What is a walking wrist?

>>4

What about that Weekender thing?

>>4

The Addams Family

>>5

With paste, etc.

>>23

Laminating plastic sheets has been done since ancient times.

>>5

There are things that you just have to make yourself.

There are also fewer entertainment options, which makes it easier to immerse oneself in one thing.

More chaotic than this.

There’s a store with a good selection nearby, but the inside atmosphere is too cliquish for me to go.

Wasn’t it the case that real model shops didn’t carry Gundam model kits back in those days?

Is this a child? Or is it a short old man?

If it’s just something like a low ride or a “V” shape, then it’s fine.

I have a memory that it was generally dim.

The four sides were filled with shelves.

>>15

It probably means “Don’t look as if you’re sucking on something.”

>>15

Is it a brush…?

Shaburu = to open the lid and carefully check the contents.

Maybe something like that…

I like a mixed shelf that isn’t categorized by genre.

If you’re not going to buy it, don’t open the box or examine it, that’s probably it.

>>20

There it is!

If you don’t want to buy, then don’t come; that would definitely cause a stir nowadays.

Are you opening the box!?

>>22

It’s probably being done in the thread image too.

It seems that it was good back in the day.

>>24

Yes, in the old days, model shops didn’t have tape, so you would look at the parts inside and choose based on the paint color numbers listed in the instruction manual and buy them together.

The store clerk also puts the pens and paint that were paid for into the box, creating a relaxed atmosphere…

I think this is what it means to suck.

In the past, there were only a few stores that used rubber bands to secure items, and there was no shrink wrap, so I would just open things normally.

There are quite a few cases of missing or defective parts, so I was just going about it normally.

What is the LS gun AK47?

>>28

The company LS was making model guns.

Isn’t it saying not to just sit back and watch with your fingers in your mouth?!

I wonder why they hang it up.

There are also rulebooks for overseas TRPGs available.

Even without opening the box, there are probably still times when you choose a package that looks good enough to see the contents.

It’s a bit of a departure from plastic models, but…

If you think about it normally, there are services that let you suck on an uncle’s, but if you’re not buying, it means don’t suck on it.

The other day when I watched Z Gundam, I laughed because there was a fortune-telling gacha machine in the café space.

That exists in the Universal Century too…

It’s nostalgic hanging with a string.

The two model and toy shops that took care of me when I was a child are still alive.

The contents have likely changed.

I licked the box that was for sale, but I wonder what will happen if it’s defective or missing items.

I wonder if the store will order a complete item for me if I ask.

There was a yokai boom, and lots of ghost and yokai model kits were released in the Showa era, so I’ve seen them.

The wrist that walks is that thing, isn’t it?

The height is that of a child, but somehow it looks strangely old.

The old man at the long-established model shop has become so exhausted from battling with rude customers that he has developed a condition where he sees customers as enemies…

>>42

The old man at the model shop in my neighborhood was also really scary, but perhaps he had a sad past like that…

>>49

There are quite a few scum who crush boxes, steal parts individually, and replace the lids of expensive plastic model boxes to buy them cheap…

Did they make a kit of Dengen Arrow?

There are still individual model shops actively announcing the re-release dates of Gunpla.

I guess that’s just a passion that has really deepened.

There has always been a huge Thunderbird secret base in the neighborhood.

In the candy shop, there was a mysterious plastic model covered in dust that I had never seen before.

Now that you mention it, I haven’t heard much about stock shortages or molding defects lately.

Is the kamishibai still being sold by Arai?

I love the atmosphere of that time in works like KochiKame and Golgo.

A trading company employee lives in a four-and-a-half tatami room without a bath, and there is a huge telex machine.

A model kid who wants a bosozoku style…

>>51

The ones that stand out when displayed are often those ridiculously flashy ones.

Even if I don’t want to ride.

I really wanted a big box robot friend.

Who is going to buy this? There were plenty of scenic models.

It must have existed because someone bought it.

Opening boxes is completely unreasonable now, but back then everyone did it.

The castle model is one thing, but who’s buying things like the kamishibai stand or the soba stall…?

>>56

My dad.

Customized cars for motorcycle gangs and lowrider plastic models were also quite popular.

There are times when it’s so packed that once you open it, it won’t go back to the way it was.

The bicycle shop in the neighborhood had shelves packed with plastic models, as if it were a hobby, and it was fun.

Aoshima is still releasing a lot of stuff even now.

https://www.aoshima-bk.co.jp/product/?s=&brand=&category=&scalename=&seriesname=1%2F24+%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3

If anything, I’ve seen someone open the lid at Gundam Base back in the day.

Model trains used to be a ritual of testing before purchase when taken out of the case, although it is no longer done at mass retailers.

>>64

I was kind of happy to find a paper with a seal on it when I bought a motorized vehicle.

