toyboxdx toy blog brog: is graceful art of daily expressing japanese toy  

This little baddie was a gift from a good pal last year. Probably my favorite Nakajima piece, next to the magnemo sofubi. Thought I would shoot some quick pics.

I blame/praise Fraser fo this.  Because we didn’t have enough food at the restaurant across the damn street from his place Fraser thought it would be a good idea to go get a package of bacon to fry up while watching Gaiking back at his place.  And he was damn right.  We decided on two kinds of bacon because, well, because awesome that’s why!  This of course ended with some good ass gourmet cheese to wash it down with (La Tur if you’re familiar) and fig spread to at least have something in our systems working towards the eventual exiting of said meat and cheese.

Then of course the nerdity, giddiness, and cell phone cameras came into play and what you get are the results below.

Battle of the beasts!
Bullmarks Baragon vs KYs incredible evil Crab from outer space

Zinc vs Plastic, $1,50 vs $150.
No chance for the crappy Crab. The winner is good old Baragon.
But this wind-up robot kaiju Goggle Crab isn’t that uncool.
It could walk and comes with a nice little box. Don’t know
much about the brand KY – Yamazaki. The Crab must be
from the 70ties and KY made losts of plastic wind-up toys.

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Sorry for this crappy Brog…I’m a liar, the Crab isn’t from outer space.

More in the BBS

I miss seeing the posters on the way down in to the underbelly of hell that is Mandarake in Shibuya. All of them have either been stolen or simply taken down. The seizure strobe lights are still there however, and after a day of walking the humid streets of Tokyo, you best hold onto the wall going down.

Hades greets you in the form of a disinterested college cosplay girl. You put your bag in the 100 yen locker and a rush of adrenaline hits you as you hope against hope that today, they put out some hidden gems for below online auction pricing.

Sing song anime soundtracks filter through the aisles of hentai manga and sweaty teen boys who inhabit the space in rows like expectant puppies at the beck and call of their mother.

The counter to the right is snaking with a group of quiet Otaku waiting to pay for their treasures, and the first row of glass cases on the back wall greets you after passing the bins of anime cells and costume racks.

Sounds and smells take a back seat as you gaze at the vintage cases, filled with hand scribbled price cards and hastily cellophane wrapped boxes.

“Ikura desu ka?” becomes your best friend and mantra.

Cases open, the whif of aging carboard, the musk of Bullmark vinyl. You know it all too well, but like running into an old lover on the street, the memories are raw and crisp… a paper cut that never closes.

You have arrived. Be it your first time ( we will be gentle) or your latest in a series of journeys over the past decade… all react the same way. The cases, regardless of what lays in them, is the great equalizer.

Miles away, you finally feel at “home“.

Great view!

Best daily money shot title EVER!! Thanks Regan.

A shot of the flying Tetsuwan in the work office.

Battle Fever J is pretty sick. I personally LOVE the “BF” on the chest. A friend of mine recently called it the “graffiti BF” in a negative context. Well, I for one think this is Tokusatsu and Super Sentai Robots at their finest. Featured in this post is the elusive Popy Pura Dera Battle Fever Robo J (バトルフィーバーロボ Batoru FÄ«bā Robo) and a well loved Masao Den (伝正夫 Den Masao) / Battle Japan (バトルジャパン Batoru Japan) mini sofubi both circa 1979. Feel the FEVER…

BEST Sentai costumes EVER!!

Here’s the additional reissue vinyl that came from the Bullmark History Box coupons. GARAMON!! Looking good..