VIPER Collection Photos

[JG]

Since 黒い灯影 is clearly compiling a Sogna/VIPER/related collection rivaling mine (or outright surpassing it) it's time to update my collection's pictures:

SOFTWARE:

VIPER Collection Photos

Standing, from left to right (generally in order of oldest to newest):
VIPER-BTR, PC98 diskettes with Sogna Information 1 and single CD
VIPER Music Collection, this came with PC98 version of V16, which I don't have
VIPER Digital Illustrations 1, with obi and registration card
VIPER Digital Illustrations 2, with obi and registration card
VIPER Digital Illustrations 3, with obi and registration card
VIPER Digital Illustrations 4, with obi and registration card
VIPER Digital Illustrations 5, with obi and registration card
VIPER-V6, Windows
VIPER-V8, Windows
VIPER-GTS, Windows, with obi and registration card
VIPER-V10, Windows, with obi and registration card
VIPER-V12, Windows, with registration card (missing obi)
VIPER-V16, Windows
Galactic Guardian Guynarock, with registration card, PC98 system disk label, and software promo
VIPER-F40, Early Edition with the Raika Flexical (missing manual)
VIPER-M1, with registration card, and F40 artbook and clothing promos
VIPER Island Vol. 1, with obi
VIPER Island Vol. 2, with obi and registration card
VIPER Island Vol. 3
VIPER Island Vol. 4, with registration card
VIPER Island Vol. 5
VIPER Island Vol. 6
VIPER Digital Museum, with cards 86 and 87, Asuka poster, F40 artbook promo, clothing promo, teleca and poster promo, Sogna store promo, and three(?) registration cards
VIPER Digital Museum, with cards 86 and 87, Asuka poster, F40 artbook promo, clothing promo, and registration card, package color slightly dulled - THIS LOT FOR SALE!
VIPER Music Collection I, with obi, cards 105 and 106, and registration card
VIPER-F50 Demo, with obi and registration card (why does a demo need a registration card??)
VIPER-F50 Early Edition, with poster, cards 100, 101, and 102, soundtrack with obi, registration card, scene sticker sheet, and cutout mask (someone remind me to scan this before Halloween)
VIPER-GTB EX-version, with beach towel, teleca promo, music promo, and registration card
Gokuraku VIPER Paradice, with registration card
VIPER-GT1, with album disk order form, teleca promo, Raika garage kit promo, GTB novelization promo (which never came to be), and registration card
VIPER Digital Illustrations 2000 Red, with poster (backside doubles as instructions booklet), cards 109 and 110, and registration card
VIPER Digital Illustrations 2000 Green, with poster (backside doubles as instructions booklet), cards 111 and 112, and registration card
VIPER Digital Illustrations 2000 Blue, with poster (backside doubles as instructions booklet), cards 113 and 114, and registration card
VIPER-M5 Early Edition, with playing cards and registration card (You guys remember the playing cards, right?)
Gokuraku VIPER Lanjerie Red, with registration card
Gokuraku VIPER Lanjerie Black, with registration card
VIPER-V8 Classic Collection, with poster (backside doubles as instructions booklet) and registration card
VIPER-RSR Early Edition, with cel reproduction #4 and artbook promo
VIPER-M3 3.2 Early Edition, with infomration sheet and Kaoru and Rika figurines
Down in front, from left to right:
VIPER-GTB Demo
Gokuraku VIPER Paradice Demo, with information sheet
VIPER-GT1 Demo
VIPER-GT1 Album Disk


PRINTED:

