Hola everyone! Hope all are fine. Sorry for being a bit absent but have been very busy. Few days ago a big box came from Japan....another on the way.....and brought all my belated birthday presents! I wanted to share them with all of you. If there is an item anyone one of you want to see in specific, please let me know and I will upload a photo..... Once the other box arrives, will share it as well Enjoy them!

that is an amazing collection adriana, and more to come too? You are sooo lucky. I think I'm as excited to see what is coming as you are to receive them

Very exciting haul. What middleman service are you using? I use Celga.

Nice haul.

What an impressive collection!

Looks like you've had a wonderful birthday!

Originally posted by KT1972 that is an amazing collection adriana, and more to come too? You are sooo lucky. I think I'm as excited to see what is coming as you are to receive them

Hola KT, Yes! I'm very excited and waiting everyday for the next box to arrive. This is only the first of four shipments. There are another two in Japan as I have two different agents over there.....so wait for more!!!

Originally posted by ChrisW Very exciting haul. What middleman service are you using? I use Celga.

Hola ChrisW! Thank you......I was sooooo happy receiving it. Believe me and I couldn't wait to share it with all of you! No one here knows the series anyway...... I have two agents in Japan, one is called Cathand and another is Buyee. Which one is Celga? Never heard from it. Is it located in USA?

Originally posted by msannomalley Nice haul.

Hola Msannomally! Thanks! As you can see I got many items from Joe......was so so happy. There a lot more from him to come, wait for the rest!

Originally posted by ElectricWhite What an impressive collection!

Hola ElectricWhite! Thank you so much......I'm just starting my collection but as you can see, I'm very passionate about it. It was funny to find in Japan an item from USA: the comic from Jason (Alex Ross). As I said, more to come......another two hauls more.....

Originally posted by Springie Looks like you've had a wonderful birthday!

Hola Springie! Yes, it was indeed, thank you!!!! .I'm still waiting for the other box. The sketches that we talked about are still in Japan but the good news are that I'm going to get so more. So once I get them I can scan them for you to have a look and choose a nice one to color!

Hi Adriana, Neat, boxes full of fun! Years ago I got big boxes like that from friends I had in Japan - two or three times a year for several years. They really helped fill out my collection and I always eagerly anticipated the shipments when my friends told me something was coming. So I know how you feel now. You've got a lot of great things there and I'm sure we're all waiting to see what you post next! Best, The Other Jason www.battleoftheplanets.info

Originally posted by The Other Jason Hi Adriana, Neat, boxes full of fun! Years ago I got big boxes like that from friends I had in Japan - two or three times a year for several years. They really helped fill out my collection and I always eagerly anticipated the shipments when my friends told me something was coming. So I know how you feel now. You've got a lot of great things there and I'm sure we're all waiting to see what you post next!

Hola Jason....the other, Yes! The box weighted 10.5 kg and it took me a couple of hours to go though each and every item. Like a little girl during Christmas! Every year I got shipments and this is the first time I got for Gatchaman. Normally are from Candy or Inuyasha so, I'm new collecting memorabilia from the series...... There is one more on the way and two waiting in Japan. My idea is to get everything the next two months or the latest for Christmas.....and for that I got a really nice present from Santa....more cels from Joe!!!! Will keep you all posted!

You can find it here: Celga

Originally posted by ChrisW You can find it here: Celga

Hola ChrisW, Great site to get the items. It's similar to the ones I have. Lucky for you, it's in English because for me, it's all in Japanese. I use the poor translation they provide but works for me, I'm used to it..... Please share anything you have bought from there!

I showed you most of my collection earlier, but I got some stuff in the meantime: See Here

Originally posted by ChrisW I showed you most of my collection earlier, but I got some stuff in the meantime: See Here

Your collection is amazing Chris!!! Thank you so much for sharing! I love the figures, the Phoenix, the drawings....all! Even Ken's baby doll is so cute. Compare to you I'm just an amateur jeje Thanks a lot!

