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I'm a teacher, and my kids are going crazy for Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards now. It's so funny to see how things come back again and again. They think they're so cool and different.😂😂
Hey Norm, any advice on 2nd hand stores in Tokyo to buy an Insta360 camera. Will check out all of these stores later this week. Thanks from an Aussie currently in Japan.
@@stephlivegigs3587don’t buy 360 used Too much potential for issue Could look fine but be fried from overheating or weird usage In my humble opinion, an insta360 360 cam is one of the few items I’d grab new (I usually have my recommended ones linked in the description box)
Love these videos! I did the Hard-Off tour of Tokyo when there last year. The stores in Akihabara were my favourites. Spent hours in the junk rooms and bought a hard to get Nikon camera lens and great pair of Sony noise cancelling headphones in the store you visited at 14:17!
Hi Sherry! Not that Norm isn't a positive person, but I just love the positive attitude you bring to Norm's adventures. Takes up the happy level a few notches.😁
Life's been pretty bad lately and I always look forward to watching your videos weekly since you give such a relaxing energy everytime. Thanks as always, Norm!
I love the thrift store vids lol That "Slide printer" is an E6 slide scanner and printer in one. So any photos that you want to print from old slides you put in that and print it out as 4x6 without having to send your slides off to a photo lab and wait two weeks to get prints.
Yay! A new video!! It's so nice to see you and Sherry together again! Thanks for bringing us along. I would absolutely LOVE a more detailed look at your studio. You are such a good human Norm. I wish you all the best and lots of success, always.
Always your thrift store videos are very enjoyable with your interesting commentaries but this time with Sherry! The egg maracas 🪇 falling off scene made me laugh btw 😂Thank you as always Norm!😆
Always enjoy cruising the thrift stores. It is always interesting to see some of the technology that never made it out of Japan. It fascinates me like you, but I don't know what it does. Thanks for showing us around and Thanks to Sherry for coming along to keep things interesting.
I think I've been in that army surplus store. After shopping, we walked to Asakusa. I think it took around 30 mins, a friend of mine family own a restaurant there called lisbon. They been running it for 90 years! We live in Australia, my wife is japanese
That Vivitar thing makes polaroid style photos out of old camera film negatives and slides. Seeing that Voltron stuff brought back memories of stealing my brothers vehicle and lion Voltron sets to play with :3
Can i just say that i really enjoyed the way you did the ad read. It didn't feel invasive and it didn't stop the video dead in it's tracks. More folks should do it this way.
That artisan/ craft market is fantastic. My partner bought hand made jewellery there and I got a hand made little inari mask out of a gachapon machine. I also took one of my favourite Tokyo photos there of a stationary bike as another one pedalled by.
It is so fascinating to get to experience thrift stores all the way across the world in Japan! I love seeing the differences and similarities. Thank you for giving us a view into them!
The Pika Ponchos are one of the most in demand pokemon cards. Its actually the average. There are different versions of the ponchos. Even the plushies go for alot. They also have a Mario and Luigi Crossover where Pikachu is dressed as each plumber. If i remember correctly, they came in these special sets. I love ameyoko. Its just a straight up street market. Love the food there and Shimura-San always selling his 1000 yen surprise candies. I cant wait to go back! Always thankful for sharing your adventures Norm!
That thumb nail had me clicking so fast! Cant wait to see all the fun stuff you find! The thrift shops were honestly out of this world! Much love from Arizona 💜💜
After watching your channel for so long and loving this exact type of content, when I made the trip very recently I of course made it a mission to go to as many hardoffs as possible including most of the ones you went to in this video. The very first one you toured in Ueno is especially weird to see because it was the last hardoff I visited just hours before leaving and it’s so weird to see all of the things I saw in person be pictured on your channel in a format I’m so familiar with. Sitting here watching this video I’m just like “oh yea I forgot that was there!” And “ohh I really wish I got that” when I see things I saw not too long ago, just like it was yesterday, I keep having ti remind myself I actually went there! Keep up the amazing content!
