Well, eBay must have known it was my birthday today. Or more accurately, some guy in California must have known it was my birthday and chose that this would be a good day to list a bunch of beatmaniaIIDX stuff. He put up beatmaniaIIDX 8th Style Limited Edition for $65.00 Buy It Now. Needless to say, I jumped on it. It's nigh-impossible to find for under about $140, and way out of print as well (the Ltd. Ed. is, at least). And I think my Mom was looking for a few more things for me, so perhaps this will end up being from her.

Came up with a wild idea today to try and make a Beatmania cab-like setup so that I can get more of an arcade feel (or at least play standing up). Going to have my brother try and help me get the old TV in and set up again so that I can start on this. Hopefully it all goes like I want - now I just need to get my JP PS2 back from my brother...