This shop is almost a reason to move to Tokyo.... The scope of the tamiya production is really amazing.

@ramonaugustus9470

9 ай бұрын

no, its not... sorry it is a let down compared to the Singapore or the actual store front at the Tamiya headquarters which is not in Tokyo.

I remember walking into my first Lego shop as a kid and being completely dumbfounded/overwhelmed by all the shelves full of Lego kits. Now as an adult its the same going into model shops like that and Andy's.

@henryhbk

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this video is somewhat overwhelming particularly with endlessly repeating muzak without narration. I wish one of the staff came over to tell us some things about the store and the company.

Tamiya are without doubt my favourite model company. Every kit I have built by them has been a pure dream. The ease of construction, the quality and crispness of their moulds. All exemplary. My next project will be their F4u1 Corsair in 1/32 scale, which I’m really looking forward to. I’m just hoping and praying that they do my favourite aircraft, Grumman’s F8F Bearcat in 1/32 scale. That would be a dream come true for me.

@TheDom277

Жыл бұрын

Same for me. Well them and Meng. Their kits you can pretty much throw up in the air and they come down built. Their kits are as crisp as they come as well. 👍

@mariotreglia4066

Жыл бұрын

Yup, Tamiya is off the apex, so to speak… In most of their kits you barely need cement, the parts fix together perfectly.

@ChaNnArD-mD

Жыл бұрын

My first Tamiya I bought was at a convenience store, one of those snap together mini cars that run on double a batteries. One of the cooling things I encountered as a kid.

@SO-ym3zs

Жыл бұрын

Definitely. Tamiya and Bandai are the pinnacle of model kits: beautifully engineered and molded.

@gokhanersan8561

Жыл бұрын

Bearcat, yes !

Oh a dream place to be, like a kid in a candy store "Hey look at that! I'll have six of those, two of those, a box of those and one of the shirts"....but not the hat. ála Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack :) I love that they have finished models and dioramas on display. Well filmed and no blabbering overtop, you just let us look on in awe

As a Tamiya fan since I was a teen in the late 70's, that's total heaven for me. Thanks for the tour,Andy! I'm sending my brother there when he goes to Japan in August. lol

That was a real treat, Andy. Best video tour I've ever seen of that store. It also reminds me that the next time I travel to Tokyo, bring an empty suitcase!!!

Didn’t even know this place existed…definitely a must see when I’m next in Tokyo. Cheers Andy!

Wow, that's the best video of that store ivever seen. You covered it all. Thanks so much Andy. I was surprised to see Italeri kits on the shelf.

I've been to that store 3 times and it is probably one of the best hobby stores in the world. A fantastic place.

@ramonaugustus9470

9 ай бұрын

try the Singapore one...

remembering my childhood, just looking at the pages of Tamiya Catalogs with all the dioramas in them make me happy 😊

Was there in 2019…awesome experience…thanks for this little trip down memory lane Andy…😊👍

Id have a hard time leaving without a truckload of models and in serious debt.

@eligebrown8998

Жыл бұрын

So true

@kudukilla

Жыл бұрын

Maybe that’s what the guy who has warehouses (yes multiple warehouses) to hold his stash did.

@UncleSam-bu9gz

Жыл бұрын

You are describing my closet.

@MiniModellingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Same here

@eded8177

Жыл бұрын

You are not alone! I got heavy debt and paying high rate interest now, just because model kits.😢

Notice how the Tamiya tank model makers style of painting for static model without diorama scene is basically to do no weathering at all, except a little subtle to scale dry brush on edges highlights, and they really look really amazing without the mud ,filters worn out exhaust rust, or rusty tracks ect .This minimalist style that really works , makes you focus on the model and not the after effects of the weathering products available .

@joeshmoe9978

Жыл бұрын

I've heard that there are two types of models, artistic and realistic. I agree with Tamiya's realistic approach. They don't look like they just drove out of an oil painting.

@randomnickify

Жыл бұрын

I think it's the style preference of the shop owners. It shows the model in a way that can be built by a "normal" person. Revel does the same with their presentation models.

@bobholmstrom786

Жыл бұрын

Catalog finish

@davidcole333

Жыл бұрын

I know it comes down to the personal taste of the modeler, but I'm not a huge fan of overdoing the weathering, unless it's needed to fit into the diorama. I think the Tamiya modelers have it just about right....although to not put ANY mud/dirt on a tank is a bit of a stretch.

@mikemulligan5731

Жыл бұрын

Tony Greenland had said that he modeled military vehicles, not the country that they operated in. The same goes for too much gradation or highlighting, It's not a Warhammer figure..

Did anyone else watch this video and go, "have that one, built that one, want that one, think I have that one"??? Love the Tamiya models.

