Dag yo! Welcome to yet another edition of A Compulsive Collector’s Haul. I tried to think of a better subheading for this edition, but it truly is just a bunch of random awesome stuff. I have my typical haul from my game finding haven of Cash Converters, stuff from miscellaneous other stores, the expected collector’s editions, and well, one fairly rare Atlus game in my continuing quest to catch ‘em all! Hahaha! Bad reference there. I’m still trying to stick to my resolution to have more updates to this series, and for the most part I’ve been keeping up, but I’ve got to pick up some slack, as I almost have another haul pretty much ready. I’d also like to give a shoutout to TheCleaningGuy for posting a completely unnecessary but duly appreciated blog about some stuff I sent him. Don’t worry about it mate, and I’m glad you enjoyed it. I have mentioned lately that I totally didn’t write an Okami fanfiction for what I thought the sequel should be like and that Okamiden is like totally going to be everything I thought the Okami sequel should be and that my life totally doesn’t revolve around Okami? Just thought I’d remind all of you out there. Hahaha! Regardless, on to the pictures and the games folks!



*NOTE*
So, I’ve had this post ready for about a week and a half or so, but since I got a new laptop, I had to wait to get a copy of Photoshop to resize pictures and all. I will also take the time to say that I think my country, Canada, hosted one hell of an Olympics, and that on Sunday one of the GREATEST hockey games in our lifetime was played between the United States and Canada. This was the ONLY gold medal that the entire country really cared about, and our boys did not let us down. So, to my fellow Canadians . . . GO CANADA GO!



Here we have yet another awesome haul from one of the greatest run and best employed stores I’ve come across, Cash Converters! This time we start off with a still sealed Wii Fit Plus, a FIRST PRINT Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (with soundtrack), Conker: Live & Reloaded, Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (5th Anniversary Edition) [which comes with Devil May Cry Demo Disc], Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, and finally a PS2 version of Dokapon Kingdom to go with my Wii version.



Now we have some Capcom and Konami “classics” per se. We have the highly rate (at least by Wry Guy) Dino Crisis, and the highly acclaimed Resident Evil 2. On the bottom row we have the first three entries into the Silent Hill series, might I add how Silent Hill 3 actually comes with a soundtrack included in the case, which I found pretty cool.



Okay, this is one of the biggest reasons why I freaking LOVE my Cash Converters! While the instructions may not be in the best condition, how many other people have a place they can rely on to eventually get something as awesome as a boxed Final Fantasy III? Not many I bet! The fact it still has the map and the poster with it makes this find nothing less than sensational! This can replace my cartridge only one now. Thanks mates, you know who you are! ^_^ It was pretty awesome to pick up a boxed Pokémon Stadium 2 as well, with its ever so shiny box!



Now we’re kicking it retro with some new stuff as well in this picture. We have the incredibly annoying, but still Mario, Mario is Missing!, as well as Donkey Kong Jr. Math as my NES pickups. We then have the Nintendo published Glory of Heracles and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks on DS. Might I throw in that I WILL be playing Zelda in the near future, hahaha! Last, but not least, to end this haul from Cash Converters, we have an in box Breath of Fire II for GBA!



While it’s light right now, you’ll be seeing a whole boatload of Goozex stuff in my next haul, here we have the Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection box set that I got from Goozex. Seriously folks, I’m a collector and while some things you have to be picky about emailing people about, Goozex is a VERY good source for fellow collectors.



Pictured here, we have some things that I picked up from my EB Games over the last little while. Since it finally came down to a reasonable price, we have Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades, a brand new (albeit not sealed) Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation [Atlus game], Sands of Destruction, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, the surprisingly very good Band Hero (with Guitar Grip and Drum Grip), and Mister Mosquito.



Did you guys really think an Asian guy wouldn’t get Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars? If you did, then you’re dumb as hell! Hahaha! I kid, I kid! But still, I got that along with a Mass Effect 2 Collector’s Edition, which I so kindly somewhat took apart so those without it could see its contents.



Since ChillyBilly so kindly took his BioShock 2 Special Edition apart, I spared myself the trouble, hahaha! Believe it or not, I guarantee you folks that this will be a game that I ACTUALLY play! *gasp* =O Hahaha!



This is just a picture of games I just got from various other retail outlets and such. We have a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, the now discontinued Metroid Prime Trilogy, and Harvest Moon: Magical Melody.



So, as most of my regular readers know, I have a plan to collect every Atlus published/developed game ever made. I’ve been making pretty good strides in this regard, but there are some titles that are very elusive. My number one homeboy possumwrangler got me this gem as a last Christmas present. Ogre Battle on PlayStation!!! Not only is it in good condition, it came with the class chart insert, as well as the stickers for the memory cards as well. While one “set” of the stickers have been used by the previous owner, you’ll be hard pressed to find a copy of this game in better condition. Thanks mate.



Everyone knows I’m a giant swag whore and all, so let’s cut to the chase and just see what we’ve got this time around. We have 3 packs of the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Trading Cards. I opened 2 packs and all the cards were the same, so I think it’s just a scam saying that there are 13 different cards, hahaha. DK Jamz: The Original Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack, which I picked up from Cash Converters and all, which was a super sweet find. A couple BioShock 2 multiplayer skin bonus codes, a Dante’s Inferno Figure, as well as good old Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Ho-Oh and Lugia Figures.



Last but not least, we have a Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Fightstick, which I’ll probably end up using eventually, when I get around to playing the game, and a Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Shot Blaster, which I got bundled with the game for a very reasonable price.

Well, that does it for another edition of A Compulsive Collector’s Haul. I hope you all enjoyed this one. Stay tuned still, for the forever coming soon JoeCamNet super haul, as well as a few imported special editions that will make some of you guys scream! Until next time, latez mates!