#the prices were ridiculous

[aquanutart]

I absolutely LOVE the Squirtle/Wartortle illustrations by kantaro in Pokemon 151!

The Squirtle jumping so joyfully from the rock into the ocean, the colors are STUNNING! I love the contrast of the Squirtle's aqua blue framed in the vivid orange sky, the soft bit of blue reflecting in its shell and its tail just catching the sun, how little and squishy its body looks as it launches itself towards the water with such tremendous excitement!

The lineless style of the background gives me the feel of a travel poster and I sense the tropical environment around it from the rocks and trees framing the corners, the waterfall splashing with as much energy as the Squirtle!

The layered blues on the surface of the water and the bubbles rising at the corner make me FEEL the liquid rising to meet the Squirtle--I can just feel how the next moment it's going to break through and be immersed in a cool island swim!

And the Wartortle running along the sunset beach, this is somehow everything I always imagined for Wartortle! I adore the way the rich purple melts into the warm red/orange sky, the matching purple clouds and shadows in the foreground, and how the dimming sunlight glows red on Wartortle's deep blues!

I love how the yellow and orange of the sky illuminate the lapping waves, I can just feel the gentle motion of the sea at dusk. The aqua color of the ocean matches Wartortle's ears and tail and sets off the red-orange sand, I just love how the colors are here!

Wartortle looks so round and squishy, I love its happiness as it goes frolicking through the shallows, chasing the bubbles caught in the setting sun! The shine and deep shadow on its shell give it an almost jewel texture like real tortoise shell; I love the silhouetted splash Wartortle leaves as it goes running across the shore. It's so full of energy and delight at the end of a gorgeous day! The colors in these are SO vivid and harmonized and the style is so cute and bursting with energy and joy. I just LOVE it (also Squirtle is my starter)

#pokemon #pokemon tcg #long post #i have deep affection for bulbasaur as well though and i also love the bulbasaur/ivysaur cards in this set #i SO wish we'd gotten art of the final evolutions in the same style as the pre-evos' standard cards!! #(yes i do love the full art ones but i also love the illustrations on the standard cards!) #from the way the settings in these two were going; i would have imagined blastoise to be set at night (??) #i LOVE pokemon cards. i can't keep up with every set but i started collecting again now and then a few years ago #and 151 has really got me wanting the full set the way i haven't since childhood. SO many beautiful illustrations (but there always are) #it's like having little pieces of art of my favorite characters and it's only.. slightly... less expensive than actually commissioning .... #i KNOW it's less expensive to buy the individuals online but it's so much less fun #part of the fun is having YOUR own pokemon journey ((going to the store)) and seeing what YOU encounter ((when you open the pack)) #i do buy them online sometimes but i usually dont form as strong associations with them as when i open a pack in a certain setting or place #i tend to try to save them to open right before a significant event like starting something new or a holiday. so that i form associations #and it's like 'oh that's the galarian obstagoon from when my mom came home for christmas' #and 'that's the snorlax who reassured me when i was hurt' #i don't buy them too often so i've got to make it count #anyway i know i should wait for the prices on this one to come down because it's absolutely ridiculous #i didn't buy anything at release because i was like $6 for one booster pack??? but i couldn't take just sitting and watching them sell out #i really like the poster because i can look at so many beautiful pictures all together #i could say stuff like this about literally every pokemon illustration (if i had time to write it out) and sometimes i've wanted to #i just chose these two because these are a couple of my original favorite pokemon and i just couldn't keep it to myself. i LOVE these

[deep-spacediver577]

Where were these when I was a kid?! I want them all!

#another to the wishlist! #Kim possible #damn collectors price these things so ridiculously... #I live in a place were merch is nearly impossible to get...

[pepperpixel]

Some waves! Cuz I finally bought a shockwave toy to go w my soundwave one! So.. I wanted to draw some art of them to celebrate! Cuz I was happy about that lol… I’ll finally have both my fave boys..!

