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C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:18 pm

From the infamous C10 Fraser collection:

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Bitches..

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:20 pm

glad to see the cga case finally came man.

They really suck at shipping on time.
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I will meet your GA51 and raise you a GB24
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Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:55 am

Someone once asked...how come the die-cast guys don't really display their stuff. They just keep them in boxes...
My friend and I answered...it's because of the boxes. If you have a decent sized collection of die-cast toys and took them all out of their boxes to display them, it would take up a little more than double the space required. Of the few die-cast I have, the onlyl one's out of the box are the SoC toys. Until the Soc toys become rare, they will remain out of the box for me to play with :D

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:24 am

Actually that GB24 is out of the box. I display all my toys out of the box, but I do display the boxes as well. Compared to Erik, my collection is , like 1/10th, so he has less options and needs to be selective what is out unless he buys a bigger house.

The only toys I dont display out are the unopened deadstock stuff. it would be a shame to break the seal 35 years later. in that case, I just have multiples, and display the lesser conditioned one.

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:33 am

Plus the boxes (artwork) are often as amazing as the toys.

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:40 am

plastic cases around the boxes are a great idea . glad to see more die cast stuff showing up . as far as eriks ( brother love ) collection , i was lucky enough to see it in person . the only way to describe it is overwhelming .though i spent a lot of time looking at it i wish now i would have spent more time .

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:52 am

Diecast box art is just beautiful to me.


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Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:07 am

gatchabert wrote:Someone once asked...how come the die-cast guys don't really display their stuff. They just keep them in boxes...
My friend and I answered...it's because of the boxes. If you have a decent sized collection of die-cast toys and took them all out of their boxes to display them, it would take up a little more than double the space required. Of the few die-cast I have, the onlyl one's out of the box are the SoC toys. Until the Soc toys become rare, they will remain out of the box for me to play with :D


Funny, I never used to keep my shit in boxes that is until it got out of control. Much like Josh said, I am at the mercy of space. I would need a room at least twice the size to display everything out of the box. I would prefer to have everything out so that I could appreciate each piece but I'm not holding my breath.

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:31 am

That's a choice fucking collection, Fraser.

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:52 am

Thanks man.

I like looking at the boxes all together, Its the colors or something.


I got to see Erik's though in person...I hear it is a bit overwhelming .


Guess i got collection size envy.

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:21 pm

Well, you've got "quality" down pat. The problem with Sjoen is that he's got both quality AND quantity. That's not playing fair. I bet your boxes are in better shape than his though, Josh. ;)

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:25 pm

Josh F wrote:Guess i got collection size envy.

The box art is pretty cool. I think most of the packaging art from those times were really awesome.

As far as Erik's collection goes...all I gotta say is................. :shock:

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:26 pm

After years of dealing with header cards and clear bags, it's so cool to see box artwork.
Gorgeous cool packaging.

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:46 pm

Well, you've got "quality" down pat. The problem with Sjoen is that he's got both quality AND quantity. That's not playing fair. I bet your boxes are in better shape than his though, Josh.



Haha..I am not comparing. ;-)


That would require me to take the collecting too seriously, and that would be no fun. All my toy boxes will be eventually destroyed in a land fill once I am dead, I am sure.

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Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:57 pm

Jeez....that Denjin Zaborga tin is absolutely beautiful. And pieces like the Meisaku Astro Boy and the Popy Mach Baron are stellar....and will be hunted down by me someday.

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:59 pm

we had the honor of checking out Eric's collection the other night.

i spent the first 10 minutes eyes wide open, mouth agape and dribble coming out...

:shock: :o :oops:

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:19 pm

Y'know, I've never actually handled that DX Gaiking/Daikumaryu set in person. Kinda ugly...in an ugly sorta way! :wink:

Didn't know you had that Grendy talker though, Josh...I'ma have to come by sometime and check that out!

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:25 pm

Dude, don't you live in Braintree? i am in South weymouth. So like what, 10 minutes away.


Anytime. Though I am sure you would like to see the Nihonto as well. The wak I bought those months ago is sick. Does not look Koto it is in such awesome shape/health.

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:04 pm

both of your talkers are pure candy but whats up with the black robot in the background.
cant quite make it out . thanks for posting all these pics josh im really enjoying this .
go nagai robots rule the world !

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:57 pm

Josh F wrote:Dude, don't you live in Braintree? i am in South weymouth. So like what, 10 minutes away.


Anytime. Though I am sure you would like to see the Nihonto as well. The wak I bought those months ago is sick. Does not look Koto it is in such awesome shape/health.



What the fuck!? How did I not know that!? :P

Well, I live in Roslindale now, but that just adds another 15-20 minutes. We'll be in touch, man!

Can't wait to get my grubby, acid-strewn fingers all over your toushin...Mason-style! :wink:

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:46 am

"both of your talkers are pure candy but whats up with the black robot in the background.
cant quite make it out . thanks for posting all these pics josh im really enjoying this .
go nagai robots rule the world "!





I never saw this, sorry for not responding till now.

The black tin is a limited edition Osaka Tin toy / OHYA collaboration piece. Only 50 were made. Its basically the regular Batt Op in all black, with a great black on black sneaker style box. Sick toy.

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~robot/OT23black.html
http://www.robottoy.com/shop.html/


Below are images from the HK show in 06' I bought it from. I also met and spoke with the President of Osaka Tin Toys,Nobuo Kumagai. Great person. He invited me to the factory in Osaka next time I go there to see the toys being made. (wet dream)

http://collectiondx.com/gallery/Feature ... 9.JPG.html
http://collectiondx.com/gallery/Feature ... 0.JPG.html
http://collectiondx.com/gallery/Feature ... 2.JPG.html



;-)

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:22 am

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thanks for posting those pics josh . how did you like osaka ?

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:15 am

Hi Jim,

Actually I did not get out to Osaka this time out. I was only in Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara. My trip was vacation based with my gf, and I wanted to make it a more oldskool trip for her this time. So very little in terms of toys. She stayed in Osaka herself when she got there ( I was in Taiwan for work at the time) and she said she liked it, but ended up backpacking to some more remote areas. But that said, here are a few shots I took when we were in Nakano/Shibuya Mandarake. (whose selection and prices were somewhat underwhelming at best )

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Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:31 pm

Cool store pics! Man I love that Dragun talker. The film noir style venitian blinds in the chest totally make that one for me...

I wish we could make out the price on the Diaplon "Space Clear." I've had several of those and it seems to be impossible to find one in a decent box.

Re: C10 in the motha fucking house!!

Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:01 pm

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I was hoping I had a higher up shot so I could tell you.


Sadly this is the only other shot I have of that part of the case Robert. ;-( Worse than the first one to see the price. I am sure it will be there when Erik goes there.

I am sure it was more than what you want to pay, the prices there were certainly on the higher side than I remember last year.
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