Moto Compo

I found these scans of an old brochure for the “Moto Compo” scooter. As the brochure states, it’s a “trunk” bike.

What this means is it can fold up and fit in the trunk of your car.

Why didn’t this great idea catch on? Well take a look at the guy in the picture below riding it.

Would you be caught dead riding a Moto Compo? I certainly wouldn’t. Anyways, I love the crazy 80’s styles. It’s funny how Japanese ads often use white people to sell cars or scooters. Especially ones that would never be sold in western countries.

By the way, click on the photos to enjoy their full splendor.

80’s TV Games

I got this book the other day. It’s all about 1980’s TV games. TV games is what Japanese people say instead of video games. The book has lots of pictures.

It goes through every year of the 80’s and shows the gaming highlights for that year. It covers Famicom (NES), Super Famicom (SNES), PC Engine (Turbografx), and Mega Drive (Genesis).  You can’t believe how popular the Turbografx was over here. It was more popular than the Genesis. Used Turbografx systems run around 5000 yen ($50) for one that is in bad shape. The only thing I wish about this book is…that it was in English. Why can’t we have cool books like this in English.