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Originally Posted by Cosmic_Link
Very cool.  Where did you acquire these from and at what price? Also, is there any chance you can get anymore? 
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Thanks for embedding it for me, everything else on here I can figure out ok, just can't embed youtube videos.
I actually bought them on yahoo auctions japan, link below.
http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b127479556
After all the fees I had to pay and everything, I think they came out to about 10 USD a folder but I'm not entirely sure as it was kind of a long process.
As for getting more, I'm currently waiting on Geralds to talk with some Japanese friends he has, as they should be able to determine how common these are in japan.
I believe that the 3 concept art print folders were probably available at multiple events, the art exhibit, tokyo game show etc. Only inside Japan though regardless.
The 8 original Japanese artworks/folders were, from what little I can piece together on several Japanese websites, exclusively sold at the art exhibit.
I think I saw a comment somewhere that they were supposed to be exclusively sold at the exhibit unless they don't all sell out. In which case, the remainder might be sold elsewhere.
Again I have had a lot of trouble finding good info on this.
Other problem is the art exhibit was held at 3 separate cities on different dates and considering that this art was specifically done to try and foster interest among Japanese gamers for Assassin's Creed, I imagine these were available for purchase in all 3 cities.
I really don't know how common these are/aren't inside japan. If they were only available at the art exhibit, they could be hard to find.
If Geralds can't find anymore, I may sell some of mine simply because I doubt I ever could complete the set and would just keep the 3 or 4 I really wanted. Although my favorites have changed since actually seeing them in person
I am missing 5 artwork folders, below are pictures of the artwork I'm missing, obviously these are the actual artworks and not folders
All of the original artworks can be seen here:
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201201/06008078.html
Page is in japanese of course, I would recommend google translate if you really want to know what it says but as Geralds has mentioned, it isn't a perfect translation by any means