What the hell are pencil boards?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-02-13 05:03pm

OK, I have two of these from my Boogiepop Phantom Ultra Edition box set, and I've spent the last two months trying to figure out what their purpose is. What the hell are these things for? Are they just useless collectibles?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-13 05:05pm

They're for putting on top of a surface, under your sheet of paper so that you don't marr the surface with your pencil. But they've evolved into more of a collectable than actually being useful.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-13 05:06pm

By the way, unless mine are hidden somewhere in my Box Set, I didn't get any.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-02-13 05:06pm

I see Well, I would never use these for that purpose, other sheets of scrap paper work just fine.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-13 05:08pm

Yeah, pencil boards like that aren't supposed to be used.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-02-13 05:10pm

Did you get the Ultra Edition box set, or just the normal box set? I bought the Ultra Edition from Best Buy, and got all four DVDs, two music CDs, a set of cards, and the two pencil boards.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-02-13 05:11pm

I got the same, but never found the boards.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-02-13 06:25pm

Joe wrote:I see Well, I would never use these for that purpose, other sheets of scrap paper work just fine.

They're best used as collectors things

I keep mine in the drawer with my cels, occasionally taking them out to gaze lovingly on them.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-02-13 08:51pm

Slight thread hijack in progress ...

Sharp, ever been to Anime Nation bychance? I know you're in Scotland, but you might have been on this side of the pond...

SWPIGWANG · Post by **SWPIGWANG** » 2004-02-13 11:49pm

Ah, if you every had the luck of being a student in azia....

Yes, many of their homework assignment are designed around the word volume. It is simply the only way when there are irregular characters in the language.....

and they cost at <<50cents in USD terms....so no one is crying over using it.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-02-14 07:10am

phongn wrote: Sharp, ever been to Anime Nation bychance? I know you're in Scotland, but you might have been on this side of the pond...

No, though I do plan to visit eventually, and some of the staff there have asked me over a few times. I just do some work online for them.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-02-14 01:02pm

Sharp-kun wrote:
phongn wrote: Sharp, ever been to Anime Nation bychance? I know you're in Scotland, but you might have been on this side of the pond...
No, though I do plan to visit eventually, and some of the staff there have asked me over a few times. I just do some work online for them.

Ah. Just curious -- I live near them and occasionally head to the retail store.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-02-14 03:22pm

They're cool, that's what they are!