Ever have something cool given to you just out of the blue

RAZO · Nov 26, 2014

So I stop by my parents house today after work like I usually do and find this sitting on the bed in my old room. My mom's boss was cleaning out his apartment in the city and found this in one of his closets. I guess someone gave it to him as a gift and he never used it. He asked my mom if she knew anyone who wanted it and so here we are. It looks brand new. Just thought it would be something cool to share with you guys.

giggsy07 · Nov 26, 2014

Nice..Great find.

Kid Panda · Nov 26, 2014

I've never gotten anything like that. I always get stuff taken from me or get charged for it.

RBjakeSpecial · Nov 26, 2014

Nice! One time when I was drinking at a local bar a friend of a friend gave me a 12-string Applause guitar. He said, "I won it at the battle of the bands, but I hate 12 strings. Here you go." I played the hell out of it and sold it years later when it was all used up. (Lots of damage from live gigs and recordings.) It was so cool to just suddenly receive something like that.

BeefJerky · Nov 26, 2014

I remember a certain Chinese Kid that gifted me an R-Type 3 repro with the best custom label ever when I bought an arcade stick from him. :glee:

RAZO · Nov 26, 2014

Thanks guys. I usually don't have stuff like this land on my lap. Feels pretty damn good.

loegan43 · Nov 26, 2014

That's awesome. Always a nice feeling to get a gift you didn't expect.

Karou · Nov 26, 2014

is vga grading service right in this case?
does that I would try to get a stack of money from it make me a bad videogamer/flipper? maybe even after waiting a few years while making a point to keep it pristine.

or is it more from your mom?

StealthLurker · Nov 26, 2014

Congrats! That looks like it's in amazing condition. Also seeing that little screw terminal to coax adapter sure brings back memories... Never had a powerpad or even played on one, but always thought it was a neat idea.

Had some good fortune in the past too. Have been given some really neat stuff for free from long time friends from childhood.

In the 90s a buddy gave me a pretty much new boxed SEGA CDX. Never even knew such a thing existed until he gave me one (I wasn't really into gaming anymore at the time). Another good friend gave me a boxed Vectrex. What's special about that Vectrex too is it was the first and only Vectrex I've ever played in my life. Our families used to visit each other all the time. Whenever we'd go to their house we'd play on their Vectrex, Commodore 64 or Nintendo. Another buddy of mine gave me a test/dev system PS1, PS2 and a bunch of dog tag NeoGeo AES games in the mid 90s.

ggallegos1 · Nov 26, 2014

thats awesome RAZO. great condition box too!

andsuchisdeath · Nov 26, 2014

A few times I was given chase.

RAZO · Nov 26, 2014

Karou said:
is vga grading service right in this case?
does that I would try to get a stack of money from it make me a bad videogamer/flipper? maybe even after waiting a few years while making a point to keep it pristine.

or is it more from your mom?

Nah bro, I was thinking $$$$ the minute I saw the box. When I opened the box and saw that everything looks brand new and unused I was like KaChing! I already have two used toasters so no point in taking this one out of the box. It's really cool to look at though. Almost like owning a piece of history.

StealthLurker said:
Congrats! That looks like it's in amazing condition. Also seeing that little screw terminal to coax adapter sure brings back memories... Never had a powerpad or even played on one, but always thought it was a neat idea.

Had some good fortune in the past too. Have been given some really neat stuff for free from long time friends from childhood.

In the 90s a buddy gave me a pretty much new boxed SEGA CDX. Never even knew such a thing existed until he gave me one (I wasn't really into gaming anymore at the time). Another good friend gave me a boxed Vectrex. What's special about that Vectrex too is it was the first and only Vectrex I've ever played in my life. Our families used to visit each other all the time. Whenever we'd go to their house we'd play on their Vectrex, Commodore 64 or Nintendo. Another buddy of mine gave me a test/dev system PS1, PS2 and a bunch of dog tag NeoGeo AES games in the mid 90s.

Thanks Stealth, but you just made me feel like a chump. Lol JK.

ggallegos1 said:
thats awesome RAZO. great condition box too!

Thanks Bro.

2D_mastur · Nov 26, 2014

My first AES and game was given to me. Totally out of the blue. Lots of Neo-Geo fans are pretty good and generous guys... but often have an outer layer of asshole.

bubba966 · Nov 26, 2014

My LaserActive setup (deck, both PACs, 15 or so games) was just given to me by and old Bungie employee I knew. He had no need for it any longer and knew I was into LD's so just gave it to me. Had about 75 movies with it too.

