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NeoGAF APRIL 2014 Pick-Up Post!! Show Us Your Gaming Goods + more!

Hi everyone! It's APRIL this month! This is my birthday month! I'm gonna go crazy and buy everything! Anywho, hope you guys have been doing well this quarter of the year! Keep going on strong!

The monthly tradition on NeoGAF! Since November 2006 <3 !!!

NeoGAF APRIL 2014 Pick-Up Post!! Show Us Your Gaming Goods + more!

For those of you new to this thread, this is a place for us to show off our new pickups and discuss them!

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March was pretty chill. How was yours? Here are my favorite pickups from March!

Stoked! I got the special Sanwa X Guilty Gear buttons! An entire set thanks to my friends at Arcade Shock! These were sold only at JAEPO Arcade Amusement Expo in Japan. They were released in February of this year... I decided to put these into my...

Mad Catz Arcade FightStick TE2! Now it has Guilty Gear Xrd artwork and everything!

If you follow my spending habits you can see that I love sneakers. I also love video games. As such, I'm filling out my PlayStation collection of sneakers with the Zoom Huarache PlayStation Trainers!

While I was in Japan I saw some AWESOME JoJo's Bizarre Adventure X Converse collab sneakers! Unfortunately they didn't have my size so I had to order them online! Sick concept/design!

GandaKris Store makes custom balltops! She made a custom 'MarkMan' one for me as a gift! Haha.

I was at Final Round XVII for the Ultra Street Fighter IV 5th character announcement and got this Decapre shirt!

Kept you waiting, huh? Next gen consoles definitely kept me waiting for something new to play and... That didn't last long. lol.

Air Jordan X retro in powder blue!

Got a brand new Nintendo GameCube Wavebird & Nintendo 64 Controller!

Like many others this month... I got baited into playing Diablo III again. This time for it's expansion and inclusion of the newest character class, Crusader (which I am loving)!

Better late than never, right?

Got a new phone

New in wrapping GameCube spice controller!

Love the new Tritton Kunai headset for mobile devices. The color/feel is spot on. Love the integrated mic too.

Got a care package from my friends at Nike! Sick variety of kicks! They always keep me laced!

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GOOD FIGHT. GOOD NIGHT! How did you spend your March? Also, post up your April stuff!

If you want to find out more about my adventures (in photos), follow me on instagram here: http://instagram.com/markman23 !

 

[Khalid-S]

I'm broke.

 

[Lemstar]

Digital pickups:
BlazBlue: Chronophantasma (PS3)
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R (PS3)
Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PSP)
Soul Calibur V (360)


Max Factory 1/7 Tharja

GAEMS G190 Vanguard - cbf taking it out of the box at 1AM for a better shot.

Physical pickups:

Extra PS3 - $110 seemed like a nice price, although I don't have much to do with it.

Tales of Symphonia HD Collector's Edition - kinda salty about getting one numbered past the initial print run when I had preordered on day 1

 

[Damigos]

I'm broke.

Me too, but i was also broke in March and February...Something is wrong

 

[thenexus6]

I'm broke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOWnUYpBQD8

 

[Mattlikewhoa]

I still can't believe I double dipped...

I guess I just really like MGS.

And a few things to spruce up my garage...

I'm wiring my garage for sound, installing those speakers, and mounting a LCD. I have to also move a few things before I paint. I'm just waiting for the weather to warm up...

....soon...

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Starting off April with Miku.

 

[Grief.exe]

Got some new headphones, AKG Q 701s, and some classic games. I made and printed the covers out for the PS2 games.

I'm going to be picking up a massive amount of GameCube games today from Craigslist, so I may be posting a pretty impressive haul.

 

[Ninja Boy!]

Technically got these few days ago but here's what I got.

Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster. PS3 & VITA
Got the PS3 version first, but then I remembered I will be moving abroad for a while come May, so I got the Vita version too so I can continue my save file on my Vita!

Club Nintendo Premium Mario Playing Cards
Right. So I managed to accumulate loads of Nintendo Star points and had to use these. Luckily the UK Stars Catalogue updated with these cool premium playing cards. These are truly beautiful and well made. So good in fact I used my remaining points to get another set just for collectors sake!
Pics!

You can see that some parts of the card is actually see-through. Really classy

So good!

 

[Yazuka]

Here is what I got in March. Watch_Dogs is just a pre-order pack!

 

[Coconut]

Not much for pick ups this month.

Titanfall drink card from SxSW

Old case on the left new mobo and CPU. Felt like it was time to upgrade from my first gen i7 to a 4th gen.

