cards 5 decks. Full Set with Ballad Heroes expansion. In total 484 cards: Monsters (99 cards) Scoiatael (96 cards) Northern Realms (96 cards) Nilfgaard (95 cards) Skellige (98 cards) Decks include: all cards from the original game "Witcher 3 Wild Hunt" and DLC "Hearts of Stone" and "Blood and Wine" neutral, special, leader and hero cards in each deck in necessary quantity a full alternate expansion "Ballad Heroes" in each deck all special cards in 3 copies in each deck This is the full set of Gwent cards, any other cards were not presented in the game - you can easily check this by simply launching a video game. Cards language: English Size: 59*113 mm Printed on thick glossy paper 270g/m3 Sending by international mail with tracking number. If you have any questions - feel free to contact us!
