Portsmouth HMV and CeX Hunt on 21st October 2023

[@bushmanblu426]

Enjoyed your out and about mate, Not watched NCIS Hawaii but i did really enjoy NCIS L.A, need to watch them again. Don't think i have seen Magic Crystal, doesn't ring a bell anyway

[@blujustin4175]

Thanks; glad you lived it. I haven't started on Hawai'i yet (I assume that's a 'better' spelling which is why they're using it) but have watched 1-18 of the original (which has apparently been renewed for Season 21) and my wife and I really enjoy them. I recently bought the *Complete NCIS: LA* and *Complete NCIS: New Orleans* - yes a bit of an oops moment with the wallet but cheaper than getting them separately if you have a credit card that can take the hit (and can pay it off!). *Magic Crystal* is new on me too, but I like _Cynthia Rothrock_ (as Pete Bluraybulletbrit does) and he put me onto it in one of his videos. Thanks for commenting 👍

[@alancochran937]

Good first out and about video, HMV in Portsmouth isnt the best but at least there is one.

[@blujustin4175]

Thank you for watching and your words of support. You're right of course, I should be happy we have one at all after going from two to one to zero (when the sea front/outlet area one closed - which was great for popping into before or after the cinema which is on that site) and then having this much smaller one open back in the centre to replace those thad gone. Many places don't have one at all leaving residents no choice but to travel unfinancially viably distances or go online, abandoning the physical High Street that otherwise they would support. I was maybe expecting too much comparing it to ones in other people's videos or that I've visited - the grass is always greener and all that; specifically the high proportion of DVDs compared to Blu-rays in a lot of sections was a shame and (personally) I was hoping to pick up the anime equivalents of *SFX* etc. as you can in the Brighton HMV but are otherwise so hard to find. In fact the only anime section I found was practically all DVDs with a few 'Light Novel' manga shelves for the written source.

[@kermitsghost]

Hi Justin, damn I thought you were going to give us a tour of Ann-Summers 🤣 I thought you did a stellar job filming in HMV 👍 you are indeed correct, I do own all the HMV Premium titles 🧐 great job in CEX too, your store is very well stocked. 🤔 nice pick up with Cool Hand Luke, I rewatched that not too long ago 👍 I have BatMan Death In The Family too, just haven’t got around to it yet, glad I have the slipcover as it’s particularly nice. I haven’t watched any of the NCIS spin off shows, just the original, such a shame Ducky passed away recently ☹️ great price on the Gravity 3D Steelbook 🤑 I’m unfamiliar with Ichi but then again I’m not the biggest martial arts fan, John Wick being the exception to the rule. Wow , nice T-Shirt change for Ghost Dog, I imagine not many people own a Ghost Dog T-Shirt in the community 🧐 (cool design) I think you the only other person I know who picked up Barbie 🤣 welcome to the club 👍 (what no Barbie T-Shirt 🤣) cool pops, yeah I guess the Miss Marvel will go back up in price when the film drops. Hopefully more out and abouts will follow mate, take care👍😃👍

[@blujustin4175]

I might have got lots of views if I did the Ann Summers tour... but I suspect some people (and the staff) would take objection to me filming in there 🤣. Thanks for your kind praise, I did the best I could without annoying people but the cutting between sections as I videoed the floor made timings difficult (it also didn't help that I didn't know the shop layout so was a bit aimless, whilst having to be mindful my wife probably wouldn't be long looking around 'her' shops, so I had to get on with it - unlike the stereotype she's not a fan of browsing shops for fun). I've so far only watched *NCIS* the original, up to S18; I have S19, S20 has been shown and S21 approved... very sad indeed abou Ducky - you could really see him getting more frail and being in a lot less episodes latterly. Not seen any spinoffs yet either but, as I wrote in my reply to Bushmanblu, I picked up the _Complete_ boxsets for both of them from the US. Less shelfspace and cheaper than separates; though I know separates are your preference - not that you have DVDs and none of the series are on Blu-ray! Is my CeX that good? It's hard to tell. I did think that the number of 4Ks was tiny and I wondered if they had a separate small rack until I spotted a few, but I suppose that's to be expected when _most_ people who buy a 4K do so with a good knowledge of the movie and a belief they'll rewatch it. I've found out only this evening we actually have a second CeX (though it looked very small) in Portsmouth between me and the main one I went in but it's much more difficult to get to even though it's closer. *Ichi* I just found so I don't know either but there's a long history of 'the blind swordsman' in classic martial arts... well see *John Wick: Chapter 4* . I was really pleasantly surprised to find that *Gravity 3D* steelbook in good condition at that bargain price, certainly. I confess (don't tell my better half) I ordered the *Ghost Dog* shirt when I ordered the 4K so I'd have it ready for the video 😃... I was a bit annoyed I couldn't find a pink shirt at least, but I didn't want to get one (or a *Barbie* specific one) because it wouldn't have a lot of re-wearability factor 🤣. As for *Barbie* itself I haven't seen Jamie's Vlog or know about Pete yet but both seem to be saying they will be joining us (or have already). Meanwhile, at home my wife kept singing the song at me when she found out I'd bought it 🤣 I'm reasonably happy with the outcome of this one and figure if (like I did in CeX) I quietly speak the voiceover, even though I won't actually _use_ the live sound (for so many reasons) it'll clue me in on what I wanted to say _and_ get me closer to the right timing for my home voice-over... honestly though, I don't know how you get your videos out so fast - I shot one day, edited and spliced the next and voiced over the day after that; I'm even more in awe now! Thanks for watching and the kind comments - I might even try to put together the meet up from Poole as I have just rediscovered the raw footage (I thought I'd lost it when I lost my old PC but I found a backup), even though it seems like forever ago... back in April 2022, before I fell _really_ ill about a month later and was off work for over a year!

[@kermitsghost]

@@blujustin4175 regarding the speed I put the videos together Justin, it’s just a case of practice and careful planning, the more you do, the quicker you become 👍 ooh cool you found the back up footage👌 enjoy the rest of you week mate 👍😃👍

[@blujustin4175]

... probably not having to work all weekdays helps too 😉🤣🤣🤣