The Stuff You've Bought thread (with pictures, ideally)

drunkninja · January 04, 2011, 03:38:32 PM

Picked this up over the weekend:

Thing was a beast to move (my arms and back still ache 2 days later), but it's worth it. The game is great fun.

GaijinPunch · January 07, 2011, 08:18:31 AM

Going to be buying a computer now that my main one took a shit last night.

kernow · January 07, 2011, 10:21:32 AM

My recent purchase - and lovely it is too, I totally wasn't expecting it to be so big and heavy.

emphatic · January 07, 2011, 11:33:14 AM

Quote from: kernow on January 07, 2011, 10:21:32 AMand lovely it is too, I totally wasn't expecting it to be so big and heavy.

That's what she said.

kernow · January 07, 2011, 12:20:06 PM

gsl · January 07, 2011, 08:46:05 PM

A post-Christmas present to myself:

Matthew Dear vinyl collection.

EOJ · January 16, 2011, 06:06:54 PM

Keroro RPG!

I've only played a bit, but so far it's a pretty awesome, old school SNES-style RPG with a simplified "Tales of" battle system.

emphatic · January 16, 2011, 06:52:41 PM

Quote from: EOJ on January 16, 2011, 06:06:54 PM
Keroro RPG!

Is Keroro Japanese for Kermit?

It's pretty close.

njiska · January 18, 2011, 02:53:16 PM

Ketsui Rubik's Cube. Probably the cheapest and shittiest one I've ever owned, but it's still cool. I also got a Deathsmiles poster and 3 half B2 size mushi futari posters. I'll post pictures of them once I find frames. So nice being able to buy this direct from Cave-shop but the shipping to Canada was a bleeding fortune.

gsl · January 20, 2011, 02:19:16 AM

So they do ship direct now?

njiska · January 20, 2011, 05:20:42 AM

Quote from: gsl on January 20, 2011, 02:19:16 AM
So they do ship direct now?

No, they still only ship to Japan, but i've been making use of JapanToDoor.com as a relatively cheap forwarding service. Basically i log on to Cave Shop, buy my items, ship them to my JTD address and when they arrive JTD ships them to me. There's usually a $5 USD invoicing fee and a handling charge based on weight. So far it's added like $20 at most to my shipping. It's a huge help when buying stuff off Amazon that's got a major sale (like 60%+ off).

This order was just expensive due to the size of the posters. Most of the cost was EMS shipping. In this case:

3200 JPY shipping exchanged to $40.15 + $5 Invoicing + $12.55 handling.

HVL · January 25, 2011, 09:54:45 AM

Umineko Chiru episode 8 and Tsubasa. Didn't bother with the Ougon Musou Kyoku fighting game.

emphatic · February 03, 2011, 06:52:46 AM

Just wanted to share this with ya'll:

I'm running it in 24kHz, so the scanlines you see are produced by the new SLG3000 (scanline generator). Go to my site www.emphatic.se/ to see more photos and also has a link to the product.

Shalashaska · February 03, 2011, 12:31:19 PM

Looks beautiful emph.

EOJ · February 03, 2011, 04:37:18 PM

Ni no kuni! Biggest DS box ever.

I've played about 2 hours and it's a lovely game.

brentsg · February 03, 2011, 04:42:49 PM

nice box

ave · February 04, 2011, 02:50:56 PM

Yes, lovely. How tall is it?

Shalashaska · February 04, 2011, 08:13:13 PM

Not game related but I still think it's cool.

Colt 6921 if any of you are in to firearms.

EOJ · February 05, 2011, 02:54:53 PM

Quote from: ave on February 04, 2011, 02:50:56 PM
Yes, lovely. How tall is it?

It's about 30% taller than an X360 game case.

Dave_K. · February 06, 2011, 01:36:02 PM

Quote from: emphatic on February 03, 2011, 06:52:46 AMI'm running it in 24kHz, so the scanlines you see are produced by the new SLG3000 (scanline generator). Go to my site www.emphatic.se/ to see more photos and also has a link to the product.

