Dragon Slayer
Titan
Delivery no.2 has arrived.
What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!
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August Haul - Batch #04
Starting off today with Emma: A Victorian Romance Season 2 collector's edition Blu-ray from Anime Limited. Like the first season, this set has that nice texture to the box and the booklet has some good content. You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
Today I went to town to watch Jordan Peele's NOPE in IMAX (and yes it's really good and you should watch it), but before that I went to town (to save on fuel costs hence why I do a shop and film watch together at the same time).
Starting off the haul is a trip to HMV where they had a whole bunch of Shaw Brothers releases with their slipcases, and because they had copies of The Chinese Boxer (龍虎鬪) I picked it up alongside three others with The Flag of Iron (鐵旗門), Legendary Weapons of China (十八般武藝), and Monkey Kung Fu (出籠馬騮).
They didn't have Disciples of Shaolin, so I ordered it online (and hopefully I get the slipcase as well), which leaves me with Shaolin Mantis, Hero, Human Lanterns, Martial Club and Flying Guillotine Part II. I do plan to get 88's previous batch before their redesigned spine layout (Come Drink With Me, The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, Clan of the White Lotus) but I won't be getting the older releases as most are hard to find at this point and Arrow may include them in future ShawScope box sets like they did with The Mighty Peking Man.
Also visited the Travelling Man store and picked up another batch of Viz Media manga, though my luck this time wasn't great as they discounted the cheaper ones in the deal so I ended up spending more than I wanted, but the titles picked were good though.
First up, we have Alice in Borderland Volume 2 and Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Volumes 2 & 3. Two more to continue the on-going releases Viz have started putting out.
Next we have a very popular series that has kept going out of stock. Goodnight Punpun Volumes 1, 2 & 3 are now in my collection, and they did have all 7 but I couldn't afford to get all of them at once (and there's not much space in my bag for them either).
And to round the haul off, we have Mashle: Magic and Muscles Volumes 5, 6 & 7. Both Dai Vol. 3 and Mashle Vol. 7 are not out yet in the UK so Travelling Man must have just gotten the stock in recently.
Starting off today with Emma: A Victorian Romance Season 2 collector's edition Blu-ray from Anime Limited. Like the first season, this set has that nice texture to the box and the booklet has some good content. You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
Today I went to town to watch Jordan Peele's NOPE in IMAX (and yes it's really good and you should watch it), but before that I went to town (to save on fuel costs hence why I do a shop and film watch together at the same time).
Starting off the haul is a trip to HMV where they had a whole bunch of Shaw Brothers releases with their slipcases, and because they had copies of The Chinese Boxer (龍虎鬪) I picked it up alongside three others with The Flag of Iron (鐵旗門), Legendary Weapons of China (十八般武藝), and Monkey Kung Fu (出籠馬騮).
They didn't have Disciples of Shaolin, so I ordered it online (and hopefully I get the slipcase as well), which leaves me with Shaolin Mantis, Hero, Human Lanterns, Martial Club and Flying Guillotine Part II. I do plan to get 88's previous batch before their redesigned spine layout (Come Drink With Me, The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, Clan of the White Lotus) but I won't be getting the older releases as most are hard to find at this point and Arrow may include them in future ShawScope box sets like they did with The Mighty Peking Man.
Also visited the Travelling Man store and picked up another batch of Viz Media manga, though my luck this time wasn't great as they discounted the cheaper ones in the deal so I ended up spending more than I wanted, but the titles picked were good though.
First up, we have Alice in Borderland Volume 2 and Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Volumes 2 & 3. Two more to continue the on-going releases Viz have started putting out.
Next we have a very popular series that has kept going out of stock. Goodnight Punpun Volumes 1, 2 & 3 are now in my collection, and they did have all 7 but I couldn't afford to get all of them at once (and there's not much space in my bag for them either).
And to round the haul off, we have Mashle: Magic and Muscles Volumes 5, 6 & 7. Both Dai Vol. 3 and Mashle Vol. 7 are not out yet in the UK so Travelling Man must have just gotten the stock in recently.
Geriatric hedgehog
Death Scythe
Heh, apart from the pre-loaded (and excellent!) Astro's room, clearing my PS4 games backlog is exactly what I've been using the PS5 for. The instant loading is a godsend when life only throws sporadic, short bursts of time your way. Whilst it is very quiet often, I do find it really noisy sometimes, definitely when playing some blu-rays, though not sure if it's been the case with any of the PS4 discs. Digitally downloaded games on the SSD being whisper quiet wouldn't surprising, though is it meant to be that quiet for physical disc playback also?
