Woo, my haul from today's stream. Did an unboxing stream that was a long time coming. Since the Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning movie was released on Blu-Ray/DVD yesterday, I wanted to celebrate by opening merch that I had been accumulating over the past months.
I did get the preorder of the the movie, so that was what I opened first on stream with the poster (forgive it curling in the photo). Quite pleased to have it now and will be rewatching it soon. I plan to do a watch party with the community Discord.
I kept myself from opening the Digimon Super Complete Selection Animation D-3s, both Ken and Daisuke's, for TWO WHOLE MONTHS to be able to get my reaction on stream. Glad I have these guys now, will probably brush up on my Japanese so I can appreciate Paku-san's and Kiuchi-san's voice work more (I grew up on the dub and recently rewatched it sub about 2 years ago). It feels good having a more authentic D-3 now, feels better in the hand, much like how the D-Scanners feel.
Then I went and did card pack openings for the Beginning Observer booster pack. Got a bunch of cards I wanted, got a lot of cards that might have potential and I want to hold on to, and some... I'm uninterested in. But that's how these 'gacha pulls' go. I don't usually buy booster packs, but I wanted the experience since I'm going to hold onto a good half of those cards I got (about a fifth have been added to my Ken-Stingmon deck or are waiting in the wings to modify it). I'm really enjoying the art and I'm looking forward to going to my local game stores to learn how to play the game well (and see how other players play and just generally meet other fans!). I don't really care about the meta, I just want themed decks that are fun to play.
Plan to do another unboxing stream when my 02 TCG box comes in with the Imperialdramon playmat and sleeves, so that should be either later this month (June 2024), if not in July.