VIPER Collection Photos

On the left:
VIPER Official Artbook I, II (with diskette), III (missing obi), and IV
Sogna Illustrations I & II, the extra copy without obi is FOR SALE!
VIPER-GTB, VIPER-F40, VIPER-RSR Official Artbooks and VIPER Fan Book (with diskette) (not sure if GTB was ever printed with an obi, I have yet to see proof)
VIPER Evolution, VIPER LTD 1 & 2
VIPER V-1, V2, V-3, V-4, & V-5
VIPER Limited (missing obi) & VIPER-CTR Novel Edition (with obi)
Metal Box GTB, Sontoku, WILL ART for RSR, VARIABLE VIPERS, Way of the VIPER, Sogna Anthology Comics
V.G Official Art Book, Battle Team Lakers Art Book, Harleme Blade Art Book (with obi), Harlem Blade II Art Book (with obi), Shiyami Yasamata Art Book, Milky Humming Art Book, and Dengeki GaoGaiGar, the Shiyami Yasamata and Dengeki GGG books are FOR SALE!
On the right:
Asuka mousepad
Sogna Store double-sided shopping bag
That thing leaning in the middle is a 12"/30cm ruler to give a sense of scale.

I have some oddities from Japan, too.  Nothing eidble though (and some would argue if SoyJoy is.)
Any of these are for sale or trade, as they were throw-ins by the seller or extraneous pieces of lots.  If something catches your eye in these sets, let me know.  Pay for shipping and you can have it (except one.)
Promos, lots of posters, a One Piece order form of some kind.  I don't recognize most of these animes or games.  But I can tell that Hyperguy is drooling over the Love Fetish poster.  This is the only one that I'll want something back for giving it up.
Software, lots of demos and audio-only discs. I don't recognize any of them.



So, who has the greater collection?

[黒い灯影]

Yeah, I'll have to update my collection list.
I have a couple of things on the way...
especially the ultra rare Viper Limited cd....

VIPER Collection Photos

[JG]

Nice!  Where were you able to get that from?  I thought it was sold primarily outside of Japan (by Hobibox Europe), so it's probably hard to come by.


Oh, and I have Typing VIPER on the way, too.

[黒い灯影]

I got it from the Japan auctions site,
yeah I was surprised it was available from japan also,
Very expensive though, cost me over $200 just to get it. It was quite the bidding war.
but it was fun, these bidding wars can give one quite a rush.

Just received some new additions also, the Viper Digital Illustrations R G and B, and the Viper F40 novel.

[Hyperguy]

I got it from the Japan auctions site,
yeah I was surprised it was available from japan also,
Very expensive though, cost me over $200 just to get it. It was quite the bidding war.

Gewd gawd.  I got mine for 20 bucks from Animenation a few years ago. xO

[黒い灯影]

That makes me wish I was a collector earlier.... :*(
stupid jacked up rarity prices.

[JG]

Don't feel bad.  I don't have it either :-(

[JG]

New stuff.  This makes 76 unique Sogna- & VIPER-related items for me.

VIPER Collection Photos

VIPER-CTR (Windows)
Miyabi (Hime Club)
Sontoku (Maruarai)*
Typing VIPER
VIPER-GTS OVA (the uncensored Region 1 version)
PIPER GTS (Studio Huan)
V-MAX (J's Style)


* This is actually the second copy of Sontoku I've got my hands on.  It was cheap and added almost nothing to the shipping cost, so this copy was purchased solely for resale states-side.  PM me if you're interested in purchasing this fine RSR doujin.  It's practially flawless, some minor dents in the white cover, barely noticable except in the right light and at the right angle.  If it wasn't pure white you probably couldn't even tell they were there.  My other copy has the same imperfections so I'd qualify this as "in as good of condition as possible." 

[JG]

New from Japan.  Now I don't feel so bad that 黒い灯影 has Evolution III and I don't.

VIPER Collection Photos

Gokuraku VIPER Lanjerie Violet
Oversized Asuka Mouse pad
Oversized GTB Mouse Pad (says Not for Sale, but I wonder what this was packaged with to make it so... Any ideas, 黒い灯影?)
VIPER Anniversary Coffee Mug (the one where Asuk and Miki are giving the peace sign) The box has some cute art on it
1995 Calendar (I had no idea how tiny it is!)
Dual-sided M1/Guynarock deskmat.
Guruguru Sentou by NARUHO Dou
Kimutaka 3 by Takahiro Kimura - all the sketches and character designs of one of my favorite works of his, ON AIR
Megablade, illustrated by Takahiro Kimura (I was a fan of his before VIPER, and being a fan led me to V16, which led me to becoming a VIPER fan)

[黒い灯影]

Just some stuff I received, a while ago.
 

