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living dead
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Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:53 pm
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Location: Yokosuka, Japan
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 OF Dissected Kaws and the faces behind Yahoo Japan and ebay: Okay here goes:
Friday 5:08 AM first train to Tokyo:
6:59 AM and 22 people (mostly FLIPPERS) in front of us (me and my son).
FLIPPERS in FULL EFFECT!!!!!
Line forming behind us:
The LEADER of the FLIPPERS giving them a pep talk prior to payment:
Boxes of Super7 magazine arriving out front of Original Fake:
They handed out copies of the magazine for FREE!!!!!
The stamp you get in order to purchase Dissected Kaws:
The tickets needed to purchase the figure:
Lunch at Shakeys Pizza:
Back home at last:
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:20 am |
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jltohru
S7 Royalty
Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 7:05 pm
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Location: sitting on skwisgaar's lap
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u got a poop stamp!!
looks like u r a bit excited there LD  hehe
how many flippers do you think were there in total???
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:30 am |
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living dead
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Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:53 pm
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Location: Yokosuka, Japan
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jltohru wrote: u got a poop stamp!! looks like u r a bit excited there LD hehe how many flippers do you think were there in total??? Yeah picture being with a nine year old saying I have poop on my hand half the day 
The Flipper question is kind of tough. I would say there were at least 15 homeless mofos, but there's a Bape store a block down and I think they had their entire family roll through the line. So I'm sure they are flipping also just weren't as easy to spot as the homeless. Also there were some older ladies that I'm sure won't be displaying the figure in their houses??
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:38 am |
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andy
Mini Boss
Joined: Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:09 am
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Location: Kaiju Korner
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LOL nice photo shoot Mark. That green thing your son is drinking at lunch looks as ominous as the OF line!
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:42 am |
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living dead
Prototype
Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:53 pm
Posts: 6349
Location: Yokosuka, Japan
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creaturion wrote: LOL nice photo shoot Mark. That green thing your son is drinking at lunch looks as ominous as the OF line! Melon Soda!! He loves it!!
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:46 am |
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kontact
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Joined: Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:36 pm
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Location: San Diego
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What was the retail on these bitches?
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:52 am |
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alifeintoys
Side Dealer
Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:23 am
Posts: 2212
Location: zooropa
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that is the coolest reportage. nice lodown.
thanks for making my day!!! 
only one foto missing.  ...wheres the figure itself???
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:01 am |
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zitounhxc
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Joined: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:13 pm
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Location: Paris
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nice report man !
thanks for the ''inside view'' ^^
I like to imagine I will do the same funny thing with my own little boy !!!
funny I always thought flippers much look like hyper fashion guys wearing bape cloth and nike SB shoes ....
It seems not !
I wonder to what was the retail price ?
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:03 am |
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living dead
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Location: Yokosuka, Japan
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alifeintoys wrote: that is the coolest reportage. nice lodown. thanks for making my day!!! only one foto missing. ...wheres the figure itself??? Yeah I'll be taking him out of the box soon enough, but he is so damn big I'll need to make some room first.
18,000 yen RETAIL!!
But there is so much more involved than just walking over and picking one up, in my opinion. Not $400 more involved, but you get the idea.
Yeah my wife was going to kill me for keeping him out of school and getting him up at 4:30 AM for this. That isn't child abuse is it??
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:20 am |
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kontact
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living dead wrote: Yeah my wife was going to kill me for keeping him out of school and getting him up at 4:30 AM for this. That isn't child abuse is it?? Haha yea right, im sure he thinks you're the coolest Dad in the world right now! 
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:28 am |
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alifeintoys
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kontact wrote: living dead wrote: Yeah my wife was going to kill me for keeping him out of school and getting him up at 4:30 AM for this. That isn't child abuse is it?? Haha yea right, im sure he thinks you're the coolest Dad in the world right now! ...HE IS!!!
remember when my dad took me to buy the new star wars yoda cript.
that was everything to me back then.
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:02 am |
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moriachi
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Nice work LD!
Mmmmmm, melon soda is damn nice. And very very green.
Pocari Sweat was the best drink I found while in Japan though.
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:07 am |
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Rich
Die-Cast
Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:46 pm
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The bums remind me of Seinfeld ep with the rickshaws 
"Rusty !!!"
Awsome pic by pic
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:08 am |
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living dead
Prototype
Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:53 pm
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Location: Yokosuka, Japan
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moriachi wrote: Nice work LD!
Mmmmmm, melon soda is damn nice. And very very green.
Pocari Sweat was the best drink I found while in Japan though. Pocari Sweat. Oh yeah he loves that also!!
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:09 am |
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alifeintoys
Side Dealer
Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:23 am
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Location: zooropa
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...just talked to my man in hong kong.
dissected still available. no lines. price ~ 240 $.
thanks kid!!!!
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:36 am |
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kidclam
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Joined: Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:51 am
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no problem, hope your friend liked it
I think they are all sold out now.
was your friend the one with a spiral black big earring?
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:33 am |
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atease
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Joined: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:23 pm
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Location: Boston, MA
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yeah the flipper thing is nuts.
a lot of scalpers here pay homeless people to stand in line to buy show tickets. it's just bad on all fronts.
congrats on getting the figure! 
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meczilla
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Joined: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:37 pm
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Location: Dallas, Texas
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Aw man, I STILL don't have my issue of Super7 yet!
Great report and pics as always LD! That must have been a fun box to carry home!
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:13 am |
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locomoto566
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Great photo story, I wonder how much they pay the homeless doods.
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:14 am |
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dds3254
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locomoto566 wrote: Great photo story, I wonder how much they pay the homeless doods. Great pics mark.
i am curious too... i never knew they did that. it almost looks like a line for a homeless soup kitchen, cept for mark and his son.
i love the guy sleepin on the street in a the camo jacket, no less bape apparel. my new avatar shall be the under appreciated homeless japanese flipper. when will we see this trend in the US?
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:58 am |
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Rich
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Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:46 pm
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I just realized that they gave the flippers amo by giving them S7 issues !!!!
Brian if you all the sudden get like 200 new subscribers they are flippers !!!
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locomoto566
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dds3254 wrote: locomoto566 wrote: Great photo story, I wonder how much they pay the homeless doods. Great pics mark. i am curious too... i never knew they did that. it almost looks like a line for a homeless soup kitchen, cept for mark and his son. i love the guy sleepin on the street in a the camo jacket, no less bape apparel. my new avatar shall be the under appreciated homeless japanese flipper. when will we see this trend in the US? Legend has it for the toy Festivals they have'em line up a couple days in advance. We thought of hiring the homeless as sherpas at SDCC. Looks like Ramos and Flynn are trying the idea out by taking Pogue with them to Japan.
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bigstar13
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Thanks for the pictures. This might be as close as I get to a Dissected. The artwork on the box alone is awesome. And I'm sure you son will remember this day for ever. I still remember my dad taking me out on my seventh birthday to get a Baron Karza. Good times...
Is there any chance of a US release?
After getting a KAwsxBxH and all the new stuff from Super 7 coming out I can't swing 2nd hand price for one right now.
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:20 am |
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alifeintoys
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hey - just spotted ramos and brian in line between the sleeping guy and the bearded old man with the cap!!!
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| Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:49 am |
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cornbluth
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Dude...those are the greasiest looking flippers I've ever seen!
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