Just landed in Osaka and I'm already liking what I'm seeing. Hitting up every toy store on every island. Tell me what you guys want to see!
taiwan was a total bust. But Japan seems promising.
Any cool store decorations? Like drawings, customs, stuff like that
FYI, OP, remember there's two Mandarake in Osaka. I took a trip there last week. Went to Grand Chaos but completely forgot about the one in Umeda.
Also, the best station to go to for Denden town is Ebisucho.
>>4536576
Yeah I got those on my to do list. I'm going to every toy shop I can find.
My iPhone 5s just died, had to take pics with the shitty phone for now. There was some cool designs, I will post later. Stores close pretty early here. Will post shitty pics for now
>>4536583
>koto shop
I'm sorry all my pictures are sideways for some reason with this shitty phone. Will fix tomorrow
>>4536594
>NO Photography!
OP you're commiting a crime you could go to toy jail
>>4536605
It's okay I'm a Baka gajin. I don't know any better
I'm really sorry about these sideways pictures guys. If anyone knows how to fix this please let me know
>>4536620
dayum, 2400 yen for a grillfriend in a can. You think they offer worldwide shipping?
>>4536625
Lots of pricey stuff. Most of the gunpla is dirt cheap though
Alright. Next time I'll take pictures landscape mode
>>4536634
figures, since you dont pay shipping when picking kits from the shop.
>>4536644
I saw a nice 8 inch one for like 1500 yen. Hell, the one in my picture is only 2200
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>>4536645
>all those saran wrapped dreams
Which reminds me, you oughta hit the arcades and play the games that never left japan neither got a proper port. Or the ones with crazy cabinets and controls, like Virtual On or Gundam Senji no Kizuna
Lol yoshinoya game
Haha this relic
Old Pocket monster games
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>>4536662
rockman too
>>4536650
forgot to mention Cho Chabudai Gaeshi!
see if you can find some interesting gachapon too! man there so much fun stuff you can do over there, someday I'll try to go
I hear Yamato 1/60 v2 valkyries are really cheap in Japan, and very common in collector's toy shops.
>>4536664
Japan is awesome. All these stores are back to back. I'm having so much fun just go to all these stores
OP, if you can find one of those fabled used underwear vending machines you'll be my hero.
I'm off for now, have a great one
>>4536673
Point me to the general direction and I'll look for it haha. I got 12 more days here, I'm sure I'll run into it
>>4536673
Those don't actually exist. They may have at ONE point but today there's no need since there's internet.
>>4536735
Also Japan is really no weirder than America's subculture so there.
>>4536737
>America
>weird
Why whatever do you mean anon?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1zGqRXZlnY
Dude this awesome you are my hero right now. Keep it up.
>>4536762
I'll have a lot more pictures tomorrow, better quality and not sideways haha. Hitting up mandrake tomorrow can't wait. One day down 12 to go
It's everywhere
>>4536779
OP please visit the Kaiyodo museum and take lots of pictures.
Also ask around too see if they have a checklist or something or all their revoltechs. There are some really obscure variants out there.
>>4537598
I'll see if I can make the trip. It's either a quick 50 dollar trip. Or an hour and a half subway ride with a shit ton of transfers :/
I'm debating whether or not i want to check out the evangelion exhibition in kagawa. A 60 dollar train ticket. Fuck me.
Japanese toys r us
More gundam
Keep it up op
>>4537795
>megastone and godzilla gashapon
fuck, my poor heart.
if i went to japan i'd buy soooo much shittt
>>4537857
I know what you mean. These toys are everywhere. It's suffering not giving into temptation to buy something in every store I go to.
I just got on the subway. I'm on my way to mandrake right now. This is like a dream
>>4537857
Those godzilla gashapon are available in barnes & nobles in the states.
Do you guys want more gashapon pictures. I tend to just blow by them. Bit there are a shit ton of nice ones
goddamn op you lucky bastard. i'll most likely never go to japan in my life.
>>4537878
Sure, especially if it's anything robot or moe related.
On the hunt for mandrake. Lost as fuck haha
Where the fuck am I?! I feel like I'm Alice going down some rabbit hole
Oh fuck. I found it. Be back in an hour. Too many pictures
>>4537907
It's a shopping arcade. It's essentially just a rain proof, open air, shopping area. Stores aren't as wide as they are deep, but some places aren't deep at all.
Mandrake = cosco but instead with toys
>>4537924
Not at all. Mandarake is more similar to a used bookstore. That their stock comes from people needing to get rid of their stuff. Some people buy things and just never open them.
Both 16000 yen each. Didn't really care for the rebuilds though. Buts a good dealllll fuuuuck
What in the fuck
I heard there some guy who sells motucs somewhere in akiba.
This place is too big
>>4537954
Never been to the Mandarake in Osaka. Is it just one floor?
>>4536514
Can I ask you to pick something up for me man? If not, don't sweat it! Enjoy Japan, and try to keep out of the 18+ women only stores!