So its 360 @ 480p > SGL3000 > UVC @ 24khz? I don't understand why you would want fake scanlines @ 24khz when you have a sweet nanao monitor which can give you real scanlines at 15khz via the UVC? BTW: pic still looks great, I'm just confused thats all.

emphatic · February 06, 2011, 05:00:52 PM

Quote from: Dave_K. on February 06, 2011, 01:36:02 PMSo its 360 @ 480p > SGL3000 > UVC @ 24khz? I don't understand why you would want fake scanlines @ 24khz when you have a sweet nanao monitor which can give you real scanlines at 15khz via the UVC? BTW: pic still looks great, I'm just confused thats all.

Yeah, it's kinda stupid, but I don't really use the SLG3000 in the cabinet, as I prefer the clean 24kHz image. I just happened to have it installed when I snapped this picture (installing the SLG3000 takes less than a minute, switching the monitor from 24->15Khz takes at least 10 minutes) as I tried to see the results for Ketsui and DOJ BL Extra.

drunkninja · February 08, 2011, 02:07:32 AM

My Astro got a new playmate today

Smoothing off + scanlines through an Emotia does wonders on this game, it looks great.

EOJ · February 08, 2011, 08:40:57 PM

DFK BL retail, and Last Ranker for the PSP (I'll dive into that one after I finish Ni no kuni).

GaijinPunch · February 09, 2011, 06:42:07 AM

Quote from: HVL on January 25, 2011, 09:54:45 AM

Umineko Chiru episode 8 and Tsubasa. Didn't bother with the Ougon Musou Kyoku fighting game.

Nice pussy.

HVL · February 10, 2011, 04:18:15 PM

Quote from: GaijinPunch on February 09, 2011, 06:42:07 AM
Nice pussy.

Sure is!

Here's stuff that was delivered today:

[Sorry for the shitty cellphone pic.]

gsl · February 13, 2011, 03:14:18 AM

What's the SSD going into?

HVL · February 13, 2011, 07:10:05 AM

Quote from: gsl on February 13, 2011, 03:14:18 AM
What's the SSD going into?

I'm building a new computer based on Phenom x6 1090T and GeForce GTX 460. I'm gonna use the Vertex 2 for OS and apps. I don't want some crappy old HDD bottlenecking anything.

HVL · February 14, 2011, 09:50:53 AM

Finally. Yarr. No time to play so I guess it'll sit around unsealed for a while.

gsl · February 16, 2011, 01:04:21 AM

Quote from: HVL on February 13, 2011, 07:10:05 AM
Quote from: gsl on February 13, 2011, 03:14:18 AM
What's the SSD going into?

I'm building a new computer based on Phenom x6 1090T and GeForce GTX 460. I'm gonna use the Vertex 2 for OS and apps. I don't want some crappy old HDD bottlenecking anything.

Sounds lovely. I've been meaning to overhaul the desktop for some time, but I have a ton of other projects that can use the money first, no matter how much I want to finally land a DX10 card. I spend more time on the laptop with work anyway, and I've been toying with the idea of replacing the DVD drive with its current HDD and then getting an SSD for the OS and programs, but the promised boost in speed isn't enough to convince me to drop the cash on one yet.

brentsg · February 16, 2011, 12:58:20 PM

Steer clear of the OCZ SSDs for a bit. There is a class action brewing, as they've swapped out the NAND that was being used for crappier, slower stuff and not changed the model numbers or anything. There's currently no way to tell what you've got without cracking it open, or verifying through poor benchmarks.

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?84598-Drives-Shipping-With-25nm-NAND.-Q-amp-A

http://www.guru3d.com/news/ocz-vertex-2-with-25nm-nand-flash-reported-slower/

http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_vertex_2_25nm_review_oczssd22vtxe60g

General info about the new tech being used and why new isn't always better:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4043/micron-announces-clearnand-25nm-with-ecc

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Edit: I wanted to add my favorite exchange from the OCZ forums. Man did they screw this up...

OCZ guy: No, there is no way to identify the Nand on the drive without opening the drive.

Pissed off user: What size screwdriver do we need to open the drive as you suggest?

OCZ guy: Opening your drive voids the warranty, don't open the drive.

I found that pretty telling.