The strange figures in the Seekbase Mandarake are most likely collectible vinyl sculptures/sufubi made by various artists! Think along the lines of Banksy, Kaws, etc. These can be worth a LOT of money. There are sometimes gachapon version of these as well (eg. at Big Step in Osaka you can find a row of special artist gacha). Sometimes these are based on preexisting characters (like Godzilla in new colours/designs) and some are completely original designs :) Also! Re: the Mandarake location at the end: the first floor is the buying floor which is why it gets so chaotic (& many tourists hang out there because they're confused lol, I speak from personal experience). There's a LOT of cool stuff on the other floors and I highly recommend checking the whole building out! Just note that each floor is small and can get quite crowded. I like using the stairs rather than the elevator because of that. I also found the staff were quite nice - I lost my phone on the (cough) doujinshi floor (cough) and the staff found it and kept it for me :)
@@TokyoLens Probably any kind of knickknacks or collectibles that you have decorating or hiding around the studio, how you have it organized and displaying your favourite things!
I love Japanese thrift shops. I live out in the Suburbs West of Tokyo but I lucked out in that there are 3 different Off-House/Hard-Off/Hobby-Off combos all within about 30 minutes walk from by house. I'm always buying old model kits, old Famicom games and retro electronics from the junk section since I can fix most of them and my wife always shops the old kimono. Just yesterday I got an old Macross model kit from the 80s, some vintage cycling shoes from the 80s to match my vintage bikes (Super rare to find a size 28.5) and my wife got like 6 old kimono and obi.
Believe it or not there are at least 4 Surugaya stores in Akiba with about a block of each other. Found one for Gundam kits and was blown away by the selection. Planning on going back soon.
This was so much fun! So much to see and so many questions! Starting to feel old seeing some of the McDonald toys that I had, the burger in particular lol. I really liked seeing all the record areas. As for your studio, yes, we need a tour!
Hey it's RECOfan. I always stop by there when I visit Akihabara. Went looking for the mini-CD of Moritaka Chistao's single of The Stress. I didn't see it there on the shelf and when I asked the guy at the counter, who seems to be able to speak at least a little English, if they had it at first he said no but as I was walking around their store he came up to me and said he found it. It was a good day.
This was a great tour of the thrift shops. Somehow we missed these on our trip. We'd love to see more of your studio Norm. It looks like you have quite the collection!
KitKats are the main reason I booked a trip to Japan, I have ordered hundreds of them in the mail from Japan, I'm finally going to visit next year to get them myself!! My favorite ones were the Mikan Orange, but I also really love the Cookies n Cream and the new Blueberry Cheesecake they just released in the Mt.Fuji box!
Hey, Norm. I would love to see a tour of your studio! It always looks like you have some super interesting items. It was great to see Sherry hanging out with you. She's so much fun. You guys look like you laugh a lot. I like that. Thank you for another amazing video. Take care, my friend.
I was in the Ueno area last week and a couple days later I went to ecotown in Hachioji and the prices were a huge difference. At least 50% difference, much cheaper in Hachioji.
@@TokyoLens Anything with musical and writing instruments makes me happy, [amateur] flute player here. Hope to hear your Shamisen playing again, as the two professional players from back in the day. Guess the first one for the sheer size. I am conflating big size with big selection, so I can be wrong. BTW: congrats on the 1M plaque, your old friend is a great partner that complements you nicely, and hope to see Sayaka-san in another video!
4:05 That camera there is an old 110 camera. My mother had one back in the 80s. But hers was from a time when they didn't have a built in flash. So you had to buy these big flash bars that had 10 individual flashbulbs in them. And after you took 10 pictures with the flash, you threw it out and bought another one.
@@sherryberryjp hard to say actually!!😅😅😅 I think I liked all of them you guys went to!! Japan just has so many fun and interesting looking stores everywhere!! 🦾🦾🦾
I was born in 1978. When i was little, i had that parking garage toy❤😃 all my boy cousins and my little brother loved it too! We would put HUNDREDS of different matchbox and hotwheels cars in it. When my sons were small they loved it too. Made my day better. Thank you 🤗✨🖤✨
NOT THE CLOTHES OFF STORE LMAO, can I get a hi? I absolutely adore ur vids and vibe, also I'm super happy that u brought ur friend along with u!! Love the dynamic duo
It's been a a couple of months since I watched your content, but your videos always inspire me to continue working hard on my own projects, and eventually actually going on a trip to Japan. Also those airsoft guns looked really cool. I prefer the real thing, but they would still be cool to have with my personal armory, that I lost in a boating accident, all at once. Weird how that happens. I don't know if you ever shot real guns, but if you haven't I definitely recommend that the next time that you are in the US, you should go to a range, and rent a couple. I would start with a 22. as they have basically no kick. But now I want to go thrift store shopping. I also love thrift stores. They are great.