>>97

Recently, there was a Chinese red star factory inspection mark on overseas props, and it somehow felt good.

There is a model shop like this in the countryside of Moriyama Ward, Nagoya City.

When I took a peek, I was surprised to find a bunch of Figure-rise Bust Aslan figures inside a yellowed box of airplane models.

>>66

It’s probably still the same as it was back then…

There were many kaiju model kits that seemed to just combine the front and back of the body with the legs, like a monaka.

“Shaburu” means something like “to suck, to lick, or to fiddle with.”

Since it’s impossible to have the real thing, there’s the idea of using a model; on the contrary, Nakagawa is super wealthy and there’s the story that he plays with the actual items as if they were models…

Twenty years ago, I would open boxes at the model shop to check the contents inside.

It wasn’t something that you could understand just by opening it, but I liked watching runners.

I don’t do it, but there are often people at the model shop who open the boxes and check the parts.

There’s a sign that says, “If you want to see inside, please call the staff.”

A long time ago, it was common for model shops to open boxes and check the parts.

Right now, there are junkies who steal parts, so it’s definitely impossible.

I think if you tell the staff, they will show you the contents even now.

If you want, there’s one in Nagoya City’s Meito Ward too.

I wonder if it would be considered unreasonable if I did it now.

I think it wouldn’t happen at an electronics retail store.

The Wakaba model in Sekigami is smaller, but it’s still going.

This shabby showcase is nice… it brings me back to the innocence of my childhood, just watching and unable to buy.

Is it no good now?

I haven’t been there for a while, but I feel like I might end up doing it if I let my guard down.

>>78

There may be places where it’s possible, but there are also terrible tricks like swapping the contents and paying, so it’s better not to do it.

Stores like this model shop don’t seem to be making enough profit to comfortably get by, to say the least.

I wonder if the places that continue to thrive are those with indulgences or wealthy customers or something like that.

>>79

After the Famicom boom, those who continued to thrive typically had stable income from real estate and were doing it as a hobby.

Due to the aging of the store manager, most of them have closed down.

I think you can kind of sense that they put tape on places to prevent certain shops from opening.

It’s the same with shopping streets, but the traditional stores have survived in urban areas.

It’s only natural considering the population.

The Minoruya that was in Fuchu had plastic models and such, but for over 20 years now, model guns and TCGs have been the main focus…

Model kit boxes don’t have plastic wrapping or anything like that…

There’s a shop that collects mysterious moe figures and plastic models along a slope like the road from Showa-cho in Nagasaki City to Sumiyoshi, which is way too local talk.

I wanted to join when I was in elementary school, but it collapsed before I could go.

Maybe it was something that rich people do for fun.

Even when it comes to models, there are now too many genres and types to count.

There is a really remote shop in Meguro Ward that has converted an entire house into a model shop, and it had an incredible selection that is hard to imagine now.

I was sad to hear that the owner passed away a few years ago and the store closed.

I just went to a personal model shop over the weekend.

Aside from the fact that the Gundam model shelf looked lonely, there were quite a few hidden gems, so I hope it doesn’t sell until I save up money.

It’s business, after all… it’s inevitable that the sales of goods will be biased towards those that sell well…

I actually want the products I like to thrive.

There used to be a store called Nakagawa Writer Shop in Sapporo that looked exactly like this picture, but it’s gone now.

Almost all the individual game shops have collapsed, and now it’s just a section in an electronics store; times have changed too much.

When I opened the box to check, sometimes I found boxes that had only the contents shoplifted.

I’m a bit shocked that opening the box was a good thing.

I’m surprised that many people have the perception that they shouldn’t open the box.

I think the reduction in stock shortages and defects is largely a result of the significant efforts made around character items that people can interact with.

This way, I can smoothly get the kids to buy plastic models, paint, and clay.

Did you go and collect that sales revenue?

Huh, we can’t open the box right now?

I think it depends on the store or the atmosphere of the place.

It was the type of store where you had to say something to the shopkeeper when opening the box, so it felt a bit awkward to just open it and check without permission.

When the SF3D (now maK) plastic model was released by Nitto, the box was like a caramel box.

There was a time when we couldn’t check inside the store, and it caused quite a lot of trouble, so things have changed significantly.

>>104

That box only has English written on it and is shrink-wrapped.

I thought it was an overseas model kit because the price was quite high.

It is wrapped or tied with a string and cannot be opened in the first place.

Even now, many people make their own using plastic sheets and putty.

It was a conversation like, “That’s something you make yourself, so I’ll teach you about plastic models that you can use parts from, or putty, and I guess I’ll buy that together too.”

It doesn’t come up in conversation much, but when you come to places like this, you realize there are a lot of car models.

Also, the castle.

There was a toy store near my place with a counter as small as a convenience store in the city, just one with glass shelves.

