Sunday, November 30, 2008

Deal 6 - Tekken Tag Tournament Arcade Stick

This one is from a long time ago, but worth posting about.

Item: Tekken Tag Tournament Arcade stick
Cost: 400 yen (appx $3.50 at the time)
Place: Book-off in Kuzuha, near Hirakata-shi in Osaka
When: Late 2006

I got a TTT joystick in perfect condition for only 400 yen. I used that stick for a long time and it always worked well for me. When I went to buy it, the girl behind the counter even asked the manager if that was the right price. The manager was like "yeah i guess" and i got it for 400 yen. :D

Deal 5 - Various 10 Yen Manga

So as you may know, I sometimes read manga. I used to read this one series back in the day in the US called Boys Be. It's a buncha short love stories, sometimes ends well, sometimes doesn't. Anyways, it has easy enough Japanese that I can pretty much get what's going on. But to be able to get a few books to keep myself entertained for only 10 yen each is pretty great.

So:
Item - Various Manga including Boys Be 2nd Season and Angelic Layer
Cost - 10 yen (appr 10 cents)
Where - A-Too Manga/CD store 2F
When - Since the store opened

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Deal 4 - Super Famicon Chrono Trigger

Hey guys, been a while since I updated, but here we go:
Item - Super Famicon Chrono Trigger
Cost - 100 yen (appr 1 dollar)
Where - Sofmap Giga Store in Denden Town - 7th floor
When - October, 2008

The game obviously doesn't come in a box, and is most likely used, but for 100 yen for a working copy of Chrono Trigger, one of the most popular Super Famicon games, that ain't too shabby.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Deal 3 - DDR Dreamcast Dance Pad

Been a while, but here's the next one:

Item - DDR Dreamcast Dance Pad
Cost - 100 yen (appr 1 dollar)
Where - Super Potato in Denden Town
When - October 11th 2008

Yeah, it's the standard one, but for 1 dollar, getting a dreamcast dance pad is a great deal. Heck, the game costs 10 times the price of that. Even tho it's retro, it's still hard finding even a cheap dance pad for less than 10 bucks, much less for less than 2 bucks.