Pink Godzilla?

Painkilla9098

I've heard people talking about this place called Pink Godzilla and saying you have to go there. What is this place?o_O

Godmeat

They're a game store in Washington.

Last year, they released a quirky card game and had a tournament in the freeplay area.

They also had a booth in the exhibition hall with all kinds of old/unusual games (SNES, NES, etc)

TNTrooper

Painkilla9098 wrote: »

I've heard people talking about this place called Pink Godzilla and saying you have to go there. What is this place?o_O

Pink Godzilla is a game store that sells older games, collector items, imports as well as new stuff. They hang their merchandise from the ceiling because they can't fit all of it on selves. I think they close their store to attend PAX since they bring most of their inventory there.

Moe Fwacky

Yeah, they bring almost the entire store to PAX, so there's no reason to go there, because they'll be at PAX in full force.

capnjack

Nice. I forgot that was one of the places I was supposed to visit while at PAX. Now I don't have to since they'll be there.

Post Blue

I don't know how they manage to spontaneously double their inventory, but I was able to enter and patronize their International District location during PAX last year.

Brian4120

I love their store. I found it in the international district of seattle the first time I went up there. awesome place

MasterHelios

I found it not too long ago while looking for places to buy Ouendan 2. They had it and I'll be bringing it to PAX if anyone wants to battle me.

kazuo

TNTrooper wrote: »

I think they close their store to attend PAX since they bring most of their inventory there.

They don't close the store during PAX. Some unlucky person has to stay there and run it. I know cause I walked over there (yes, walked, it's not that far) on saturday afternoon last year and bought a few games. (Keith Courage lol)

The booth at PAX represents I'd say around 5% of what they have in the store. They have a ton of crap at the store!

Brian4120

kazuo wrote: »

TNTrooper wrote: »

I think they close their store to attend PAX since they bring most of their inventory there.

They don't close the store during PAX. Some unlucky person has to stay there and run it. I know cause I walked over there (yes, walked, it's not that far) on saturday afternoon last year and bought a few games. (Keith Courage lol)

The booth at PAX represents I'd say around 5% of what they have in the store. They have a ton of crap at the store!

Indeed. Their walls and ceilings seem to be always stocked. WAY too much good stuff in there.

Post Blue

Brian4120 wrote: »

kazuo wrote: »

TNTrooper wrote: »

I think they close their store to attend PAX since they bring most of their inventory there.

They don't close the store during PAX. Some unlucky person has to stay there and run it. I know cause I walked over there (yes, walked, it's not that far) on saturday afternoon last year and bought a few games. (Keith Courage lol)

The booth at PAX represents I'd say around 5% of what they have in the store. They have a ton of crap at the store!

Indeed. Their walls and ceilings seem to be always stocked. WAY too much good stuff in there.

Yeah, it's packed to the gills with sugar, and I always feel a bit silly as I'm flipping through every single individually sandwich bagged game, but hey, I've got to drive a while to get there. It's great to know that they've always got a wide selection of staple classics, and there's always the chance of seeing something really special.

leeesher

kazuo wrote: »

(Keith Courage lol)

I hope you didn't pay too much for it. Keith Courage is the Super Mario Bros + Duck Hunt of TG16 games.... o_O

Anyway, I've gone to the Pink Godzilla store a few times. It's definitely worth checking out if you're in town a day or two early, 'cause you can get dibs on the good stuff before their stock gets all picked over!

tr0tsky

MasterHelios wrote: »

I found it not too long ago while looking for places to buy Ouendan 2. They had it and I'll be bringing it to PAX if anyone wants to battle me.

I bought Ouendan 2 from them last year at PAX

nearlysober

If for some reason you need to head to Pink Godzilla during PAX (maybe you just want to visit it), it's very easy to get to. Just head to the bus tunnel Convention Center stop, get on any southbound bus (going into the tunnel, not coming out) and ride to the International District, and bam you're 1.5 blocks from Pink Godzilla. Reverse details for getting back to PAX.

Post Blue

nearlysober wrote: »

If for some reason you need to head to Pink Godzilla during PAX (maybe you just want to visit it), it's very easy to get to. Just head to the bus tunnel Convention Center stop, get on any southbound bus (going into the tunnel, not coming out) and ride to the International District, and bam you're 1.5 blocks from Pink Godzilla. Reverse details for getting back to PAX.

