I'd been waiting for my car to return from its inspection and it is now fit to drive. Soooo...I drove out to the Sendai City Agriculture & Horticulture Center so I could see the newest hay-sculpture. It's King Kong!
I approached him to take a close up...
And was grabbed!
I managed to escape and checked out the Godzilla shrine. The volunteers remembered me from last Halloween and this time suggested I drop some coins in tribute.
There were a couple of sculptures from before. Such as a T-rex and Raptor.
This bull may be new.
I'm pretty sure I've seen this boar before. This time he has a target on him.
I scored three times in a row and won a handful of crisps. (I gave most of them away to the aforementioned volunteers.)
Upon entry, one can see a new tiger. Rather daunting.
There were several booths set up selling arts & crafts and I picked up some pumpkin seeds and spinach. I heard a guitar off in the distance and much to my surprise, it was my old pal Yukie! (Click the label Pony Tails for more history.)
I recorded them performing "Neverending Story", I wish I'd been ready for Lupin.
Afterwards, I wandered over to the (possibly manmade) lake and then grabbed some yakiniku.
Since I was a stones throw away, I skipped over to a nearby ocean.
I still haven't figured out how to embed a "short" so here is a YouTube link to the sea. See!
Since it's Superhero Day, I broke out my new Batsuit.
Finally, after storing my winter tires behind my tv, I placed some of my stuffed stuff atop them.
FINALLY got to see Antman and hoo boy was it ever worth the wait! Several of my Japanese friends will not have seen it yet, so I won't go spoileriffic yet I must say that the casting was superlative, right down to the unexpected cameo by a previous Antman, a bartender, and ANTony. Since I can't see this in 3D in English, I'm going to have to go see it again in that format, albeit in Japanese. If you don't mind a few spoilers, here is a formidable formicidae review for you.
Here is some of the loot that I picked up tonight. I may gather some more crumbs to take back to my nest.
A pair of stickers that will inevitably end up in my car.
This is the front and back of a page inserter doodad. (You put it between the pages of your notebook to ease writing.
The inevitable clear-files.
The above is more of a 3D pouch than file.
Awesome movie. Hope springs eternal for a sequel with Antman and the Wasp and hopefully some scenes with Michael Douglas in action.
ps. Ari=ant, ergo the title above.
Tomorrow is the second parter of the Attack on Titan live movie. Woohoo!
I've been tidying the old apartment lately and staying up late doing so thus accounting for an absence of posting these days. Last night I discovered a bag fool of goodies that was too juicy to pass up. Some of these items have been blogged about before, some will warrant a post of their own in the future. For now, I'll just show off all of this sweet booty. Starting with Manda from Mandai.
I picked that up for a buck at a Mandai in Morioka. Other Godzilla goodies follow. First up is the menagerie that was within the bag.
This is from '93 and is supposed to spin around. It does so only sporadically. Oh well.
A pair from the latest Godzilla movie.
And Mr. and Mrs. Muto his nemesis.
Godzilla vs. Hedorah. I don't think I have this one already.
Mothra metamorphosis.
That's a Battra Megaguirus* missing a wing and the tail of a Ghiddorah. The rest must be in another bag.
Gezorah, better known as Yog, the Monster from Space or the Space Amoeba.
Godzilla Jr. and Anguirus Varan* from the first Godzilla sequel, Godzilla Raids Again.
Revised thanks to a commenter.
Doubles of my Mothra- and Gojira-mobiles so I can play with them.
Mixing genres a bit, here is Gamera on a keychain and Rodan with a Mothra larva riding on his back.
This bat-dude is from a movie I've never seen yet its name eludes me at the moment* Latitude Zero, a movie I've never seen. You can see this bat-dude at the 1:55 mark on this preview. I wonder if they ever came out with a Griffin from the same flick.
*Revision thanks to the knowledgeable Stephen Sullivan, author extraordinaire.
Catzilla!!
Some other Kaiju-related items.
Some Star Wars stuff, starting with some Stormtroopers and Yoda hanging around a JoJo AR can.
This Darth Maul came with some Cup Noodles and is designed to hold down the lid on the noodles without releasing the steam.
4/6 of the Darth Vader and Son mini-chains. I hope they release the series based on the Leia book as well.
For some reason, I'd removed this Enterprise from my phone's earphone. Back it goes.
Dinosaurs, Disney and Dracula, oh my.
Pokemon and some other straps.
This disembodied head of Mao (figure skater) used to be attached to a body but fell off.
I finally found my Terminator skull so I can do something I've wanted to do for ages.
Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well.
An Evangelion/Kitty mashup.
A deck of Madoka Magika cards*.
*This will get a post of its own.
A couple of Koibito creatures.
John Stewart
A Spidey-cap from the first movie, a Joker from the second, and a Rocket Raccoon from the first.
Iron Man tats.
Finally a trio of Migi*.
*Also to get their own post.
More items to follow as the bags get opened and explored!