#transformers #humanformers #shockwave #soundwave #maccadam #wavewave #doodles #I have a starscream too but he’s not where I’m living at currently! it’s the cool g1 movie one w the cape!! #now I just need… a megatron…. #*starts disassociating remembering how the only megatron I’ve seen so far that I’ve rlly liked and wanted is masterpiece megatron* #ITS THE EXPRESSION. I JUST! I fucking ADORE that expression on him! I love that so much more then him like frowning #bUT ITS SO EXPENSIVE. ITS RIDICULOUS. I CANNOT POSSIBLY BUY THAT AND NOT FEEL LIKE AN IRRESPONSIBLE IDIOT #I’m gonna need to. the only way I’m going to get that megatron is like. when I get into a relationship w somebody I’ll tell them. #if they want to get married. they have to buy me masterpiece megatron instead of a ring #that’s the only way…. #like! Guh… I usually don’t rlly care about the quality or whatever of a toy. like the soundwave and shockwave I bought were both #pretty reasonably priced! #but I just.. the expression on masterpiece megatron is SO GOOD. I love it so much!!!!! I want it so bad! it’s so much more endearing #then other megatrons! but it’s so expensive ;_; #but uh… yeah! either way… here’s some wave art ghgh #also in looking for a shockwave to buy I found the funko shockwave.. and that’s not the one I bought! #but also like… I saw it and I was like… omg.. since shockwave doesn’t have a face for them to mangle #this is actually… kind of cute ghgh #like.. funko shockwave is surprisingly not shit ghgh #but yeah!!! the shockwave I got should get here in a few days I’m excite…

[sonknuxadow]

listings for old sonic figures are like RARE SONIC ACTION FIGURE 70 DOLLARS and its ear is broken off and its missing a leg and is just overall in the shittiest condition youve ever seen in your life. and its not even that rare

#ive noticed werehog figures specifically are often victims of the missing ears thing #the amount of people ive seen charging like 60+ dollars for a werehog with no ears is ridiculous #i mean i already have a werehog but its the mini figure and ive always kinda wanted a full sized one too #but ive never seen one thats in good condition AND reasonably priced #the sonic and the black knight toys are also big dream figures of mine but again. #can never find any that are in good condition and reasonably priced #its either broken or costs like 500 dollars. and the few exceptions ive seen were quickly taken before i could get to them #sad ! #the satbk figures might actually be on the rarer side though i definitely dont see new listings for them as often #and its usually lancelot. or sometimes sonic or excalibur sonic. ive only seen galahad like 2 or 3 times max #i think galahad was kinda a weird choice for tbh like hes not even in the actual story mode #i feel like gawain or percival would ahve made more sense #oh i just saw someone selling a recent super shadow figure for like 130 dollars i think they should explode actually

[officialkendallroy]

my mom and i aren't going to adele unfortunately bc i couldn't get tickets but we're going to a different concert instead :D YAYYY

#to a big german artist she always wanted to see :3 #kinda sad about adele but man those prices were fucking ridiculous

[belle--ofthebrawl]

Additionally this is what the Spillways Lounge had for food but the moment I took my first bite they called us to line up for the pit.

#if you saw me shoving a burger in my mouth as I ran just imagine what else this mouth can do. #complain. it complains. #mostly about the price of water. #“well you bought the imperium package so why are you bitching about money” #you don't think i didn't complain about THAT either?! The fees alone were ridiculous!!!

[coffeeworldsasaki]

Is this person lying or am I very fast at crochet because except the blanket these numbers make no sense to me

#not to underestimate the amount of time but especially for the top showed in the video WHICH IS ALL HOLES #this seems ridiculous to me #the longest time it took me to make something that I have timed has been my binghe plushie #and it took me 80 hours #there were 15 thousand pieces to sew together and a lot of embroidery on it #and it was all done with the smallest crochet yarn possible #which this I'm not saying it's possible to sell crochet stuff at little price it's a very time consuming thing but a full of holes top can't #take that much it's basically all chains #i also make a blanket bigger than the one in the video with a relatively complex stitch and didn't tale that much but i didn't have to join #pieces together and i did not hide the tails because fuck that fjdkdkd so maybe that amount makes sense #the scarf i made is easy and it took me 8 hours while playing #i probably could have done it in 5 if i weren't constantly dropping the work to choose what to say or go to the other characters