And while you're there, stop by Oasis for some delectable refreshments. And Uwajimaya.

Thello

I only saw their booth last year, but they were insanely overpriced. Markups of 50-100% on what are clearly eBay-bought items. They must be raising their prices exclusively for the show because otherwise I couldn't imagine how they'd stay in business.

Edit: No, even comparing their site to eBay is ridiculous. Black label copy of Final Fantasy Tactics? $25 used on eBay. Pink Godzilla? $55. More than a 100% markup. Don't buy from them.

Liger

Thello wrote: »

I only saw their booth last year, but they were insanely overpriced. Markups of 50-100% on what are clearly eBay-bought items. They must be raising their prices exclusively for the show because otherwise I couldn't imagine how they'd stay in business. They're a sucker's buy.

Edit: No, even comparing their site to eBay is ridiculous. Black label copy of Final Fantasy Tactics? $25 used on eBay. Pink Godzilla? $55. More than a 100% markup.

I dunno, I think $3 for an NES game is pretty good these days. And they're good at finding rare imports. Some of their stuff is marked up, but a lot of it is very fairly priced.

Post Blue

Thello wrote: »

I only saw their booth last year, but they were insanely overpriced. Markups of 50-100% on what are clearly eBay-bought items. They must be raising their prices exclusively for the show because otherwise I couldn't imagine how they'd stay in business.

Edit: No, even comparing their site to eBay is ridiculous. Black label copy of Final Fantasy Tactics? $25 used on eBay. Pink Godzilla? $55. More than a 100% markup. Don't buy from them.

Aside from extreme examples, I'd rather pay a few extra bucks for them to provide the service of tracking these things down, making sure they're in clean and operating condition and avoid altogether dealing with fingerprints, sweat-gunk, and kid boogers myself.

Thello

Hey, it's your money. From my experience, there's very little tracking down involved when it comes to games. Save for a very select few, most everything branded "rare" is probably on eBay as I type this sentence.

Agh, just looking through their site gives me a headache. I've owned and sold a lot of these games. Lunar on Sega CD for $75? That's quite literally a 150-200% markup.

I should start my own business at this rate. Fuck.

Legacy

Post Blue wrote: »

nearlysober wrote: »

If for some reason you need to head to Pink Godzilla during PAX (maybe you just want to visit it), it's very easy to get to. Just head to the bus tunnel Convention Center stop, get on any southbound bus (going into the tunnel, not coming out) and ride to the International District, and bam you're 1.5 blocks from Pink Godzilla. Reverse details for getting back to PAX.

And while you're there, stop by Oasis for some delectable refreshments. And Uwajimaya.

Strawberry Slush with no tapioca. The best tasting slush ever.

Also, Yummy House Bakery.

kazuo

Regarding PG's pricing:



That pretty much sums up how I feel about it.

On one hand, I understand the retail markup (running a b&m location is NOT cheap), but $175 for D&D Collection? (It looks re-shrinked, even)

I got a mint (lit. MINT) one on eBay for like $80. And we all know eBay is usually a bit overpriced for things such as this (older games).

Don't even get me started on $100 for a top loader... jigga please.

I like the store and the staff. They're good people, have a great setup, excellent service and all the employees I talked to really enjoy this sorta stuff.

But aside from buying some cheapo items here and there (like Keith Courage.. and yeah I know how common it is, I own several pce's and a crapton of games for them even for $5, it's still much cheaper than what I'd pay for it online with shipping tacked on), I don't think I'll be making any major purchases from them. I tried talking one of the guys at the booth down to like $120 cash moneys for DracX but he wouldn't budge. Understandable, but $175 is still too much for that game (and no spine card? forget about it!).

towlie

I was going to ask if some one could post the address but I decided to be un-lazy and look it up:

Pink Godzilla
601 S. King St. #101C
Seattle, WA 98104

Check out the shot of the store on their website. They might be overpriced but it looks like a great place to browse.

http://www.pinkgodzillagames.com/pg_bam/seattle.php