Toy Hunting in Tokyo

[cjefferys]

AHHH! great posts guys. Can't wait to see pics!

It probably won't be until I get back home, but at that point I'll definitely be posting pics.

[samurainoir]

^^^ not to mention the Universal Monsters Rock n' Roll Revue starring Beetleguise!

We had a terrific day in Nakano Broadway today. pics soon.

[cjefferys]

I am going to really have to focus on finding Gatchaman pieces to fill holes in my collection and not get distracted by all the other goodness.

You picked up some nice Gatchman stuff today sir! And I'm stoked to have found a Tsukuda Alien figure. Some Mego and even AHI monster sightings. I'm sure Mr. Noir will provide some pics soon. We saw lots of great stuff today!

[cjefferys]

^^^ not to mention the Universal Monsters Rock n' Roll Revue starring Beetleguise!

We had a terrific day in Nakano Broadway today. pics soon.

You haven't lived until you see cheesy Universal monsters dancing and singing to "Rock 'N Roll All Nite" and "YMCA". Sadly no Universal monsters merch to be found for sale.

Nakano was great! I'm bringing my camera to Shibuya tomorrow Ed, so it won't all be on you.

[samurainoir]

More Jaws stuff...

[samurainoir]

We have sore legs, but it was totally worth it. Awesome time at the Studio Ghibli Museum in the morning even better time toy-hunting. Always better when you have a friend to share the experience with, shout out to Chris.

some of my purchases...





Chris' BIG purchase!







other goodness...

[PNGwynne]

Cool stuff gentlemen--sounds like you're having a great time.

[MegoSteve]

Great stuff. Thanks so much for posting the pictures. I am drooling!

[Fitski]

Awesome pics guys! that's some amazing looking stuff....any idea what that swimming girl is saying on the Jaws packet?

[drquest]

Wow that looks like a fun time! Did you ride the Back to the Future ride? I miss that so much I wished the U.S. Universal's would have left it running.

[drquest]

Oh and if you see any vintage Henshin Cyborg stuff, I could use a cyborg right hand, and wouldn't mind another Walder

[Confessional]

OMFG, the great JapanOlust of this thread! Thanks for the pics/posts… now if you could locate and confirm the existence of the Saru No Gundan raygun… :P

[cjefferys]

Chris' BIG purchase!

Ah, it was fun carrying that on a train during rush hour back to my father-in-law's house. Now I have to get it back to Canada, luckily it just fits inside one of our hard shell suitcases.

Today Ed and I hit the Mandarake store in Shibuya. Luckily they really relaxed their previously strict "no photos" policy, so we both took tons of pics inside the store. Ed will probably post some tonight, I'll have to wait until I get back home. We also hit Toy Sapiens in Harajuku, the headquarters of Hot Toys and their flagship store. Holy crap, the place was like a museum for high end 12" figures. No Hot Toys for me, but I did pick up a Super 7 ReAction Alien there.

Tomorrow we hit more toy stores in Akihabara and the day after it's back home for me. I've been having a blast travelling around with Ed, but man my feet are getting tired!

[samurainoir]

Awesome pics guys! that's some amazing looking stuff....any idea what that swimming girl is saying on the Jaws packet?

I would hazard a guess that it's something like "I'm full of chocolate", since it's a box of chocolates.

[samurainoir]

Oh and if you see any vintage Henshin Cyborg stuff, I could use a cyborg right hand, and wouldn't mind another Walder