I didn't know there was an Ibara Black Label poster, but Arcadeshock has posted a pic of one:
http://www.arcadeshock.com/images/ibara ... erlogo.jpg
As far as I know, no one here who bought this kit new got one, correct? Everyone said they got an original Ibara poster.
So what's the deal with this? Does anyone actually have one??
Ibara BlackLabel location test in akihabara Feb 3
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I saw a picture of that poster in the mikado arcade blog. I always thought a few posters might have been sent to some arcades for promotion. Then cave, for whatever reason, decided not to release them with the kits.
It is very strange that no one got one of these posters with their kits, nor have any of these posters shown up on yahoo.jp auctions.
It is very strange that no one got one of these posters with their kits, nor have any of these posters shown up on yahoo.jp auctions.
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I have to comment on this paragraph added to Arcadeshock.com's description of their Ibara BL kits, which can be found here: http://www.arcadeshock.com/items/cave-c ... detail.htm:
"The kit(s) we're offering are 100% original and came from the initial run. As you can see from the pic, the Ibara Black Label sticker on the box signifies it's official title. For those interested in some Cave facts, some have rumored that a second run was produced without the Black Label sticker on the box, but we have confirmed that this is not true. Without the sticker, the box is NOT an original Black Label box and was pieced together using another generic Cave/AMI box to form the kit."
Sorry, that's complete BS and totally not true. Fact: there absolutely was a second printing without the sticker on the box. Two trustworthy PCB distributors in Japan confirmed this to me when they were selling them in late 2006. Fact: after this Cave was making Ibara BL kits "to order" for about $1500 (again, this was relayed to me by a trusted Japanese PCB distributor), until a third "proper" print was done a few months ago. Fact: the kits Arcadeshock were selling recently with the poster did NOT come from the "initial run". They were from the third printing, as the poster was ONLY included in this third printing which occurred this year.
They also lead people to believe only 100 of these Ibara BL kits were ever made (actually they outright state "this is the case", though curiously they still also say the PCBs they are selling are from the "initial run"--why say "initial" unless there was more than one printing? Doesn't make sense), and the ones they are selling are from that print run. Having personally owned an Ibara BL PCB with a serial number of 169 (from the initial print run), compounded with the proof I have of Cave making more than one print of this (and actually making them "to order" for awhile!) I'm quite confident this is untrue.
In summation, don't believe the lies. Arcadeshock needs to stop posting the bullshit as a means of jacking up their prices.
"The kit(s) we're offering are 100% original and came from the initial run. As you can see from the pic, the Ibara Black Label sticker on the box signifies it's official title. For those interested in some Cave facts, some have rumored that a second run was produced without the Black Label sticker on the box, but we have confirmed that this is not true. Without the sticker, the box is NOT an original Black Label box and was pieced together using another generic Cave/AMI box to form the kit."
Sorry, that's complete BS and totally not true. Fact: there absolutely was a second printing without the sticker on the box. Two trustworthy PCB distributors in Japan confirmed this to me when they were selling them in late 2006. Fact: after this Cave was making Ibara BL kits "to order" for about $1500 (again, this was relayed to me by a trusted Japanese PCB distributor), until a third "proper" print was done a few months ago. Fact: the kits Arcadeshock were selling recently with the poster did NOT come from the "initial run". They were from the third printing, as the poster was ONLY included in this third printing which occurred this year.
They also lead people to believe only 100 of these Ibara BL kits were ever made (actually they outright state "this is the case", though curiously they still also say the PCBs they are selling are from the "initial run"--why say "initial" unless there was more than one printing? Doesn't make sense), and the ones they are selling are from that print run. Having personally owned an Ibara BL PCB with a serial number of 169 (from the initial print run), compounded with the proof I have of Cave making more than one print of this (and actually making them "to order" for awhile!) I'm quite confident this is untrue.
In summation, don't believe the lies. Arcadeshock needs to stop posting the bullshit as a means of jacking up their prices.