What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!
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Girls with Guns
Shinki
I ordered the two Queen's Blade seasons 1 & 2 Blu-rays from Media Blaster's eBay site on Saturday, and I received them today. They were fairly cheap at $55 for the pair, so I figured I may as well get them, especially since Sentai is re-releasing Queen's Blade Rebellion soon...
demonix
Magical Girl
Here's a little blast of what I've received over the past few days..
First, I got the other two story of seasons games that were just remakes of older harvest moon games on the switch, along with a double ended 3.8mm and 4.5mm gamebit screwdriver which I decided was necessary after I got screwed about by CeX when I tried to sell my copy of pokemon blue and they refused it on the ground of the PCB having missing a missing component which thanks to said screwdriver and the assistance of someone who actually knew gameboy cartridge PCBs and what components should be on them I found that the knowledge of the "tester" is severely lacking since they referred to a crystal as a resistor and even mentioned that other gen one pokemon game cartridges had the component on their PCBs, including pokemon yellow which I found out after checking my copy (thanks nintendo cartridge production facility for not putting a screw in my copy of pokemon yellow) was utter BS because it didn't even use the same PCB as blue and crystal and didn't have any places for a crystal to be put onto the PCB (my copy of pokemon yellow had a PCB that uses a soldered on CR2016 battery where as blue and crystal has a PCB that uses a soldered on CR2025 battery).
Now that rant is over, it's time for another as I begin ridding myself of anything that uses the android operating system (after google decided to block use of the wallet app with a massive scare tactic and potentially scammy message stating that my phone was either rooted or running insecure software when in fact xiaomi hadn't been installing security patch updates) by getting an apple TV 4K (the 128GB variant with ethernet) which was extremely painless to set up as well as being able to control my dumb TV without any configuration because control through HDMI was already enabled which is something that Amazon can't comprehend since they only allow control through IR.
First, I got the other two story of seasons games that were just remakes of older harvest moon games on the switch, along with a double ended 3.8mm and 4.5mm gamebit screwdriver which I decided was necessary after I got screwed about by CeX when I tried to sell my copy of pokemon blue and they refused it on the ground of the PCB having missing a missing component which thanks to said screwdriver and the assistance of someone who actually knew gameboy cartridge PCBs and what components should be on them I found that the knowledge of the "tester" is severely lacking since they referred to a crystal as a resistor and even mentioned that other gen one pokemon game cartridges had the component on their PCBs, including pokemon yellow which I found out after checking my copy (thanks nintendo cartridge production facility for not putting a screw in my copy of pokemon yellow) was utter BS because it didn't even use the same PCB as blue and crystal and didn't have any places for a crystal to be put onto the PCB (my copy of pokemon yellow had a PCB that uses a soldered on CR2016 battery where as blue and crystal has a PCB that uses a soldered on CR2025 battery).
Now that rant is over, it's time for another as I begin ridding myself of anything that uses the android operating system (after google decided to block use of the wallet app with a massive scare tactic and potentially scammy message stating that my phone was either rooted or running insecure software when in fact xiaomi hadn't been installing security patch updates) by getting an apple TV 4K (the 128GB variant with ethernet) which was extremely painless to set up as well as being able to control my dumb TV without any configuration because control through HDMI was already enabled which is something that Amazon can't comprehend since they only allow control through IR.
Otomo
Stand User
Nice pick up and thanks for mentioning it was through eBay.I ordered the two Queen's Blade seasons 1 & 2 Blu-rays from Media Blaster's eBay site on Saturday, and I received them today. They were fairly cheap at $55 for the pair, so I figured I may as well get them, especially since Sentai is re-releasing Queen's Blade Rebellion soon...
I hadn't realised they had a shop there. It would make it easier for me to buy something.
I've got them all on DVD but I have been thinking about the Blu-ray versions.
For a back up.
I always remember getting Rebellion and being impressed that you got a bonus disc with the soundtrack.
Of course, I'm not saying the music is great but I like to see someone trying to give us extras.
Dai
Dragon Knight
Macross Delta - Walkure Edition box set. This is the JP release with English subtitles. Includes a bonus disc that I think has a live concert recording, and a booklet that surprisingly is almost all seiyuu photos. Goes to show how hard they were pushing the idol singer angle for this series, I suppose.
This is the last time I order an expensive item from Amazon Japan. They shipped this £120 set in a flimsy cardboard envelope with no padding. Props to DHL for getting it to me undamaged.
