Merry Christmas 2017, Gaffers! It's the time of year when I go back from Japan to my family's house in the US with an otherwise empty suitcase that will instead be filled with Japanese game-related stuff (particularly JRPGs) that we Gaffers love so much. I have made many people happy over the years and would love to sell stuff to you too!
I will fly back to New Jersey on
December 18, and will ship over the next few days.
All prices
include US shipping and have factored in the hassle of my lugging them up and down subway stairwells and through airport terminals. I will very gladly ship abroad. Japan Post offers international media mail, unlike the US, and books generally cost between $3 and $10 additional, depending on weight, to ship overseas.
Prices are below market/eBay, though I give bigger discounts for things that are light and easy to carry and small/no discounts for stuff that I will get hernias trying to carry. ^_^; I prefer PayPal Gift, but will also take Amazon Payments. I'm looking for discounted PSN and Amazon credit (and will buy large amounts of it at 90% of face value), so let me know if you want to offer that.
Expensive stuff first. These are all heavy and would cost a bit more to ship outside the USA, so just ask:
Xenogears Perfect Works: The Real Thing - In Japanese. This is the 2014 reissue, which is itself now out of print. $65.00
Valkyria Chronicles Japanese art/design books for VC 2 and 3.
$25 each including US shipping.
Steins;Gate Linear Bounded Phenogram Limited Edition (Japanese) for both Xbox and PS3: These contain the game (of course) plus a mock-up replica of Rintaro Okabe's cell phone. The phone looks amazing! $50.
Final Fantasy XIV "Another Dawn" Artbook new and unused - included a rare
Airship Minion downloadable code at time of printing, but it supposedly expired. No idea if it's still being honored. Thick, heavy, and gorgeous. $40 shipped in USA.
FFXIV Heavensward Art Book "The Art of Ishgard - Stone and Steel" - includes a Relm minion which will definitely work. This is the last chance to get Relm as the code will expire on December 31, 2017. $40 shipped in USA.
FFXIV Encyclopaedia Eorzea - JAPANESE original. Includes a minion (Namingway, I think) which will also definitely work. $50 shipped in USA.
Final Fantasy IX Original First Printing OST CD set - the embossed bas-relief off-white plastic original from 2000. $25 shipped worldwide.
Other stuff grouped by price:
$20 each
Final Fantasy VIII OST limited first printing - well used, but this is the 1999 first printing that contains a booklet with an interview with Uematsu and was sold only by making a reservation in certain convenience stores. Nowadays they print this using regular CD cases with sleeves. One of my favorite OSTs of all time. (I have another copy, in near-mint condition, but want to keep that one for myself. I'd consider selling it.)
Tactics Ogre official strategy guide. Ultimania-level thickness.
Chaos;Head & Steins;Gate Science Adventure Series Maniacs - Great guidebook with tons of promotional art. Two games in one book.
Final Fantasy Type-0 "Aka no Hisho" - The ultimate guidebook for this game; beautiful translucent dust jacket. Has lots of artwork, a historical timeline, stats on real-life players, etc.
$15 each:
Japanese PS1
Valkyrie Profile - The US version may have prices in triple figures, so why not try the Japanese version at a fraction of the price?
Japanese PS1
Final Fantasy IX - Perfect condition, great timeless game.
Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn Official Guide - thick and heavy; the ultimate guidebook for version 2.0. Explains everything about all the classes, icons, maps, etc., but no postgame; I have two of these, and I loved them
Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward Official guide - the sequel to the above, but for 3.0. I could sell these two as a set if you're interested.
Valkyria Chronicles official guidebook
Steins;Gate official guidebook - A4 size but not too thick. The official guidebook that came out when the game was new. Covers all scenarios, has artwork, etc.
Ultimania books: many are pictured here:
http://i.imgur.com/ZF4OOeB.jpg
Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania
Final Fantasy IX Ultimania (have two of these)
Final Fantasy XII Battle Ultimania and Scenario Ultimania and
Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System Ultimania (I have two of these)
FF Type-0 Ultimania (ludicrously thick; 800 pages?)
FFX-2 PS4/Vita port Ultimania
Vagrant Story Ultimania
FF Tactics Daizen official strategy book
Persona 3 Official Guide
Suikoden Series Fan Book - includes perforated trading cards and all kinds of info about the series; has some creases at the top right
$10 each:
Final Fantasy XIV Dengeki Playstation Guide
FFXV Lightning Master Guide
Final Fantasy Type-0 World Preview
Trekking on the World of Final Fantasy XII - a wonderful unofficial post-release guide with quirky constrained-game stuff like trying to see how few steps you can take; world demographics like percentages of humans, Bangaas, moogles, etc. in each city. Great fun. I have *three* of these because I pick them up when I spot them, specifically to sell them onward.
Persona stuff, pictured here:
Persona Club P4 Fan Book
Persona 3 FES Official Fan Book "S.E.E.S."
Persona 4 Official Design Works
Persona 4 Perfect Guide
Persona 3 & 4 World Analysis
Persona 4 Golden Master Guide
Persona Magazine September 2014 and June 2014 - set of two - book-sized magazines filled with info about Persona, including an ongoing manga series. June has the "Miss Contest" part of the P4 story.
Final Fantasy XI 4-Panel Manga Japanese-English Bilingual Intro to MMORPGs - I bought this to familiarize myself with MMORPG jargon before starting FFXIV. Each page contains the same 4-panel manga story with English on the left and Japanese on the right. A fantastic learning tool if you're studying Japanese, and as someone who needed to learn MMORPG slang in *English*, I loved this book.
Japanese PS3 games:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution,
Assassin's Creed II, and White Knight Chronicles. Want to try your hand at playing a familiar game in Japanese? Give DX or AC a try!
US PS2 games:
Prince of Persia,
Xenosaga, and
Xenosaga II, $10 each
$5.00 each:
Xenosaga I Scenario Book - Complete dialogue for the game.
Star Ocean II: The Second Story Official Guidebook & Basic Knowledge
Tales of Phantasia PS1 remake official guidebook
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Stuff I'm interested in
buying:
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North American FFXV for PS4 - I have the Japanese collector's edition but can only get NA DLC, so I want the NA version.
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Persona 5 for PS4
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Assassin's Creed Origins for PS4
Discounted Amazon and PSN credit
Anyone who can beat the used prices on Amazon, you've got a deal!