{"id":36977,"date":"2022-05-22T17:17:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T21:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=36977"},"modified":"2022-05-24T05:35:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T09:35:13","slug":"look-for-your-faves-but-do-not-trust-to-hope-it-has-forsaken-these-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/look-for-your-faves-but-do-not-trust-to-hope-it-has-forsaken-these-shelves\/","title":{"rendered":"Look for your faves, but do not trust to hope - it has forsaken these shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2003, while in Japan to promote <i>The Return of the King<\/i>, stars <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=36434\">Viggo Mortensen<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/lotreomer.php\">Karl Urban<\/a> stopped in at a shop that sold Gundam toys:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lotrgundam1.jpg\" alt=\"Viggo and Karl stand by a shelf of Gundam kits, comparing the ones they've selected\" width=\"500\" height=\"535\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lotrgundam2.jpg\" alt=\"Viggo scans the shelves while Karl kneels on the floor, his lap stacked full of Gundam boxes\" width=\"450\" height=\"555\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not this was some passing fancy, they clearly went super hard into buying Gundams that day:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lotrgundam3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lotrgundam3-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"together, they pose for the camera next to the checkout, their arms absolutely full of figures\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What a delightful pair of nerds!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lotrgundam4.jpg\" alt=\"Karl Urban as Executioner saying &quot;Behold! 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