Japanese thrift stores always seem so cool. 100% visiting one once I get a chance to go to Japan! (also let's go notif squad except I was a bit late this time cause of work)
This is awesome! Prices are high indeed; but it's just neat to see the sheer volume of stuff / stores. There are a few places like that where I am, but they're not nearly as big or numerous. Plus the staff here are usually disinterested teenagers or young adults who really aren't interested in either a) quietly leaving you be until you have questions or b) being helpful and friendly. There's definitely a market for this kind of stuff - but prices have indeed gone up. Thrift / pawn shop stores here are usually more generic clothing / jewlery type stuff. Thanks for the tour Norm and Sherry!
The Vivitar Instant Slide Printer allows you to make a print of a 35mm slide to Polaroid pack film. It dates back to the 80s, and I got one back in 1988 or so. It was $75 then. Thanks for the great content!
i have been really depressed the past year, but your positivity and enthusiasm is so contagious, makes me smile every time. thank you for blessing us with your happiness Norm ❤❤
It was super fun to see all the thrift stores. They are a lot different then the thrift stores in my area in the netherlands. They seem way more organized in japan and take care off
Thanks for the video! I like thrift shopping, so I can't choose just one store lol But the R2-D2 is very tempting :) And that's a yes to a tour of your studio
Great video. Brought back good memories. I'm sure you've tried the Book Off Super Bazaars. I had a great time in the Tsunashima store last year. Bought all my family gifts in that one store....and forgot there was an upstairs, too. Doh! Next time.
The gamecube was a Panasonic Q. There were less than 100,000 made, compared to the regular gamecube which had 21.7 million made. That considering the age, lost, broken or malfunctioning unites, that panasonic Q is pretty cool and kind of rare. I'd say that price isn't out of the realm of possibility but it definitely has a bit of Tokyo inflation. Usually they sell for about $600-800 usd.
26:55 Yes, some of those McDonald’s Happy Meal toys are the same as in the US. I had the burger robot that is in the back left of the shot here (behind the drink cup). I had another that was like the nugget box up front, but it wasn’t that exact toy. I used to disassemble and reassemble them using my parent’s jeweler’s screwdrivers.
that first shop is near ueno/akihabara. there's also a book off nearby as well as a vintage book off, like mode Off or something like that. cool spot, family visited that area and in addition to the ameyoke market, there's even a nearby GU/Uniqlo store.
Those McDonald's toys at the end came out during the Transformers (and Go-Bots) craze. I had a couple different ones at the time (I was in elementary school, I don't recall which year). Like most Happy Meal toys, I got bored of them pretty fast.
Around 6:30 they are the prize from Ichiban Kuji where you pay to buy the ticket and get the prize. As the lotteries are held across convenience stores, bookstores, and hobby shops. Tickets to play are usually around 600 to 800 yen each. So the Alphabet letter you see represents the categories of prizes, A and B-ranked prizes are the rarest and lower by C D.... and so on.
I love watching these thrift store videos. I love seeing things that I know what are. Like a game or toy. The Ronald McDonald puppet would be 50 to 60 years old if it were in the States. Love the gadgets and gizmos. I would love to see some other thrift stores as well. Love your channel it gives me more insight to Japan for when I come over.
@@TokyoLens Nothing you could make a video out of. I was in Japan for holiday for the first time and had 6 days in Tokyo. I just noticed that the one Bookoff near where I stayed in Asakusa was cheaper than all the others in Tokyo. No tourist goes there as there's nothing there and it's smaller. Also went to the Bookoff in Kasai near the Metro Museum and noticed prices being cheaper and selection being way different, but it's also on the smaller side. I started the trip in Kansai and ended it in Tokyo. I regretted not doing my shopping in the Kansai region. Most Tokyo thrift stores are definitely more expensive and have less / no "good deals".
I really love the variety of items at the thrift stores. I could spend hours in them. Some of the prices, though, are definitely high. I'll have to check out some the next time I go to Japan.
Great video !!! I really enjoyed it !!! I hope one day to go visit Japan. Yes do a video of your studio one day when you get the time. I own a few of those Mcdonald's Transformers toys from the late 80's in my collection !!!
