I continue to amass Twilight Sparkle plush because I definitely don't have a problem. Today I found the new set of Aurora plush and well... had to buy one for my herd. When I kept looking at the Aurora plush, I kept thinking they looked almost just like the new versions of the Ty plush.

So of course the first thing I did when I got home with them is take a lot of pictures comparing them to each other. :D

( lots of horse doll pictures under this cut )

So today I got a box in the mail with some more plush toys in it because i'm a responsible adult and i do what i want!!!!!

But anyway the contents of the box got me realizing I accidentally all the twilight sparkle...

o_o uhm.

This wasn't even something I was intentially trying to do. I just kept being like OH THIS ONE IS CUTE I JUST NEED IT BECAUSE REASONS!!!!!!1 and today when 4de twilight came in the mail i was like ".....is this my 6th twilight sparkle doll" ....the answer was yes, yes it is, Anto.

So I decided to do what any person would do with 6 twilight sparkle dolls.

WRITE ABOUT THEM.

( its under the cut though )

crandles is coping slightly better... JUST SLIGHTLY.

anyway im posting this because i am curious... i just got a figure in the mail of some COOL GUY that no one knows who is i am sure but he reeks like cigarettes.

badly.

funny because i half suspected it. the auction description didnt list this as a possible issue, but the guys eBay profile did (i went to it to see if he had anything else listed for sale) but i noticed this /after/ i already won the figure... so i suspected he would, and he does, but its horrible. :( I don't like being near him and i fear his stink will wipe off on my other things. anyone know any ideas to make the smell go away?

also some of his joints are really lose, more specifically the waist joint, its a turning one but its weird. I suppose it wont matter since I'll likely be posing him on a shelf forever but it still bugs me.

:I still got him for a pretty good deal though... but i am a bit annoyed.

so a few weeks ago i replayed killzone 3 because thekayla said i should when i asked all of twitter what game i should replay. because idk how to play new games

and then well.

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yes ok.

( moar talking about the things and photos of da books bcuz i leik takin pics of things i buy and typin with horrible non-existant grammor and spelling )

this entry is more video game ... stuff. a new game i got (and my thoughts on it atm) and those last two lbp keychains I needed for my collection. :x

( KEYCHAINS FIRST )

( so resistance: burning skies came out today... )

i made this a while ago. He's tiny. Like maybe 3inches tall. He also took way too long to make and still exploded my arm. YAY ME. There's a wire armature inside him too, but I don't like posing him much (BCUZ IM TERRIFIED OF RUINING IT (my life lol)) but yeah. BTW IF YOU CAN'T TELL ITS DAVID SARIF FROM DXHR BECAUSE HE'S SO COOL NO ONE CAN DENY. obvs older men turn into the most kawaiidesu artsy crafty things. NO ONE QUESTION ME. the only thing im sad about is that making him was way harder/more time consuming to make than i originally thought. the good news is that i didn't spend any money on supplies for him. i already had all that fabric sitting around as scraps *_* except his vest was fabric i colored slightly...but it worked i think.

and i also got these in the mail. And they are super cute and I want moar Sackboy as so-and-so keychains. Jak & Daxter ones exist, because I've seen PHOTOS, so im waiting for them to show up...and there's killzone ones too. i need them.

yesterday i pulled the cutscenes off my Jak X game and made slightly over 500 caps of them. yeah i just what.

there is definitely nothing wrong with that, right?

aaaaaaand i actually started writing something. yay for me? :D

i did some shopping today even though i shouldn't have. i got some things. Though everything I got was relatively cheap. YOU CAN TELL WHAT I AM CURRENTLY INTO RIGHT NOW, CAN'T YOU!?

uhhhhh yeah i beat all the games in the jak collection already. i still need to collect the orbs for jak 2 and jak 3 though for the platinum trophies. it will probably make me want to flip tables because some of the junk they want you to do for them are annoying as hell but ...................trophies.

but then i got jak x and daxter today (AS YOU SEE) and it took like 900 gamestops to find them (ok 6...) and every place had Daxter but no place had it with a case, and idc if I only paid $2 for it (yes two whole dollars) i want that case. >:I but then the last gamestop i went to i gave up and was like WHATEVER I'LL JUST BUY IT WITHOUT THE CASE but then the copy he pulled out from behind the counter was like a brand new case (with manual even) and i was like HOLYCRAP and it was an exciting day. also jak x was $5. and then i noticed on the back of jak x (and daxter) it says you can connect daxter to it and unlock extra junk in jak x. OH GOODIE. idek what it is but im kind of excited about this. FREE THINGS YEY.

then i also cleaned off a shelf on my desk that had 900 old CDs on it (AND FLOPPY DISKS. I FOUND FLOPPY DISKS!!!!!! my computer doesnt even have a floppy drive...) and i threw all that crap away and made room for PONIES. in my head this shelf would have fit all my ponies and still had room for more but somehow it didn't turn out that way.... :| my friend has 2 more fashion style ponies for me rn too. ....i have no idea how im going to fit them on this shelf.

