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Glathannus · 2009.03.03, 11:22 PM

My collector pride remains intact, but as usual, I have very little money remaining for anything else. When the slew of 2008-2009 releases calms down, I'm going to focus on hunting down pre-Jihen posters like Kabuki-cho no Joou (which in my opinion are a better investment than MoRA).

If you wanted to know what the "exact differences" are - none of the contents are the same! There is no overlap or common ground other than the size and shape and logo of the outer packaging.

The Ringo BoX is simultaneously the most overestimated and underestimated package. Most people who don't completely understand what it is - fall into either one of those extremes (like ohmygod it's full of unique goodies - or pshaw! I can easily get all the important bits elsewhere). If you look at this list, you'll find those assumptions to be quite unfounded.

The Ringo BoX consists of:
30 postcards (half of them have this annoying nonglossy texture that isn't scan-friendly - most of these postcards are cover art related and some of them are even Tokyo Jihen related)
23? RAT reissues (basically the entire backcatalog)
1 new exclusive RAT
4 career-debut sticker reissues (the kind of stickers you could get at places like Tower Records before Shouso Strip came out)
2 re-usable wooden-handle stamps (you have to supply your own ink)
Eye pin
Anniversary/lightning sew-on badge,
MoRA-style booklet (which turns out to be an empty fill-it-yourself journal/doodling deal)
Fold-out poster (of Shiina Ringo when she was a kid)

It's true that not everything in the Ringo BoX is actually unique to the Ringo BoX, but the nonunique stuff isn't covered by any of the other 2008/2009 packages - as a collector you at least have to backtrack through original RAT releases if you want to dismiss the Ringo BoX as irrelevant. All of the original RATs combined, can easily cost more than the Ringo BoX after you win all the necessary/separate auctions. Some of the included Tokyo Jihen postcards were previously available during the Adult touring, and those are even harder to find nowadays.

If you've been keeping up on your nonmultimedia collecting, then the MoRA goodies (especially the booklet) are a little more satisfying to own than the Ringo BoX. If you haven't been keeping up, then the Ringo BoX is an excellent way to catch-up, and be like wow look at all this interesting stuff I haven't seen before.

2009.03.03, 11:22 PM	#6
Glathannus True Final Boss Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United States Posts: 2,423	My collector pride remains intact, but as usual, I have very little money remaining for anything else. When the slew of 2008-2009 releases calms down, I'm going to focus on hunting down pre-Jihen posters like Kabuki-cho no Joou (which in my opinion are a better investment than MoRA). If you wanted to know what the "exact differences" are - none of the contents are the same! There is no overlap or common ground other than the size and shape and logo of the outer packaging. The Ringo BoX is simultaneously the most overestimated and underestimated package. Most people who don't completely understand what it is - fall into either one of those extremes (like ohmygod it's full of unique goodies - or pshaw! I can easily get all the important bits elsewhere). If you look at this list, you'll find those assumptions to be quite unfounded. The Ringo BoX consists of: 30 postcards (half of them have this annoying nonglossy texture that isn't scan-friendly - most of these postcards are cover art related and some of them are even Tokyo Jihen related) 23? RAT reissues (basically the entire backcatalog) 1 new exclusive RAT 4 career-debut sticker reissues (the kind of stickers you could get at places like Tower Records before Shouso Strip came out) 2 re-usable wooden-handle stamps (you have to supply your own ink) Eye pin Anniversary/lightning sew-on badge, MoRA-style booklet (which turns out to be an empty fill-it-yourself journal/doodling deal) Fold-out poster (of Shiina Ringo when she was a kid) It's true that not everything in the Ringo BoX is actually unique to the Ringo BoX, but the nonunique stuff isn't covered by any of the other 2008/2009 packages - as a collector you at least have to backtrack through original RAT releases if you want to dismiss the Ringo BoX as irrelevant. All of the original RATs combined, can easily cost more than the Ringo BoX after you win all the necessary/separate auctions. Some of the included Tokyo Jihen postcards were previously available during the Adult touring, and those are even harder to find nowadays. If you've been keeping up on your nonmultimedia collecting, then the MoRA goodies (especially the booklet) are a little more satisfying to own than the Ringo BoX. If you haven't been keeping up, then the Ringo BoX is an excellent way to catch-up, and be like wow look at all this interesting stuff I haven't seen before. __________________ You know Tokyo Jihen is a supergroup, when you can't blame most of the members for wanting to pursue other projects.