Comments on: Unusual old Japanese model kits http://boingboing.net/2007/12/17/unusual-old-japanese.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 16:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mr.skeleton http://boingboing.net/2007/12/17/unusual-old-japanese.html#comment-93959 mr.skeleton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93959 There are some cultures in which bowling wild boars are an essential part of their religious iconography. Seriously, you guys. You're so ignorants. There are some cultures in which bowling wild boars are an essential part of their religious iconography. Seriously, you guys. You’re so ignorants.

]]> By: DGHilton http://boingboing.net/2007/12/17/unusual-old-japanese.html#comment-93963 DGHilton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93963 I suppose I'm jaded. Bowling boars just don't seem all that unusual to me anymore. I suppose I’m jaded. Bowling boars just don’t seem all that unusual to me anymore.

]]> By: valis http://boingboing.net/2007/12/17/unusual-old-japanese.html#comment-94331 valis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94331 I joyfully went through all of the models. <a href="http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown/4937/models/nessie.htm">This one of nessie</a> features a caveboy wielding a boomerang on top of the rather land based looking Scottish monster. I joyfully went through all of the models.
This one of nessie features a caveboy wielding a boomerang on top of the rather land based looking Scottish monster.

]]> By: Tony Indindoli http://boingboing.net/2007/12/17/unusual-old-japanese.html#comment-93855 Tony Indindoli Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93855 "Leave our forest Monkey. The next time I see you bowling on our sacred grounds, I will eat you." “Leave our forest Monkey. The next time I see you bowling on our sacred grounds, I will eat you.”

]]> By: DGHilton http://boingboing.net/2007/12/17/unusual-old-japanese.html#comment-93898 DGHilton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93898 Hey Mark - what makes them unusual, exactly? Or rather, unusual to whom? You probably just meant "Old Japanese model kits", or "Creative Japanese model kits" because there's not really anything usual about them, except they probably weren't available in the country you grew up (or are growing up) in. That something comes from Japan, and is different than what you might be used to, doesn't necessarily make it unusual. Peace http://hiltonjapan.blogspot.com Hey Mark – what makes them unusual, exactly? Or rather, unusual to whom?

You probably just meant “Old Japanese model kits”, or “Creative Japanese model kits” because there’s not really anything usual about them, except they probably weren’t available in the country you grew up (or are growing up) in.

That something comes from Japan, and is different than what you might be used to, doesn’t necessarily make it unusual.

Peace
http://hiltonjapan.blogspot.com

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2007/12/17/unusual-old-japanese.html#comment-93919 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93919 When I see a beautiful and realistic painting of a bowling wild pig model, I'm going to call it unusual. I like unusual things and I will describe them as unusual on Boing Boing. If you don't like that, please wear a blindfold while reading Boing Boing. When I see a beautiful and realistic painting of a bowling wild pig model, I’m going to call it unusual. I like unusual things and I will describe them as unusual on Boing Boing.

If you don’t like that, please wear a blindfold while reading Boing Boing.

]]> By: cranguy http://boingboing.net/2007/12/17/unusual-old-japanese.html#comment-93926 cranguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93926 FYI, those are octopi (Japanese "tako"), not squid. FYI, those are octopi (Japanese “tako”), not squid.

]]> By: waugsqueke http://boingboing.net/2007/12/17/unusual-old-japanese.html#comment-93930 waugsqueke Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93930 "unusual to whom?" Is there someone to whom a bowling wild boar model kit is not unusual? “unusual to whom?”

Is there someone to whom a bowling wild boar model kit is not unusual?

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