And Fez because why not?

 

[Shin Johnpv]

Shitty picture quality, and technically it arrived yesterday, but I wasn't home to sign for it. So I picked it up today during my lunch from work.

 

[cablenathan]

Shitty picture quality, and technically it arrived yesterday, but I wasn't home to sign for it. So I picked it up today during my lunch from work.

Very nice! How is it in real life?! I've been really excited about this for a long time, read on Gaf that there are big changes from the prototype in terms of tunic and headsculpt (I think) and this kinda blew the wind out of my sails a little. Please tell me it's nothing to be worried about!

 

[Forsete]

Got a bunch of tools.

Center punch with a tungsten tip (so it wont deform when you punch stainless steel), its seriously delicious.

Inner core is a different metal.

New feeler gauge with more steps (0.05-1mm in 0.05 steps).

Caliper, old one is all beaten up because I dropped it a bunch of times. I don't like the digital ones. If I need precision I have micrometers anyway.

 

[CrovaxPSO]

New LovePlus Plus and the guide

Finally found a copy of the original Phantasy Star Online network trial edition after looking for years.

 

[Bond007]

Picked these up today.
Ready for Sunday baby!

 

[Coda]

Soul Calibur IV Maxi Nunchucks Keychain

 

[Sadist]

Didn't pick up a lot in March, but this one is worth mentioning.

Crazy it's been three and a half years ago since it was announced...

 

[RoryDropkick]

You &#12431;Shock!

 

[Mysterious]

Finally got an opportunity to join the club.

I already have the 1 year PS+ from the amazon.com deal during Black Friday. Anything else you guys recommend (including retail/PSN games)?

.

 

[Van]

 

[Snkfanatic]

March's AmiAmi order

 

[Barrel Cannon]

Got a second tharja today. Will post pics when im home
Edit: ^looks like I aint the only one.

 

[Upsidedown Fuji]

I haven't built a PC for nearly 10 years. I am not ready to jump into the PS4/Xb1 fray so I decided a midrange PC was probably my safest bet with its large backlog and multi-platform releases. I went all out economy style.

All the parts that make this build possible. I bet some hardcore PC builders threw up in their mouths a little at the lack of ventilation.

Specs:
AMD A8-6600 3.9ghz APU with Radeon HD 8570D graphics on shared memory
MSI A78M-E35 motherboard SATA3
DDR3-1866 8gb of RAM
LG 16x Blu-ray multi-writer
1TB Western Digital SATA HDD (used to be external)
Transcend 128gb SSD SATA3
Mini/Micro ATX/ITX case with 300 watt PSU (gets the job done)
Windows 8.1 64bit PRO

I might have done better if my options weren't so limited in Japan, especially when it comes to AMD. I don't live by many PC parts shops so most of the parts were purchased online via Rakuten. I also dodged the 3% sales tax that just hit yesterday on the 1st. Whew!

This thing cold boots in 3 seconds with the bios setting for windows 8. INSANE!

It's pretty cramped inside but it seems to run at a tolerable range even at load. I'm very satisfied. This will be my media and gaming machine. Maybe one day I'll throw in an additional graphics card to take advantage of the AMD dual graphics engine.

The PC sits besides my AV amp on my 40 inch SONY Bravia via HDMI. Totally happy with just 1080p from the sofa.

The front panel opens up to reveal the Blu-ray writer

Not much going on inside. Stock cooling for the cheap!

 

[JEKKI]

the real April Fools:

the credits are longer than the actual game lol

 

[suko_32]

This came in today from Amazon.

 

[Shadow_Child]

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

NICE!!

 

[Evenball]

I've picked up a lot of stuff lately, but here's some of the highlights:



A few PS1 games. That Fatal Fury game is usually a $10-$20 game, so that was a good deal.



I love RE3. I've heard a lot of good things about Landstalker, I hope it's good.



And here is the big one. I've never owned a Commodore computer before. This VIC-20 was complete in the box and works great. I'm going to try and S-Video mod it.

I do a big unboxing of it in this video: Gaming Pickups 9

 

[zmet]

Dragon Quest VII ~Warriors of Eden~ Original Soundtrack


MST3K Vol.XXIX and Lupin the 3rd: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty


King Kong Escapes and King Kong vs. Godzilla


Shadow Dancer

 

[Spike]

Shitty picture quality, and technically it arrived yesterday, but I wasn't home to sign for it. So I picked it up today during my lunch from work.

Okay, I'm jealous.

