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I’ve added in the last round of items for 2007. Since I have been scaling back considerably on buying new figures (with only two remaining on order) this and future months will be lighter then in the past. On that note I have also been scaling back on some DVD purchases as well (though mainly from the R1 side of things) so as to only pick up releases that are in some way “special” such as having a series box or English subtitles (or dub track).

With that, here is a group shot of Decembers R2 DVDs which include the HD re-master of the Macross 1984 movie, Kodomo no Jikan volume 1 with First Press box (I don’t even know what I’m going to do with this) and Genshiken 2 volume 1 also with First Press box. You can see a more detailed look at what is in the Macross set here. It comes with two massive books (one with storyboards for the film and another of artwork and sketches) as well as a pencil board and a mini-puzzle in addition to the three discs (HD re-master, theatrical version and bonus disc).

In print (and “other”) we have the January issue of Megami. I dropped Comic Gum as I mentioned previously since, while cool and all, wasn’t really worth it in the long run. The other item I included is what one might call a “novelty item”. Yeah. I saw this first over at HD a while back and decided that everyone needs a boob mouse pad.

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I’ve updated the ‘pillows, etc.’ section with the latest addition. This is from the new-ish OVA series AKIa R-16. Bandai Entertainment USA said they have the rights to this and the original OVA series as well (formerly from Central Park Media) at Anime Expo last year. In any case, you can see both sides here and here. This will likely be the last new item in this section for some time. The simple reason is that I seem to buy them and then just store them. It seems kind of pointless given the cost involved. Of course if some new Ikki Tousen cover comes out, well you can guess what might happen then.

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I had a few shipments get delayed and what not, so I ended up just combining October and November’s items into one group.

First up we have what will likely be the last big group of figures for a while. I am really running out of space as it is now, so anything new from this point forward will have to kick something else off the shelf. That said, the first group of figures are three of the Haruhi 1/4s from Freeing. You can see a couple angles here and here. Next up we have some random figures including the Milk Tank PVC version and yet another Ikki Tousen figure. Look here and here for a couple different views of these.

Moving forward we have a bunch of stuff in print. The usual Megami of course with some nice posters and a booklet. Also see here are the last two issues of Comic Gum (December issue comes with a cool pencil board; though it would have been better if it had been Mou-chan). I decided to drop this subscription since, while nice to look at, it didn’t really serve up all that much for me. I also picked up the ‘Push!! Art Library’ art book based on a review from a forum post on AnimeonDVD. Lastly we have the Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny Fan Book. If you’re a Kanu fan this one is for you. Not enough Ryomou though. You can read a much better review here.

Not too much in the way of R2’s this month(s). Volumes five and six of IT:DD finish off that series. I did get the first press on both of those but I was too lazy to unroll the posters this time. The third Claymore LE came out as well with some cool inserts including another charm/cell phone strap/etc. And to close things out I picked up the two Shana Season 1 boxes from auctions since I’m a box whore and we’ll never be getting one in R1 land. RIP Geneon.

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I’ve add two new items to the ‘Pillows, etc’ section. These Ikki Tousen pillow covers featuring Ryomou and Kanu in various stages of (un)dress, both from Matching World, can be seen here and here.

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I’ve got the September items posted in all their glory. It’s kind of a mixed month. The usual suspects are seen in print this month with the current issue of Megami, which came with a cool pencil board again as well as a booklet insert. Also in print is the latest issue of Comic Gum with yet another book cover. Cool I guess. I’m thinking of giving up the subscription to this one since while it is cool to look through, I can’t read so it’s a bit more on the useless side.

And in the “I didn’t think it would be that big” category I’ve got another couple of Mou-chan figures. I also picked up the set of Comic Gum mini figures including another Ryomou figure.

DVDs this month included the two Gundam SEED fan discs (although I had the first one already from a previous order I decided to put them together here). Here is another shot of those two open with booklets open and picture discs. Next we have volume four of Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny with art box. I bought two of course. This volume came with a couple of cards and a mini-poster, as had previous volumes (First Press anyway). And lastly we have Claymore Limited Edition 2. This one came with two DVDs, booklet and really cool mini-claymore sword (cell phone strap?). That’s about it for this round.

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It’s kind of a light month this time around. I’ve updated the gallery with the August items. Ikki Tousen heavily dominated the figures this month, though I guess that’s not too much of a surprise. This months Megami had a cool pencil board with it while the Comic Gum for August had…. I’m not sure what?

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I’ve updated the ‘pillows, etc.’ section with these new items. Both arrived last week from CDJapan. Here is a close up of Ryomou and another of Kanu. Looks like I’m ready for the next beach party. 

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Here are some pics of the items I picked up last month. I think this will be the last month that I’ll have a bunch of figures. Some of these were from AX and SDCC of course, so it has kind of skewed things a bit. I really need to trim down the number of new figures I’ve been getting, mainly due to lack of space above anything else. Some folks who buy tons and tons of figures each month and every month I have to wonder where they put them. I’ve kind of made it a policy that if I can’t display it, I can’t buy it. This was great while I was still filling out the new display cases, but now it’s getting crowded in there. As you can see, I’ve got more Ikki Tousen goodness here. Can’t have enough Mou-chan. Speaking of which, that seems to be the general theme this month when you factor in the new pillow cover (front side and back side), the IT: Shining Dragon PS2 game and the DVDs. The DVDs include IT:DD volume 2 (with the First Press poster), the Kiddy Grade ‘movie’ no. 1 with box (because I love boxes) and Claymore vol. 1 LE (because “Claymore is cool”). Also in there is Aika R-16 OVA volume 2 which I had pre-ordered before I heard that Bandai Entertainment had picked up both the old series and this new one (announced at AX). In the print world I picked up the usual Megami and Comic Gum (came with another promo DVD) along with the Megazone 23 23rd anniversary edition art book. Had to order away for this one since it never showed up at the local Kinokuniya bookstore. The Megazone 23 book is only for part 1 as they are also promoting the new PS2 game which takes an alternative spin-off story, ignoring parts 2 & 3. I could do without part 3, but it would be cool if they did an art book like this for part 2. We’ll just have to wait and see.

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The ‘Pillows, etc’ section has been updated with this latest acquisition. I picked this one up from CDJapan, though it is now listed as out-of-print on their site. You can still find them listed on Yahoo!Japan auctions however. Here is a close-up of side one and side two. From what I have found in my local area Bed, Bath & Beyond (in the ‘Beyond’ section of course) and other such stores, the full body (hugging) pillows that are sold here are just a bit too small length-wise. The cover is 150 cm long/tall and the pillows I have found reach just about 135-140 cm long/tall. I may shop around some more just to see what I can find.

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I don’t normally buy video games, but since Ikki Tousen is my main ‘guilty pleasure’ show, I decided to pick up the LE version of the new Dragon Destiny game ‘Shining Dragon’. The game comes in a cardboard sleeve with the game case (which comes with two discs) and a second case for the bonus disc. Also included is a booklet with Mou-chan on the cover. I believe that there was a first press item(s?) for this, but I got mine from Play Asia and they don’t have a good system for that kind of thing.

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