That baby doll was made by E. D. Darling here on the forum. So far she's made and given away (raffled off, so given away randomly to those of us interested) a number of team members, and I think she plans to continue when she has time. (She's moved, etc., so been very busy.) She's very talented! Maybe someone will make the effort to find a link to her forum threads. It's all relative. Tatsunokofan and The Other Jason have much larger collections!

It looks like you got a lot of goodies, Adriana! I am sure you will have a lot of fun going through it all. Just curious though: why is it all coming in one box? Did it all come from one store, or did you purchase someone else's collection? Or something else? When I get things, I normally get 1 or 2 pieces at a time, and I've been collecting slowly over the years. I don't usually receive such a big box!

Originally posted by ChrisW That baby doll was made by E. D. Darling here on the forum. So far she's made and given away (raffled off, so given away randomly to those of us interested) a number of team members, and I think she plans to continue when she has time. (She's moved, etc., so been very busy.) She's very talented! Maybe someone will make the effort to find a link to her forum threads. It's all relative. Tatsunokofan and The Other Jason have much larger collections!

Hola Chris, Wow! That's really interesting. Hopefully she starts doing it again as The doll si adorable. I wonder if she can do Joeas well Also, it's true that everything is relative. In your case, you have such important items that really reflects your passion for the series. Especially the way you display them, I hope one day I could do the same.....in the meantime, mine are in boxes

Originally posted by Transmute Jun It looks like you got a lot of goodies, Adriana! I am sure you will have a lot of fun going through it all. Just curious though: why is it all coming in one box? Did it all come from one store, or did you purchase someone else's collection? Or something else? When I get things, I normally get 1 or 2 pieces at a time, and I've been collecting slowly over the years. I don't usually receive such a big box!

Hola TJ! Thank you so much and yes, you were right, I was a little girl opening Christmas presents (when actually they were my birthday's) All the items were bought during the past few months in auctions. The agents keep them for a period until I decide to ship them. Normally, I do it three times a year.....including my Birthday and Christamas. At the beginning I was collecting for the anime Candy Candy or Inuyasha, but now I'm concentrating in Gatchaman. So now that I'm hooked into the series, expect lots more from it!

Adriana, I've never heard of Candy Candy, but I love Inuyasha...I'm a bit of a Sango/Miroku 'shipper...though Gatch is still my first love...

Originally posted by Springie Adriana, I've never heard of Candy Candy, but I love Inuyasha...I'm a bit of a Sango/Miroku 'shipper...though Gatch is still my first love...

Candy Candy anime is HUGE in Latin America, Spain, France, Italy, Russia and Greece but unfortunately, it didn't get any English dubbing so all of you missed the chance to enjoy it. Look for it in the Internet and you would have and idea of this character. It's very much like Sandy Bell even though the later is a copy from Candy. Inuyasha is another one of my favorites! Especially Sesshomaru.....uhhhh got many cels from him Miroku and Sango are so so nice! She's better than Kikyo!

Yeah, I'm not a big Kikyo fan, either...and Kagome is a little too immature. Sesshomaru's personality reminds me a bit of Joe now that I think of it! Haha...

Originally posted by adrianag Wow! That's really interesting. Hopefully she starts doing it again as The doll si adorable. I wonder if she can do Joeas well Also, it's true that everything is relative. In your case, you have such important items that really reflects your passion for the series. Especially the way you display them, I hope one day I could do the same.....in the meantime, mine are in boxes

She's done Joe/Jason, EW should have pictures of him up somewhere since she won him. That's the interesting thing, seeing what each person chooses to collect and focus on. I spent a while searching around for an affordable display case (I want to focus my spending on the collection, heh) because I didn't want everything packed away in boxes where I couldn't see it. You may not have IKEA stores where you are so this may not be an option for you, but my transparent case is an IKEA DETOLF unit. The black shelving is a fortunate accident of an experiment in that it's repurposed DVD shelving! It just happens to be exactly the right size to display a number of things still in boxes.

I'm a big Inuyasha fan too. TJ: When you buy from the middleman sites that let you access auctions and online stores in Japan that don't typically ship outside the country, your purchases go to the middleman company's warehouse. Eventually when you're ready you ask them to ship everything in the warehouse at once to you. This is especially handy if you're like me and tend to get lots of tiny things that it would be ridiculous to pay to have shipped one at a time to Canada!

