Weekend Shenanigans

Well another weekend gone and shopping completed. Did a little bit of buying this weekend with some cards and Anime DVD's.

Went to Suncoast to see if they have Evangelion 2.22 on the shelves.They did not and when I asked, they said it would be released tomorrow (Sunday 04/03). Dude, you have a sign that clearly states it was released on 03/29 of this week, why the are you lying to my face? This is what I wanted to say, but knew that they had a big Anime Sale tomorrow and they were holding some copies back.

My son was able to get a 2 pack of Pirates of the Caribbean Trading Card Game. He loves getting these as they have mini pirate ships that you build.To say that he is a collector, is stating it mildly as you can see by his collection. I took an old wooden Coke case carrier and made a shelf out of it for his collection.

I did manage to go back the next day for there "big Aniume Blowout Sale". I was able to get my copy of Evangelion 2.22 on blu-ray and also got the complete collection of Tokyo Majin - S.A.V.E. version. Everything came to $37.09 USD. THe big sale was if you bought anything anime related, you got the second one at 1/2 off.

Hopefully in the future, you will see a review of both of them on my blog. But for now, I need to catch up on my other reviews. I will have the review of my Transformers Terradive figure up this week. Should be about mid week when it will post with plenty of pictures.

For those playing the Nintendo DS game Transformers: War for Cybertron, I have a code for ya. The secret code is 9871 and it will immediately unlock Ramjet for your game. In the Decepticon version, it is available for missions and the multiplayer modes. For the Autobot version, it is only good for Multiplayer only - sorry.

Have to get back to my Anime watching and hope everyone had a nice weekend as well.

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Weekend Shannagins

We went car shopping again this weekend as my wife's car is in the crapper. It looks like she will be getting a Subaru. Probably a Outback or Outback Sport. It really depends on if they can get it into our price range. It sucks as this is another car payment and money taken away for the house hunt :(

On to the fun stuff that we got this weekend.

I forgot to get my arse out of bed to watch Bleach and Kekkaishi on Adult Swim. That sucked, but I was tired from a long week. Since we are using one car, I have to get up at 5:30am to beat my wife in the shower. If I don't, I get a cold shower - burrrrrrr.

I am not sure what came over me, but we did pick up the new DSi game Pokémon White game version for my son. Now he can get Victory Pokémon Victini by using his Liberty Pass I got him in the new game. My wife decided to get Death Jr. game for the Wii Root of Evil. She is always trying to find a game that the 2 of us can play. It kind of is a perfect match for us as I am always fascinated by death and she loves boxes. I am not as much into gaming as she is, but it is a good time for us to get together for fun. We are even ordering the Official Game Book off Amazon for $16.66 instead of the $29.99. The store kept trying to shovel this down my throat to buy, but know I could get it cheaper.

My son was getting a bit upset that our local Borders store had the 100th issue of Shonen Jump in, but his has not made it to the mailbox. After 2 weeks of him looking at the bagged up version of Manga on the shelf, I bought it for him. I swear the only thing he wanted was the Yu-Gi-Oh! card again. They had a 'signed' edition of the Dark Magician card that was 'shiny' and stuff. I did write to Shonen Jump and make them aware of the issue. It will take 4-6 weeks for us to get it in - WTF, by that time, we would have moved on - oh well.

I will have to do a review of it this week as they do have a cross over Manga with Dragon Ball and One Piece. This should be an interesting edition to read.



What fun did you have this past weekend?

Pick up anything to read or watch?

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Weekend Fun and Manga

I know it is Wednesday and a bit late for some weekend fun we had, but I was busy in the earlier part of the week.

I took my son to GameStop this weekend so he could get Celebi for his DSi Pokemon Soul Silver game. It is still available until March 6th. You needed one of several Pokemon games to get this download. It is cool because you use your wifi setting in the game to get a 'mystery gift' that you have to pickup at one of the shops in the game.

I actually pre-ordered Pokemon White Version for him so he can get the next download as seen in the poster.

I went back to the Hallmark store closing up and got some more acrylic displays. My son wanted some more and helped me pick them out. I was able to find 2 extra large ones for on top of my cases.

He had a blast making int Gundam Gashapon display and even used on of my old stands. He was so proud of himself and it turned out nice.

He even got one to make his Mega Blok Dialga Pokemon look like it was flying. I was amazed at how inventive he was in doing that. I have to hide the rest of them as I am sure he will be back in to grab even more of the displays for his other stuff.

