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Wallow away my friend, pretty sure I will do the same,( only with expletives), if the Nat's get shut down.
Crazy times, wonder if so much information being shoved at us has't help increase the hype. This I believe is no joke and want to take relevant precautions but MAN.
Hang in there EVERYONE together apart we will survive. Like my tag line says " we're modelers..it's what we do".
we're modelers it's what we do
Darn it, the joke I made about toilet paper hoarding was actually prescient, and it spread across the US! Have we all gone mad? The Olympics are on hold till next year. Waikiki and the malls are eerily empty. How deep is this thing going to get?
Sorry, I’m just a little sad as I clicked the “cancel reservation” for all the hotels tonight, so it’s officially over. I know, first world problems. At least I didn’t lose a relative to the virus. But one of my cousins passed away last month due to cancer, so there’s a lot of gloom and doom around here. Sorry, I’m just wallowing.
On a very slightly funnier note, my friend in Japan told me there wasn’t a shortage of TP in Shizuoka because the factory is there! I asked him to please keep the models he got for me, and send me TP instead .
“Ya ya ya, unicorn papoi!”
Yeah, my problem is of the minor first world type - I have had to cancel trips before and gone without a vacation for several years. Disappointing, but not world ending.
The big problem is that bug going around the world. I pray that it can be contained quickly to minimize the toll and so that we can get back to a semblance of normal.
Well hopefully YOUR healthy wealthy and in a pisition to go next year. I totally understand your disappointment. Darn bugs anyway.
Yeah you know it’s really serious when Tokyo Disneyland shuts down. I wonder if the crisis will subside when the weather warms?
I was wondering if that venue was going to be affected by that. That really stinks!
Chad
God, Family, Models...
At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo
On deck: Who knows!
Sorry to hear, G. I know you were looking forward to it.
There will be another opportunity. Keep your chin up.
Ouch, that sucks! Hope you can make it next year Real G.
At least the Vegas Nats sound good!!!
As for me the only Corona I intend to come near is the Mexican kind...
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
I cannot imagine the final cost in lives and revenue. It’s like watching one of those outbreak movies.
I know my problems are trivial, but I had a bad day today. I do hope that the virus won’t disrupt lives here in the US too much. But we are not more immune to it than other countries. Maybe I SHOULD stock up on toilet paper...
Edwin, see you some other time! I’m headed to the Nats in Vegas in 2021. I think attendance will be strong, despite my dislike of gambling. (I’m just very unlucky in games of chance.)
Sorry to hear about that. I expect a lot of modeling events in this country may be cancelled due to fears of the corona virus. Nothing worse than a room full of sickly modelers!
Gary
i was afraid this would happen. Thanks for the heads up on the cancellation.
There's always next year....
Aw man, the corona virus outbreak has everyone spooked - the Shizuoka show just got cancelled! Japan is currently under a Level 2 alert, but may go to Level 3, which China is at right now.
https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/954384/
I work at the edge of old Chinatown here in Honolulu, and know it’s just a matter of time before it becomes a big thing here too. There is talk of recommending we prep a two week supply of food, water, medication, and that all impotant commodity here in Hawaii, toilet paper, in the event of something unspeakable happening. But they said don’t panic in the same breath.
Well, nothing to do now but cancel all reservations and go mow the lawn and trim the hedges this summer. Oh, and work on models. OK maybe it’s not so bad. I just hope the rest of the world makes it OK.
Real G Gamera There should be a theme park for me, since after all I'm The Friend of Children (not like that, get your mind outta the gutter...) Well, with 1970-era Japanese school boys wearing those ridiculous hot shorts, it is tough...
Gamera There should be a theme park for me, since after all I'm The Friend of Children (not like that, get your mind outta the gutter...)
There should be a theme park for me, since after all I'm The Friend of Children (not like that, get your mind outta the gutter...)
Well, with 1970-era Japanese school boys wearing those ridiculous hot shorts, it is tough...
ROTFL...
Edwin,
If you do go, look for the fellow on the bottom left. That's me, always lost.
