Limited edition..whether it's motivated financially or strictly due to marketing, limited edition can be a real bitch for one that enjoys collecting. When you're at the top of the food chain (purchaser zero) it's not such a bad thing to want the limited pressing of a record, however if you miss the boat and find yourself in need (want) of a limited pressing, bummer. There are far too many greasy turds out there that will snatch up a record and flip it on ebay/discogs/what have you. These people bum me out..that and record store day pressings. Record store day can (for the most part) eat a dick. Big labels with big name bands releasing limited pressings not because they have to but because they can, ugh. Anyway, I'm not really here to talk about limited edition/pressings. I'm here to talk about pressings that are limited...then repressed because why not. I specifically have the Slayer Vinyl Conflict box set in mind. When this box set was released in 2010, at the time I couldn't justify the $200 price tag..and in turn missed out. A couple years later I decided I wanted this 10 180g LP beauty..and golly, $500. Every once in a while I would go back onto [online retail box store] and see what the price tag was, then all of a sudden this past fall $200! After 5 years Universal pulled their heads out of their asses, stuck it to the leeches and re-released the box set in all it's 180g glory. Well, once again I was not in the financial standings to justify dropping $200 on the Slayer discography, but I still appreciate a good re-pressing (you can still find some copies of the box set around the $200 mark).
About a month ago I was strolling through the local [devil of a box store] and saw a familiar wasabi green coloured bag of chips hanging out in the Lays cardboard display shelf. "Why so familiar?", I thought to myself. As I got closer I saw that these bags were exactly what I guessed, Lays Kettle Cooked Wasabi Ginger chips. Hath my eyes deceived me? Na, Lays realized that they've had so many misses with their Do us a Flavour/Flavour contests that it was time to throw the masses a bone and brought out their Do us a..World Flavourites/Flavorites. As a Canadian I had the joy of trying the Wasabi Ginger when they were released stateside a couple years back so I was very much so looking forward to treating my taste-buds once more. When I cracked open my World Flavourites bag I was greeted by the smell of kettle cooked potatoes (not a super fragrant flavour). I tossed one up and as soon as it hit my tongue I was smacked with a rush of ginger..immediately followed by the very welcomed bite of wasabi. The aftertaste of these chips is the perfect blend of wasabi and ginger, in that order. These chips are almost refreshing (in relatively small quantities [say 85g {or half of the 170g large bag}]). Wasabi Ginger is one of the very few hits from the Lays Do us a contests. They're never going to become a staple flavour, but they are a nice treat. Now where's my chicken and waffles re-release, those were tasty! Don't miss out, go treat yourself to a bag before they're gone, back in the vault..[Mouse controlled company] style.
Stay hydrated,
Marc
About a month ago I was strolling through the local [devil of a box store] and saw a familiar wasabi green coloured bag of chips hanging out in the Lays cardboard display shelf. "Why so familiar?", I thought to myself. As I got closer I saw that these bags were exactly what I guessed, Lays Kettle Cooked Wasabi Ginger chips. Hath my eyes deceived me? Na, Lays realized that they've had so many misses with their Do us a Flavour/Flavour contests that it was time to throw the masses a bone and brought out their Do us a..World Flavourites/Flavorites. As a Canadian I had the joy of trying the Wasabi Ginger when they were released stateside a couple years back so I was very much so looking forward to treating my taste-buds once more. When I cracked open my World Flavourites bag I was greeted by the smell of kettle cooked potatoes (not a super fragrant flavour). I tossed one up and as soon as it hit my tongue I was smacked with a rush of ginger..immediately followed by the very welcomed bite of wasabi. The aftertaste of these chips is the perfect blend of wasabi and ginger, in that order. These chips are almost refreshing (in relatively small quantities [say 85g {or half of the 170g large bag}]). Wasabi Ginger is one of the very few hits from the Lays Do us a contests. They're never going to become a staple flavour, but they are a nice treat. Now where's my chicken and waffles re-release, those were tasty! Don't miss out, go treat yourself to a bag before they're gone, back in the vault..[Mouse controlled company] style.
Stay hydrated,
Marc
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