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Canadian Sightings & Provincial News => NFLD, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, P.E.I. => Topic started by: Scramble on May 29, 2004, 12:12:40 AM

Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Scramble on May 29, 2004, 12:12:40 AM
I finally found a complete Back-Stop with his elusive pistol, two of them in fact, and a complete North American release of the Pursuader at a store in Halifax by the name of Odysee 2000. He also sold me a copy of How To Draw GI Joes #1 from 1987 for a buck. I had a quick chat with the owner, who was a great guy (seems to be the trend in Halifax) and had substancial knowledge of GI Joe.

He mentioned that he once sold a 99% complete Terrordrome (missing only two gas pumps) within an hour of putting it on display for $450. I was curious if the big buyer is on this board, and if anyone in the Maritime area has ever dropped by this place. Reasonable prices on what he has, which isn't all that much but enough for a comic shop, and just a guy worth supporting.
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: BHMike on May 29, 2004, 04:28:12 PM
Tell him about this board and get him on it!
More contacts for Joe Collectors in Canada is never a bad thing.
:-)
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Spillspleen on May 29, 2004, 11:01:59 PM
Yes please get him on here...maybe he has some items I need...lol!!!

The more the better!!! :thumbsup:
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Scramble on May 31, 2004, 09:12:43 AM
Sadly, I visited Odysee 2000 on my last day in Halifax. I only thought of telling him to visit the board after I was back at my brother's apartment. I'll try to track down his e-mail address, though, and hook him up.
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: SoundEffect on May 31, 2004, 09:05:14 PM
I've been there hundreds of times when I lived in Halifax...he does have some rare stuff. I don't like the prices, but then I've always gotten Joes at really good prices, but it's a worthwhile shop to visit for sure. Lots of vintage Star Wars, GI Joe, anime, etc.

I don't think they have a website yet, but the same guy's been in business since 1977. I found this info online:

Odyssey 2000
6407 Quinpool Rd., Halifax, NS
Ph: (902) 429-6477

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Another Halifax shop that has a similar selection and as good, if not better prices is "Strange Adventures". And they do have a website:

http://www.strangeadventures.com/ (http://www.strangeadventures.com/)

Between the two, I like "Strange Adventures" better. Hope you got to see this place Scramble! Hope you enjoyed Halifax too! I miss it.
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Scramble on June 01, 2004, 09:01:00 PM
I appreciate the search, Sound Effect, but I already had all that info stamped on the back of a comic board. I didn't see Strange Adventures while I was there. I just happened to drive along Quinpool just about every day I was down there.


I did enjoy Halifax very much. It's much more casual and inviting than Montreal. I've been to a lot of "Nice to visits" but very few have been "Would like to live"s. Sadly, I don't see myself going back in the near future. My brother graduated and has moved back home, with his eye on Ontario or the states for a job.
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Squishy Duck Man on June 16, 2004, 10:31:39 AM
Hrm, next time I'm in the Halifax area I should look this guy up.  Anybody know if he's willing to ship orders to people who can't make it NS-way?

-AAM
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Collectorman on July 12, 2004, 02:37:42 PM
Maybe I'll make a trip out to Halifax tomorrow...I'm having GI Joe withdrawl...

...plus I'm bored out of my mind only working three days a week...  :?  :?  :?
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Collectorman on July 14, 2004, 12:32:40 AM
Well dudes, I checked out Odyssey 2000 today, and it's a nice shop! The manager was named John and he was a cool guy. We talked about comics a bit and I tolded him what I did for living, which made him laugh. He had a small selection of Joes, a smaller selection of vintage Star Wars, but he had a TON of gaming stuff (which I'm not into except for the Heroclix). He also had the new Marvel Legends...I know where I'm buying mine from now on once the cash flow gets better...(sorry Mike).

I gave him the URL for joecanuck.com and told him to check it out. He was pretty interested on seeing why we were talking about him  :lol:
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: BHMike on July 14, 2004, 10:13:52 AM
Quote from: ""Collectorman""
He also had the new Marvel Legends...I know where I'm buying mine from now on once the cash flow gets better...(sorry Mike).


