Gunslinger Girl Collectables

When I first watched GSG, it made such a profound impression on me that owning the DVDs simply wasn't enough - I actively wanted to accrue more related to it, and I honestly felt that the show was so impeccable that the creators genuinely deserved my custom. It may seem a bizarre mode of thought, to inject emotion into the rubric of cold commerce, but I genuinely wanted to reward them. Perhaps I'm just sentimental that way...

Securing additional material for GSG though, is more difficult than you'd appreciate, as there doesn't seem to be a great bevy of merchanidising attached to the franchise. There are the mangas, of course, which I quickly snapped up, but with ADV Manga pretty much moribund we're unlikely to see Vols. 7 and up ever get an official release; other items like PVC figures are largely sold out across the board.

However, vendor site Right Stuf sells a Limited-Edition Lithograph of the girls posing on the Spanish Steps - it's a fairly common promotional image, but it's a high-quality print accompanied by a limited-edition certificate to increase its value and is also autographed by three of the English voice actresses.

At some 60 pounds or so it's quite dear, but at 16" by 20", the print is actually decent size. Given its dimensions and the quality of the reproduction it seemed a waste to just treat it like a poster (especially when I'd already spent so much on it), so I decided to plump for the additional expense of having it framed by a local art dealer:



The final result really is splendid - the frame nearly cost as much as the print itself (!), but while the price is doubled the quality is magnified by ten times more. You develop a greater respect for the efforts of curators when you see the difference that setting and context makes - there's more to galleries than just knocking nails into the walls. It was pricey overall and meant that I had to give up quite a few other luxuries to afford, but I definitely think that it was worth the investment - even those who know nothing about anime, let alone GSG, have commented that it looks good and it certainly improves my wall!

If you want another copy of the print for yourself, I bought No. 49 of 150, so I'd still say that there's plenty left for those interested.

There's my contribution, anyway - what other sort of GSG items and memorabilia do people own?

I own seven CDs:

Gunslinger Girl OST
Gunslinger Girl Image Album - Poca Felicita
Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- OST
Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- Image Album
"Tatta Hitotsu no Negai" by KOKIA (Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- OP)
"doll" by Lia (Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- ED)
"The Light Before We Land" by The Delgadoes (Gunslinger Girl OP)
"Dopo Il Sogno ~Yume No Ato Ni~" by Op. (Gunslinger Girl ED)

I also own the ADV box set and all six volumes.

In addition I own two model figures:





and two pre-assembled figures:





and the SolidWorks set (Elsa not shown):

If anyone is interested in that Lithograph, The Right Stuff is currently running a 10% off sale on it (it's normally $60). They are also having a fire sale on the DVDs:

$25 for the box set ($23 for the Viridian collection box)
$6 for the Volume One or $11 with the art box
$11.25 for each of the three Viridian collection volumes

how about that henrietta that is very detailed........very very detailed....

£60!? And it's got Laura Bailey's signature ruining it. T_T (I've hated her voice acting ever since I heard her play Honda Touru in Fruits Basket, which happened to also be the first anime I heard dubbed. Of course, the Japanese seiyū was no better, but I didn't know Japanese yet at the time.) All-in-all though, it's a nice looking wall hanging.

And it's got Laura Bailey's signature ruining it. T_T (

You really think that? I haven't heard her other work but I thought that she did a great job on Henrietta, a well-pitched timorousness that was really suited to a character emerging from her shell.

Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- OST
Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- Image Album

If you don't mind my asking, Kiskaloo, how much did you pay for these? I ask because there's an eBay lot containing them that I've been eyeing up, offering both CDs for $9.99 plus $10 postage. It's so low that it seems too good to be true - I've seen the same CDs being sold for $50 each on Play-Asia! - and given the fact that the seller's from Hong Kong as well, I'm leery about being swindled.

I snagged mine from a used CD shop in Japan so I paid about $15 USD for each. Around $35 USD sounds right for a new one (with the Yen currently right around 100 to the USD).

If it is a Hong Kong seller it is probably a Son-May pressing. These are actually as good as the original Japanese releases, but technically they are only licensed for sale in Thailand. They are, however, very popular sellers in the US (especially at anime conventions) because they are significantly cheaper (about 1/3rd to 1/4tg) the price of the original Japanese release.

On the basis of that I'll take the plunge, Kiskaloo. The seller has a decent feedback score and in this particular case I care more about having the music to listen to than having a pristine shrink-wrapped case to appreciate on the shelf - if it is a knock-off, then at least I know that it's nothing shady and that I'm getting what I'm paying for!

I know it's hard to see in that picture.
Volumes 1-6 (Volume 3 signed by Catlin Glass)
DVD Boxed set (first volume signed by Laura Baily)
T-shirt
GSG cap
GSG messager bag
Henrietta Plush
GSG fold out of the characters


Meh games

Plus 4 figures, the Season 1 OST, 2 other shirts, and a GSG wallscroll not shown.

Sadly that's all I own. ;_;

I need to get those games. Are you using a PS2 mod-chip or the slider type rig, Triela?

maverick375 wrote:I need to get those games. Are you using a PS2 mod-chip or the slider type rig, Triela?