The quality of the models is what sets Tamiya apart. Every piece fits perfectly. Those dioramas are the best! love how we all use the same KZread music for our videos😁

Cries in a place without hobby stores 😭 Edit: Model Cakes? 😮

Thanks Andy for this video, especially for taking your time going through the store as it felt I missed nothing, I even paused a couple of times when you showed something I didn’t even know existed.

Awesome!... I got me a Tamiya 1/35 King Tiger yesterday.. cheers from down under 🇳🇿

That store is on my bucket list!

Andy you lucky son-of-a-gun!!!! NEVER expected to see you in Japan!!! I am so jealous, but very happy for you!!! TAMIYA Headquarters is DEFINITELY a place to go if you are a hobbyist!!! I am planning on going to Japan in the winter next year. Right now I am building a Tamiya 1/48th scale F-4B Phantom, and a 1/35th scale German Leopard2 Main Battle Tank. Once finished, I will be taking photographs of my work and taking them with me to Japan. I will be showing my work to the employees at Tamiya when I go visit them. Enjoy your trip in Japan!!!!

Boy! If I ever had a chance to go to that store, I would be broke. But then again, I would say the same thing if I was ever able to go to your store. I’m in Indiana.

Andy living the Dream!😊

Thank you for sharing the tour with us. Have fun!

I am building tamiya kits since 1997 and i am totally amaced of all the great kits showen.with sticky greetings.

This is the best store tour I’ve ever seen 😮 thank you 🙏. ❤

If i ever visit japan, this is my first stop. Definitly some great works of art

Seeing “The Frog” in the last few seconds was a bonus!

I remember and will never forget my old man buying me my first Tamiya rc car it was the boomerang was one of the fastest in it's time I was the only kid outside near my place with it Thankyou dad

Everything beautifully displayed to whet the appetite! Thanks. That was very comprehensive tour of the store. Kits, tools, accesories, all the scales.

I've been addicted to plastic modeling since the age of 9 years old and I'm going on 62. I would be in heaven looking thru that store!

Thank you, Andy! Best 20+ minutes in a long while :)

Wonderful tour! Really enjoyed the dioramas. Thank you Andy!

Tamiya is the best military model maker, in my opinion. And my favorite model company also. These models and dioramas are so cool. I can spend hours in this shop.

Great video showing the vast selection, editing, and the music fit better than words.

I would love to visit that store! Thanks for the video Andy!

Nice to see an actual shop you can browse around (even if it is in Japan), there are hardly any in my region of UK anymore. It's an online shopping experience nowadays. What a well presented showcase shop too.

@johnberry2877

Жыл бұрын

Same here in the states mate! The interweb is a curse and a blessing.

@JohnnyRocker2162

Жыл бұрын

Theres still two in Portsmouth who have been here for a number of years. Two have started up and folded in the town centre, which like many towns, rows of boarded up shops, save for Betting, charity, phones, pound shops, and Primark. Theres one near where i live in Drayton, just outside Portsmouth, hes shut Weds and half Sat, but dunno how he manages, nobody ever goes in.

@antonyeastham4564

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyRocker2162 Aye. It's niche hobby but I think it's for older men mostly, (few women modellers but not many), who have rediscovered it. Airfix have a quick build range but I really think that is to appeal to the younger generation who have shorter attention spans. Technology has given them instant gratification so taking time with a project isnt as acceptable as it once was for my generation. Even I watch a lot of KZread so an online shop for models rather than a dedicated consumer premises in a large town does seem the better option. Shame really. It's nice to browse and rediscover stuff. The target consumer has changed I think too, from teens to adults over the years. I never had the same kind of hobby my dad had. Times change.

@andreperrault5393

Жыл бұрын

Limited lines to browse in the States: Hobby Lobby or Michael’s. The local hobby shop is disappearing, and usually needs gaming for support. Quick builds are needed, but kids and young people go to War Thunder and DCS instead. Just being in an aisle of a Hobby Lobby (not an employee) I was asked about easy models to get 2 kids. Did the best with what was there.

Well, now we know what Andy looks like while in heaven.

@scale_model_apprentice

Жыл бұрын

It's that new, glorified body.

@esitu5655

Жыл бұрын

Nah, this is not even the gate entrance. Heaven will be at the show in Shizuoka! Every Japanese manufacturer, hobby supplier, paint provider will be there along with 60,000 other hobby attendees

The tour is much appreciated Thank you Andy!!

That red Lamborghini kit on the left at 16:44 was my first Tamiya kit way back in 1988, and I've been a fan ever since. What got me over the years is how there's never a mis-aligned kit with warped parts that require filler, and how on every kit every last part fits cleanly exactly where it's supposed to. Throw in their acrylic paints that blew away Testors and the others, and I've become quite the brand loyalist with Tamiya.

