July 7th 2026
Wowwww what an update to put out today alongside the blog update and the confessions page being finished, I reorganized my shit!! The Yu-Gi-Oh! shelf hasn't really changed in terms of whats on it but some things here and there have been moved around a tiny bit and I really like where it's at right now, honestly unless I end up getting really tired of it that's probaby just going to be how it looks until I end up moving and having to take it all down. I ended up moving my One Piece figures to the very top of the bookshelf to make room on the center shelf for Lain and Marin and my copies of the My Dress up Darling manga I bought after watching the anime, highly recommend giving that a watch if you haven't it's very cute. I've also moved the Mikus around and one of them has ended up behind Judai.
Moving to the Umineko shelf, I may have gone a LITTLE overboard, I now have a copy of EP 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, Tsubasa, and Saku in their original releases, both PS3 and PSP alchemist releases and the Switch release of Saku....I might just infact really like Umineko it's crazy!! I also have a CD of Katayoku no Tori because genuinely I think VII is probably one of my favorite songs outside of the VN soundtrack. Since the last update I've gotten another Beato plush and she is so cute so small and so squishable as she should be and I love her, I got some of the manga volumes and to be blunt they all include Battler and or Beatrice in some form or fashion on the cover and I do have a copy of the Confessions volume. I got in the pop up shop acrylics in I had on pre-order since the last update which are all very nice. I do currently really like the layout of the shelf but because of the bookshelf being a billy and it being decently deep it's doesnt help that there isn't a lot of figures so it does feel harder to fill out a shelf in a satisfying fashion, like how with my other shelves it fills out to the edge with this one I have a decent amount of room.
May 2nd 2026
So when I said obsessed I MEANT it, like I finished Umineko Chiru near the end of March and uh, yeah I love my darling chud daughter Beato so god damn much, going in I knew she was going to be a favorite she's just a menace in such a loveable way. Battler also grew on me, maybe a bit too much I love that man with all my heart I think he is perfect. Moving on to the actual contents of the shelf though starting with the media, That is the PS3 releases of the Questions and Answers arcs, the switch port of Saku, the orignal releases of Episodes 1,2,5 and Tsubasa, then the PSP releases of Episodes 1-4! I do plan on picking up the rest of the original releases and likely they will be soon-ish, at the time of writing I have some of the acrylic stands from the Ikebukuro pop-up shop on pre-order so I might pick the rest of them up then. Next up the main figure of the shelf, Shannon! I do wish we got more figures of the characters overall but I will deal with just her since I won't lie I don't really have much interest in trying to find a Jessica or Maria figure from that set for a decent price and no one else really has a figure I want! It's a lot of just mini-prize figs and even then those are expensive!!! SO, I just kinda settled on acrylics and as much as I wish I could have a really nice quality offical figure of even Battler and Beatrice I will deal. Speaking of acrylics on the left side is a full set of tmgmrk's acrylic standees, they are super cute and their art is very nice I like them a lot! On the right side everyone except Battler is from the tea party set since I unfortunately couldn't find a Battler from said set so I got his standing acrylic, if I can find him I will get him I swear.
January 25th 2026
Alright in terms of figures this is mostly going to be a photo dump of pictures, not really anything more as I am not articulate enough to explain why I like or dislike a figure, that and I feel like I'm TOO easy to please when it comes to my plastic molded in the shapes of the guys I like, if you want reviews I highly recommend going over to my friend ordainedmotion (at the time of writing they are updating their site, will remove this when it's back online) as they have put up a ton of articles and I like how they go about reviewing them! Plus they have a nice pros and cons list on each one.
I also keep my MFC page updated with what I have and what I'm looking for, which you can find here
Now this I actually have a full opinion on, I love this thing, it's just too damn cool. Obviously minor gripes but that's just how life is, obviously as it is a tape player it has a motor and belts inside which have to be maintained and thats going to be a hassle to learn and it's LOUD when playing a tape, not really noticeable when you are the one listening to music but VERY noticeable if you're nearby. I ended up also getting a tape deck which can record so I commited the UNBEATABLE album to a blank tape I had and while it's not perfect, it is a homemade bootleg tape afterall, I still love it and I made a custom cover which fits surprisingly well.
