Yay! (Anime) Toys!

[TimeChaser]

I'm such a dork, I love to collect anime/videogame figures. The imported ones (as most of the ones I have are) are usually really high quality compared to most of the anime toys made over here.

Most of mine came in 'mystery boxes,' that is, you don't know which figure it'll be until you open it. You get a kind of adrenaline rush opening it, hoping you get your favorite.

Gods, I'm such a dork XD

[Godhumor]

1. Capsule Toys of game figures for me

I have a massive collection of video game charate capsule toys form Japan (I lived there and return each summer)--actually, I think my collection tops 200 now. It's odd the number of times I've come home and found that my wife has accidentally lost/misplaced/broke/disassembledandputinashoebox my stuff.

[TimeChaser]

2. Some of my things are capsole toys

I wish the stuff you found in American capsule things were so nice.

Have you seen the cute little blocky 8-bit toys?

[Godhumor]

3. Yeah

I specialize in the really detailed capsule figures though--highlights of my collection include Taki from Soul Calibur, a few limited edition Morrigans, and the complete set of Super-Deformed Street Fighter characters. My wife keeps tryingt o make me post this stuff on Ebay, but I just keep adding to the collection each year on my return to Japan (leave this Thursday, actually).

[TimeChaser]

7. I have no idea

if what I have is rare or valuble or anything, but I have a few favorites (Turk!Vincent from Final Fantasy 7's a current favorite, as is SD Syaoran from Tsubasa Chronicle). All of them have stories of where I got them (most are from anime cons, as I don't have the resources to go to Japan at this point in time) or who got them for me.

Needless to say, my mom thinks I'm crazy

[tuvor]

4. I have a few from Galaxy Angel.

I did some work on that show, and got a limited edition box, complete with little Angel figurines.

[ContraBass Black]

5. Call me when you get your hands on Section 9

And a platoon of Tachikomas.

[TimeChaser]

6. I believe I have seen a Tachikoma figure before

I should get one next time I see it, they're so cute!

[ContraBass Black]

8. Yes, they're as cute as heavily armed, independent, self-aware

Battle tanks could possibly be.

[scoey1953]

9. Hows this....

I bet I have nearly 3 grand in action figures...and figures from Japanese anime. My place is full of them. Now, I only get them when I absolutely have to ...most of the time, forget it..I have way too many now.

[Broken_Hero]

10. Sweet...

I'm a toy collector myself, but my area is marvel/dc comic book heroes, Gi Joe's, transformers, heman, and a few others, like star wars, and anything that looks sweet...

My big thing, is superman toys, and since the new superman movie is due out in a couple of weeks, i have been saturated with superman merchandise, and I'm feeling fine!...

My office, is covered, with comic book stuff, toys, and anything i can pin to a wall, and yes i'm a dork too...

[scoey1953]

11. Most of mine...

Are also DC/ Marvel, but up till recently, have gone nuts buying anime characters...Ghost in the Shell,
Final Fantasy, Cowboy Bebop, Kill Bill, ok...I guess I have to show this, cause no one will believe it. Let me get out the cam!!


Some of those shelves are deep,so a lot of them can not be seen. This is only one room. I have one other room filled with this stuff. Its amazing how many I have. Obsessed? Slightly. heh The books are comic books and there are DVDs plus CDs there as well.
Funny, the middle set of shelves...center shelf is all
Female Superheros...didn't think there were so many!!! You can't see it, but the first set of shelves
very top is a huge collection of Godzilla's and monsters from Godzilla.

[Broken_Hero]

12. damn

looks just like my office! I got toys all over the place, on shelves, pinned to the wall, all over...I dont' even have enough room in my office for them all, i still got three boxes of toys to put out....

Nice collecton by the way. I really haven't gotten into the anime scene yet...

I see some of your books there, are you into role playing games? D and D, or are all of those books, grahpic novels?

[scoey1953]

13. Yes Was into role playing for a bit

Yes, was into role playing for a bit, but most of the books are comic books, cds and Movie DVDS.
You don't even see my huge anime collection. I bet I spent 5 grand in anime alone...thats on the other side...I should take a shot of that as well. ok...let me get the shot of that... come back to this post and I will edit in the shot of that.

upper level

lower level


There are more toys there too as you can see... heh

[Broken_Hero]

15. I understand the

money aspect of collecting...If i sat and tried tabulating, how much money i spent on comics/toys, the total money amount, would probably be enough to give me a headache... But, its my thing...i'm also an avid collector/player of magic the gathering. I use to be into d and d, and whitewolf gaming systems, but since I'm not around anyone that is into it, i have tapered off on role playing games a bunch...

