Awesome stuff you've just bought (+pics please)

[Stormwatch]

>My new propane burner showed up

[flux]

My new propane burner showed up (ordered one of those damned expensive blickmann burners as my original burner couldn't get my wort up to boil fast enough (you need a helluva big burner to do 10 gallon batches folks)), and sat out on the porch drinking beer, assembling the fucker. I'll be brewing a new batch on new years eve, can't wait!

Nice. How fast can it get 10 gallons up to a boil? I've been doing 5 gallon batches on the stove and it takes forever. I hadn't really thought about using alternative heating methods.

[CMoon]

Well, if your making a 5 gallon batch of beer stovetop (I assume we're talking beer), you can always do a partial boil. Just use enough water to steep your specialty grains and add the rest of your water later after the boil (preferably chilled).

Getting your boil outside though definitely makes brewing so much easier. My old propane burner took quite some time (30-40 min?) to get 5 gallons up to boil. I haven't tested this new one yet, but was using a similar model at a friend's house, and we were definitely seeing much shorter times. My big reason for the purchase though was that my old unit really couldn't get more than 7 gallons boiling tops. This one should easily be able to get 10 or more gallons boiling. That said, I'm doing partial boils myself mostly as a way to control boil over and to bring the wort temperature down faster (do you know how long it takes to cool 10 gallons of beer!?)

A friend of mine just got one of these; it's the next logical purchase, but so damned expensive:

[KBZ]

family buys me enough socks, I'll take care of the rest :p

that's an everdrive in there by the way.

[t0yrobo]

The girlfriend got me this chair today. Can't help but like a $130 chair for $50. Looks good with my Panton that also cost $50.

[gct]

I've jumped on the music wagon, finally have everything set up well enough to post a picture.



Yamaha DGX-630 piano with LP-7A pedal unit, AKG K240 Mk.II S headphones, Yamaha SK1XG keyboard (for travel - thanks GaijinPunch!)

I am still a beginner, but I feel much more enjoyment and fulfillment from this rather than playing video games, which I may still do occasionally but this is what I spent the vast majority of my time at home doing now.

[Elixir]

This arrived a day or two ago, Aegis by COSPA's Ex_Resinya series.



More pics and info on my blog concerning this figure, here.

Previously, a haul off Yahoo Japan. I caved in and bought Yagyu Jubei (swimsuit version, sold by lottery and limited to only 1500 pieces) by Alter and Chua Churam (2008) by Alter:



More pics and info concerning these, also here.

[kernow]

[Battletoad]

Thanks to abschüssig! I have no PS2 yet, but this will change very soon.

[Vyxx]

This arrived a day or two ago, Aegis by COSPA's Ex_Resinya series.



More pics and info on my blog concerning this figure, here.

Previously, a haul off Yahoo Japan. I caved in and bought Yagyu Jubei (swimsuit version, sold by lottery and limited to only 1500 pieces) by Alter and Chua Churam (2008) by Alter:



More pics and info concerning these, also here.

So, what exactly do you do with all those...once you take them out of the box?

[drauch]

Ya'll are getting all " " for no reason. I respect action figure collecting. You put them on a shelf and it adds 'ROOM AMBIENCE' and you can oogle at it. I have figures all over my shag-pad and it makes it look sexcellent.

[Vyxx]

Ya'll are getting all " " for no reason. I respect action figure collecting. You put them on a shelf and it adds 'ROOM AMBIENCE' and you can oogle at it. I have figures all over my shag-pad and it makes it look sexcellent.

I get that, and I do agree with you... to an extent. The thing I don't get is the collectors who display them all over their shag pad without taking them out of the boxes....that just looks tacky

[kernow]

People who collect these figures dont need shag pads.

[drauch]

People who collect these figures dont need shag pads.

'cause they get so much poon (or wee-wee depending on orientation/gender).

[Elixir]

I don't have my display cases assembled yet, and I'm not exposing figures worth ~$300 USD to constant dust.

Maybe I'll assemble them after renovating. Or buying a house.

[emphatic]

Kinda late to the party, but I finally found one at a bargain price:

[Skykid]

People who collect these figures dont need shag pads.

Lolz. I've got the pad in the 40 Year Old Virgin in mind when you said this.

I'm partial to a few figures myself, I must admit (unboxed and displayed of course). I picked up one when I was a kid to use as a drawing mannequin (cos it was useful to be able to view manga style characters in three dimensions) and then filled a small shelf after travelling to Japan and Asia and finding some cool ones.

Alas, I sold most of them in one fell swoop to a chap on AO recently, I've just gotta clear some stuff. The missus actually likes them though, in fact she's the one who kept on offering them as gifts on xmasses and birthdays.

[kernow]

I have a few transformers standing around but not a big fan of those doe-eyed anime girls. mmh.

