I went to the land of rising sun , the birth place of Gundam , with some determination of getting the Perfect Grade Gundam Astray Red Frame (Ok I'm obsessed with robots holding a Japanese samurai sword). Not so much it is rare nor I can't get it in Singapore, but I want to get it cheap ! I just feel since I'm into Gunpla , I should get most if not all the kits that I want from there, to justify the cost of the air ticket I paid to get there and back .
First encounter of Gundam in Kyoto Bic Camera department store.In Japan, there are these 2 huge Electronic Department store chains (Yodobashi Camera and Bic Camera) which sells Gundams . As electronics stores, they mostly occupy many storeys in 1 single building and sell any electronic stuff from household appliances to PC to mobiles and toys , thus enter gundams ! And of course they sell camera and lenses . I really love playing with their camera display sets as they show case almost all available camera models for customer to try on and set aside lens for them to swap and play with !
A layout plan of Bic Camera departmental store in its elevator
I did my research before I made this trip. I checked the online price of the Gundam kits and marked down the expected price of the kits that I may be getting.
And I was pleased when I saw that these 2 department store are actually having a major Gundam kit discount where all their kits' prices are lower than I had anticipated. BUT, they don't have Perfect Grade kit that I was looking for .
People fishing around the ponds
Cherry Blossom sightings
Latest Doremon movie cardboard poster
Mecha from Virtua On - A mecha battling video game by SEGA
It is like visiting a "Transformers from the 80's " museum
In the end, my hunt is in vain. All the stores either had sold out or mark up its price to an absurd amount .
Turn out to be that the big offer the department stores throwing in causes the PG Red Frame to be sold out ? I can never know .
Sorry bout the photos quality . They are the products of my handphone camera instead of my D90 .
