Important Date for the guys in Japan!

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk Yup, I think Wonder Festival is where tencho is going with his resin battallion. You are going?

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk Thanks for the kind tape offer, but I won't ask you to go through the trouble of sending it. It seems that I rarely find the time to sit down in forn of the TV and watch much these days! (How else do you think I made it 3000 + posts?) But thanks for the offer. Very kind of you.

Hey, there's some big convention going on in Tokyo this weekend, no? My LHS's owner is taking a bunch of 1/144 resin armor to sell. Do you know which event it may be? [/quote 2 Shows at Tokyo Big Sight: 1.) Winter Wonder Festival 2.) Tokyo Toy Shop Most prolly heading to Wonder Festival. Reply Edit J-Hulk Member since February 2003 From: Tochigi, Japan Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, February 20, 2004 5:14 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by MadModelFactory J-Hulk. If you know anybody that is interested in the following lt me know, pls: 1.) Wave Spray-Booth. 2.) Mini Air Compressor 3.) Tamiya Spray-Work HC-97C Prices are negotiable. Let me know, I will be replacing all those with the following: 1.) Tamiya Spray Booth 2.) Wave Air Compressor 3.) Wave HG Airbbrush Also if you need a new mini-router check out the new Wave one, love mine. Small, adjustable speed and comes with a set of 8 bit for a very reasonable price. Will do, MMF. Yes, I've seen that new Wave mini-router in the mags, and planned on getting one. Your thumbs-up on it just sealed the deal! Thanks for the kind tape offer, but I won't ask you to go through the trouble of sending it. It seems that I rarely find the time to sit down in front of the TV and watch much these days! (How else do you think I made it 3000 + posts?) But thanks for the offer. Very kind of you. Hey, there's some big convention going on in Tokyo this weekend, no? My LHS's owner is taking a bunch of 1/144 resin armor to sell. Do you know which event it may be? ~Brian Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:30 AM J-Hulk. If you know anybody that is interested in the following lt me know, pls: 1.) Wave Spray-Booth. 2.) Mini Air Compressor 3.) Tamiya Spray-Work HC-97C Prices are negotiable. Let me know, I will be replacing all those with the following: 1.) Tamiya Spray Booth 2.) Wave Air Compressor 3.) Wave HG Airbbrush Also if you need a new mini-router check out the new Wave one, love mine. Small, adjustable speed and comes with a set of 8 bit for a very reasonable price. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:22 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk Oh no! I missed it! I had to work till 10pm tonite, and sure enough, forgot to set the VTR! Ouch. QUOTE: Woe, woe... How was it? Was very interesting. Yamada-San lost his Teeth multiple times. Sad news at the beginning of the show it was announced that the Winner of the last Competition passed away February last Year. If you E-Mail me your address I can send you the tape, for personal usage I will keep a digitised copy on my PC. Reply Edit J-Hulk Member since February 2003 From: Tochigi, Japan Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, February 19, 2004 6:58 AM Oh no! I missed it! I had to work till 10pm tonite, and sure enough, forgot to set the VTR! Woe, woe... How was it? ~Brian Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 5:39 PM Ok guys. The Day has arrived. Here is the blur from todays newspaper: QUOTE: Professional modelers show of their handiwork skills in a 3-round contest that has them creating sports scenes, original dolls, fighting robots and small toys. Hosted by Yoshitake Tanaka and Akiko Matsumoto. Sorry, no names of participants/competitors were given. Tonights tape will join my collection of previous shows featuring: Doll House making Pro-Modeler Airbrush competition etc. Reply Edit J-Hulk Member since February 2003 From: Tochigi, Japan Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, February 14, 2004 12:25 AM Come on over! We'd be glad to show you around! Ya gotta bring your own model money, though! ~Brian Reply mark956 Member since February 2003 From: USA Posted by mark956 on Friday, February 13, 2004 4:36 PM You guys Japan get to have all the fun and see great tv shows. mark956 Reply J-Hulk Member since February 2003 From: Tochigi, Japan Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, February 13, 2004 10:37 AM Then I am mistaken! Last year at Shizuoka my club's exhibition table was back to back with Mr. Yamada's, and I had the opportunity to speak with him at length for a couple of days. He had some great armor dios with him. I love his Godzilla stuff, too! He does it all, really. Well, maybe I'll see you at one of the other shows, MMF! ~Brian Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 6:31 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk I've been wanting to check out JAFCON and Wonderfest, but just haven't made it yet. They are great shows, not much armor there though. At both shows can get to meet and chat with people like Max Watanabe and Takuji Yamada and see their work first-hand. QUOTE: Would your Gunma friend be Mr. HLJ, by any chance? If you are thinking of Scott, you are mistaken. Reply Edit J-Hulk Member since February 2003 From: Tochigi, Japan Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, February 13, 2004 6:20 AM SHS is the only show I've been to here thus far. Had a blast last year! Granted, it's mostly military, so if that's not your bag, I can see where it might be a bit dull. No old kits, either! I've been wanting to check out JAFCON and Wonderfest, but just haven't made it yet. Would your Gunma friend be Mr. HLJ, by any chance? ~Brian Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 6:14 AM If I can hitch a ride with my friend from gunma, I might consider it. Shizuoka Hobby fair is not that interesting for me, I prefer the Garage Kit events as I usually meet many friends there that are dealers. Plus, I get to hunt for bargain resin and rare/old Kits too. Reply Edit J-Hulk Member since February 2003 From: Tochigi, Japan Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, February 13, 2004 5:57 AM Ah, too bad. Thought I