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by Drew_Sutton
Mon May 25, 2015 8:37 am
Forum: Real World Stuff
Topic: 54th Shizuoka Hobby Show 2015 May 14th-17th
Replies: 4
Views: 1699

Re: 54th Shizuoka Hobby Show 2015 May 14th-17th

That's really cool. Is that hall of garage or home-made kits, mass production kits or both? I would love putting that Daicon model together, thought I dread the wiring and electronics.
by Drew_Sutton
Mon May 25, 2015 8:22 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: The "Check this item out on eBay" Thread
Replies: 54
Views: 17256

Re: The "Check this item out on eBay" Thread

The Hard Off in Kofu City, Yamanashi-ken has a considerably large collection of LDs, and consequently a large selection of anime LDs. All of their prices are very fair there, so I don't know if it depends on the title or if times have changed. I picked up all six LDs of Macross II for 100 yen each ...
by Drew_Sutton
Mon May 25, 2015 8:10 am
Forum: Real World Stuff
Topic: Anime stores
Replies: 16
Views: 5782

Re: Anime stores

House of Anime was one of my go-to anime shops when they started popping up online. I remember buying goodies for my anime club's contests from them, and they even threw in some freebies when I told them what it was for. I kinda miss how diverse their stock used to be...whenever I see them at cons ...
by Drew_Sutton
Mon May 25, 2015 7:58 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: Laserdiscs
Replies: 106
Views: 29537

Re: Laserdiscs

Don't know, Steve. Pioneer just made their last 3000 units back in 2009, per this ANN article: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-14/pioneer-stops-making-laserdisc-players-after-27-years There might be a surplus of functional players sitting in warehouses somewhere, the question is, where ...
by Drew_Sutton
Sat May 23, 2015 7:39 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: The "Check this item out on eBay" Thread
Replies: 54
Views: 17256

Re: The "Check this item out on eBay" Thread

Ludicrous LD pricing has been going on for a while. Hard Off in Kurume wanted something like 37,000Y for Gundam ZZ TV Box on LD back in 2009 and I've been seeing stuff tick up on eBay when I check every few months.
by Drew_Sutton
Sat May 23, 2015 7:37 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: Laserdiscs
Replies: 106
Views: 29537

Re: Laserdiscs

No, no, he's not saying that. He was just stating what is a common and unremarkable thing in the U.S. (going to a shooting range) is, by itself, a serious offense outside of very specific and regulated situations in Japan. I'm pretty sure there are limited and expensive gun clubs and hunting allowe...
by Drew_Sutton
Sat May 23, 2015 7:13 am
Forum: Real World Stuff
Topic: Anime stores
Replies: 16
Views: 5782

Re: Anime stores

In the late 1990s, we had a few open around where I lived in suburban north-east Atlanta. Up until they opened, we had some comic shops (to my knowledge) that had some very limited merchandise; mostly translated manga as I recall - in the old 32 page floppy format. And specialty video stores, like S...
by Drew_Sutton
Thu May 21, 2015 9:49 am
Forum: Japan
Topic: KNDY's trip to Japan
Replies: 8
Views: 5124

Re: KNDY's trip to Japan

kndy wrote:Yeah I was able to watch two Yomiuri Giants games, also a Yakult Swallows game
Cool! I usually see a bit of discussion about differences between Tokyo Dome and Jingu Stadium; same city, completely different feel. I'd like to go to both some day. Any pictures from Jingu Stadium?
by Drew_Sutton
Thu May 21, 2015 9:37 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: Laserdiscs
Replies: 106
Views: 29537

Re: Laserdiscs

How much of it is based off of the original Yamato series? I don't quite have the affinity for Yamato as a lot of people my age and generation do, so the more forked it is from the originals, the more appealing it might be. It's very forked. I would say that no prior knowledge of Yamato would be ne...
by Drew_Sutton
Thu May 21, 2015 9:14 am
Forum: Real World Stuff
Topic: 54th Shizuoka Hobby Show 2015 May 14th-17th
Replies: 4
Views: 1699

Re: 54th Shizuoka Hobby Show 2015 May 14th-17th

An acquaintance on Facebook posted this earlier this morning from Shizuka Hobby Show this year: A scale model of the Daicon III ship. Man, do I want that! http://ca-tsuka.tumblr.com/post/119224757963/daicon-iii-spaceship-from-shizuoka-hobby-show I wanted to post it here when I had some time at the o...