I was with a few friends on a road trip down to Minneapolis a few summers back. We stopped off at the Albertville outlet mall to do some shopping, and while we were there we went to grab some lunch. While we were sitting at our table finishing our food my phone buzzed telling me I had a text message. So I take out my phone, check the message, and then I set it down on the table.
Shortly afterwards I noticed my one buddy's cousin, whom I had just met for the first time that day, was staring at my phone charm (it was a little 3/4 inch KR ZaBee figurine that I had found on eBay). Anyway, he asks me where I got it from, and I told him "I got it on eBay. I was just randomly looking to see what sort of shwag was available for this Japanese TV series that I watch". Now as soon as he heard me say "Japanese TV series" his eyes totally lit up. He went "Kabuto?" Then I went, "Yeah, you know Kabuto?" The two of us then proceeded to have a pretty epicly in-depth discussion about various aspects of the Kamen Rider franchise; the various TV series', characters, equipment, you name it. Meanwhile the rest of our group are looking all confused, yet somehow amused that the 2 of us were just "geeking out" right then and there. :laugh: For the remainder of the trip, he and I probably couldn't go more than an hour without talking about something related to Toku/KR/Super Sentai.
Even today, if we ever meet up or run into each other, you can bet that at least 50% of the conversation between the 2 of us will be about KR (usually catching up on and discussing the latest series/eps.
