{"id":335,"date":"2010-06-11T15:36:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T22:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2010-06-11T16:06:04","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T23:06:04","slug":"kojima-uniqlo-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/kojima-uniqlo-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Kojima @Uniqlo NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Went to Uniqlo SoHo today, the line was insane. The checkout cashiers told me that people waited as much as 19 hours (overnight basically). While I would expect a big turnout for Kojima, I underestimated a city that has people wait at Apple stores for no reason than to get some publicity for their free time (see iPad launch).<\/p>\n

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Kojima signing things on the mezzanine<\/p><\/div>\n

Uniqlo is an affordable Japanese clothing brand that carries everyday basics.<\/p>\n

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Kojima's surround<\/p><\/div>\n

A closer shot of Kojima surrounded by press, staff, and security.<\/p>\n

The signing event was Noon – 2pm. I was there during the first hour, but I don’t know how long he stayed at Uniqlo. From people in line I spoke to, you had to get in line before 9AM to stand a good chance of having your stuff signed.<\/p>\n

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Yes, he's in a clothing store<\/p><\/div>\n

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Autograph line on the ground floor<\/p><\/div>\n

This line continued out the store, around the block (and around a few more blocks?). Uniqlo isn’t even the corner store, FYI<\/p>\n

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Kojima with a fan<\/p><\/div>\n

He must be used to signing stuff and his rockstar status among gamers.<\/p>\n

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Retail display about MGS Peace Walker<\/p><\/div>\n

There were a variety of MGS shirts on sale for just over $15. I liked the MGS designs, but I don’t necessarily like the “Peace Walker” logo on the backside<\/p>\n

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MGS T's for sale<\/p><\/div>\n

Kojima himself was wearing one of the Uniqlo shirts that said “BIG BOSS.” I got one of those for myself, but I don’t know how often I would wear it out<\/p>\n

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Cardboard boxes don't get any better than this folks!<\/p><\/div>\n

Gotta love being able to hide from super serious, genetically enhanced guards in a cardboard box<\/p>\n

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Event postcard<\/p><\/div>\n

This event had great turnout as expected. Kojima has so many fans, and I’m glad that he was able to come out and promote MGS for the fans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went to Uniqlo SoHo today, the line was insane. The checkout cashiers told me that people waited as much as 19 hours (overnight basically). While I would expect a big turnout for Kojima, I underestimated a city that has people wait at Apple stores for no reason than to get some publicity for their free […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19],"tags":[192,183,191,189,184,179,185,181,180,31,190,182,186,188,187],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-photo","tag-autographs","tag-big-boss","tag-cardboard-box","tag-clothes","tag-hideo","tag-kojima","tag-konami","tag-metal-gear-solid","tag-mgs","tag-ny","tag-peace-walker","tag-snake","tag-soho","tag-t-shirts","tag-uniqlo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}