653 - Gunpla Shopping in Japan: Nakano Broadway

If you want to get out of Akihabara for more shopping in Tokyo, head to Nakano and check out Nakano Broadway! This shopping center has lots of stuff, including shops filled with figures and a system of Mandarake shops woven throughout (each one specializing in different goods). Definitely check out the Mandarake shop with the Gunpla!
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[@bottle1211]

Damn dude you have put in a ton of effort going to all these stores, and getting us footage. I appreciate it.

[@ZakuAurelius]

Thanks!

[@CoBud91]

I love the lady who turned back and waved to your camera at 1:29

[@PlayedSun]

Love Nakano Broadway Mall, that's where I buy all my gunpla. Tons of variety and all super cheap

[@ZakuAurelius]

Yeah, definitely worth getting out of Akiba to visit here!

[@beanmanstan7482]

Thanks for uploading great videos everyday!

[@O0oFullMetalo0O]

Its great you finally found your converge figures!

[@ZakuAurelius]

Yeah! I was really happy!

[@AyaxRo]

Awesome. I would go crazy getting kits in those stores.. lol to add to my already big backlog.

[@rishacrow99]

love ur video.....love the toys....im a Gundam collector myself

[@SumiTomohiko]

If you will go to Nakano Broadway again, I recommend one Mandarake on the second floor. You will find resin kits of Gundam there. And one more gunpla shop is on the first floor. This shop sells built gunplas. This shop is a little hard to find, and this shop is closed in Wednesdays. I must tell these shops before you came to Japan, I am sorry.

[@ZakuAurelius]

Ah no problem! Thanks for the advice! I'll go back again next time!

[@Myst0ganX]

Yay another shopping video! I remember there was 1 mandarake store at the highest floor where there had lots of gunpla kits!

[@ZakuAurelius]

Yep, it's great! Better selection than the Akiba location!

[@Myst0ganX]

Yep really lots of cool stuffs including the expensive metal build ones. Also didn't expect the EX SD Exia to be so expensive in Japan itself, that irony!

[@samshji]

5:02 MG 00 RAISER Clear ver.

[@magnasupreme]

oh my god nakano looks exactaly like it does in cybersleuth

[@SeniorBrochacho]

Saw some love for Vegeta and Piccolo in that statue section! It was also really cool to see those stills. Just think about all the history behind those things. I was also surprised by all those P-Bandai kits! I want that Build Burning head so bad!

[@ZakuAurelius]

Those heads are so cheap, usually less than 500 yen!

[@emanyu26]

on my list of places to shop when I'm in Samurai land in a month's time :D

[@TFGanNTD]

Very cool!

[@jf_rides]

dude that mandrake which you went which had all that red gates at the entrance is the same mandrake store which was showed in a episode of only in Japan.

[@gureguru4694]

i love this

[@ZakuAurelius]

Thanks!

[@warpath16]

awesome video Sir Zack :)

[@warrenlam1082]

oh man I'm going to Japan next month and we going to be in Tokyo for a day or 2 I think. I have to go here for Gunpla shopping. BTW Zack did you recall seeing a HG pale rider in mix of P-bandai Gunpla?

[@ZakuAurelius]

I don't recall but I'm sure they had one.

[@Spaghettiboy359]

Aw man i'd love to visit that animation cel store

[@craggylotus]

this looked like my kinda place. would be the first one on my list if i was visiting, looked like a nice place. one thing i've noticed from these vids...are japanese shops' floors really squeaky?

[@joshuaivan23]

man, that old toys stuff section is cool, but all toys on that section is cost you at least more than 10.000 yen.

[@ZakuAurelius]

Yeah, very expensive, but interesting!

[@jf_rides]

the name of the episode of only in Japan was tokyo manga shop and anime mega tour or something....watch it and tell me if you think it is the same....

[@samshji]

5:49 Rebel Gaikokujin spotted. xD

[@MemoGGG16]

Great video man. If I want a kit like Full Frontal's Doga I would have to pay almost 8000 yen here in Costa Rica. Taxes and shipping too high...

[@ZakuAurelius]

Man, sounds like you need to visit Tokyo!

[@MemoGGG16]

I have to save money for a couple of years then... hahaha

[@fahrizalbernady8230]

I curios if this hobi so expensive ,what exactly job do you doing in Japan to get everything stuff for gundam ?

[@hiranadaus1602]

1 day to go when the giveaway winner anounce!!

[@thehalfslav9043]

Yaaaaay

[@MandalorianFanboy]

Were those pachinko machines? I'll tell you what, when I go to Japan next summer, I will be shipping home a very large box of Bandai water slide decal sets. Every time I need a set, it is on backorder on HLJ and the only place I find them available is on Ebay for like $25 ....for a set that should cost $5 at most....really annoying. Any recommendations for ordering decal sets that are fairly priced?

[@ZakuAurelius]

Not exactly pachinko, but similar!

[@gundamfan2020]

fist of the North star silver please 😍

[@Alexabmxer]

make us a video haul of what you bought in japan Zack plzzzz!!!!!

[@ZakuAurelius]

I recorded that video already! ^^ I'm waiting til the shopping series is done before I show that!

[@yoyobase5507]

+ZakuAurelius hey I got another question 😂 how much tax do shops usually charge when you buy a kit(any item)?

[@ZakuAurelius]

Well a lot of these larger shops you can get tax-free if you spend over a certain amount.

[@yoyobase5507]

+ZakuAurelius Japanese people are to nice 😁 \(^-^)/

[@OJMAH]

no place selling cheaper ganpla than in Japan. consider its GDP ; paid per hour. ganpla there is very cheap. 800-1500yen for HG that is about the same price for average meal bowls.

