2024 HAUL - MARCH CHAPTER: BATCH #3
Went into town yesterday and picked up a few things, but also received two more packages.
Went to town because I went to see Dune Part Two at the local Cineworld IMAX. But before I went to the screening I often take the trip to the city centre first because the traffic can often get in the way if you decide to just go straight. The past few months the hauls had been a bit dull but this time I was able to get something of interest in HMV, CeX and Travelling Man (not GAME this time as the prices weren't right).
Starting off with the HMV trip where I picked up two more 4K Ultra HD films available as part of their 2 for £30 deal. Those being Damien Chazelle's
Babylon and Christophe Gans's
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des loups).
Next is CeX. When I last visited the store I remembered they had a copy of
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen and this time I went to pick it up, which was in pretty good condition and it's going up in demand due to the upcoming sequel. I have played the PS3 version that was available on PlayStation Plus a decade ago but I never managed to finish it.
Then came Travelling Man. I noticed they had a bit more stock than the usual so I decided to see what was available. I eventually decided on Shonen Jump batch and picked up 9 volumes from their 3 for 2 Viz Media deal.
The manga picked were
Chainsaw Man volumes 12-14,
Jujutsu Kaisen volumes 18-20,
Komi Can't Communicate volumes 8-9 and
Mashle: Magic & Muscles volume 14. These are all checked to ensure they were US prints before paying for then. I also wanted to make sure I didn't have a misalignment on the spine which is why I passed on Black Clover unfortunately.
After arriving home came the packages from the post. Starting with the Radiance Films haul that I made to get the recent Japanese films that came out in January and February's line-up.
We have Yasuharu Hasebe's 1966 film
Black Tight Killers (俺にさわると危ないぜ), Tai Kato's 1966 film
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (男の顔は履歴書), Tai Kato's 1968 film
I, The Executioner (みな殺しの霊歌), and Kōhei Oguri's 1990 film
The Sting of Death (死の棘).
From what I saw on the latest Radiance Films newsletter, the
Bounty Hunter Trilogy box set is half sold already so I'll be making sure I have that sorted this month.
Also arrived yesterday are two brand newly released Japanese RPGs from the past month. First we have
Granblue Fantasy: Relink, which has been on my list to get for years and they finally released it which apparently has pretty solid reviews which is nice to hear given the very long development.
Then we have
Unicorn Overlord, the latest game developed by Vanillaware (
13 Sentinels,
Dragon's Crown,
Odin Sphere) and because its with Atlus I decided to pick it up sooner. This is a real-time strategy game if I remember right but regardless I dig the style and look forward to playing it.
Hopefully we get more of Vanillaware's games on the modern platforms since we're still missing a few of them (
Grand Knights History,
Muramasa and
Princess Crown which did get re-released but only in Japan).
So yeh, I haven't built any models during my time off