ActionFaust
Cardcaptor
I've got the volume releases. The Foreign Legion as they were known to JP fans did a fantastic job on the subtitles.
The Western community's reaction to the idol theme always struck me as funny considering how Macross always changes things up with each installment be it a rock band or a rogue AI. Idol series were a big thing in Japan at the time with series like Idolm@ster and Love Live (both also under the Bandai Namco banner) so it was only natural. Could well see them doing a girls band next considering series like Bocchi the Rock and Ave Mujica have been very popular over there.
ActionFaust
Cardcaptor
Could've gone for Mandarake as well. All my JP Blu-rays have been bought used. Their packaging, condition and pricing has been fantastic.
Dai
Dragon Knight
Good point. I went with Mandarake for the Frontier movies, since the English subbed release of those is long out of print. I wanted to vote with my wallet where possible though, to show there's demand for subbed Macross releases. With Nozomi functionally gone, I suspect the only hope for a subbed BD of the Frontier TV series in the next decade is if it happens in Japan. I could see that maybe, maaaaaybe happening in the run-up to the BDs of the next Macross series, whenever they finish making that.
ActionFaust
Cardcaptor
cfx
Kiznaiver
About monthly CDJapan has a ¥1000 coupon on an order of ¥10000 plus their points, so direct comparing prices with Amazon doesn't really paint an accurate picture of what you save if anything. Of course to effectively use their points you need to order fairly often since the larger portion of those expire in 90 days.
If I absolutely have to buy something from Amazon because no one else has it, I pay for gift bag shipping which forces them to ship in a box, and then if they just throw the item in the box with no other padding, at least the gift bag offers some protection. At least that works on Amazon UK; I haven't bought anything from Amazon Japan in years.
At least you got the cardboard envelope. Amazon Japan maybe doesn't do this, but Amazon US and Amazon UK will sometimes just stick a mailing label right on the item for a blu-ray box like this, no packaging at all!
RadFemHedonist
Railgun
My Temu sofa throw arrived and I'm super happy with it, it's utterly gorgeous and machine washable to boot! 
A few local warehouse items from Shein arrived as well - one pair of pants and a bra plus this gorgeous pink dress that I absolutely love and feel like a princess in, rly happy with the underwear too, and I'll have lots more of that arriving today most likely
A few local warehouse items from Shein arrived as well - one pair of pants and a bra plus this gorgeous pink dress that I absolutely love and feel like a princess in, rly happy with the underwear too, and I'll have lots more of that arriving today most likely
Attachments
Shadow Cat
Death Scythe
Not much reason to post a picture
Samsung S23 Plus. Chose it as a balance between wanting an upgrade while not spending stupid £££
My S20 FE has lasted 3½ years of heavy use and still works perfect. Just the screen is delaminating on the sides. Wouldnt have cared but there are a few apps I cant afford to loose
Can finally retire my old S9 from alarm clock duties
Samsung S23 Plus. Chose it as a balance between wanting an upgrade while not spending stupid £££
My S20 FE has lasted 3½ years of heavy use and still works perfect. Just the screen is delaminating on the sides. Wouldnt have cared but there are a few apps I cant afford to loose
Can finally retire my old S9 from alarm clock duties
RadFemHedonist
Railgun
Over 20 pairs of rly nice pants! They all fit, some are a better fit than others but overall I'm overjoyed!
farzam1999
Brigade Leader
It’s been a while since I last posted, so here’s everything I’ve picked up since then.
Also picked up the following LEGO sets:
Also picked up the following LEGO sets:
- 71847 - The Guardian Dragon
- 75407 - Brick-built Star Wars Logo
- 76917 - 2 Fast 2 Furious - Nissan Skyline GT-R
2025 HAUL - JUNE v7
More packages this past week. There may be one or two more before the month wraps up but here's the latest.
#16: Cyber Citizen Shockman Collection & Magical Drop VI
#17: Junji Ito Uzumaki UNIQLO T-Shirt
#18: Sunset Warriors & Witch from Nepal
#19: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
More packages this past week. There may be one or two more before the month wraps up but here's the latest.
#16: Cyber Citizen Shockman Collection & Magical Drop VI
Limited Run Games shipped out another batch of pre-orders and here we have one retro collection and a new instalment to a retro franchise now brought over to the Nintendo Switch.
