The Bonkurasu Brigade

No, not in literal sense out of the bottle of fragrant liquid, nor am I a cannibal. I mean their merchandise, and since my recent Japan Trip, I’ve bought quite a bit of their CDs. So what else is next?

I sourced Yahoo Japan Auctions, and with some help from a friend who resides in Japan, I get to own out-of-print editions of their CDs and limited merchandise. And no, I’ve yet to own any of the following posters/CDs.

As one can see, I’m looking towards their posters to add on into my collection. This particular one is from their first breakthrough single, Polyrhythm. I enjoy this song, but it’s not one of my top favourites.

Here’s a bit of some background information: Perfume’s posters are not for sale anywhere, and the only way to obtain one is to buy their limited first press release singles, mostly at Tower Records. At prices ranging from 2500 yen to 5000 yen, they are still -quite- affordable to the crazed Perfume fan. Well, as far as I know, I’m not touching their ‘Akihabalove’ Single that was produced during their Bee-Hive days with Momoi Halko; that CD went for 80,000 yen and more!

Okay, we’re now back with more Perfume’s posters that I’m eying on.

Normal Edition

Limited Edition

Perfume’s latest CD release and 2nd official album, ⊿ , or also known as Triangle, appealed to me as much as a tech geek with the fastest i7 gaming rig available in stores. In any case, those posters… they are calling out to me.

So, which CDs have I left to purchase (other than Akihabalove, which I’m never gonna get) ? I have left 3 backlog CDs which basically dig back to Perfume’s roots. At least, those songs were quite good and I like their ‘Jenny wa gokigen naname’ song cover best)

Told you this doesn’t come cheap.

Okay okay, below is the one I’m aiming for, anyway.

Fanservice -Sweet-

Chocolate Disco is a song that is very popular amongst many Perfume fans for its catchy tune, and for its live concerts, very rave-worthy.

Price-wise… you can look at this link yourself. Cheapest would be around 10,000 yen, and 50,000 yen for the craziest buyer.

Next up,

Fanservice -Bitter-

Limited Edition version

Since there’s a normal and LE version of this DVD, there’s less price fluctuations, as most people would opt for the normal edition, yet both editions are pretty rare in CD shops in Japan.

Prima Box

Perfume’s first single compilation of their earliest releases, the price wars for this set, despite having the most number of CDs, is cheaper than the other two mentioned above. They go for as cheap as 1000 yen!

Alright, enough of self-temptation. Not very good for health.