We even picked up some Manga this weekend at Borders and Wonder Book. Borders had a couple I have been looking for like Soul Eater 5 and Tegami Bach 4. I did also pickup a book called 'Your Chinese Horoscope for 2011' as I love astrology. I am a Wood Dragon myself and loved reading about what is coming up for me this year.

Wonder Book is a local book shop which reminds me of your hometown book store. They even have rentals which included to my amazement - Anime. Mostly older stuff, but some I could get into to back fill some time as needed. I finally found the Manga on the furthest side of the store.

Not really anything new, but will be worth picking through as you can see in the photo above. I did manage to get a Jing, King of Bandits Manga to tied me over for a while. My son got some Duel Masters books and other fantasy reading books. Here is a shot of our 'haul' this weekend in Manga this past weekend:


Did anyone have some fun adventures this weekend as well?

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Video Games and the Christmas Sales - ARG!

I have to say that I will go to any lengths to get my Son what he wants and to get something on sale as well. This is an interesting story with a few car trips to your Major Stores (Wal-mart & Toys R Us).

It all starts with my son wanting the Beyblade DSi game. Of course like all stuff he wants, there is not just one kind to get. Here is the ad he saw in his Shonen Jump magazine that got it all started.


More on this later. Now we had some fun this past weekend giving my son to my Mom - YEAAAAAAAAAAA!! Which means we had time to go shopping for Yule (Christmas for the majority of the world). Now we got ourselves an early gift - Donkey Kong: Country Returns for Wii. We have been trying to find a game we can play together and this fit the bill.

I have to say it was a great game and it is quite challenging (though the pigs do offer hints in the game). Pretty much the premise is a Tiki Volcano God has taken all the bananas and Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong (what happened to Donkey Kong Jr) have to get them all back. I found it quite fun as did my wife, but we only got to the second stage - LOL. We got it a Wal-mart as we saved $0.03 over Toys R Us (wow!).
 

We went out to get him the Beyblade DSi game at Toys R Us. I thought it was the one he wanted, but we came to find out it was NOT! He wanted the one from Wal-mart which was not as easy as I thought to find.

My wife wanted the Zumba for the Wii. Not something I was getting her, but she hopes it will be better than the Wii Fit and more fun. After the weekend sales, we find that Toys R Us is now offering a sale on Wii Games, buy Donkey Kong or Mickey Mouse Epic and get another one at 50% off. WTF, I just got this at Wal-mart - damn it.

Now a plan is hatching in my mind as I have to return a game, and buy 2 now. I go the Wal-Mart that is near my work and they have the Beyblade my son wants on Tuesday. Now I have two of the games, but need to return one back to Toys R Us. Here is where my fun really starts.

On Wednesday, I go to Toys R Us, return the Beyblade DSi game and also get a few more bucks off some of the other toys I got him - yeah! Went to their Electronics section to see if they had Zumba - which they did. I go ahead and buy Donkey Kong: Country Returns (full price) with Zumba (1/2 price), plus some DSI sticks for my son as he keep loosing them.

Now I have 2 Donkey Kong: Country Returns, so off the Wal-mart. (Just so you know, I kept all my receipts or this would never of happened). I returned Donkey Kong: Country Returns to them (lost $0.03 on the transaction as they were cheaper). But now that all that driving and waiting in the return lines are over, my son will have what he wants, my wife will have what she wants and I still can Rumble the ground in Donkey Kong: Country Returns.

In the end, I saved $19.96 (plus tax) on everything.

Anything this crazy (or BAKA) you have done this holiday season to save a few $$?

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Cosplay: I-No from Guilty Gear

Lets take a look at a Gaming Character this week for our Cosplay. I saw the figure before I ever knew of the game and just wanted her. She first appeared in Guilty Gear XX (Wiki) and has been going strong ever since.

She is a hot sexy, guitar-strumming woman who works for That Man, who was the creator of the gears. She uses her electric guitar to not only bludgeon, but also plays it to create deadly sonic waves. She also wears a witch's hat that can fire stuff out of a mouth that seems to be hidden in it.

Now lets take a look at all the great gals that took the time to cosplay her, I mean honestly, you have to look - I dare you to turn away!

Ayane Shiranui





Keidashu




Itsuya




limebarb





Minami Miki





Yuki

Like always ~ any favorites this week?

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