Featured Mahjong

I used to have one that had been turned into a pin.

BTW, recently I learned that young people are getting into learning mah-jongg, among other games. The trend is called "grandma games" I think. Apparently they appreciate something that gets them away from the digital life. And they get together in groups, so actually interact with others in person. Sounds good!

 

Yes, I have a friend who has an all-girl mahjong group that she plays in. I play mahjong 2-3 times a month at my local Chinese club with my friends.

 

Bought another set



No idea if this belonged to the original set in some way, but it was included in this purchase...

 

Looks like it came from one of these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304964959303

 

Ha! I was about to write the same thing!

 

Great minds.

 

Next...

 

your garage starting to fill up , yet ???
nice bamboo set....!!!
looks complete and then some !!

 

Garage, study, guest room ...

 

when they show up in the loo....... Stop !!!

Bawhahahaha!!!!!!!

 

The good thing about mahjong sets is that they're pretty compact and stackable.

The bad thing about mahjong sets is that they get heavy FAST.

 

And the best thing is that they sell well
Unfortunately a certain someone made it nearly impossible to sell sets to the US, by implementing new import regulations and higher tariffs....

 

2 more sets have arrived
Forgot to take pics of the one that came in yesterday, but that was a standard vintage set with small tiles in a box with sliding lid.
The other set, is this one...

 

Not bad. The wood needs some serious treatment, but other than that, looks nice.

This is what the label on the back of the door would've looked like...

 

Next!
Picked this up at the DHL pick-up store today. Didn't expect it to be this heavy ... Walked almost 1km with a box weighing 7kg (yes, I'm weak)
Only one rack in the pic, but there are 4 (most of the weight was due to these racks).
I almost didn't include the rack in the pic, but I just had to, because I know how much @Shangas likes playing mahjong with racks


Later this week, another set will arrive
And I was hoping to get a bakelite set in a leather case, but it had already been sold when I sent my offer to the seller

 

That is Indonesian, carved in Japara, Java. But then most mahjong sets in the Netherlands were brought over from Indonesia by Peranakan and Dutch Indonesians, so that makes sense.

 

The booklet that came with it was published in New Zealand, and the winds have the English abbreviations.

 

Well, it isn't Maori carving, that's for sure.
Australia and NZ have always imported a lot from SE Asia, it is closer to them than any other part of the world.