YEP SO IDK. im not even tired but i should go to bed.

also look how terrifying that Daxter figurine I got is. idk if anyone on my flist has played jak and daxter?! (i am so late to this dont judge me) but ...i...i don't really like daxter. i desperately wanted to like him but i just couldn't. D: i have no idea why but... ugh.

anyway idk things video games ponies lalallalalalal

so i guess i totally just won this thing off eBay a few hours ago. I'm pretty excited about it.

It's made of cloth, and is about 6ft tall. Now I have a 6ft tall display for both inFamous and inFamous 2!! Though I'm really wondering how I hope to snap a photo of it. The inFamous 2 one was difficult enough to photograph, but it was made of cardboard so I could stand it up against something... this is cloth! How does? I'm sure I'll figure something out. Seriously wish I had space enough to put it up somewhere. I should make it a goal to make myself an inFamous museum one day. I have enough stuff by now, I'm sure.

An insider source told me about 100~ of them exist. Lucky Lucky me! I still regularly stalk inFamous auctions, and nothing really has turned up lately. The less I find things the more happy I feel with my collection. I have a lot of things that I've only seen listed once or twice... most notably, of course, the AMP, the karmic Cole statues... and perhaps one that I find a personal favorite, the guide to empire city. Absolutely love that thing. I've only ever seen it listed once though, and it was the one I bought.

Can a talent just be having a large hoard of memorabilia for a video game no one plays? I'm pretty ok with this.

I might start working on picking up a few Resistance items here or there, if/when I have the cash. Just because. I do already have a few interesting things. But as far as games go, its probably one of the most important ones to me. It makes sense, right?

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....not dying?

or uhm, my arm healing itself.

OH EVEN BETTER, moar information on Overstrike. *_* of these three things, this is the easiest to accomplish

i've gotten 1 christmas card today, from pheonixxfoxx and a delicious piece of maple candy...which i have yet to try. i need to save it to enjoy at the best possible moment. i also got that mystery inFamous 2 dvd BUT I'VE YET TO OPEN IT. i want to see what's on it because mystery but the collector part of me is crying inside because it's so minty sealed in its original wrapper. so much dilemma.

i'm too tired to be more coherent

so leik i got something cool yesterday.

its rly big.

like

taller than me, even.

( I'll give you a hint, its related to inFamous )

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gee idk. something about this ps3 game inFamous. You've probably not heard of it...and I hardly ever mention it so it's probably a huge shock to you all, huh?

loollollloloololo

anyway other collections, video game stuff...mostly this gen. I have a lot of random figurines related to series that i like. like, I have the Resistance line of figurines, and most of the Ratchet & Clank figures...and 1 Helghast. :'D still wish they would make the actual characters from killzone.. plus the CEs of the same series that I enjoy... this year saw pretty much all of them though. I skipped the Killzone one partly because its freaking huge and also because it was expensive. :'D I still managed to end up with inFamous 2(x3...) Resistance 3 and Uncharted 3 though. ...............ah, and I'm getting an Adam Jensen figurine too that comes with the european Deus Ex CE. it was recently on sale and i got it for the same price as the US CE (but the US one doesn't come with the figure...which retails for $50 on its own. YEA. GREAT DEAL IM EXCITED)

i kind of like to have a shirt or some other kind of thing (poster, if theres room on my wall :D:D:D:D) of a series i like as well. Like, I have the Heavy Rain press kit, EU SE and a poster. Fallout 3/NV CEs and a Fallout 3 poster... Resistance 3 poster. Resistance 2 press kit, Resistance: Retribution EU SE. I also got the comic series for inFamous, Resistance and Ratchet & Clank. and uhm, I downloaded the Deus Ex comics but I don't have them in physical format bcuz im too lazy to see if my comic shop has them. SOMEDAY

I kinda want the Deus EX CE guide as well but i'm not gonna pay a lot of money for it. i have the regular one and im not sure if the content in the CE one is all that different. :I

