LEGO Shopping Adventure in Tokyo, Japan! The Hunt for RARITIES continues!

[@DuckBricks]

I mentioned a Korean LEGO convention video already being published - had to shuffle around the schedule so that’s pushed till later, sorry!

[@arcturionblade1077]

I've lived in Japan for ten years (still do) but buying Lego in Japan isn't too special outside of the Narita International Airport Lego store with its giant Lego murals, and the odd Lego exhibitions like the one in Shibuya Parco in Feb 2020. True there is Legoland Japan and the Lego Outlet at Gotemba near Mt. Fuji but again, nothing too special or crazy. Used Lego can be found at Mandarake Shibuya and at Nakano Broadway (I much prefer the Nakano Broadway branch since it's a much bigger multi-floor building), along with other retro and vintage toys to include SH Figuarts, Figma, and Transformers. I would recommend Mandarake Nakano Broadway the next time you're in Tokyo.

[@chriscummings4206]

As I make this comment, I'm only at 4:12 into the video. I was thinking that some stores have items arranged by theme, such as new LEGO, then classic LEGO or in the retro area. I've been to an antique toy "mall" in Indiana in the nineties and it was organized by theme and by consignment. So I'm very interested in this video. It brings back so many great memories of my young adulthood years finally getting out on my own, especially since my parents restricted my knowledge of things that they knew that I would want.😂❤️ I didn't know in my childhood years that there were Star Wars soundtrack albums.... guess that meant no eardrums were harmed in my household growing up. I love to tell these stories of a deprived childhood but it made me more appreciative of these things. Toys should actually be considered a form of technology since they require so much brain power to think outside the realms of our reality to conceive, If that is the correct way to put it. I remember watching The Thief of Baghdad and being amazed. There are so many things in that movie that make me dream of those far away places. It's as great as Star Wars!

[@jdanimations9819]

Even while on vacation, he never skips leg(o) day

[@NarutoUzomaki65]

xD

[@E1iot]

There are several Mandrakes in Japan. The one I went to, had a closed off glass display that had extremely rare sets, the first modulars, pirates, castle, and space, sealed in box. Those were the only ones I remembered, but it was a whole glass display.

[@E1iot]

Looking through old photos it was the Mandrake at Nakano Broadway.

[@itflrf9033]

I love that bionicle music on the background!

[@orien2v2]

It's always fun to go on a trip with you bro regardless if there's any haul at all.

[@TakeraYT]

Incredible you got to go to Japan!

[@DuckBricks]

It was a great trip! Interesting to see the Lego scene there

[@shoutshout3575]

Right now Japan is literally KZbinland. Every KZbinr go to Japan now. Nothing special at all.

[@A_VeryIdea]

Not gonna lie, as someone who collects Japanese toys and collectibles, I still find it somewhat odd/funny that people go to Japan for Lego, but I totally get why lol

[@DuckBricks]

Oh don’t get me wrong I didn’t go to Japan for Lego haha; I was there on vacation and figured I’d check out any Lego-related stuff I could hit on the way 🤣

[@A_VeryIdea]

@@DuckBricks Oh, of course! Just that if I went, Lego would probably be the last thing on my mind despite how much I love it! I did catch glimpses of stuff I would go for in the background, though!

[@jamiesworld1690]

Am the same I collect Japanese toys shocking to see lego in Japan wonder if they have exclusive

[@jjohnson2445]

@@DuckBricks I'm hyped for lego gabby's dollhouse sets that are rumoured

[@nickilly2474]

How does a guy so young have such an extensive toy collection?? I mean that is like hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of toys! HOW??

[@KristenWhere]

This is oddly satisfying, I feel like I went on a mini vacation watching! I’ve never been to Japan or Korea- but if I ever have the chance, I would absolutely go. Looks like you had a great time! Now I want to go to the lego store & get a bunch of BAM stuff & 2 copies of the lego store set- it’s in stock at my local store- Yet I haven’t found it online. I also fully agree that America needs to get their transit system cleaned up & updated! I live a little bit south of Boston (near the lego resale store you’ve been to) & they’re currently trying to update the trains- but every time they update something, the next day the news has multiple stories of how things went wrong.. lol. I also would appreciate a lego store in the train stations lol

[@bubble1506]

I live in Tokyo and I tend to buy my lego stuff in Hobby-off , hard-off and book-off. And I can reassure you that Mandarake Shibuya has even less of a Lego selection now.. Nakano Broadway Mandarake is a lot better !

