They changed it to only $5 last year... Wouldn't be surprised to even see it scrapped this year.
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Artbooks & Gaming books |OT| A new era, a new shelf
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They changed it to only $5 last year... Wouldn't be surprised to even see it scrapped this year.
An art collective that also publishes a lot of gaming artbooks. Alot of the Capcom and Dark Souls books are published in America by Udon.
Here it is, the new Zelda book arrived and what a whopper it is again.
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A few notes.
The original price is 100$ and we we got a mail today that we get money back from Amazon and just pay around 50€. Damn that's what I call a good currency conversion. :P
The map is huge and the front is completely out of cloth, but it's glued (or whatever I could call this) on paper. Very weird.
Book is fantastic, that's what I call an Artbook. Very much too read with many pictures. Such a quality book here, also the blue material here is fantastic.
The purple ball is the weakest part. It's blurry on one side, the lasered logo is not really good with errors in it and the glass has some weird stuff inside on one side, really bad quality, I think I will ask about a replacement and hope it's better in other versions and not a general problem.
Rest is fantastic.
Switch for scale.
A few notes.
The original price is 100$ and we we got a mail today that we get money back from Amazon and just pay around 50€. Damn that's what I call a good currency conversion. :P
The map is huge and the front is completely out of cloth, but it's glued (or whatever I could call this) on paper. Very weird.
Book is fantastic, that's what I call an Artbook. Very much too read with many pictures. Such a quality book here, also the blue material here is fantastic.
The purple ball is the weakest part. It's blurry on one side, the lasered logo is not really good with errors in it and the glass has some weird stuff inside on one side, really bad quality, I think I will ask about a replacement and hope it's better in other versions and not a general problem.
Rest is fantastic.
Yeah, they did the English editions of the books. Not the actual art in the books. They have done a lot of promotional art for Capcom, though.
They have a deviantArt gallery if you want to browse.
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Received the following books this month:
The Art of Hearthstone - It's a really well made and put together book which shows off concet art along with final artwork for the cards. It also goes in to detail about each new set of packs and also shows the card back art off too. It's a lovely book and for those of you who have played Hearthstone will love it.
Dark Souls 3 - Incredible. Those of you who have got the previous 2 books won't need any convincing with this one. It was worth the wait!
Last book is arriving this week which is the FFXIV Eorzea Book Volume 2. Can't wait for it since the first volume was superb.
The Art of Hearthstone - It's a really well made and put together book which shows off concet art along with final artwork for the cards. It also goes in to detail about each new set of packs and also shows the card back art off too. It's a lovely book and for those of you who have played Hearthstone will love it.
Dark Souls 3 - Incredible. Those of you who have got the previous 2 books won't need any convincing with this one. It was worth the wait!
Last book is arriving this week which is the FFXIV Eorzea Book Volume 2. Can't wait for it since the first volume was superb.
Slight correction: book needs to be over $20 this time. I don't recall a limit on past books :/ Looks like Zelda BotW went down to $19.99 now (option to call for price adjustments?) So that won't even qualify.
is it $5 off one every book or $5 dollar of the entire order of books?
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Actually, according to a wario64 tweet, you can just add random stuff to get it over 20 and it should work. I'll look for it quick
It's a great book with a premium feel befitting the "prestige" of the Neo Geo. I got one of the special editions from the official bitmap website, but those editions are long gone. You can still get the standard release though.
Hmmm maybe I will use that $5 code... Anyone know in the past how it worked for pre-orders? I saw that the price for the 3rd Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive is going down in price, but after applying the coupon, will I still get an even LOWER value, when Amazon inevitably prices it down further?
There was a sale on Google and i bought Alice Madness returns(the artwork on that game is amazing) and Zelda enciclopedia, for $5 each one.
DOOM artwork looked interesting but as much as i like the game, i don't think it has great art
Zelda champion looks awesome but too expensive because its new :c
DOOM artwork looked interesting but as much as i like the game, i don't think it has great art
Zelda champion looks awesome but too expensive because its new :c
Picked up the first volume of the Monster Hunter Illustrations rerelease. It's all nice and hardcover and looks great!