Cyber Citizen Shockman Collection is a collection of action platformers with three of them previously released on the PC Engine; 1989's Cyber Citizen Shockman from developer Winds, 1991's Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace from developer Winds, and 1992's Cyber Citizen Shockman 3: The Princess from Another World from developer Masaya Games which outside of the second game was only available in Japan. Also included in this collection is 1997's Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero which was released in Japan for the Satellaview & Super Famicom from developer Masaya Games.
Also arrived is Magical Drop VI from French developer Highball Games and Poland developer Storm Trident that was released in 2023 first for the Nintendo Switch and then other platforms a year later. This is another case of a Japanese IP being worked on by a western developer and from what I've seen they've put a lot of effort paying homage to the second & third games in this franchise. And I've always been interested in the retro puzzle games and since this is the newest from a classic IP I wanted to pick it up. Forever Entertainment published this game who also worked on a few remakes like House of the Dead and Panzer Dragoon.
Cyber Citizen Shockman Collection is a collection of action platformers with three of them previously released on the PC Engine; 1989's Cyber Citizen Shockman from developer Winds, 1991's Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace from developer Winds, and 1992's Cyber Citizen Shockman 3: The Princess from Another World from developer Masaya Games which outside of the second game was only available in Japan. Also included in this collection is 1997's Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero which was released in Japan for the Satellaview & Super Famicom from developer Masaya Games.
Also arrived is Magical Drop VI from French developer Highball Games and Poland developer Storm Trident that was released in 2023 first for the Nintendo Switch and then other platforms a year later. This is another case of a Japanese IP being worked on by a western developer and from what I've seen they've put a lot of effort paying homage to the second & third games in this franchise. And I've always been interested in the retro puzzle games and since this is the newest from a classic IP I wanted to pick it up. Forever Entertainment published this game who also worked on a few remakes like House of the Dead and Panzer Dragoon.
#17: Junji Ito Uzumaki UNIQLO T-Shirt
After receiving the Gundam shirt from UNIQLO I had a look at what else was being offered because these are limited editions and can sell out pretty fast if you don't time it right. Looking around the store was also offering a Dark Fantasy Manga range which was dedicated to Berserk, Parasyte and Uzumaki and I went with the Junji Ito Uzumaki shirt which looks great.
#18: Sunset Warriors & Witch from Nepal
88 Films' June slate had a whole bunch of Asian Cinema titles being released and because they have the habit of being delayed for various circumstances, I didn't pre-order all of them at once, which is why the Jackie Chan titles came first. I heard that the rest did eventually hit their release dates on time I ordered the two other Hong Kong films that 88 Films were releasing.
First up we have Sunset Warriors (九死一生), the original 1984 cut for John Woo's 1986 film Heroes Shed No Tears (英雄無淚). 88 Films released the more known version of this film back in 2020 and five years later we have a new release with new artwork, more content and if you missed out on the original first print edition, this new limited edition release makes up for it as there's a second disc that covers the Heroes Shed No Tears version.
Next we have Witch from Nepal (奇緣), the 1986 Hong Kong film by Tony Ching Siu-Tung starring Chow Yun-fat. This is the director's second film after Duel to the Death which Eureka already released. This supernatural film looks like great fun and 88 Films went with a deluxe limited edition package which includes a booklet, box, slipcase and nice artwork throughout.
First up we have Sunset Warriors (九死一生), the original 1984 cut for John Woo's 1986 film Heroes Shed No Tears (英雄無淚). 88 Films released the more known version of this film back in 2020 and five years later we have a new release with new artwork, more content and if you missed out on the original first print edition, this new limited edition release makes up for it as there's a second disc that covers the Heroes Shed No Tears version.
Next we have Witch from Nepal (奇緣), the 1986 Hong Kong film by Tony Ching Siu-Tung starring Chow Yun-fat. This is the director's second film after Duel to the Death which Eureka already released. This supernatural film looks like great fun and 88 Films went with a deluxe limited edition package which includes a booklet, box, slipcase and nice artwork throughout.
#19: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Before the pandemic, I played Death Stranding on the PlayStation 4 and was really surprised by how much I enjoyed the game's mechanics and story. It's a very different game to the other modern titles and is an acquired taste, but Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions definitely had a vision that worked.
Now we're in 2025 and they have released the next game in the series with Death Stranding 2: On the Beach for the PlayStation 5. I did think about playing through the first game's director's cut but I decided to jump straight into this one.
Now we're in 2025 and they have released the next game in the series with Death Stranding 2: On the Beach for the PlayStation 5. I did think about playing through the first game's director's cut but I decided to jump straight into this one.
