I bought my first Japanese vinyl figure on December 8th, 2007 at Toy Tokyo NY -- the Skull Bee pictured below. Since then, this is what has accumulated. What's more frightening -- that the sickness has taken hold so strongly after less than a month... or that I have two more Dream Rocket figs., 4 more Secret Base including the full-color Usugrow, a clear Blobpi, and a RxH shinto-san STILL ON THE WAY?!?!

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YEP!! Yer Hooked..Welcome to tha family..

great collection so far - you sure do have energy for this stuff! i cant wait to see how your collection turns out! where did ya get those pedestal stands?

great start
FC pirate
s7 x lil japan
and the DX blobpus
that is quite a start for 1 month

Stands are from these guys:

http://www.potomacdisplay.com/pd_catalog.cgi?dmt=on&mt=669&store_id=1842&session_id=XT2XUR183N&tt=1111

The 3" square barbell stands at 4 3/8" and 8 3/8" inside a Detolf work wonderfully for Secret Base figures, three rows 4-figures wide. I put the inside two stands/figures about an inch more forward than the outside two, so all the figures don't get up in each other's shit. Being fight figures, I wouldn't want them all to rumble and mess up my Detolf!

Don't forget the full color Usugrow and (I think!!!) red Fink Shit I have on the way from Scary Andy!!!

broke yet???

Ah, the 'little bit of everything' collection.

I think you have some great first pieces there- especially the full Walder Blob set. Keep posting updates as your collection grows!

I mean, I have to catch up to you guys, right? SOmeone told me it was a race, with like, trophies and stuff...

My trophy says, "Most Ramen Consumed in One Month."

You know, this book might be worth looking into:

http://www.janmstore.com/150893.html

No joke, I am really thinking about buying a copy and living the ramen/kaiju way of life.

i'm more of an udon man myself

sweet collection. one month? sheesh! you crazy

nice...! Welcome to the crack house....

now get out of my corner. that's where I sit.

LMAO!!!

Toybot you crack me up.

Cool stuff Nicky G. You have focus and taste. I have neither. Let me know if you have some for trade.

I love to see beginner collections. Its a mixed bag of goodies. Wait until you focus, its like a switch will go off and all is clear

I reckon I have at least a few more month before the lesion in my brain that drives this newfound obsession grows a little bit, and then I will find this "focus" you speak of...

they speak the truth - sample a bit of all that interests you - one day things will click - you'll zero in on one select area and really go balls to the wall tryin to collect EVERYTHING in that interest



I finally settled on SB / Rxh / and Hedorah - full plate for me always chasing the next great piece - and thank you for the riser info - that company makes some interesting stuff!

This usually happens..Trust me..

Awesome collection so far.
I've also just started getting into Kaijus lately and have gone crazy.

i'm still not sure i'm there

I've been seriously collecting toys for over 10 years now and I'm still waiting for that "focus switch" to go off...does this mean I'm still a beginner?

i love my (large) mixed bag...to hell with completism! (unless it's one of the figs I want to be complete on...)

I'm not a completist by no means,but have been collecting for years(different stuff),but I have finally found the one thing that completes me and that's RxH..I've collected everything from hotwheels to gemstones and alot of stuff in between,when I first started collecting kaiju I bought different stuff,then I got my first RxH piece and I was hooked(but I keep everything in perspective & I also keep a budget)don't get me wrong I collect a few other pieces of kaiju too..But after awhile you will find that one thing that really trips your trigger... BUT then again you might be the type that likes all different kinds of kaiju,and there's nothing wrong with that at all..

The one who dies with the most vinyl wins

What they don't tell you is:
1. You die from starvation, for lack of money to buy food
2. You die from the vinyl fumes, but you have a smile on your face

My parents spoiled me with Japanese toys (mostly robots) when I was a kid but back then I didn't really appreciate the toys themselves. Then came a period of 16 years where I was totally out of touch with it let alone collecting. My spirit was later on rekindled around 3 years ago by a Gold Lightan Chogokin reissue. Thanks to that I've learned to value them more and am now on the path of poverty.