Things you recently bought or got

[JulietStMoon]

*Adorable stuff*

*SQUEAL* I'm so freaking jealous! I used to have all of those Mario plushies except Wario and Toad, but my mom got rid of them at some point. Question: Are those the original versions, or the talking versions? The versions that I had were pretty much identical, except they had little motors that said a phrase from the character when you squeezed them.

Anyway, I got quite a few things since last paycheck. This was my first substantial "free" paycheck (all recent bills already paid for!) since October or November, so I went crazy. Of course it wasn't until after I bought quite a bunch of these items that both my smartphone and my Sony gaming TV broke within days of each other. Oh, well. That's what emergency savings are for.

• Original Xbox- My girlfriend and I tried to play Halo 2 on the 360, but absolutely hated the forced vertical splitscreen on my gaming TV, and I thought it would be nice to own an original Xbox anyway, since I never owned one. So I picked one up at a local pawn shop, which included original hookups, but no controller. So naturally...
• 2 Xbox S controllers- For the aforementioned Xbox, of course. I'm glad to report that both controllers seem to work fine, after beating the first level of Halo 2 to test. As well as...
• Monster Component Cable for Xbox- the CRTV I use for retro consoles only supports up to 480i, but it has component inputs, which still makes the picture look a bit cleaner (read: no ghosting) even in 480i. I know I'm probably wearing huge nostalgia lenses right now, but few things look more gorgeous to me than Halo 2 on an original Xbox on my CRTV via component.
• DSLite (Zelda Gold)- I picked this up because first, I never owned an original DS-series handheld; second, I really want a dedicated DS/GBA homebrew/backups machine. I already have an R4 that I picked up last year (finally, I have a system that can use it!), so that's one thing. But I still need a...
• EZ-Flash 3in1- I picked this up off realhotstuff for the obvious reason of expanded RAM and GBA homebrew for the aforementioned DSLite. I already have an EZ-Flash IV, but I don't want to brick it with GBA EXPloader by accident. Plus, the 3in1 fits in more slimly so I can keep the DSLite in my pocket, if I wish.
• Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP: PSN)- I picked this up off the PSN after Johnny's review of it and Rondo of Blood, and his review of Symphony of the Night sold me on it. I mostly bought it for Symphony of the Night, but I'm finding that I'm really liking the Rondo of Blood remake, too. Normally I'm picky about getting physical copies of games, but I make an exception for PSP titles because Sony has a great account system, plus if I get a Vita in the future (something I'm really considering), it'll be nice to be able to play it on there without repurchasing it from PSN anyway.
• The Wonderful 101 (Wii U)- A birthday gift for my girlfriend, since she's absolutely loving every Hideki Kamiya game we've played together (as am I).
• Retro City Rampage DX (3DS: eShop)- I played the demo for the 360 version and absolutely loved it, but never got around to buying it. I figured this is the kind of game I'd much rather play on a handheld, anyway.

And that's basically it. Good grief, seeing it all on paper shows me just how spend-thrifty I was. Kind of depressing.

 

[the_randomizer]

This: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/6-x-9-3...=7456254&st=categoryid$abcat0302005&cp=1&lp=3
And this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/6-1-2-2...=3438938&st=categoryid$abcat0302005&cp=1&lp=1
As well as an FM transmitter since my car is too old to have aux input

for my 2003 Honda Civic, very impressed with the sound quality

 

[JulietStMoon]

As well as an FM transmitter since my car is too old to have aux input

Does your car have a cassette deck? I use a cassette adapter for every car I've ever owned (all too old to have aux input). Quality is higher and distortion is unnoticeable in the factory speakers, in my opinion; plus it's loads cheaper (any $5 cassette adapter from Dollar General or the like will do).

 

[DinohScene]

New cute hat c:

Came in today c:

 

[the_randomizer]

Does your car have a cassette deck? I use a cassette adapter for every car I've ever owned (all too old to have aux input). Quality is higher and distortion is unnoticeable in the factory speakers, in my opinion; plus it's loads cheaper (any $5 cassette adapter from Dollar General or the like will do).

No, I wish it did though, but it doesn't I don't have an aux input either. The other solution is sometime down the road is to get a stereo head unit that has one, then I can be set, but in the mean time, an FM transmitter is a crap load better than having to using and swapping CDs back and forth

 

[chavosaur]

*SQUEAL* I'm so freaking jealous! I used to have all of those Mario plushies except Wario and Toad, but my mom got rid of them at some point. Question: Are those the original versions, or the talking versions? The versions that I had were pretty much identical, except they had little motors that said a phrase from the character when you squeezed them.

I was wondering Why they felt clickable! The seller didnt even Advertise that they could talk, so They do have the voice capability, but im sure theyre well dead by now. I may have to take them to the little toy shop a few miles away too see if they can safely open them up and replace the batteries!
As far as I can tell, Only Yoshi, and Donkey Kong seem to have anything in them though. So I guess its an assorted lot. At least they all have their original Tags as well as an added Bonus.

My Mother was actually making fun of me because I was giving them a little scrub down since they must have been sitting on a shelf for a long time and had collected dust. I just looked at her and said "Dont you remmber Toy Story?! Any Toy, especially little guys like these shouldnt be forgotten or neglected!"

