Mandarake Inc.

the store down the block.

Like, you could literally just, like, walk 500 feet, you know, go into Mandarake or literally anywhere else, Trader, and find prices that were, like, way, way, way lower.

And then...

But then somehow people don't because they just gravitate towards this, like, very well-known mecca of video game, you know, retail, and they go there.

And they're spending it like crazy, basically.

And so you can't really overlook that profit.

I definitely still found that because Mandarake, they opened up another building right across the street from the first one.

And that's where all the games are now.

And then I got a revised set as well.

I was like, eh, well, why not? I need to see, since I've got a mobile phone now, I need to see if I can get my PayPal working again so I can get back to Mandarake.

Because Mandarake uses PayPal.

You can't use a debit card.

It needed to be a credit card, and I don't have a credit card.

already showed off the tv i like this it's a bootleg super grover it is um Well, what's crazy is

right after I bought that, we went into a Mandarake, and I found a non-bootleg, but another vintage Lion Maru that I had to pick up.

So I got this guy.

Ooh!

Yeah.

I mean, you know, certain shows like a Mandarake Daimon Syfest is going to have a lot of bootleg toys.

Cool.

And Pachi and things based on IP.

It's been a Japanese holiday this past week in Japan called Silver Week, which is just a run of bank holidays where most people don't go to work.

So I had some free time on my hands, and I went down to Ikebukuro, which is an area of Tokyo, and they have a store there called Mandarake.

You can find these stores all over Japan, they're like a second-hand store, but it's specifically for, like, pop culture goods.

And to be honest, not all pop culture, it's one very nerdy section of pop culture.