GOSH, YOU’VE ... REALLY GOT SOME NICE TOYS HERE

There’s an exhibition of vintage Japanese toys in progress over in the Cityplaza mall in Taikoo Shing near my office. Yesterday, I took time out from my lunch break to collect photographic evidence for yr pleasure.



Click the pic for the full set on teh Photobukkits.

PRODUCTION NOTE: By no means a comprehensive collection of all the toys in the exhibit. They’re in glass cases and there’s a lot of reflection, so it was hard to take decent pictures. And all I had was a cameraphone, which I pressed right up to the glass with the close-up focus setting. Still, I think some turned out pretty good.

The toys are cool, too. I love those old unsafe metal toys with the rusty sharp edges. The creepy baby dolls, not so much.

I saw a similar collection during a trip to the Ishiya White Chocolate Factory in Hokkaido three years ago. It has a small toy museum, though it includes toys from all over the world, not just Japan.

One day I’ll post all the photos from that. For now, you’ll have to settle for this:



Taking my toys and going home,

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A BULLET IN THE HEAD = HOURS OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

This year’s hottest new video game: Close Range, which consists solely of shooting people point-blank in the face.

As reported by Onion News Network. So you know it’s true.

Is it wrong that I laughed the hardest when the ostrich pops up?

DISCLAIMER: I’m not big on video games, and I’m less interested in first-person shooter games, but I’m not against them, and I’ve never believed they turn kids or anyone else into violent killers.

However, I do think this Onion piece is dead-on. So to speak. Because you know as well as I do there’s a market for a game like this. Not a big one. But it’s there.

Pull the trigger,

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GREAT MOMENTS IN MARKETING: STACKED ACTOR

ITEM [via Paco Camino]: A late entry for National Cleavage Day – from Thermador, a division of Norris Industries.



Tasteful! By 1973 standards, anyway.

And yes, that IS Mel Cooley. Who is presumably there because, among other things, he was a gourmet chef.

One in the oven,

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