I was there today and picked up a VHS copy of "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai" for $2.00 . They had quite a few other old movies there too (plus a lot of Spanish dubbed American films). Just wanted to pass the word if you have one of these stores near you, it might be worth checking out. It's VHS, but what the hell it's also only 2 bucks.
If you haven't heard of it , Big Lots is a close-out store. You never know what they are going to have from one week to the next , but you run across a nugget once in while. I like checking these kind of places out for that very reason.
We have one here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa but I've never been inside one.
They took the old Econofoods grocery store and transformed it into a Big Lots.
Along with the Dollar Tree, which I also have never been in, I'll have to visit it sometime.
Big Lots is pretty good. They've got some good stuff for low prices.
I got me a Hammer "Scars of Dracula" -- with the Warner Bros./WB imprint -- for $1.99 on VHS at the Longmont, Colorado Big Lots. Never been opened!! Lots of extras!!
Immediately lent it out & may never see it again . . .
But what the hell -- What do you do if you don't share the wealth? Put it on a shelf & let it be a dust magnet?
I guess you gotta take some risks . . .
peter johnson/denny crane
I got a DVD of Carnosaur 2 there once for 2 or 3 bucks. Also a great place to buy ludicrously, almost cartoonishly gigantic boxes of tasty generic frozen corn dogs and other assorted treats.
We have a Big Lots in our area too. I've found all kinds of DVDs and VHS movies there. But I've also found some really cool computer games for like $1.99. These are great "junk" stores!!
well i guess iam the only one that never heard of it. ill check it if i have any of these "biglots" in the new york tri-state area.
"I know I know ive been exposed permeant psychoses..
at least the colors are nice"- Aeon Flux
I haven't been into the local BIg Lots much, but when I have been I got some decent CDs there cheap, mostly some live concerts from the BBC that used to sell for a lot higher before they hit the cut out bins, and an odd live Screamin' Jay Hawkins performance from the 80s apparently. Only of interest to me pretty much, but I was glad to find it.
Moviewise, I've found less good stuff, but they did have a couple of VHS anime tapes. A couple of episodes of "Tenchi Muiyo" and "Akira" of all things for a $1 each. I bought the "Tenchi" and never watched it. I bought that same version of "Akira" years ago for much more, and had recently purchased the deluxe DVD version. BUt was still surprised to see it there.
You can get luckey.
If the timeing is right, you can get some good Kung-Fu, too.
I got a friend "A fistfull of dollars" VHS for $2:00. Neat.
Here in Phoenix , Big Lots is now "MacFrugals". I try not to go there because I will spend,spend, spend.
Ellie wrote:
> Here in Phoenix , Big Lots is now "MacFrugals"
MacFrugal's!?
That has to be one of the most horrid names for a store that I've ever heard.
It sounds like the name of a nerdy science teacher.
"What did you learn in school today son?"
"Mr. MacFrugal showed us the Periodic Table today and golly it sure was neat!."
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But Ellie, the more you spend, the more you save.
are there any big lots in the new england area?
If only we could get rid of the creepy commercials with the creepy old man..ugh...
damn six flags... that little troll gives me nightmares
I find that simply HILARIOUS.
As for Big Lots, anyone interest in sensible prices on forgotten movies could do a lot worse that Big Lots, which is a fairly good store to begin with.
I found pristine copies of Horror of Dracula, Full Moon High, and The Fearless Vampire Killers there.
Hey Jimmyd, go here Big Lots! (http://www.biglots.com/). They have a place to put in your zip code and find a store near you.
They even have a wholesale division . I didn't realize they were this big.
>Along with the Dollar Tree, which I also have never been in, I'll have to visit it
>sometime.
If it's anything like the one near me, they don't have much, mostly typical dollar store stuff like cheap toys, tupperware, glasses, etc. They do have some old stuff on DVD up near the counter. Each is in a cardboard sleeve for $1 each. I picked up Creature (only saw it in the store once) and one that had three episodes of the show Tales of Tomorrow. I haven't watched them yet.
Re MacFrugals:
Actually, that was the first name, which they changed to Big Lots about two years ago.
Apparently, yours is the only store that hasn't gotten around to changing their name.
Re MacFrugals:
That name couldn't be more "Simpsonesque" if it tried. Along with the "Leftorium", they could be the cornerstones of one awsome mall.
Actually it was Big Lots as I said...now it is MacFrugals.
My apologies..I don't know what I am talking about. It was MacFrugals and now it is Big Lots.
wasnt talking about the creepy dancing old man, was talking about the big lots spokesman Jerry van Dyke....ugh
He married a woman from my home town back in the 70's and he has a house not too far from where I live now. He also owns a bunch of businesses in Benton, AR (the town where Sling Blad was filmed). He renovated the old downtown movie theater , which when I first moved back here was the only one in town. Anyway, you think he is obnoxious on film you should meet him in person. He used to work the boxoffice and sometimes take tickets inside. He is very loud and wears those glasses that look like the botttoms of Coke bottles.
Someone told me once that if you ever drove past his house don't stop if he was outside because he would jump your ass for disturbing his privacy.
Maybe they changed the name to Big Lots, because they were afraid of a Scottish stereotype backlash/boycott for a name like "MacFrugals" in these often overly PC times.
Jerry Van Dyke is just one of several people to benefit from his brother's DIck Van Dyke's unabashed neopotism. DVD was very overt and joking about giving jobs to friends and family on A&E's "Biography" once. That's reason DVD's untalented and irritating son, Barry has also lasted so long on TV in lousy shows like "Galactica 1980", the cheapo cable "pad out the episode count for syndication" version of "Airwolf" and "Diagnosis: Murder". SO the one talented guy in the family gives work to all the untalented ones.
A woman I work with is a fan of JVD (for some reason) and she said he claims the only reason he works in showbiz or does commericals now is to support his love of gambling in casinos. Maybe he can win the lottery and go play keno to his heart's content and stay off the screen, although those damn "Coach" reruns seem to pop up on TV whenever you least expect it.