Neither. I got a region free PS2 for 300$. You can get something to convert it so you can play the games on your own PS2, that won't cost much. The games however can be pricey. In total it cost me almost 500$ for 3 games and the system.

fanboyism:

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...ridiculously extreme fanboyism:

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Nice LoC, nice.

Robert Frazer wrote:You really think that? I haven't heard her other work but I thought that she did a great job on Henrietta, a well-pitched timorousness that was really suited to a character emerging from her shell.

Agreed.

I'm thinking that lithograph is just too damn tempting. Guess I’ll take the plunge too.

Oh shit, LoC - do want that Steyr AUG.

I'm not buying any GSG figurines unless they're fully posable and come with detachable weapons/accessories.

Nachtsider wrote:I'm not buying any GSG figurines unless they're fully posable and come with detachable weapons/accessories.

I'm the exact opposite. I hate posable figures with detachable parts.

The Right Stuff is currently running a 10% off sale on it (it's normally $60).

No, I was working in sterling in my first post. The price in dollars should be ninety...nine?



The incongruent gits knocked forty dollars off of the price after I'd bought my own! I could have saved over thirty pounds a fortnight later...!

Damn, I envy you guys...

I have a wall scroll, and 8 volumes of the manga (1-5 in English, 6, 8, & 9 in French). That's it.

Want the games. Want the Triela model, at least.

Just ordered the second game and a mod chip. Go me!!!

Nachtsider wrote:Oh shit, LoC - do want that Steyr AUG.

it's actually a relative cheapie. I think I paid $80... here's an equivalent: http://www.airsplat.com/Items/ER-BE-M8-SteyrM.htm

**edit**
here's a half-price one... makes a better model, too:
http://www.airsplat.com/Items/EL-BE-M8-Steyr.htm

maverick375 wrote:Just ordered the second game and a mod chip. Go me!!!

You'll want to wait to play it till you buy the first game. The first game carries over to the second, then to the last. If you play the second then the first all the guns you unlock in the first won't be in your second save. Trust me, you'll want the ones in the first save! (One of them is a P-90)

The only affordable place in the US I could find it was out of the first and third. I have advisory requests in on them though.

LoC978 wrote:

Nachtsider wrote:Oh shit, LoC - do want that Steyr AUG.

it's actually a relative cheapie. I think I paid $80... here's an equivalent: http://www.airsplat.com/Items/ER-BE-M8-SteyrM.htm

**edit**
here's a half-price one... makes a better model, too:
http://www.airsplat.com/Items/EL-BE-M8-Steyr.htm

airsplat sucks with service and their shit is shit

sure, if you want an airsoft because it launches 6mm BBs... if all you want is a semi-functional gun model, though...

yeah theyre cheap but they fuck up alot of orders and dont pad well from when i bought from them

well, I've only bought one thing from em (which arrived unbroken, so I was happy enough with it), and I doubt Nacht is gonna order from an american site, considering where he lives. I was just giving him an example to go by.

I like your writing style Robert Frazer, and I feel the exact same way
I own:
Volumes 1-6 of the manga
The three (and the only three) DVDs
A figurine (In Kiskaloo's post, the first one under "and two pre-assembled figures" or see link below)
3 Wallscrolls

I am trying to acquire any other good figurines, but I'm having a lot of trouble. The same goes for the games which I MUST have (darn you Triela!!). If anyone can provide any more links to any of this merchandise, I would greatly appreciate it.
Heres my contribution: http://www.amazon.com/GUNSLINGER-GIRL-HENRIETTA-SCALE-FIGURE/dp/B0016ZC6QY/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1238910372&sr=8-15 Amazon, for anyone who's generally wary of online-shopping, such as myself.

I think I bought the last the lower priced one on Amazon a while back

i has gunslinger girl zippo......

and the mangas that are in english .....

and the dvds......and a large framed picture of the corner of Lauros head.....

The Triela resin model is hard to find now -- I've had it on order for about 7 months now but it'll probably never be available. I have the 3 Henrietta figures/model.

I have the 6 volumes of manga, the 3 DVDs, the two plushies, and the wallscroll of the girls at the Steps (actually, two of the wallscrolls). I also have the OST CD.

Heh, given Nachts location, he might want to head on over to www.EhobbyAsia.com (Thanks Tsundere, for telling me about that site.)

Robert Frazer wrote: Given its dimensions and the quality of the reproduction it seemed a waste to just treat it like a poster (especially when I'd already spent so much on it), so I decided to plump for the additional expense of having it framed by a local art dealer:

I just placed my order. I have a frame shop not to far from were I live, and I’m going to use yours as an example as to how I want mine done (I’m not too crazy about your choice of frame… but you known).

Unfortunately, Tommy, airsoft and BB guns are illegal where I live - I try to order one through the mail, customs will seize it and the partyvan will turn up on my doorstep. The guns I own I purchased from some shady vendors in-person, and I keep them hidden well. I know it sounds utterly ridiculous, but there it is...

