Broken Camera and iPhone 4S Acquisition

So my camera broke permanently around 3 months ago and until this past week I didn't have one and consequently hadn't been updating anything since early November. This past week or so I wound up getting an iPhone 4S, which has a vastly superior camera to my 2008 model from before. So here are some highlights from stuff I've gotten in those months I've "gone dark"

Animal Crossing Museum Playset どうぶつの森博物館

Finally got pretty much the only remaining Animal Crossing playset that I'm actually interested in: the museum. I got the enhanced Conbini that was only available as a mail-in prize in Japan as well as the shrine and 2-story house. There are still a few citizen animals as well as a few furniture elements I want, as well as Kappei and the rowboat, but these seem to be getting more and more scarce on Yahoo Japan Auctions these days. That's why I was so surprised that I got this for only 370yen.

It comes with a "Hooter" figure, naturally because he's the curator of the museum. Like the other sets, it sits on a grass plate and has dividers for all of the sections: fish, fossils, art and bugs. It's pretty simplistic, being built like a larger version of one of the homes; in that it is empty inside until furnished. No fixtures to speak of, but that's the fun of these, isn't it?

Tohato Caramel Corn Charm 東ハトキャラメルコーンチャーム

Playstation History Collection Gashapon プレイステーションヒストリーコレクションガシャポン

 

Just the other day, by way of HLJ (no rhyming intended) I got these awesome little gashapon 1/6 replicas of the "Playstation History". There are 6 in the set (I got 8 capsules in 1 box and only got 5 of the 6, but the small paper inserts assert that 2 models are secrets, so I'm guessing each box only contains 1 secret model) and each comes with a different set of peripherals as well as a game and its case. For being so small, they're ridiculously detailed, with accurately painted buttons as well as miniscule memory cards and Pocketstations. Each peripheral can be plugged into the PS itself and each PS has a tiny disc and case with included labels that can be applied. The Playstations' lids open as well and the games can actually be inserted! The only thing missing is the ability to actually play them on a TV.

The PS consoles themselves are represented through 6 different models in this set (though there aren't any physical differences between the gray models, the paper that they come with lists them as different models), and like I said, there are 6 sets overall:

• SCPH-1000 with the original gray controller, gray memory card and Arc the Lad
• SCPH-7000 with Emerald Dual Shock and memory card and Parappa The Rapper
• SCPH-9000 with gray Dual Shock, Clear Pocketstation and IQ ~ Intelligent Qube
• PSOne with white Dual Shock, white Pocketstation, portable screen and Doko Demo Issho
• Black Playstation - Net Yarouze with software disc
• Blue Playstation - this is the dev kit/debug model

I got all but the blue model, which seems to be the rarest of all, but fret not! I managed to find it for sale by itself on eBay for $14, which is slightly less than I paid for the entire box of 8, so, yeah... But I'm a completionist. What a curse.

Super Mario Bros Tapestry スーパーマリオ手ぬぐい

This is supposed to be a towel, but it is most definitely a tapestry. Has the opening screen + some extra sprites from the first Super Mario Bros game on it, so it was most definitely an instant buy for me. The others had Mario amongst a bunch of coins and illustrations of the characters. Can be had here.