It’s just under a week before I head off on my epic trip and to be honest, I should be saving rather than spending but over a week and a bit, there has been a few items where I couldn’t resist. A few of these items I’ve been waiting for a long time to come out and it’s just bad timing it came out this week and the other few was discounted to the lowest price ever where I have not seen to date. My mind was telling me, “if you don’t get it now, you will never get it at this price again”. So in the end, I got it. lol
Here’s the breakdown.
Received Mikuru School Festival Ver. last friday. I picked her up from the Play-asia 15% off sale. She was already discontinued and with a further 15% off from the already discontinued price, it was hard to resist. Even though the Aussie dollar was low, it still came out at a very good price so I feel satisfied with the purchase. With her in my possession, she officially completes my Max Factory Haruhi set which I’m very proud off. When I get back, I can do a whole set shoot. It’s gonna be awesome. ^^
As for my figma Tsuruya-san, I received her a few days ago. Check my previous “What’s in the box” post for more info. She part of the loot as she arrived this week. ^^
Okay, a few weeks back, I mentioned Madman was having a 30% off sale on all boxsets. Well, I was able to resist temptation but for 50% off, you have me sold. Yep, once again, JB-Hifi in the city was having another anime dvd sale which mostly contains available boxsets. While I already had a few which was on sale like for eg. Stellvia of the Universe, they had the last set of Chrono Crusade and Ghost in the Shell S1 available. I’ve been putting it off for a long time in getting both of these series as I was waiting for the lowest price possible and when I saw the 50% off price tag, I just had to get it. So the final price for Chrono Crusade was $50AUD and Ghost in the Shell was $65AUD which is the lowest price I have seen to date.
I haven’t watched Ghost in the Shell to be honest and I told myself, if I ever watch it, it has to be on DVD in english dub. I read many reviews and the series does not disappoint. Am I the only one who hasn’t watched it yet?
As a Star War’s fanboy, I consider myself a failure if I don’t own the entire Trilogy. While the original trilogy has been out for a long time and god knows how many revisions it has gone through, I wasn’t gonna grab it until the Prequel Trilogy came out. I’ve been waiting patiently for a long time now and recently, I almost given in, into getting ep. 1,2 & 3 separately. But my patience has paid off because last Thursday, while flipping through a K-mart catelogue, I couldn’t believe my eyes when they were advertising the Prequel Trilogy and the original Trilogy. At long last, they were releasing both Trilogy’s together in a new pack and I could not be more happier. ^^
I had time on Tuesday, so I grabbed it immediately. Both set was $40AUD each so IMO, a bargain. ^^
Well, no surprise here. It is a new month after all so that means a new megami edition. ^^
I will be posting up my review before I leave so look out for it. ^^
Last but not least, I scored myself a new 1TB external harddrive. As I’m almost out of space, it was about time I searched around for a new one. When I saw this for $175AUD at the Good Guys, I thought it was too good to be true but it was true.
I instantly grabbed it without second thoughts and I could not be more happier. Now I can download more anime without worrying if I have enough space or not. ^^
Well, after doing the math, this week loot cost more than $500AUD. It’s the most I’ve spent in a week on misc. items for a very long time now and it kinda fell at the wrong timing as I’m heading off soon. Still, no regrets. ^^
How much have you spent in a week on misc. items?
17 Responses to A hectic looting week
Q
November 10th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Wow everybody’s getting more and more loots recently. ^^
I just have to wait ’til Christmas. But until then, I gotta hold on while bearing with the expensive living in the UK T_T
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M12
November 10th, 2008 at 6:26 am
The most I’ve spent in a week on misc. items? About $50 :).
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Kairu Ishimaru
November 10th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Did I just saw a Mikuru figma!?
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Snark
November 10th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Holy crap I want your stuff! The external harddrive in particular O.o
And you got some lovely boxsets; Chrono Crusade and GitS are both tons of fun ^^
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Nomad
November 10th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Great loot!! I went a big crazy on the october madman sale also and bought a heap hehe, because the australian dollar is down i had to cancel a lot of orders so i had extra money to spend on boxsets lol!
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Rin
November 10th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Well, nice loot Optic!!!!!!
Do like!!!!!!!
I love the Megumi mags you got!!!!!
A week till your trip to HK!!!!!
Go to the places I told you about…there are anime stores in HK!!!!!!and great stuff to buy for cheap!!!!! I got my DSLR there in HK!!!!!!
Be sure to save enough for next year if you can go to Japan in August…which would be crazy!!!!!!
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Optic
Twitter: mroptic
November 11th, 2008 at 1:24 am
@Q
It’s just bad timing for the first point. I wouldn’t have gotten some much if it wasn’t released at the same time. Dam, good luck. I hope it doesn’t get too rough.
