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My So-Called Expenditure in 2008: PASSION Is the Key.

Written by: zenical on 31 December 2008 at 11:51 pm 8 Comments

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2008 is coming to an end. I always complain that I am poor thanks to new loots. In addition, with a new game console to my family, expenditure will definitely go up. I guess I am one of those people who has to juggle between PS3 gaming and figurines. Wait did I mention that I support Nana Mizuki too?>< Gundam kits are lagging on one end, so I don’t think I will be purchasing any new ones until I see any Gundam 00 MG kit out. Lol. 00 Gundam perhaps? XD

Current Figurines and Gundams stash:

My figurines do look little. Probably because I have the habit of selling away figurines that are SAF(suddenly acquired figurines) or more commonly known as impulse buys to me ><.  Gundam kits on the other hand, I do not sell them, well I will definitely make a loss since stores in Singapore do have discounts here and there that makes the kits cheap during some point. And Singaporeans love to bargain.. So.. My saying is that: Just fix my Gundams! XD.

And since I am horrible at remembering the stuff I bought in 2008 (local expenditure – I don’t keep tabs!) this post will feature my “so-called” expenditure. It will be based more on my online purchases rather than local purchases (well I will try to remember my local expenditure as and when)

I purchase namely from these few various sites as and when: Hobby Search, CDJapan, Play-Asia, Amazon Japan, Animaxis.

For local shops purchases: KKnM(I am a regular there XD), Latendo, Toysntoy

And after entering the amount for 2hours and more, I finally managed to get a graph to show you.. The amount is based in Yen FYI.

Online Expenditure

Despite buying a lot from CDJapan this December, I expected the Nana Blu-ray and DVDs to cost the most out of my entire experiences of buying online. But turns out that May Expenditure for Hobby Search is Number 1. Perhaps I have the Shana Windbreaker I bought back then to thank? XD

Gundam expenditure is not counted for.. Because I can’t remember how much I bought them for orz.

And I remember how much my figurines bought from shops cost (WOW I AM A GENIUS XD)
Figurines bought locally: 577 SGD
Figurine bought from Ebay: 125 SGD (Lucky Star meets Fate/Stay Night Nendoroid!XD)

Number of figurines: 19
Number of gundams: 18
Number of CDs/Albums: 44
Number of Live Concerts: 5

Most Expensive Figurine: 1/7 Alter Yagami Hayate (Thanks KKnM! for the preorder ^^)
Most Economical Figurine: Revoltech Ayanami Rei Damaged Version (27 SGD only! LOL)
Most Fave Figurine
: 1/8 Alter Fate Testarossa
Most NOT-WORTH-IT-figurine: Shana Nendoroid (Despite me preordering it at XXX local shop, it feels like a buy-in-store price to me. Never ever going back there again)

Most Expenditure is related to: Nanoha

Most Expensive CD/Album/Live Concert: Nana Mizuki LIVE FIGHTER 2008 Blu-ray
Most Economical CD/Album/Live Concert: UVERworld Shaka Beach – Laka Laka La (Bought for only 7.42 USD!)
Most Fave CD/Album/Live Concert: Nana Mizuki LIVE FIGHTER 2008 Blu-ray
Most NOT-WORTH-IT-CD/Album/Live Concert: None. All are worth it!

Most Expensive Gundam: 1/60 Trans-Arm Gundam Exia (87.95 SGD)
Most Economical Gundam: SD Gundams? (I have a couple of them all bought roughly the same price 10plus SGD)
Most Fave Gundam: 1/100 MG Strike Freedom (Because I love Kira Yamato…^_^)
Most NOT-WORTH-IT-Gundam:1/144 HG Throne Meisters (which I bought this year. I have not fixed them at all because 2 of them died in Season 1. Kinda makes me bored to fix their Gundam since they’re dead… >_>LOL)

Total Hobby Search Expenditure(Figurines/Merchandises): 95, 358yen
Total CDJapan Expenditure: 87, 289 yen

So by using a rough estimation of the online purchases and local purchases,
Total Figurine/Merchandises Expenditure: 3200 SGD (2222.15 USD)
Total CDs-related Expenditure: 1810 SGD (1256.90 USD)

My expenditure would not be so scary if abao did not poison me with Nana.. I love both YUI and Nana and having said that, if I did not love Nana now, I bet my expenditure wouldn’t be so high, and yeah I would not have bought a PS3 because of LIVE FIGHTER Blu-ray that came out last week XD.

Well what is to come in 2009, I have no idea. I expect myself to spend lesser on figurines and concentrate more of my resources for Nana. As for the gaming side of zenical, I do not have any games I want – until March 2009(which is a good thing!) and alas, hopefully the games I have will keep me company until March..

And yes I completed this post before midnight(2009). Look out for the next post to wrap up 2008 (anime) which I expect to start on soon.. Lols.

Happy New Year to all readers!! XD

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8 Comments »

  • Stripey said:

    Happy new year!

    Looks like 2008 was another glorious year of expenditure for you. I do notice that you chalk up most of your figure expenditure via online orders. Any reason why you don’t acquire all locally since they are much cheaper? :)

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  • gordon said:

    prepare to save up more money for 2009. XD

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  • M12_Vinja said:

    You’ve got some amazing looking Gundam models there! They look huge.

    Good on you for support Nana Mizuki! She earned my attention in Rosario To Vampire, when she voiced both Mokka so well. Very amazing actress and singer.

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  • 300 said:

    wow….very nice room…but looks messy

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  • kurando said:

    Wow… i didn’t realize just how much you had acquired….

    btw, how are things Zenical?

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