海外オタクが観光しに来る時に買うものとはその２

0_o How'd you get that all home?

(Seriously, I'm planning to get a helluva lot of stuff at Anime North, and I'd like some tips on bringing the haul home.)

Wow! How'd you get all that stuff back?

You should place all that stuff around your desk, and take a pic *hint*

When I went to Japan at the end of 2007/ start of 2008, I had to buy an extra suitcase to fit all my loot in... How in the world did you carry all this home?! Share your secret pls! D:

nice loot, hope you didn't get taxed at customs.

Saber Lily!? where did you get her!?

you just bought more figures than my local anime store stocks

Nice. How much was the Lucky Star Fate Cosplay Nendoroids?

I see Comptiq Konata in the background. Awesome nendoroid. I almost bought her on eBay but didn't want to dish out $100 despite that being relatively cheap nowadays. I've seen her regularly go for double 50% more.

And all I could get myself to buy is one figma. :s

Impressive amount of loot!

Wow, great loot! Looks like it was a very good trip. I noticed you said you stayed at the youth hostels, was it a good experience? Did you have your own room with your friends or did you have to share with other people?

I spy Dragonball! Pokeballs! And...is that an egg?

WOW super big loot you got here XD

any travel tips you want to share?

Oh my~~~ must have cost a lot to ship it back~~~~~~~

You sure have deep pocket for your trip ^_^

whoa! I can't beat that ^o^

Amazing. Can;'t wait untill I get to go to Japan as well. Am working hard on it though! And ho did you transport these? In a different case/?

wow O_O that's a lot of loot! I enjoyed your VOCALOID cosplay pix! what fun!

That is a lot of stuff to carry in your luggage case o.O!

So many questions I need to answer for you all. Check the top for an update, I'll type up answers.

Whoa! Very nice haul. I'm actually going to look for those Marisa and Alice vinyl figures you have there next time I go to Akihabara. Are they still only sold in Tora no Ana main store or can you buy them now from White Canvas and Messe Sanoh? Where did you buy yours if you don't mind me asking?

Wow! I just got back from Tokyo Monday night myself but I only bought a few items. Nothing compared to what you got.

Hopefully this link to my loot works:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/logan666pics/

Thats a whole lot of goodies. Did you have fun.

Mamamia! Tis is beyond words! Just.. so awesome.

I swear I need to go on a shopping spree like this in Akiba one day.

How did you manage to stuff all that in your luggage? Nice haul BTW!

I'm going to Japan next month, but I'm afraid that when I get there, I'm going to see that I have everything I want already, as I import like a madman.

Looks like you bought back even more than last time! Even a dreamcast! Is that a Neo Geo I see in the middle of the picture? Doesn't look like one, but I'm curious as to what it is~

LOL @ Marisa & Reimu yukkuri and, is that a Dreamcast?

I see some rare game consoles do you have and some game cd especially some SRW games...He manage to budget his money to get some treasures!!! I wish i win my lottery ticket to buy some loots in japan >.<

lol.. lucky guy!!! erm... Danny? after seeing so many figure pictures do you have any recommendation on how to get anime goodies in UK ??

Never been to Japan to be able to take a legit loot photo. ;_;

Holy cow,that's awesome. I used the same method for bringing cool stuff from the US back home (Buy a second big carry-on suitcase). It's handy :) Got to haul it all over the airport, though!

The Dreamcast looks a little out of place...

You bought the Touhou yukkuri plushies!!! Let's take it easy together!
Yukkuri Shiteitte Ne!

I think if I went to Japan, I'd concentrate on getting stuff that was hard to find or much more expensive online...

O...M....G...W...T...F.....I'll honestly die of envy one of these days. If I ever get to go, which will probably be in like 2 years, I'll probably be able to by 1/4 of that.

But you did answer a question I alsways wanted to ask. Bringing/buying extra bags, not a bad idea ^^

thats a lot of stuff to carry by yourself. oO

Wicked !

WHOA EPIC!!!! OMFG THATS JUST A LOT OF LOOT XDHAHAH =3 I want to save up a lot of money now and buy a shitload of stuff in Japan XD haha can't do that until the future..T__T

The thing i would most steal from this loot is the YF 19 ....

This pic reminds me of the pic of my loot from my first ever shopping trip in denden town ^_^

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4bJwIFP0MBc/SOpasopgoqI/AAAAAAAAACk/Z4NfoLx9yno/DSCF1791.JPG

I never get anything home in packaging though, i always take everything out of packaging, then repack it so i get about 6+figures in each figma-size-box then cram it into my suitcase, i go with an giant hellokittybackback with jus money, phone, ds etc in, as hand luggage and a big wheely case as checked, take barely anyclothes and fill it all with toys to come home!

