What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

Just a quick off topic reply to the above.

Years ago my parents went to Boston on holiday.
Robert B Parker, author of the Spenser books was signing his latest book and only that one. When they told him I was a long time fan, he signed the other one they were buying.
Must be a Scottish thing.
 
I received one Blu-ray steelbook from Amazon US today. I totally forgot I was waiting for this one, I had ordered it back in July - so it was a completely unexpected surprise when it showed up on the porch today:

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Amazon Exclusive Limited Edition 4K+BD Steelbook

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Dress arrived and it looks cute but rides up a lot on the bust when I lift my arms (also showing my pants at the front then) and the back is also touching the floor which means I can't rly wear it outside without alterations, I would do the alteration to the bottom of the back if the fit were otherwise good but it's not so I'll just return it (it's not too tight BTW just to clarify, the fit issues are unrelated to that), my Last Quarter DVD I'm v happy with though, was brand new and sealed complete with seal strip on the top and comes with rather nicely printed art on the disc and a chapter/scene list for the film on a paper insert as well, I'm really really looking forward to watching it and to receiving my lovely new printer later today as well (the film is in Japanese audio with English subtitles only btw, for anyone who was wondering) :)
 

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From CeX I picked up....
Sleepy Princes in the Demon Castle, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, The Transformers The Movie, A Place Further Than The Universe, Flowers of Evil, Beyond the Boundary, Genius Party & Genius Party Beyond, Neon Genesis Evangelion LE, Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.11, Neon Genesis Evangelion 2.22, Over the Sky, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and RE:Cycle of the Penguindrum movie collection

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2025 HAUL - OCTOBER v1

I got today off from work after working the last nine days straight due to some stuff that happened at work.

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#01 | The 100 Girlfriends & Booty Royale Manga Volumes
We start off the month with a new manga pickups haul from online retailer Scifier which was supposed to have arrived back in September but Yodel delayed its shipping. But it's here and like the previous hauls, all in really solid condition and no issues here.

Here we have The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Manga Volumes 13, 14 & 15 which are currently the latest volumes available in English for the time being, and once again this series is one of my favourites so I'll definitely keep going after the rest.

We also have Booty Royale: Never Go Down Without a Fight! (also known as Hagure Idol: Jigoku-hen aka Stray Idol's Picture of Hell) Manga Omnibus 6, 7 & 8 comprising of Volumes 11-16 which is also up to date for the time being (there's enough to release one more omnibus before the series is up-to-speed).

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#02 | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2
During the latest Nintendo Direct, Nintendo celebrated the latest Mario anniversary with a remastered collection of both Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Nintendo Switch (which also includes a free update for Nintendo Switch 2 users).

This is a remaster for both games previously released on the Nintendo Wii. I own the first game on Wii and the 3D All-Stars Switch collection but here it's another version to play. I also never played the second game which I heard was also very good so I'm looking forward to checking that out as well.

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#03 | Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris & AI: The Somnium Files: Nirvana Initiative
Arriving last Friday and last Monday are two PlayStation 4 games that I picked up from eBay to slowly wrap up the console collecting. Both arrived in like new condition which was a nice surprise.

We have the visual novel adventure AI: The Somnium Files Nirvana Initiative, the second game in this narrative series by Spike Chunsoft, writer Kotaro Uchikoshi and character designer Yūsuke Kozaki. I've not played the first game but considering the franchise has received a new instalment on Switch I decided to get the second game sooner than later in case it goes up in value.

Also picked up is the anime action RPG Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris, which continues the video game story version of the popular anime/novel series taking place after the events of the likes of Re:Hollow Fragment, Lost Song, Hollow Realization and Fatal Bullet (and I believe the VS Accel World game is not part of the mainline series).

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#04 | The Island
Arriving last Saturday is the latest Eureka Entertainment Masters of Cinema release with The Island (生死線) by director Leong Po-Chih (Hong Kong 1941), starring John Shum Kin-Fun (Yes, Madam!), Ronald Wong (God of Gamblers) and Amy Kwok (The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk 2). The limited edition Blu-ray includes a slipcase and booklet to go with it.

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#05 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, The Phoenician Scheme & Sinners
After payday I decided to order three more films on 4K Ultra HD from Amazon's 3 for £50 deal and went with two films I had seen and one newer film that I did not get the chance to watch at the cinema.

We have Quentin Tarantino's 2019 film Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood starring Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Brad Pitt (F1), Margot Robbie (Barbie) and Timothy Olyphant (Alien: Earth), which I last saw back in 2019 at the cinema so I rewatched it and still enjoyed what it had to offer. More of a slice-of-life with a crazy subplot in the background but still has a wild ending.

