I finally got a PS2 equipped to play TM/FEOE III: Namida. My girlfriend surprised me a few days before Christmas with a slim PS2 and accessories(I immediately went out and bought her a Mario Kart DS system with Animal Crossing), after I had mentiomed Namida the week earlier. So I went and ordered the regular version(LE will have to wait) and paid a local guy to modchip it.
In the end, close to $400 was spent to get this one game running in my living room and it was worth every penny.
Aside from other impulse buys, I snatched up guide books for TMII and Ys I - III and continued to make small additional purchases from the same seller. By the time I managed to stop, I wound up with an invoice for $166 for a pile of PCE stuff shipped from Japan.
Aside from all the games and the books, I will now have a Memory Base 128 to go with my 2 Tennokoe's and Tennoke Bank 2.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot that I picked uo a complete boxed Turbografx and boxed Booster & Turbo Stick a few weeks ago at a local fleamarket for $100 Canadian. The only thing is that they smell like moth balls, but seem to be airing out reasonably well.