And in one fell swoop...

[Gooch]

Not a bad haul. I've seen Sengoku Blade w/spine card go for over $100, so you did fairly well for yourself. Your haul makes me want to go out and complete my Saturn shooter collection, since I'm missing Sengoku and the Thunderforce Gold Packs. Ehh, I'll get around to it eventually.

[ruhztee]

[ruhztee] what made you decide?
[Gondolin] the devil

=)

[kingoffighters]

Very very nice collection, I think the price is a pretty good deal too

[Gondolin]

I was hoping that price was reasonable - I believed that it was - and most of you seem to think so, which eases my mind a bit. Anyway, I took into account the fact that I wouldn't have to go through the hassle of trying to acquire each game individually when I was deciding whether or not to bid. In the end, since I knew I could come up with the funds, the decision wasn't that hard.

MechDeus: I wasn't really rationalizing because I'm so concerned with getting "the best deals," or whatever... I'm sure most of the games'll be great and are worth the prices that they command. It was more to help me deal with the fact that I had committed to spending two-thirds of my paycheck on a handful of videogames, albeit supposedly great ones.

dog$: $75 less? In the same condition w/ spine cards?

Sidez: I don't think that $21 is too terrible for P&P from Japan, and I had included that already in the total price above.

Stone: And I take that responsibility very seriously.

gameoverDude/TheGooch: Figures. Sengoku Blade is the one game in the lot that is w/o its spine card. Oh well.

ruhztee:

Thanks for the ego boost, fellas. Good times ahead, methinks.

Gon

[Click_Stick]

With time, you will realize that spine cards do not mean a damn thing. Something else to worry about: what are you going to play first?

[Josh]

Or with time you won't, depends on the type of person you are.

I enjoy having the spine cards to my games, but I'll still buy a game if it doesn't have one.

[Despair]

Sengoku Blade also should have Fan Disk, with Fan Art and other things on it.

Gondolin, Even if you end up not liking some of the games you got, you can always sell them back on Ebay.

[kingoffighters]

I agree with you that even if you could have gotten them individually alittle cheaper, it is a pain in the butt to try to win them each and doing shipping etc etc etc...

This is a great deal the more I think about it. I have about 80% of those games (I don't have DoDonPachi for sure), and it took me a few years to collect them so you save yourself time, frustration (of inevitably losing a few auctions, waiting game), etc.

I hope you enjoy them. They are some of the best shooters available and they are getting harder and harder to find.