Vintage Toy Hunting in Tokyo, Japan - April 2024 - Part 1 - Toy Polloi

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  • Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
  • I recently headed back to my favourite place to hunt for vintage toys, Tokyo, Japan. In this first video I head to the Shinagawa racecourse Flea Market and to a large Hobby Off in Hachioji with Jeremy ‪@TOKYOTOYBANZAI‬
    Check out part two here: • Vintage Toy Hunting in...
    Check out ‪@TOKYOTOYBANZAI‬ video of our trade here: • TRADING TOYS with TOY ...
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  • @LaserLivestream
    @LaserLivestream Місяць тому +3

    Awwwhh man... opening shot was just where I started my Toy journey in Tokyo!!! That alleyway has one of the oldest Street Fighter arcade machines. Did you get to play? Such good memories. Thanks for sharing! 👍👍👍 Godjira rules 🙏

  • @brendan722002
    @brendan722002 Місяць тому +5

    I'm very envious. I'd love to get to Japan.

  • @TOKYOTOYBANZAI
    @TOKYOTOYBANZAI Місяць тому +2

    Always a blast when you visit! Glad you enjoyed all the trade bits :)

    • @toypolloi
      @toypolloi  Місяць тому +3

      Great to see you again. We had a lovely time. Roll on next year!

  • @coldtown1585
    @coldtown1585 Місяць тому

    The simple design of those sofubi beautifully fits the aesthetic of the original cartoon. I definitely need to add these to my collection!

  • @dazatronsdioramallama6370
    @dazatronsdioramallama6370 Місяць тому +1

    You have good taste Dave. That microman is a proper bargain! Well done 👏

  • @AlanVByrnes
    @AlanVByrnes Місяць тому

    Hope to see you two together again and more great stuff you will find together 🦾🦾🦾

  • @BennyLlama39
    @BennyLlama39 10 днів тому

    If you don't want to worry about room in the suitcase, you could mail your hauls home. My parents did that when we lived overseas and came back to the US for a few weeks. 🙂

  • @davecardoza4762
    @davecardoza4762 Місяць тому +1

    How I would love to go to Tokyo. So much to do, to eat and also see & enjoy. I will get my hands into every robot toy from the 70s & 80s. The beauties that I will see! 🙏🏻
    Kotetsu Jeeg, Gakeen, Tetsujin 28, Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Grendizer all of those wonderful robots that I would love to acquire. Astro Boy is a favorite of my Mom. 🥰

  • @subtwo2418
    @subtwo2418 Місяць тому

    Love the Gatchaman figures!! 😎👌🏼

  • @AlanVByrnes
    @AlanVByrnes Місяць тому

    Awesomeness seeing you and Jeremy in Japan together 😃😃😃 I’ve watched and love both videos 🤩🤩🤩

    • @toypolloi
      @toypolloi  Місяць тому +1

      Awesome! Thank you!

  • @MrThunderwing
    @MrThunderwing Місяць тому

    Well, that definitely beats toy hunting in Bridgewater ;)

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond Місяць тому

    Oh, side-note, that Microman is Jack! He's a personal favourite of mine.

  • @travisboyle285
    @travisboyle285 Місяць тому +2

    Man I'd love to go to Japan.

  • @isaacpimentel6482
    @isaacpimentel6482 Місяць тому

    Clicked because toy banzai, stayed for more Japanese toy hunts

  • @jurtubia
    @jurtubia Місяць тому

    Wow nice tríp!!!
    Espero ver viejos juguetes clásicos !

  • @Androo.B
    @Androo.B Місяць тому

    Like the Gatchaman figures, seen them on ebay but never got them. May have to get a set now. Some really nice pick ups.

  • @VernRants
    @VernRants Місяць тому

    Awesome!

  • @PizarrosPieces
    @PizarrosPieces Місяць тому

    Crazy I was only in that hobbyoff in Hachioji a couple months ago now!! The flea as well I miss it all😢

  • @brianrobinson2962
    @brianrobinson2962 Місяць тому

    Fantastic David

  • @Tim-57
    @Tim-57 Місяць тому

    Hey Dave
    I have always enjoyed your Japan trips and look forward to part 2.
    Take care😊

    • @toypolloi
      @toypolloi  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks 👍

    • @Tim-57
      @Tim-57 Місяць тому

      @@toypolloi
      😊

    • @Tim-57
      @Tim-57 Місяць тому

      @@toypolloi
      🙂

  • @rhomotor
    @rhomotor 19 днів тому

    I hope to check out that Hobby off when I return next year.

    • @toypolloi
      @toypolloi  19 днів тому

      It's really worth getting to at least one of them.

  • @LaserLivestream
    @LaserLivestream Місяць тому

    Nice to see a Treadmasters Starbuck in Japan! I guess bulky Starbuck got around to the land of the rising sun!

