Yet Another Post About Toys

While en route to Hachinohe city hall for an Ikebana exhibition this weekend (more on that later), I made a rather serendipitous discovery. Just down the street from city hall, there are two toy collector's boutiques, right next to each other. They're both rather small affairs but that doesn't seem to matter much as both places have managed to pack every available inch of space (including the ceilings) with toys, glorious toys. One place seemed to specialize in Star Wars and had an entire wall literally covered with packaged Star Wars action figures and accessories. Knowing that I had to make it in time for the exhibition, I managed to forcibly remove myself from the second store with only a ¥500, tin Astroboy in tow (surprisingly, these were just about the only places where I've seen any Astroboy or Godzilla toys). However, if anyone is willing to make the trip back down with me (*cough*Leo*cough*), I'd love to waste my very non-disposable income on shaped lumps of painted vinyl.