Avenged!

After over two months of waiting, Avengers: Age of Ultron has finally been released here.

While waiting, I had to resort to a couple of Bobbleheads to assuage my desire for Comic-related goods. The Thor is awesome, the Nick Fury is terrific and the War Machine is not at all mediocre.

Based on the entrance to Mandai (The Geek Paradise), you'd expect there would be more Comical goodies.

I did manage to win this excellent Ironman via UFO Catcher and I landed it in about 7 tries.

The theatre itself has been adorned with several congratulatory bouquets for its acquisition of 4D technology! Now if only they could figure out how to add subtitles to its features. Alas, only Dubbed movies are graced with this tech so if I want to see Avengers AoU in 4D, I'll need to watch it in Japanese. I AM curious so I just might do that.

As for the movie itself, I was afraid that most of it would have been spoiled by snippets on the Net over the last several weeks. Well, the Japanese trailer managed to spoil some major plot points all on its own. (I'm looking at you Mrs. Hawkeye!)

Don't watch this unless you've already seen it and if you do watch it, don't blame me for the incredibly crappy song that comes on halfway through. I am SO glad this song was NOT in the movie!



Thank gawd the schmaltzy tune wasn't included and therefore i loved this movie! So much so that I just had to buy some goodies that were sold in the cinema. Such as this set of magnets and a cheesy Hulkbuster medallion.

I also picked up a rubber charm and a set of memo pads.

Today my students gave a presentation and were awarded with a memo sheet. Only 2 or 3 choose the sheet on the left. I'm probably going to run out of memos in the next set of classes.

My favourite goodie has to be this cool Captain Cruiser!

I grabbed a Bakemono popcorn set which came with this choice little pouch. I'll probably go see it next week.

I shared the popcorn with my buddy Snoopy.

The next BIG movie I'll be attending is Antman. I already have an advanced ticket for it...

Too bad I have to wait until September for it...

And until October for FF!
Sigh.

Tsum Tsum Of All Fears.

Tsumu (積む) is the Japanese for "to stack" or "to pile up". Disney stacked this to the next level and came up with Tsum Tsum and created an app where one stacks Disnified cubes into a nationwide phenomenon. (That link will send you to a page where you can buy the game and tons of goods.) Almost every gal (and some guys) in the school has a Tsum Tsum pencil case or eraser or t-shirt or bag. Admittedly, these are incredibly cute and will probably next take America by storm.



This looks far more addictive than Candy Crush. I'd better not get the app!

Recently, 7-11 has come out with some seriously cute magnets that come attached to Pet Bottles of tea yet surprisingly, they aren't stackable!

 Dumbo is definitely my favourite!

Furthermore, they have now began one of those raffles to win Some Tsum Tsum merchandise. I landed a bowl but at 620 a pop, I'm going to hold off on any more of these, until they go on sale that is.

My first introduction to these characters was with some UFO Catcher cellophane tapes. I have a pal who is an avid collector of these and I managed to land an entire set for her plus several doubles for myself.

Any one interested in the above tapes? I have a few spare ones...

Kinnikumen.

The big news over the weekend was of course that the Americans discovered that Gay Marriage is not the path to Hell, something that Canadians had figured out a decade before. Alas, Japan is still a closeted nation and I don't foresee any changes made on this front for a while. This is why I am astounded that キン肉マン (Kinnikuman) and his colleagues have taken the plunge and come out.

To honour this accomplishment, Sunkus conbini has offered up pairs of wrestlers, sold when you buy a couple of teas. There are 8 pairs in all and I just so happened to collect them all.

The first couple to exit their closet are Kinnikuman and his partner Rikishiman the Wolfman.

Robin Mask and Warsman followed their lead.

Terryman paired up with Geronimo, and they couldn't be happier.

 

Brocken Jr. hooked up with Ramenman.

Nice to see that  Pentagon and Black Hole have gotten past their rivalry.

Buffaloman has gotten close to sidekick Alexandria Meat or Meat-kun.

Asuraman holds hands (all 6 of them) with his partner (whose name I can't decipher. Help me out here!)

Finally there is Sunshine and The Ninja. Don't they look good together?

I fervently wish that these couples find eternal happiness and that one day they can be legally wed in Japan.

Check out the first episode and sing along to their theme song. It's catchy.



ps. these guys were branded M.U.S.C.L.E. when released in the States and if you'd like to learn more, I recommend you check out Branded in the 80s.