[7more]

girl be serious

#nine.txt #they were originally sold for $5 #like i get obviously it's going to be sold for a fortune by virtue of its rarity #but this feels like too much. especially since median price on discogs is $200 #(which is still ridiculous but. whatever i don't control the market) #ebay sellers get wayyy too comfortable sometimes #paramore #summer tic #the summer tic

[houndfaker]

Oh I 100% agree with you on not being cool with The Answer DLC (as, you know. Ive vocalized plenty of times before). The only reasons I'm in any way excited is to hear that Remix of Darkness and also to hear Metis having party banter in the Abyss of Time. Just, more Metis content in general is good.

I will only buy it if it goes on sale for 20 dollars of lower

AGREED ON LITERALLY ALL ACCOUNTS

i'm also interested in the apparently new ambush encounter theme we'll be getting? it's going down now became an instant favorite to me so anymore new p3 music is a huge plus to me. i didnt even think abt how metis is going to have party banter omg...that'll be fun

and well. aigis having theurgy animations is big for me as anything involving aigis is big for me<3

#quinn moment #p3 #latenitewaffles #asks #i literally would have bought it if it were like 20 bucks and even then i wouldnt have been happy about spending 20 bucks but like #god damn is the pricing ridiculous

[hvmanbeing]

neopets users will NEVER be happy, they will not be escaping samsara ‼️‼️

#this was realistically the best thing tnt couldve done... is it perfect? no #but it could be soooo much worse #the relines are growing on me but i agree that i wish they maintained the colored lines #and i think choosing to show just the faerie and the darigan and nobody else was something of a mistake. #like the faeries were such an extreme change to show up front with nothing else. it was always gonna end in people running to the pc mad #but anyway. im a lil hopeful. it comes down to the price #anything above 30 dollars and they can kick rocks #also just to be real this isnt directed at anyone. i think that the people on the pc are being ridiculous but i think regular people being #cautious or even disappointed are completely valid. this IS tnt we're talking about here. it could be bad. #i just wanted to make a funny hehe joke. no malintent whatsoever

[chicagocubsreactions]

Has anyone else noticed this weird disparity, or is it just me?

#last year showed there was a price they were willing to trade at it isn't like this was new territory #there was a price and no teams met the price and so therefore they weren't traded #fandom is a stupid place in general but sports fandom is its own kind of ridiculous

[sudamaniparva]

well i guess i'm not eating rice anymore.

#desiblr #desi #desi tumblr #desi culture #hindublr #desi tag #being desi #about the rice shortage #gotta love inconsistent markets and unreliable farming methods #i hope the farmers and esp field workers are doing okay #i went to the store and the prices they marked on the rice were ridiculous #you can take a loss just let people eat

[soneaselene]

Did i just buy Golden Circle tickets for Måneskin in Hannover? Yes I did. And @ginny-lily will be right there with me (manifesting)!

#måneskin #about me #they were crazy expensive though #i know venues have to be paid and stuff #but prices are getting ridiculous

[coffeeworldsasaki]

Every time I see a post about how the only way to preserve things is physical copies and that you can never own digital stuff I have to grit my teeth and try to not start shit in the post

#it's just not true #it's not #if you buy stuff with no drm or strip it that's yours #if you keep multiple copies of that the chances of you losing it are non existent #unless both my computer and the usb drive and the online copy of my library all die the same moment I'm not losing anything #my comics with the pages ruined by humidity instead are fucked! #the cds that were lost are gone! #you can prefer physical copies but that doesn't mean digital means you'll inevitably lose everything to evil companies!!! #this is such a stupid fucking way to think and it annoys me so much because i can find every book ever made in ebook in 5 minutes but #anything too old to have been made into one is gone forever because you just can't find them! #and if you find something out of print the prices are ridiculous!!!!! #plus I'm not even going to start on how easier it is to carry an usb drive with 500 books in it than it is moving 500 physical copies #when i move I'm going to bring like 15 books max with me no way I'm making more than 2 boxes of those again