I also picked up a bunch of great albums on tape to go with it, Wham! Make It Big, Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, Billy Joel Turnstiles, 52nd Street, and Kontsert and one of my personal favorites David Bowie Ziggy Stardust. Huge fan of that album it's so damn good!!!
February 17th 2025
Alright so recently as in like 3 weeks ago I got probably the most sought after piece of Yu-Gi-Oh! media I've ever wanted and its all 7 tapes of the original Toei anime! Yes I am missing the movie but that will have to come later, for now I'm just happy with the fact I have them all and they all work and look great.
Aside from that I've been messing with RetroBar and managed to make what I like to think of as peak 2006-07 era Yu-Gi-Oh fan desktop
I found out our old Sanyo CRT from the early 2000s was still alive, most likely has capacitors that need replacing but for now it works with minor problems (one being everything is in black and white until refreshed either via switching inputs or reseating the video cable, but I got some good pictures from my n64!
Also throw in a Cloud FF7 from my childhood save that was not safe from W-Item duping.
Moving to the Umineko shelf, I may have gone a LITTLE overboard, I now have a copy of EP 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, Tsubasa, and Saku in their original releases, both PS3 and PSP alchemist releases and the Switch release of Saku....I might just infact really like Umineko it's crazy!! I also have a CD of Katayoku no Tori because genuinely I think VII is probably one of my favorite songs outside of the VN soundtrack. Since the last update I've gotten another Beato plush and she is so cute so small and so squishable as she should be and I love her, I got some of the manga volumes and to be blunt they all include Battler and or Beatrice in some form or fashion on the cover and I do have a copy of the Confessions volume. I got in the pop up shop acrylics in I had on pre-order since the last update which are all very nice. I do currently really like the layout of the shelf but because of the bookshelf being a billy and it being decently deep it's doesnt help that there isn't a lot of figures so it does feel harder to fill out a shelf in a satisfying fashion, like how with my other shelves it fills out to the edge with this one I have a decent amount of room.
So when I said obsessed I MEANT it, like I finished Umineko Chiru near the end of March and uh, yeah I love my darling chud daughter Beato so god damn much, going in I knew she was going to be a favorite she's just a menace in such a loveable way. Battler also grew on me, maybe a bit too much I love that man with all my heart I think he is perfect. Moving on to the actual contents of the shelf though starting with the media, That is the PS3 releases of the Questions and Answers arcs, the switch port of Saku, the orignal releases of Episodes 1,2,5 and Tsubasa, then the PSP releases of Episodes 1-4! I do plan on picking up the rest of the original releases and likely they will be soon-ish, at the time of writing I have some of the acrylic stands from the Ikebukuro pop-up shop on pre-order so I might pick the rest of them up then. Next up the main figure of the shelf, Shannon! I do wish we got more figures of the characters overall but I will deal with just her since I won't lie I don't really have much interest in trying to find a Jessica or Maria figure from that set for a decent price and no one else really has a figure I want! It's a lot of just mini-prize figs and even then those are expensive!!! SO, I just kinda settled on acrylics and as much as I wish I could have a really nice quality offical figure of even Battler and Beatrice I will deal. Speaking of acrylics on the left side is a full set of tmgmrk's acrylic standees, they are super cute and their art is very nice I like them a lot! On the right side everyone except Battler is from the tea party set since I unfortunately couldn't find a Battler from said set so I got his standing acrylic, if I can find him I will get him I swear.
Now this I actually have a full opinion on, I love this thing, it's just too damn cool. Obviously minor gripes but that's just how life is, obviously as it is a tape player it has a motor and belts inside which have to be maintained and thats going to be a hassle to learn and it's LOUD when playing a tape, not really noticeable when you are the one listening to music but VERY noticeable if you're nearby. I ended up also getting a tape deck which can record so I commited the UNBEATABLE album to a blank tape I had and while it's not perfect, it is a homemade bootleg tape afterall, I still love it and I made a custom cover which fits surprisingly well.
