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

[Deca]

How much do those things cost?
Jesus I want to enjoy beatmania to it's fullest extent

The way I set mine up it was just under 600 shipped, if I hadn't already dumped so much of my life into this series over the past decade or so I would have had a hard time justifying it. The experience really can't be beat though. If you're willing to sacrifice 100% accurate turntable size you can get an FP7 or an FPS for significantly less and still enjoy nice keys and lights and all that. Just make sure you get the Sanwa buttons and Omron switches, no compromising there.

Eh you can play up the hardest difficult on a regular KoC. Maybe not songs though.

Amusingly enough, charts never appeared in the arcade versions except for one or two exceptions. It stands to reason that they were designed with the smaller turntable and tighter spacing in mind, many would argue that it's overall easier to play a lot of stuff on KOCs.

I find real keys make timing rolls and jackhammers a bit easier what with the springs and all, and at the end of the day it's just infinitely more satisfying to play on an all out ASC. The lights are pretty badass too.

Picked this up this afternoon. I was pleased.

Jealous! That looks super nice, has Tomica done any other cars from Initial D?

[Necronopticous]

Wait a minute...Three to a pack? Am I crazy? I thought the only options were two (regular size) or four (king size).

[Softdrink 117]

The last little piece I needed to call my airbrush setup ready (an adapter fitting for the compressor, not pictured) finally arrived. I've been getting much more into kit building lately; this should really improve my painting once I get the hang of using it. Excited.



(I keep this stuff elsewhere, obviously, but the rest of my room is even less photogenic at the moment)

[manatworks]

ok, obviously not my photos .
don't have place to put them so they will stay in their box until i sort stuffs out. can't believe that it takes 1 year from preorder to get this to my place

[shmuppyLove]

http://www.mikufan.com/wp-content/uploa ... doroid.jpg
http://img.goodsmile.info/cgm/ecommerce ... 14614a.jpg

ok, obviously not my photos .
don't have place to put them so they will stay in their box until i sort stuffs out. can't believe that it takes 1 year from preorder to get this to my place

Were those ordered through Crunchyroll? They always seem to have pretty good deals for Nendoroid and Figmas, but yeah the incredibly long lead times for their pre-orders puts me off a bit ...

[drauch]

don't have place to put them so they will stay in their box until i sort stuffs out. can't believe that it takes 1 year from preorder to get this to my place

JP figure pre-orders are insane. I've been waiting like half a year for two different ones. Always worth it, though

[manatworks]

Were those ordered through Crunchyroll? They always seem to have pretty good deals for Nendoroid and Figmas, but yeah the incredibly long lead times for their pre-orders puts me off a bit ...

no,i ordered from GSC event web,these two are event-only stuffs which is a pain to track down if you missed it.
(also,i've no idea who the hell is that girl on 2nd image but i really like her smirking face)

*edit*
ok so it's some girl from im@s mobile game then
is that ok to do this kind of face as an idol????

[Skykid]

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ok so it's some girl from im@s mobile game then
is that ok to do this kind of face as an idol????

It's ok to do that kind of face when you're six-years-old and topless.

[moh]

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ok so it's some girl from im@s mobile game then
is that ok to do this kind of face as an idol????

It's ok to do that kind of face when you're six-years-old and topless.

you forgot the cat ears, and the bat wings, and the elf ears, and the tail.
...thats what i look for in the ladies.

[AntiFritz]

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ok so it's some girl from im@s mobile game then
is that ok to do this kind of face as an idol????

It's ok to do that kind of face when you're six-years-old and topless.

you forgot the cat ears, and the bat wings, and the elf ears, and the tail.
...thats what i look for in the ladies.

And the garters holding up her socks/stockings.

[KAI]

and the crown, don't forget the crown.

[manatworks]

and the crown, don't forget the crown.

i like my girls with crown

[trap15]

I'm also wondering why there's a T-shirt on her leg.

[CIT]

Went to the States.

Brought back some stuff.

