Radio-Kan in Akihabara has a number of neat rental box stores. These stores rent out clear lockers for anyone to open up their own store. People fill the box with old toys, rare collectables, or even hand crafted models then put on price tags.
The store will take care of the transaction and then give you the money from the sale.
Kind of like a physical eBay.
Great place to look for rare ltd edition anime goods.
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Dirty Gentleman
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5800 Yen for Drossel?! Outrageous!
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Extortion I say!!
Laptop Tech
That would be cheap, here.( about $60.00 CDN) I saw a Yuki Figma here going for $85.00 CDN at a store. (new)
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But it's a ridiculous price for a figma in Japan, nonetheless. Seems like overseas isn't the only place with high demand.
Though I must say, 85 is insane. It's usually around ~$50 here in Toronto.
Laptop Tech
Typical prices around here varies between $39.00 and $44.00. The $85.00 one was the Yuki with the Hat and Cape, etc.. Of course, this doesn't include the 14% sales tax on top of everything.... :(
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Hey Steve,
Am looking for 1/3 scale guns for my daughters. Lemme know if you spot any!
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Sure. Will keep an eye out!
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Theres a shop here in San Francisco that has a ton of them. I could maybe ship them to you?
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that's an interesting business model. renting out the locker and getting a small cut of the profit.
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ここで撮影のはやばくない＾ｗ＾ よくできました XD ！！ m(_ _)m
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ちょっとやばいかも -_-;
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nice business model.
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I bought the Figma of Konata Cosplay version (exclusive to Wonder Festival 2008) for 5400 yens in that shop ! There was a lot of Miku Live Stage version (WF 2009) for 2500 - 2800 yens too.
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That Drossel figma... I... MUST... HAVE IT!!! XD
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Nice, I'll remember that one.
figure hunter
I buy a rare megahouse item on my last Tokyo trip there , I find this private shop in shop very impressive but
many items there are very overpriced for my taste.
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I went to those places.
It was pretty cool to see rare stuff for sale. Some were pretty expensive and others were pretty cheap...
There is always something different there...
I found a Kohinata (H2O) figure in one of these for around 9800 yen...really pricy!
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This things are used or new? or used but in good state? LOL I just remmembered my trip to the US this mexican guitar was used but it was in such a good state that i tought it was brand new untill the shop owner told us it was used LOL.
Nendoroid Hunter
It's a niche! :)
We have the same thing in SG as well but there are also some shops that deals with other things then toys like crafts and imported goods
College Freshmen
This is actually a pretty good idea. It's kind of like a flea market too.