I worked at a funcoland in east side San Jose California in 99. So much crazy shit would go on in that place. Games would fly off shelves when nobody was in the store, the gaming tv’s would turn on and off and the volumes would go up and down by their selves, the bathroom door in the back office would open and shut loudly. Me, my manager, and the guy that worked in the subway next to our store (he was avid gamer that’d come by hang out with us) heard someone talking in the bathroom in the back right before closing. We thought someone snuck in the back. I always had a knife on me and my manger grabbed one of the box cutters. The subway guy said he’d next to the entrance door and if anything happened, he’d run next store and call the police. We went back to check it out, nothing. We were not tripping cause we all stopped, got quiet, and we knew it was definitely coming from the bathroom. One of the girls I worked with quit cause she told our manger she seen a shadowy figure standing in the doorway of the bathroom After closing hours with two other coworker of ours. They said she literally looked like she seen a ghost. After I heard why she quit, I quit too a couple of days later. Didn’t want to see no shadowy figure too. Was skeptic up until working in that crazy ass place but there was definitely something there
Hey Douglas this is a really cool find! However, my friends and I from the lost media community are currently trying to solve a really old mystery that is connected to FuncoLand! Since you worked for FuncoLand we were wondering if you could answer this question for us. For the FuncoLand mail in lists, do you know where David received his information from? He first started doing the mail in lists September 1989, in particular that list contains a game called Yeah Beebiss, to this day we do not what this game was supposed to be. It also appeared on Play It Again's mail in lists prior to the Funco listing. What we're trying to determine is where Funco and Play It Again got this information, was a third party used to obtain info about upcoming games? I understand if you might not know, but we've been having trouble looking for David, so we thought it wouldn't hurt to ask someone who was part of FuncoLand back in the day. Especially since FuncoLand continued doing the game lists for awhile. Thanks for your time, and sorry for my super lengthy comment.
Classic80sStuff At least Funco would offer a year warranty for any cartridge games you bought within a year of buying the cleaning kit. Being the first to sell used games in retail offering a long warranty gave people a piece of mind. The cleaners did actually work too 😊
Mark Hillebrand I have a lot still but I sold my jacket and neon sign last year. Not sure what's harder to believe, that i kept the stuff 20+ yrs or that I sold it after keeping it that long.
When I went to list my jacket some dude had his on there for $600. I think I listed mine for half of that and eventually sold it for half of that, so around $150.
how or where did you find that?????? ive been told these stories also in a kid way.... to this day every tijme i see the carlson towner i think of the robo cop towers...
I worked at a funcoland in east side San Jose California in 99. So much crazy shit would go on in that place. Games would fly off shelves when nobody was in the store, the gaming tv’s would turn on and off and the volumes would go up and down by their selves, the bathroom door in the back office would open and shut loudly. Me, my manager, and the guy that worked in the subway next to our store (he was avid gamer that’d come by hang out with us) heard someone talking in the bathroom in the back right before closing. We thought someone snuck in the back. I always had a knife on me and my manger grabbed one of the box cutters. The subway guy said he’d next to the entrance door and if anything happened, he’d run next store and call the police. We went back to check it out, nothing. We were not tripping cause we all stopped, got quiet, and we knew it was definitely coming from the bathroom. One of the girls I worked with quit cause she told our manger she seen a shadowy figure standing in the doorway of the bathroom After closing hours with two other coworker of ours. They said she literally looked like she seen a ghost. After I heard why she quit, I quit too a couple of days later. Didn’t want to see no shadowy figure too. Was skeptic up until working in that crazy ass place but there was definitely something there
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Hey Douglas this is a really cool find! However, my friends and I from the lost media community are currently trying to solve a really old mystery that is connected to FuncoLand! Since you worked for FuncoLand we were wondering if you could answer this question for us. For the FuncoLand mail in lists, do you know where David received his information from? He first started doing the mail in lists September 1989, in particular that list contains a game called Yeah Beebiss, to this day we do not what this game was supposed to be. It also appeared on Play It Again's mail in lists prior to the Funco listing. What we're trying to determine is where Funco and Play It Again got this information, was a third party used to obtain info about upcoming games? I understand if you might not know, but we've been having trouble looking for David, so we thought it wouldn't hurt to ask someone who was part of FuncoLand back in the day. Especially since FuncoLand continued doing the game lists for awhile. Thanks for your time, and sorry for my super lengthy comment.
Look up Andy Mcnamara on Twitter and ask him. He started earlier than me and worked for Game Informer so there's a good chance he might know.
@@douglasbrown9580 will do thanks!
disappointing moment in life? Robocop not working on the NES? Wow, what an inspiration to all of us!
Funcoland really used to push those cleaning kits, if only people back then knew. All you need is a q-tip and some alcohol.
Classic80sStuff At least Funco would offer a year warranty for any cartridge games you bought within a year of buying the cleaning kit. Being the first to sell used games in retail offering a long warranty gave people a piece of mind. The cleaners did actually work too 😊
Got some SNES from Funco, man those were the days. This video is great, thank you for sharing.
this is an awesome little time capsule. Did you hold on to any of your FuncoLand shirts or jackets? They're really cool pieces of gaming history
Mark Hillebrand I have a lot still but I sold my jacket and neon sign last year. Not sure what's harder to believe, that i kept the stuff 20+ yrs or that I sold it after keeping it that long.
Douglas Brown oh man. how much did you get selling those items? I have a FuncoLand Letterman jacket
When I went to list my jacket some dude had his on there for $600. I think I listed mine for half of that and eventually sold it for half of that, so around $150.
Haha yeah I have a lot. Even a neon sign
how or where did you find that?????? ive been told these stories also in a kid way.... to this day every tijme i see the carlson towner i think of the robo cop towers...
how did you get that?
Davey Pomije I've kept a number of things from my time with the company. Meant a lot to me, to a lot of us.