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File: 1c8f8f05b766d3e⋯.jpg (222.11 KB, 800x550, 16:11, Pyra Mythra.jpg)

24bcf5  No.15537336

What's the most expensive video game merchandise item that you either bought or wished to buy.

>tfw scouring Japanese auction sites just to get scalped the less.

6266d0  No.15537422

File: 9a8e05f53b03be1⋯.gif (2.7 MB, 665x647, 665:647, 183777931953464.gif)

$120 on a figure, $1000 on figures in total. All video game related.

It's a slippery slope but I got off before things were too bad. Go to /jp/ and you'll find people who spend $1000 a year on the things.


881cb4  No.15537463

File: 5d80025d94b2c02⋯.jpg (111.54 KB, 1280x720, 16:9, maxresdefault.jpg)

File: 3e5d19eedaee969⋯.jpg (94.29 KB, 950x634, 475:317, IMG_0865.JPG)

File: 16b150c981adb7f⋯.jpg (476.91 KB, 800x581, 800:581, WWF02.jpg)

>>15537336

Candy Cabinets are fucking awesome. But as an East Coast Burger tracking one down is impossible, I'd love to play on an Astro City some day.


625380  No.15537474

I spent about $20 on Ness' cap. I wore it for four years and only had one spic kid recognize it, though once some woman looked at me funny while wearing it. I think she thought it was a MAGA cap.

I still have it, it's a pretty good quality hat.


835c74  No.15537495

Don't really go for things beyond the games themselves normally, or at least what extras they might come with, provided I'm not paying above the base price. And even then, most of what I have I got pre-owned, usually reasonable or at least downright cheaply priced compared to average with a little patience, perseverance, and luck (location probably also matters, but every couple of months it seems like I find something worthwhile mismarked). And some of what I did get new has only gone up, one game from $50 or so up to $300 now, though I'm not inclined to scalp. As far as extras, OSTs and artbooks are what I usually have the most interes towards, though in a number of cases I can just find those scanned/ripped online, and often enough the western versions skimp compared to the versions Japan sees (fuck "sampler" tier soundtracks). And while I'm at it, fuck microfiber cloths and fucking stickers; is there actually a "scene" or whatever that is being catered to for those? Don't have any figures; they're neat, but I don't especially consider them worth the extra money myself unless they'd be properly pose-able, but there's also the factor that only one series I like actually gets them made these days, and most of the series I do like have since died. As far as stuff that would be nice to buy, there's some JP only art/worldbooks for a series I like that has seen a number of them over the years, but most of which don't have scans, and the ones that do are spotty in that they're either not high res, just image crops, or thoroughly incomplete. But as I don't even have access to a good scanner myself, and as a NEET it's a bit hard to make the sacrifice to unbind them for proper flatscans anyhow, so it's not like I've sprung for them. Also one book of particular interest is closing in on 18-19 years old at this point, and who knows what the average condition of copies of those being exported might be these days.

Most I've dropped on a game was $90 for Tales of Eternia PS1, but $60 of which was essentially a birthday present. Paid that much because it was complete and nigh mint, and as a friend and I were fans of the series, we could co-op the game. We both had a lot of fun with it, so I've got no regrets having bought it, but at the same time it's not a game I'd recommend people to actually buy given that sort of price. And in fact, $90 at the time was cheaper than average for a complete copy, and it's still creeping up as time goes on, so that's less reason to drop the money.


48b649  No.15537525

I pre-ordered Zelda OoT to get some Link, Zelda, and Gannon figurines. I also pre-ordered Battlefield 4. I don't think about ~$60 entertainment purchases so whichever of those two actually cost more was the most expensive merchandise purchase.


20c41b  No.15537530

The most I ever spent on anything gaming (that I can remember) was 400 bucks for an xbox and steel battalion. I don't spend a lot usually, it was more of a crazy impulse buy. Nowadays I stick to buying old gens as they get replaced and the values go down, rather than buying new and paying full price, or buying 'collectibles' at inflated prices.

>>15537463

if you're close to new york, look on budget airlines to find flights to Tokyo. I've seen them as low as a few hundred on China Air. Yeah, it won't be ANA or JAL, but it also won't be 2000 dollars, and you will still get there in about one bottle of nyquil. They always layover in Beijing or Shanghai, just chill a short while and then hit the rising sun for that sweet arcade action. "Hey" by Taito is a really awesome arcade in Akiba, definitely worth your time.


0709a8  No.15537559

File: 4973fb44168ff6c⋯.jpg (549.88 KB, 2068x2755, 2068:2755, 1533955663719.jpg)

File: 5345e935e78396d⋯.jpg (446.83 KB, 2068x2755, 2068:2755, 1533955817497.jpg)

File: d080602f896e10c⋯.jpg (156.86 KB, 900x1200, 3:4, 1534532271853.jpg)

File: 15f3df03509343f⋯.jpg (179.29 KB, 680x1023, 680:1023, 1536677757196.jpg)

They look way too happy with those swords.

Always wanted this figure of Gwendolyn, but figures are so expensive.


