Mr C-10 Gets His Due
Check it out: the latest edition of USA Otackers, the column I co-write with Patrick Macias, has hit the stands in issue 110 of Japan’s Figure Oh magazine. This month’s column, titled “Otaku de Eigo,” gives readers a quick rundown of English language collecting terminology (“MIB,” “MOC,” “punched,” “unpunched,” etc., etc.)… And a peek into the heart and soul of the only collector worthy of the title “Mr. C-10,” Josh Fraser. I quote:
Matt: The C stands for “Condition” and goods are rated C-1 to C-10. C-1
would be like a toy that has passed through a dog’s digestive system
while C-10 is something that only the hand of God has touched before.
Patrick: So a “cherry boy” would be a C-10…
Matt: Speaking of which, let me tell you a story about this hardcore collector friend of mine from Boston. His name is Josh. His nickname is Mr. C-10. He’s obsessed with Gaiking. And so his life’s mission is to find the world’s cleanest specimen of the GA-51 Gaiking Chogokin. He’s got this glass case in his bedroom, and it’s full of identical, never-combined Gaikings, all in pristine condition. Perhaps the sight of them lulls him to sleep at night… We’ll never know. Anyway, he’s got this strange ritual of hooking up a vacuum cleaner to the case and sucking all the air out of it. To preserve his collection in a perfect vacuum. That’s Mr. C-10.
Josh posted a much clearer shot of his Gaikings a few weeks back, but I was happy to give him a shout-out he so richly deserved in Japan… Now he’ll be even more mobbed by chicks than usual when he arrives! Just make sure you bring that Gaiking vinyl man-purse I saw you secretly buying at the Tokyo Toy Show a few years back!
