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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo

@hobbydrifter.bsky.social

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Anti-racist. Anti-fascist. 40s. Immigrant. Teacher. Enjoyer of toys, books, and other nerd stuff. Takes and shares pictures. Trans Rights are Human Rights. He/Him.

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James Marsh @jamesotron.bsky.social · 14h

if you know, you know.
#transformers #art

Starscream laughing, not realising Megatron is behind him

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 19h

❤️

Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 19h

That’d be pretty sweet.

Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 19h

It’s #portfolioday again?

I do pixel art using DAISO petitblock bricks

Commissions not open at present but in the future, who knows?

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 20h

While thoughts immediately turn towards Unicron, I can’t help but hold out hope for a Missing Link Prototype Godbomber.

Please, please, please 🙏

Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 20h

Amidst all the fuckery of 2025, we’ve got this, a figure that only existed as blurry prototype photos for the last 39 years.

The very existence of this, as a thing that can be had, means that pretty much nothing is off the table in terms of possible Transformers toys.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 21h

Wonder what the designation number will be. 00 has already been done with Primus back around 2005. Can’t really do a C or D. What’s the earliest non C/D number…?

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 21h

So, we’re 100% getting Missing Link Unicron in 2026, right?

In “prototype” and “anime” colors at like ¥50,000 each, probably?

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 21h

As the senior staff guy, it was my intention to pay for everyone. I was surprised to find more money in my wallet than expected when I came to the next morning, but I guess the young folks didn’t drink as much as us old timers do

Good for them!

Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 21h

Conversation with coworker

Me: Did the drinking party go ok?

CW: You…were there.

Me: Yeah, did it go ok? Everyone left happy? Got their trains? Didn’t spend too much money?

CW: Oh, definitely. Great time. Everyone got home. You…uh…paid for everyone.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 23h

Yep!

The Blue and Black are the Remastered ones, and they’re way better

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Froward Jason @jason.jagaimo.com · 1d

If any of my followers happen to know someone good at crowdfunding , especially in Japan, or if you or someone you know might be interested in funding a tech-savvy craft cheesemaking venture in Japan, reach out maybe? I'd like to talk.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

This beer is awful.

This toy is sublime.

Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

Toys and Beer make a brief return

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

If I could do it over again, I’d probably have just opted for the Figuarts ngl but these are great, especially the unmasked heads

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

After a very long time, I’ve got a full team again!

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

I think that I’d be worse off trying to drink more than one Coke in a night than multiple alcoholic drinks. 😂

Too much sugar and caffeine for me

Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

October-January are INCREDIBLY busy at my company and if these people didn’t learn to see each other as more that people who get on their nerves at work, we would be looking at a bunch of folks rage-quitting at the worst possible time.

But it’s never just a few drinks at these fucking things, is it

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, man.

My company is in rough shape right now with a lot of people not getting along with each other.

This kind of thing used to be kept in check with regular after-work dinners and karaoke, but those kinda fell by the wayside.

I revived it so my coworkers won’t kill each other

Because

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, joy. Now I get to detox again.

Drinking culture in Japan is great fun in your twenties and early thirties, but what nobody tells you is that it never stops unless you make yourself stop.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.

Man who owns all the lakes:

a woman is holding a dog with its mouth wide open

ALT: a woman is holding a dog with its mouth wide open

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn’t there a pair of DVDs released, but it was the same episodes accidentally put on both of ‘em

I also remember a novel (the first of a trilogy) that was absolutely riddled with spelling and grammatical errors

Oh, and the English dub of Micron Legend being functionally unwatchable

What a time

Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 1d

Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.

Man who owns all the lakes:

a woman is holding a dog with its mouth wide open

ALT: a woman is holding a dog with its mouth wide open

media.tenor.com

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