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Started by trekgeezer, February 25, 2005, 08:41:49 AM

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trekgeezer

I was in Big Lots yesterday and picked up 4 Babylon 5 VHS tapes for  $.50 each. Each has two episodes , couldn't  turn 'em down for that price.  I also picked up a couple of the $1 DVD double-features (old 50's scifi) which I will post something about when I watch them.

I noticed they had a couple of those 50 movie DVD collections, one was 50 great stars and the other was 50 great mysteries (a lot of Dick Tracy stuff).  They were selling them for $19.99 and they also had one with 100 cartoons for $14.99.  I would've pick something up if they had the horror or scifi ones.  You might check them out if you have a Big Lots near by.

The problem with Big Lots (and other closeout stores) is that from week to week the selections changes.




And you thought Trek isn't cool.

Eirik

Dang geezer - where can I find one of these Big Lots??  I'd buy anything I saw on video for fifty cents just on general principle.  (Yes, even a JLo movie).

Also it seems a changing selection from week to week would be a good thing, not a problem.  It'd make the place more fun to go to.

peter johnson

We have a Big Lots in Longmont, but the only things they ever seem to carry are Spanish-language dubs of bad dramas & made-for-TV ho-hum flicks.  Never a cool horror or science fiction flick -- no, as I type this I remember that I did get Slick Chris Lee/Scars of Dracula there in English for $1.99.  Never mind . . .
peter johnson/denny crane

trekgeezer

Today  the wife and I stopped at the Dollar Tree and I found a bunch of $1 DVD's . I picked up to two volumes of Dave & Max Fleischer  Superman  cartoons (each has 8 cartoons). I also got House on Haunted Hill (1959) with Vincent Price  and Slipstream (1989) with Mark Hamill and Bill Paxton.  

Their was recently a post about Slipstream, I have seen it before but it was well over 10 years ago, so I figure for a buck what the hell.  I didn't see a lot else that interested me, the majority were old cartoons or 1950's  tv series.  

I have quite a bit of spare time viewing coming up.




And you thought Trek isn't cool.

Scott

The grandious music in SLIPSTREAM along with the film is a must. The music was way out of proportion, but I liked it.


Yaddo 42

The Big Lots in my town doesn't get good videos, or it's something I already have, I do better with CDs there. The best movies they ever had was a 4 pack of Jackie Chan flicks like "Fantasy Mission Force" and "Snake in Eagle's Claw" or whatever the title is.

There's a Big Lots across the river that I need to check, a girl at work brought 5 DVD double features that she bought there for a buck each. She sold two to me and the rest to another fanboy there. I got Killers From Space/Phantom From Space and They Came From Beyond  Space/Warning from Space. The other guy got mostly horror movies like "Nightmare Castle".