0709a8  No.15537569

>>15537559

whoops, third pic is not the same model as the others


835c74  No.15537585

>>15537530

Helps if you get into systems kind of late, in that the established libraries tend to be at least somewhat cheap by then (also hopefully past the NOGAEMS phase) and the systems themselves are cheaper than launch. Though, I suppose wait too long, and the hipster/scalper combined relationship will start to ravage the library. For example, I can't even justify getting an SNES at this point; everything I'd like to play is either too expensive, or didn't even have a native English release here anyhow.


75aaf6  No.15537646

File: 7ec219d42c71567⋯.jpg (73.65 KB, 600x600, 1:1, toy-rbt-1575.jpg)

Honestly, the only video game merch I even really considered buying was the PSO RAcaseal models - but I'm shit at painting, so I'd have to have it professionally done. The only thing that stopped me from doing so was that I wanted one that could match my old PSO RAcaseal - and while I could get the cyan coloration by painting it, I don't think they ever had a model come out with the right head equipment or gear. I used a Nei Claw on her as a "signature" weapon even back when it was still banned in v.1 on the DC.

Now, I could probably just rip the model right out of memory, pose it in a modeling program, and then have it 3D printed for a fraction of the price.


cc674e  No.15537653

>>15537336

Probably around $100-150 for some figure (which I don't but any more). And the same amount on the most expensive games I've bought as well.

Wished to buy? An arcade cabinet, but that will never happen.

>>15537495

Collector's editions with sampler soundtracks, cloths, stickers, pins and such junk are worthless. You pay almost the double or even more for the game with some unnecessary padding you will never use or even look at. When they give you an actual hardcover artbook, a whole soundtrack or a figure, that's a good collector's edition.


835c74  No.15537689

>>15537653

>Collector's editions with sampler soundtracks, cloths, stickers, pins and such junk are worthless.

Unfortunately, some companies skimp and put those in as extras when the main selling point of the edition is simply even getting a physical copy of the game. At the same time though, surely there's better stuff to make up the difference of $15 than screen wipers and pins. Especially when the game has a good artist and composer, but in some cases I suppose they're angling for double dippers. And with games where the first print run is essentially an LE that doesn't cost any extra compared to the base game, I suppose there's not that much to complain about there, though obviously more effort is appreciated than less.


9c6c99  No.15537744

people who buy figurines disgust me. Seriously neck yourself, you have the most obnoxious personalities. if evangelion had any coherent message at all it's that you should sooner kill yourself before buying eva merchandise


2775b8  No.15537802

The first console I ever bought cost me my childhood.


78fa3b  No.15538080

>>15537802

Don't worry anon, the childhood you would have had without a console wasn't any better.


75aaf6  No.15538653

>>15537802

>The first console I ever bought cost me my childhood.

The SNES was worth getting fucked in the ass a few times, you crybaby bitch.


1aeb8a  No.15538671

>>15537336

Why is Mythra doing the shocker?


7358fb  No.15538719

Aside from Physical copies of games, i've spent over a hundred bucks trying to import a bunch of doujin CDs from japan. Namely FMPSG and some touhou cds.


a46395  No.15538773

>>15537802

was it the ps3?


dc46fa  No.15538824

>>15537530

>a few hundred

>not several hundred

Where the fuck are you looking for those prices?


5fd1a5  No.15538899

File: 7ef77dd1c7ede9b⋯.jpg (21.97 KB, 425x300, 17:12, 41-CoeXQdkL._SX425_.jpg)

Just this for 12 bucks.


70e0ec  No.15538930

File: e23183e1eb05ca3⋯.png (226.85 KB, 368x432, 23:27, ClipboardImage.png)

File: 19658f6b82109ee⋯.png (165.85 KB, 320x265, 64:53, ClipboardImage.png)

File: 8be2d213e295fe6⋯.png (628.29 KB, 655x462, 655:462, ClipboardImage.png)

:^)

>>15537463

Outside of cabinets not much comes to mind for me.


bdd271  No.15547380

>>15538899

Disgusting.


f243d5  No.15547388

You know I always wanted to buy a neo geo along with Garou mark of the wolves. Neo geo is already expensive but the garou cartridge was like 700$ last i checked and no one is gonna pay that much for 1 game.


b68f80  No.15547406

File: 0cb2d41ea7510da⋯.png (1.41 MB, 800x1200, 2:3, ClipboardImage.png)

File: c401e39ca20bfe6⋯.png (1.34 MB, 800x1200, 2:3, ClipboardImage.png)

I'm not a figure buyer, but if I was


fb3299  No.15547410

>>15537336

0$

I've never bought vidya merchandise


e7fa3d  No.15547421

>buying merch

Why?


f840f8  No.15547438

File: 18305e653f133cb⋯.jpg (345.97 KB, 600x600, 1:1, darksouls-ring-of-favor-06.jpg)

Soon.


b54c8f  No.15547695

File: d782b145829367e⋯.jpg (191.76 KB, 1500x1500, 1:1, dragons-crown-16-scale-pre….jpg)

File: 9e4b1dd274c2c87⋯.jpg (117.23 KB, 1500x1500, 1:1, dragons-crown-16-scale-pre….jpg)

>>15547406

Was tempted to get that too. But instead I went with the Dark Elf Beastmaster from Dragon's Crown.

