Chara Hobby 2006 Part 2

Continuing with the Chara Hobby coverage starting off with the wide angle shots which should give you a feel of what went on. Unfortunately my Xacti bit the dust and is permanently dead so I couldn’t get any video footage ToT.

This is only some of the queue that I didnt quite have the chance to participate in.

More queue…

Even more queue. Todays event was more of a family event as there were loads of dads with their kids.

The hall before people were let loose.

Dengeki Hobby stall with staff standing by to tell people “no photos.”

Don’t know if you can make this out but these are folks running for their favorite stall as soon as the doors opened. It was if as they were possessed – even running into others knocking them over. Most of them ran to get their limited edition Lacus from the Atoriesai stall.

Some of the first in the queue…

And here is that Atoriesai stall – you can see how desperate they are to get hold of their prized figure judging by how close they're standing together. If you are ever in this situation and don’t particularly want the person behind you up your ass – stick a metal plate in your underpants.

Yamato had some exclusive goodies but didn’t get to see what it was.

Keroro stall full of erm keroro stuff.

Folks who needed to relax for a while could have done so by shooting a few mobile suits on some of the arcade machines.

Senjyo no Kizuna is a multi player Gundam arcade game where you get in one of these pods to be surrounded by a huge screen in the shape of a dome – you feel like you are piloting your favorite MS (probably).

There were loads of dealers selling figures too. Despite being more of a family event, there were a few ero figures here n there.

Didn’t work out what these were and didn’t bother to ask but they kind of looked like small posters. Some of them were very cute though.

There were two stages which had cosplay, singing and other events. I had to leave early for another appointment so didn’t catch the cosplay competition.

Wherever you see some figures of scantly clad figures, you will also see some men with SLR cameras crowding around – I end up joining that crowd ^^;

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Some more not as stimulating bath towels. Confession time – I used to have a Little Mermaid towel about 13(?) years ago.

More from the inside of this stall soon.

More Senjyo no Kizuna with the crowds.

Here are what the pods look like from behind.

Not too sure whether it was because the hall at Makuhari was big or whether because it was still early on in the day but it was not that crowded compared to a figure event at Big Site.

And here is the Solid State Society booth – more form the inside this week. Brace yourself for a Gundam assault starting tomorrow.

And here's the Solid State Society booth – more from the inside this week. Brace yourself for a Gundam assault starting tomorrow.