Gameraversary!

A last minute decision to take a quick trip to Morioka on Saturday meant no post on Saturday. A last minute bout of writer's block and and all-day apartment cleaning session meant no entry on Sunday. Now Monday is almost up and I have some catching up to do.

To help pay for the trip, I brought along a couple of items that would bring me some spare moolah. Such as a couple of large Gamera that were never opened and take up a lot of space. Did you know it was the 58th Anniversary of Gamera's debut?

 

 

Mickey Mouse turned 95 as well, this should get me a few bucks.

Last time, I had some success in selling some of my model kits (the doubles, naturally), so I tried again.

 

Our first stop heading north was at the Mandai in Furukawa that does not offer much cash for goods, so I saved my items. I did though make a purchase on credit with the hopes of making back that money. I bought 5 Kuji and was the first one to do so at this store. I chose my five and the first one I opened was the top prize!!!

 

Woohoo! I also received some secondary prizes such as three magnets, an art card, and an acrylic stand

I sold my goods at Morioka Mandai* (*not called Mandai, rather Yorozuya) and made 5400 yen. I bought a total of 6 Kuji at 900 each. Basically, the above items were free!

Not much else of note on this trip, it was rainy and foggy so sightseeing was useless. I did find a Family Mart that sold the Godzilla coffee and this time I got a medium which comes in a red cup!

On the way back, we discovered that another Yorokuza has opened up near Hanamaki so a fact-finding mission was in order.

They have the cutest little mascot, I wish they had one for sale.

 

I didn't buy one, though this tentacle goes in one ear and out the other. Cool!?!

I bought a towel and an enormous art card and got two acrylic movie titles. This place has the largest selection of Godzilla goods outside of Akihabara! Next time I go, I'll bring a list.

All in all, Saturday was a really good productive day!

Sunday was spent sleeping in, lazing around and then cleaning out my desk area, which took ALL NIGHT LONG (it hasn't been cleaned in a while).

So apart from this, I don't have any Godzilla goods to show off from yesterday.

I sure do wish that floppy discs were usable, those screen savers are nice. 

I need to watch the new Monarch Netflix show, so I can review it later...

Godzilla IS Culture.

November 3rd is both Culture Day and Godzilla Day in Japan. For Culture Day, I traditionally eat some yogurt, for Godzilla Day I show off my collection of crap. Godzilla Day just happens to coincide with the 68th anniversary of his debut. Funny how that works.

This Godzilla Classic Box is something I stumbled across several months ago though there's a lot inside, so I needed a day off in order to catalog it all. 

Starting with 4 cool long posters.

 

 

Alas, they're a bugger to frame. There is also a copy of a manga from '55 when ゴジラの逆襲 (or its American title, Godzilla Raids Again) was released featuring his tussle with Anguiras. Here are some highlights.

You also score a model kit. I don't have the patience to assemble it but it is pretty sweet.

There is a little sheet of stickers and a booklet of Bromides. (Click here to learn more about them.)

I shan't be opening these up though I am extremely curious as to what they are.

But I don't really need to look at some more images, for I was given 186 postcard-sized scenes.

Finally, one receives a classic figure of the Big G himself. 

I managed to catch the tail end of the original movie and snapped a few pics of his demise off the tv.

Oops. Spoiler Alert.

In other BIG news, we should be getting a NEW Godzilla movie on this day next year...Woohoo!!

Happy Godzilla Day and/or Culture Day. May he (and we) survive another 68 years.