Protesters burn down TRU
 

The red shirt protesters in Thailand have burned down one of the largest malls in Asia, which included a large TRU. The mall had several toy areas, mostly in department stores, including ZEN, which occupied several floors. I think 6 floors out of 8 floors of the mall. Very good selection of toys, from Joes to Gundam and all sorts of 1/18th scale stuff. Lots of 1/18th scale cars, land rovers, 007 cars, and lots of 1/18th scale doll house stuff for girls, including those nice looking Japanese school room sets we see from time to time posted here. They had a lot of the BnB Sgt Slaughter, and some good places to eat, manga shop, .. oh the memories... :-(


Anyway, protesters don't like toys I guess. :-(

Here's a YouTube of the mall burning, which really hurts .. I mean.. I was just there... much of those places in the vdo I've been at. And the second link are just static photos of memories of when the mall was all okay.. including one of my photos. Wonder if anyone will notice it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuCL...player_embedded

http://www.pantip.com/cafe/chalermt...3/A9272643.html

--Death

More like they don't like the government.

hmm, lets go to the wreckage and go sniffing around!

Not funny, I actually had a house fire 8 years ago and sifting though the rubble you really get disheartened when you find a kick arse figure charred and melted, also its hard for anything to come out unscathed.

Weren't you just there? SHoulda grabbed all the loot you could since it was gonna be burned down anyway!

I am sorry to hear that.

Ops!
 

Who cares about toys!? It is a bloody civil war...

Burning down of toy store
 

You just be careful Death at Midnight. It's gonna get even more bloody there. I hope I'm wrong but just be careful!!!

Thanks all! I'm all safe here in the US, for now. Will be heading back to Thailand this August. Without that big mall and the TRU in it, well, I guess I'll have more time to play with my wife ;-)

Btw, 276 is the photo I took. The fountain is in sync with the music, which was either Jingle Bells or that sleigh ride one. All Christmas music, in and around that mall too, even after New Years. Was nice.

--Death

If there's a Thailand left to go back too... be safe when ya go

YEEEEEEEEEEEAH MAN!!!!!! ;)

THERES also a TRU in pattiaya beach for when you go back in august its on the top floor of the main mall

Pattaya has nice scenery I think. Sounds like you were there.

In terms of TRU, there's another near the condo that seems to be about 10 min away (Esplanade Mall, near Robinson Mall (a kind of collection of department stores--not really a mall--where you exit one store and you're in another) which has some interesting 1/18th sets.. plush couches and chairs. They have some interesting 1/100th scale Macross Veritechs too, but they don't look like they transform).

Esplanade has like.. movie theaters.. that kind of setting, and TRU is there.