Going to Japan in a few weeks and it's been a bit overwhelming trying to decide what to do. Part of me is just going with the "I'm just gonna wander around and whatever looks cool I'm gonna check out." but I also need destinations. A lot of special cafes like Square Enix need reservations ahead of time. Kind of struggling to know where to go and what to do really. A lot of it it so shopping oriented too, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. So I'm glad I can watch your videos and get some ideas cause I need it. Please if anyone has any recommendations let me know! I'm sad that the Yokohama Gundam Factory shut down I was really looking forward to that. I'll be checking out Odaiba though. Hope everyone has a great week! Much love.
Love these videos! They gives us more areas to find treasures. My best past time while in Japan 😍 the last Mandarake, we go all the way to the top 😉 best section 🤭
Norm, the Polaroid instant slide printer was a quick way to make prints from slides using Polaroids two-part, peel back instant film. The "film" is often associated with passport photos, and was used into the early 2000s, but is no longer manufactured.
What always amazes me is the amazing quality a lot of those goods are in, compared to what I see in videos from other countries. Is this a general thing in all of Japan, and if so do you think there's a specific reason?
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I'm a teacher, and my kids are going crazy for Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards now. It's so funny to see how things come back again and again. They think they're so cool and different.😂😂
Hey Norm, any advice on 2nd hand stores in Tokyo to buy an Insta360 camera. Will check out all of these stores later this week. Thanks from an Aussie currently in Japan.
@@stephlivegigs3587don’t buy 360 used
Too much potential for issue
Could look fine but be fried from overheating or weird usage
In my humble opinion, an insta360 360 cam is one of the few items I’d grab new (I usually have my recommended ones linked in the description box)
Love these videos! I did the Hard-Off tour of Tokyo when there last year. The stores in Akihabara were my favourites. Spent hours in the junk rooms and bought a hard to get Nikon camera lens and great pair of Sony noise cancelling headphones in the store you visited at 14:17!
Do you know if any of those stores have an online shop and if yes do they ship internationally?
This was so much fun!! Thank you Norm for introducing me to exciting thrift stores😆
SHERRY!!! Thank you for joining yet another crazy day!
Hope to see more of you on the channel
@@leviaustin880 there’s about 30 Sherry vids already up!!
Hi Sherry! Not that Norm isn't a positive person, but I just love the positive attitude you bring to Norm's adventures. Takes up the happy level a few notches.😁
Subscribed to your channel Sherry
LOVE see both you and Sherry in a video. You both have such great chemistry.
WE DEMAND A DETAILED STUDIO TOUR!!...Please. Keep up the great work.
Life's been pretty bad lately and I always look forward to watching your videos weekly since you give such a relaxing energy everytime. Thanks as always, Norm!
Glad I can give a bit of a greak~
It doesn't matter how cloudy might be outside, because seeing Sherry brings sunshine right away. :)
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Yay thrift stores!!!! Adding to the list of places to buy things I don’t need in November 😂
haha its ok! money doesn't count on vacation lol
That first HobbyOff store you showed in the video was the first one I ever visited during my trips to Japan. I'm glad it's still there.
I love the thrift store vids lol
That "Slide printer" is an E6 slide scanner and printer in one. So any photos that you want to print from old slides you put in that and print it out as 4x6 without having to send your slides off to a photo lab and wait two weeks to get prints.
Yay! A new video!! It's so nice to see you and Sherry together again! Thanks for bringing us along. I would absolutely LOVE a more detailed look at your studio. You are such a good human Norm. I wish you all the best and lots of success, always.
I just discovered your channel and have been binge watching non stop! Love your content, can't wait to see more ❤
Japan is a second hand shopping paradise, after all these years I'm still amazed by how well people here take care of their stuff.
Always your thrift store videos are very enjoyable with your interesting commentaries but this time with Sherry! The egg maracas 🪇 falling off scene made me laugh btw 😂Thank you as always Norm!😆
Yuka San
Thank you for yet another kind comment
and congrats on 16k!!
Always enjoy cruising the thrift stores. It is always interesting to see some of the technology that never made it out of Japan. It fascinates me like you, but I don't know what it does. Thanks for showing us around and Thanks to Sherry for coming along to keep things interesting.
I think I've been in that army surplus store. After shopping, we walked to Asakusa. I think it took around 30 mins, a friend of mine family own a restaurant there called lisbon. They been running it for 90 years! We live in Australia, my wife is japanese
That Vivitar thing makes polaroid style photos out of old camera film negatives and slides.
