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Sshadow5001
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by Sshadow5001 » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:54 pm
Mr. Announcer wrote:Howdy! I'd be surprised if anyone here remembers who I am, but I thought you guys might be interested in this and this seemed like the most appropriate topic for it. Not sure though so feel free to move it.
This summer I was in Nagoya for a couple days and my mother's cousin's wife just mentioned randomly (believe me, I said nothing to prompt this) that Toriyama's home and studio was nearby in Kiyosu. Of course I begged her to take me so she just texts one of her girlfriends for the address (seriously???) and we go! Here are some photos:
*Snip*
It would be orange... It really meant a lot to me to go since I admire the man so much, but I didn't want to be that idiot that knocks on the door especially since there was that sign on the mail slot.
Thats really awesome, can anyone translate what the sign says in this picture?
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by Mr. Announcer » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:59 pm
Oh, well that was a note to fans saying that he no longer accepts mail from them even though he did in the past. Understandable.
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by kei17 » Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:20 pm
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by Raithos » Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:21 pm
Mr. Announcer wrote:Howdy! I'd be surprised if anyone here remembers who I am, but I thought you guys might be interested in this and this seemed like the most appropriate topic for it. Not sure though so feel free to move it.
This summer I was in Nagoya for a couple days and my mother's cousin's wife just mentioned randomly (believe me, I said nothing to prompt this) that Toriyama's home and studio was nearby in Kiyosu. Of course I begged her to take me so she just texts one of her girlfriends for the address (seriously???) and we go! Here are some photos:
SNIP***
It would be orange... It really meant a lot to me to go since I admire the man so much, but I didn't want to be that idiot that knocks on the door especially since there was that sign on the mail slot.
FREAKIN AMAZING, all these photos are full of so much win, that's really cool you got to visit his house

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Rostir
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by Rostir » Sun Oct 16, 2011 4:54 am
What sign was on the mail slot?
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by funrush » Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:26 am
wow, I never expected Toriyama's house to be so... colorful. It looks really cool.
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by Beji » Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:11 pm
Raithos wrote:SuperSaiyan3Goku wrote:
I would love if the Bronze factor didn't exist. It'd make those figures so much better.

AGREED! It's so annoying, and you know they just do it to force us to trade with people or buy another set to get the ones you want in color, ugh so annoying.
For the Buu and Cell saga I mentioned before you said you didnt liek trading but if anyone wants I could attempt to get a full set of gold...Its just i dont like the shipping. What are the chances that i got double bronze of the piccolo, gotenks and android 17, cell X.X
Heres mine if anyone didnt have colors that I had double of.
Also I have one unopened box of each of these sets. I don't know if anyone would want to buy them or if i should open them ans try and get color gotenks, piccolo and cell,android 17. I think Raithos has gold Piccolo and Gotenks as well x.x
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by SuperSaiyan3Goku » Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:33 am
Beji wrote:Raithos wrote:SuperSaiyan3Goku wrote:
I would love if the Bronze factor didn't exist. It'd make those figures so much better.

AGREED! It's so annoying, and you know they just do it to force us to trade with people or buy another set to get the ones you want in color, ugh so annoying.
For the Buu and Cell saga I mentioned before you said you didnt liek trading but if anyone wants I could attempt to get a full set of gold...Its just i dont like the shipping. What are the chances that i got double bronze of the piccolo, gotenks and android 17, cell X.X
Heres mine if anyone didnt have colors that I had double of.
Image snippage
Also I have one unopened box of each of these sets. I don't know if anyone would want to buy them or if i should open them ans try and get color gotenks, piccolo and cell,android 17. I think Raithos has gold Piccolo and Gotenks as well x.x
Heh, that's a lot of MegaHouse figures... o.o
The only bronzed figures I have are Piccolo/Cell and Goku/Trunks... which you seem to have. Ironic, eh?
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by Raithos » Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:36 am
Beji wrote:Raithos wrote:SuperSaiyan3Goku wrote:
I would love if the Bronze factor didn't exist. It'd make those figures so much better.