Originally posted by ChrisW

Originally posted by adrianag Wow! That's really interesting. Hopefully she starts doing it again as The doll si adorable. I wonder if she can do Joeas well

She's done Joe/Jason, EW should have pictures of him up somewhere since she won him.

Hey, I get to act like the overly proud parent everybody ends up sitting next to on a really long flight! (You know, the parent who has taken at least 1,000,000 pictures before the kid is a month old... ) Anyway, adriansg, here's the thread I posted as soon as my little Condor arrived: http://gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=4778&sid= This thread was posted by ED. She was detailing some of the work that was being put into making a little Swan and Swallow when a little drama happened... http://gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=4794&sid= And, finally, a little cuteness I posted before I had my foot surgery. http://gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=4843&sid= Oh, by the way -- ¡Feliz cumpleaños tardío !

Found a couple more threads. Here's the first thread from E.D. where she ended up making and giving away Mark (yay me! hehe): Gatchatots thread Here's the thread I posted when Mark arrived: Baby Mark's arrival

And here's the link to the baby Swallow, I'm now the proud mommy of The Swallow (finally)

Originally posted by Springie Yeah, I'm not a big Kikyo fan, either...and Kagome is a little too immature. Sesshomaru's personality reminds me a bit of Joe now that I think of it! Haha...

Me neither, I prefer Rin anytime! Sesshomaru-Sama is so cool!.......yeah, from the outside he might look like Joe, but I think their personalities are totally different. Sesshomaru is very selfish unlike Joe who doesn't mind to give everything for the ones he loves.....don't you think so?

Originally posted by ChrisW She's done Joe/Jason, EW should have pictures of him up somewhere since she won him. That's the interesting thing, seeing what each person chooses to collect and focus on. I spent a while searching around for an affordable display case (I want to focus my spending on the collection, heh) because I didn't want everything packed away in boxes where I couldn't see it. You may not have IKEA stores where you are so this may not be an option for you, but my transparent case is an IKEA DETOLF unit. The black shelving is a fortunate accident of an experiment in that it's repurposed DVD shelving! It just happens to be exactly the right size to display a number of things still in boxes.

Hola Chris, I totally agree with you! One day I would love to open a public place to display my collection......it would be focus mainly on other anime. In Mexico, not many people have the chance to purchase anything original, so it would be nice to share them. Actually, here in Malaysia we have IKEA and I came across those cases. Maybe one day I would do so but becaus I'm trying to send everything to Mexico, in the meantime, all have to be stored away in boxes. You were so lucky with the cases.....loved the way you display them. One day....one day....... Which is your favorite Inuyasha character?

Originally posted by ElectricWhite She's done Joe/Jason, EW should have pictures of him up somewhere since she won him. Hey, I get to act like the overly proud parent everybody ends up sitting next to on a really long flight! (You know, the parent who has taken at least 1,000,000 pictures before the kid is a month old... ) Anyway, adriansg, here's the thread I posted as soon as my little Condor arrived: http://gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=4778&sid= This thread was posted by ED. She was detailing some of the work that was being put into making a little Swan and Swallow when a little drama happened... http://gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=4794&sid= And, finally, a little cuteness I posted before I had my foot surgery. http://gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=4843&sid= Oh, by the way -- ¡Feliz cumpleaños tardío !

My dear ElectricWhite, Thank you so so much for the wishes.....so thoughtful of you! Appreciate it! Also, thanks for sharing your little Condor....he's so cute! You must be a proud parent.....jeje...... I could see that he's creator is very talented, the outfits look really accurate. I'm glad that they are now part of the collection for some of you! I'm going to the thread and comment.......thanks again!

Originally posted by ChrisW Found a couple more threads. Here's the first thread from E.D. where she ended up making and giving away Mark (yay me! hehe): Gatchatots thread Here's the thread I posted when Mark arrived: Baby Mark's arrival

Thank you so much for sharing Chris......he's just adorable! Going to the thread to comment......