BUT YEA I MOSTLY COLLECT VIDEO GAME STUFF RN. and by video game stuff i mean sony franchises + Deus Ex/Fallout. im a hopeless fangirl... :D

pogglemen i haven't bought anything for in a long time bcuz inFamous accidentally all my extra money. but I like Wails. a lot. and Hoppip, and Groudon. and bellsprout bcuz he is the best dont even lie my collections aren't too impressive though. IDK.

tl;dr: inFamous is my passion. (but you already knew this)

well this should be interesting..

especially because i plugged it on my inFamous collection twitter and a srs bsns collection forum.

also fun fact, I've offered to middle for any of the international folks on the collection forum...now I am kind of hoping one of them wins so I can have two amps in my house...at least long enough for photo evidence...:D

lets just say...i am glad i already have one...

anyone has active yahoo japan deputy account?

if so

could you maybe price-quote me (or estimation) how much it would be for this:
ITS FULL OF MYSTERY
there is a few of them on yja right now and.....i am not sure what they are. at first i thought it was just the japanese promo copy of the game (like the European ones included in the press kits/etc) but then i noticed the disc is branded with "DVD" and not "BluRay" and now my interest has gone up by 70%

its listed fairly cheap so im inclined to think it is probably a disc with a trailer on it...but....i won't know unless i get one, right. and if it is a trailer i am sure it is awesome, since the japanese trailer for inFamous 1 was my favorite

there is also some kind of inFamous 2 DLC code on there too, i think some of them mentioned it was from coro coro? does that make sense? i am not interested in the code (already have it) but the coupon itself is kind of neat looking. >_> the dlc vouchers we get here are like plain text HERE IS YOUR THING.

and this poster i wish it used the japanese box art though.

AND ONE MORE QUESTION, do you think it would be better to try to buy the game from yja? i still want to get the japanese version of inFamous 2 at some point...its so pretty, and the JP release of inFamous 1 is one of my favorites just because its so colorful.

k the end

My icon add-on packages expired...and LJ locked me out of the majority of my favorite icons. (Including the Dylan icon i wanted to use for this entry >:C) I wonder how long they store them before they get deleted. I can't afford to re-new them right now and I need to get my bills out of the way first...but if I have left over I'll renew. I LOVE MY ICONS ;-;

in other news...! I WON THAT SUPER COOL POSTER!! it was this one. It has DYLAN. and it is official!! Italy scored a whole bunch of random inFamous things for pre-ordering from various retailers. It's kinda neat...this poster is by far the coolest thing though. The rest of it is just random items with the inFamous 2 logo on it.

I emailed the seller about this one and learned a bit more about it, then I did some digging on my own...

OFFICIAL. of course i have no idea what else it says but thats besides the point

Also there is going to be an Uncharted 3 one as well. I probably won't get that one since, while I like Uncharted and all, I can't afford to collect it so I will just stick to the CE for U3 and let that be that. :'D I did get the Resistance 3 one as well, (also for starting bid) but I have a mini-Resistance collection and it will always be special to me......so.....:D yea.

the other day i became aware of a super duper cool item that is apparently exclusive to italy and its ridiculously awesome but i doubt i will ever find one. part of me believes it MIGHT be a bootleg but its cool enough that i want it anyway. but anyway, after i was told about it i just about turned the internet upside down trying to find one spoilers: i didnt but i did however find this:
( its an image )

so like

that inFAMOUS 2 art book i have been slowly (but surely) saving pay pal monies for by selling things and doing commissions for...you know the one, right.

the other day i found out via my collector forum that the shipping on these books from this company is $100 to the US. I just about shat my pants and went to check for myself and sure enough, it is $100.

the forum also said that "australia is only $10 shipping :D" and i was like BUT WHY AUSTRALIA IS ALWAYS MORE WTH and its because the book company is ~*~in Australia~*~

i've done some poking around, via getting the weight of one of the other books the company publishes from amazon and slapping it into the australia post postage calculator.....looks like this company only sends express which is why its freaking $100.

so basically i was wondering if and when this book is announced and released if i could get an Australia middle-man for it. I don't mind if shipping is a little slower, it still will probs be about $50 but $50 is not $100 so...yeah.

but i do so need me a super special infamoose artbook in my life you don't even know. the extra $100 in shipping i was not expecting and would have to crap out several dozen more commissions to afford it....but i will do it if needed bcuz i need this ok

still though who ever heard of only using express and ~*~that's it~*~ for shipping. gujhaghgjg

it seems like wherever it is my collection gets posted there is always someone that doesn't get it. i can see not getting collecting but ... idk people.