[@jiayeshu6385]

For anyone looking to go to toy park in Ginza, the whole section has shrunk to just two shelves and mainly city sets. There’s no luck there.

[@ryankeenan3946]

Mandarake Nakano Broadway. Second Floor Special Shop No.5. You’re Welcome.

[@RideWithGerben]

Hidden Side School and Castle are indeed wonderful sets. You can get them still pretty cheap bc the app with the ghost catcher game doesn't work anymore. Lego pulled the plug on it last month, but the sets as is are strong enough without app support.

[@arcturionblade1077]

Hidden Side was a hidden gem for me. Really good interesting parts and unique minifigure prints. I have a bunch of the sets and raid them often for parts to use for MOC building.

[@VampireJaku]

Interesting, the lego store set that you have, I bought at the Manhattan lego store last holiday season.

[@samcrispino821]

Antique Stores is where i recommend for good priced sealed new old stock

[@RetroActionUK]

I was too distracted by all the Kenner Star Wars and Hasbro Transformers figures at that first store!

[@gothamcity3635]

I was in Tokyo a few days ago. Star Case had pretty good Lego Star Wars sets and figures. I bought the 4477 for around $40 and the 7250 for $50. Both were sealed and in nearly perfect condition. I also bought the white Boba Fett from 2010 sealed in the polybag for around 190$.

[@TheFreerideLegion]

Absolute banger from duckbricks

[@karatemaster1144]

My brother lives in Japan, in the Tokyo area! I'll have to let him know about these places. He already sent me a photo of the big Lego Giraffe actually

[@johncha5690]

I live in Korea, but there aren't many special things in Seoul. I visited Hong Kong during Lunar New Years after 3 years. I found more Lego sets there. There are places where you can buy Lego sets cheaper than Certified Lego Stores in Hong Kong. Most Lego sets are cheaper than Korea. If you ever visit Hong Kong, I can tell you interesting places where you can shop Lego.

[@canicetang8837]

That store looks like a vintage collections for manga, anime, models and other collectables. Of course, just Lego would be a somewhat small sections if anyone just wanted to zoom in for a single type of topic.

[@Sxscxa]

Beautiful

[@ipryan5843]

Bro this guys houses insane look at all the Lego he can open a shop for that many

[@rickmendoza3328]

Highly recommend kojeves writings of Japan as a post historical state

[@AxeManJapan]

I live in Tokyo and I'm always so sad we have no real 3rd party stores.

[@ababab589]

do you have any tips for shopping in tokyo ?

[@AxeManJapan]

@@ababab589 The one big upside is there are literally like 7 Lego stores within a reasonable distance of each other in Tokyo. Outside of that, we have Toy R Us too. I honestly often just wait for sales on Amazon if I am not trying to get a gift with purchase or in store exclusive. The releases are often much later to Japan though, especially with CMF.

[@ababab589]

@@AxeManJapan thank you! Any advice for retired sets shopping ?

[@casualcombine]

Can you show us how you hang your lego sets from the ceiling and walls?

[@654jimbob654]

The Mandarake in Shibuya is a goldmine for collectibles (just not Lego on this occasion 😭). I'm not someone who usually gets claustrophobic but that store really makes me anxious every time I've been in there - I try to get in and get out as quickly as possible!

[@digitalfanboy6557]

21:43 Hey! I already have one!

[@filete01]

I lived there last year and totally missed that store in Ginza. There is a Mandrake in Nakano Broadway with more retired sets and even mini figs for sale. It’s hard to find so it’s easier to order online.

[@SNKCreativity]

Друг это фантастическое место, спасибо за видео!

[@GalaxyMakesRandomStuff]

This man has more lego than I’ll ever have 🥹

[@OuterHavenMedia]

Where's the video of him walking down the underground stairs backwards?