Weight restrictions back and forth from UK suck though, I hear other coutries get 2x as much!

Last trip I had the humiliation of having to half empty all my luggage in the middle of narita airport, they asked me to put things i was was not going to take in a carrier bag, until my checked went within limits, then throw the carrier away, I put my old clothes and random crap I wasnt bothered about (macds toys etc) in it, then hid it under my coat , told them it was in the bin, and got away with it!! bwahahah. Risi 1, air france 0.

So much loot :o

HOLY COW NOW THAT'S A LOOT~!!!
I'm so envious... XD

Amazing amount of loot xd Lucky for you no tax!
I'd probably ship it all back home, but that'd be expensive for sure.
This will be tough for me next year as I'm going to Japan and end up buying lots :(

oh yeah SEGA DREAMCAST!!!!

So the next giveaway is about loots. then that means i lose on tht one as well.

Holy shet. That's one mountainous haul.

Simply awesome loots... Looks like... just your loots for this time is equivalent to all i have at home! lol

Must be tough to carry all those...since you don't want anything to break...

So much loot... How can 2 bags and a duffle bag hold all that?? So much stuff.....

And I don't have any photos of really incredible loot... the most loot I got was at the october expo 08... and that was only 10/11 figures with some stuff....

nice loot.

Are you kidding me! It must have been a fun. I'm envious of your trip.

So lucky.

Best item in the entire photo is the Dreamcast imo :D

Great photo!

I see a Dreamcast! :D and lots of things I would buy: variety is good.
Last time I went to HK I came back with two big suitcases, I could only bring back 1 MG and a Fewture EX Tachikoma in each suitcase. And handcarried another MG. I had to throw away all the boxes of my figures T_T

Is that a "Nice Boat" sticker???
Man, I'd never win one of those "loot giveaways"... Only bought like three things that you could consider "loot."

I want to make a trip to Japan, too
I want to win 649 (Lottery ticket in Canada)....Orz

Hmmm...Guess I'll make it a lot more easier since I didn't have any interest in figures alike...

Thast the biggest loot ive ever seen, incredable you got all that back.

A sega Dreamcast and a VF-19, you sir are awesome.

Would love to have a loot giveaway after when I come back from Japan...
Looks like and I hope that Danny will have at least after my Anime North convention.
Clear still had an amazing loot!!!!!

i salute you, fellow dc member; that is the most amazing feat i have ever seen.

Haha wow! So amazing!
I envy you sir!

sugooooi O.O i wish i had that much of plenty goodies >_____________<

Nice haul, would have sucked if they lost your luggae though.

O.O I am speechless at the sheer amount of loot you were able to get back, boxes and all. Quite amazing!

That's just sick and I'm jealous as hell. Want that YF-19 most of all...

And a Biggest Loot Contest? Ironic no?

I kinda like that red plushie in the lower left.

I think it's important to note by now that I posted a different picture in the original which can be found here:

http://blog.cleartranquil.com/2009/05/reminiscence-of-japan.html

The picture above needs more explanation. It's important you realize this is our loot after 2 out of 5 trips to Akihabara. We took this on our 3rd day in Japan, we stayed there for 11. There was much more in the end. Although half that loot is mine, the other half belonged to a travel buddy (mainly the stuff on the right of the Nendoroids) who had an even more interesting time bringing it back. He needed to buy and extra checkable and an extra carry-on as well, and even paid $200 for overweight charges at the airport.

Thanks Danny for hijacking my original! I cannot believe how much traffic is on my blog right now, in the last day there's been 2000 views, and it's still early. That's really good for me. I'll be sure to save this picture for the loot contest! (Or maybe inform my travelling buddy of the contest and see if we can organize a TRUE loot picture. This one is only HALF of what we got).

Nice loot! O.O I'm glad none of your luggage got lost ^^; and woot for no taxes.

Ah cool beans, Danny posted our photo!

I didn't include my loot in these photos, but I mananged to pickup some hard to find Knightmare Frames from Code Geass, a bunch of cool touhou stuff (including Marisa and Alice vinyl figures), a limited edition Star Wars Royal Guard figure from Gentle Giant [https://www.gentlegiantltd.com/catalog/product/detail/218], etc...

But yes, as ClearTranquil said, extra charges were added for the bag that contained all the loot on the right side of the photo (and then more that was bought by that traveler in future days).

wow!! awesome !! ^^ i went and took a look at his blog ^^ lots of nice pictures ^^

Wow, good haul!

:S Did you have like to bring back 3 suitcases and leave all your clothes there as well haha.

most epic loot i've ever seen! ^0^ lots of great pics of your blog too ^0^

That is just...beyond words. NIce work! This teaches me that if I ever get to Japan, I should fold up some duffle bags or otherwise squishable bags into my luggage in anticipation of bringing back more than I came with.

