Ringo BoOK - Page 11

Masuku · 2009.04.11, 07:22 AM

^ Thanks for you too!

It seems you own one copy of Ringo File and zarya said "with mostly text and a few pages of nice pictures". Is there only really a few? or how many pages of pictures it haves?

Ringo~Bingo · 2009.04.11, 07:38 AM

I counted 57 pictures in total, some double page and some half page.

(I may be off by one or two)

TeslaGuy · 2009.04.11, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by merman

I was surprised when I found out the cover photo was shot by Nobuyoshi Araki when Bingo upped it here quite some time ago. Does anybody know him here? I love his work, but I guess he had to tone himself down a lot shooting for a magazine. However it definitely would be interesting if he made Ringo photos in his trademark, borderline pornographic style...

I have a couple of his books. Like them a lot.

Glathannus · 2009.04.17, 01:26 AM

Originally Posted by kuro_neko

Ringo Book is going to be available at some select Tower Record Stores. good news if your in japan anytime soon I suppose.

Now we'll just have to see if they offer it on their website - and internationally. I'm not optimistic, but I've been wrong before. For those who can get the walk-in retail experience (if that ends up being the only way), I wonder if the price is still 8800yen.

At the very least, this should make Ringo Books a little more widespread (with presumably lower prices) on Yahoo! Japan Auctions than they otherwise would have been.

Jesse · 2009.04.17, 06:46 AM

Well well well...

http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/sitema...DS_SORT_CD=107

Now, who can help me register for this damn website? Why is the only available country Japan? And how come I have to enter both a Japanese and an international shipping address? @___@

Edit: I just put in a fake Japan address and then edited it out once I was registered... strange.

Edit 2: OK CHANGED MY MIND... AUD$250?????????? LOL!!!!!!!

Edit 3: Just going over it, there's a symbol next to it when you go to order... and that happens to reveal "This titles is not delivered outside from japan."

Glathannus · 2009.04.17, 07:36 AM

I was so pissed when I signed up for Tower Records Japan during late 2006, in hopes of buying Sakuran promo DVDs (ones that came with movie theater tickets). Then I find out they won't ship it outside of Japan.

I feel for ya.

kuro_neko · 2009.04.17, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by Glathannus

I was so pissed when I signed up for Tower Records Japan during late 2006, in hopes of buying Sakuran promo DVDs (ones that came with movie theater tickets). Then I find out they won't ship it outside of Japan.

I feel for ya.

glanth, those were SOOO not really worth it. did you manage to get them? I have both of them at my house in Boston, along with the rest of ringo trove. I only have Watashi to Houden and up here with me in Hawai'i. Moving your cds can be such a pain.

I really want this book, now that I think about it. Tower sucks for not shipping overseas. how did most people pre-order, through a middle man like shoppingmalljapan?

Glathannus · 2009.04.18, 12:54 AM

I eventually got those Sakuran DVDs from Yahoo! Japan Auctions. You have to understand that this was before the KYNK single came out, and this was before the Heisei Fuuzoku DVD. Even if you didn't particularly care for the cinematography or the picture quality on the trailers, for awhile it was the 'only' way to get Karisome Otome in any form.

And yes, I pre-ordered several Ringo Books from Kronekodow via a middleman already - during the time window in the middle of March. All that this Tower Records deal accomplishes for individual buyers, is allowing you to arrange a proxy-buy even later than the original time window. This makes the Tower Records offer more of AN opportunity rather than like THE opportunity, as you still need a middleman just as much as you did before.

If there's anything extra-special about the Tower offer, it's that they might unintentionally be more group-buy friendly. For example, Kronekodow would cap you at 5 Ringo Books, and we don't know what they're going to charge for domestic shipping within Japan (if anything). Tower does free domestic shipping on large orders, and they aren't capping you on the quantity of Ringo Books. So say you have 10 continential Americans who each want a Ringo Book. They pool their money together, and tell a middleman in Japan to order 10 Ringo Books from Tower. The only significant part of the shipping cost is to get the books out of Japan. Also, the commission fee from the middleman is a much lower percentage than if 10 international buyers were approaching the middleman individually for 1 Ringo Book each. The hypothetical 10 buyers end up so much better off than if they had tried to go through Kronekodow (which would have required at least two transactions - if they could even do that). If you're an every-man-for-himself kind of guy (especially after what happened with Brad), then the Tower offer doesn't really change anything for you.

frecklegirl · 2009.04.18, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by kuro_neko

glanth, those were SOOO not really worth it. did you manage to get them? I have both of them at my house in Boston, along with the rest of ringo trove.