Wes Anderson's 2025 film The Phoenician Scheme starring Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another), Mia Threapleton (Scoop) and Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim vs the World). This was theatrically released last May and I missed out due to watching a lot of films at that timeframe, and is also my first Wes Anderson film for the collection, and I've not seen any of his catalog (which Criterion has put out most on 4K as of late).

Ryan Coogler's Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan (Creed), Wunmi Mosaku (Loki), Hailee Steinfeld (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) and Jack O’Connell (28 Years Later: The Bone Temple). I watched this in IMAX and was really impressed by the film's concept and direction. The music is very good and the cast were great. Wanted to give this a rewatch due to some assumptions I had ruined the experience a bit.

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#06 | Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II Remastered, Lies of P & Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
It was Amazon Prime Day and I decided to pick two games from the sale as they were pretty cheap.

The first is Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II Remastered, which is a collection of two classic games released back on the original PlayStation remastered by Aspyr who worked on the Tomb Raider remasters. This is also part of the Legacy of Kain franchise which has the other games like Blood Omen 1 & 2 and Defiance available on the PlayStation Store as part of the classics range.

The other game is Lies of P by Korean developer Neowiz. This is a Souls-inspired Action RPG and I did play the demo for this game which I enjoyed, though I didn't get far due to not figuring out how to upgrade the abilities to get better. Heard the game as a whole was really good so I got the physical release.

Also here because there was a massive delay due to lack of stock on Amazon's part is the new remake in The Legend of Heroes franchise with Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter. I can now finally start the Trails games even though I do own the original, but that is stuck to PC which is not in the best position for me to play (not enough monitors and/or laptop is near the end of its lifespan). While the originals were distributed by XSEED and the newer instalments distributed by NIS America, it was Clear River Games that managed to get distribution rights for the physical versions. The game is also on Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 but I went with PlayStation 5 because of the visual and performance reasons like the newer Trails games that are in this art style.

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#07 | Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors: The Heroic Cinema of Chang Cheh
Next we have another brand new Eureka Entertainment release for their Shaw Brothers collection is the limited edition Blu-ray set of Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors: The Heroic Cinema of Chang Cheh, featuring 10 films across 5 Blu-ray discs. This limited edition is also not going to receive any standard editions as far as things stand, so if you want to own any of these films you'll have to get this collection.

The films included here are Men from the Monastery (少林子弟) from 1974, Shaolin Martial Arts (洪拳與詠春) from 1974, King Eagle (鷹王) from 1971, Fantastic Magic Baby (紅孩兒) from 1975, The Weird Man (神通術與小霸王) from 1983, Trail of the Broken Blade (斷腸劍) from 1967, Wandering Swordsman (遊俠兒) from 1970, New Shaolin Boxers (蔡李佛小子) from 1976, Trilogy of Swordsmanship (群英會) from 1972, and Iron Bodyguard (大刀王五) from 1973.
 
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Another addition to the PS5 game collection which is just r-type final 2 updated to UE5 with 7 stages that are exclusive to this version along with the stage pass 1 DLC included on the disc (which I'm not going to run until I'm not running my PS5 slim in a way that has the liquid metal barely covering the APU die considering how much the fans were ramping up when running a stage).
 
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Another addition to the PS5 game collection which is just r-type final 2 updated to UE5 with 7 stages that are exclusive to this version along with the stage pass 1 DLC included on the disc (which I'm not going to run until I'm not running my PS5 slim in a way that has the liquid metal barely covering the APU die considering how much the fans were ramping up when running a stage).
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Ahhh, I didn't realise Final 3 was a remake. That explains why PSN lists it as an edition of Final 2. I'd always thought that was a mistake.
 
2025 HAUL - OCTOBER v2

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#08 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Seasons 2 & 3
With the hype surrounding Demon Slayer I've not bothered to pick up any of the arcs that came after the film, and it boiled down to a choice between the Aniplex of America releases and the standard edition sets put out by Crunchyroll UK.

After some debating and how I've been moving forward with my collection, I decided the Aniplex sets whilst nice with the artwork were too padded out and obviously expensive plus the standard editions essentially re-used their discs minus the inclusion of the on-disc bonus features which doesn't have much use for me in general (and I think some of these may get 4K upgrades in Japan if I read right). So thanks to the recent Amazon Prime day sales I ordered the TV version of Mugen Train Arc, the second season Entertainment District Arc and the third season Swordsmith Village Arc. I already own the film version of Mugen Train so I didn't need to grab that.

As much as I like Aniplex releases, if an alternative is just as good then I'll consider it which in this case was a good one.

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Also want to mention that one of these had to get a replacement copy which arrived today, because one of the discs was beyond saving.

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