[@legobuildert909]

There were very cool stuff, i want to go japan

[@islandmaster5064]

Have you gone to Denmark to buy lego? Just wonder as you mentioned you travel a lot to Korea and Japan for lego

[@DonS-cq7zx]

25:48 true, considering the fact that two of the top 10 biggest Toy Manufacturers in the world (Bandai, Takara Tomy) are from Japan, I doubt that Lego is the most popular thing over there

[@arcturionblade1077]

I've lived in Japan for ten years (still do) but buying Lego in Japan isn't too special outside of the Narita International Airport Lego store with its giant Lego murals, and the odd Lego exhibitions like the one in Shibuya Parco in Feb 2020. True there is Legoland Japan and the Lego Outlet at Gotemba near Mt. Fuji but again, nothing too special or crazy. Used Lego can be found at Mandarake Shibuya and at Nakano Broadway (I much prefer the Nakano Broadway branch since it's a much bigger multi-floor building), along with other retro and vintage toys to include SH Figuarts, Figma, and Transformers. I would recommend Mandarake Nakano Broadway the next time you're in Tokyo.

[@ryankeenan3946]

At Nakano Broadway, which floor can we find the lego on?

[@Tornadius_]

Nice

[@pres002]

Finally someone who did legos.l in Japan. Does Japan have a Japan only Lego set?

[@madnug]

The Mandarake you want to go to is the one in Nakano. Not the Shibuya one. Different Mandarake has different focus. Shibuya store never had any good lego selection. :)

[@HIIMPIEZ]

Actually, Toys-R-Us is still alive in the US - albeit only in Macy's stores

[@Golden-barb-boy]

Are legos generally cheaper in Japan because I just bought a ucs LEGO Star Wars Mos Eisley Cantina 75290 for 200$ when they retail for 4-500 $

[@seanpf2200]

“Chris Pratt”💀💀💀 Edit: 4:58 hey,it’s golza,from Ultraman.

[@xhearthfirex6571]

Id love if lego Printed the text of the Boxes in japanese for japan. So i can have a japanese sealed set. Unfortunatly it’s always just in english no matter where you are

[@deepseacocoon]

I would love a trip vlog video as well, with no Lego. Please do it!

[@christianorholzner7637]

In Germany, or at least where I live😢, all ToysRus‘ where closed

[@ahchiu9]

I could have spent days at mandarake. Haha

[@ClintonMatos]

I was just in Japan earlier this month and my experience was the same. After years of hearing about the great Lego selection it was a real disappointment (in terms of Lego!). I even visited several more Mandarake locations with no luck. Maybe there's some secret tricks or tips only locals know.

[@argeebricks9064]

You don’t have to go that far too look for vintage Lego sets, I have a lot of SYSTEM from the 90’s that I’m willing to sell you at Bricklink price. I live in Lake Stevens, WA and you are welcome to check it out.

[@KUPI]

There is absolutely no Lego in Tokyo😂😂

[@helloromie]

Where is this shop please? I'm in Japan now!

[@spy3603]

Didn't even know Japan had Lego cuz there's so little of it there.

[@Live_Laugh_Lego]

Whats the name of the Kobe beef speakeasy?

[@Goldfish_Bag]

I can't even afford to move houses.

[@vikactions5840]

Hey duckbricks nice vid and info 👍🏻 I have a question and would you pls respond at mandarin shibuya or any of the other collectible shop that you went to did you see any bionicle any type but preferably the 2015 lineup I’m searching for kopaka lewa and onus so if you could give me some info it would be much appreciated🙏

[@chriscummings4206]

I love your Tokyo LEGO haul! It's better to get those than a big set anyway. They'll be a memory amongst the others that stands out. I can spend 2 hours in a Half Price book store and still feel like I'm missing something. If I was ever in a store similar to Mandarake Shibuya, after 2 hours my brain would separate from my body and fly out in space... "I have knowledge that spans this universe. And... in all this order... all this magnificence... awe... delight... beauty.." 😂😂🪐🌌🎬 If you've ever seen Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

[@Papera_Gialla93]

This man has so many sets that when he enters a lego store he takes 30 minutes to figure out what sets he doesn't have 💀

[@coolawsome2009]

What happened to the weird pill bottle vid

[@pres002]

Is it worth it though? As you can get most of this online. But with the usd being so strong and maybe tax free I might pickup some

[@Djzapaxy]

Bro what kind of income does this guy have, look at his half a million lego collection, huge ass house, and he travels first class to japan

[@arcturionblade1077]

Work hard, play hard.

