Just Scored a Crapload of Arcadia

Post by **undamned** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:14 pm

Check these out:

And these (Check out the how to make a supergun article

):

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zlk · Post by **zlk** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:20 pm

Good Job! Where did you get them all?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:22 pm

If you got them from a YJ auction, get ready for the shipping. >o<

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:55 pm

Holy crap, I want these magazines. And I want to know how to read them.

Post by **undamned** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:17 pm

zlk wrote:Good Job! Where did you get them all?

GaijinPunch wrote:...get ready for the shipping. >o<

I got them from YAJ

It's all from the same seller, so I'm hoping there is some sort of Media Mail that will cut down on shipping

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Jon · Post by **Jon** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:51 pm

Very impressive haul. Can't wait to flip through 'em Brian!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:57 pm

Not really a pretty ending to this story (other than you get the mags). SAL printed materials is the cheapest. It's roughly going to run you about 3000 yen for 10 magazines. These are the prices I came up with when I bought a set (yes, a full set) of Sega Saturn Magazine. It was the biggest fucking box you have ever seen, and was of course, very heavy. I eventually had to trash most of them b/c people wouldn't put up w/ the shipping.

Here's the link you want:
http://www.post.japanpost.jp/english/fe ... rface.html

I'm going to go out on a limb and say they will check to make sure it's actually "literature for the blind" if you mark it as such.

subcons · Post by **subcons** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:29 pm

Yup. Paper is heavy. I'll never buy a collection of mags through the mail ever again.

Nice score though.

Post by **undamned** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:39 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:Not really a pretty ending to this story (other than you get the mags).

I fully considered that paper is heavy, so as long as I get the mags and I'm not paying more for shipping than I did for the stuff, I'm a happy cave fanboy

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GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:52 pm

I'd say $50 or so and you'll have it, but it'll take forever.

Make sure to scan all the good shit!

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:44 am

I just mailed a small box of books home yesterday via seamail and it cost me almost $50. Good luck getting a large box of magazines over for $50. If you do pull something off though, let me know what ya did.

Still, I'm sure you'll get your money's worth out of em - that's one hell of a haul!

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:15 am

I have almost all of those issues...I went through and looked for CAVE stuff that isn't translated but didn't see much. There might be one page of Progear stuff though that needs to be translated?

The ones I don't have are mostly earlier issues. Also I am missing basically the entire Ketsui strategy period.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:23 am

Is Arcadia still around, or did they go the way of Diehard GameFAN?

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:37 am

No, I'm pretty sure they're still around.

Man, this makes me wish I hadn't trashed all my old Nintendo Power issues a couple of years ago, before I got back into gaming. I even had the first issue, which I got back in 1987-it was mostly about Super Mario Bros. 2!

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:55 am

They're still around. Arcades in Japan have had a revival over the last couple years.

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:01 am

Cthulhu wrote:I just mailed a small box of books home yesterday via seamail and it cost me almost $50.

I should warn you: I did the same, and they reached me in four months' time.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:11 am

Tar-Palantir wrote: I should warn you: I did the same, and they reached me in four months' time.

Well, I don't need any of them right away, and sending them EMS would have cost me $120... and that would have been a horrid waste of money. *Sigh* Stupid Pacific Ocean! Why do you have to be so big!!!

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:26 pm

professor ganson wrote:Holy crap, I want these magazines. And I want to know how to read them.

Read them?? Heck with that, they're worth it for the killer advertisements and game screenshots alone!

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:27 pm

Jon wrote:Very impressive haul. Can't wait to flip through 'em Brian!

Dang, I'm gonna have to come vist you all down in Phoenix sometime!

Except for the minor problem that it's been 10 years this month since I've flown anywhere.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:08 pm

Nice haul of glossy mags there, UD!

I want the Arcadia with the Progear cover.

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:24 am

Cthulhu wrote:
Tar-Palantir wrote: I should warn you: I did the same, and they reached me in four months' time.

Well, I don't need any of them right away, and sending them EMS would have cost me $120... and that would have been a horrid waste of money. *Sigh* Stupid Pacific Ocean! Why do you have to be so big!!!

Mine was from San Diego to India (though the people at the post office did say 6 weeks). Maybe it will take less time

Post by **undamned** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:18 pm

Cthulhu wrote:Good luck getting a large box of magazines over for $50.

Less than $40 for shipping

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