I can't wait to have a Suikoden Room

And thats why I quit all the books of the shelves, I opened all the boxes were I was keeping my suikoden stuff and I put all them there just to see how it would look even if thats provisional. oh, my, I really CANT wait. I hate to have all my collection in boxes and not being able to see it :_( When Ill move Ill buy a huge showcase and all my collection will be displayed together : ) I want to frame my fav posters, too ^_^
Soon, I will update the bog with a new suikoden package! I think it will come soon. See you!!

Y por eso quité todos los libros de la estantería, abrí las cajas donde guardaba mis cosas de suikoden y as coloqué sólo para ver como quedaría aunque sea algo provisional. Uff, de verdad me muero de ganaaaaaaaas. Odio tener toda mi colección en cajas y no poder ni mirarla... :_( Cuando me mude compraré una vitrina enorme y pondré al fin toda mi colección juntita a la vista : ) También enmarcaré mis posters preferidos : )
Pronto actualizaré el blog con un nuevo paquete de suikoden! Creo que llegará pronto.
¡Hasta pronto!

More Suikoden merchandise : )

Aquí dejo las fotos del paquete que he recibido hoy, llevaba siglos sin comprar nada y me ha hecho mucha ilusión recibirlo. ¡Espero que os guste!

Here are the pic of my new package I just receive it today, I didnt buy anything from long time ago and I was so happy to receive it! I hope you like it!

Last Suikoden purchase: limited Lyon, nobori, aroma set and mangas

Hoy he recivido el último paquete de cosas de suikode que he comprado.
Se trata del nobori de Suikoden II, muy limitado y nunca comercializado (sólo se uso para promocionar el Suikoden II en eventos), la figura de Lyon edición limitada, el set de aroma de Suikoden III, y los mangas de Suikoden I y II.
No ha sido una compra grande por cantidad pero si por calidad. Dejo unas fotos aquí del nobori, resto de cosas, y de los mangas por dentro. Ya los he mirado y están muy pero que muy bien. El del Suiko I abarca hasta cuando Ted va a ensenyar su runa, y el del Suikoden II justo después de la destrucción de Toto. Hay algunos cambios y ausencia de algunos personajes poco importantes, pero las escenas importantes se mantienen. Especial mencion de la aparición de Luc en en I y de la escena "muere, cerdo" en el II.
Cada manga tiene 164 páginas, y he de decir que Yu Hijikata esta haciendo un trabajo mágnifico. El número de mangas y la fecha de los siguientes tomos son aún desconocidos.
Otro dato sin mucha relevancia pero curioso es el parecido de estos mangas con los de Suikoden III: primeras hojas a color, contraportada con los 108 nombres de las estrellas, y el lateral de cada tomo empieza un dibujo que no podremos ver completados hasta el último tomo. Quizá intente hacerlos tambien en 11 volumenes, pero esto es ya sólo suposición.
Espero que vendan lo suficiente para que se planteen traerlos, al menos en inglés. Se pueden comprar aquí:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/gensou-suikoden-uketsugareshi-monshiyou-1-medeiafuakutori-komitsukusu/1021068470-0-0-0-en/info.html
http://www.yesasia.com/global/genso-suikoden-2-hikisakareshi-shukusei-1/1021068471-0-0-0-en/info.html

Today I received the last suikoden package I ordered.
That contents the Suikoden II nobori (very limited and never comercialized- it was only used for promotion in events), the Lyon limited edition figure, the suikoden III aroma set and suikoden I and II mangas.
That wasnt a big purchase because of the quantity, but for the quality. Here I show pics of the nobori, rest of things and mangas inside. I already saw them and theyre very very well done. Suikoden I one lasts until just before Ted showing his power, and Suikoden II one last until just after Toto is destroyed. There are some different things and they didnt show some secundary charcters, but the important scenes are still there. Like when Luc shows up in Suikoden I or "die pig" scene in Suikoden II.
Each manga has 164 pags and I should say Yu Hijikata is doing a great job. The number of mangas and the date of realese for the new ones are still unknown.
Another date not very important but still curious is these seem alike to suikoden III ones: first pages in color, the back with the names of 108 stars and the books side has a part of a drawing we wont see fully until we had all books. Maybe theyll try to make them in 11 books too, but thats only guessing. I hope they will have enough sales in Japan and they bring that here, at least in english. If you want to buy the books you can buy them here:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/gensou-suikoden-uketsugareshi-monshiyou-1-medeiafuakutori-komitsukusu/1021068470-0-0-0-en/info.html
http://www.yesasia.com/global/genso-suikoden-2-hikisakareshi-shukusei-1/1021068471-0-0-0-en/info.html

New and Improved Suikoden Room!

Hooooooooola a todos!

Whenever we have an excuse to show off either of our collections, we absolutely jump at the chance! Inspired (or down right stolen :P) by beautiful Nan's awesome display of her collection, I decided to get some shelves for my own collection :D. After a lot of hard work of trying to put those up, its finally finished. While i'm no handyman, I think the end result isnt the worst :D Soon I want to add some posters to the walls as well. Nanami also came up with the greatest idea ever for a Suikoden room, but we'll hold out on ruining that surprise until that's finished :D.

Without further ado:

Suikoden Posters

Helloooooo all! We're back again with a glorious update on fancy Suikoden wall decorations.....in other words, Posters!! Konami seems to love promoting their beloved series in Japan with promo Posters, so lucky for us there are more things to collect! There are quite a few posters to show, and probably more we haven't discovered or don't have a picture of yet. So this list might be update in the near future as we find them :) I hope you drool as much as we did while looking at these! Enjoy!