Seeing that Voltron stuff brought back memories of stealing my brothers vehicle and lion Voltron sets to play with :3
very interesting!!
Unfortunately, both Polaroid and Fuji stopped making the Colorpak film that the slide printer uses, so it’s now useless.
Can i just say that i really enjoyed the way you did the ad read.
It didn't feel invasive and it didn't stop the video dead in it's tracks.
More folks should do it this way.
I will always go nuts over your thrift store videos. In my eyes they're like buildings full of treasures.
Find a favorite item in this one?
Got the coffee brewing, the cats fed, and breakfast cooking. Now I'm ready for some chill times with Norm.
its a fun one!
That artisan/ craft market is fantastic. My partner bought hand made jewellery there and I got a hand made little inari mask out of a gachapon machine. I also took one of my favourite Tokyo photos there of a stationary bike as another one pedalled by.
Yes please show us a detailed view of your studio! I know you have loads of stuff and we'd all love to see it! 😊
For sure! What do you want to see or know about the most?
The way Norm add his sponsor into the video is so creative! I actually enjoy watching them 🤣🤣👍👍
Awesome video as always Norm and Sherry. Yes most definitely you need to make a studio tour video.
It is so fascinating to get to experience thrift stores all the way across the world in Japan! I love seeing the differences and similarities. Thank you for giving us a view into them!
The Pika Ponchos are one of the most in demand pokemon cards. Its actually the average. There are different versions of the ponchos. Even the plushies go for alot. They also have a Mario and Luigi Crossover where Pikachu is dressed as each plumber. If i remember correctly, they came in these special sets.
I love ameyoko. Its just a straight up street market. Love the food there and Shimura-San always selling his 1000 yen surprise candies. I cant wait to go back!
Always thankful for sharing your adventures Norm!
That thumb nail had me clicking so fast! Cant wait to see all the fun stuff you find! The thrift shops were honestly out of this world!
Much love from Arizona 💜💜
After watching your channel for so long and loving this exact type of content, when I made the trip very recently I of course made it a mission to go to as many hardoffs as possible including most of the ones you went to in this video. The very first one you toured in Ueno is especially weird to see because it was the last hardoff I visited just hours before leaving and it’s so weird to see all of the things I saw in person be pictured on your channel in a format I’m so familiar with. Sitting here watching this video I’m just like “oh yea I forgot that was there!” And “ohh I really wish I got that” when I see things I saw not too long ago, just like it was yesterday, I keep having ti remind myself I actually went there! Keep up the amazing content!
The strange figures in the Seekbase Mandarake are most likely collectible vinyl sculptures/sufubi made by various artists! Think along the lines of Banksy, Kaws, etc. These can be worth a LOT of money. There are sometimes gachapon version of these as well (eg. at Big Step in Osaka you can find a row of special artist gacha). Sometimes these are based on preexisting characters (like Godzilla in new colours/designs) and some are completely original designs :)
Also! Re: the Mandarake location at the end: the first floor is the buying floor which is why it gets so chaotic (& many tourists hang out there because they're confused lol, I speak from personal experience). There's a LOT of cool stuff on the other floors and I highly recommend checking the whole building out! Just note that each floor is small and can get quite crowded. I like using the stairs rather than the elevator because of that. I also found the staff were quite nice - I lost my phone on the (cough) doujinshi floor (cough) and the staff found it and kept it for me :)
That is basically what they are yeah. Godzilla ones are very popular. I dont know exactly what market they are for, but you see them everywhere.
Yesss please do a tour of your TH-cam studio!! Love your content Norm, keep up the great work!
What are you the most curious about?
@@TokyoLens Probably any kind of knickknacks or collectibles that you have decorating or hiding around the studio, how you have it organized and displaying your favourite things!
I love Japanese thrift shops. I live out in the Suburbs West of Tokyo but I lucked out in that there are 3 different Off-House/Hard-Off/Hobby-Off combos all within about 30 minutes walk from by house. I'm always buying old model kits, old Famicom games and retro electronics from the junk section since I can fix most of them and my wife always shops the old kimono. Just yesterday I got an old Macross model kit from the 80s, some vintage cycling shoes from the 80s to match my vintage bikes (Super rare to find a size 28.5) and my wife got like 6 old kimono and obi.