[scoey1953]

18. I loved the white wolf stuff...

I got started Collecting Rage cards before they changed it...those are all in storage now..and I have to get them back!! But yeah, it was only natural to collect comic books, toys and later movies and anime. I Love this stuff... that plus I have a few Real Japanese swords...not toy stuff, I am talking the sharp kind that you have to be careful with or you can cut a hand off accidently.

[Broken_Hero]

19. sweet

I need to retake the pictures in my office...i have added a bunch of toys, in thepast few weeks, my goal is to have every inch of wall space, dedicated to the toy collection...go down post, i posted three pics of my walls....there is one more of batman, but its so fuzzy....

[Broken_Hero]

25. I just

noticed your 49er football helmet...sweet...our teams are rivals, if you look close at my pics, you will see my seahawk football helmet...

[scoey1953]

27. You should see the other wall....

I have a ton of 49er autograph pics.. plus as I mentioned a huge amount of celebs plus other
sports starts..from Pete Rose to Unfortunatley Barry Bonds...heh. I do have quite a few
from baseball, hockey, Basketball..(shaque and Kobie)..and football..including Doug Flutie.
Celebs.. Harrison Ford, Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas, Angelina Jolie, Dina Meyer,
Jackie Chan, David Carradine, A huge kill bill poster signed by Uma Thurmon and the guy who
Directed the film...names!! I am forgetting names.

[Broken_Hero]

29. sweet.

I don't have many autographs...Dale Ellis, when he was playing for the Seattle Super Sonics, Shawn Kemps autograph...hmmm, I had a niner autograph, I want to say his name was Steve Wallace, him and a bunch of other unknown 49ers came up to my hometown, for a charity basketball game, and I stood in line forever to get Wallace's autograph, even though i was a 49er hater... I gave that autograph to my uncle, who is a HUGE niner fan...he enjoyed that card, more than I ever could... I use to have a signed jerry rice card, but, like a dumbass, i sold it...(cries)

director of kill bill, Quentin Tarantino....

[scoey1953]

33. Quentin Traantino..yes thanks...

I have alot of old and new 49ers...in fact, I just last year bought an authentic jersey signed by
Quarterback Ken Dorsey,and the niners traded him away!!! argh. lets see baseball...Vlad Gurerro,
Tim Salmon (twice) Adam Kennedy (Angels)Troy Glaus, famous 49ers: Ronnie Lott, Montana, Jerry Rice,
Dwight Clark, Steve Young, Dana Stubblefield, Gary Plummer...and even Deion Sanders jUst to name a few. I have Toby McGuire as spiderman, Kate Beckingsale from Underworld I and II, Jennifer..darn she was in the Movie Electa.... I have Chyna...Yancy Butler ( witchblade)... Charliez Theron, "Zap" from american gladiators- Raye Hollitt...and a bunch more..

[sakabatou]

14. Heh

I remember you had a sem-contest to see who could identify your toys.

[TimeChaser]

16. Yep

And they've multiplied since then

[Broken_Hero]

17. here are some pics, of mine...

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This is from a month ago, and there have been some HUGE additions...I just got a good handful of toys the other day...couldn't resist the temptation of the superman returns toys, so i dropped some $ on them, and pinned them up...i hope the images stuck...

[scoey1953]

20. Thats cool,. alot of them are in boxes...

I could never leave mine in boxes..I had to have them out ...so in case I got some wild hair
to start a huge massive battle, I could do that. Infact, one of my shelves is a battle in progress, complete with samurai, ninja, teenage mutant turtles, and god knows what else...I love setting up battle scenes..its fun.

[Broken_Hero]

22. yeah, a few of them are in boxes

If i was rich, i would buy three of each, one to open, one to pin up, and one to sell/trade. I have bought doubles of some, so I could open them up. The DC Superheroes line of toys, are awesome, they have 8 inch posable toys, and I had to buy two of each. Hands down the best superman toy, as far as look/posability goes, i got from the DC Superheroes line.

I got three boxes of toys, to put up, but I dont have shelves for them yet, I got a bunch...including TMNT, in one of the pics of mine, you should be able to see Leonardo... Plus, I got a lot of toys in my living room, but essentially, i'm going to have them all put up on shelves, or pinned up, all in the same room...i'm just a big damn kid, i tell ya!... The ones, that you don't see, are the 30inch Batman Begins toy, and the 30 inch superman returns toy(that i just got days ago)...the look of the room, is a lot different now...i should take some more recent pics tomorrow, and post them up...

If money wasn't an issue, i would have those clear glass cases, and put all my toys in there, much like how most collectors toy stores, have there set up for exhibition...

