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"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 10/30/2015 at 13:40 • Filed to: LALD toys die cast cars

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Sometimes I just can't help myself. If I'm over at the Goodwill Oulet and see some sort of transportation-related object I'll go ahead and grab it. At $0.79/lb why the hell not?

CalzoneGolem > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/30/2015 at 13:45

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lol these wheels are fantastic.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > CalzoneGolem 10/30/2015 at 13:53

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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/30/2015 at 13:53

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A not-quite Torchbug!

CalzoneGolem > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/30/2015 at 13:54

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That is even better than I could have possibly imagined.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/30/2015 at 13:58

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Almost as if the Torchbug and Orlove’s Baja had a lovechild:

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/30/2015 at 14:06

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Needs moar upside down.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/30/2015 at 14:13

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Orlove’d:

vondon302 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/30/2015 at 14:23

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.79 cents a pound? Your goodwill sells stuff by the pound! That’s awesome.

Leon711 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/30/2015 at 14:26

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Dat BA 747 doe

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > vondon302 10/30/2015 at 14:39

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Yeah, it’s the outlet center, the place where the stuff that is unsold from the retail stores, or stuff that isn’t good enough for the retail stores, ends up. Most major cities that have Goodwill retail stores will have an outlet center somewhere nearby. The items are either overpriced, and thus unsold, or broken in some way. Books are a good deal because they sell them for $0.15/inch, measured based on the thickness. I’ve found all sorts of classics for $0.15/each because of the thickness.

I like to grab DirecTV and Dish HD DVRs for a couple of bucks and yank out the hard drives for use elsewhere. If you need cheap clothes for crawling under the car this is a good source (although I have found some in pretty nice shape that I wear regularly). There always seems to be lots of 8-track tapes, so if you want to go full retro in your malaisemobile this place is the source for music. Finding actual Lego pieces is possible, although a lot of the time they are loose in the bin and you have to spend some time picking them out, but given the price it’s worth it.

I did find a beat-to-hell 2008 MacBook Pro over there, and for a few bucks restored it to operational condition; I still use it on a regular basis. They’re not supposed to sell computers, but sometimes they make it out to the floor. Since everything is sold by weight, if the item is in a bag they don’t know what they’re selling you, nor do they seem to care. One of my favorite acquisitions is one of those SodaStream machines; I like plain carbonated water, maybe with a touch of lemon, and with this thing I can make plenty.

Everything is in those giant blue bins. You have to do some digging, so bring some thick gloves; I keep a set of those mechanic’s gloves in my car for this purpose. It can get hairy when new bins are rolled out as people shove and crowd and push to get the newest stuff. It’s quite a show, watching people nearly get into fights over borderline garbage.

Laurence > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/30/2015 at 14:42

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Dude, this is pretty cool. Why can't the UK have places like this?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Leon711 10/30/2015 at 14:47

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It’s missing the nose gear and one horizontal stabilizer, but, well, whatever - I still dig it.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/30/2015 at 14:57

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vondon302 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/30/2015 at 15:18

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Cool. Thanks you taught me something today.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > vondon302 10/30/2015 at 15:24

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Glad to help. Here’s a link to the location of the outlet stores; hopefully there’s one close to you: http://www.gwoutletstorelocator.com/

vondon302 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/30/2015 at 15:29

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Not close but close enough. Thanks again!