HOBBY JAPAN BLUES, A TALE OF CONSEQUENCES

BREAKING NEWS:

HOBBY JAPAN BLUES, A TALE OF CONSEQUENCES

Comic Con week is finally over and our collective wallets can now have a sigh of relief! ToyFarce hopes everyone managed to get their pre-orders/orders in for everything they wanted! Talking about pre-orders (SEGWAY!), some drama occured in Japan over the weekend, here’s the recap:

FRIDAY: EMPLOYEE PUBLICLY SUPPORTS SCALPERS

Bandai drops several Gundam model kits for pre-orders online, and they all inevitably sell out in seconds. So far, nothing out of the ordinary, we’ve seen how it goes. But an employee of the editorial team of the hugely popular japanese toy magazine, Hobby Japan, decided to go to twitter to make fun of the collectors that didn’t manage to get their model kits. Smart move!

The employee basically said “People who didn’t get a pre-order for their figures lack determination, and therefore, are not real fans. The real fans don’t see any issue with paying more to scalpers, because it is their true passion.” Basically, according to him, if you have a problem with having to pay double or triple the retail price to scalpers for a toy, you’re not a real fan. His words, not mine.

SATURDAY: EMPLOYEE PUBLICLY APOLOGIZES

After probably being contacted by his work, the Hobby Japan employee tweeted an apology for what he said the previous day.

SUNDAY: The magazine Hobby Japan themselves published an apology, asking people to forgive them for what their employee said…

MONDAY: EMPLOYEE PUBLICLY FIRED

Said employee was let go by Hobby Japan.

Morale of the story: Don’t post stupid things on Twitter if you live in Japan (and don’t support scalpers!).

More news at 11:00…from a real fan with true passion!

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AFTER UNDENIABLE SUCCESS OF CUP NOODLES MODEL KIT, OTHER BRANDS WANT IN TOO!!

BREAKING NEWS:

AFTER UNDENIABLE SUCCESS OF CUP NOODLES MODEL KIT, OTHER BRANDS WANT IN TOO!!

Bandai, the giant japanese toy brand behind the Gundam model kits line (and a ton of other things), recently released a model kit so silly that we had to have it: A 1:1 scale CUP NOODLE model kit! We have posted about it on our social media, but for those who missed it, here are a few pictures from the assembly:

The box, in all its glory

It came in more parts than I would have thought…

Step 1: The bottom

The logo

Logo assembled

Assembling the cup

The cup is actually made of over 20 parts!

Now, the noodles!

Noodles, step 1

Noodles done, adding the egg bits, the shrimps, and the “mystery meat” (the brown pieces are legit called “mystery meat”

Assembling all together (the chives was a long piece of green paper that required to be cut)

Et voilà!

Hungry? Cup Noodles! Nissin.

After this model kit turned out to be a success, several other brands are now in talks with toy brands, in order to make model kits of their famous items:

-Mama Noodles, another giant in the international instant noodles industry, has contacted several model kit brands, such as Tamiya, to see if there would be an opportunity there.

-Kraft, had contacted Lego in order to see if there was any interest in bringing their Kraft Mac & Cheese box into toy form.

-Dr Oetker has been in talks with McFarlane Toys, who has released a lot of construction sets in recent years, in order to bring their frozen pizza line on toy collector’s shelves!

We will keep you informed if any deal is made!

Also, ToyFarce will give an opportunity to one of you to win that Bandai Cup Noodle model kit! Keep an eye on our social media (Facebook, Instagram) during the weekend for more info! There will be a giveaway! Stay tuned!

More news at 11:00… Hungry? CUP NOODLES!

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MAN APPLIES STICKER ON HIS TOYS CORRECTLY ON THE FIRST TRY… LIKE AN ABSOLUTE MAD MAN!

UNBELIEVABLE NEWS:

MAN APPLIES STICKER ON HIS TOYS CORRECTLY ON THE FIRST TRY… LIKE AN ABSOLUTE MAD MAN!

Whether it’s a Lego set, a wrestling ring, a Megazord or a Gundam figure, applying stickers on your toys has always been a major pain in the ass. It is a known fact. The stickers part has always been our least favorite part of any toy that requires them.

Generally, we end up with something looking like this…

Or this…

Or this…

And then, removing them to place them better makes a mess, some of them has a strong glue which messes up everything, or they don’t stick anymore, or the corner which you folded to grab the sticker is all messed up, etc… We’ve all been there.

ToyFarce found out in a Facebook group (LEGO Setposting) that a user called Joshua Cameron Baker managed to put his lego stickers perfectly fine, and he added a picture:

This can mean only 3 things:

-Joshua lied.

-Joshua has superpowers.

-This is photoshopped.

While doing some research online to see if such an achievement had happened other times, we came accross this picture, which is also most likely edited. ToyFarce finds it hard to believe that it’s possible to apply stickers with such precision without being a robot.

We also found several memes about the ability to place stickers correctly, which were too good not to share. Here are a few, we’ll share some more on #toymemestuesday.

What is your opinion? Do you think this is real? Do you think there is witchcraft involved? Let us know in the comments!

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