Monday, January 03, 2005
I need to ease back into the habit of blogging... just one week of break left. Here is a picture of some more of my nerdly treasures. From left to right, Shishio, Sanosuke, and Kenshin from my favorite manga Rurouni Kenshin. These are called "trading figures," and in Japan they come in small cardboard boxes (unassembled), and you don't know which character you are going to get. I had some doubles because of this, but luckily I was able to send some to my friend Yuki, so they were not wasted! :) The Kenshin figure in this picture was actually a gift from Yuki. Thanks! You may wonder why Sanosuke is all grey... in Japan they often have variant figures, or secret characters to increase the urge to buy more units. In this series, there are no hidden characters, but every model has a variant color, which is "unpainted." I have yet to get a painted Sanosuke; as a matter of fact, he is the only one I have got the unpainted figure of, and I have pulled 2 of them! :( Anyway, the collectible market in Japan is incredible... they produce high quality items at decent prices... and they design them in such a way to maximize your desire for the item, even though the items are without any real value at all. All of the time and money that we fans spend on aquiring this stuff is embarassing, because in the end, all you have is a box full of colored plastic that has no value other than to you. But, I do get great joy from my toys. I can't wait to send more photos to the blog, as well as get back to writing stuff with meaning... well, my brand of "meaning." :) Horns up!
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