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So! My auctions I was freaking out about! I did win them. :D Well, 2/3--the third one went higher than I felt I wanted to spend on it, which is just fine. I'm sure the Japanese bidder I went up against was happy to win it. :) I'm SO happy I won these two, though!

Yep, two more cels! I'm becoming quite a fan of cel collecting, though I am doing my best to be selective in what cels I want. Pokémon cels, though, unsurprisingly, are what I'm most after. Again, though, I'm not going to bid on (much less fight for) cels that I don't want quite a lot. These two were must-wins!

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This is pretty much the cutest Ash/Pikachu cel possible, ahhh! It's so adorable I just about melted when [livejournal.com profile] omgitslph linked it to me. It's just perfect! I don't know if there will ever be another cel that's more perfect of these two. It got a little expensive, but it's worth it--and it was quite a bit under my max bid. [livejournal.com profile] ambertdd, I thank you so much for allowing me to use your Crescent account to bid on this! It really eased my fears of being outbid at the last minute. 8D

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Aaand Sparky! I love Sparky, I never thought I'd be able to get a cel of him! I've been a fan of Sparky since I first saw the episodes with him. (Oddly I am not a fan of Ritchie, though, heh.) Gotta love his tuft and his voice. Sparky is actually why I started kind of collecting tufty Pichu a while back, because the only merch of Sparky is the kid, and tufty Pichu is similar to Sparky in a way. :D ('Cause tuft!) I think I was even telling [livejournal.com profile] omgitslph a while back that I'd love a cel of Sparky, but I didn't think it would happen. :D

So that makes seven Pokémon cels and nine Millennium Actress cels. Not a bad start for my collection! I verified yesterday that one of my Pikachu cels is from Pikachu's Goodbye, too, like I thought, which is awesome because of course that's a very poignant episode.

Here are the cels I'm particularly looking out for:

- Pokémon

Please note Pokémon cels are quite rare considering the length of the series (most were unfortunately destroyed), so why I'm listing so many is because the likelihood of any of these aside from Pikachu and the main characters popping up is pretty low.

Particularly cute Ash/Pikachu cels or just Pikachu, surfing Pikachu (GRAIL), Umbreon cel (GRAIL), a good cel of Misty or even better Ash/Misty (the whole group is fine, too!), Eevee, Mew, Chikorita or family, most water Pokémon, any Eeveelution really, Lapras, Marill or Azumarill (though if it's Marill I would likely let [livejournal.com profile] crimson_angel02 win it!), Politoed, Larvitar, any canine-like Pokémon, Dragonite or family, Seel/Dewgong, Pichu/Raichu... I'm sure there are lots of others I'd be likely to go after as well, but those are the main ones that I'd get excited about. :D

- Cowboy Bebop -- AN EIN CEL! I want one so badly! And I also want at least one nice cel of Spike once I can afford to buy one. A cel of the whole Bebop crew would be awesome but I think it's highly unlikely.

- Millennium Actress -- I dunno what I want specifically from this movie, my nine cels are quite a lot and very nice, but I'd definitely go after the right ones. :D

- The Last Unicorn/Watership Down/The Plague Dogs/The Secret of NIMH/Little Nemo -- I put all these in one category because I think the likelihood of me finding AND being able to afford any of these cels at any given time is unlikely at best. I've seen quite a few TLU cels with vendors at conventions but they're usually $500-$2000+, which is certainly well out of my budget at this point.

I also intend to buy some Now and Then, Here and There cels at some point because they're super cheap and that's a great series, I have my eye on at least one Escaflowne cel (I'd eventually love one of Hitomi, one of Van, and one of Merle but that's a long-term goal), and I wouldn't mind having a Perfect Blue cel as well. I would like an Evangelion cel but I'm not sure what I would want exactly other than maybe Pen-Pen and Eva cels in general usually go for more than I'd be willing to spend.

Anyway, that's my cel babbling for now. I'm soooo happy with what I won! :D Now time to make another entry about different matters because this post got a bit stuck on just one topic and now I don't want to switch it.

Date: 2010-08-23 11:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sui-kune.livejournal.com
Oh whoa! You won that cel? :O That Ash and Pikachu is very likely a hanken cel, which is a cel not used in production but for products and such. The auction even showed the Mandarake certificate, which authenticates it. Hanken are even rarer than production cels!