Nachtsider wrote:Unfortunately, Tommy, airsoft and BB guns are illegal where I live - I try to order one through the mail, customs will seize it and the partyvan will turn up on my doorstep. The guns I own I purchased from some shady vendors in-person, and I keep them hidden well. I know it sounds utterly ridiculous, but there it is...

Say Nacht, I maybe making a total idiot of my self here, but doesn’t your website say your from Australia?

Danjo3 wrote:

Nachtsider wrote:Unfortunately, Tommy, airsoft and BB guns are illegal where I live - I try to order one through the mail, customs will seize it and the partyvan will turn up on my doorstep. The guns I own I purchased from some shady vendors in-person, and I keep them hidden well. I know it sounds utterly ridiculous, but there it is...

Say Nacht, I maybe making a total idiot of my self here, but doesn’t your website say your from Australia?

I don't remember the full details, but I know that Nacht works in Australia as a Doc and that he goes back to china once in a while. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong bro.

They also have another figurine available on Amazon, however it is ridiculously priced at $170.
http://www.amazon.com/Gunslinger-Henrietta-Assault-Polystone-Figure/dp/B001FWQ5YM/ref=sr_1_47?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1238968788&sr=8-47
Does anyone know any (preferably) US-based sites where I can buy GSG figurines or anything else of the sort? Anime/Video Game merchandise that is, including a site that would sell the above-mentioned figurine at a reasonable price.
Kiskaloo, those are pretty nice.

Tommy's right, Danjo - except for one small detail. Australia's just my temporary home - I'm only here to work and study. Once I get my medical degree, it's back home I go. Home in this case being Malaysia, not China (the family has a home in China, but I haven't been there in a long time). All the same, I think airsoft guns are illegal in BOTH Malaysia and Australia.

Godot wrote:They also have another figurine available on Amazon, however it is ridiculously priced at $170.
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Does anyone know any (preferably) US-based sites where I can buy GSG figurines or anything else of the sort? Anime/Video Game merchandise that is, including a site that would sell the above-mentioned figurine at a reasonable price.
Kiskaloo, those are pretty nice.

That Henrietta figure was never cheap at any place in the US that had it. I managed to get one for about $130 -- and the place where I purchased it only managed to get one of those figures. Most mail order places were sold out of them before I even started looking for one.

Now-a-days, you are lucky to find a seller who has any of the figures in stock, never mind finding them at a reasonable price.

I'd love to find an Osaka pvc figure (Azumanga Daioh).

I pre-order almost all of my stuff from CD Japan. They don't handle the "build them yourself" models, but they usually carry most of the figures plus the CDs and DVDs.

Nachtsider wrote:Tommy's right, Danjo - except for one small detail. Australia's just my temporary home - I'm only here to work and study. Once I get my medical degree, it's back home I go. Home in this case being Malaysia, not China (the family has a home in China, but I haven't been there in a long time). All the same, I think airsoft guns are illegal in BOTH Malaysia and Australia.

I understand now. BTW, cool website.

Got my game and mod-chip in at teh same time. Spent six hours putting the thing in. Next time I'm going with the solder-less chip.!!!

My game was NIB, which is kewl. Everything was with it and it had the japanese stickers on the outer wrap. $40. not bad, I think.

I'm taking a dinner break before final reassembly. I'll be surprised of it works though. I may have screwed something up when a surface mount resistor came off on my solder tip. Wish me luck.

Just so long as you haven't burned any track, or removed any components unless it says to (removing them and putting them back in again afterwards should be fine if you're reasonable at soldering), you should be fine

Good luck

That thing's a nightmare. After not getting anything from it, I pulled the chip off and verified the console still works on it's own. I didn't test it fully, but the browser loaded up and that with the drive removed. So I moved the chip and rigged everything back with shorter wires and such. Now I get the firmware screen, but no browser and the Drive won't read correctly. ::bangshead::

I'm going to tear it apart again and check for bridges in my work, maybe I'll find something.

Additional: GOt it working. I had a bridge on one of the contacts I soldered. My drive, however, was not working because the contacts on the cable were all messed up. I straightened them and now it's working great. I need someone to ship me a few crates of language skills, though, I can't understand anything in that game except "Start".

maverick375 wrote:Additional: GOt it working. I had a bridge on one of the contacts I soldered. My drive, however, was not working because the contacts on the cable were all messed up. I straightened them and now it's working great. I need someone to ship me a few crates of language skills, though, I can't understand anything in that game except "Start".

Don't worry, you'll understand it with time. I was confused at first, but after a while the it got to a point where I know where things were and what buttons to press. ^_^

maverick375 wrote:Additional: GOt it working. I had a bridge on one of the contacts I soldered.

Woo! And I think we can safely assume that the bridge didn't burn any components out, else the console as a whole wouldn't be working right now

Ehee, I just have the DVDs, the Rico Plush, and 3 figurines: Triela, Rico, and Angelica.
I also collect the manga, but that's all I have ><; I'm so pooor.

Just got my GSG lithograph. Very cool. I plan on taking it to a frame shop on Friday.

Here it is. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.

That's gorgeous.

I must agree

The truly sad part is that the frame cost twice as much as the picture. Can you say fanboy?