I would of fully expected you to get them out there John!!
You know how big these are, and how much shipping is out East - I'd think you'd be nuts to get them shipped out! :lol:

Mike
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Scramble on July 14, 2004, 11:47:46 AM
The power of the Internet.

Glad you made your way out there. Hopefully John joins Joecustoms, gets an in with the Canadian Joe fan-base and starts carrying more vintage Joes. And then his customers'll be all like "What's with all the Joe stuff?" And John'll be, like, "I joined Joecustoms.com and they're really cool and you should join and go to the Joe meet in Hamilton". And then a landslide of interest in GI Joe in Canada will prompt Hasbro Canada to get us the Comic three packs, and a new release of Back-Stop, and a "celebrity" figure based on Bounty Hunter Mike.

Sadly, I won't be able to benefit from any of this, but it's niceto know I threw the rock that caused the landslide.

 :D
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: BHMike on July 14, 2004, 05:14:00 PM
Quote from: ""Scramble""
Hopefully John joins Joecustoms, gets an in with the Canadian Joe fan-base and starts carrying more vintage Joes. And then his customers'll be all like "What's with all the Joe stuff?" And John'll be, like, "I joined Joecustoms.com and they're really cool and you should join and go to the Joe meet in Hamilton".


JoeCANUCK.COM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 :evil:
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Squishy Duck Man on July 15, 2004, 10:11:35 AM
Quote from: ""Collectorman""
I also stopped at Strange Adventures as well. It wasn't a bad place, but the sales staff seemed a bit off. Other than that is was just your normal, run-of-the-mill comic shop with stuff piled to the ceiling. Really clean though, no cobwebs of nothing.


There's another Strange Adventures store in Fredericton, here in NB.  It's much smaller, but it's carried the GI Joe DVDs/VHS tapes before.  Also worthy of note if you ever get to Moncton is Gamezilla.  They had the MASS Device DVDw/Snake Eyes at one point.  Oh, if only I'd had the money before it was sold!!   :(

-AAM
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: SoundEffect on July 15, 2004, 08:05:12 PM
The Moncton Gamezilla is cool!

There's also a Gamezilla in Fredericton.

Many of the Joe DVDs I've gotten so far I bought from www.dvdboxoffice.com (http://www.dvdboxoffice.com) as they ship for free, have only 7% GST and usually better prices than in stores. For instance, Gamezilla has Joe Season 1 part 2 at $80, Futureshop has it at $70, and I got it from DVDBoxOffice for $55. They're a Canadian online company out of Richmond Hill.
Title: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Scramble on July 16, 2004, 12:36:17 PM
Quote from: ""BHT""
JoeCANUCK.COM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 :evil:


Ma, I must have been drunk. I put joecustoms instead of Joecanuck twice! I totally deserved that Evil face.

I'm sorry Mike.  :oops:
Title: Re: Halifax's Odyssey 2000
Post by: DPrime on November 22, 2007, 09:56:06 AM
Checked out Odyssey 2000 the other day, disappointed that they didn't have any Joes whatsoever, or vintage anything really. To be quite honest it seemed like a run of the mill comic/magic card shop, and as such not as interesting as Strange Adventures, which had a lot more cooler stuff (though again, no Joes).

There's a shop on Barrington St (I think), sort of between the base and Staples, that had a nice selection of vintage Joes. Can't remember the name though...
Title: Re: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: Scramble on November 22, 2007, 01:15:18 PM
Well it has been three years since my last trip. It's too bad to hear they dumped their vintage toys.
Title: Re: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: DPrime on November 27, 2007, 11:06:09 AM
Quote from: "Scramble"

Well it has been three years since my last trip. It's too bad to hear they dumped their vintage toys.

If you come back, check out that other store I mentioned. The selection wasn't huge or anything, but it was decent. I'll go back sometime this week and get the actual name...
Title: Re: Halifax's Odysee 2000
Post by: silentdusty on July 25, 2008, 03:01:57 PM
Apparently, the vintage stuff comes and goes, I was in the other day and he had some 25th comic packs, and I picked up a couple of GI Joe vs. Cobra figs, a V3 Dr Mindbender w/Mission Disc, and the Spytroops Depth Charge w/Wave Crusher. He was telling me he hadn't had anyone in selling Joe stuff in a while.