Suikoden 1 Poster
Suikoden 1 posters are veeeery hard to find. In fact in all our years of searching we've only ever seen 2 and this is one of them. Even then we only saw this the one time. Well, except for the many times I see it in my room since I was fortunate enough to win this, YAY!


This just happens to be one of my favourite posters of all time. I just love the Suikoden 1 artwork and what better way to display it then on your wall with all 108 SoD's :). This poster was part of a set of 3, each poster contained all the 108 stars for Suikoden 1, 2, and 3. They were only sold at the Tokyo Game Show as far as i'm aware.




Suikoden 2 Posters
This promo poster was given to stores to promote the then upcoming game Suikoden II in Japan. It also promoted the fact that Metal Gear Solid in Japan was released with a playable demo of Suikoden II inside.








The left poster is similar to Nanamis rare suikoden II poster but contains Japanese kanji instead of english text. This one is rare but not nearly as rare as Nanamis.
The one on the right is similar to the promo poster above, but the difference is this one was released after Suikoden II in Japan, and is no longer a promo picture.


The poster on the left is of quite a famous picture of Suikoden II. This picture has quite a few releases on suikoden merch, ie a phone card, a card, post cards etc.

The right poster is one of my favourites and contains the 3 main characters in the foreground and the 108 SoDs in the background.



If you follow this blog i'm sure you've seen this gem quite a few times :). It belongs to our very own Nanami. It was released in Europe/UK to promote the release of Suikoden II. It is seemingly impossible to find unless you ask Nanami nicely for it :)






There is also a Suikoden 2 poster of all the 108 stars similar to the Suikoden 1 and 3 ones featured in this post, but sadly I do not have a picture of it to show you. I promise when I find one, it'll be updated here!


Suikoden 3 Posters
A Suikoden III Poster featuring the heroes.











The third in the set of 3 108 Stars Posters from TGS. Amaaazing.











This poster was 1 of 2 released in the US to promote the release of Suikoden III. These are actually quite hard to find. But every once in a while you'll see them on eBay.





The second of 2 released in the US. Another hard one to find.









Suikoden IV Posters
A double sided Suikoden IV Poster. That is the front and back.









A weirdly shaped Suikoden IV Promo poster. This one is quite rare.











Suikoden V Posters
These posters were released in Japan as a set of 3 with the release of Suikoden V. Obviously they didn't come framed, but what a cool idea! *Pic taken from the suikosource forums.





Another oddly shaped Suikoden poster, similar to the Suikoden IV one above. You'll notice they advertise a DVD in this one. The cover of the DVD is not one we've seen before, but Nanami and I seem to think this poster was created before they knew how the DVD that came with the Limited Edition Suikoden V would look, so they made a sample of it with this pic. I don't think this cover really exists.





Suikogaidens Posters
Suikogaiden Volume 1 Poster








Suikogaiden Volume 2 Poster.











A set of 3 mini posters for Suikogaiden vol 1 released at the 2001 Spring TGS. It even came in a small tube with a preview on it, fancy huh?




Rhapsodia Posters
A double sided Rhapsodia promo poster advertising the released of the game. Pictured are the front and back.














Yet another oddly shaped one similar to the Suikoden IV and V ones. This ones for Rhapsodia, i like it!









A set of 6 mini posters for Rhapsodia. It was released at TGS and is quite rare and expensive. I've seen this for auction twice and both times it was very expensive.






Suikoden Tierkreis Posters
Suikoden Tierkreis promo poster for the release of the game.











Another promo poster for the release of Tierkreis in Japan.









A Tierkreis poster released in the US inside a gaming magazine. You can find these on eBay for very cheap.










Another US Tierkreis poster, releaesd in the same video game magazine.









Suikoden Card Stories Posters
Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 1 Promo Poster











Yet again an oddly shaped one, it's of Suikoden Card Stories: Premium Pack promo Poster











Top left: Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster pack Vol. 1 poster

Top right: Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 4 poster

Bottom left: Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 2 poster

Bottom right: Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 3 poster



Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster Pack Vol. 2 promo poster








Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster Pack Vol. 3 promo poster











Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster Pack Vol. 4 promo poster






Misc. Suikoden Posters
In this picture is the famed Aki Shimizu, artist for the Suikoden 3 manga. Behind her is a huge poster for the first volume in the manga series. I doubt there were very many of these made, in fact maybe this is the only one. Needless to say it's a rare one, possibly impossible to hunt down for purchase :( Cool though, isn't it?






Suikoden Alliance Comic promo poster advertising the suikoden II alliance comic. Very rare.










Suikoden Shinso Vol. 7 promo Poster advertising the shinsos. Very cool and rare!










Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell *breathes* that was a lot, no? To think there are probably even a few more out there both tires and excites me :D. Some day I will own all these and decorate my room wall to wall, floor to ceiling with these!!!!! YAY!!

Suikoden III Memory Card Case

This is an update to an the "Suikoden: las memory card" post by Nanami located here.

Every once in a while Nanami and I are pleasantly surprised by a new piece of Suikoden merchandise that in all of our combined years of searching and collecting, have never seen before. It just goes to show us that even when we think we've seen it all, there are still some hidden gems and surprises left for us to find ^^. It just so happens that recently beautiful Nan and I came upon an item like this, and it turned out to be a Suikoden III memory card case. As you can see its very similar to the original Suikoden 1 memory card case pictured in the other article. It opens like a dvd case and inside houses 7 slots for playstation memory cards to fit in. As a little bit of an upgrade too, this time in each memory card slot is a little bit of artwork to look at. The extremely cool thing about this is I won the auction for it :), nerdy Nan tried to win it, but in the end she was just no match for me :D (actually she let me win it, isn't she the best ever? *kisses!*)

Here are the pictures of the inside and outside of it. Enjoy!