The local model shop that opened a few years ago has piled up models high in its tiny store, just like in the reference images, and it’s amazing.

The rental space is also available, and you can use airbrushes with the paint service.

There was a story about a small business closing down in Sergeant Keroro too.

The real ones are tough, so it might mean that car models are more in demand now.

It’s the Marui Thriller series.

There are also walking headless bodies.

When I went back after a long time, the model train section had disappeared, and I felt the impermanence of all things.

Is it a weapon set from Gundam?

The plastic model shop in Nishi-Ogikubo closed down, didn’t it…?

I enjoy watching the backgrounds in Kochikame because the thick lines are drawn freely.

You can buy things that you used to have to make yourself, and things that wouldn’t exist unless you made them are being sold on the internet…

You have to properly check the contents before buying.

Sometimes there aren’t enough runners.

Was the Laurel really such a car with an eight-shaped stance?

There were quite a few modified car kits released from the standard kits back then.

It’s not just the custom cars that appeared in the drama, but…

I feel that car models are a bit expensive.

>>122

I don’t think that’s the case, but painting and drilling are essentially necessary, and it costs around 2000 to 4000 yen.

People who are used to snap-fitting HG Gunpla might feel it’s a bit pricey.

I vaguely remember that the display shelves for soft vinyl figures and plastic models were gradually being pushed out by Famicom.

The older ones really had better artistic skills, didn’t they?

>>125

It might not be about artistic skill, but the way expressions are drawn around this time is unique… it has a certain flavor.

I once entered a store that looked like a plastic model shop, but it turned out to be a card shop, and I was disappointed.

>>126

Nostalgia alone won’t get us through.

>>126

There are many second-hand figure shops.

Since becoming an old man, when I go to the model shop run by a small business owner, I end up getting caught in their hobby talk and can’t leave for a few hours.

There were a few cases.

>>127

It’s often like that with bikes.

It’s not a store, but I want to see a parade of street musicians.

Even now, it’s quite common to be asked to show the contents, like with dolls and such.

>>132

Things that are high in price feel that way, don’t they?

The initial lot of model trains has sharp molds and good shaping, so I carefully select before purchasing.

I thought walking wrists were a classic in horror.

Is that not the case…?

There is a sense of drawing skill, or perhaps the detail in the background, or a high level of resolution.

Building tank models and creating the tracks was really tough for the kids.

Wasn’t the wrist from the 1960s?

>>139

The series about walking severed heads and things like that is from around that time.

The wind-up model signals the end of the Gegebo Monster series from the late Showa era.

When it comes to Nagoya, the appearance of the Hinode model was nice.

I haven’t seen a model shop like this in a long time.

Sometimes, these kits from when the series was serialized are still being sold or re-released…

After reading Plamo Kyoshiro

People like you who make anime and manga models are just fakes.

Back then, there were people who claimed that those of us making scale model plastic models of tanks and fighter planes were the real deal…

>>147

After losing to that guy, the old man at the hobby store told you that your skills are so poor since you only make Gundams, so make a scale model once.

>>151

I didn’t say that!

I have a memory of being suddenly challenged at some store in the past, which really freaked me out.

I guess they are always doing that when they see children.

I’m curious whether the Leopard at that time was 1 or 2.

>>149

I think the 2 model probably didn’t exist until the Italeri one was released, so I automatically consider it as 1.

I couldn’t believe that the model shop I used to frequent as a child was still around! But when I went in, there were only stamps for sale.

I kind of want a model of a wind-up Benkei crab.

>>152

There were a lot of those kinds of model kits around the 1980s, right?

I used to like Bandai’s Paro-chen Man too.

Speaking of which, I wonder why Tamiya didn’t release the Leo 2’s model kit until it got additional armor.

Sukemo can’t be assembled without modifications.

It’s not that I’m being snobby; it’s just that the accuracy and quality aren’t good, so corrections are definitely needed.

>>156

As expected, domestic kits from the Kyoshiro era are no longer as ridiculously unrefined as that.

What I made was Hasegawa’s F-15, which was the latest product at the time.

The couple-run model shop had the owner pass away, and his wife was keeping it going, but she had to close it due to her chronic illness and old age.

Even now, there are hardcore model shops that don’t sell anything, of course not even Gunpla.

Regarding Gunpla modifications, from the perspective of scale models, that’s actually overdoing it.

>>162

Gunpla modifications, unlike scale models, are not about matching reality but rather personal preference, so in some cases, the original form might not remain…

Foreign plastic models still sometimes lack runners, which is scary.

>>163

I wonder if Japanese import agents will properly respond to that kind of thing.

In the past, we used to regularly open model kit boxes, didn’t we?

Seeing the large body and die-cast parts divided inside the box and packed in a blister made me feel excited.

I feel like there were still a fair number of store types resembling the “suregara” style until around the late Heisei era.