tatara kogasa (touhou) drawn by mizuki_hitoshi

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    Hang in There, Kogasa-san 2918

    The printing in the assembly manual really was tiny.

    I'm one of those types who really loves assembling stuff, but then ends up losing interest once it's complete. :-) The 3D printer and laser processor are fun because you can make stuff to assemble!

    I ended up selling my machine #1 at a flea market for super-cheap. (^^;)

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    Moonspeaker
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    Coepoez said:

    I think commentary supposed to be flea market not free.

    I'd considered, but the katakana version could mean either, and I thought it meant he simply offered it for sale in an open market online, as opposed to opening up a flea market stall. Then again, perhaps flea markets in Japan work a bit differently than they do here.

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    soulnight114
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    Moonspeaker said:

    I'd considered, but the katakana version could mean either, and I thought it meant he simply offered it for sale in an open market online, as opposed to opening up a flea market stall. Then again, perhaps flea markets in Japan work a bit differently than they do here.

    How so? I'm genuinely curious

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    Coepoez
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    Moonspeaker said:

    I'd considered, but the katakana version could mean either, and I thought it meant he simply offered it for sale in an open market online, as opposed to opening up a flea market stall. Then again, perhaps flea markets in Japan work a bit differently than they do here.

    Turns out wikipedia has this to say.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_market

    As depicted in the photo below, there are flea markets in Japan. However, because the words "flea" and "free" are transcribed in the same Japanese katakana phonetic letters, they have mistaken them and started to use "free market" instead of "flea market."

    So, you're right it's "free" market though it's actually meant flea.

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