got shipment notification

My order just got bumped up to Nov 7th.

before i read these can anyone give me some background on the dates at the bottom of the books (assuming its just what part of the timeline they cover but if that's the case is there no RE activity in that 2 year gap)

Looked at the item info again, says it is in stock for shipping from amazon, but order was still saying December/Jan. Called amazon, rep upgraded me to free overnight shipping and the status updated. It'll be here tomorrow according to the info it shows. YAY!

Originally Posted by Saix_XIII Looked at the item info again, says it is in stock for shipping from amazon, but order was still saying December/Jan. Called amazon, rep upgraded me to free overnight shipping and the status updated. It'll be here tomorrow according to the info it shows. YAY!

yeah i think amazon just ed something up on the tech side with this one but yeah free overnight is awesome

still need my question answered if anyone knows

Just got mine... shipped in a box with no side padding, so the corners are dinged up. I remember the days when Amazon knew how to pack items.

I really wish they had just made this into one giant book, instead of wrapping the two together.

Originally Posted by Vinny Just got mine... shipped in a box with no side padding, so the corners are dinged up. I remember the days when Amazon knew how to pack items. I really wish they had just made this into one giant book, instead of wrapping the two together.

That would have been a lot nicer overall. My theory is they had a lot of Volume 2 left because they printed a lot more as to not run out like they did with Vol 1. As such they reprinted just Vol 1 and grouped it with Vol 2 to "force" people who may own Vol 2 to buy the bundle to get Vol 1, thus decreasing stock of Vol 2.

Originally Posted by Vinny Just got mine... shipped in a box with no side padding, so the corners are dinged up. I remember the days when Amazon knew how to pack items. I really wish they had just made this into one giant book, instead of wrapping the two together.

Mine came the same way, and one of the corners was ripped. Requested a replacement.

Mine came finally came in. Had 2 other books with it so it got packaged in a bigger box, no dings/dmg. For the price I don't mind them wrapping two individual books together.

My order came in a few days ago, packaged well enough that there was no damage to either book. It's a pretty sweet deal for $26, and I like the series enough to feel that this was a good purchase.

Wasn't the first one originally a hardcover? The one in my bundle is a softcover. Or am I remembering wrong?

The ones I've seen were all softcover.

Didnt know about this, Im getting this just because i believe the art and read will be better than RE5 and RE6 put together. I need some type of RE thing to enjoy this year... lol

I am bit disappointed that this shipped as two separate books. Looks like they wanted to clear stock on Archives 2 or something.

I am glad I kept my original print Archives 1, the back cover is different so you can tell the reprint from the original.

Originally Posted by MrBoss I am bit disappointed that this shipped as two separate books. Looks like they wanted to clear stock on Archives 2 or something. I am glad I kept my original print Archives 1, the back cover is different so you can tell the reprint from the original.

I'm just happy they reprinted it. Better than paying so much for the first. They need to do a reprint of the Phoenix Wright book sometime.

544 pages for 25.34+free shipping is such a steal >:F

Well, you guys talked me into buying this even though I shouldn't be spending money right now.

im actually happy it came as 2 separate books.. less worrying about binding issues and heavy weight since ill be taking these around alot for work.

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I'm disappointed in these books. I want more concept and original art and less screenshots from the games. Many concept art pictures are thumbnail size. Way too tiny to thoroughly enjoy the details. There are a lot of repeated text which is just a waste. Some of the writing is just bad and cheesey. http://residentevil.wikia.com/Resident_Evil_Wiki probably has more in-depth story details.

These "Archive" books are just enhanced game instruction manuals. I'd return it if it cost me anything, but I was very fortunate that Amazon messed up somewhere. Check out a copy at Barnes before you make your purchase.

Originally Posted by Tarskidx Yes, it looks to be the same as it appears to be a reprint. What errors did you want me to verify?

The whole Biohazard/Resident Evil..........looks like someone got lazy and told word/indesign to Find and replace all Biohazard with RE and so on. I found that pretty quick when I first read it.