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    • obsidianspiderO
      obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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      @FlyingTomahawk I live vicariously through you sir. Please post photos.

      📷 @obsidianspider

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      • edmaul69E
        edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
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        @FlyingTomahawk that square button famicom is awesome. I am however, glad both sega and nintendo switched to plastic buttons.

        Ido have a passport. Now i need to sell my life belongings to move. ;) japan is the only country that is on my bucket list. I hope to get there one day. And seeing all this beautiful game stuff i really want to go now.

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        • FlyingTomahawkF
          FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
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          @edmaul69

          lol
          Well, if you do come one day let me know.
          It will be super fun to go around stores looking for retro stuff.

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          • edmaul69E
            edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
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            @FlyingTomahawk will do. :)

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
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              @FlyingTomahawk so where are you in japan?

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              • FlyingTomahawkF
                FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
                last edited by

                @edmaul69

                Osaka

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                • obsidianspiderO
                  obsidianspider @edmaul69
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                  @edmaul69 said in Retro game stuff talk:

                  @FlyingTomahawk so where are you in japan?

                  After the photos we've been seeing, I wouldn't be surprised if he bumped into Shigeru Miyamoto during today's outing.

                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                  • FlyingTomahawkF
                    FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
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                    @obsidianspider

                    lol
                    He is in Kyoto. Not far...
                    I have passed by the Nintendo buildings a couple of times but never met any staff.
                    I just took pictures of something hilarious.
                    Something you don't see everyday, even here in Japan.

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                    • edmaul69E
                      edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
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                      @FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

                      Something you don't see everyday, even here in Japan.

                      Is that even possible? I thought japenese people have seen everything. :D

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                      • obsidianspiderO
                        obsidianspider @edmaul69
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                        @edmaul69 said in Retro game stuff talk:

                        @FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

                        Something you don't see everyday, even here in Japan.

                        Is that even possible? I thought japenese people have seen everything. :D

                        Everything

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                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                        • edmaul69E
                          edmaul69 @obsidianspider
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                          @obsidianspider ok, now i have seen everything. :)

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                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                            FlyingTomahawk
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                            Just finished my run for today. Not so many good stuff this time.

                            @obsidianspider
                            Sorry, no Famicom today. There were 3 but way overpriced. Not tested 1790, 1980 and 2190Yen.
                            2 of them were actually very white-ish and one pub-yellow.

                            Maybe next time I get lucky.

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                            • obsidianspiderO
                              obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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                              @FlyingTomahawk I love that "pub yellow" is the new name for those old discolored Famicoms.

                              Not that I'm in any kind of hurry, but did you end up going back to Hard Off to see if that Gameboy Pocket was still there?

                              📷 @obsidianspider

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                              • obsidianspiderO
                                obsidianspider
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                                While not totally "pub yellow" I just dug out my old SNES that I got in the spring of 1992 and it's definitely not aged as well as one of the controllers it came with.

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                                • edmaul69E
                                  edmaul69 @obsidianspider
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                                  @obsidianspider its funny how many old computers and video game consoles turned yellow due to the flame retardent used in those plastic parts. An apple 2's monitors plastic is the most toxic plastic i have ever dremeled through.

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                                  • obsidianspiderO
                                    obsidianspider @edmaul69
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                                    @edmaul69 and here I thought the most dangerous thing about an Apple II was Oregon Trail.

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                                    📷 @obsidianspider

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                                    • edmaul69E
                                      edmaul69 @obsidianspider
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                                      @obsidianspider yeah the smoke it creates is like a huge chemical fire. There isnt words to describe how toxic it was. I will take the dysentery over that.

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                                      • FlyingTomahawkF
                                        FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
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                                        @obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

                                        Not that I'm in any kind of hurry, but did you end up going back to Hard Off to see if that Gameboy Pocket was still there?

                                        Yeah I went back and checked it out, told the staff to show it to me. Thin scratches on the display, left side. No good.

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                                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                                          FlyingTomahawk
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                                          Here the images of todays tour.

                                          CPSII

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                                          Famicom Sofa!
                                          They really used real games for this.

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                                          Famicom Micro

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                                          Another white GBA
                                          not so rare after all

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                                          • obsidianspiderO
                                            obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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                                            @FlyingTomahawk Interesting that the clear purple GBA was more expensive than the white GBA. You see a lot more of the clear purple ones in the US.

                                            📷 @obsidianspider

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