AGREED! It's so annoying, and you know they just do it to force us to trade with people or buy another set to get the ones you want in color, ugh so annoying.
For the Buu and Cell saga I mentioned before you said you didnt liek trading but if anyone wants I could attempt to get a full set of gold...Its just i dont like the shipping. What are the chances that i got double bronze of the piccolo, gotenks and android 17, cell X.X
Heres mine if anyone didnt have colors that I had double of.
SNIPPIN***
Also I have one unopened box of each of these sets. I don't know if anyone would want to buy them or if i should open them ans try and get color gotenks, piccolo and cell,android 17. I think Raithos has gold Piccolo and Gotenks as well x.x
Yeah I have gold piccolo and gotenks (dammit really wanted this one colour), and gold vegetto and buu (also really wanted that one colour)
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by Beji » Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:29 am
Yeah...Those 2 unopened boxes of these figures are looking pretty good right now...But if I get another bronze Piccolo, Gotenks or andriod 17,cell I'm going to throw them out the window and everyone else has bronze figures similar to mine so its not like I would be able to make a complete set of that either :/
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by Raithos » Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:40 pm
Beji wrote:Yeah...Those 2 unopened boxes of these figures are looking pretty good right now...But if I get another bronze Piccolo, Gotenks or andriod 17,cell I'm going to throw them out the window and everyone else has bronze figures similar to mine so its not like I would be able to make a complete set of that either :/
I just... I just really dislike the idea of Bronze, it's like why? why? There's like maybe 4% that like the bronze, and then you piss off the rest of us. And they always manage to make the specific figure you're anticipating bronze, it's almost like you can feel it when buying the box, lol!
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by dbgtFO » Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:51 pm
Rostir wrote:What sign was on the mail slot?
Mr. Announcer, a couple of posts above yours, wrote:Oh, well that was a note to fans saying that he no longer accepts mail from them even though he did in the past. Understandable.
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by dbzwish » Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:57 pm
Sorry to interrupt this debate but I changed my Wall Scroll Gallery.
From this:
To this:
Enjoy!!!
Goku: Their lives mean absolutely nothing to you, You're not the least bit sorry, Even now all you can think about is how to destroy me.
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by Beji » Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:29 pm
Well, I guess its time for me to finally post my stuff *gets a camera*
AAAND

I like my 2 posters but i need to fix this setup somehow :/

added budokai 3 today

go mini Broly!
One day ill put all my stuff(though there isn't much more) =

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by Drabaz » Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:33 am
Hey Beji, that's a pretty random GT Single you got there

. Was that you trying to sell it on ebay just a few hours ago? I would have bought it, but that scratch on the bottom right of the case looked really bad.
By the way, nice collection. I love the setup you got going there.
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by Beji » Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:10 am
Drabaz wrote:Hey Beji, that's a pretty random GT Single you got there

. Was that you trying to sell it on ebay just a few hours ago? I would have bought it, but that scratch on the bottom right of the case looked really bad
Hey leave my GT single alone XD! It actually wasn't me. I got this items off of ebay for very cheap since the person didn't know what it was and I too thought it had a scratch on it but it was just the lighting. It came brand new in package. I like that its the last GT single(to my knowledge) so I thought why not? and couldn't beat the price xD
EDIT: And where are my manners. Thank you!
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by Paradox295 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:17 pm
Is that two sets of DragonBoxes?!
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by DanielGClapp » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:38 pm
Paradox295 wrote:Is that two sets of DragonBoxes?!
Yeah. One for watching one for collecting, I'm assuming. The sealed ones are going to be worth a lot in the future. BTW I like that movie 12 poster you have Beji!
dbzwish wrote:Sorry to interrupt this debate but I changed my Wall Scroll Gallery.
Dig the Star Wars

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by dbzwish » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:57 pm
DanielGClapp wrote:
dbzwish wrote:Sorry to interrupt this debate but I changed my Wall Scroll Gallery.
Dig the Star Wars

Yeah i do have the full saga on dvd and hope to get those on blu-ray too.
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