I'll be staying with a friend in Long Beach. Ultimate cheapness FTW! Sounds like a lot of GAF people are going. Is there a meetup?
I haven't heard of one yet. I wouldn't mind a little one at one point, but I don't know that I'll be able to do like dinner or anything.
To steer the talk away from AX for a minute, I wanted to share something personal with you guys.
So I've mentioned before how like Cardcaptor Sakura, but I don't know that I've ever properly conveyed just
how much this series means to me. It's my very favorite thing ever. I've loved it since I was twelve (which was about 13 years ago now, jfc) and about six years ago or so I started collecting it seriously.
I don't consider myself a crazy fan, as I don't collect absolutely everything, but over the years I've just accumulated a lot of stuff. This is mostly due to the fact that there was a huge, huge amount of merchandise made for this series in Japan, and collectors often sold their things in huge lots on YJA. At first I was after the plushes and trading figures, but after collecting a good amount of those I started hunting down promotional goods from magazines and lotteries and other hard to find things. I also have a fascination with some of the weirder stuff they made (I have a full CCS-themed shampoo bottle, as well as some bandages and other toiletries). I don't have some of the more commonly-sought-after things, like the Japanese Clow Book or the wands or anything, because they often auction for a lot of money. I like the crazier stuff, lately.
My goal is to someday document all of these items in a blog or something, as there's just not a lot of information out there about CCS merchandise, and I find it incredibly fascinating.
In our collection room, which I recently did a little organizing in, I have a full bookcase dedicated to showing off some of my collection. This isn't anywhere near all of it, as I've got two huge plastic tubs with more things, and some of my more important items are stored elsewhere. I just simply don't have the room to show off all of my posters, cels, books, and other flat things. Although I will say I'm really sad that I can't show off my life-size Sakura standee, because it's really old and in need of repair before I can stand it up anywhere.
So anyway here are pics. I don't have a lot of room to move around in there, so the pictures aren't as great as they could be, but it should give you an idea as to the amount and variety of stuff I've accumulated over the years.
This is about as much of the shelf as I could fit in one shot. I can't really back up very far with the camera.
Top two shelves. I put most of my trading figures up top, and some of the rarer stuff on the shelf down.
*Some* of my plushes. I'm a little upset that I can't display all of my plushes here, as there are three really rare large ones that just don't fit in the shelf.
Keychains and other random stuff.
Some of my artbooks, manga, and magazines. Also the Dreamcast game LE box. There's a shelf above this that houses my cels and my pin collection.
Yeah. I haven't really shown the extent of my collection on the internet before, so it's a tiny bit scary to be opening myself for judgement lol.
