I was able to pre-order Luffy but Nami was impossible. And after thinking about it… I think I'm gonna completely give up on SA and just count myself lucky that I have a full set of Neos and SW. I doubt I'll ever be able to order them all successfully, at least without paying quite a bit above Amiami price and I'd hate to be missing members of the crew. Maybe someday it'll be easy to preorder them again. That being said, would anyone like to take my Luffy preorder from Amiami? I don't want to charge anything extra except a bit to cover a Paypal exchange (because apparently they take a small percentage). Let me know if you can give him a good home and please don't just resell him (Wasn't sure if this should go here or sales, so let me know if I whoopsied it XD) Just send me a PM.

I've only played for about an hour, but I think the problem a lot of people were having with the game was the quick time events (according to the amazon reviews). It interrupts the game play and is overly simplistic. The look of the game is fantastic though, and the fights themselves are really fun. I also like that you can keep fighting as the characters talk, rather than being forced to stand around and listen. I just don't like having to be told press X here etc. Maybe it will stop after the first few chapters or at least become a bit more complex…I hope. Either way, I don't regret buying it. I may wait until the price drops next time though >.< To those who have already gotten the game, how does it compare to previous One Piece games? This is my first One Piece game for the Playstation so I don't really have anything to compare it against.

@Eggy:

living in Japan right now, so I feel lucky to have outgrown collecting OP merchandises a long time ago
because if I still were, I'd probably have spent a fortune already
(and any of you here would've probably spent your life saving)

the amount of OP merchandises here is just ridiculous, they are EVERYWHERE
I particularly like those doll-catching games machines that have POPs and various other figures as prizes

I'm also living here at the moment and yeah…it's hard to describe just how popular it is here. I haven't stopped collecting (it's been nearly 7 years...doubt I'll outgrow it any time soon...) but being so inundated with merch definitely forces you to be more selective with what you buy. I try to stay away from most of the knickknacks or else it would be way too easy to have a room filled with OP merch. Umbrellas, toilet paper, shelving, trash bins, clocks, rugs, kitchenware...you could completely furnish your house with OP goods As for the Uniqlo shirts, very bummed I didn't get Merry's Viking funeral T-shirt when it was in stock...sometimes I try too hard to avoid purchases T_T

For Sensui and anyone else interested in seeing some more pics of the One Piece Dome Tour in Osaka, here are my pics:

http://s1122.photobucket.com/albums/l533/Kuroitsubasa44/

Sorry for the blurriness in some shots, there were sooooo many people there my poor camera kept switching focus between what I was trying to shoot and the hundreds of cell phones being raised into the air ^^; There are also 4 vids at the end of the album, one of Chopper singing his Rumble Ball image song. No vids of the voice actors as it wasn't allowed, but VAs for Sanji, Nami, Franky, and Usopp made appearances and chatted on stage, and Kappei Yamaguchi ran around singing the Sogeking theme ** ROOTLESS also performed One Day live, and they were awesome.

I'm going to the memorial log in Osaka, but I just ordered my ticket a few days ago ^_^; Do you think that still counts for redeeming it? Sorry your trip was cancelled I'm really hoping my mother can make it out here for her trip in a week or so. I'm in Kyoto which has been relatively unaffected by the earthquakes and tsunamis, but the trip will only happen if the reactor situation gets under control. For everyone's sake, I hope that happens soon.

It was happening to me too when I was trying to get in. Manually typing in the channel name after you connect to the server instead of using your favorites/history list seems to solve the problem for me.

I really like the Baratie shirt, but ouch on the price >.< Thanks for sharing!

I hope so ^_^ Also hoping for some new surprises from their GEM line (or at least color Kenshin). Loving that cover!

.< That is a good size, but I'll have to see what WonFes holds in store. With Kenshin and some other goodies coming out, it could be a rough year T_T

Good point Now, I just have to learn how to sculpt semi-decently! (Shh, I have to give myself reasons NOT to buy it :P)