 

[Silterpy]

Bought One piece for the 3ds and dangaronpa trigger happy havoc vita today

 

[Duo8]

KitKats

 

[Chocolina]

Moga Power Pro and its so shitty compared to the Pocket. It can't go 5 minutes without disconnecting and then I gotta manually connect it which takes like a minute.

 

[Silterpy]

bought 2 cans of monster $2 each and a Remington F4800 Dual Foil-X Foil Shaver for $40(was $80) at canadian tire

 

[Thomas83Lin]

May have wasted my money this time.lol
I purchased a GC for cheap like 5 dollars, But so far this GC is one of the worst looking on the insides that I've seen. yuk Its really nasty. I've uploaded some pics. maybe I can salvage it maybe not I'll see. First thing's first bring out the bug spray.

Spoiler: GC Pics

 

[chavosaur]

The Snow has been preventing a few of my items from arriving, BUT this little beauty arrived today

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Im still learning how to properly Articulate her. Figma figures allow for endless poseability.

Forgive the potato quality

 

[Joe88]

May have wasted my money this time.lol
I purchased a GC for cheap like 5 dollars, But so far this GC is one of the worst looking on the insides that I've seen. yuk Its really nasty. I've uploaded some pics. maybe I can salvage it maybe not I'll see. First thing's first bring out the bug spray.

Spoiler: GC Pics

Looks like flood damage

 

[JulietStMoon]

The Snow has been preventing a few of my items from arriving, BUT this little beauty arrived today

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Im still learning how to properly Articulate her. Figma figures allow for endless poseability.

Forgive the potato quality

How is this figma as far as removable parts go (aside from replaceable hand, missile, and laser add on, of course)? I picked up the Skyward Sword Link figma and was going to get this Samus figma afterward, but I was really disappointed by all the loose, removable parts on the Link figure. Especially the shield: I kid you not, you have to split the shield into four different pieces just to switch between mounting it on his back and his arm. -_-

 

[Thomas83Lin]

Looks like flood damage

I have to hand it to the GC it can survive almost anything. After giving it a cleaning in alcohol it still works, dvd motor is burnt out but that's really the only thing I can find wrong with it. oh I also botched the P1 controller ribbon cable when disconnecting it, just 1 wire I'll have to solder back. Here's more pics showing how bad it was.

Spoiler: More Pics

edit: ended up just taking out the power supply, lid switch and the fan for another GC, I could never trust one in this shape.

 

[Foxi4]

Quite a bit of things, actually:

• SEGA Saturn Model 1 Gamepad (finally some multiplayer fun!)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Mega Drive
• Shin Megami Tensei: Soul Hackers for the 3DS (gift from my lass for Valentine's Day)
• Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (see above, mostly for multiplayer purposes)
• Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: Full Burst for the PS3 (my lass loves those games so I knew it's going to be the perfect gift)
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity for the 3DS (see above)
• Pokemon X/Y 3DS XL carrying case (see above, goes nicely with her 3DS XL Zelda Edition I gave her for Christmas)
• Gameware PSVita USB cable and Starter Pack (carrying case, screen protector, wipe, lanyard... there has to be a lanyard in all of those, eh?) (buy one get one free, so hey! My Vita needed a carrying case for some time now and I really needed a new USB cable since the old one has almost snapped at this point. Not a very nice carrying case, but it does the job and I can't complain about the price)

Fruitful week overall - whenever we're together, we go on those gaming shopping sprees.

 

[chavosaur]

How is this figma as far as removable parts go (aside from replaceable hand, missile, and laser add on, of course)? I picked up the Skyward Sword Link figma and was going to get this Samus figma afterward, but I was really disappointed by all the loose, removable parts on the Link figure. Especially the shield: I kid you not, you have to split the shield into four different pieces just to switch between mounting it on his back and his arm. -_-

I haven't Had many difficulties switching parts around or anything, it's really nice. I plan of getting the Link Figma soon too, but this Samus one is pretty spectacular.
The remove able parts are 6 different hands which allow for Different poses like Open hand to place on the blaster, a thumbs up, etc.

Then there are the 2 blast effects which is basically just a long red laser like my picture above, and then a longer one that's basically a double blast.

There's a cannon accessory where you remove the frontal piece of samus's arm blaster and replace it with the open segment that makes her look ready to shoot a missle

The final remove able piece is actually a morphball, which can be attached to the stand. No little bombs or anything though so that sucks.

All In all it's rather simple though, nothing like how you described the link.
The spoiler includes all the removable parts and some more poses

Spoiler

 

[emigre]

I bought a Kindle and sexy cover for it:

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Handheld shit which is visual novel month:

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Digital Vita no gaems:

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PS3 no gaems:

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Dirty Wii casual gaems:

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I am such a weeaboo

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Look EDGE magazine!

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[GameWinner]

I bought Yakuza 4 and pre ordered Tales of Symphonia Chronocles.

 

[slingblade1170]

A new roof & gutter
Fable Anniversary
Dishonored
Max Payne 3
Beer
A computer chair
More beer
Frozen Pizza