He was fond of champagne's so I went and picked up a bottle of Dom for him as a thanks. He was happy, and so was I.

shadowkn55 · Nov 26, 2014

Someone gave me a Little Caesars gift card once. I ate like a king for a couple days.

Neodogg · Nov 26, 2014

VD count?

RAZO · Nov 26, 2014

bubba966 said:
My LaserActive setup (deck, both PACs, 15 or so games) was just given to me by and old Bungie employee I knew. He had no need for it any longer and knew I was into LD's so just gave it to me. Had about 75 movies with it too.

He was fond of champagne's so I went and picked up a bottle of Dom for him as a thanks. He was happy, and so was I.

I probably would have done the same if he gave me a Laseractive with both pacs.

shadowkn55 said:
Someone gave me a Little Caesars gift card once. I ate like a king for a couple days.

Last time I ate Little Caesars was when I was 12 years old. I had diarrhea for like a week.

Neorebel · Nov 26, 2014

That is the exact boxed set I received for Christmas as my first very own game console!

Cylotron · Nov 26, 2014

When I was a teen, I found what I thought was a stray cat. Loved him so much & kept him. Apparently, he had an owner. Was a single mom & her son. She was poor and struggling(whereas I live in a beach house). Anyway, I offered them my old Sega Genesis and a box of like 30 - 40 games for the cat. The kid was in awe and made a big deal about how he just had an NES with a few games. They agreed and I enjoyed all the time I spent with the kitty up until his death 13 years ago.
I wonder if that kid still has the Genesis..

Rot · Nov 26, 2014

I went to buy some action figures from a craiglist add .. and we talked with the girl that was selling them.. from one word to another I got a brand new looking Atari Jaguar + 5 games and 3do with about 20 boxed games for about $40 ... I guess her brother was collecting those items... and then he went to live in Europe.

I told her that she can get much more money for them .. but she said it is fine and that she just wanted to get rid of them.
It is not a free gift ..but that is the closest I got to one

T.A.P. · Nov 26, 2014

I can't recall getting anything cool like that out of the blue.

Usually if someone gives me something it's just junk that I end up tossing.

BeefJerky · Nov 26, 2014

Skullz said:
It is not a free gift ..but that is the closest I got to one

I think it's safe to say that that's the fault of a conspiracy involving Obama.

T.A.P. · Nov 26, 2014

I'm loving that avatar.

RAZO · Nov 26, 2014

Neorebel said:
That is the exact boxed set I received for Christmas as my first very own game console!

You put a smile on my face.

Cylotron said:
When I was a teen, I found what I thought was a stray cat. Loved him so much & kept him. Apparently, he had an owner. Was a single mom & her son. She was poor and struggling(whereas I live in a beach house). Anyway, I offered them my old Sega Genesis and a box of like 30 - 40 games for the cat. The kid was in awe and made a big deal about how he just had an NES with a few games. They agreed and I enjoyed all the time I spent with the kitty up until his death 13 years ago.
I wonder if that kid still has the Genesis..

It was cool that you gave the system and games for the Cat. My wife was once given a puppy. A cute little husky. This was back when we were still dating and living in this little apartment. The family who owned the dog couldn't deal with him anymore so they asked my wife if she wanted it. She couldn't resist and said yes. Once her 8 year old boy found out the dog was gone he went crazy. We had the dog for a full day. The husband called my wife asking if they could have the dog back and so we gave him back.

Skullz said:
I went to buy some action figures from a craiglist add .. and we talked with the girl that was selling them.. from one word to another I got a brand new looking Atari Jaguar + 5 games and 3do with about 20 boxed games for about $40 ... I guess her brother was collecting those items... and then he went to live in Europe.

I told her that she can get much more money for them .. but she said it is fine and that she just wanted to get rid of them.
It is not a free gift ..but that is the closest I got to one

Not Bad

T.A.P. said:
I can't recall getting anything cool like that out of the blue.

Usually if someone gives me something it's just junk that I end up tossing.

T.A.P. · Nov 26, 2014

I have gotten some cool things from members on here, but that was a result of me entering a contest/posting a thread about stuff, so I figured that didn't count as 'out of the blue.'

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