In my ongoing effort to accumulate VIPER material, I've obtained second copies of a pair of art books:
VIPER Series Official Art Book IV and
VIPER-F40 Official Fan Book. Rather than put them back on eBay, I'll give the real VIPER fans here a shot at them first.
I intend for this to work like a blind auction. If you're interested,
private message me the price you're willing to pay. If you're interested in both, please provide separate prices for each. Now, if you don't private message me, you'll just be blurting out your bid to everyone else and then someone will trump you. Don't be that guy (or gal). Highest bid after a couple of weeks wins. I reserve the right to decide exactly when bidding ends but will post a followup first to alert you when it will take place.
Minimum bid for either book is $15.00. Don't insult me by bidding less.
Of course, I would also be interested in trades for other Sogna/VIPER art books or original games, if its something I don't already have.
Shipping charges will be added to your bid after the auction. Do not make your bid assuming shipping is included. Not all of this price is the cost of mail - part of it is to pay for bubble mailers.
* American bidders: $4 for one, $6 for both. It'll be media mail but you can upgrade to Priority if you want, at an additional cost.
* Canadian bidders: $5 for one book, $7 for both. That's international air mail.
* Bidders from other locales: Depends on where you live. If you just gotta know before you bid, I'll try to estimate.
American winners can pay via PayPal, Money Order, or cold hard cash (mailed at your own risk). If you can't do those and have to make it a personal check, I'm tacking on a $2 service charge and your check has to clear before I'll ship. Foreign winners
must use PayPal. I expect to be paid within a reasonable amount of time - if you renege on payment you will forever earn my wrath. I do not charge additional fees for using PayPal beyond whatever PayPal itself may incur upon you.
On to the item descriptions. The pretty pictures are of the actual books for sale. I will answer all reasonable questions you might have about them.
VIPER Series Official Art Book IV
A4 size. 110 pages. Almost entirely full color. Lots of full page art. Example frame sketches and concept art for VIPER-F40 and VIPER-M1. Preview concept art for VIPER-RSR, VIPER-GTB, and VIPER-M3 at the back. Includes obi (that little wraparound jacket at the bottom), fold-out A3 sized VIPER-M1 poster and teleca preview insert sheet. The poster is attached to the bind and can not be removed without cutting it out. Book is in as near mint condition as you'll find.
VIPER-F40 Official Fan Book
B5 size. 96 pages. Entirely full color. Does an entire storyboard vs. final frame review of the entire game, focusing on the import scenes of course. Includes obi (that little wraparound jacket at the bottom), A3 sized "
panty-less gunslinger" Raika poster and three trading cards still sealed in pack. Wisely, the publisher made this poster separate and removable. The trading card pack has pealed away from the page its glued to a bit, causing a small surface tear - not noticable unless you look at the page slanted so its not too bad. The front cover and obi have faded a bit. Not really noticable on the cover except for the stadium-lights style text looks more tanned than my other copy is. Fading is quite a bit more noticible on the obi, which has dulled from a hot pink to a salmon pink. If I didn't tell you of the fading problem you probably wouldn't know about it, as its only evident putting two copies side to side.
