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

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NeoGAF FEBRUARY 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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Oh yea I wanted to say one more thing!!

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Here are some of my favorite pickups of January + some stories lol !

This one is my highlight...

The Nike PlayStation Air Force 1 was first released in 2006 as a promotional item and joint collaboration between Nike and Sony Computer Entertainment of America. Only 150 pairs were released (individually numbered). The shoe was never sold at retail.

In 2009, Sony reached out to Nike again to produce more of the now coveted sneaker. This time a limited run of 50 pairs(silver boxes) and 40 pairs (black boxes) were made (with slight differences from the 2006 version) and given to Sony employees/executives/media to help celebrate the upcoming 10th anniversary of the PlayStation 2 console.

In 2012 Complex Magazine ranked the 'PlayStation' AF1 as #11 on their list of 'The 100 Best Nike Air Force 1s of All Time'. A notable feat for a sneaker that was first released in 1982, which is now going on in age into it's 30s.

The legendary Bruce Kilgore (also did the Jordan 2) designed this iconic shoe that continues to impress decades after it first left his lab. Shortly after it was released, the sneaker was actually discontinued due to lack of sales. However in the New York tri-state area, the shoe began to pick up in popularity and was eventually re-released a few years later, and has been a regular ever since.

In case you didn't know. I like sneakers and video games a lot. I actually work in the gaming industry in product/design and marketing. I look at the sneaker trends & culture with inspiration often when creating products. The result, often times are amazing.

I first saw this shoe in person at E3 2006. It was the same time that I met my good friend Alex Wang, better known to the internet as 'retrokid.' Yes, the same 'retrokid' that helped launch Sole Collector magazine and one of the true OGs of Nike Talk (NT). He was rocking' them and we just talked about gaming/sneakers and our passions for both. Since then, I've been wanting a pair of these. Finally almost 8 years later, I got 'em!

Now to go after a 2009 pair.

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Here are the rest of my fun pick ups from Jan...

I'm going to Tokyo at the end of this month so expect more awesome <3

 

[Linius]

+ some gifts for my nephews birthday, already wrapped and ready for travel

 

[CoachKevin]

In the last week or so got back into the Neo Geo MVS with an Omega, AES sticks, two from Hit-Japan and one locally (replaced the tops with some balltops from my candy cab days), and some games. Got about 8 more coming in the next week or two. Also picked up some shockboxes for my games.









(still waiting on the Windjammers, MSX, and Soccer Brawl Carts)

 

[Lemstar]

 

[Yes Boss!]

Yay for a new thread!

Will be a moderate month for me but can not wait for Bravely and DK!

 

[Grief.exe]

Here are my pickups for January

I technically picked up DayZ on launch day at the end of December, but I've been playing it so much might as well keep the train rolling.

 

[Coconut]

 

[Kainazzo]

Here are my pickups for January:

Just want to give a thumbs up to the Air Steam skin. Definitely my favorite!

 

[Yes Boss!]

First pick-up of 2014!

 

[Cheddahz]

Picked up this bad boy yesterday

 

[AmaterasuOkami076]

Picked up this bad boy yesterday

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Beautiful game, despite the hardware.

 

[Cheddahz]

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Beautiful game, despite the hardware.

This will be my second time trying to get into it (got it a launch and didn't have the time to get into it, so I sold it off), so hopefully it clicks with me this time!

 

[Spieler Eins]

Picked up the same two things last month (PS3 titles). Also Soul Reaver last year and I too need the others now.

 

[Shadow_Child]

A graphic novel I backed on Kickstarter last year.

 

[Reven]

No pickups to post yet but I'm happy to see my motorcycle in the banner.

 

[braves01]

The photos were taken with a Vita, so please understand regarding the low quality.

 

[ArchAngel]

It's knackening!

 

[8BitsAtATime]

Got these today

 

[xkramz]

new matte black beats. im impressed so far

 

[Auron_Kale]

Will be stopping by my local footie shop to get patches and numbers for it:

A shirt from Uniqlo:

And a cross-post from the January thread:

No pic, but just bought MS Office 2011 for my Mac off the MS HUP site through work.

Can't say no to $9.95 versus the $219.95 retail price.

 

[Beck]

I broke down and bought this beauty.

Slowly finding the differences between Intuos and Bamboo. Almost considered a Cintiq 13" I don't have that kind of money to throw around.

 

[Seik]

Got these goodies in the mail.

These two from amazon. Indy box set for 25 bucks, I had no choice, same for Ghostbusters that was 8$.

Skyrim on Ebay, got both Killer is Dead and SC5 sealed for free. Got Killer is Dead in exchange of Assassin's Creed IV on Wii U and SC5 was a gift from a buddy of mine that worked for Ubisoft France when they collaborated with Namco everyone got this collector.

 

[lunch]

Why did you buy a Galaxy Nexus?

 

[ArchAngel]

Why did you buy a Galaxy Nexus?

Cheapest "modern" Nexus I could get. It's just for flashing and trying things out that I wouldn't on my N5.
With that it's not a problem if the GN dies from all these things - because it was cheap ;-)

 

[grap3fruitman]

A Link to the Past tie!

I was shocked at how many compliments I got wearing this thing today.

 

[Thoraxes]

Late last month arrival, but still recent nonetheless.

 

[apricot]

First pick-up of 2014!

oooo pretty interested in this one

 

[deddonpachi]

First pick-up of 2014!

god am i jealous... how is it?