Amazing haul! Looks like you brought back a chunk of Akiba. xD

Saber Lily for 5500 JPY, ahh I want one!

One word only: EPIC!

Boy, you were so lucky with that "no tax today"! Really, I'd say it's something that happens nearly once in a lifetime (ok, I exxagerated lol).

Crazy amount of loot. You are on par with Rin's loot ^^

Man, and I thought I was doing good to get all my stuff back when I went to Europe! I didn't even buy a fifth of how much you did! I bow before your supreme packing skills.

ahhh.....when will i have money enough to loot a lot from akiba....
*sigh*

Jesus Christ. I don't think I've ever spent more than $500 on anime related loot in one go, and that was at a con.

wow you have a big package for those loot !!

wow that's a hudge amont of goodies

I'd like to think when I go to Japan I wouldn't buy this much since I already have a ton of stuff in my room and around the house... but I have no idea what will happen when I get there...

Nice loots btw ^^

Yes Anime North in one and a halfish weeks! Driving there from Waterloo so I don't have trouble with carrying loots...would be much more concerned if there was a plane flight involved.

lol is that a dreamcast I see? You carried a dreamcast back from Japan?

This is amazing you guys-- and to think that's only half! I need to learn to pack less stuff when I go to Japan so I can carry my loot back home.

i wish i could spend that much T_T
i'll take it that it took sheer will power to stop spending yeah? XD

I wish I could get that much loot in one go...

Amazing! I hope I can get that much when I go in two months.

amazing loot~
last time when i brought back toys, i just declared more than 700 bucks. they asked me what it was and i said "toys". they won't even bother taxing you most of the time. the customs want to tax you on electronics.

:D Awesomee! Hehe Elizabeth sure looks like an egg...

this is what i dream what my luggage would be when getting back from japan ^^

*faints*

ONLY $2000 (USD?) for all of that? It looks like way more. If thats how it is, then I should be next year when I go. I usually spend $1000 CDN at conventions here xD

Planning on going in the summer next year. Only planned with one friend right now, I'm thinking I need some more friends to bring to make it more memorable.

A Dreamcast! Damn. I should get mine fixed. Cheap, was it?

And I see a pair of Revoltech Max and Miriya Valkyries. Must have been relatively expensive.

You know, that's an impressive loot but there's something strange about this kind of things...

Problem with loot contest is that people could just say they got their stuff from Japan when they really didn't.

dreamcast powa!

So the loot Giveaway will be giving away loot in exchange for spending money on loot?

@.@ thats some 1337 lewt !

Wow. Exactly how big was your second empty carry-on luggage?

Wow that's a lot of loot!

When I went last year I picked up quite a few books and CDs but ran out of space, (and was a bit cocerned about weight). When I go back next year I may well buy another case out there to allow me to bring more back

how on earth did u get that home man it must've cost a fortune.

DREAMCAST SPOTTED! - AWESOME

Manga and doujin can weigh a ton. Sending stuff back home via packages will cost a little more on top of the purchases but it gives you added float and more luggage space for figures.

This is quite big loot. It's great that you didn't have to pay tax since it could be probably high. I can only imagine how much stuff I will bring back from my trip to Japan. Damn can't wait for that^^

Always good to see fellow otakus make successful trip to Japan and bring back loads of goodies :D It's even better when they get no custom tax too, hurray!!!

nice haul!

everything looks just that awesome!

O M G!!
Purely amazing! I wanna say more...but I'm lost at words now!

the purchase of shopping from a japan trip abroad, that is generally

He will have to either mail those figs or break the boxes down. I bought at least that much before in my past trips. I hate breaking down the boxes and like hell i would ship them.

Woow cool ^^

As I recall, the dreamcast was 2500 yen. I also spotted a 2500 yen red Gamegear that I pointed out to the guy that bought the dreamcast, but he wasn't really interested. I should of bought it come to think of it, I love red colored stuff!

Oh, we also saw a Wonderswan Color w/ Final Fantasy 1 special promotion pack at Book-off for 2500 yen :3

oh wow, how did you get all that stuff back? courier?

woot woot for One Piece

If I live without in Japan, I buy dojinshis, that is priority, because they are difficult to buy mail order from other country.

Very nice !!!
snif snif next week only 4 toys in my collection woowww

Not one but TWO Yoko nendoroids?!?!I are very jealous.

i personally find that useless...
If its to spend that much money to get things from japan and then live in a Dream in your country you should better find a way of living in japan... ^^,

I hardly ever have the money to get that stuff at times.