@timothyj67

Жыл бұрын

Mine too..I painted it black

Amazing! Great video. I am dumbfounded by just how many models Tamiya has, and how cool this store is. Just imagine what the factory display area must look like. I have never seen anything like this before. I am close to retirement now and Japan is on my bucket list.

@henryhbk

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure the store has direct a 401K withdrawal program!

@pihermoso11

Жыл бұрын

There's a tamiya factory 1 hour away from here, it's in lapulapu island near the airport, in Cebu Philippines, there's at least two large Japanese factories there, Tamiya and Timex

We had several hobby shops with nearly this selection in the San Francisco Bay Area. I worked at 2 of them. Dream come true! Would love to visit Tamiyas home. Thank you

Lol, I was there two weeks ago, pawing through all those kits. Great store, though I was hoping they would have some kits exclusive to the store. Kits are dirt cheap in Japan - you're talking 30% - 40% less than the US. I picked up the Stug IIIB, 1/48 Hien, and 1/32 Type 21 Zero for less than $100 US!

@ravensfootball52

Жыл бұрын

Holy.. I’d spend all day picking up kits. Didn’t think they would be cheaper really

@BlackHearthguard

Жыл бұрын

did customs make you pay anything when you got home?

Beautiful store. Very well laid out.

a bit of paradise for model builders..😎

I was there about 3 weeks ago. Bought me a white Tamiya tee also my Japanese friend gave me as a gift a Tamiya hand towel. Very pleased with the visit to the Shinagawa station where the store is. Everyone who models needs to visit it one day for real. Peace to Andy and all the chat. Visit Japan !!!

9 ай бұрын

This store is not at the Shinagawa station. It's in Shinbashi, Minato...

Great to see this place again, I have visited this store this summer, great stuff!

Could stare at Tamiya box art all day.......and always thought Francois Verlinden did the best dioramas. He could make the flesh look like it would bleed and didn't over weather everything which I think is a fault very common these days.

This is heaven for modelers Andy 🤩

This is wonderful, thank you for sharing. Japan seems like such a great place to visit for the culture, food, history....AND an awesome company’s museum and store...heck ya!

I have wanted to visit that place since I was a kid!

😎 Thanks for taking us along by sharing this video.👍 As a Tamiya fan, we really appreciate it.😎

Fantastic, cheers from Uruguay

If I was Tamiya and designing that store I'd have some professional modeler in a glassed in workshop building various kits and demonstrating techniques. At our nearby art museum which has some of the finest Japanese art on display they imported a Japanese sword master to make swords in a recreated ancient sword workshop. Makes it all come alive. It's one of my reasons for not building car models, most of the time they just sit there, not in a diorama to tell a story. (yes I could make a diorama of a car, but it's not the norm). It's how I started watching the channel, was watching Andy building dioramas, which is what I most enjoy building too, plus the story part of it (researching it, and figuring out how to convey that story).

@randomnickify

Жыл бұрын

17:56 there is literally play and building area at the top floor, they do have meets with popular modelers there.

Awesome! I lived in Japan for eight years and went there several times.

WOW! Thank you for sharing this. Tamiya is my favorite model company. I especially loved the Tiger maintenance diorama! And the ships! If I were there I'd have to get on of each tank model.

Wow! I mean wow!!! And it's all in stock!

I'll be visiting Tokyo in the beginning of July and this shop is definitely on my list to go, too. Thank you very much for giving me such a great impression beforehand 🙂 And I've heard there are also a lot of huge model shops in Akihabara, too.

@hanscombe72

11 ай бұрын

There are so many! But what really blew me away was the standard of the models on display by local experts. The realism and subtlety of the models, whether aircraft or armour, was truly perfect! (And a little depressing) Safe and happy travels.

Wish that was near me. I used to love seeing their box's in hobbyshops as a kid.

Reminds me so much of the Squadron Shop in Dearborn Michigan in the 1980's ! Long since past.

Lunchbox! That brings back some good memories.

Thank you for allowing us to join you on this visit. The video was well made. I can't wait for your next video.

WOW!!! I’m speechless. I love Tamiya. They are the best with all their products and accessories. I know if I went that store I’ll be spending lots and lots of money. My wife will have to stop me. That store is a dream and I hope one day I’ll visit it.

FANTASTIC !!!!!

Nice video, obvious you prefer tanks and such. That was one heck of a diorama of the tank being repaired!

Kudos for the way you presented this tour. If I were in your shoes I probably would have narrated it and ended up saying wow about 1000 times. 😊 Great job, thanks!

Like dirty 90’s flick but for scale molders and Tamiya fans 🤤🤙🏼

I am ready to move to Tokyo just to be near this store !

Thanks so much for this video. Brought back childhood memories when I used to build these models after buying them from a hobby shop. Mum used to be upset with me for having the Tamiya paints and my brushes everywhere - couldn't afford an airbrush as the time.