 

[mr_toa]

I've picked up a lot of stuff lately, but here's some of the highlights:



And here is the big one. I've never owned a Commodore computer before. This VIC-20 was complete in the box and works great. I'm going to try and S-Video mod it.

I do a big unboxing of it in this video: Gaming Pickups 9

What a beaut'.
First computer I owned back in the day . Enjoy!

 

[Black Republican]

didnt know Sallya was so popular!

 

[cw_sasuke]

pic

With which camera did you take this photo ? DSi ? xD

 

[meppi]

Let the PSP love-in continue.

 

[Shin Johnpv]

Very nice! How is it in real life?! I've been really excited about this for a long time, read on Gaf that there are big changes from the prototype in terms of tunic and headsculpt (I think) and this kinda blew the wind out of my sails a little. Please tell me it's nothing to be worried about!

Yeah the tunic material change is kind of disappointing, it definitely doesn't look as good as what the prototype had. I'm still happy with the figure, though I'm not as into figures, and 1/6th scale stuff as others. Consider me a casual here if you will, so I'm not going to be as picky as some one way more into it. Overall though I really dig it, the look of the items, links overall sculpt and everything else besides the tunic look really good to me.

 

[Chris_IWS]

 

[Vexxan]

Here we go again...!

 

[jonno394]

Been in the mood to watch Naruto for a while and found these volumes bargain priced on ebay, £20 for 117 episodes, BELIEVE IT. AL;so got Steins; Gate as been wanting to add it to my colelction for a while, will start on it once i've finished Durarara!!

 

[Fattony12000]

 

[cablenathan]

Yeah the tunic material change is kind of disappointing, it definitely doesn't look as good as what the prototype had. I'm still happy with the figure, though I'm not as into figures, and 1/6th scale stuff as others. Consider me a casual here if you will, so I'm not going to be as picky as some one way more into it. Overall though I really dig it, the look of the items, links overall sculpt and everything else besides the tunic look really good to me.

You have convinced me to continue to pursue this figure! I'm a big Zelda fan and fan of 1/6th scale figures too so it seemed like the perfect combination.

 

[Diablo Rosso]

Got this t-shirt and the plushie came free with it.

 

[theMixxer]

Had my GAF account approved last month but I'm only just now getting around to posting after lurking forever. I'm going to cheat a bit by posting some stuff that I got last month as well. Also, I apologize in advance if the picks are crappy, I took them with my phone.

But, let's start with my first official April pickup(s)!

Contra: Hard Corps and Pokemon Blue version

Found Contra yesterday, and picked up Pokemon today.

Now, to cheat and post some March pickups (I hope I'm not legitimately breaking any rules...):

Ranma 1/2 Blu-ray

I love the packaging for this release. The manga sampler was a nice touch.

iPad mini with Retina display

I had been meaning to get one for a while now ever since I sold my original iPad mini last year. It finally went on sale and I decided to bite the bullet.

Titanfall Xbox One bundle

Couldn't resist taking the dive for $450. It complements by PS4 and Wii U nicely under my TV. Also picked up Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare.

Wilds Arms 5 (L) and Sakura Wars: So Long My Love (R)

I had these sitting in my Amazon cart for ages and decided I'd put it off for long enough last month.

Final Fantasy X/X-2 CE

Not pictured, but also bought the PS3 LE and Vita retail. You might say I'm a fan of this game...

Senran Kagura: Skirting Shadows Vol 2, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Stardust Crusaders) Vol 1, Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story, Vol. 1

Decided to get myself re-hyped (is that a word?) up for Season 2 of the JoJo anime.

I guess that's all for my first post. Thanks to everyone who contributes to these threads, I love seeing other people's pickups!

 

[Ganondolf]

Picked up a PS4 from Tesco for £309.99 (using £30 discount code & £10 clubcard vouchers). Have no games yet.

Also got my Mario Playing Cards from club Nintendo

 

[Atolm]

New and cheap computer. Fanless Celeron 1037U + 4GB of RAM and a 64GB SSD.

 

[Koppai]

Lol at those ebay prices of $100, bought it from Amazon UK for $32.56

Used my gift card at the Best Buy sale so didn't pay anything

 

[todd360]

I hate how they completely changed the cover style between the two. Stick to the same style so collections look nice!

 

[BlackJace]

.

 

[Fattony12000]

I simply, literally and completely can't believe that no one has commented on my previous post.

For shame, GAF, for shame.

THERE IS ANOTHER!

 

[LostAnkh]

.

That's a nice looking decal.