Congrats! Don't forget to post pix! Man, I gotta admit that I'm trying to stay away from Yahoo Auctions cuz I don't wanna be completely broke 
Roger!

Yeah for sure. Yahoo Japan Auctions for an outsider is a money-sucking DEVIL. But I'm counting this as a one time thing. I'm a new fan so this is the only place I can get a lot of the stuff ^_^
i'm almost thinking of getting an account on ebay or something to get the stuff..do you really have to have paypal? how does it work?
Are you asking about eBay or Yahoo Japan Auctions? There's not much you can get off eBay. Mostly photobooks and some photos, but that's usually about it. I think you have to have paypal - I'm not sure though. It's easy. If you have a credit card or a debit card (for a personal bank account), it's just a matter of linking it to your paypal account. Paypal is a lifesaver! I've done most of my internet transactions via it.
If you want to buy stuff (and there's a LOT of stuff) off Yahoo Japan Auctions, you need a Japanese bank account if I'm not mistaken. So what most of us who don't live in Japan do is we get a third party service to do all the work for us, and we just have to pay them service fees, commission and shipping fees. I've been dealing with an individual who lives in Japan. He needs the money to continue studying there, his fees are low and I find the personal email exchanges a LOT better and quicker than trying to communicate with a whole company. Overall, it's quite expensive to get stuff off here (though the products may be cheap!) because of all the extraneous fees. But it's worth it.
If you want to know more, just let me know.
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I know this doesn't really belong here... but I'll post it anyways:
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I've begun working on some pictures (recoloring to be exact) to make the colors more vivid (and sexy

) and the above was the first result I got.
If you guys have any pictures whose colors you think are dull, give them to me and I'll color them up!
