{"id":2465,"date":"2025-09-01T18:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T09:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:54:17","slug":"a-trip-to-mandai-in-takasaki-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/a-trip-to-mandai-in-takasaki-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"A trip to Mandai in Takasaki, August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So a couple of weekends ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Mandai in Takasaki and look at the neat stuff there. I first checked out the plastic model section. Here’s an Imai kit of the Big Mighty from Mighty Jack. Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans will know about Mighty Jack. I believe I saw the toolings for these models when I worked at Aoshima 9 years ago in one of the company’s storage warehouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Imai made a classic Batmobile in 1:42 scale. Weird scale. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this kit before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were many vintage Arii and Imai Macross kits too. I was tempted to get this one, but decided not to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are vintage kits of Macross, Ideon, Harlock, and Yamato. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vintage Mospeada, Ideon, Dunbine, and L-Gaim kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They have new kits too, of course. Evangelion, Xabungle, Layzner, Dunbine, Sakura Taisen, and Super Robot Taisen. I’ve watched YT videos of that Asuka kit and she looks great, even unpainted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plenty of scale aviation kits too! I don’t see those 1:100 scale Platz jet fighter kits very often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I saw this Street Fighter II bath towel and Chun-Li doll. I was tempted to get the towel, but I couldn’t resist the doll. “Ha ha ha ha! Yatta!”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of Famicom and Super Famicom games, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All the expensive games are kept in the display cases, of course. I didn’t know that Clock Tower was ported to the Wonderswan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I played a few rounds of Shanghai on a Blast city cabinet in the Gunma Leisure Land game center downstairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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King of Fighters was playing on a Nesica cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was this nice sculpture of Rei on an Evangelion pachinko machine. I don’t ever remember seeing Rei with long hair. Maybe it’s from one of the new movies I never bothered watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are the signs for the restrooms: Jojo for male and Hatsune Miku for female. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So a couple of weekends ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Mandai in Takasaki and look at the neat stuff there. I first checked out the plastic model section. Here’s an Imai kit of the Big Mighty from Mighty Jack. Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans will know about Mighty Jack. I believe I … <\/p>\n

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