The picture is my take on our group when we went to Japan in 2002, which coincidentally was when we went to the All Japan Hobby Show. The tall guy's band-aid on his head is to pay tribute to all the door headers he dinged while visiting the smaller shops! IPMS Hawaii prez Brad Sekigawa, front and center, donned the Tokugawa Ieyasu get up at a photo-op at Osaka Castle. Our travel agent and official still photography guy is the one ogling the lady.
A Gojira theme park with a life size Big G!!! OH WOW!!!
Real G Edwin, let me know if you want to hook up at the show. It's always fun to meet forum members face to face!
Edwin, let me know if you want to hook up at the show. It's always fun to meet forum members face to face!
Real G, will definitely let you know if I can make it. I've not been to Shizuoka before, so much more reason to go.
Gamera, did you know that there will be a theme park in Japan with a 1:1 Gojira taking a nap? Or was he just lying down to better swallow people? I can't recall. They need to do a Gamera theme park, with a tilt-a-whirl ride where people sit in a Gamera shell!
Oh wow that's awesome Real G!
And I'd never resort to sterotypes- BTW if you see Gojira please snap a photo of him as you run for your life...
Edwin - Hey lucky you! Did you travel with buddies? It's a lot of fun watching other guys loose composure when they find that one thing they were really looking for! One of my friends caught me on video seeing something through a store window then scrambling for my wallet to check if I had enough cash. (I didn't, so I had to return the next day to get that coveted kit.) Here is a pic:
At something like 20,000 Yen, it is the most expensive kit I have ever bought. I think Kotobukiya produced the resin kit, under the label "Goikken Muyou" (Your Opinion is not Needed)! It is still in the Deep Stash, so the only photo I have was from the side of another kit's box.
Baron - Ah, the Unobtanium is to be found in the separate vendor's area! At the All Japan Show, I remember there were a bunch of guys sitting on grass mats on the floor selling their wares. These were individuals who had garage kits (well, home-made kits, as a lot of homes in Japan do not have garages) they produced themselves. And a lot of them did interesting subjects to a high standard. A friend picked up a resin Holland submarine from one of these guys, and it was the bee's knees.
Has anyone else been to a hobby trade show? The Spielwarenmesse in Nuremberg is happening next week. Tell us of your tales of high expectations and thrilling discovery (or crushing disappointment ).
Ah, yes! You'll get to collect examples of that rare element, unobtanium!
The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.
Am contemplating on going to Shizuoka this May too! Wanted to last year but couldn't due to work commitments. Maybe visit the Tamiya factory while there.
Did make it for the All Japan Model event last September in Tokyo though. It was great! Got to meet Shinji Hasegawa and got him to autograph my copy of Modelart magazine!
On the bench:
A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!
2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed
14 / 5 / 2
??? Armornut, absolutely no offence taken at all. Ha ha, Japan like all countries is rife with stereotypes. And there is always at least a grain of truth that forms the basis of those stereotypes. Or stereo-taippu.
Please don't misinterperate my comment it was not intended to be stereotypical. I was only hoping to make a connection with a co- worker of the international variety.
It is good to know that nerds are worldwide LOL, guess I should brush up abit more on my Japanese culture.
It's all good Real G. I really hope you enjoy your trip and look forward to seeing the pix.
Armornut,
Not all Japanese build models - none of my relatives do, and they have told me it has the same nerdy stigma over there as here. They wonder why I obsess over plastic kits (and why I don't drink, smoke, and like baseball). And don't even start with the pretty girls if you mention you build Gunpla! A friend who is a Japanese national explained that adults build the big $100 kits. The $10 kits are for children. But that was 30 years ago, and those adult modelers probably are passing on. The "ugly" truth is that the Gunpla fans are now the majority of the community, as they are the younger generation that rode the Gundam plastic model wave in from the 1980s.
Cool trip RealG, I work with several Japanese folks and ask them if they would be my "hook up" from Japan when they return home....everyone I have spoke to doesn't seem to know of the hobby. Maybe something gets lost in translation??
Congrats on your trip and yes please post pictures, Japan seems to be a besitiful country.
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