And yay Sparky! :D Man, the show did Tufty Pichu, Tufty Pikachu, but no Tufty Raichu?
Edited Date: 2010-08-23 11:03 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-08-23 11:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pacificpikachu.livejournal.com
I DID! :D And yeah, I was thinking it might be something similar to that because I don't recall a scene in the series where they used normal phones. Why would they use normal phones when they have those awesome video phones everywhere, haha? Anyway, I think it's awesome that it's likely even rarer than a production cel and the certificate just makes it even more amazing! ♥ I'm really excited for that cel, it's just so...perfect!

Hahaha, yep, no tufty Raichu. Unfortunate because tufty Raichu would be adorable! ♥

Date: 2010-08-23 11:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sui-kune.livejournal.com
Eeeee! :D

Ah! That reminds me, my SMJ box came today, and thus the programs! However the lot was in a lot worse shape than I thought. ;-; They all smell of mildew and have moderate cover damage. I'm very carefully cleaning all of them to try to get some of the dirt and smell out. The Latis program is unfortunately quite a bit worn, while the Pichu Bros one is in better condition. Here's the photos:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/Suicune3K/latisprogram-front.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/Suicune3K/latisprogram-back.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/Suicune3K/pichubrosprogram-front.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/Suicune3K/pichubrosprogram-back.jpg

The insides however as far as I can tell are pristine at least. Let me know if you still want them and want to combine them with your GA Chiko Chibi Stamp. :3

Date: 2010-08-23 11:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ambertdd.livejournal.com
Heeee :D First thing I did when I got on this morning was check to see if you won. <333

Date: 2010-08-23 11:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kyogres.livejournal.com
Congrats! That Ash and Pikachu one is so adorable. <3

I'll try to keep a lookout for the Pokemon cels you listed (I have no clue where to start on the others) since I search for Bulbasaur cels anyway.

Date: 2010-08-24 12:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crimson-angel02.livejournal.com
Wow! Congrats! They're both gorgous! I especially love the Sparky one. (And I didn't even realize he even have any merch! ;O) I would love to see you whole cel collection all spread out! :D

Gah, my old animation professor had a ton of old Don Bluth movie cel including the rats of Nimh and Land Before Time 9I was so jealous of those. One of my favorite movies from when I was younger) He always jokingly said that when he died he was gonig to be buried with his cel's because he didn't want anyone else to have them. xD

though if it's Marill I would likely let crimson_angel02 win it!),
Aw, you don't have to do that.^^; After payying how much I did on my Animaniacs cel, I don't even know if I could afford another one. xD

Date: 2010-08-24 01:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] omgitslph.livejournal.com
I'm so glad you won them <3 Hopefully there will be more up soon that I can link to you :3

Date: 2010-08-24 01:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] omgitslph.livejournal.com
I'm 90% sure it's a hanken cel. :)

Date: 2010-08-24 02:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pacificpikachu.livejournal.com
Oh, I had forgotten about those! I already have the Movie 5 program but the Pichu Bros one I'd still like! :D I'm currently trying to arrange my finances (figure out how much I owe to whom, put some money in the bank, etc.) so is it all right if I pay within a few days?

Date: 2010-08-24 02:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pacificpikachu.livejournal.com
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is as well!

Date: 2010-08-24 02:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pacificpikachu.livejournal.com
Thanks so much again! :D And I'll set all the Gira and Regigigas items you reserved aside and send them to you when I send out everything. :)

Date: 2010-08-24 02:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pacificpikachu.livejournal.com
I know, isn't it? I just squee a little inside every time I look at it. ♥

Thank you, it's always good to have extra sets of eyes around in hunting for wanted items! And likewise I'm keeping my eye out for a Bulbasaur cel for you! :D They may eventually turn up--one of my cels is from the episode where Ash gets Bulbasaur, so perhaps that's a sign that they might be around!

Date: 2010-08-24 02:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sui-kune.livejournal.com
Sure! :D I'll have your total up in the GA shipping post! <3

Date: 2010-08-24 02:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pacificpikachu.livejournal.com
I know, right? ♥ I just LOVE it! And that's a great idea, I think I might just do that. :D My dad is really into framing things because he collects rock posters, so I can ask him for advice on doing that when it arrives.

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