That was amazing, thanks Andy for the vidio, i could spend all day in there, it makes me sad that here in the UK we don't have so many model shops now, most off it is done online.

Wow! Welcome to Japan Andy-san🎉

A modellers heaven!!❤

@ninodivinoperlas4511

Жыл бұрын

Indeed ❤

Fantastic tour 🎉

The Tamiya Plamodel factory is the greatest modelling place in the entire world I don't think anyone has ever come close.

I grew up making war plane models. I get the beauty of the finished tank kits, but i now salivate over motorbikes.

I demand a Tamiya store in San Francisco!😍 Thanks Andy👋🏻

"Tamiya" dioramas have always had such a great look. Fun fact: Shep Paine started doing dioramas for Tamiya in the 70's but he wasn't asked to do any further work after complaints about a diorama where he placed a Flak 88 inside a bombed out church.

@victoria383

10 ай бұрын

I read and reread his book until it fell apart

Going there is on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing

As a Tokyo resident, this is one of my go to shopping stores; amazing choice a great service. I also recommend to visit a Joshin store like the one in Oji, you would be impressed by the hobby area!

@ericng5707

Жыл бұрын

The store is nice to browse, but all the prices are full MSRP. If it's an exclusive or limited item, then ok, but Amazon Japan generally has normal release Tamiya products at a nice discount. For example, the pre-tax MSRP for the Tamiya 1/48 F-14D (61122) is 8800 yen, but Amazon currently has it for 6700 yen. If you live in Japan, it's a no brainer which price is better.

@maximechastain4332

Жыл бұрын

@@ericng5707 agree, I also found Amazon to be always cheaper. But still cool place for smaller stuff like paints and so on, and to let the kid watch the trains ;€

Great dioramas in there. Thanks for the tour!

Eveytime when I visit Tokyo I spend long time there. I Love it

I hope your going to the factory as well. It's not too far from Tokyo and it's free with an email to Tamiya. Great place to go and it's empty most of the time. I went in 2019 and there was a lovely lady there. She could speak English but was so helpful, even gave me some free stuff!

wow that was an awesome tour. thank you for sharing Andy.

What a great store, thanks for sharing 👍👍

Thanks for the cool video. For those of you lucky enough to visit this store, the akihabara district is a short subway ride away. Tons of discount and vintage model shops in that area.

@ericng5707

Жыл бұрын

Yes, not to mention you can get most of those Tamiya items cheaper in Akihabara.

I was there couple years back and didn't know there was an upstairs you can visit, this is cool.

Thanks for showing us this place. Soon I'll find my way there too. :)

OK, this video is memorising. I am saving up for a plane ticket

This would be model heaven for me

thank you for sharing, I feel delighted

What a cool experience. Superb products and models.

I have and will continue to purchase almost exclusively Tamiya. The quality, accuracy and attention to detail is second to none. Moreover, every item manufactured in Japan, in my lifetime of model building and driving has been exemplary. I have literally forbid my family from purchasing any GM products. As a former skilled trades contractor at various GM plants throughout Michigan, I have been witness to some UNBELIEVABLE and ASTOUNDING F,U,B,A,R,s related to their products! Thankfully, some companies, such as Tamiya ect have put quality, dependability and a conscious into their products 🇯🇵👍

It's a constant surprise to me that Tamiya have never produced any item of earthmoving machinery, based in Japan, along with hitachi and komatsu, I would have thought that a small range of equipment in 1/25th would be a possibility In fact i can only think of one or two items ever produced....and now long out of production...

Wow, that's Tamiya heaven. I'm more partial to the R/C stuff, but there have just about anything and everything Tamiya. If I ever get a chance to visit, that would be one of my stops for sure!

dang !! all those yellowish box brings a lot of memory

What a toy store. Take my money! Did they have and Francois Verlinden diorama's in the store? His dioramas were always in the Tamiya catalogues. Couldn't see if any of the German armoured vehicle's had zimmerit on them. I used to religiously but the Tamiya catalogue every year. I loved all the line work drawings they had in them. I got into they're RC cars. I built myself the super champ buggy. Then My uncle bought my nephew a second hand Tamiya RC buggy. He asked me to rebuild it for my cousin. I rebuilt it to match my super champ as I had gone to a poly body. It turns out that a regular in his pub, was a big cheese at the UK distributor for Tamiya. I got to meet him after building my cousin the first 4wd Tamiya buggy (can't think of the name of it but I saw it on the shelf in you vid. He gave me the official Tamiya RC car bag and cap. I was so happy.

Long live Tamiya.

Oh my god. I want one of EVERYTHING!

that maintenance diorama was so epic

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing this video!

Thanks for that for video. visiting Tamiya in Japan haas always been a bucket list it item that has been slipping thru my fingers