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From: Lisa Cubbon on 9 Jan 2010 16:47 Petrea Mitchell wrote: > At Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:15:07 -0600, > Keane <keane(a)keanespics.com> strode forth and proclaimed: > >> Vinylmation. >> >> Why? > > I had to look up what "Vinylmation" is, and I got this: > > http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Vinylmation > > That Kermit figure is just plain wrong. > no kidding. Like Kermit on a mushroom trip.
From: Petrea Mitchell on 10 Jan 2010 13:12 At Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:48:53 -0600, Keane <keane(a)keanespics.com> strode forth and proclaimed: > You're looking > at them, saying to yourself that there are 11 different figures @ $10 > each, and they're in sealed boxes, so you don't know which figures > you're getting unless you buy a 24 count box that has two complete > sets, plus a random figure, plus one of three (I think three) > super-limited-edition figures. Well, that part I can offer an explanation for: they've decided to create Disney-branded gashapon.* Lots and lots of collectible toys and figurines are sold this way in Japan. My SO has gotten various sets of airplane models this way from the local hobby store. In a sign the American market is not completely open to this sort of thing, though, the hobby store has taken to opening the boxes and labeling them with what's inside, with a slight markup, of course. * pronounced gah-shah-pohn, or Americanized to ga-shuh-pawn -- / <pravn(a)bidalaka.com> Petrea Mitchell <|> <|> <petrea.mitchell(a)evrazincna.com> "You behold the interface of convergent virtual realities. It looks a bit grubby and the floor in here could do with a wash." ---CardiffMOO
From: Lisa Cubbon on 10 Jan 2010 15:23 Petrea Mitchell wrote: > At Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:48:53 -0600, > Keane <keane(a)keanespics.com> strode forth and proclaimed: > >> You're looking >> at them, saying to yourself that there are 11 different figures @ $10 >> each, and they're in sealed boxes, so you don't know which figures >> you're getting unless you buy a 24 count box that has two complete >> sets, plus a random figure, plus one of three (I think three) >> super-limited-edition figures. > > Well, that part I can offer an explanation for: they've decided to create > Disney-branded gashapon.* Lots and lots of collectible toys and figurines > are sold this way in Japan. > > My SO has gotten various sets of airplane models this way from the local > hobby store. In a sign the American market is not completely open to this > sort of thing, though, the hobby store has taken to opening the boxes and > labeling them with what's inside, with a slight markup, of course. > > * pronounced gah-shah-pohn, or Americanized to ga-shuh-pawn > > Oh.. that's what it is. Makes more sense to me. I have a niece who is whacko for anime and I can see the similarities. Still not for me. Lisa
From: --Fizzie on 10 Jan 2010 15:46 On Jan 10, 3:23 pm, Lisa Cubbon <cub...(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > Petrea Mitchell wrote: > > At Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:48:53 -0600, > > Keane <ke...(a)keanespics.com> strode forth and proclaimed: > > >> You're looking > >> at them, saying to yourself that there are 11 different figures @ $10 > >> each, and they're in sealed boxes, so you don't know which figures > >> you're getting unless you buy a 24 count box that has two complete > >> sets, plus a random figure, plus one of three (I think three) > >> super-limited-edition figures. > > > Well, that part I can offer an explanation for: they've decided to create > > Disney-branded gashapon.* Lots and lots of collectible toys and figurines > > are sold this way in Japan. > > > My SO has gotten various sets of airplane models this way from the local > > hobby store. In a sign the American market is not completely open to this > > sort of thing, though, the hobby store has taken to opening the boxes and > > labeling them with what's inside, with a slight markup, of course. > > > * pronounced gah-shah-pohn, or Americanized to ga-shuh-pawn > > Oh.. that's what it is. Makes more sense to me. I have a niece > who is whacko for anime and I can see the similarities. Still not for me. > > Lisa- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - They remind me of the large animal statues you see painted in various artistic and/or amusing ways in mostly tourist towns. Example: Athens Georgia has a series of bulldogs, the Smoky Mountains has bears, Tybee Island (Savannah) has turtles. The first ones I ever saw were cows. You can then purchase small replicas of the statues in gift shops. Oh, please, tell me there aren't giant statues like these small creatures spread around WDW. That would be the worst mistake since the godawful cemetery next to Spaceship Earth. -Fizzie
From: --Fizzie on 10 Jan 2010 15:51 On Jan 10, 3:46 pm, --Fizzie <BlueCastle1...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Jan 10, 3:23 pm, Lisa Cubbon <cub...(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Petrea Mitchell wrote: > > > At Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:48:53 -0600, > > > Keane <ke...(a)keanespics.com> strode forth and proclaimed: > > > >> You're looking > > >> at them, saying to yourself that there are 11 different figures @ $10 > > >> each, and they're in sealed boxes, so you don't know which figures > > >> you're getting unless you buy a 24 count box that has two complete > > >> sets, plus a random figure, plus one of three (I think three) > > >> super-limited-edition figures. > > > > Well, that part I can offer an explanation for: they've decided to create > > > Disney-branded gashapon.* Lots and lots of collectible toys and figurines > > > are sold this way in Japan. > > > > My SO has gotten various sets of airplane models this way from the local > > > hobby store. In a sign the American market is not completely open to this > > > sort of thing, though, the hobby store has taken to opening the boxes and > > > labeling them with what's inside, with a slight markup, of course. > > > > * pronounced gah-shah-pohn, or Americanized to ga-shuh-pawn > > > Oh.. that's what it is. Makes more sense to me. I have a niece > > who is whacko for anime and I can see the similarities. Still not for me. > > > Lisa- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > They remind me of the large animal statues you see painted in various > artistic and/or amusing ways in mostly tourist towns. Example: Athens > Georgia has a series of bulldogs, the Smoky Mountains has bears, Tybee > Island (Savannah) has turtles. The first ones I ever saw were > cows. You can then purchase small replicas of the statues in gift > shops. > Oh, please, tell me there aren't giant statues like these small > creatures spread around WDW. That would be the worst mistake since > the godawful cemetery next to Spaceship Earth. > -Fizzie- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Here's the site for Cow Parade: http://www.cowparade.com/AboutUs.php -Fizzie
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