Believe it or not there are at least 4 Surugaya stores in Akiba with about a block of each other. Found one for Gundam kits and was blown away by the selection. Planning on going back soon.
Definitely interested in seeing a detailed tour of your space. Looks like some pretty good stuff in there.
Sherry's English is fantastic. I wasn't even sure she was Japanese (as opposed to Japanese-American) until you made it clear.
Hahah that’s the best compliment I’ve ever gotten!
This was so much fun! So much to see and so many questions! Starting to feel old seeing some of the McDonald toys that I had, the burger in particular lol. I really liked seeing all the record areas. As for your studio, yes, we need a tour!
Hey it's RECOfan. I always stop by there when I visit Akihabara. Went looking for the mini-CD of Moritaka Chistao's single of The Stress. I didn't see it there on the shelf and when I asked the guy at the counter, who seems to be able to speak at least a little English, if they had it at first he said no but as I was walking around their store he came up to me and said he found it. It was a good day.
Love to watch your videos, but these are the ones which makes me want to go to Japan right the very moment I am watching the video.
This was a great tour of the thrift shops. Somehow we missed these on our trip. We'd love to see more of your studio Norm. It looks like you have quite the collection!
KitKats are the main reason I booked a trip to Japan, I have ordered hundreds of them in the mail from Japan, I'm finally going to visit next year to get them myself!! My favorite ones were the Mikan Orange, but I also really love the Cookies n Cream and the new Blueberry Cheesecake they just released in the Mt.Fuji box!
Hey, Norm. I would love to see a tour of your studio! It always looks like you have some super interesting items. It was great to see Sherry hanging out with you. She's so much fun. You guys look like you laugh a lot. I like that. Thank you for another amazing video. Take care, my friend.
I was in the Ueno area last week and a couple days later I went to ecotown in Hachioji and the prices were a huge difference. At least 50% difference, much cheaper in Hachioji.
I love the thrift stores in Japan! I always go and get gifts for friends and family when I visit.
What’s your favorite thrift store? 😉
My favorites are further out from central Tokyo. I like the Hard Off Hamura and カシコシュ 青梅新町店 (kashi kashu, Shinmachi).
During hard times Thrift Shops can become a lifeline. Thanks for the video and the good company!
Thanks for being here!
Did you have a favorite?
@@TokyoLens Anything with musical and writing instruments makes me happy, [amateur] flute player here. Hope to hear your Shamisen playing again, as the two professional players from back in the day.
Guess the first one for the sheer size. I am conflating big size with big selection, so I can be wrong.
BTW: congrats on the 1M plaque, your old friend is a great partner that complements you nicely, and hope to see Sayaka-san in another video!
4:05 That camera there is an old 110 camera. My mother had one back in the 80s. But hers was from a time when they didn't have a built in flash. So you had to buy these big flash bars that had 10 individual flashbulbs in them. And after you took 10 pictures with the flash, you threw it out and bought another one.
So very happy to see you guys together at the Japan thrift stores again super fun and excited to see more from the team!! 🙌🙌🙌
What was your favorite store!?😄
@@sherryberryjp hard to say actually!!😅😅😅 I think I liked all of them you guys went to!! Japan just has so many fun and interesting looking stores everywhere!! 🦾🦾🦾
@@AlanVByrnes True! They are all awesome!!
I was born in 1978. When i was little, i had that parking garage toy❤😃 all my boy cousins and my little brother loved it too! We would put HUNDREDS of different matchbox and hotwheels cars in it. When my sons were small they loved it too. Made my day better. Thank you 🤗✨🖤✨
at 17:25 the "Vivitar Instant Printer" converts 35mm slides into instant photos from Type 100 packfilm.
NOT THE CLOTHES OFF STORE LMAO, can I get a hi? I absolutely adore ur vids and vibe, also I'm super happy that u brought ur friend along with u!! Love the dynamic duo
oh I love these trips so much :D
and we're treated to Sherry too? this just made my whole day ❤
It's been a a couple of months since I watched your content, but your videos always inspire me to continue working hard on my own projects, and eventually actually going on a trip to Japan. Also those airsoft guns looked really cool. I prefer the real thing, but they would still be cool to have with my personal armory, that I lost in a boating accident, all at once. Weird how that happens. I don't know if you ever shot real guns, but if you haven't I definitely recommend that the next time that you are in the US, you should go to a range, and rent a couple. I would start with a 22. as they have basically no kick. But now I want to go thrift store shopping. I also love thrift stores. They are great.