Sega club?
>>4537980
Arcade.
>>4537957
Two floors in Osaka. It was pretty cool. I hear Tokyo mandrake is way better
>>4537940
Not too weird, Probably based off some Toriyama art. The world of Toriyama's covers and side-art of Dragon ball is this super chill world where everyone's always driving vintage vehicles and wearing casual clothes and being comfy.
>>4537944
The world of Western action figure collecting in Japan intrigues me. I've seen 2ch pics of Japanese collectors with displays of Marvel Legends and 90's Kenner/Toy Biz stuff and a few other pre-2000s toys. I wonder if the latter stuff has the same appeal as, say, kaiju vinyls or Jumbo Machinders have in the west. Now where's that trigun page where the author talks about a western style Vash toy with a necessary action feature.
>>4538010
Spawn was huge in Japan. To the point where Trigun's Vash the Stampede's long flowing coat was a reference of Spawn's cape.
>>4537963
What do you want anon? If I see it I'll pick it up
How are you resisting the urge to buy everything? Geez
Bright ass lights everywhere
Fucking lights
>>4538064
You realize how deep your wallet really is.
>>4538064
I'm saving my money for Tokyo. If I see something I really want I'll pick it up. This is just a fun experience
>>4538064
This is only 1 of like 90 other stores on my to do list
Some OG kaws
So much captcha
Can you find the modern Transformers section? I'm looking for a few Japan only pieces.
So if you want something in one of the cases and you don't speak moon, what do you do?
At that point are you SOL, or do they at least know enough English because they know some American is gonna come in and buy all their anime statues?
>>4538020
The d-arts of this punk if you can find him at a reasonable price.
Email's [email protected] just shoot me a message pal!
Also stay the hell away from underground malls in Japan. Sometimes there's no one there but dark hallways and empty corridors.
Creepy as fuck.
>>4538087
You say "Sue Me Mass Sen" to someone who looks like they work there. Then you point to what you want.
>>4538087
I have a notebook I use. I communicate everything through sketches.
>>4538094
What means this?
>>4538087
I know a little of that rising sun speak. But for the most part they speak a little engrish. At the very least you can say "sumemasen" and point o that figure. Throw in a couple hais for good measure. They love that shit
>>4538098
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/language/quickjapanese/quickjapanese04.html
>>4538098
"Sumimasen". It means "Sorry" or "Excuse me", or if you want to get deeper, it means "Sorry for the interruption, I would like your attention"
>>4536663
>donkey konga drums
holy shit
Alright I'm going to hang out at the poke center
>>4538138
Are those supposed to be rare or something? I literally see them weekly at my local thrift store.
I'm off tithe second mandrake store
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If you see a Gaim Sid Lock seed lemme know and I'd tots pay you for it.
>>4538163
Stop, stop, please, I cant take anymore....
Ok keep going.
>>4537940
pretty sure this is when goku and piccolo learned to drive, probably the best filler episode
Anon.. My brain is going to explode.
>>4538163
I'm surprised no one stopped you and said "NO PICTURES"
This store is 3 floors. Fuck.
>>4538185
I'm 6 foot 1. They can try.
Anyone else in this thread getting a nerd chub looking at all that stuff?
>>4538140
Is that a mammoth?
>>4538189
Must be like being in the land of the Manlets.
>>4538184
Take a whole bunch of pictures anon, I love looking at this stuff even though it makes me super jealous
>>4538189
Disrespectful Whiteman.
>>4538195
>tfw I didn't even notice the GIANT FUCKING SKELEPHANT the first time I looked at the picture
>>4538202
*whaito piggu
>>4538189
>hurrr I'm a tall gaijin who can do what I please. Fuck the rules.
Resident Japanon here. Tourist scum like you are the fucking worst.
>>4538206
That goes for tourists in any country though.
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>>4538204
Calm your shit. It was a joke. There's no rules against taking pictures at mandrake. Shouldn't you know that if you were a resident. If there was I'd gladly if told to. Also there ain't no worst of a tourist than a japanese one in other countries. You sound like one of those xenophobic japs that hate everyone that comes to japan
>6 foot 1 gaijin
>must be white
>>4538214
But there is a rule. I went there last year. I asked if I could take photos and was politely told no.
>>4538220
I just asked. The worker said yeah sure, just don't bother the customers or workers
>>4538230
Please take a photo of the shinki shelf
>>4538203
I know right. I was like holy shit a fucking mammoth
Thanks for the Transformers pics. I don't see what I'm looking for sadly. That Maximal Tripredicus, but I don't have 9000 yen to spare.
>>4538240
There's more anon. Just wait I have too many pictures. Captcha I slowing my flow lol
>>4538195
Yes. That's a mammoth
More stuff
Posting pictures for like five hours now. Time flys
>>4538214
As a Korean, I can tell you for sure, that particular "honor" goes to Korean tourists.