@M12
Ur the biggest saver I ever know.
No wonder ur 1337. xD
@Kairu Ishimaru
Yes, Mikuru in a waitress outfit. =D
@Snark
I can’t wait to dig into GitS. It’s gonna be EPIC!!! xD
@Nomad
I made a few cancellations as well due to the low Aussie dollar. I hope u can reorder them again one day. I doubt the dollar is gonna go up on a steady rate for a while.
Looking forward in seeing ur Madman loot. I held back this time round. lol
@Rin
Yep, I already noted it down.
Let see how well I do after I came back as I’m trying not to come back broke to begin with. lol
James
November 11th, 2008 at 1:37 am
I have the same hard drive , but 500 gb ^^ (but i have seven of these :s)
It work great , fast and sweet :)
Mikuru is awesome , good buy ^^
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Blowfish
November 11th, 2008 at 1:54 am
You have the same Modem as me ^_^
Ahh i spot the Megami!
Ive just lost a huge amount of money because i ordered 2 Megamis and 2 Dengekis for me and my brother on HLJ.I didnt check the shipping fee since i thought they are mags they dont take much space it wont be much…
I ended up with a shipping fee of 50 €uro °_°
They take about 8 € per Magazine….Im never ever going to do that again….Even with the absolutely ridiculous prices they have in our stores they are cheaper with that….
I suspect its the weight of the mags making the shipping expensive?
The really bad thing is that taxes tke the shipping fee into the calculation making my Yoko Revoltech an expensive monster…
My Brother has it even worse since he ordered a 1/8 figure along that order.Oh dear god my stomach turns with all that money lost….and the upcoming taxes… :(
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noelhoi
November 11th, 2008 at 2:01 am
woot, loot more xD I knew it u must’ve spent more than ur supposed to closer to the leaving date, hahah.hmm well I see ur gettin Megami again, tho u said u’d stop at that exceptional last month’s, thats great :D
OMG Rin told u anime shops there? dude, should i give my pocket money so u can grab me a few? haha
Acesan
November 11th, 2008 at 2:08 am
Ooh, that harddrive is pretty cheap for an external … hmm my mate works at goodguys, might have to hit him up :P
Great lootings, you’ve spent quite a bit this week, though it was more on the misc stuff than figures!
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Haruji
November 11th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Congrats on more loot obtained =_=” 1 TB HDD, great, time to download more and watch more ^_^
Ahh more money is being spent. The consumer power is strong now LOL.
Kinda stop most of my lootings except for figures nowadays seeing that it does strain my finance abit too hard now.
I GOT to cut down LULz.
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zenical
November 12th, 2008 at 12:09 am
I don’t spend a lot on misc items, maybe 10-20 bucks? XD. Why do you have so many loots, you’re surprising me now -_-
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Koshiko
Twitter: furudango
November 12th, 2008 at 2:03 am
Nice, congrats on the loot~ but why you has 2 Megami magazines? =o
I can has Chronos Crusade and Star Wars? :3
And very nice deal on the harddrive, I can’t imagine where we’d store all our anime if I hadn’t bought a 500gb one for myself earlier this year, it’s about 65% full atm xD
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Optic
Twitter: mroptic
November 12th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
@James
Wow, 7. ^_^
This 1 TB will last me for a while now. ^^
@Blowfish
That’s one of the main reasons why I don’t purchases magazines online. While the magazine itself is cheap. the shipping & handling takes the bite of ur wallet. Luckily there is a Kino in my city and its 15mins away from my workplace so it’s more convenient for me. ^^
Why don’t u and ur bro share the magazine or u both like to keep ur own posters?
@noel
Hahaha. Yeah I shouldn’t but just bad timing really. lol
Why do I grab the goods first and u pay me back later? ^^
@Acesan
Unfortunately I didn’t pay cash so that’s the cheapest I could get it to. lol
For a while, it’s not just figures alone. ^^
@Haruji
On the rate ur going, I don’t see ur cutting down. lol
I’m sure half of the space will just contain anime. >_>
@zenical
LOL
I usually don’t buy a lot but the timing this week was just a coincidence.
Honesty, I don’t buy a lot. >_>
@Koshiko
One of them is for my mate, noel.
Did u add Chrono Crusade into ur cart? xD
Without the extra harddrive, most of the series will be backed up on blank dvds. While that’s a cheaper option, it’s not feasible in the long term.
suki
November 12th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Oh~ Lovely get! Nice Miku, HDH and Megami magazine, really want those!
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Optic
Twitter: mroptic
November 13th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
@suki
Thanks suki.
Megami posters are the Win so if u can, get a copy and see for urself. ^^