So, that new Breath of the Wild artbook... I may have taken it a bit to the extreme...
The premium editions are both truly beautiful, though (the Champions Edition is leather-bound!).. I just need to convince myself to unseal them!
The premium editions are both truly beautiful, though (the Champions Edition is leather-bound!).. I just need to convince myself to unseal them!
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I picked up the MGS I-IV collection and ordered the MGSV book to complete the set.
...That MGS I-IV collection though is something! That or the LE God of War art book might take the top for my best book purchased this year.
...That MGS I-IV collection though is something! That or the LE God of War art book might take the top for my best book purchased this year.
I didn´t event know this existed until know lol
I received the standard edition of the art book this week and it looks so good :)
Any impressions on Marvel´s Spiderman artbook?
Yeah it's a beautiful version of the book. The only negative is the case the book comes in is too tall for my shelf. lol
Yeah quality book, but the shape is so weird. Love all the concept art and potential routes they could have gone with each character. And any artbook with developer notes gets a few bonus points from me.
https://www.focusattack.com/udonstore/by-type/art-book/
Udon art books on sale at Focus Attack. Picked up a few, because the prices are a lot better (even after coupon) than Amazon.
Udon art books on sale at Focus Attack. Picked up a few, because the prices are a lot better (even after coupon) than Amazon.
Sorry for the late response, i just finished reading the Black Flag book and it's beautiful. The animus stuff is the weakest part, but the concept art from the ship battles, the locations from the game, the characters, are really colourful and vibrant. Presentation of the book is really good. The amount of commentary is kinda low, though.
I'd say it's worth it. I think it was kinda cheap in amazon?
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I just noticed that Target has the $5 off promo as well. I put an order in for the MMX Design Works (Hardcover), which comes out on Tuesday. Great artbook deals this weekend!
Does anyone have the Professor Layton artbook that Udon localized? Thinking of getting it, but was curious about the content.
Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive Volume 3 is available for pre-order – https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-Ultimania-Archive-3/dp/1506708013/
I just ordered the MMX book last night on this recommendation and woke up to a cancellation order. It's weird because the item still shows available to order so I just ordered again (and now it's even cheaper thanks to 15% off). Did this happen to you, too?
Art of The Last of Us is the current lightning deal
(for folks not following Wario64 on twitter, it's worthwhile this time of year; I believe this is the third lightning deal for a video game art book and he tweets all kinds of deals for art books in addition to game deals)
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Last-Us-...sr=8-1-spons&keywords=art+of+last+of+us&psc=1
(for folks not following Wario64 on twitter, it's worthwhile this time of year; I believe this is the third lightning deal for a video game art book and he tweets all kinds of deals for art books in addition to game deals)
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Last-Us-...sr=8-1-spons&keywords=art+of+last+of+us&psc=1
I completely forgot about the CM discount when I posted yesterday. I cancelled my original order shortly after. I just reordered the book this morning. I'll chime in if anything weird happens.
Additionally, the $5 off promo appears to be a per transaction type of deal. It's applying again to all the books I have on my "save for later" list. Might have to try it on FF Ultimania 2 later today. =)
In the US they have the collector's edition Red Dead Redemption 2 guide book on sale for $29 (that's sales tax and shipping included) at Barnes and Noble.
https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/red-dead-redemption-2-piggyback/1129166562?ean=9781911015543
https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/red-dead-redemption-2-piggyback/1129166562?ean=9781911015543
Yeah i figured if someone really wanted it now, it's not a terrible price.
Their Fallout 4 lightning deal was also not amazing.
Also a coupon (CYBER20 i think) which should knock off some more. Was $27 when i went to checkout
Eyes of Bayonetta 2 and Creating a Champion arrived today. Can't wait to dig in.
Creating a Champion is a lot thicker than I expected as well.
Creating a Champion is a lot thicker than I expected as well.
Same price on Amazon too and I wonder if the NOVBOOK18 coupon is still active to get $5 off?
Amazon used to list the book cheaper if I remember correctly but because of their issues with publishers they were the last retailers to receive stock of both games and guide books so they never arrived for launch.
The newest two volumes were delivered right before I had to leave, so now I can't wait to get home and open them up.
