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Best:

1) Anime Series/Film/OVA - ??? I dont watch new anime

2) Science Fiction Film - ??? I dont go to the cinema, I watched the Octogon last night, that was dope!

3) TV Series - Its Always Sunny in Philly

4) PC/Video Game - Men of War: Assault Squad: The REAL RTS heaven, no stupid base building

5) Consumer Electronic: iphone

6) Toy/Model/Action Figure/Plushie/Nendoroid or whatever... 1/2000 SDF-1 will live on as a holy grail for thousands.

Glad to see so much love for Appleseed here, was the first manga I read in the early 90s. Havent seen the movies, didn't realise they continue the story. I have no love for GITS so avoided the movies assuming they were lame effects fests.

Mine's gunmetal.

you got the MGS4 edition too?

Thats pretty cool, never heard of it before.

My Father came over and checked out my Man cave. Boy at 38 years old I got chastised as if I was 16. Comments like your insane, don't you feel embarrassed having toys in display cases. I told him about the value and asked him to hold some of SOC but he said it didn't matter. He asked why don't I collect stamps, or paintings or china. Sigh, After that visit he really put a damper on my mood. He asked me what do I do I see in all this plastic. I told him the engineering and love that went into creating them. He wouldn't have any of it. Basically he told me I would not be included in the Will if I didn't get rid of them.

And to my surprise he called me abnormal for having a 100 gallon aquarium, saying that is something only crazy people have.

Your Dad sounds awesome, old school. Just ignore him, sounds like you or your kids don`t need his money anyway. I hate people that change their own lives to inherit money they didn`t have any part in earning. Why do people feel entitled to money their parents earned? I keep telling my Dad to live it up in his retirement and spend every cent (of which he has a few) because I don`t want it.

Thought we had similar thread before?

ANyway, here's what's left

you KNOW you have a serious collection when you have cases inside your cases.

btw what is your display cabinet? Its the kind I want but hard to find, I dont like detolfs!!

many arcade carts, as ugly as they are however, are sought after by die-hard NEO-GEO gamers,

as many NEO games are VERY RARE, and some of the rarest, most popular titles, such as "METAL SLUG"

have AES home cart versions which are EXTREMELY RARE in the U.S. and Japan, and command $1500.00+ easily

whenever an example shows up.

the MVS arcade cabinet versions of these games, however, are far more common, and can be generally be had

for $100.00/$500.00, depending on the title.

as such, MVS arcade carts are often the only practical way for a NEO-GEO gamer to own and play

the rarer, more desirable NEO games...

Even the rarest Metal Slug home carts don`t go for $1500, more like half that.

Like I said you need to invest in at least 1 metal slug game or there is no point in investing so much in the console. I was lucky and got my AES at a Hard Off in Japan for around $20 complete with arcade stick in working order and good cosmetic condition. Got another 5 common games for $4 each. Then I went to Super Potato and bought a couple of KOF carts and Metal Slug 4 for about $300 total. Seriously, if you`re interted in this stuff you need to go to Japan.

This might be the only chance I have to play Metal Slug 2!!

Has an official Neo replica arcade stick been released for PS3? One came out for wii a few years back.

Actually not interested in Neo on PS3 unless I have the real stick, it has a very specific feel to it.

Shaorin, you really need to invest in at least one Metal Slug game for your AES, no Neo collection can live without it.

Everyone list your consoles!! My consoles:

Neo Geo AES

SNES (Pal)

Virtual Boy

PS2 (US, Toxic OS)

PS3 (JP)

PSP 2000 (cfw)

Sega Saturn (JP, modchip)

Hi-Saturn (JP)

PC Engine plus CD-ROM2 plus interface unit/arcade card pro (JP)

PC-FX

My games collections for some consoles are woeful and slowly building but I do have Metal Slug for my AES (Even if its only MS4 : ( - the only one I could afford!)

If it was still 1994 I would be cool!!

Thanks for the concern, but I enjoy music just fine, whether it be encoded in FLAC or VBR mp3.

If I want to really "experience" music, I'll go the Hollywood Bowl.