Dai
Death Scythe
The optical drive is by far the loudest part of the PS5. It spins up to full speed while installing games from disc, but after that it should only spin up briefly when booting the game and then for a minute every 45 minutes as a security check. What I often find when it gets really loud is that the noise isn't coming from the drive itself, but rather the movement of the drive vibrating things around it, like the corners of the air intake fins or the shelf the PS5 is on. If you get a lot of noise from the optical drive, try placing a thick rubber mouse mat (not a plastic one) under the console stand to absorb the vibrations. Also, if you have the console horizontal then the stand should be the only thing making contact with the shelf underneath; if part of the console is touching the shelf then the stand isn't centred properly.
N-11
Student Council President
If you ordered the UK limited edition from Amazon I recommend cancelling that order since I ordered it twice and waited two and a half months for it to arrive and it never came. It got so long that I checked Indicators website and it was out of stock on their own website, I then asked them if they had any stock of the UK limited edition left and they said no and they also said that Amazon most likely doesn't have any either. That's the reason why I got the US one instead of the UK one.
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Winkuru
Adventurer
Damn but thanks for the info. It's too expensive to order from America so it look's like i'm gonna miss out on.
Dragon Slayer
Titan
Finally got my hands on delivery no.3 today which had been accidentally delivered to my neighbour's house yesterday.
DragonBlaze67
Combat Butler
My buys from CEX & HMV today
bigzgod
School Idol
Those look like great deals but I have to say, retailers putting stickers on slipcovers and cases is extremely irritating.
Oldmario
Thousand Master
unless it's a pretty old sticker, HMV stickers are generally fine, it's the CEX stickers that are the spawn of the devil
N-11
Student Council President
I received quite a few limited editions today. Mostly from Madmans current sales, getting bargins on all of them.
Firstly I have Cautious Hero LE (Suffered some minor damage on the corners and side) and Darling in the Franxx part 2 (Annoyingly having the Australian age rating logo on the slip cover)
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Secondly I have Akudama Drive LE which is a complete blind buy for me but I was drawn in by the cyberpunk aesthetic and I also got Uzaki-Chan Wants to Hang Out! LE.
One thing about the Uzaki-Chan LE that I have noticed with some other Funimation LEs is that for some reason they decide not to have the extra stuff inside the actual artbox and leave it on the outside which really ticks me off. Since I then have nowhere to put it and having it next to it on the shelf looks off to me, I wish they would just make it so all of it just fits into the box. It all just screams laziness to me but maybe there's is some strange reason for it.
Firstly I have Cautious Hero LE (Suffered some minor damage on the corners and side) and Darling in the Franxx part 2 (Annoyingly having the Australian age rating logo on the slip cover)
(Back)Secondly I have Akudama Drive LE which is a complete blind buy for me but I was drawn in by the cyberpunk aesthetic and I also got Uzaki-Chan Wants to Hang Out! LE.
One thing about the Uzaki-Chan LE that I have noticed with some other Funimation LEs is that for some reason they decide not to have the extra stuff inside the actual artbox and leave it on the outside which really ticks me off. Since I then have nowhere to put it and having it next to it on the shelf looks off to me, I wish they would just make it so all of it just fits into the box. It all just screams laziness to me but maybe there's is some strange reason for it.
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Finally I have what I considered for the longest time the white whale of my collection and that is Neon Genesis Evangelion Platinum. (Not the thin packs) It has taken awhile for me to get this version but I finally got it for a decent price and I am now happy with my EVA collection.
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(DVD Side, Voulme 6 is still sealed) 
Finally I have what I considered for the longest time the white whale of my collection and that is Neon Genesis Evangelion Platinum. (Not the thin packs) It has taken awhile for me to get this version but I finally got it for a decent price and I am now happy with my EVA collection.
(Back and Side)(DVD Side, Voulme 6 is still sealed)
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RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
I have the US Evangelion Platinum singles with box, it's an awesome set I love the stills art in the booklets
N-11
Student Council President
While I would love to have the US or UK versions of this box I am content with the Aus version, its the same just without the slips for the dvds and the booklets are great I love looking through them.I have the US Evangelion Platinum singles with box, it's an awesome set I love the stills art in the booklets
sniper_samurai
Railgun
Todays post is Madox-01 and Megazone 23 from Animeigo.
ussjtrunks
Straw Hat Pirate
Sale stuff arrived 
