by LeiaOrgana » Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:26 am
@ntnon
The album thing is odd. Overall - I guess we are to buy new books with each series, of course. I think I would have preferred more generic storage but I think they did this to reinforce the "collecting" part so you see exactly what you are missing, tempting people more to "collect 'em all!" Of course you can put whatever you want in each hole (just limited by shape) and of course the little canister (which is actually quite cool but not so much displaying a collection).
At least the books are attractive and in spite of my initial reservations, are pretty solid. I was afraid they would start deteriorating, but while because of the pressure you have to use because the slots are so tight you get some light stress marks, the material they used doesn't seem to be flaking or coming apart even after repeated insertions. I am using the tube to hold the ones I actually play with, though - separate from the display set. I don't so much usually do things "just for show", but I'm just keeping doubles of the ones I seem to use most often.
I think the TRU book works with how they did the regular book - yes, as series go on they will duplicate, but these will be the holo versions and look different, so I see the value of having them. And great that TRU gives you both choices and carries both books. I have a feeling for Series 2&3 we will just see one book, and no exclusive one, since there doesn't seem to be any exclusives past the ones we know about, and Series 3 is only supposed to be like 10 discs if I recall.