When I was little, I was lucky enough to live in Tokyo.
I was obsessed with Gundam, a TV series that spawned a deluge of model kits, toys, stickers, and ephemera which even today is a colossal merchandising empire.
I watched Gundam on TV and at the Cinema, but due to my sheer stupidity, and inability to get to grips with Japanese, I had no real idea of the complexities of the machiavellian storyline.
It's only recently seeing them on DVD as an adult (well.. errr..yeah) I've realised how complex the storyline was.
I've had a crap couple of weeks, and in a moment of work induced procrastination I looked up the toys I had/wanted as a kid.
I was always very lucky in that my parents were incredible indulgent and generous towards their pestering son's obsessions.... so..Thank you.
God bless Ebay.. and now I have new plastic friends.
Welcome fellas..
Gundam
Guncannon
Guntank..Tank? See..it's where my obsession began!
and a bootleg... Geekus Maximus...
I was obsessed with Gundam, a TV series that spawned a deluge of model kits, toys, stickers, and ephemera which even today is a colossal merchandising empire.
I watched Gundam on TV and at the Cinema, but due to my sheer stupidity, and inability to get to grips with Japanese, I had no real idea of the complexities of the machiavellian storyline.
It's only recently seeing them on DVD as an adult (well.. errr..yeah) I've realised how complex the storyline was.
I've had a crap couple of weeks, and in a moment of work induced procrastination I looked up the toys I had/wanted as a kid.
I was always very lucky in that my parents were incredible indulgent and generous towards their pestering son's obsessions.... so..Thank you.
God bless Ebay.. and now I have new plastic friends.
Welcome fellas..
Gundam
Guncannon
Guntank..Tank? See..it's where my obsession began!
and a bootleg... Geekus Maximus...
i've never really got into gundam but the models/figures always look amazing.
hurrah for ebay!
are any of the TG pin ups up yet?
i haven't really had the chance to say it but the sketch you did for me at the signing (that i couldn't come to) was awesome!
Check out the Tankie profile on my friends list.. the Pinups are there!