i think i went there in july....no cool star wars stuff in the window though...
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| Author: | alifeintoys [ Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | coolest thing in tokyo!! window of undercover **pics added** |
just had a look @ some tokyo snapshots yesterday evening and the window of the undercover shop was so dope. it was packed with the coolest prototypes of star wars movies: from unpainted monsters, starships, etc. in rad colours)! they told my friend they have it on loan from a local collector. anyone have fotos??? |
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| Author: | ramos [ Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:38 am ] |
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pogue, is this the store you took photos of? |
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| Author: | Pogue [ Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:47 am ] |
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nope, we missed this store. Where is it? |
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| Author: | MWNO33 [ Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:01 pm ] |
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next to the bape cafe - if that is the store i'm thinking of??? last time i was there the stair case was lined w/ stuff animals and the 2 story windows had about 100,000 folded tees / shirts / sweaters in it. |
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| Author: | Pogue [ Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:05 pm ] |
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we must have walked right past it |
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| Author: | deadarnoldpalmer [ Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:50 pm ] |
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i think i went there in july....no cool star wars stuff in the window though...
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| Author: | ramos [ Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: the coolest thing in tokyo!!! window of undercover shop |
can't you get a copy of those "tokyo snapshots" alifeintoys wrote: just had a look @ some tokyo snapshots yesterday evening and the window of the undercover shop was so dope. it was packed with the coolest prototypes of star wars movies: from unpainted monsters, starships, etc. in rad colours)! they told my friend they have it on loan from a local collector. anyone have fotos??? |
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| Author: | alifeintoys [ Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:03 am ] |
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| Author: | devilboy [ Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:31 am ] |
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you want star wars....here is a link to a friend of a friends collection. i met this guy (gus) at sdcc 05. super cool dude. he even owns the deathstar model from the film. INSANE! TALK ABOUT BOOM! http://theswca.com/collectors.html EDIT: the link above is to the main collected archive. for gus's personal part of it click this: http://theswca.com/index.php?action=dis ... edit&id=25 |
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| Author: | ramos [ Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:40 am ] |
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its the neon protos that make that collection nuts. |
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| Author: | ramos [ Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:41 am ] |
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gus has a cool coin collection. |
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| Author: | dr_tongues_toys [ Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:48 am ] |
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Gus rocks! Haven't seen him in years. This guy is Mr. Star Wars next to Steven Sandsweet AND one hell of a nice guy to boot! |
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| Author: | andy [ Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:53 am ] |
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A lot of the test shot protos from the POTF (Power of the Force) and other modern lines were made with neon and other funky colored plastic. Often you'll see protos with different colored limbs, because the factories used whatever colored plastic was available. There are quite a few modern (post 1995) protos out there. There's a rather famous Star Wars shop in a very out of the way location in Tokyo that has (or once had, not sure if they still do) a good number of protos for sale. The vintage proto market is really amazing. Aside from hard copies, test shots, and pieces from other stages of the production/development process, there are a lot of very interesting pieces. A couple of my favorites are from the 1978 12" line, including the unproduced Hoth Han: 
For folks interested in delving deeper into that area, 12back.com is a treasure trove. Another is http://theswca.com/collectors.html (formally known as toysrgus.com) which was referred to above. Gus Lopez, the site creator, is one of the world's foremost authorities on vintage SW. The largest community of vintage collectors is at rebelscum.com. I used to be pretty heavily involved in SW before getting into vintage Takara and kaiju. 
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