>>15547421

Because I want it.


2b1561  No.15547718

>>15547438

>buying something you can only wear once, else it breaks

what a dumb


2b2bc7  No.15547760

>>15538930

An arcade near me went out of business about a decade ago. Were selling off all of their cabinets. I kind of regret not buying the Killer Instinct one.

>>15547438

>Ladies


8217f2  No.15547766

>>15547695

You better fucking hot glue that


1a4adb  No.15547801

>>15537646

I own a few variants of that. I wouldn't really recommend buying the older ones due to issues with fragility.


3b6ff4  No.15547812

>>15547760

Maybe he's a cute she.


000000  No.15547903

>>15537336

>Buying useless plastic shit.


000000  No.15547904

>>15537336

>Buying useless plastic shit.


e4e844  No.15547922

Collecting figurines is you aren't an actual Japanese is p. sad as its entirely a cargo culture phenomenon to anyone outside of there, not that it's healthy for them either. Compulsive consumer identity that rails against maturation is something you should not be importing into your life.


dff614  No.15547931

>>15537336

Back then I bought some PS2 games for like 50 bucks.


5a3753  No.15547956

File: 2d3f26824f970c2⋯.jpg (27.91 KB, 311x415, 311:415, 12782509_2_a.jpg)

This


881cb4  No.15547975

File: b5f3b37e85aad00⋯.jpg (397.58 KB, 850x1125, 34:45, Starblade 1.jpg)

File: f81a02719220ff6⋯.jpg (567.45 KB, 850x1120, 85:112, Starblade 2.jpg)

>>15547760

Even if I had the money, buying electronics that old could really be a headache.


3fee72  No.15548001

Why would I buy merch if I don't even buy games? Complete waste of money.


9d6188  No.15548272

>>15547922

This makes zero sense. Are you just a bitter poorfag?


b54c8f  No.15549148

File: 8de8b5b4f2fa844⋯.jpg (101.69 KB, 750x800, 15:16, FIGURE-039205_18.jpg)

>>15547766

I would never do such a thing. Even if they have my favorite type of panties.


8217f2  No.15549162

>>15549148

You disappoint me,are there no true romantic gentlementlemen left?


984654  No.15549165

>>15537336

Probably Lunar: Silver Star Complete, and Lunar: Eternal Blue collector's editions. About $140 for both, with all the box swag.

Guy accidentally sent a copy of Breath of Fire IV along with them, but since he never asked for it back, I kept it. Figure I made at least some money back, even if I never sell it.


5bb4a5  No.15549228

I paid $150 per ticket for one of the the original Zelda 25th anniversary Symphony concerts, if that counts. If that doesn't count, then $90+shipping from Japan for the Kirby 25th anniversary Symphony concert bluray+soundtrack combo, which was gay anyway because you didn't even get a special edition CD,you got the same edition as everyone else which was missing like 4 of the songs they played. Had to find a good audio rip of the bluray online with the missing tracks mixed in. For any of you who remember me, I am still seeding a flac rip of the cd+bonus studio arrangement cd and an uncompressed rip off the bluray on nyaa pantsu. Nips download it constantly. Feels good to give back.


835c74  No.15549827

>>15549165

>Wanting to play Working Designs handled games.

>Paying that much for Working Designs handled games.

>>15549228

>Nips download it constantly. Feels good to give back.

Does Japan have much of a media piracy scene, out of curiosity?

>>15547922

>its entirely a cargo culture phenomenon to anyone outside of there

And all the funko shit here isn't? I mean, I don't spring for figures myself, but at least those tend to look more a lot more appealing than the template shit pretty much every media store seems outright required to stock here. Even nendos have more effort put in.


5bb4a5  No.15549866

>>15549827

>Does Japan have much of a media piracy scene, out of curiosity?

IIRC their government and ISPs are way stricter on copyright issues than the US is. Largely because they are a smaller economy, so allowing the piracy of (((media))) would lead to backlash from the US studio funding/propaganda groups.


835c74  No.15549937

>>15549866

So do you wager they're VPNed nips, or just general nips who are that desperate for good Kirby tracks? I know Kirby's apparently quite popular natively there.


5bb4a5  No.15549980

File: 5245bea855aff10⋯.jpg (5.8 MB, 5312x2988, 16:9, 20180416_114050.jpg)

>>15549937

I imagine they are VPNd. I seed the kirby anime too, and that's also constantly getting torrented by them - I imagine in that case it's likely because it's eng subbed, so it's probably decent at getting kids familiarized with reading english.

Yes, Kirby is very popular there. Check out these hot babes on a banner ad over in Osaka.


835c74  No.15550053

>>15549980

>The Poyo alongside bikinied Sonico and friends.

Kind of an odd juxtaposition, but I'm not going to say it's bad.


5bb4a5  No.15550120

>>15550053

>Kind of an odd juxtaposition

Only in Japan, man. It's a cool fucking place.


5a775f  No.15550181

what are some vidya onaholes i could buy?




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