KrokoHunters Workbench

Oh bugger…

Eventhough both my wife and I still have our jobs, the money has been a bit sparse the last, due to the expenses of out wedding and such.

2 days ago the last hope died, when out car died (grrrrrrrrrrrr ) …. and we’re talking a complete new engine, so our economy is more or less screwed the rest of the year. What a way to start 2010

Oh well, it’s just money. We’ll get back on our feet!

But this means, that there is no chance of me visiting Tokyo in 2010, and most likely 2011 as well.

So for now, I’ll just focus on the kits I have

One of the mainthemes for this blog, is my planning of a trip to Japan in 2010, with the maingoal of attending the big 1-day event called Wonder Festival.

So what is Wonder Festival, you may ask. Well, to all who don’t know, I’ll give you a short introduction, to the best of my knowledge.

Wonder Festival is a bi-annual 1-day hobby-event, with a main focus on japanese-themed modelkits, figurines, Gundam, CosPlay and many other great things for us Otakus. It is held at the Tokyo Big Sight, and in the 7 hours it’s running, it’s visited by roughly 40.000 visitors…

It is a THE place to be for all Otaku model builders.

I’ll propably spend 3000$ within those 7 hours…

… and I can’t wait

Tokyo Eye, has made a great coverage of a Wonder Festival Event. I can see it over and over again.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkDXfN5cxMA]

I’d also suggest you check out my friend Dr. TaK’s photocoverage of Wonder Festival 2008 Summer. There are some great photos. Dr. TaK’s is mainly focused on the Maschinen Krieger theme.

Check out his coverage here: http://www.geocities.com/dr_tak/wf2008s/wf2008s01.html

So, can you see, why I want to go? Actually when you think about it, travelling half around the planet to go for a 1-day hobby event, is pretty nuts… but it’ll be combined with so many other things on a 1- or 2-week vacation in Japan. I will cover all of these things in the future, in at “What I want to see in Japan” thread.