[Godhumor]

21. A couple of my horrendous pictures

I have no digital camera, so I have to make due with a few pics I took wasting the last shots on a disposable camera. Again, my collection of these actually numbers well over 200--everyone of them is from capsule machines.

[Broken_Hero]

23. sweet pics...

I think, the best looking toys, I have are from McFairlanes Spawn Viking Age set...those toys, hands down, look so effing sweet. I don't have them up yet. Damn! I guess I got a lot of work to do tomorrow...

[scoey1953]

24. Here is another bunch on top of my dresser drawers...

The other thing I am into collecting are autographed photos of
sports stars, celebrities and movie stars. My whole wall is covered
with them. Damn, I am a pack rat!!

[Broken_Hero]

28. lots of anime stuff...

all of my brothers, are huge, HUGE into anime. I liked anime, but for me, it was finding good anime, to get into. I tried, finding good movies/cartoons, but I spent most of my time, renting dumbass ones, the artwork, animation, was top notch, but other than that...it was horrible. I remember one anime, i rented, where the ninjas, both male/female, would have sex with one another, and who ever had an orgasm first, won the bout...i was like, wtf is this? There practice, was sex, it was...well, if you are into Hentai, I guess its your thing, but I thought it was a sham...

But most of my brothers are into Dragon Ballz big time, my brother sam, is into anime big time, much like you, and a most of the posters on this thread, he must have spent damn near 5,000 grand on anime movies...


My favorite, anime

1. Ninja Scroll
2. Vampire Hunter D
3. Princess Monokoe
4. Akira
5. Ghost in a Shell
6. Tekken the Movie

I would love to get some tekken toys, i am a guru at that game...

[scoey1953]

30. My list of anime is so huge...

It would be hard to pick out a top ten, because alot of times new stuff comes out and its like..
OMG this is really good. Agree with Ghost in the Shell, Princess Monokoe, Akira, all really good.
The one everyone is saying is good, I think sucks..thats Gilgamesh. But I have found special ones like
Kino's Journey, Star Ship Operators, Ultra Maniac, Bleach, Azumanga Diaoh, Grave of the Fireflies,
Kiki's Delivery Service, Gravion, Nucca Nucca, Kurami Steel Angels, Angelic Layer, Blood +, Girls Bravo, Boys be, and so many others..

[giant_robot]

26. Here's my next toy purchase

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[Broken_Hero]

31. who is the robot?

not to sound dumb, but I have no clue, who it is...my next purchase, if i can find it, is a Marvel Legends Juggernaut toy. I missed the first Juggernaut, in that line, and I hope to god they reprint it, like they did for Thor, and a few others. I had a sweet juggernaut, but he got busted, and thrown to the way side....

[giant_robot]

32. He's the robot from an old Japanese live-action TV series

called Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot, although the robot was always referred to as "giant robot" (hence my screen name) and Johnny Sokko was never called Johnny Sokko (his name in the series was something like Oshino or Ohino, iirc).

As I tell the younger folk, that's what old farts like me watched before there were Power Rangers!

http://www.japanhero.com/profiles/johnny_sokko_profileL...

[scoey1953]

34. Do you have ASTRO BOY as well?

I have two of them...One large one that lights up...and one smaller one...

[giant_robot]

36. No, unfortunately I have no Astro Boy

But when I have money to burn I plan on collecting many robot toys. The kitchier the better!

[scoey1953]

37. There is a place in San Francisco

Its inside the Metreon, called THINGS FROM ANOTHER WORLD. You might be able to order ASTRO BOY from them. They may have a website. Not Sure, but if Not, let me know, I have a huge colletion of websites that sell toys...including exclusive Japanese stuff.

[politicat]

35. That sounds like so much fun!

Getting a surprise toy....

Now if they only did that with goth toys.... but no, we're picky twits who don't get the whole idea of surprise. (Says the goth girl who knows her own community far too well...)

I seem to recall you're into cosplay? Or is it someone else?

[giant_robot]

38. Well then, let me surprise you with the ultimate goth toy, pc!

The plush gimp! Cuddly *and* submissive!



He's available through this website: http://www.cuddlyrigormortis.com/shop/website/shop/gimp...

[scoey1953]

39. Another place for stuff like that??

Go to WWW.KIDROBOT.COM

They have incredible stuff. I bought my 12 inch Samurai there...He is so cool. But, I can't post a picture of him now...just too tired.

[politicat]

40. Just what I always wanted... to avoid.

Though I have a friend for whom this will be a perfect birthday present.

(Where did the confusion of goth and BDSM come from? I'm seeing it all over the place, but I apparently did not get this memo.)