Hey, everyone, check out this AWESOME toy store I found in Manhattan, NY! It's right in the East Village (directions can be found on the Web site). I can't tell you how many times I've searched Manhattan looking in all the little stores for KESHI, but I finally struck gold!
The shop is owned by a collector who lives in Japan, but his very kind and friendly sister runs the shop in Manhattan! When I entered the shop and said, "Look at all these Keshi!," she jumped out from behind the counter and could barely contain her excitement! She said I was the first person since she opened the shop 6 months ago to say the word "keshi."
She was vaguely familiar with MUSCLE men, but wasn't sure how many there were and other details. I asked her if she knew of Naochin, and she said she would ask her brother. She said her brother and other collectors are in the process of trying to piece together the GUNDAM keshi -- trying to figure out the rare figures and stuff. (Sound familiar to anyone, haha. Hopefully he can help us with our MUSCLE mysteries! I'd like to know if Part 21 Satan Cross came with legs attached!!)
Anyhow, she said her and her brother were MOST interested in just sharing the LOVE of keshi here in America. She said she has been disappointed that toy collectors here don't seem to be crazy about keshi like they are in Japan. She said she would really like to make some connections with other Keshi collectors here in the US.
(She knew that I was excited though. Matthewfitz and Jkaris would have been going nuts too -- and Doc, but for a different reason .)
Anyhow, here are the pics. She said she didn't even have half of the figures on display!
(Does that box remind anyone else of the MUSCLE poster? )
I was SOOO excited to see Keshi in a store in Manhattan... but I think she was even more excited to meet someone who knew what they were!
Here's the Web address: http://www.toyzipangu.com/
And their ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/TOY-ZIPANGU
Edited by Soupie, 06 August 2007 - 07:08 PM.