I just got A BALLADS...

_CREA_ · #1 23rd December 2004, 11:47 PM

Yes, quite late, I know.

But what I'm getting at is, how is it humanly possible that YesAsia still has some of the limited press ones?

I got the Japanese version, and it's the limited edition: slipcase, one of the four special covers, the insert with the password for the special site (long since gone, of course), etc.

It just boggles my mind that it's been out for so long, but I still got the limited edition.

There's more info about it at the bottom of this page.

So, did I just get lucky and get one of a few limited ones that got lost in a YesAsia warehouse somewhere?

Honestly, does anyone have any idea how this happened?

Hazard · #2 24th December 2004, 12:03 AM

*shakes head* I don't know. I bought my copy of I am... over the counter over a year after it was released at the Anime Nation warehouse and it was the first printing. I don't know how these printings hang around for so long. O.O

hana_sanctuary · #3 24th December 2004, 12:06 AM

Hmph... well- I actually saw an over the counter version of A Ballads as well--- which I'm probably gonna end up buying... it's kinda nice to know that even so far down the road there's still some out there for the little people who can't get the CD right away XD

~K+ · #4 24th December 2004, 12:11 AM

I told you all Avex's so called Limited editions aren't that limited at all when people was fussing about the MY STORY limited CD+DVD. M.A CD+DVD was supposed to be limited, still readily available.

minkAYuko · #5 24th December 2004, 12:16 AM

but why is limited? mine actually has the code

but i didn't know it was limited XD

EDIT: ohhh i read at the bottom.... sorry!

hey this is cool.... so there's another version of A ballads that doesn't comes with the carboard slipcase?

leafyamazaki · #6 24th December 2004, 01:24 AM

Like K said, it's not that limited.
Just a week ago I saw one at Asahiya when I got 'MY STORY.' They didn't even have a regular pressing copy of A BALLADS~

~K+ · #7 24th December 2004, 01:35 AM

The same with Free & Easy, I think I've seen the first press more than the regular press.

Mirai Noah · #8 24th December 2004, 02:29 AM

Yeah, I got my copy of A BALLADS a couple of months ago, and it was limited edition as well. The CDs are just not as limited as one would think.

leafyamazaki · #9 24th December 2004, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~K+

The same with Free & Easy, I think I've seen the first press more than the regular press.

I actually saw the regular press of Free & Easy at Asahiya~

Jennie Mae · #10 24th December 2004, 03:28 AM

Yeah, the limited versions aren't really limited, are they? I have the limited edition A BEST, A BALLADS, and MY STORY, and those first two I got last year.

extepan · #11 24th December 2004, 05:46 AM

i bought my A BALLADS cd last week, and guess what is inside!!!!!

an ad for INSPIRE cd single!!! o_O

natalaxie · #12 24th December 2004, 08:28 AM

can i ask, what is the limited version of Memorial Address? Is it just that the CD+DVD is limited?

kournikova · #13 24th December 2004, 08:57 AM

wow lucky you... i got the indonesian version here... ^^ (a duplication of japan version but still... no 1st pressing here aheiaehiahe) ^^

fancycar · #14 24th December 2004, 09:01 AM

Too bad~!
I haven't got this BALLADS yet~
I've tried sometimes to get it back.
But when I saw it 2nd hand which were all nearly brand-new,my money were just gone out!!!!
So irritating~!!!!

DeepRiver · #15 24th December 2004, 10:40 AM

I have another Question ... I get my A ballads Version today too ... But i get a limited Black Disc Edition ... What is that? It's the same like the limited Japan Edition, just with a black CD ... ??? Is it very rare ???

~K+ · #16 24th December 2004, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by extepan

i bought my A BALLADS cd last week, and guess what is inside!!!!!

an ad for INSPIRE cd single!!! o_O

Lol, weird marketing strategy. XD

Quote:

Originally Posted by natalaxie

can i ask, what is the limited version of Memorial Address? Is it just that the CD+DVD is limited?

Nothing's special about it, they just say that the CD+DVD is limited, it says on the OBI.

_CREA_ · #17 24th December 2004, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeepRiver

I have another Question ... I get my A ballads Version today too ... But i get a limited Black Disc Edition ... What is that? It's the same like the limited Japan Edition, just with a black CD ... ??? Is it very rare ???

They also mention that on the bottom of the page I linked in my top post. Overseas version, correct? Or maybe Singapore version? Because those have been known to have dark discs but nobody has a clue why.

@ everyone: Thanks for the feedback! I guess it wasn't as much of a fluke as I thought! Now that I gave it some consideration, if the 200,000 number is right...then about 1 in 5 people with A BALLADS has a limited copy. Not really limited a whole lot then is it?

extepan · #18 25th December 2004, 07:21 AM

indeed the limited edition is not limited

starr5245 · #19 26th December 2004, 02:16 AM

haha, it's normal perhaps.

kristen · #20 26th December 2004, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _CREA_

Yes, quite late, I know.

But what I'm getting at is, how is it humanly possible that YesAsia still has some of the limited press ones?

I got the Japanese version, and it's the limited edition: slipcase, one of the four special covers, the insert with the password for the special site (long since gone, of course), etc.

It just boggles my mind that it's been out for so long, but I still got the limited edition.

There's more info about it at the bottom of this page.

So, did I just get lucky and get one of a few limited ones that got lost in a YesAsia warehouse somewhere?

Honestly, does anyone have any idea how this happened?

I just got my A Ballads Jpn version for xmas and i have the same thing

cardboard slipcase, etc.