Chris Rowley (sf6nc@SCFN.THPL.LIB.FL.US)
Sat, 16 Jan 1999 01:19:39 -0500
X-Sender: X-Sender: sf6nc@scfn Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.990116011122.28750A-100000@scfn> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 01:19:39 -0500 From: Chris Rowley <sf6nc@SCFN.THPL.LIB.FL.US> Subject: Re: The only woman you could ever need (1/1 Sakura)
I've listed below the metric conversions for the 1/1 Sakura figure.
Anybody know what 400,000 yen is in dollars? If I was rich I'd get one of
each. ^_^
Chris R.
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Tom Cheng wrote:
> > It's quite expensive, as I recall. (Is that "400,000" I see on the web page
> > the yen price?) See:
> >
> > http://www.papermoon.animation.or.jp/papermoon/product/11-figure/11-shinguji.htm
> >
> > If you do buy it, I'll be the first to bow down to you. ;)
>
> Good lord, it's awesome.
>
> Height: 158 cm (how many inches is that?)
> Bust: 83 cm
> Waist: 57 cm
> Hips: 83 cm
>
>>> Height: 62.2 inches or 5ft. 2in.
>>> Bust: 33 inches
>>> Waist: 22.4 inches
>>> Hips: 33 inches
>>> Did they mention what she weighed?, She sounds cool, Ill have to check
>>> that page out. ^_^
> So is that a real sword? It would be cool to buy her a real one and prop her up on it.
>
> Price: 400,000 yen = how much I got my used car for. Somehow I think the car is more
> important for the time being, although far less attractive.
>
> They should charge admission for you to see it. You can touch it for a quarter.
>
>
> You'd have to be loaded, eccentric, and a total ST fan to get one of these. Two out of three
> isn't bad. Too bad the first one is the most important.
>
> The 1/1 Asuka they have looks pretty good, too. There's another 350,000 yen.
>
> I hear the Japanese even have 1/1 dolls that are "fully functional" if you get my gist, that
> secrete fluids and move. We're talking $10,000 range here. They sure don't do anything
> halfassed.
>
> --
> Tom Cheng
> University of Iowa College of Engineering
> tkcheng@icaen.uiowa.edu
> http://www.icaen.uiowa.edu/~tkcheng
>