Forum - View topicNEWS: Tokyopop's Garage Sale to Be Held Saturday in L.A.
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Maceart
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Not sure, but going to see if I can snap up some PlanetES swag.
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kyokun703
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Prices:
$2 for manga $0.25 for Japanese-language manga $2 for artbooks $4 for BLU titles $5 for Ultimate editions $5 for t-shirts $1 for DVDs $10 for DVD sets (might vary) $5 for the CLAMP chess pieces (but only have a few sets) $1 for miscellaneous books Framed artwork ranges from $5-$40 Silent auction for more premium items Grab bags with random stuff |
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Imperialkat
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Seeing all that manga for sale makes me wanna cry. If I was in LA I'd clean those guys out. But alas, I live in Virginia...
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Finny-chan
 Posts: 448 Location: West Virginia, U.S.A |
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Yay this is awesome
*lives in West Virginia* FUUUUUUUUU----- I guess I must kill my plans to get all the Togainu no Chi and PeaceMaker volumes I wanted what a shame. Well time to import or hope that Yen Plus will pick these up.
seeing this makes me even more disappointed [/quote] |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Actually I wasn't trying to learn towards that angle for once as well. I agree with what you said though. |
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sonryu
 Posts: 159 Location: LI, NY |
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If someone is going and can find me a copy of Full Metal Panic novel 3 "Into the Blue", I'll.... uh... pay you back with shipping? lol (seriously though, I need that one haha)
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Pretty sure you could find that either on Amazon.com, Rightstuff.com, Ebay or Craigs List. Maybe Barns And Noble still caries that particular volume. I don't know about you, but it would probably it probably cost more (if you don't live in L.A) to fly to the L.A. and then drive to the exact location than it would be to just bought the manga online. I know for a fact that plane tickets aren't cheap and neither are cabs/buses and hotel rooms. There is tons of other retailers if for some reason Amazon, Ebay, Rightstuff or Craigs List doesn't have the book, but then have to ask yourself, is it really worth all the effort of obtaining a potentially out of production book that may even be sold at a comic book shop (Atomic Comics for example.) But then again it took me a a long time to complete Dr. Slump, so it all depends on how much effort your willing to put into acquiring the book. It could take either a couple of minutes or a year and a half like my situation of finding the final two volumes of Dr. Slump. I wonder though, what is going to happen with the items that don't sell. I wonder what happens to them. If I had to guess, I guess they might be donated to charity, but considering that might take some considerable amount of work, there really is no way of telling. Or maybe someone (not sure who) will just sell them all online or something. Of course the shipping most likely won't be cheap, but not much can be done about that I guess. |
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aereus
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If they really wanna clear it all out they just have to hold the sale when AX happens in early July...
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enurtsol
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Don't lose hope! An hour after the sale, fans will put 'em on eBay!
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Sunday Silence
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For a glorious 1000% markup!! |
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enurtsol
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But that'll be because of the stupid bidders.
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sonryu
Posts: 159 Location: LI, NY |
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magicbulletgirl
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Have you tried going to Book Off? Or calling one? Best bet is finding smaller retailers and used book stores that carry manga and see if they have what you're looking for. Good luck! |
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Tamaria
 Posts: 1512 Location: De Achterhoek |
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Meh, Boekenfestijn has been offering Tokyopop (and Del Rey!) manga for those price and less for years. Yay for living on a totally different contitent! 
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Kogoruhn
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Sale was awesome. They let the people who were waiting in line early (my group got there at 7AM after a 9 hour drive) and the prices were insane. I bought the entire room of Japanese manga (starting at 4:30 in the video) for $50 and they are letting me come back next weekend to pick it up.
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