[@Generalnic7790]

did you notice the price of the MG Altron Gundam? if it's reasonable then I might go Nakano during my Tokyo trip

[@Benjidesuka]

10000 yen.

[@Benjidesuka]

10000 yen.

[@Generalnic7790]

then I should have gotten it in osaka, it was only 7800 yen.

[@dedysugengsantoso7505]

So in Nakano Broadway gunpla is more cheap than in Akihabara ? And show us on next video what is this rare thing you buy there . .

[@ZakuAurelius]

You can Google it. But I will do a video on it later as well!

[@warrenlam1082]

+ZakuAurelius wait the Gunpla store has a website?

[@JangoTheBlueFox]

you bought the 1/400th scale By-Zack TR-2 Bigwig? the name is almost too fitting right?

[@ZakuAurelius]

I know right?

[@JangoTheBlueFox]

ZakuAurelius I can't wait to see it. I bet it's really cool.

[@kazuki199407]

hey zack this is not gunpla related but if you don't mind could you tell me what is the best shops that you know or been to to buy actions from? like figma and s.h figuarts? besides gunpla i also like to buy some action figures.

[@ZakuAurelius]

Sorry, I'm not sure about that.

[@bottle1211]

Amazon, eBay, and Right Stuf Anime. Yea just one f.

[@snakehunt89]

Does Japanese shops have strict regulations on filming or something?

[@thehalfslav9043]

I need the answer too

[@PlayedSun]

It's really on a shop by shop basis, some places don't allow filming or photography, but they'll usually have pretty prominent signs saying so. For the most part I've always stayed away from filming in stores, but that's mainly because I've always felt like weird doing so anyway.

[@jasonhorne9695]

Could be anything from protecting the cels in that one shop from flash photography to guarding their pricing from competitors.

[@ZakuAurelius]

Yeah honestly I think the main reason is related to their pricing. They don't want competitor shops coming undercutting their prices. That said, I obviously wasn't an employee of another shop, but they can't discriminate right, so just make all photo/video prohibited. Though, I don't know what's stopping someone from coming in with a pen and paper and taking everything down, so I dunno...

[@MattMatt77]

Hi I would these like to ask if you have ever tried to sell anything at the 2nd hand shops there in Japan?

[@ZakuAurelius]

Ah, not kits, but I tried to sell something (honestly I forget what it was) and the money they offered was so pathetic I decided not to sell! I don't know how it is for model kits but I doubt it's very good. That's one reason why I don't know why anyone would sell stuff to a shop :/

[@tresnadibatavia9374]

nice vid man, and how much does that dendrobium cost?

[@ZakuAurelius]

I didn't notice, sorry!

[@tresnadibatavia9374]

+ZakuAurelius haha no problem i hope i could go to that place too , do they sell the p bandai kit at retail price?

[@ZakuAurelius]

I don't think at list price, but maybe close to it. It depends on how rare the kit is.

[@Rovers1783]

What the average price for the animation cells?

[@ZakuAurelius]

Ah I think they ranged quite a bit. But if you want a good one of a fairly famous character, you're gonna be spending well over $100

[@johnsmithaha]

Why does he want gundam converge so much?

[@ZakuAurelius]

Cause it's hard to buy older single Converge figures for cheap outside of Japan.

[@andrewcovers4653]

Can u visit Hiroshima gunpla shops after Manila ?

[@ZakuAurelius]

If I have a chance I'd love to! I've been to Hiroshima a couple times and I really like it! Beautiful city!

[@radjagurning8756]

BUSTED AGAIN !!!!! OMG 😲

[@ZakuAurelius]

Still not the last time!

[@radjagurning8756]

+ZakuAurelius zach.... REALLY !!! OMG

[@Coolio_Ash]

what did you get busted for?

[@ZakuAurelius]

filming in the shop, they don't allow photos/video.

[@niel546]

any digimon cybersleuths gamer here?

[@warrenlam1082]

lol wonder if there's a detective agency there

[@phantasmastriker6157]

Yep I'm one!

[@kenshi89]

funny enough i've been there before playing the game and when i did play it, i was like omg this totally looks like nakano Broadway lol

[@RayReyRei]

i never knew this place actually existed outside of the game. I was legitimately surprised af

[@warrenlam1082]

+rayster02 when playing a game that's set in Tokyo Google the place to see if it's real

[@jasonhorne9695]

This is why I should never go to Japan and places like this, I'd be broke within hours and forced to live within my pile of goods on the street.

[@ZakuAurelius]

Yeah the first time I went to Japan I went broke. But I was kinda already broke to begin with, as I was a university student.

[@finnstarkiller6312]

how are you sneaking footage when you're camera is that huge? of course you're gonna get caught... lolz

[@Htrungkien99]

住所 を 教えていただけますか

[@ZakuAurelius]

Hoàng Trung Kiên www.usagundamstore.com/collections/books/products/tokyo-gunpla-guide-5-edition

[@Htrungkien99]

駅の名前は何ですか

[@ZakuAurelius]

Nakanoです！

[@AFansPerspective]

First

[@thedandy6765]

you are freaking tall. mayve it just looks like that but you are atleast 1,95 or even bigger

[@ZakuAurelius]

Not that tall! About 187cm.

[@thedandy6765]

+ZakuAurelius same as me but in the shopping mall it looked like you were very close the the ceiling

[@patadeurso]

6:00 "No Photography" Yeah right, go tell that to every japanese that take alot of photos in shops or monuments around the world that say the same.

[@MSteveYang]

why are you always getting busted? lol

[@ZakuAurelius]

Japanese shops like this usually don't allow filming. The only reason I usually get away with it is because I'm sneaky, and a foreigner.