2023 HAUL VER 12.6
(note: images are hosted via AUKN for the meantime)
Another batch of items just before the Christmas 2023 haul.
I went to town on Thursday to see if there's anything that I can get, and to be honest it was mostly a dud. Travelling Man was the same issue because the stock was either not there or the condition wasn't particularly great. So I decided to settle on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind manga volumes 1, 2 & 3 which is basically a month earlier than intended but they did have the series available so why not.
These did look thinner than I was expected but I made sure to check the info and they are indeed the US prints which is good. I also noticed whilst I was at the store that they are reprinting JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders with the current SJ logo.
Also arriving on Thursday we have Gundam Build Fighters Part 2 which thankfully appeared on time before the year was over. This covers the second cour of the series and again it's a VDMS disc with more extras on the disc so we pretty much have everything from Rightstuf's release across these two parts and authored well so that is good. I suppose the only negative is that you do lose the style that Rightstuf has with their fonts and subs but at least the translation is the same.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog for both collector's edition parts.
A month ago The Game Collection gave me a £5 code because Star Ocean: The Second Story R didn't arrive on release day, and I wasn't sure how long the discount was available for and decided to look into finding a game worth picking up as soon as possible. It was tough because some games were not in stock so I settled on Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut on PlayStation 5 because I knew it was a really well received title.
After picking up the two Italian box sets earlier in the month, I decided to look into more of the Italian films Radiance Films have released this past year because there were only a small number. Now the challenge was whether I wanted to keep it consistent with the limited editions or stick to the standard editions, especially because The Working Class Goes to Heaven sold out very early on.
But I found an opportunity to pick up the original release for The Working Class Goes to Heaven (which will arrive later) and there were still stock available for two films that just sold out earlier this month - Pasquale Squitieri's The Iron Prefect (Il prefetto di ferro) from 1977 and Luigi Comencini's The Sunday Woman (La donna della domenica) from 1975. And so I bought those two whilst they were cheap.
Outside of the earlier film, the only remaining Italian film yet to pick up is The Horrible Dr. Hichcock which is probably going to last a long while because of its 5000 print run and the US releasing a 4K Ultra HD version. Radiance Films will be releasing 4K films next year but whether they'll revisit this film is not known.
In addition to those limited edition sets, I also bought the World Noir Vol. 1 box set. This is a collection of films focused on the Noir genre outside of the English films, namely World Cinema or Asian Cinema from the 50s. The first box set includes the films Koreyoshi Kurahara's I Am Waiting (俺は待ってるぜ) from 1957 in Japan, Edouard Molinaro's Witness in the City (Un témoin dans la ville) from 1959 in France, and Pietro Germi's The Facts of Murder (Un maledetto imbroglio) from 1959 in Italy. Also included is an 80 page book and reversible artwork for each film.
The second volume in this little series is expected to be released around the second half of next year. I also plan to get The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin but will wait until next month.
(note: images are hosted via AUKN for the meantime)
Another batch of items just before the Christmas 2023 haul.
I went to town on Thursday to see if there's anything that I can get, and to be honest it was mostly a dud. Travelling Man was the same issue because the stock was either not there or the condition wasn't particularly great. So I decided to settle on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind manga volumes 1, 2 & 3 which is basically a month earlier than intended but they did have the series available so why not.
These did look thinner than I was expected but I made sure to check the info and they are indeed the US prints which is good. I also noticed whilst I was at the store that they are reprinting JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders with the current SJ logo.
Also arriving on Thursday we have Gundam Build Fighters Part 2 which thankfully appeared on time before the year was over. This covers the second cour of the series and again it's a VDMS disc with more extras on the disc so we pretty much have everything from Rightstuf's release across these two parts and authored well so that is good. I suppose the only negative is that you do lose the style that Rightstuf has with their fonts and subs but at least the translation is the same.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog for both collector's edition parts.
A month ago The Game Collection gave me a £5 code because Star Ocean: The Second Story R didn't arrive on release day, and I wasn't sure how long the discount was available for and decided to look into finding a game worth picking up as soon as possible. It was tough because some games were not in stock so I settled on Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut on PlayStation 5 because I knew it was a really well received title.
After picking up the two Italian box sets earlier in the month, I decided to look into more of the Italian films Radiance Films have released this past year because there were only a small number. Now the challenge was whether I wanted to keep it consistent with the limited editions or stick to the standard editions, especially because The Working Class Goes to Heaven sold out very early on.
But I found an opportunity to pick up the original release for The Working Class Goes to Heaven (which will arrive later) and there were still stock available for two films that just sold out earlier this month - Pasquale Squitieri's The Iron Prefect (Il prefetto di ferro) from 1977 and Luigi Comencini's The Sunday Woman (La donna della domenica) from 1975. And so I bought those two whilst they were cheap.
Outside of the earlier film, the only remaining Italian film yet to pick up is The Horrible Dr. Hichcock which is probably going to last a long while because of its 5000 print run and the US releasing a 4K Ultra HD version. Radiance Films will be releasing 4K films next year but whether they'll revisit this film is not known.
In addition to those limited edition sets, I also bought the World Noir Vol. 1 box set. This is a collection of films focused on the Noir genre outside of the English films, namely World Cinema or Asian Cinema from the 50s. The first box set includes the films Koreyoshi Kurahara's I Am Waiting (俺は待ってるぜ) from 1957 in Japan, Edouard Molinaro's Witness in the City (Un témoin dans la ville) from 1959 in France, and Pietro Germi's The Facts of Murder (Un maledetto imbroglio) from 1959 in Italy. Also included is an 80 page book and reversible artwork for each film.
The second volume in this little series is expected to be released around the second half of next year. I also plan to get The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin but will wait until next month.
It's just an easy gift for me without having to think too hard or straight up ask me. I got her some toiletries too.