VIPER Collection Photos

-Both versions of Viper V16 for PC98, one is 3.5' disk, the other is 5' disk.
-Viper R, G, B
-Viper Limited
-Viper RSR boxset - Unopened, Factory wrapped!
-Viper RSR demodisk
-Viper F40 novel
And a whole bunch of demo disks on the side, of various hentai games.


As for your GTB mousepad, probably a second-hand store, or something, I've received items that looked like they were wrapped, like new almost.
but you could tell they were used, i.e. crack in the case, obi missing..etc

Ah! that's where that VIPER Lanjerie Violet went... hah. from Yahoo Japan Auctions, eh?
Well you gotta let me know when there's another Violet version floating around on the Japan auctions.

[JG]

Just some stuff I received, a while ago.
 

VIPER Collection Photos

-Both versions of Viper V16 for PC98, one is 3.5' disk, the other is 5' disk.
-Viper R, G, B
-Viper Limited
-Viper RSR boxset - Unopened, Factory wrapped!
-Viper RSR demodisk
-Viper F40 novel
And a whole bunch of demo disks on the side, of various hentai games.


As for your GTB mousepad, probably a second-hand store, or something, I've received items that looked like they were wrapped, like new almost.
but you could tell they were used, i.e. crack in the case, obi missing..etc

Ah! that's where that VIPER Lanjerie Violet went... hah. from Yahoo Japan Auctions, eh?
Well you gotta let me know when there's another Violet version floating around on the Japan auctions.

Awesome stuff. Would love to have the PC98 V16s. I can tell we may compete over those PC98 copies of GTS and V10 and the X68000 copy of V6 thats on there now.  We may need to come to some agreement so we don't bid against other and keep our costs low.  Personally I'd like the X68k V6 Turbo the most of those three, so if you're wild about obtaining the original V10 to go with your RS copy then maybe we can agree to step aside for each other? (And don't you already have a PC98 GTS, anyway?)

As always, Sogna Digital Museum can use some information from your collection:
* The JAN codes, number of diskettes, and any additional items beyond manual, registration card and diskettes in each V16 version
* Confirmation on F40 Novel Edition info.  Pretty sure I have ISBN, price, and page count right, but I definately need a check on the paper size.  Looks like same size as other novels so I should have it right.
* Definately need an ISO of that RSR demo disk.  (MDS or CCD formats preferred since they don't lose subchannel data but I'll take any other format.) Willing to trade a disc image of Paradice, F50, GTB, or GT1 demos for it. (Any other demos you have? Not counting the ones on the Typing CD...)

And dude, you've gotta do something about your list at the now defunct http://sogna.biz/ViperCollection.html so I can check what you have access to both for information gathering and to notify you when i see things I have that you don't.

[Mirai Doft]

So, are you guys planning on scanning those stuff? Specially that Guru Guru Sentou of yours, JG >__>

[JG]

Probably, eventually.  Still hoping to get a copy of VV2 someday though

[黒い灯影]

Awesome stuff. Would love to have the PC98 V16s. I can tell we may compete over those PC98 copies of GTS and V10 and the X68000 copy of V6 thats on there now.  We may need to come to some agreement so we don't bid against other and keep our costs low.  Personally I'd like the X68k V6 Turbo the most of those three, so if you're wild about obtaining the original V10 to go with your RS copy then maybe we can agree to step aside for each other? (And don't you already have a PC98 GTS, anyway?)