[@NarutoUzomaki65]

I think he said in the past he works full time as a software engineer (or something like that) at a prominent company for a very long time

[@Bionicleforever]

@@arcturionblade1077 also have a very fortunate upbringing...

[@_trashvis_]

Im so sad you didn't get to talk much about the things you've done while you were there. I would've loved to hear about that just as much as the lego content

[@squidy968]

What was with that weird upload yesterday about some kind of pill bottle?

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

I got that hidden side horned high school 👌💥 I so need that carnival hidden side the grave yard and shrimp shak lol 😆 you finding set s in thos pull out draw s. 😊👌😆..man I feel your pain not finding Anny totally rear set U not got. .he s digging and digging. I got that movie set. .and the movie disco bus set. You fount another Lego store in the sub way wow. .now that s way Kool .😊👌

[@nectarevents8819]

Umm... how do you afford all this Lego?

[@isabellelafond9587]

Toy r us are unfortunately dead in France 😥

[@MrBadbaron]

Did you really have to say ''I didn't need anything because i already own everything'' 50 times ?

[@jamiesworld1690]

Does Japan have lego exclusives

[@arcturionblade1077]

Not really. I've lived here in Japan for ten years and buying Lego here is honestly not too special or different from the US. I mostly buy Lego from their US site and US Amazon, and just ship it over to me. With the favorable (strong) US dollar to (weak) Japanese yen exchange rate, buying from Japanese Amazon and brick-and-mortar stores can be slightly cheaper but not overly so. The only special promotion within recent memory for Japanese Lego was the Architecture Tokyo Skyline set coming with a free bonus sakura cherry blossom tree mini-build for a limited time only about three years ago (before the travel bans hit for real). It's a cute side build but, again, nothing mind blowing. I have both displayed on my bookshelf.

[@Lego6980]

Is the word ‘infamous’ correct here?

[@kosturovamoc2293]

When ninjago season 10 retold?

[@pedro380085]

Dude is billionaire

[@_Brusilov_]

tocachibitos

[@lncstr01]

You should learn to be frugal and prudent if you dont wanna be like Toys r us soon lol.

[@vanrezangrajo1997]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏

[@Djzapaxy]

Toys r us went bankrupt in the netherlands

[@NarutoUzomaki65]

Why xD

[@Djzapaxy]

@@NarutoUzomaki65 idk they cleared the store years ago its empty for about 10/12 years something

[@bniii3908]

Why this dude has to tour and show off his room in his every video?

[@MapleTalkative2]

as a person working in the toy park store. PLEASE DO NOT REARRANGE STUFF.

[@vintrac]

Too much of a good thing is not good at all.

[@androxyar5497]

first

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

Owe well Chris you got to cee a toy s r us store. Lucky U as. In Australia we don't have them no more ever 🥲 it was masive toy store when it first came out. May be you need to ask. Manny in the Lego community online where best sport are to buy Lego in China or Tokio .

[@kailahmann1823]

There's still Toys'R'Us in Europe? I thought, they are now all "Smyths Toys". But yes, the company isn't completely dead and seams to resurrect even in the US…

[@ahchiu9]

Were all of those BAM figs pre-assembled (not including the ones that you were using as parts packs)? At my store, there's sometimes one pack of that's pre-assembled, but you need to dig around to build the other ones for that quarter. I assume this is in the hopes that you see all of the other parts available

[@wagomus4323]

26:39 WHAT?

[@jamiesworld1690]

Good to see a physical mandrake store I buy sll my kamen rider and sentai stuff from mandrake onlinr

[@bricksinspired]

There’s a Lego flea market in South Korea opening in march 25 to march 26 Korean time. I hope you go there! There’s many rare Lego sets. You have to buy the tickets but it only cost about 5dollars.