I managed to catch the Marvel of Manga exhibit at the Asian Art Museum on the last day of it’s showing, and I’m glad I did. It certainly demonstrated that manga isn’t just for kids. Some of the pieces on display were definately geared towards an adult audience.
Anyway, in another section of the exhibit, there were a couple glass cases, in them, popular toys from that time period — and well, some of my favorite robots/mecha were in there. Transformers, Doremon, and of course Voltron. The main point of the exhibit was clear — to make me feel like an old man. They’ve succeeded.
I do have to say that they either need to hire a better curator, or acquire better pieces, their Voltron display was horribly shabby. The legs were in the wrong places, the lions weren’t transformed properly, and well, it looked broken too. I wonder if I can get a tax write off if I donate mine. (^_^);;
If you guys are bored, don’t forget I get free admission. 
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