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So. A couple of things to announce. The big one is, Hiroko and I have launched a new YouTube channel! The very first video is of my expedition to Shinjuku's Piss Alley to sample some grilled salamander. We are going...
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Somewhere in Yokohama, circa 1989 or 1990. This was my first exposure to a "real" Japanese toy store. While I don't rock M.C. Escher tee shirts anymore, I still have that same expression frozen on my face today.
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Nice, I'm in the dark about where this comes from. Is this from Macross or one of the animes stitched into "Macross"? Or something else altogether?
Posted by: The CronoLink | December 12, 2011 at 05:09 PM
These were produced as merchandise for the original 1982 Macross anime by a purveyor of cheap thrills called Ohsato.
Posted by: MattAlt | December 13, 2011 at 09:37 AM
But what you don't know is that, to Matt, this is sheer sexy ProN of the highest quality!
Yeah, I saw what you did there. :)
It's a pity there aren't more 'x-ray' (aka Mechanical) toys anymore. I blame that evil MOE. :)
Posted by: Steve Harrison | December 14, 2011 at 10:39 AM
These are great! I've wanted to grab some since seeing them on a youtube video. After having spent a month in Osaka & hitting pretty much every toy store there (several times over). I still went home empty handed, maybe next time?
Posted by: Chris | December 16, 2011 at 08:23 AM