    • @toypolloi
      @toypolloi  Місяць тому +1

      You don't see him often these days. Not a great figure. But he was cheap.

    • @LaserLivestream
      @LaserLivestream Місяць тому

      @@toypolloi Totally, and carded! Most people go for the Cylons, maybe the only good figure in the Trendmasters BG series!

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond Місяць тому

    I'll have to take a squiz at the Shinagawa flea market when I head to Japan later this year.

  • @John-1984
    @John-1984 Місяць тому

    11:47 These remind me of the gumball machine toys I would buy as a child. But they didn't come with candy. Just the toy.

  • @gieselats
    @gieselats Місяць тому

    On the fleamarket I saw a group of monchichi. Wow. So amazing. They survived from the seventies or eighties. Thank you for sharing your japan experience.

  • @ShadyGFella
    @ShadyGFella Місяць тому

    We need an updated office/room tour with the current fig displays.

  • @banzaibobA7V
    @banzaibobA7V Місяць тому

    Japan is such a glorious destination for toy collectors! We're planning a trip to South Korea and Japan next year. Our main destination will be Kyushu this time, but we're setting aside two or three days in Tokyo before heading home. I can't wait to get to Akihabara, Nakano Broadway etc again.

  • @Diabolik771
    @Diabolik771 Місяць тому

    Dang, Mazinga there. I found Mazinga Shogun Warrior at a flea market in like 78/79' and BEGGED my mom to buy me it.

  • @acrodave9287
    @acrodave9287 Місяць тому +1

    I've got a King Walder sofubi very similar to the Invaders you showed, maybe a little bigger and more articulated. Still looking for a loose complete Torg subform for my Muton, though! 😁 For the Gatchaman capes, try a neck clip type device, I'm sure you did a video featuring one a while back. ✌️

  • @djdresden242
    @djdresden242 Місяць тому +1

    I was just there a few weeks ago too!

  • @hansolo-ix2pb
    @hansolo-ix2pb Місяць тому

    Nice haul you got there sir

  • @MonkeyboysToys
    @MonkeyboysToys Місяць тому

    Very interesting to look around with you Dave, something a bit more unusual and intriguing.
    Glad you found some weird and wonderful items to bring back!
    What is the translucent rectangular item beside Microman in the bubble? It looks like a battery pack or something. What does it do?
    Thanks for the video!
    👍🙏🐵

    • @toypolloi
      @toypolloi  Місяць тому

      Thanks. That's a case for Microman to live in. They missed those off when they brought them over here as Micronauts.

  • @shampoovta
    @shampoovta Місяць тому

    My mother in law when she traveled she took clothes she could just donate at the end of her trip so she had room in her luggage to bring home stuff. She traveled a ton when she was alive.

    • @toypolloi
      @toypolloi  Місяць тому

      That's a cool thing to do. I fill my suitcase with toys to give to friends, so I know there it loads of space for bringing things back home with me.

  • @brendan722002
    @brendan722002 Місяць тому

    I noticed Battle for the Planets figures - Jason's uniform colours is not consistent with the anmation series. oh well.

  • @jeffholt9437
    @jeffholt9437 Місяць тому

    Well done Dave - you're shopping for all of us left behind. Bit worried about "sparkerly" bit though....😊
    The currency converter card is a good idea but how do you work out what the prices are at those flea markets - do they all speak English, do you speak Japanese or do you get them to scribble the number on a pad(a la Leicester Toy Shop)?

    • @toypolloi
      @toypolloi  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks. I don't speak Japanese at all. It's never been a problem. Sellers will often type the price onto a calculator to show you. Cheers

  • @TheSimTetuChannel
    @TheSimTetuChannel Місяць тому +1

    Subarashii!!

  • @rewghob
    @rewghob Місяць тому

    The dolls looked like Takara Jenny etc.

  • @WOLFFMAAN8714
    @WOLFFMAAN8714 Місяць тому

    How does one plan for a trip to Japan? Im in Chicago, always wanted to go.

    • @banzaibobA7V
      @banzaibobA7V Місяць тому

      Decide what it is you want to see/do. Watch stuff on UA-cam and get a good guidebook to prep yourself. You can manage without Japanese in most major centers - a lot of signs and train announcements are in English. A translation app on your phone will help though. Get your passport, some currency, and a set itinerary. US citizens can get 90 days without a visa, but must have a paid return ticket. Jump on a plane and off you go.

  • @ArtistAnnex
    @ArtistAnnex Місяць тому

    Any Takara GI Joe in your adventures?

  • @ericdelaney1379
    @ericdelaney1379 Місяць тому

    what is the name of that song

  • @JoseGonzalez-rh3we
    @JoseGonzalez-rh3we Місяць тому

    What you doing in my neck of the woods?

    • @toypolloi
      @toypolloi  Місяць тому

      Shopping mainly 🖖