Thursday, October 15, 2009

Heavy Head thwarts jaws of Victory

It was a normal Thursday lunch, on a normal (albeit slightly windy and underwhelming) day.

A casual whim to take a stroll to Capitol Square to search for an iPod cover (not mine - haven't quite gotten past my iTunes frustrations yet) turned out to be quite the adventure. Safely tucked away upstairs, amidst the jungle of cartoon/cute toys wannabes was ...

ANPANMAN - with an evil suit on.



The odds were against us, and at $1 per go, Lucifer-anpanman seemed even more elusive. This roused our propensity to take on the improbable odds ... and building crowd of 3.

...

In the end, his massive head proved too powerful.

5 comments:

  1. how sad. i would keep on trying until i got him.

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  2. We'll go back. But first... must research advanced techniques..

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claw_vending_machine

    Let me test my google skills.

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  3. Wayne5:36 PM

    I'd probably just buy him on ebay. Way too pragmatic and tight with the cash!

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  4. heheh..we celebrated too early on the first go, which was the best we did! We ended up pushing his head against the back glass, no way to get it.

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  5. bahahhaha! So close but evil anpanman strikes again huh!

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