[burgerkingdiamond]

Kinda late to the party, but I finally found one at a bargain price:

I waited around until I found it used for like $15 on ebay. But it actually does deserve better than that. I think it's a great game, and a nice change of pace from the CAVE variety.

[louisg]

Darius II for Saturn! Got it in great condition for just $10 or so

[ratlhead]

[ST Dragon]

Crappy iPhone Pic incoming:

Bought this fucking beast of a Television. 42" of greatness.

Lol! @ the Famiclone next to the gigantic TV!
I bet its lo-res output display on a HD 42" TV looks.... interesting.

[ST Dragon]

Hopefully the last in my string of audio equipment purchases.

Hmm.. what is that exactly?

[ST Dragon]

always wanted one of these.. and i needed a new leather jacket for winter so finally bought one.



maybe a little knobheadish but thatll suit me fine..

ed: heres hoping it looks this good on me..

Was the chick included with the jacket?

[ST Dragon]

I don't really own it, but had a chance to take some pictures. This has to be the most moronic military vehicle design since the armoured tractor units in The Big O:

Hey I have the exact same thing! Where did you get it?!
It resides on my bookshelf for the past 13 years! It was originally a birthday party gift from when I was 10! Lol!
I thought it was the only one of its kind, as it’s obviously a Chinese imitation of the 80's TOMY Zoids. (Very good quality too!)
It even survived after purring alcohol on it and setting it on fire!! Lol!

By the way, you're missing a piece! There is also a docked landing ship that's supposed to be attached in the holes right over those purple twin Vulcan cannons.

[flux]

Hmm.. what is that exactly?

It's a synthesis and sample based drum machine from Elektron

[ST Dragon]

A seemingly ordinary NES, but wait.

(1) Disabled lockout chip and new 72 pin connector:

Games work with little difficulty, making good pin contact and no more blinking power LED and flashing screens.

(2) RGB output and resistor mod for compatibility:

Stock PPU has been replaced with an RC2C03B/G and an amp so the signal provide a sharp RGB picture output. The picture output is sharp and clear through a scaler unit to VGA, or on a dedicated 15khz RGB monitor. An additional 68pf capacitor mod increases compatibility from most games to nearly all of them.



(3) Multiple video format output and cable compatibility:



The amplified RGB output is run through a JROK 4.1 encoder, which provides additional video output of component, svideo, and composite to work on multiple TV types. The mono output is also duplicated to proper white/red audio jacks.

Standard connector types are used. The RGB passthrough and an additional mono sound output are hooked to an 8 pol DIN connector, using the Genesis 1/Sega Master System pinout. It is compatible with any off the shelf RGB SCART cable for Genesis/SMS.





(4) Powerpak compatibility:



The system was modded to work with the retroUSB powerpak(RGB NES does not work with it, without modification) so the system plays FDS games, plays NSFs, english translated roms, hacks, etc etc. Special mapper chips like VRC6 are also fully supported due to a 47k resistor mod between pins 3 and 9 of the NES expansion port.





(5) BLUE power LED mod



This one is mostly for fun.

Special thanks to DewmanSNK for doing some excellent work on this console.

That is excellent!
Where did you find the RC2C03B/G to replace the Stock PPU? Do you have any diagrams and instructions on the whole procedure?

By the way, you can simply unlock regions on the NES by just cutting one pin of one of the chips and connecting it to earth. (Its been ages since I last did it, so I'll have to consult my diagrams to specify the exact one)

I've done all sorts of modification for most of the major consoles of the 80's, 90's all the way to the PS-2 & X-box.
Here is a basic 50/60HZ & Region switch modification I did on the SEGA Mega Drive 1 & 2!







The results:





So, modding? Hell yeah! Because its just Cool!

[ST Dragon]

Hmm.. what is that exactly?

It's a synthesis and sample based drum machine from Elektron

Excellent! Wow! 1240Euros?! Is that its actual final price?!
I bet it must kick some pretty heavy pounding!

[ST Dragon]

Some stuff that arrived the last few weeks.


Boxed RGB modded DUO

PCE games
Splash lake
Supr System Card V3
Soldier Blade
Yu-Yu Hakusho
Gunhed
Galaga 88
Kyukyoku Tiger
Final Zone 2
Xevious
Final Soldier
Alien Crush
Devil Crush
Browning

Soundtracks
Mushihimesama Futari OST
Batsugun OST
Darius Burst OST
Ray'z Premium Box (OSTs and superplays)

PC
Phantasmagoria of Flower View

Saturn
Layer Section II
Sonic Jam

Playstation
Kitchen Panic
Vib Ribbon

Mega Drive
Turbo Outrun
Super Monaco GP

Xbox 360
Ketsui LE
Mushihimesama Futari

The black box with the purple space-ship on the left, is that a Layer Section or RayStorm game?

[dingsbums]

not bought but made myself