Originally posted by KT1972 And here's the link to the baby Swallow, I'm now the proud mommy of The Swallow (finally)

Yes my dear KT, you are a prod Mommy of a very cute baby! He's so tiny and lovely....lucky you! Thanks for sharing!

Originally posted by adrianag

Originally posted by Springie Yeah, I'm not a big Kikyo fan, either...and Kagome is a little too immature. Sesshomaru's personality reminds me a bit of Joe now that I think of it! Haha...

Me neither, I prefer Rin anytime! Sesshomaru-Sama is so cool!.......yeah, from the outside he might look like Joe, but I think their personalities are totally different. Sesshomaru is very selfish unlike Joe who doesn't mind to give everything for the ones he loves.....don't you think so?

I was thinking they were alike with the gruff attitude...but yeah, definitely Joe is more generous than Sesshomaru...I agree! And... Happy belated birthday!

Originally posted by Springie I was thinking they were alike with the gruff attitude...but yeah, definitely Joe is more generous than Sesshomaru...I agree! And... Happy belated birthday!

Thank you so much Springie!!! So nice of you! At the beginning when I first watched Inuyasha, I liked the main character. But slowly I realized that Sesshomaru was a more complex and interesting character.....definitely more than Inuyasha himself. I heard his voice in English and it's very nice, but his voice in Spanish is amazing! So I made the point to meet the actor who gave his voice and now he's my friend jeje

Originally posted by adrianag I totally agree with you! One day I would love to open a public place to display my collection......it would be focus mainly on other anime. In Mexico, not many people have the chance to purchase anything original, so it would be nice to share them. Actually, here in Malaysia we have IKEA and I came across those cases. Maybe one day I would do so but becaus I'm trying to send everything to Mexico, in the meantime, all have to be stored away in boxes. You were so lucky with the cases.....loved the way you display them. One day....one day....... Which is your favorite Inuyasha character?

Opening a little museum could be pretty fun. I can see why things are in boxes if you're sending things to Mexico, are you planning to move back soon? If they don't have IKEA in Mexico, you could probably drive up to the US and buy a case there. (You have to assemble them yourselves but the hubby did mine and he said it was quite easy.) Whether it's cost-effective to do something like that as opposed to finding something similar in Mexico is the question! I'm torn between Inuyasha himself and Sesshomaru. Big brother has a hotness to him that I like, while Inuyasha himself is more innocent in some ways, which I also like. In general I'm in favor of cute/hot guys with animal teeth and ears so they both make me happy!

Originally posted by ChrisW Opening a little museum could be pretty fun. I can see why things are in boxes if you're sending things to Mexico, are you planning to move back soon? If they don't have IKEA in Mexico, you could probably drive up to the US and buy a case there. (You have to assemble them yourselves but the hubby did mine and he said it was quite easy.) Whether it's cost-effective to do something like that as opposed to finding something similar in Mexico is the question! I'm torn between Inuyasha himself and Sesshomaru. Big brother has a hotness to him that I like, while Inuyasha himself is more innocent in some ways, which I also like. In general I'm in favor of cute/hot guys with animal teeth and ears so they both make me happy!

It's my dream to open a Museum for the Candy Candy anime. Of course I will have a little corner for Inuyasha and now for Gatchaman as well.....yuppii For the moment, I'm quite contempt here in Malaysia but I know that one day I might go back home. In my case, Mexico City that it's quite far from USA.....the best option is flying. So I guess it would be better to find another alternative at home. So you like both brothers, cool! At the beginning I like Inuyasha but eventually I realized that Sesshomaru was so so interesting!!! Uhhhhh.....he's so handsome and his personality very appealing! My favorite no doubt! That's why I got several cels from him jeje

The hubby has accused me of making a Gatch museum, hehe, though he's not bothered by my collecting as far as he's admitted.

I wonder if ED will ever do a baby Nambu ... Daniella comes to mind for that one! Nice collection, adrianag!

Originally posted by jublke I wonder if ED will ever do a baby Nambu ... Daniella comes to mind for that one! Nice collection, adrianag!

Hola Jublke! Thanks a lot! I'm trying to get as many items as possible from the series. It's difficult but not impossible! More to come.....

jublke: I'm pretty sure a baby Nambu was on her list.