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more pics of real katanas

I've been there 4 times this year already, and I'm leaving for Japan next week, and I'll probably go again near the end of July. I don't usually stay in Tokyo, but my first point of entry is Narita. I know there's a pretty awesome toy store across from Ueno station. It's 6 floors and has a decent Macross selection. I was there once and found Hasegawa Super Battroid kits for 1,400 yen. There was a toy store in Akihabara that was clearing out 1/48 Hikaru VF-1S Valks super cheap...other than that, can't really tell you much else. Hey, anyone here from Tokyo? Want to meet up next week? I'll be hanging around Ueno eki for a couple of hours waiting for my shinkansen....my kei-tai number is 090-6627-5239. I'll be arriving in Narita at about 1500 on the 23rd of June and getting into Ueno eki at around 1645-1700 or so.....let me know!

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For those who like revolvers

Robocop's gun

Deagle (Desert Eagle)

I thought it was a WRC race car...I'm pretty sure it was the 7...look at the front end.

Other largest (not sure which was bigger, this or the first) katana in Japan

When I saw this thing, it gave me the chills....Obviously made as a showpeice, and not practical in anyway, but my imagination ran away a little.........what kind of monster would be able to weild this?!?!?

Japan's biggest Katana

Autobac's idea of street legal was to slap on a license plate from another prefecture, and some street tires...

sequential shifter

Another pic with my ugly mug in the shot

Speaking of Autobacs, this is what I went for a ride in when I stopped by Super Autobacs in my girlfriend's hometown.

Macross was chock-full of errors and inconsistencies....but it was still fun to watch. My childhood imagination at the time magically "erased" or "explained" all of the *uck ups in Macross.

He stole my idea....well, not completely. I'm building a 1:10 scale one in my basement, but I'm running out of space real quick.

Haha, I remember back on the old board when someone started a thread with these pictures....some jackass actually wanted to know where he could buy these.....

Man, some of these cosplay girls are really hot...but why do they give me the creeps?

Looks deliberate if you ask me.....there is not a freight company in the world tha could be so stupid as to damage cargo that badly without doing it it on purpose....

Awesome....going to Japan near the end of June....guess I can wait for mine.

Umm... RT sucks. Haha, that's hilarious....and it's just a matter of time before the Robotech Defenders come out and bash the bashers........

Yeah, I think she got the crap end of the stick. Leave the poor girl alone.

Just to amuse AgentOne..... Shrug. Cause its cool that's why. That's why Basara's VF-19 Kai emits lights from its eyes cause it reeks of coolness. You want it to make sense? It could make sense. Maybe its like the old Night Vision Goggles and they emit a dim green light when turned on. So the valk has night vision, geddit? Besides, space could be a dark dark place. Basara and anything that has to do with him and his ugly Valkrie-with-a-mouth is anything but cool. But there's another thread busy discussing the coolness and uncoolness of Basara and the whole Macross 7 thing.... Night vision goggles emit light only to the viewer, not to anyone trying to shoot the person wearing them. If they emit light so anyone can see the user, it would defeat the purpose of NVGs.

Haha, I see this topic hasn't been shut down yet..... Ok, so the head unit is supposed to be some kind of camera pod am I right? Radar and all that $hit? Why hell would a camera pod be emmitting light??? It makes absolutely no sense. Toynami did it because they're a stupid company that thought it's target market would be easily amused with lights and shiny things. And, to an extent, they were right. I'm surprised they didn't add sound effects, but I guess they left that to the owners of the toys....... wolfx, when I requested posting of pictures if you did it, by "it", I meant if you lit up the landing lights and wings....not the head unit.

That's a way better idea, light up the wings and landing lights instead of the head. I haven't seen many people's eyes glow with light, it would look funny if a Valkrie's did. I've seen a pictures somewhere before where somebody customized a Valk with lit up wing and landing lights. Sounds like a lot of work though.... If you do it, make sure you post pictures!