take this comment i got on deviantART:

... Why throw away money on different regional versions? Different cover, ok, but that you could easily find on the internet and print.

there is a lot of things i could have said to this. a lot. "just printing it" isn't the same. it won't be the same quality, not to mention you can't even find decent size scans of most of the covers anyway. maybe for PAL/NA but probs not for japan...and probably not the inside of the insert, or the manual.

not to mention i don't even have a printer.

i replied with this though:

I'll "throw my money away" on whatever I damn well please. :U

There is more to regional copies than just the cover, and there is more to being a collector than just "throwing money away". Everyone's got a hobby.

that's right.

there is really no point in trying to explain these things to people sometimes. lol. at least this person says it to me and not on a forum where they don't think i'll find it. :D

ah, also the artbook isn't coming out in August... I expected as much because I hadn't seen any news from the publisher yet and August is fast approaching. Amazon changed the date to Dec 6th 2011...which if that is the date is funny because its the same day the comic collective book is coming out. At least I get more infamoose at the end of the year then, eh? lol my christmas gifts to myself. :b

also gives me more time to save up money for it all :3

tl;dr: collecting is srs bsns and infamous is my life.

so i've been mentioning this on and off for a few days or w/e now BUT IT HAS FINALLY COME. tomorrow morning I whisk myself off to the land of LAX to pick up my bitches eyebrowaddict and thekayla from the airport.

Shenanigans/etc.

This also means I will be gone for approx a week and a half. IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SHOW ME OR W/E leave it in the comments on this journal...or just email me. w/e.

Oh also, my AMP came today~~!!
im really freaking tired so this is the only crappy photo you get for now

It's really, really solid. It feels like it's actually made out of metal. My first thought was when I pulled it out of the box is that it feels like I could actually kill someone with it. lol. It's totally legit too, I actually found the original shipping invoice still inside the box...from Sony Computer Entertainment to G4 Media. :b

Also sad thing, the tips busted off it somehow. Not sure if the seller did it or if G4 did it... I found them....after I had accidentally thrown them away in two seperate trash cans (don't even ask) and of course they fell to the bottom.....so i dug through the entire contents of these trash cans...BUT I FOUND THEM!!!!! now i just need to find out how to put them back on...but such is a battle for another day.

yea ok that's it. it wouldn't actually /be/ one of my journals without some infamous nerding in here...you should be used to it by now

i made a european PSN account today so i could use the code that came in my press kit. i give this guy some credit for not using the codes ololloll but i got a kickass inFAMOUS 2 dynamic theme out of it.... also since I have another PSN account now I am also going to use it to get the platinum for both inFAMOUS and inFAMOUS 2 again. i am such a huge nerd you guys dont even know

I've started with inFAMOUS again, obvs, but uh at the start of the game i already did this: these guys are so totally sexy let me tell you... there no words... just lols...lots of them.

ALSO THE OTHER DAY SOMEONE THAT ISN'T SOMEONE I KNOW TWEETED MY COLLECTION WEBSITE. I AM SO PROUD. ;_; I've also added a new video on its account...comparing the inFAMOUS 1 and 2 Special Editions. THEY'RE REALLY NEATO. Special thanks to celuthea for picking me up the inFAMOUS 2 SE. :3

( I PUT THE VIDYA UNDER HURR, ONCE AGAIN MY VOICE IS STUPID. )

AND IF YOU HAVEN"T LOOKED AT MY SITE IN A WHILE PLZ DO!? ;-; i added lots of new items~ clicky click

uhmmmmm i have to clean all of my room and move some furniture out and bag all my pokemon plush to put in the garage for my hoes coming over (eyebrowaddict, thekayla) i also need to wash my car, because it is filthy....oh also im working 9~5:30 again so lolooll.

edit btw i added two surprises to my LJ layout today that amuse me greatly. what do you guys think?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I WILL DO ALL THE PICHURS I PROMISE BUT I NEED TO SHARE....

that guy i bought my replica amp from messaged me and told me he has a second one (wtf?) and i was like oh really. BUT I DID NOT OFFER TO BUY IT BCUZ I ALREADY HAVE ONE, I DON'T NEED TWO.

well he listed it......for uh.....over half the price i paid for mine: oh okay

i guess he wised up.....and i am very lucky. ohohohoo.