Day of Delivery III

I somehow hit the jackpot in terms of packages yesterday. I was only expecting my GunGrave boxset from TRSI but to my surprise, there were two more packages when I went to check the mail. One from DVDPlanet with their recent Geneon/Pioneer sale. The other from HLJ with three figures. I think the most surprising was the HLJ package as it came in eight days! The fastest I’ve ever gotten a package from HLJ using SAL! So I guess having a bigger box means faster delivery time or I just got plain lucky.

Anyway, on with the packages. I mentioned before, but the first package was from TRSI with my GunGrave boxset only for $50! I’m glad I waited on picking up the DVDs for so long, the series originally aired like three-four years ago, since one simply cannot beat getting the whole collection plus box for the price. More so when the thinpak still current going price of $130. Now only to wait for a weekend to open up so I can re-watch the entire series in one sitting

Next package was DVDPlanet with Doki Doki School Hours v2-4 and GIRLS Bravo v5. Let me tell you how happy I was in getting GIRLS Bravo v5 for the cheap as the volume contained some of the best and funniest episodes of the series! If there was one volume I had to recommend to any viewer, it would be this one. Sure first time viewers would be a little lost but I don’t think that would take away from the overall hilarity of the four episodes on the DVD. One can just look at my old blog entries to see how much I enjoyed them! Taking a 180 degree turn in terms of genre, Doki Doki School Hours was pretty much your standard high school comedy with repetitive jokes that still had me laughing the entire time. The “second season”/ova episodes were especially great, more so since I didn’t know they existed and thus were completely new to me. One can tell by then the animators and directors gave up on any type of school life plot and decided to just have fun with the characters

Lastly, the HLJ package. MH RAHDX Lunamaria Hawke flightsuit version, GSC 1/8 Ono Kanako, and Revoltech Getter 1 were my ill-gotten gains this time around. Getter 1 was a lot smaller than I thought. I think this has mostly to do with any photos I saw of the figure were close ups with nothing for me to scale it by. Not that it’s a bad figure. Revoltech posable design works pretty well and it’s pretty amazing what stands you can put the figure in. Unfortunately since I lack creativity, my Getter is in a pretty normal pose holding the huge arse battle axe it has. Speaking of mechas, the pilot for Impulse Gundam, Lunamaria Hawke rocks and so does her newest PVC from MH. If Zyl could see how just awesome the figure is, he’ll be crying even more tears! Comparing the flightsuit versus Zaft uniform Lunamaria, it seems she looks a lot skinnier in the flightsuit. Maybe it’s just lighting, I having bad eyes, or both but I definitely prefer the newest offering of Lunamaria from MH way more than their previous releases. With the topic of female figurine proportions still in your mind, Ohno’s figure from GSC is just great to stare at, at times. I can’t describe it in words but I’ll just say I loved the look of the PVC as soon as I saw the initial designs. Buying the figure once it was released was no brainer with 0% of regret.

That’s it in terms of packages I should be receiving for awhile. I might receive something at the end of the week from Mangaoh mattering how fast they get and ship out my order. Some folks may know what it is already but if not, just know it’s all DarkMirage’s fault.

One last random bit for the day. The BBQ yesterday was pretty good with way too much left over food. Good food good times though I could have done without all the usual Moy jokes. I swear I’m the fall-back guy to make fun of if there’s nothing good to discuss or do. Anyway, most people remotely interested in anything with Japan will probably know about Hard Gay. Of course, this includes me too. The thing is I know of him and what he does but I’ve never actually sat down and watched some of HG’s clips. That changed at the BBQ as Linn showed us a bunch of videos about HG thanks to Youtube. I have to say straight off I find the idea of HG pretty frickin’ stupid; basically the Japanese version of Jackass and god knows how much I hate Jackass. However, at least HG is stupid funny in the sense his antics don’t actually harm himself or the people involve. HG is like the modern day clown while Jackass are simply idiots with too much time on their hands also showing how low-brow (and stupid) Americans can be. Okay, with that said and off my chest I have to admit I was cracking up as much as everyone else watching HG try to “help” people. HG is ultimately stupid as hell but so entertaining at the same time. If one hasn’t heard or watched Hard Gay yet, I highly suggest heading over to Youtube to sample some of his er… fine work. Trust me, you’ll be laughing in no time!

All three packages
DVD Planet package: Doki Doki School Hours v2-4 and GIRLS Bravo v5
TRSI package: GunGrave boxset
HLJ package: Lunamaria Hawke, Ono Kanako, and Getter 1
Items unwrapped in all their naked glory