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| Subject: | The prices should be lower in that photo |  |
| Date: | Apr 30, 2007 |
| From: | Val Bueno | |
Hi All,
As a frequent visitor to Japanese Hobby Shops, the photo above didn't show the main point of going to Japan, the prices for Japanese made kits are less there than here. Most places (like Sakura in Shinjuku) have a 10%-30% discount on all kits.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/vbuenokov/154-5495_IMG.jpg
Some places like Hobby Shop Kunske in Osaka, there are sime very RAre kits in there, like Tamiya's metal kit of the US 75mm Pack(?) Howitzer at collector's prices.
And the tool selection is fantastic! Only one place here in Hawaii has a tool selection close to this.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/vbuenokov/151-5164_IMG.jpg
And in some places, they have very interesting displays, like this wooded 1/6 scale PzIII:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/vbuenokov/153-5327_IMG.jpg
Also, I have yet to find a shop in Hawaii or any other place in the world, having visited shops in Europe (Italy, France, Switzerland), the US (Califonia only so far), Asia (Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Guandoung), that has beautiful women behind the counter!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/vbuenokov/153-5359_IMG.jpg
Anyway, my point is, I love the hobby shops in Japan. Best of all the places I have ever visited.
Aloha,
Val |
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 | Tokyo model shop photo. [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . what is so special here? - frank forster - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: what is so special here? - Paul A. Owen - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: what is so special here? - Chris Oldfield - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: what is so special here? - Brian Hanley - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . The prices should be lower in that photo [IMG] - Val Bueno - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Tokyo model shop photo. [IMG] - John Barnicoat - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Tokyo model shop photo. - Kazutaka YOKOTA - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: Tokyo model shop photo. - Roderick Lenz - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Tokyo model shop photo. - Johannes Schneider - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Wo wohnst Du denn? - Frank Forster - May 1, 2007 |
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