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Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:44 am
by whitetrashshayno
How many are thier?
How many are offical?
Are thier any rip offs?


Any way people could scan some covers so i know what is real. Their is this weird look'n red one for mgs2 that looks like it could be awesome but idk wtf is going on with it.

Thanks guys

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:59 am
by bay
naked is a red book, small square. it's not an art book, it's a history of metal gear. it has some promo item pics, posters, and a mini poster as i explained in the other thread.

there are 2 shinkawa art books for metal gear solid (the first, and 1.5 which came after twin snakes)... all worth it if only for the sniper wolf sketches... :o

there is 1 shinkawa art book for metal gear solid 2
art book that was packed in with the mgs premium package
art book that was packed in with the mgs2 premium package
art book that was packed in with the mgs3 premium package
art book that was a konamistyle preorder bonus for mgs2 premium package
art book that was part of the mgs edition gamecube

mgs2 limited edition brady guide/artbook
brady guides metal gear solid 3 snake eater art book contains artwork from all 3 games.
the limited edition mgs4 guide/artbook + shinkawa lithograph

there are several other books out there, like the world of metal gear, twhich aren't artbooks but info books like "naked"

i'm half asleep and might have (probably guaranteed) forgotten others...

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:43 am
by whitetrashshayno
Thanks. Secondary question do you think the first art of mgs is worth 100 bucks?


hahaha i really don't but it seems like that's the only price i can find the fucker

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:18 am
by jonthomas83
whitetrashshayno wrote:Thanks. Secondary question do you think the first art of mgs is worth 100 bucks?


hahaha i really don't but it seems like that's the only price i can find the fucker
Nope they are cheaper than that mate.

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:48 am
by Sevket
bay wrote:naked is a red book, small square. it's not an art book, it's a history of metal gear. it has some promo item pics, posters, and a mini poster as i explained in the other thread.

there are 2 shinkawa art books for metal gear solid (the first, and 1.5 which came after twin snakes)... all worth it if only for the sniper wolf sketches... :o

there is 1 shinkawa art book for metal gear solid 2
art book that was packed in with the mgs premium package
art book that was packed in with the mgs2 premium package
art book that was packed in with the mgs3 premium package
art book that was a konamistyle preorder bonus for mgs2 premium package
art book that was part of the mgs edition gamecube

mgs2 limited edition brady guide/artbook
brady guides metal gear solid 3 snake eater art book contains artwork from all 3 games.
the limited edition mgs4 guide/artbook + shinkawa lithograph

there are several other books out there, like the world of metal gear, twhich aren't artbooks but info books like "naked"

i'm half asleep and might have (probably guaranteed) forgotten others...
Yes you forgot some.

There is an artbook that comes with limited edition gameguide of Metal Gear Solid 3

I own Art of Metal Gear Solid 1.5 (along with artwork books for Gears of War and God of War 2) and all are fantastic

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:52 am
by bay
Sevket wrote:
bay wrote:naked is a red book, small square. it's not an art book, it's a history of metal gear. it has some promo item pics, posters, and a mini poster as i explained in the other thread.

there are 2 shinkawa art books for metal gear solid (the first, and 1.5 which came after twin snakes)... all worth it if only for the sniper wolf sketches... :o

there is 1 shinkawa art book for metal gear solid 2
art book that was packed in with the mgs premium package
art book that was packed in with the mgs2 premium package
art book that was packed in with the mgs3 premium package
art book that was a konamistyle preorder bonus for mgs2 premium package
art book that was part of the mgs edition gamecube

mgs2 limited edition brady guide/artbook
brady guides metal gear solid 3 snake eater art book contains artwork from all 3 games.
the limited edition mgs4 guide/artbook + shinkawa lithograph

there are several other books out there, like the world of metal gear, twhich aren't artbooks but info books like "naked"

i'm half asleep and might have (probably guaranteed) forgotten others...
Yes you forgot some.

There is an artbook that comes with limited edition gameguide of Metal Gear Solid 3

I own Art of Metal Gear Solid 1.5 (along with artwork books for Gears of War and God of War 2) and all are fantastic
... and i would say get the metal gear solid 1.5 if you are just looking for an artbook, it's an updated version of the original, which you can still get in brand new condition in all sorts of places, like play-asia.com

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:11 am
by Artemio
You can check most of them at http://junkerhq.net/kojima.html

Don't forget there are two versions of the first MGS one, the American and Japanese. Differences are little, but present (the packaging, the obi, a serial number and some text if I recall correctly).