 

[D-e-f-]

A Link to the Past tie!

I was shocked at how many compliments I got wearing this thing today.

You know that that's not A Link to the Past, right? That's Link's Awakening.

 

[Yes Boss!]

god am i jealous... how is it?

Seems pretty low-rent so far. Only sampled it for a few minutes, though. Not a Milestone fan, though.

 

[Vortex566]

A Link to the Past tie!

I was shocked at how many compliments I got wearing this thing today.

I need this in my life! Where did you get it from?

 

[haikira]

Was hoping Wolf Children would arrive this weekend, to join my spending spree, but it's probably arriving Monday now. Ack well, plenty else to watch.



Annie Hall, Manhattan and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy is one of my favourite films ever and I recently watched and loved Annie Hall. Looking forward to seeing Manhattan.

Sightseers, The Raid and Land of the Dead
Haven't seen Sightseers, but I've seen the Raid and Land of the Dead, which are both fun little films.

Steins; Gate: Part 01, Brave and Tangled
Haven't seen any of these, but I'm looking forward to checking them out.

 

[jonno394]

Stuff from Jan that I can show off today

All this

became this

I decided to buy some games to play (all new purchases)

PC gaming here I come

 

[ShadyJ]

Easily my most beloved franchise this generation

 

[grap3fruitman]

You know that that's not A Link to the Past, right? That's Link's Awakening.

...Well I feel like a dope.

I need this in my life! Where did you get it from?

Esty

 

[Yasawas]

I used to wonder who on earth bought art books then I bought the Dark Souls one last month, mainly just to give From more money. Now I get it. I've got my eye on the Bravely Default one, might order that soon if I can be bothered setting up a Honto account. Anyway I have this now and it's fantastic:

Getting into Disgaea finally, I've always been interested, but I felt I needed help understanding it. This has been useful in filling in the gaps in what the game doesn't tell you:

One cheap game (Bit.Trip), one from France that's impossible to get for a reasonable price in the UK (Cave Story) and the cheapest version of Apollo Justice I could find. It's from Greece where all new games are apparently opened by the official local distributor and resealed so everything feels second-hand, sucks to be those guys:

And I impulse-bought one of those blind-packed KidRobot Street Fighter figures and got my boy 'Sim. Chuffed.

 

[Shengar]

This baby actually arrived two days ago. But I'm too lazy to search for the January thread, and wait for this instead.

The design of the book is nice, but I rather dissapointed with the content. They just showing bunch of categorized concept art without putting any commentary in them, which makes it really boring to. But I feel my purchase wholely justified by the interview alone. The interview in the artbook is really insighful not only to the game, but also to Miyazaki as a game designer. That interview really make me wish they bother to release Demon's Souls Artbook, with commentary on concept art and another exclusive interview.

 

[andylsun]

Just bought a $99 Vita! Nice start to the year!

Thanks best buy

 

[thebigkahuna]

Just bought a $99 Vita! Nice start to the year!

Thanks best buy

Whoa, where was that and are all Best Buys doing this? I may need to go hunting.

 

[EnVy_CaLiBeR]

Just bought a $99 Vita! Nice start to the year!

Thanks best buy

Is that in-store temporarily or were you just a lucky SOB? So jealous.

 

[andylsun]

Whoa, where was that and are all Best Buys doing this? I may need to go hunting.

It was Manchester NH. The manager said it was the end of financial year and they had lots of other stuff on clearance too.

Today only I believe

 

[Kerned]

I was going to wait until March, but Amazon got PS4s back in stock and I just couldn't resist!

 

[aznpxdd]

Amazon's walking dead Vita bundle.

These games + Killzone: M, Hotline Miami, Super Stardust, Retro City Rampage, Uncharted, Guacamelee...pretty good collection I'd say

Zelda

32gb Nexus 5

 

[Ultimadrago]

Just bought a $99 Vita! Nice start to the year!

Thanks best buy

Damn, that's cheap! Nice find, man.

 

[Bond007]

Stopped by a few yard sales today and grabbed these for $5 a pop. Perfect conditions
Thinking about going back and grabbing a few more

 

[Ultimadrago]

Late last month arrival, but still recent nonetheless.

The presentation of that Blu-Ray set looks stunning, Thoraxbro.

 

[Coconut]

I was going to wait until March, but Amazon got PS4s back in stock and I just couldn't resist!

I had the same plan but a dude was trying to quick sell his PS4 on my local subreddit for 350.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Have a bit of a pick-up post backlog, so bear with me:

I bought a Sony NEX-5R to replace my trusty Canon Rebel XS (neither is pictured; 5R took the following pics).

At launch, I nabbed a PS4. Love this system, even at this early stage. The lack of media streaming is a downer.

Also grabbed a used Wii on the cheap to play Gamecube games through component (F-Zero, people), as well as play some titles I have missed.

I bought games for both.

I also bought a 3DSXL, because my launch 3DS is a piece of shit. Nintendo should've released the XL as the launch 3DS, IMO.

Grabbed some movies along the way.

And finally, grabbed this beauty from eBay.

 

[HUELEN10]

Bought this today after one of my disks failed. Said to myself, might as well consolidate disks as well, copying things shouldn't take too...

Fuck my life.

 

[zychi]

the key is to do it overnight/when you're out. i did that about a year ago, and now i have all these unused 1tb drives