As always, Sogna Digital Museum can use some information from your collection:
* The JAN codes, number of diskettes, and any additional items beyond manual, registration card and diskettes in each V16 version
* Confirmation on F40 Novel Edition info.  Pretty sure I have ISBN, price, and page count right, but I definately need a check on the paper size.  Looks like same size as other novels so I should have it right.
* Definately need an ISO of that RSR demo disk.  (MDS or CCD formats preferred since they don't lose subchannel data but I'll take any other format.) Willing to trade a disc image of Paradice, F50, GTB, or GT1 demos for it. (Any other demos you have? Not counting the ones on the Typing CD...)

And dude, you've gotta do something about your list at the now defunct http://sogna.biz/ViperCollection.html so I can check what you have access to both for information gathering and to notify you when i see things I have that you don't.

Yeah, I'll try to do something with my list, so both you and I know what I have.
and I agree with your deplomatic solution of not competing with one another, keeps prices down.

AS for the other things. I'll get back to you soon...

[JG]

I tell ya, days that new VIPER stuff comes in from Japan are better than Christmas.

VIPER Collection Photos

What do we have here:

• PC98 5" diskette versions of GTS and V10 (V10 is missing manual though, very sad)
• PC98 CD version of CTR
• the original, first edition GTS Drama CD book with illustration and comic booklet
• GTS Limited Edition DVD
• Evolution 2 and 4
• RSR Demo CD (coming soon to SDM)
• and in the upper right, the new crown jewel of my collection: the Classic Collection volume 1 box set, complete with all twelve classic collection postcards and all seven box set telecas. (And well worth the $184.11 it cost me.)

VIPER Collection Photos

This makes my previous version of V8 Classic Collection expendable and it will soon go on Sogna Digital Museum's For Sale page. I also got cheap, but complete second copies of VIPER-M3 3.2 and VIPER Digital Illustrations 1 in today's set, so they'll be going on sale, too. If any of you are interested in these you can private message me now before they get listed on SDM.


As an aside, I must confess that I had expected telecas to be a little more sturdy. These are my first and they are surprisingly flexible, much thinner and flimsier than a credit card. (About as thick as a sheet of 20lb paper, but made of plastic so it doesn't tear as easily.)

[黒い灯影]

There's only one thing better than Christmas.... wait make that two...
One is getting audio parts for my truck, subwoofers, speakers, amp...and that little things.
the most best one is getting Viper stuff!!!! OH YEAH!!!

[黒い灯影]

I received this not too long ago, but I finally was able to take a picture of it,
I woud've scanned it but it too big for my scanner, plus I dont want to take them out of their plastic protectors.
Cost: 80,000+ Yen

This cell is like a poster,

VIPER Collection Photos

and the second one that came with it,
This one is more of the normal type of cells (size-wise)
[edit: Imageshack is being gay, removing my image... which I thought was G-Rated, see attachment]

This was just lying around, so I figured what the hay.
Oh, if you ever wondered what Salma Hayek would look like frozen in carbonite, well... wonder no more.

VIPER Collection Photos

if her head was chopped off and thrown into the carbonite machine, that is.
and another with a paintball mask,

VIPER Collection Photos

[Moge]

Neato.  I don't quite understand why Cells were used for Viper.  Wasn't everything done digitally?

[黒い灯影]

These cells were used for promotional reasons... like in magazines, books..etc
The games themselves were done in digitally,
if they used the materials from the game then it would appear pixellated on paper.

[JG]

These cells were used for promotional reasons... like in magazines, books..etc
The games themselves were done in digitally,
if they used the materials from the game then it would appear pixellated on paper.

The games were done partially by hand. An ink or pencil drawing is developed, which is input to a computer by either a primitive scanner or plotter, producing a low color (probably just 2) image.  The colors are then added digitally, usually in great big fill patterns.

It would take much, much too long to develop a game entirely digitally.  This method is faster, produces better quality, and still doesn't show signs of pixelation unless it was intended to create the impression of more color depth.  Sogna didin't pixelate becuase it would greatly increase the size of thier ANM files, but most other companies did.