might get a chance to meet you! ~Brian Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 5:52 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk Sounds nutty! (Like a lot of Japanese TV!) MMF, are you going to Shizuoka this May? Nope, not heading down there this year. Might be doing either JAFCON, Wonderfest or a similar Con this year, haven't been to a Con since my son was born. If I get something finished I might enter JAFCON again, no chance of winning anything there anyway. Reply Edit J-Hulk Member since February 2003 From: Tochigi, Japan Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, February 13, 2004 5:48 AM Sounds nutty! (Like a lot of Japanese TV!) MMF, are you going to Shizuoka this May? ~Brian Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 5:44 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk Takeshi's Castle...don't know that one! But I've only been here since '93, so... MMF, was that a Beat Takeshi show? Yup, an old Beat Takeshi Show. From what I have seen/heard it combines Sasuke/Muscle Ranking and Japanese variety show. 100 people compete on an obstacle course and the first one to reach the castle wins or something like that. Reply Edit J-Hulk Member since February 2003 From: Tochigi, Japan Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, February 13, 2004 5:11 AM Takeshi's Castle...don't know that one! But I've only been here since '93, so... MMF, was that a Beat Takeshi show? ~Brian Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:35 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by therriman Oh, Yea? when was that show done? They're passing it off as a fairly new show. Sometime in the late 80's if I recall correctly. Fairly new indeed. Reply Edit therriman Member since January 2003 From: Central MI Posted by therriman on Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:29 PM Oh, Yea? when was that show done? They're passing it off as a fairly new show. Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven. Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:21 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by therriman Cool. There is a cable channel here "Spike" (used to be TNN), that takes a Japanese show (I think it said "Takagi's Castle" in the credits), dubs there own stupid voices and commentary over the speaking, and show's them in large blocks on a sunday afternoon about every month or so. The call the show MXE, for Most Extreme Elimination Challange. My wife and daughter loves the show. Got to admit it's funny stuff. Takeshi's Castle, now that is a blast from the past. Reply Edit therriman Member since January 2003 From: Central MI Posted by therriman on Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:12 PM Cool. There is a cable channel here "Spike" (used to be TNN), that takes a Japanese show (I think it said "Takagi's Castle" in the credits), dubs there own stupid voices and commentary over the speaking, and show's them in large blocks on a sunday afternoon about every month or so. The call the show MXC, for Most Extreme Elimination Challange. My wife and daughter loves the show. Got to admit it's funny stuff. Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven. Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:26 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by lizardqing2 That would be a much better show than any reality show here. It is a great show to watch, normally runs 90 minutes. Yesterday's competition was "Storage Reform", they went into small places(apartments) and redid them to optimise storage space. Selection of competitions run from the ones given above to "Eat as much as you can" championships and simialr (rather sick to watch if you ask me). Japan has some really interesting shows on TV, 2 I am watching a lot are: 1.) DreamHouse: Houses are build for people according to their wishes and budgets. Learned a lot about houses and their pitfalls over here. 2.) Before & After: Houses and aparments are remodelled to make them more liveable or fix existing problems. Also many shows give advise on how to survive on small budgets, household tips, etc. The few Japanese produced "reality" shows are bad (obviously fake), but if I want to really switch the brain off all I need to select if FOX TV or CNN. Reply Edit lizardqing Member since July 2003 From: Dahlonega, Georgia Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:11 PM That would be a much better show than any reality show here. Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:37 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by therriman What? They actually show modeling on TV????? Where's my suitcase? Get it packed when you hear what else they do on there: 1.) Doll House making 2.) Display food for restaurant windows 3.) Paper Models 4.) Miniature carving (i.e. rice-kernel, etc.) 5.) SFX makeup 5.) etc Some of the competition are pure trivia others a mix. The show is aired once a week and ususally has 2 or 3 rounds where competitors are eliminate, there are PRO and AMATEUR competitions. "King of ..." Competition brings together previous champions/winners. Most of the rounds are time limited. Pro-Modeler is not about finished a Kit, but making your own article based on a given theme. This involves scratchbuilding, sculpting, etc. Final round (Diorama) is assembled on site, but 2 weeks preparation time are usually given. As for modeling on TV, the local learning channel runs a "How to do" beginners guide for plastic models. Reply Edit scottrc Member since December 2003 From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W Posted by scottrc on Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:35 AM Other than the airbrush competition, which could have some action (pun), watching modeling would be kind of like watching chess. Unless or coarse the models were in swimwear Scott Reply J-Hulk Member since February 2003 From: Tochigi, Japan Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:21 AM Thanks, MMF! I'll be sure to tune in. (And tape!) ~Brian Reply 12 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login Register SEARCH FORUMS FREE NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. FORUMS PRODUCT REVIEWS READER GALLERY HOW TO VIDEOS SHOP ABOUT US FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy