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The Mike Toole Show - Collect 'Em All

Are you reading Luffy? I STILL DON'T HAVE YUKIKAZE!!!?!?!!!!!

Well, thanks to this article I became resolved to buy a copy of Night on the Galactic Railroad that I knew was languishing in a Half-Price Books and picked it up Monday. $7 seemed a good price, even though the outside case was damaged and had a small tear. The movie definitely need a remastering job though, the majority of the picture is set in night or low-lit scenes but even with that it's a darker picture, it could definitely do with some better definition, even the credits are blurry.

Oh, and for people interested in buying Urusei Yatsura.......don't!

Currently, I've got a roundabout figure for the TV series, OVA and movies would be around 600 dollars. That includes everything EXCEPT Volumes 26, 27,43 and 44. Those four discs ONLY exist in ONE site. Which would be RACS. HOWEVER, they only exist as parts of a set of 10 DVDs, which go for the princely sum of 500 dollars a set. EACH!!!!!!

I might just buy the complete set for 850 bucks, minus Movie 2. Which I could get for hopefully less than 50. So 900 for the entire, complete set.

I am so screwed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/DiGiRyuu/rares/9.jpg

I have really enjoyed reading through this thread and seeing what other people have been looking for as well as hearing about the rare items you have all been able to collect. ^^ I'm pretty new to collecting anime (only been collecting for about a year) and there are already things that I had no idea were going about of print that I wish I'd been able to buy.

There are plenty of series that I wish I could get that I either can't find or can't afford at this point such as... Hellsing Ultimate, Sailor Moon, You're Under Arrest.. and the list goes on ^^;

But I will say I'm proud of the few "rare" series that my fiance and I do have..

Karin, Please Teacher, Ergo Proxy (was very excited to find this for $30), Hand Maid May (w/ box and figure), Negima! complete (which I didn't think was rare but have seen the price going up for some reason) all 10 vols of GTO (which if it's not rare yet I'm sure it will be soon enough), Fate Stay Night (vols + art box w/ limited edition clock), When They Cry (grabbed the last one that Amazon was selling) and the complete xxxholic w/ art box (I realize the series may not be rare but the box sure is pricey)

Also for manga we've recently completed collecting the original Viz Graphic Novel versions of Battle Angel Alita and we have vol 3 of Shakugan No Shana (got it for $2 but apparently it's going for about $50 now)

Now I just wish I could find Strawberry 100% vol 4... not to mention various volumes of GTO and Gakuen Alice manga that I'm getting more and more concerned I won't be able to collect.

Rukiia wrote:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/DiGiRyuu/rares/9.jpg

Isn't that X box simply amazing? By the way, does your 7th dvd have a slipcover?

That thin Nanoha box set is rare!?

There is one copy on eBay going for about $80 and a few on Amazon going between $70 and $150. Nanoha A's is even rarer then the first season. I am having a hell of a time trying to get a copy that doesn't cost $250. T-T

Rukiia wrote:

There is one copy on eBay going for about $80 and a few on Amazon going between $70 and $150. Nanoha A's is even rarer then the first season. I am having a hell of a time trying to get a copy that doesn't cost $250. T-T

Haha, you said it. I pretty much just came to the conclusion I wasn't going to get the series...

...That is until some guy on the Fandom Post forums started going through his 6 or 7 footlockers of anime and posting them online to sell. He was quite the collector. I ended up getting first dibs on many things, including:

• The entire series of Rurouni Kenshin for $80
  
• Mushi-shi LE box release with all 6 DVDs for $30
  
• Princess Nine for $40
  
• Gurren Lagann for $20 (Sets 1-3)
  
• Nanoha and Nanoha A's for $30 each
  
• Crest of the Stars for $20

I haven't actually paid for Nanoha/A and Crest of the Stars yet, he has them on hold for me.

He'd update his list every few days he got the chance to open another locker. I was actually online the time he posted the list with Key the Metal Idol and considered purchasing it but ended up backing down due to the amount I already spent. I figured if I was meant to get the series I'd see it online again in the future.

His list is still up if anyone wants to make a request. Pretty much a majority, if not all, of the rare items have been picked up, but he's still got a great selection. He's trying to raise money to help pay for his daughter's wedding, so it's for a good cause.

Here it is: http://www.fandompost.com/forums/showthread.php?2092-Sale-Items-From-Rev.-Doc

And would you believe it, Nanoha and Nanoha A's were on that list for at least an entire week before I requested it from him. No one else on the forum was apparently interested in it or already had it.


Um... as for other rare/OOP things I have:

• The Story of Saiunkoku
  
• Higurashi: When They Cry (Viridian release)
  
• Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight - say what you will about it, but I prefer Spark to Parn even though the OVA is better for the most part (plus the chibi episodes are awesome!)
  
• Black Lagoon seasons 1 & 2 set
  
• Please Save My Earth manga (entire series)
  
• Monster manga (entire series)
  
• Emma manga (entire series)
  
• Basara manga (entire series except vol 2, 26, 27... so I'm almost done)

Ortensia1980 wrote:

Rukiia wrote: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/DiGiRyuu/rares/9.jpg Isn't that X box simply amazing? By the way, does your 7th dvd have a slipcover?

It is! I love CLAMP and only want the best from them. If they put more of their titles out on Blu-ray, and they get brought over here, I'd scoop them up in an instant. I pray that someone will license Blood-C.

And all 8 DVDs have the black Limited Edition slip covers.