[BIL]

Nice pickup on the US Comix Zone - one of those games I'm interested in but unwilling to pay the crazy NTSCJ MD prices it typically goes for complete. That Low G Man looks like it's in really good shape!

[CIT]

Bought both these games at People Play Games in Chicago. Awesome game store (actually the only one I've seen in the West that comes close to a Japanese store), with decent prices.

I hear ya on that NTSC-J Comix Zone. Was looking to score one for a long time, but it just never comes cheaply, so I settled for the Genesis (hate that name) version. Well, the game is US-developed, so it's ideologically acceptable. ^^

[Obiwanshinobi]

Play through Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance in local co-op (preferably with a person of gender opposite to yours).

[CIT]

Already did when it came out, but it was my friend's copy. Figured for $2 I'd get one for myself.

[ifog]

Just received 2 Sega sticks (microswitchs version) :

[Pyongyang]

I received this earlier this week. It's truly a one off and I'm delighted with it, I must find a frame to do it justice now! This is a signed poster and business card from the creator of Shooting Love 10th Anniversary and owner of Triangle Service, Toshiaki Fujino.

This is up there with my signed Progear No Arashi superplay by Clover TAC!

[TransatlanticFoe]

Just received 2 Sega sticks (microswitchs version) :

How do you tell which ones are the microswitch versions? Been thinking about a MD arcade stick for a while but only heard bad things about the stock sticks (and can't be arsed to do another custom job so soon after doing a Saturn one earlier in the year).

[Fudoh]

For the 3-button version: the japanese one has micro switches, the european one doesn't. You can recognize the japanese one by the MD logo and the blue start button (grey on the EU one). No idea about the Genesis version.

European version of the 6-button one has red start/mode buttons, but I never owned it in any version, so no idea about the tech inside...

[SuperGrafx]

No idea about the Genesis version.

I can confirm 100% that the US/Genesis version does NOT have microswitches.
It has that same rubbery and hollow switch setup that the NES Advantage joystick (and other home joysticks of the era) used.

[Leandro]

Hey guys, can you confirm to me if this one has microswitches:

http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB- ... -drive-_JM

[beatsgo]

Hey guys, can you confirm to me if this one has microswitches:

http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB- ... -drive-_JM

From what I understand from here, there's no microswitches in this version of the Arcade Power Stick. All rubber attachments.

[KBZ]

I received this earlier this week. It's truly a one off and I'm delighted with it, I must find a frame to do it justice now! This is a signed poster and business card from the creator of Shooting Love 10th Anniversary and owner of Triangle Service, Toshiaki Fujino.

This is up there with my signed Progear No Arashi superplay by Clover TAC!
http://a0.vsoh.com/sl10th.jpg

so jelly..... so much jelly...

[ifog]

Just received 2 Sega sticks (microswitchs version) :

How do you tell which ones are the microswitch versions? Been thinking about a MD arcade stick for a while but only heard bad things about the stock sticks (and can't be arsed to do another custom job so soon after doing a Saturn one earlier in the year).

http://segaretro.org/Arcade_Power_Stick

Pictures 5 and 6 : the 2 JP models .

I will open both to check if it's exactly the same kind of microswitch in the 2 JP models .

[TransatlanticFoe]

Nice one, cheers!

The buttons look nicer on the 6 button model, so if the Japanese one of those does indeed have microswitches that looks like the way to go.

[ifog]

The 2 sticks are different inside :

JP 3 buttons :


JP 6 buttons :


Microswitchs in the 6 buttons version are bigger (and louder) than the microswitchs in the 3 buttons version .

[cj iwakura]

Made out like a bandit at a comic sale.

Comics were 3/$1, Infinity War I splurged on for $20.



Had no idea this Darkwing Duck comic existed, looks wonderful:




2/$10 at GameStop


BECKETT! (cue fan squealing)



Terra:

($5 each on those.)

And the guilty conscience purchase to end them all:







I've had my eye on that for years.