This week we had the pleasure of attending the opening party for the BEAMS CULTuART collaboration with Komiyama Shoten, a classic Jimbocho publishing district house.
Until May 15th, CULTuART will be featuring books, original prints, silkscreens, vintage photos, and more in collaboration with Komiyama, and there’s a lot of amazing stuff there right now for those interested in Tokyo history.
Most interesting for us are the books of “street shots” taken in the last decades documenting fashion and culture in Tokyo as it emerged from the war and became what it is today. They aren’t cheap (all out of print and rare) but well worth checking out.
My personal favorite, however, was probably the lowest-priced item in the shop! CULTuART has its own limited edition clear version of the Electromotive Injection Machine model from Bandai…
Yes, it’s a model of a plastic injection molding machine, but it’s not just any mold. This is a scale model of the EC 160, the machine that is used to make parts for Gundam figures! While not a huge figure-head myself (see: Danny Choo), I couldn’t help but love how far figure fanatics will go with their love. Below are some pictures of the real thing as seen on the box:
There’s a great series of photos from the Bandai Factory, but this guy put the original version together on his blog. Mine is below:
Kind of reminded me of the gashapon machine I saw here years ago that dispensed…tiny gashapon machines. Now all I want is a scale model of the injection machine that makes the Electromotive Injection Machine model and I will be complete.
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