I have a couple of these Japanese baseball kites that I bought a few months back. They are pretty cool. I think the players are generic but they are quite colorful.
They are quite small for kites, way too small to be flown (or at least flown higher than a couple metres). Also the paper is very fragile so I doubt they would survive long in the wind even if they were big enough. They do make cool display pieces though. The lot I bought included the above two baseball player ones and a Santa Clause one.
Flying kites I should note is a traditional new years activity in Japan, the winter is when you get the best wind here. We got kites (real kites!) for our kids for New Year and took them to the park a few days ago, they got theirs up pretty high!
I've seen a few other baseball kites out there but I think my collection will be "full" with these two!
It's been a few years since I've gone out and flown a kite... but they're a lot of fun. As for those Japanese baseball kites... they're really pretty. If they're too fragile to be flown, I bet they'd look awesome framed.
ReplyDeleteYup, they are goo display pieces and not much else!
DeleteAwesome! I haven’t flown a kite in ages either. Pretty cool and unique!
ReplyDeleteI had a brief kite obsession in the summer of 1997 when my friends and I would go out quite a bit to fly them. That was the last time for me until last week! Great fun on a windy day.
DeleteThe myriad of different menko shapes from the late 40's never cease to amaze me.
ReplyDeleteThey really got quite inventive with them!
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