N64 always triggers my childhood memories..😌🫧 love watching Norm’s thrift store adventures!!
all about that N64
some of my friends are a bit too competitive though lol
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Japanese thrift stores always seem so cool. 100% visiting one once I get a chance to go to Japan! (also let's go notif squad except I was a bit late this time cause of work)
This is awesome! Prices are high indeed; but it's just neat to see the sheer volume of stuff / stores. There are a few places like that where I am, but they're not nearly as big or numerous. Plus the staff here are usually disinterested teenagers or young adults who really aren't interested in either a) quietly leaving you be until you have questions or b) being helpful and friendly. There's definitely a market for this kind of stuff - but prices have indeed gone up.
Thrift / pawn shop stores here are usually more generic clothing / jewlery type stuff.
Thanks for the tour Norm and Sherry!
Definitely would love a detailed studio tour....so much stuff to look at! Also planning on hitting suburban thrift in november.
Yes a tour of your place would be so fun
I would love to look at those as museums. It seems so fun to look around. Thanks for another amazing video. ❤
Hugs from Brazil.
It is always fun to see what you can find in these places! I hope to go to Japan someday!
The Vivitar Instant Slide Printer allows you to make a print of a 35mm slide to Polaroid pack film. It dates back to the 80s, and I got one back in 1988 or so. It was $75 then. Thanks for the great content!
I remember meeting you last year at that same Ueno Hard Off 😅
I LOVE thriftstore videos!! this was so fun im excited for more of these in the future if u ventured outside of tokyo like you said!
I’ve already got a bunch outside of Tokyo!
Check the playlist 😊
@@TokyoLens Oh!! Sorry I somehow missed that even though I see you said that in the video now even after i rewatched. thank you!
i have been really depressed the past year, but your positivity and enthusiasm is so contagious, makes me smile every time. thank you for blessing us with your happiness Norm ❤❤
I definitely need to hit up more of the thrift stores on this years trip! So much cool retro stuff.
Love the thrift store videos! Can't wait to see what you and Sherry find!
found so much in this one!!
I really need to come back to Tokyo and go thrift shopping for tokusatsu merch. Thank you for showing off these spots, Norm!
A highly detailed studio tour sounds great! It'd make a great Christmas present to your viewers!🎅🎅🎅
It was super fun to see all the thrift stores. They are a lot different then the thrift stores in my area in the netherlands. They seem way more organized in japan and take care off
That was a Panasonic q. A DVD player with build in game cube, super rare..
The Akai VCR with the tiny CRT screen is right up my alley; please send it to me.
Thanks for the video!
I like thrift shopping, so I can't choose just one store lol
But the R2-D2 is very tempting :)
And that's a yes to a tour of your studio
Loved the video! I will definitely check a few out when I am in Tokyo in a month.
Great video. Brought back good memories.
I'm sure you've tried the Book Off Super Bazaars. I had a great time in the Tsunashima store last year. Bought all my family gifts in that one store....and forgot there was an upstairs, too. Doh! Next time.
The gamecube was a Panasonic Q. There were less than 100,000 made, compared to the regular gamecube which had 21.7 million made. That considering the age, lost, broken or malfunctioning unites, that panasonic Q is pretty cool and kind of rare. I'd say that price isn't out of the realm of possibility but it definitely has a bit of Tokyo inflation. Usually they sell for about $600-800 usd.
That was a lot of fun!! Gotta support the studio tour. Maybe your favorite items and story of how you acquired them?
That expensive GameCube was a Panasonic Q, the only GameCube released with a built in DVD player. It's definitely a collector's item! 👍
26:55 Yes, some of those McDonald’s Happy Meal toys are the same as in the US. I had the burger robot that is in the back left of the shot here (behind the drink cup). I had another that was like the nugget box up front, but it wasn’t that exact toy. I used to disassemble and reassemble them using my parent’s jeweler’s screwdrivers.
The Instant Slide Printer prints photos directly from film negatives. Really cool if you have old physical film reels.
that first shop is near ueno/akihabara. there's also a book off nearby as well as a vintage book off, like mode Off or something like that. cool spot, family visited that area and in addition to the ameyoke market, there's even a nearby GU/Uniqlo store.