Well I suppose you have a point that all recorded music is a compromise on a live performance, but you have to draw the line at as little compromise as possible imo.

I've gone completely away from physical media; keep the clutter down, is what I say. In life, I'm somewhat of a minimalist. I

Well unfortunately for you you your philosophy is also minimising the audio quality you hear and therefore the enjoyment you can get out of music .

Sony `Z series` (hi-end in Australia, mid-range in Japan) 42 inch LCD. Really wanted to go plasma but also wanted to keep everything Sony...and the only plasma I wanted was a used Pioneer Kuro, but out of my price range..

Japanese MGS4 edition PS3 (use this for CDs, US and Japanese blu rays, I have a few although most stuff these days is uncoded its seems) I had a 1st edition with all the bells and whistles but it stopped working...now the used market is too rich for me..have a cheap 1TB installed and a 1TB USBed in, tons of downloads I have yet to replace with DVD or is not available on DVD, tons of porn from the days of javtalk, some music that is too rare, just mixes that went to a few people or out of print - thats the only thing downloads are good for people.

Cheap Sony BD player I got for free with my TV, plays any local BDs I have, plays DVDs with 4:3 aspect ratio in their original form which I can`t always get the PS3 to do..

DA50ES DTS amp, when it came out in the late `90s it went for a couple of grand in Australia, picked it up for $200 on ebay, love it so much, does stereo very well, has that ES circuitry which is very clean and reference like. my crappy SSB-1000 speakers will go next to be replaced with...something good..quite pleased with the sound right now but can do better! Did not come with the programmable remote it was sold with but will pick one up eventually, they run a lot of money though.

I have a Sony optical cable going from my PS3 to the amp, plugs in securely unlike some of the cheaper brands I`ve seen. Shaorin, what is your opinion of optical cable to link your source and your amp? I find it works fine.

I have about 500 CDs, 100 DVDs and blu rays and growing, I love having something on my shelf, rather than a file on my computer.

For portable I have an MZ-RH1 Hi-MD walkman and a pair of MDR-EX700 flagship earphones. I make considered mixes on Hi-MD 1GB discs in PCM only and love it, like the old days of tape but perfect definition. I really get the most out of my music this way. Love having a backlit remote in easy reach at all times as well, something ipods just dont have. The EX700s are in-ear models with 5 different sizes of ear plug so you get a lot of noise cancelling and reference grade sound even in noisy environments you can really hear the difference.

I also break out my old Sony D-E01 anniversary CD walkman a lot, pack 3 good albums around a theme and I`m good for the day, in audio bliss. Although the D-E01 isn`t the best sounding that Sony ever did (have a D-777 for that) the battery life and convenience is the best and it still craps all over any non Sony discman or any ipod in SQ.

Shaorin you are my idol, one day I will own a working S-VHS deck, an LD player and more of the good old stuff. although some new stuff is good I really think stuff was better made when I was growing up in the `90s and dreaming of this stuff.

Same goes for music. My ipod with $10 ear buds plays music just as well as CD's or LP's or whatever else you guys use through $800 headphones.

Agreed. When I want to load music on a portable player (either my T-Mobile G2 or Sansa Clip+) I convert my lossless tracks to mp3 using LAME v2. Best compromise between fidelity and file size, IMHO.

why compromise at all? how much music can you listen to in one outing and why do you need instant access to so much music at all times? Step back, take a big breath and think about what music do you really love and buy it on Amazon for $10. imports or rare discs might be too expensive, download them for now and save up for the real mccoy. unless you can find .wav downloads of them, but then it gets messy because .wav cannot have meta data and you will have to get track info from wikipedia or whatever and store it somewhere else, ..it goes on and on, or you could have a perfect tomb of your favorite artist sitting there on your shelf ready to be manipulated any way you like. Remember there is no DRM on a CD.

Amazing setup Shaorin! Pioneer stuff is beautiful. I have a similar obsession with old and new Sony gear. I recently picked up a DA50ES Amp for almost nothing. Basically if it doesnt have HDMI ppl dont want it. I run optic from my PS3 to the amp and its very nice sound, I am looking for a reference grade CD player next though, I will post pics of my setup in the near future.