Hirota Saigansho: Gorilla-ju, Mecha Gorilla-ju, & Others

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  1. Anti Social Andy

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    ^^^ I’d go with status symbol.

    My guess is that the auction ended up being a Chinese/Taiwan/HK pissing contest!

    I’m almost looking forward to the Beanie Baby effect! :lol: :lol: :lol:
     
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    Status symbol IMO just like those 10k gold Apple watches (very popular in Asia) a couple years ago.

    Reminds me of:
    "Tulip mania (Dutch: tulpenmanie) was a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637.

    It is generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble.
    The term "tulip mania" is now often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble when asset prices deviate from intrinsic values."
     
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    Did the auction have a hard stop time or was it one of those obnoxious auto extension ones?
     
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    I think moreso than Tulip Mania it's Fuckhead Mania
     
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    it was auto extended, pretty much all YJA auctions are done that way.
    I like that style wayyyyy more than ebay, no getting beaten out for $1 with 2 seconds left.
     
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    Hmmmm... i dunno, I've never understood "status symbols", at least ones that are most likely to depreciate in value. There's always a new hot toy in the next horizon. Personally, I buy with the idea that the thing or service makes me happy, or it really really appeals to me. That way, even if loses it's "fashionability", you'll still like it (most of my stuff is not fashionable in the general sense). My sis in law comes from a generation and culture where there is a lot of peer pressure to wear or display status symbols. She is apalled that my "briefcase" is a Trader Joes doubled paper handle bag! :D:D:D Yet she's amazed by the art work I collect. Paper bags are recycled, you can easily change them when they get trashed or dirty :razz:, and you don't freak out if you get a spot on your "briefcase", unlike the constant paranoia of possibly getting a speck on your goyard bag! Plus the money you save on not getting designer bags, means you can splurge on art and toys (she calls all of my toys, "those ugly things" :lol::razz:)
     
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    The newly minted nouveau riche gotta flash their cash somehow!
     
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    Otaku floss heavy.
     
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    A fool and his money are soon parted.
     
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    I like how someone is already trying to trade flip the Mad Toyz collaboration release. :lol::lol::lol:
     
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    I think the auction winner may be too embarassed to post his win. :oops:
     
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    Nope, I think they already did. Rolexkaiju, an appropriate name :lol:
     
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    Ahhh so he was the one who bought it. I only caught the header in the photo. Definitely his grail piece. :oops:
     
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    Money apparently can't buy good taste IMO judging from the rest of his pics
     
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    I have to laugh at folks who drop serious money on tech that quickly becomes outdated like those gold Apple watches.
    My understanding, having never visited Asia, is that money and conspicuous consumption is on steroids over there.
    Where I live, old money is very quiet and unassuming for the most part.
     
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    Rolexkaiju hey... well the name says it all!!!
     
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    The people I work with that come from old money are quiet about it too. Considering how their families were making that money 150 years ago it's probably smart to shut the hell up about it.

    I'm glad someone was willing to pay him a truckload of money. Getting your toys bootlegged had to be awful for someone so anti-flipper. That 15 grand hopefully took some of the sting out.
     
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    Surprised Patekphillipekaiju didn't outbid him.
     
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    Nvm it wasn't him/her. I got tricked by the vague comments/posts
     
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    Damn I bet Hirota had a nice dinner to celebrate that Victory.
     
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    lol... will you keep us updated with all of his posts?
     
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    Why not? Isn’t that what this board used to be utilized for?
     
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    i figured instagram was for instagram? not too big of a deal if one comes here and there. but hes only posted 3 photos... and all 3 are right above. just seems silly. literally a post saying Hirota is now on IG and a screenshot of his profile would make more sense?
     

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