Figure crazy: Mario retro a-go-go
Japan is one of the biggest market (if not the biggest) for collectible figures. Five monthly magazines are devoted entirely to this hobby. Not to mention the dozen of other hobby magazines partly covering the topic.
The natsukashii (retro) boom of the 80s is still big. Celebrating its 2005 Mario anniversary Nintendo released some “new” goodies this month:
6 new versions of the collectors 3D dioramas of famous games. They will start selling from this December for 525 Yen a piece.
I expect them to be sold out pretty soon.
