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November 6th, 2006 by Corey A. Edwards

 

this blog began as a section on my site called “Infinite Diarrhea” which I took down very shortly after starting it because … people were reading it. This, in turn, was causing problems in my already failing marriage …

 

Last week: a new book from Edward Gorey (Amphigorey Again) and a new CD from Frank Zappa (Trance Fusion). Thank god for the productivity of dead men.

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18 months or more now, out of the blue, a distant friend sent me an absolutely fabulous Japanese vinyl I coveted, with almost no hope of locating for purchase.

“Temporary-permanent loan” he said.

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Japanese Toy Dealer Blues ~ ad nauseum

October 17th, 2006 by Corey A. Edwards

 

this blog began as a section on my site called “Infinite Diarrhea” which I took down very shortly after starting it because … people were reading it. This, in turn, was causing problems in my already failing marriage …

 

Me: “Is there any news regarding the Limited M_____ M______ I ordered? It has now been over five months since you received my payment.”

My “Agent” in Japan: “Hi, Corey. I’m terribly sorry for the delay. But I have not received it yet. As I mentioned to you, my agent said (the company) is holding your M______ toy. They have not sent it to my agent yet. I’ll have my agent call (the company’s) person. Thank you very much for your patience. As soon as I receive the M______, I’ll ship it to you! Best, ______”

uh-huh. yeah.

Is it any wonder I have retired from toy-collecting?
(for more info on this particular stupidity, do the clicky-clicky thing here)

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Chronicle of My Dissatisfaction

September 30th, 2006 by Corey A. Edwards

 

this blog began as a section on my site called “Infinite Diarrhea” which I took down very shortly after starting it because … people were reading it. This, in turn, was causing problems in my already failing marriage …

 

Chronicle, a company that turned down my Japanese toy book proposal after initially accepting it because they “didn’t know how to market it,” is publishing a book entitled “Stuff on My Cat”: a pictorial collection featuring photographs of cats with things on top of them – you know, action figures, breadsticks, bowling balls, that sort of thing.

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Japanese Toy Dealer Blues

September 21st, 2006 by Corey A. Edwards

 

this blog began as a section on my site called “Infinite Diarrhea” which I took down very shortly after starting it because … people were reading it. This, in turn, was causing problems in my already failing marriage …

(this entry is excerpted, in part, from a post made on the TBDX OT forum but with fresh endcaps)

 

I’m a collector of Japanese toys (no! really?) and there are a few things that one has to deal with when one falls into such a hobby: middleman fees, language barriers, and flakey dealers.

I’ve rarely had to deal with the latter because entered into the hobby after the advent of the internet but, on occasion, there has been an item or two that I had no choice but to use someone with the kind of contacts I have as yet been unable to generate.

There’s a certain toy dealer – whom I won’t name out of respect for his longevity in the field and the friends I know he’s amassed in the community – who I have nothing but bad luck with.

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