Silver Spoon: The Unboxening

Crossposted from Glamorous in Retrospect. Author: Stephanie.

We spent most of the afternoon in the Tokyuu Hands, a giant crafts, DIY, and stuff store. We found several banks of gachapon machines. Toby, of course, zeroed in on the Pacific Rim one. We had to go get change, and then I stayed and guarded our loot while he fought his way back to the gachapon machines.

When we got back to the hotel, Toby revealed that he’d gotten me a Silver Spoon one as well. Silver Spoon is a manga and anime by the same person who did Fullmetal Alchemist, but it’s a modern-day story set at an agricultural high school dealing with students struggling with a declining economy and stuff that ought to be boring, but which is fascinating, educational, and funny.

So. Wanna see what I got?
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Pacific Rim: The Unboxening

Crossposted from Glamorous in Retrospect. Author: Toby.

As Stephanie said, I picked up a Pacific Rim gachapon for myself, because hell yes I did. What did I get? Well here’s the orb, unopened:

And opened and assembled:

Yep, Gipsy Danger! The machine said it was vending toys from Vol. 1 of the PR set. From the manual inside, looks like other possibilities are:

– Gipsy Danger, with sword
– Cherno Alpha
– Crimson Typhoon
– Coyote Tango
– Striker Eureka
– Knifehead
– Leatherback

…or pretty much what you see in the film. I need to dig up some more info, because if Vol. 2 includes Tacit Ronin, I’ll have to track it down.

Your argument is invalid

Crossposted from Glamorous in Retrospect. Author: Stephanie.

Your argument is invalid; I have Snufkin socks.

Because Snufkin. (If you are unaware of The Moomins, then I am sorry for you and your deprived childhood.)

On the back, just above the heel, is either The Mymble’s Daughter or Little My. I’m inclined towards the former because she looks pleasanter than Little My tends to be.

Edit: I forgot to add this–the little toe clip holding the socks together had a Hattifattener on it!!

COPS

Crossposted from Glamorous in Retrospect. Author: Stephanie.

We’re watching the Japanese version of COPS at the moment, and the segment that just aired consisted of pulling a guy over because he had a headlight out, then searching the trunk and finding a kitchen knife, then administering a breathalyzer test and finding the guy was over the legal limit.

And now they’ve pulled a guy over who has a load of vegetables in his passenger seat. Apparently this is suspicious. He’s just led them to a cornfield. The officers are now stuffing ears of corn in an evidence bag. Oh, I think they just busted him for stealing corn from the field.

Man, they claimed Japan was safe. I’m afraid to step out of the hotel now.

Sent from my TRS-80