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:40 am
by Sevket
bay wrote:
Sevket wrote:
bay wrote:naked is a red book, small square. it's not an art book, it's a history of metal gear. it has some promo item pics, posters, and a mini poster as i explained in the other thread.

there are 2 shinkawa art books for metal gear solid (the first, and 1.5 which came after twin snakes)... all worth it if only for the sniper wolf sketches... :o

there is 1 shinkawa art book for metal gear solid 2
art book that was packed in with the mgs premium package
art book that was packed in with the mgs2 premium package
art book that was packed in with the mgs3 premium package
art book that was a konamistyle preorder bonus for mgs2 premium package
art book that was part of the mgs edition gamecube

mgs2 limited edition brady guide/artbook
brady guides metal gear solid 3 snake eater art book contains artwork from all 3 games.
the limited edition mgs4 guide/artbook + shinkawa lithograph

there are several other books out there, like the world of metal gear, twhich aren't artbooks but info books like "naked"

i'm half asleep and might have (probably guaranteed) forgotten others...
Yes you forgot some.

There is an artbook that comes with limited edition gameguide of Metal Gear Solid 3

I own Art of Metal Gear Solid 1.5 (along with artwork books for Gears of War and God of War 2) and all are fantastic
... and i would say get the metal gear solid 1.5 if you are just looking for an artbook, it's an updated version of the original, which you can still get in brand new condition in all sorts of places, like play-asia.com
Ooops my bad

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:45 am
by bay
Artemio :)

Ah yes, the making of metal gear solid 2 i've not seen personally, but i'm guessing it's much like the world of MGS book.
I have the MGS4 military file coming in the mail, im curious about it, i figure it just speaks of all the weapons available in the game in real world terms.

I've not seen the MGS2 book in the middle top row of your picture, the blue/white snake one.

http://junkerhq.net/cgi-bin/display.cgi ... Gear+Books

top row:
making of mgs2
mgs2 book (unknown to me)
konamistyle mgs2 preorder shinkawa artbook

bottom row:
art of mgs (shinkawa)
art of mgs2 (shinkawa)
metalworks the perfect guide + dvd + poster

Artemio has a page about the art of mgs book, fyi.

-b

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:45 pm
by Artemio
bay wrote:
I've not seen the MGS2 book in the middle top row of your picture, the blue/white snake one.

http://junkerhq.net/cgi-bin/display.cgi ... Gear+Books
Sorry about the confusion there, that is just a file folder.

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:52 pm
by bay
Artemio wrote:Sorry about the confusion there, that is just a file folder.
ooo, that's the blue konamistyle clear file for preorders?

you lucky dude.

Re: Art books???

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:33 pm
by bay
art of mgs (out of print) - 50$ currently
http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u28847640
http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u28498374

art of mgs 1.5 (available at retailers, an updated version of the above) - 45$
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-lt- ... -287y.html

Re: Art books???

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:30 am
by whitetrashshayno
Thanks guys the info was really helpful.

I love posters/ art books and i know these are gonna make me stoked onlife.


Im about to get a kojima productions tatto on my arm, think i can get sued? ha

Re: Art books???

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:49 am
by Screaming Mantis
whitetrashshayno wrote:Thanks guys the info was really helpful.

I love posters/ art books and i know these are gonna make me stoked onlife.


Im about to get a kojima productions tatto on my arm, think i can get sued? ha
Just don't get it misspelled, haha!

Re: Art books???

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:11 am
by whitetrashshayno
lols

Re: Art books???

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:37 am
by jonthomas83
Shayno, just spotted this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/METAL-GEAR-SOLID- ... 286.c0.m14

They're a bit cheaper on Yahoo! Japan though but if you're not trusting them then eBay would be a safe bet!

Re: Art books???

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:20 pm
by whitetrashshayno
JESUS!!!!

That's the one im look'n for 2. I wish it was next thursday so i had money. hahahahahha

ima try and ask him if he can wait a week and 2 days, im sure i'll get told to fuck off but couldn't hurt

Re: Art books???

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:28 pm
by bay
thats "naked" and you can get it 20 bucks before fees on YAJ.

btw, that isnt an art book, its mostly japanese text with maybe 10 pages of art/promo pics/etc

Re: Art books???

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:34 pm
by whitetrashshayno
how much do fee's and shit get added to it, that's what im afraid of.

Re: Art books???

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:38 pm
by bay
whitetrashshayno wrote:how much do fee's and shit get added to it, that's what im afraid of.
smj on 20$ would be roughly

5$ auction fee
2.50$ bank transaction
5$ internal shipping
?$ shipping to you