Me + money = artbook of doooom

[taotrooper]

I went downtown today, because I wanted to do something meaningful on my last vacation weekend, and in order to see if they had some Discworld book I could buy at the bookstore I go to. By the way, I couldn't see any Pratchett but I saw the first two Earthsea novels in one book, so I got that one instead. But that's not my point.

An hour or something like that before I went to the bookstore, I took a walk. I need the exercise, I think. I first went to the mall at the docks, because I had never gone there (shameful, yeah). There was a small geeky collectible store there, mostly with American comics and Star Wars related toys. They do have a small section with comics and manga, and I check it out. There were some artbooks on top, and I take a look because I'm curious.

THEY HAD THE X "ZERO" ARTBOOK.

Like I mentioned on a previous entry, inouekun and I saw an X artbook at the comic fair, but it was 45 euros or something like that. I don't know if that was the exact price, but it was near 50.

But. This one. Was. Twenty-seven. Euros.

An imported CLAMP arbook, with a hardcover. And the price was just 27.

I didn't think twice. And now I own it ^____^

Ah, but something else happened. The other day, I was commenting gingetsu I had seen a RG Veda artbook, also imported, at 27 euros on eBay. And nobody else had bidded on it.

Well, I went to this other second-hand + geeky store on Riego de Agua street that usually has cool anime things, like Final Fantasy, Naruto or Fullmetal Alchemist stuff (expensive like whoa, though). And I go to the second floor, where the comics are. And I find the RG Veda artbook at 24 euros.

Dude!

I check my wallet, and I had 20. Dammit!

I'll need to save some money to get that one. And before you tell me it's only four bucks, remember I bought the Earthsea book. So, uh, I might need at least two weeks. And in two weeks it might be gone. Curses.

Comments

[zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com]

Everybody has a story regarding the "X" artbook, it´s a must-own for everybody even if you don´t like the manga (and what´s wrong with people who don´t like X, anyway? it´s a masterpiece).

I got my copy for 28 euros after over a year of angsting about the 50 euros copies that i saw around madrid.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Oooh, the Earthsea books are great! And the best thing about them is that even if they follow an order, you can read them separately without dying from the cliffhangers.

[sui.livejournal.com]

X ZERO artbook? Yay. *___* That's cool. I still haven't been able to get that. X____x

[light-hikari.livejournal.com]

HARDCOVER. MEAN. I'VE GOT THE SOFTCOVER ;_;

I need to get Infinity or something too....

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Yay ! Congratulations on getting the X Zero book ! Such a stroke of luck ! And the Earthsea novels, they rock ^^

Good luck for the economy ^^

[threeleaf.livejournal.com]

X-Zero Artbook?! How lucky you are! The last time I saw it near to my place was at 45 dlls. And a RG-Veda artbook? I must get more manga of it!

[wyrdley.livejournal.com]

I'm very lucky. Someone gave me X "Zero" as a gift several years ago, though I'm pretty sure its a Chinese ripoff. The pics are all CLAMP's though. It MAY be a legitimately licensed copy, but the accompanying manga were definitely in Chinese. Still a nice book. The same person gave me the Tokyo Babylon books, too, not realizing they were Chinese, not Japanese. (I can't read Chinese at all.) It's the thought that counts, I guess.

The books I want are the Chobits artbooks. The series was meh, but the art was fantastic. (Chii's costumes are so gorgeous, even the fan service ones. She looks like an angel, even in lingerie.)

I finally ordered the last volume of "CLAMP no Kiseki" off the web this week, so my chess collection will be complete. Still not sure if I'll be able to get the Kero and Suppi bonus pieces, though, since I'm not 100% on the instructions for getting them, or if they can be shipped to the USA. *sad, because they're so cuuuuuuute* I paid anywhere from $33 - $50 US (including shipping costs) for each set, but I thought the chess pieces were adorable...