Hi from an Australian in Tokyo

Hi,

I signed up about a month ago so I thought I should properly introduce myself before I post elsewhere.

As the title states, I'm an Australian that's currently based in Tokyo. As a child I grew up watching the original Transformers and found them to be really cool. Ever since then I always followed the franchise by watching Beast Wars, followed by Unicorn Trilogy, the Animated Series and of course the real life action films.

As far as collecting is concerned, I'm quiet new to it. In fact I only started last year! The first figure I bought was the MP-10 Takara Version and since then I've been collecting masterpiece figures. (So far I only have 4 though)

I have also recently started collecting the Movie Line and bit of the Legends line. I think living in Japan is great since I get to buy some really cool exclusive Takara items.

But yeah that's a bit about myself so hopefully I can get along with everyone here.

Cheers!

Welcome aboard the Board!

You are certainly uniquely placed for buying Takara product. I think there are quite a few Masterpiece reissues coming out in the next few months or revisions with slightly different colours. You should be able to get some of the older (MP12 and higher) designs for retail instead of crazy after market prices.

Hello and welcome!

Welcome! I am jealous of you being in Japan as I usually prefer to buy the Takara versions.

Thank you for the welcome messages.

Yeah the advantage of living here is that you can randomly find old figures for a decent price.

The bad thing is rooms here are really small. I don't have a lot of space to put my figures!

Welcome to the boards :)

掲示板にようこそ！拙者はただ今年の四月ごろ東京に行きました。:o 来年九月～十月ごろまた日本に行きますから、東京に会いましょうか？他の日本に住んでいるメンバーもいます が、東京に住んでいる方はダル氏しかいないと思います。とりあえず、よければこの日本語会話スレッドもどうぞご覧ください。それでは、本日からよろしくお願いします。m(__)m
Welcome to the board! I went to Tokyo just this April. I'll be going to Japan again next Sept-Oct, so shall we meet up in Tokyo? There are other members here living in Japan, but I think you're the only one who's living in Tokyo. At any rate, check out the Japanese Conversation Thread if you like. Nice to make your acquaintance.

よろしくお願いします!

Even though I'm living here my Japanese isn't that good!

But yes let's meet when you come here!

PS: Thanks for the link

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Originally Posted by Dal157

Even though I'm living here my Japanese isn't that good!

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I lived in Japan for 10 months. My main tip for picking up the language is to avoid using English and use Japanese as much as possible. Make friends and socialise with natives who don't speak English - and if people do try to speak English with you, either politely ask them to speak to you in Japanese, or just continue responding to them in Japanese anyway. You basically want to avoid the English language as much as possible.

I got these tips from a friend of mine who'd previously lived in France for 6 months on high school exchange and became fluent in French. It worked really well for me. I started becoming conversationally fluent after 3 months.

http://i.imgur.com/oNpa3Rg.gif

Welcome to the boards. Enjoy your time here.

What a way to start a collection with Masterpiece Convoy! :)

My tip for language skills while abroad only requires 2 words. "Swipe Right". :p

Thanks everyone for the tips :)

Welcome to the boards! This is a great community so feel free to speak up, ask questions or just enjoy the banter.

I'm a kiwi living in Hong Kong so I know how it feels.
Great to have access to many of the unique Asian released Transformers but often feeling oh so far from "home". (I call Sydney home as that's where I've spent most of my adult years other than HK).

There are a few people on here who've lived in Japan at one time or another so you're in good company!

Yeah, if anyone in Japan wants to meet up, let me know :)

Welcome to the board, I'd be hitting the shops every spare moment I got if I lived there (G1 collector here!). :D

Hahaha. Yeah there are loads of G1 toys here! You would definitely enjoy it :)

Ah Japan, the land where after clubbing into the wee hours of the morning, one can buy a Transformers toy at 3:00 o'clock in the morning and wake up next to BW Injector and exclaim "What the @#*% did I drink last night!"

Anyway, welcome aboard.

Yeah there's a drink here called "Strong Zero" and my tolerance is quite decent but 2 cans of those will get you tipsy :)

Thanks for the welcome message

Welcome! Our second visit to Tokyo was only a few weeks ago and I love the place.

Because I'm always curious and I'd like to move overseas as well (you don't have to say if you don't want to). What do you do for work over there?

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Originally Posted by noel0leon

Welcome! Our second visit to Tokyo was only a few weeks ago and I love the place.

Because I'm always curious and I'd like to move overseas as well (you don't have to say if you don't want to). What do you do for work over there?

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Hey, I'm teaching English here. The pay is not as good as Australia but I think it's liveable

Hey there, welcome to the boards :)

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Originally Posted by Initial_G

Hey there, welcome to the boards :)

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Thank you!