Yeahh, I have one too, which I would really like to not have anymore. Anyone? XD

kuro_neko · 2009.04.18, 09:42 PM

well, it was worth it for the tickets, and the cool packaging I guess. The DVD is pretty worthless though.

2009.04.17, 06:46 AM	#105
Jesse Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 500	Well well well... http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/sitema...DS_SORT_CD=107 Now, who can help me register for this damn website? Why is the only available country Japan? And how come I have to enter both a Japanese and an international shipping address? @___@ Edit: I just put in a fake Japan address and then edited it out once I was registered... strange. Edit 2: OK CHANGED MY MIND... AUD$250?????????? LOL!!!!!!! Edit 3: Just going over it, there's a symbol next to it when you go to order... and that happens to reveal "This titles is not delivered outside from japan." __________________ Website & Blog \| Last.fm Last edited by Jesse : 2009.04.17 at 07:26 AM.

2009.04.17, 07:36 AM	#106
Glathannus True Final Boss Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United States Posts: 2,423	I was so pissed when I signed up for Tower Records Japan during late 2006, in hopes of buying Sakuran promo DVDs (ones that came with movie theater tickets). Then I find out they won't ship it outside of Japan. I feel for ya. __________________ You know Tokyo Jihen is a supergroup, when you can't blame most of the members for wanting to pursue other projects.

2009.04.18, 12:54 AM	#108
Glathannus True Final Boss Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United States Posts: 2,423	I eventually got those Sakuran DVDs from Yahoo! Japan Auctions. You have to understand that this was before the KYNK single came out, and this was before the Heisei Fuuzoku DVD. Even if you didn't particularly care for the cinematography or the picture quality on the trailers, for awhile it was the 'only' way to get Karisome Otome in any form. And yes, I pre-ordered several Ringo Books from Kronekodow via a middleman already - during the time window in the middle of March. All that this Tower Records deal accomplishes for individual buyers, is allowing you to arrange a proxy-buy even later than the original time window. This makes the Tower Records offer more of AN opportunity rather than like THE opportunity, as you still need a middleman just as much as you did before. If there's anything extra-special about the Tower offer, it's that they might unintentionally be more group-buy friendly. For example, Kronekodow would cap you at 5 Ringo Books, and we don't know what they're going to charge for domestic shipping within Japan (if anything). Tower does free domestic shipping on large orders, and they aren't capping you on the quantity of Ringo Books. So say you have 10 continential Americans who each want a Ringo Book. They pool their money together, and tell a middleman in Japan to order 10 Ringo Books from Tower. The only significant part of the shipping cost is to get the books out of Japan. Also, the commission fee from the middleman is a much lower percentage than if 10 international buyers were approaching the middleman individually for 1 Ringo Book each. The hypothetical 10 buyers end up so much better off than if they had tried to go through Kronekodow (which would have required at least two transactions - if they could even do that). If you're an every-man-for-himself kind of guy (especially after what happened with Brad), then the Tower offer doesn't really change anything for you. __________________ You know Tokyo Jihen is a supergroup, when you can't blame most of the members for wanting to pursue other projects.

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2009.04.11, 07:22 AM	#101
Masuku Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 99	^ Thanks for you too! It seems you own one copy of Ringo File and zarya said "with mostly text and a few pages of nice pictures". Is there only really a few? or how many pages of pictures it haves?

2009.04.11, 07:38 AM	#102
Ringo~Bingo Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,222	I counted 57 pictures in total, some double page and some half page. (I may be off by one or two)

2009.04.18, 09:42 PM	#110
kuro_neko Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: World's End Posts: 2,991	well, it was worth it for the tickets, and the cool packaging I guess. The DVD is pretty worthless though.