The Motherload

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Higgy_baby · #1 Post by **Higgy_baby** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:37 am

Who says you can't go back?

This Spring I bought Season 1 for 15 bucks (CDN) at HMV (Canadian store like f.y.e. in US). That was before I knew of this site. I was loving it so much that I went back for the other seasons. They were long gone.

Then I joined up here and read a post that Wal Mart also had sold these at the same low price. Again gone at every store I checked.

Well today I hit big. I had some business in St. Catharines (10 mins from Niagara Falls). I found seasons 1-6 all at the local Wal Mart. Bought em all. A whopping $14.83 each.

So for all my Canadian friends in the GTA or Niagara region, it's worth the drive. There are still a half dozen of each season from 2-6. Only one season 1 was left. This is also only about 15 mins from the Lewiston Bridge for all my Upstate New York fellow Magnum Maniacs.

I'm happy as a pig in 'you know what I'm thinking'.

PS. Here's the previous thread. Thank you beachbum for inspiring me to look at Wal-mart.

http://magnum-mania.com/Forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

only looking · #2 Post by **only looking** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:25 am

Congrat...

Now you'll fall in the Magnum PI trap...endless hours watching a marathon and hinking .."OK, if I go to bed now, I'll get in 6 hours of slepp, then again..the episodes are only like 50min long so I could squeeze one more before I go to sleep." LOL ENJOY!!

Higgy_baby · #3 Post by **Higgy_baby** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:33 am

only looking wrote:Congrat... Now you'll fall in the Magnum PI trap...endless hours watching a marathon and hinking .."OK, if I go to bed now, I'll get in 6 hours of slepp, then again..the episodes are only like 50min long so I could squeeze one more before I go to sleep." LOL ENJOY!!

I know what you mean. Up to now I've neen able to pace myself with season one; almost 3 months and only on episode 16. Now I don't know if I can show restraint......the horror, the horror!

Carmen · #4 Post by **Carmen** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:45 am

yeah, it`s so good to have them all!! Just yesterday afternoon I told my 2 little children to play outside, cause I have to iron and my 16 year old looked at me and asked "which season?"

(I did the ironing, too - honest

)

#5 Post by **Styles Bitchley** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:31 am

That's annoying. I was back in Toronto last month looking for MPI dvds at Walmart after reading about the low prices here (I have seasons 1-4 and paid over 50 bucks each for them). No joy though. I should ask my cousin in Niagra to go buy 'em for me, but word might get around the family that I'm a bit obsessive.

I'll be back at Christmas...maybe I'll have better luck then.

Carmen wrote:yeah, it`s so good to have them all!! Just yesterday afternoon I told my 2 little children to play outside, cause I have to iron and my 16 year old looked at me and asked "which season?"
(I did the ironing, too - honest )

That's funny Carmen, my Sunday evening ritual is ironing my shirts with an episode or two of MPI.

IKnowWhatYoureThinking · Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:46 pm

Congrats Higgy Baby! I thought I got them cheap at $22.

Higgy_baby · #7 Post by **Higgy_baby** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:07 pm

Styles, are you a transplanted Canuck?

I'd risk exposure to your family in Niagara, because both WalMart and HMV do not seem to be restocking the series. Walmart's website only lists season 1. The store is in the south end at Welland and VanSickle St.

Somehow I think they may be burning off old stock and re-issuing the series with new packaging because of HMV and WalMart's pricing behaviour. I'd hate to think they are not re-issuing. On the other hand Cinemas still has most of the DVDs with season 1 at $69.99 and season 8 at $47.99. GO FIGURE?????

#8 Post by **Styles Bitchley** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:30 pm

Higgy_baby wrote:Styles, are you a transplanted Canuck?

Indeed. GO LEAFS GO!

Just doing the Euro thing for a while.

Maybe I'll take the plunge and give my cousin a call. Seems too good to pass up.

Italian Ice · #9 Post by **Italian Ice** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:16 am

Wow Higgy Baby, HMV is usually quite pricey. $15 is a good deal. I saw it for like $45-$50 a few months ago. I guess they've lowered the prices to tell their merchandise. Good time to buy DVD's. I still have to download though..........

#10 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:01 pm

You call that "The Motherload"?

THIS is "The Motherload"....

Higgy_baby · #11 Post by **Higgy_baby** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:41 pm

I have to agree

James, did you actually build the Bridge on the River Kwai with matchsticks and then smash it like the bad guys did to Higgy, just so you'd have a cool prop?

StarchedUndershirts · Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:35 pm

Higgy_baby wrote:Styles, are you a transplanted Canuck?

I'd risk exposure to your family in Niagara, because both WalMart and HMV do not seem to be restocking the series. Walmart's website only lists season 1. The store is in the south end at Welland and VanSickle St.

Somehow I think they may be burning off old stock and re-issuing the series with new packaging because of HMV and WalMart's pricing behaviour. I'd hate to think they are not re-issuing. On the other hand Cinemas still has most of the DVDs with season 1 at $69.99 and season 8 at $47.99. GO FIGURE?????

I wonder if they might be releasing a "Complete Series" sometime soon. Hopefully on single-sided disks.

#13 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:26 am

Higgy_baby wrote: I have to agree

James, did you actually build the Bridge on the River Kwai with matchsticks and then smash it like the bad guys did to Higgy, just so you'd have a cool prop?

No, all those items are from the actual show. Well, all except Mr. Magnum G.I.!

One of our beloved forum members, golfmobile, had an opportunity to meet someone involved in the show, someone who has retained a lot of real life MPI artifacts.

You read the whole exciting saga here. The "Motherload" stuff starts on Page 4.

Higgy_baby · #14 Post by **Higgy_baby** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:52 pm

Thanks for pointing that out James. What a great thread. I hadn't found it yet. Golf really did find the Magnum Eldorado.

Further update to the cheap DVDs. I found another Walmart in Hamilton with lots of seasons 1, 3, and 5. I asked to see the vendor inventory list to see if they even had stocked seasons 7 and 8. The list only showed the first 6 seasons. Anyone in the area can pm me for directions.

SelleckLover · #15 Post by **SelleckLover** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:41 am

James J. Walters wrote:

You read the whole exciting saga here. The "Motherload" stuff starts on Page 4.

I know this has probably been bugging golfmobile as much as it bugs me...but I just can't let it go anymore! Please know that I'm not trying to pick on anyone in particular, but the correct spelling is motherlode, of course referring to the term that gold miners used when they discovered a particularly large amount of gold in one spot in a gold mine. Whew! Now I can get a good night's sleep!! J/K! (You can thank me later golf!)