We did basically also a drift store tour this holiday. The best one was in aizu, soooo big and cheap off house. Tokyo is really extremely expensive..
Please never lose your childlike wonder! Toys are awesome!!
Toys 4Eva! lol
I just love the thrift shop videos! they're so much fun!
Yessss Norm, would love to see a detailed tour of your studio!! 🫶
Your videos are always interesting and good quality, keep shining 💪🏼
Thanks so much~
Those McDonald's toys at the end came out during the Transformers (and Go-Bots) craze. I had a couple different ones at the time (I was in elementary school, I don't recall which year). Like most Happy Meal toys, I got bored of them pretty fast.
Around 6:30 they are the prize from Ichiban Kuji where you pay to buy the ticket and get the prize. As the lotteries are held across convenience stores, bookstores, and hobby shops. Tickets to play are usually around 600 to 800 yen each. So the Alphabet letter you see represents the categories of prizes, A and B-ranked prizes are the rarest and lower by C D.... and so on.
I love watching these thrift store videos. I love seeing things that I know what are. Like a game or toy. The Ronald McDonald puppet would be 50 to 60 years old if it were in the States. Love the gadgets and gizmos. I would love to see some other thrift stores as well. Love your channel it gives me more insight to Japan for when I come over.
Even within Tokyo prices vary wildly. I can recommend going to the outskirt thrift stores where you wouldn't expect any tourist ever going.
Do you have a favorite?
@@TokyoLens Nothing you could make a video out of. I was in Japan for holiday for the first time and had 6 days in Tokyo. I just noticed that the one Bookoff near where I stayed in Asakusa was cheaper than all the others in Tokyo. No tourist goes there as there's nothing there and it's smaller. Also went to the Bookoff in Kasai near the Metro Museum and noticed prices being cheaper and selection being way different, but it's also on the smaller side. I started the trip in Kansai and ended it in Tokyo. I regretted not doing my shopping in the Kansai region. Most Tokyo thrift stores are definitely more expensive and have less / no "good deals".
@9:33 That’s a Buzz Rickson Deck Jacket, they sell for around ¥86,500 new. So that’s a bargain if it’s in good condition
I really love the variety of items at the thrift stores. I could spend hours in them. Some of the prices, though, are definitely high. I'll have to check out some the next time I go to Japan.
Hi norm! Definitely would love to see the Studio Tour. Looking forward to it!
I would lose a lot of money if I ever go shopping with you guys LOL Thanks Norm & Sherry!
Great video !!! I really enjoyed it !!! I hope one day to go visit Japan. Yes do a video of your studio one day when you get the time. I own a few of those Mcdonald's Transformers toys from the late 80's in my collection !!!
Going to Japan in a few weeks and it's been a bit overwhelming trying to decide what to do. Part of me is just going with the "I'm just gonna wander around and whatever looks cool I'm gonna check out." but I also need destinations. A lot of special cafes like Square Enix need reservations ahead of time. Kind of struggling to know where to go and what to do really. A lot of it it so shopping oriented too, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. So I'm glad I can watch your videos and get some ideas cause I need it. Please if anyone has any recommendations let me know! I'm sad that the Yokohama Gundam Factory shut down I was really looking forward to that. I'll be checking out Odaiba though. Hope everyone has a great week! Much love.
Love these videos! They gives us more areas to find treasures. My best past time while in Japan 😍 the last Mandarake, we go all the way to the top 😉 best section 🤭
Yay Sherry is back!!!
Thanks for the video! What’s a good place to look for vintage baseball stuff?
That’s a great question
I’d say a countryside thrift store likely!
Norm, the Polaroid instant slide printer was a quick way to make prints from slides using Polaroids two-part, peel back instant film. The "film" is often associated with passport photos, and was used into the early 2000s, but is no longer manufactured.
Thanks, I was able to see this video, before I went to Japan.
I visited Recofan, and brought John Coltrane (live in Japan 1967)
At 2:56 there is the Crusher Joe anime soundtrack and the other one is Mobile Suit Gundam 2 movie soundtrack.
Love when you make these type of vids Norm
I had that exact same red/white Harrier Jet toy when I was a kid in the US. I was not expecting that to pop up in a Japanese thrift shop!
What always amazes me is the amazing quality a lot of those goods are in, compared to what I see in videos from other countries. Is this a general thing in all of Japan, and if so do you think there's a specific reason?