New toy purchases...

[Aaron Smith]

[ebirahsmeg1]

[Baltan II]

It hasn't arrived yet, but I finally broke down and paid $25 for a single SD - the King Ghidorah chase figure. The price is ridiculous, but I got it through a middleman, and will actually be trading some things for it, so I guess it could be worse, right?

[GFan]

Last week I got the ToyVault plush Baby Godzilla. And before that, the King Ghidorah mini-bobbler... and before that, the Bandai Pack of Destruction.

While in NYC last month, I scooped up a Godzilla 2004 and Mechagodzilla 2004 w/ battle pack (both from G:TokyoSOS) for only $20 each!! And a Gamera 3 reissue 6" figure for $10.

he he he, it's been a good summer for me collecting-wise. And I'm awaiting the Bandai GMK 8" figure, and a theater exclusive G2k figure.. both really on sale from Clawmark Toys. :Big-th-up:

[Glow-nut]

Here's the stuff I've gotten this month:

Atari Godzilla GBA game with transclucent Bandai GMMG Godzilla, Mothra, and MechaGodzilla SD figures.
Bandai Black Diecast MechaGodzilla 2004
Go Hero Super7 gray-scale Mechabot
M1 mini painted glow Matango keychain figure
Marmit Parababy flying Godzilla 1971 & Hedorah Super Hobby Exclusive set
Marmit Monster Heaven painted glow MechaGodzilla 1975 WCC Exclusive
Marmit Monster Heaven red & black Godzilla 1989 SuperFest Exclusive
Slash Popy reissue Attacking Godzilla glow w/ silver spray
Slash Popy reissue King Ghidorah glow w/ silver spray

It's been a pretty good month

[leunames]

[gojira_fan]

[The King of Monsters]

Trendmaster 40th anniversary set and Bandai 6-inch King Seesar

[The King of Monsters]

[Aaron Smith]

[The King of Monsters]

[tsconn]

[gojira_fan]

[GiganGoji]

[Legion]

[gojira_fan]

[Green Dragon]

[leunames]

This reminds me of another store that went out of business. If anyone is familiar with the small shop in NYC Chinatown that had all the Godzilla figures in the window, the shop along Lafayette between Grand and Canal, just around the corner from Zaka, I saw shelving being removed from the store this past monday, sept 05. I asked the mover and he said the store was closed for good. Too bad all these shops are closing.

[Green Dragon]

"Location Location Location."

At first glance, it would seem like the right kind of place. It's a tragically hip minimall that's got really neat architectural things going on, and is always busy, there's an Urban Outfitters clothing store there, a coffehouse, some other clothing stores, a techno store run by a very successful local dj, a jewelry store, a sushi restaurant, and a Cuban restaurant. BUT, I have seen a lot of businesses come and go from there, from a cigar store another friend of mine had, to retro furniture to skateboard clothes and everything in between. I hear the owners are a little difficult.

And when it comes down to it, amongst that tragically hip crowd (everyone shows up in the same standard issue Emo wear, it seems ), manga, anime and kaiju is not high on the list of popularity. Whenever I was there, there was traffic, but many times it was dead, and people that did wander in wandered right back out, with that Aura of..."Oh. JapaNESE stuff. WhatEVER..."

Now, there's a couple malls here in Orange County that have had manga stores for almost a decade and they seem to be doing okay, but they were heavy on Pokemon, which seems to be the extent of most people's knowledge of Japanese culture. Time for me to say..."whatEVER..."

But those malls were HUGE, and had the benefit of thousands of people walking by. The kind of malls that have 21plex cinema's Wolfgang Puck's, game arcades, Dave & Busters, and scores of other big name draws.

And with those kind of locations comes the overhead and regulations imposed by the management offices there. I know how those were as well. My friend who had the cigar store started out in one of those malls in a sales kiosk, and his girlfriend worked in one of those management offices. Lots of hoops to jump through.

"Oh, yeah, starting your own business frees you up, and you're your own boss."

Uhh...I had my own store for five years in Laguna Beach. What a nice illusion that must be. Living it is another story.

Anyways, the owner is gone as of today, will be back Sunday when we start pulling things down. He has a friend working in the place over the next coupla days.

[The King of Monsters]

Bandai Movie Monsters King Seesar

[Aaron Smith]

This a impulse item I got off Yahoo Japan last week thanks to the Obert Fiend pointing it out . Who needs clothes or insulin

The company is called CCP and the line is called Artistic Monsters Collection and this is Volume 4: Hedorah



It was sold at last week's Wonderfest in Japan and was limited to 200. And yes, the eyes light up red, they have red led that according to the website will shine when shaken or subjected to a 7 scale earthquake Its a little over 9 inches tall. I should have this by next weekend hopefully. I've been on a Hedorah kick lately, hard to find anything cool since I can't stand the acid tripping colors most Hedorah's come in, just my opinion though

[Green Dragon]

SWEET!

What did that set you back, if that's not too personal a question, and though I see you mentioned the low run, do you have any idea of the availability of them?

That's got to be the best Hedorah I've seen, and yes, the rainbow colors and cartoony shapes of a lot just don't send me, either.

Just ended today on ebay was an auction from someone selling a bunch of Bandai vinyls, and she ended the whole lot of them several days early, with some explanation that they became lost or broken.




Uh, yeah, whatever. Interesting feedback comments on her.

[Aaron Smith]

[armandv]

[Aaron Smith]