From Canada, been in Tokyo since 1987.
Currently working at Thomson Reuters in Japan creating Internet based solutions for retail investors. The rest of the time I'm actively swing trading the Japanese Equity Market.
My old blog is still alive at http://blog.q-taro.com
Wow, this Jumbo Mazinger is friggin' awesome. Actually, it's called Jumbo Machinder Neo which is the name of the giant robot toys they used to make 37 years ago. They are reviving the line thus the "Neo." It's 600mm tall and costs 26,250yen. Spotting at Yodobashi Akiba today. I went to get a new mouse and almost bought the Mazinger. If I bought this I would put it on my dinner table so I could look at it all the time.
Last year, I went on a declutter rampage and got rid of anything I did not need in my life. Getting an Amazon Kindle allowed me to unload over 400 books, which felt really good until I saw my credit card bill with all the kindle books I bought to replace them! ZOMG!!1 Anyways, my soft vinyl Getta Robo, Poseidon and daigokin Great Mazinger figures were very difficult to part with. I put them into their boxes, took them out, put them back several times before I finally bit the bullet and hauled them to Mandarake to sell. I only kept the Mazinger Z Daigokin which was my favorite. The last 3 photos below were my last look at them as the guy at Mandarake took them away. However, not 30 minutes later they were already priced and on the shelves to be sold.
A platinum Nissan Fairlady Z 432. It's not for sale but valued at 7,000,000yen or about $70,000. Created by jeweler Ginza Tanaka for Tomica to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their famous toy car series. The box is also Platinum. I want!
