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Bust
a Move 2 / Enix / PSX
NCS received one copy of this game today but the remainder will arrive
tomorrow. It is anti-mod protected but we should have the codes available by the time the
rest of our stock arrives. NCS uses a Japanese demo console to boot anti-mod games but
unfortunately, not everyone in our customer base has this option. So, we are delaying some
of our deliveries for this product since we have no sense of urgency to get something that
most of our customers cannot play immediately. Super Robot Wars F Final is also expected
tomorrow. |
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Pokemon
Pinball / Nintendo / GBC
In stock today
at US$39. The game is cute, a lot of fun and provides perfect fodder for the
Pokemon literati. The cartridge also rumbles and shakes for added fun. |
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NCS
Import Arcade Inventory
Four separate listings of JAMMA stock and arcade hardware has been posted
below. All items are available in Japan and orders are welcome for delivery in 7-9
business days. |
| Arcade JAMMA pcboard kits |
| SNK MVS systems and cartridges |
| Sega ST-V systems and cartridges |
| Arcade cabinets and hardware |
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Dance Dance
Revolution Codes
NCS has added a "Start Button" fix for the Dance Dance
Revolution codes that we posted last Friday. Thanks to Barubary of the GSCCC for the fix. |
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Colorful Dreamcast
Our vendors in Japan have made two special upcoming Dreamcast consoles
available to NCS in limited quantities. The first special DC will be encased in a purple
shell and the second special DC features a black shell. Both versions will come with
matching purple or black 33.6K modems. Japanese yen retail is a bit higher than the normal
versions but NCS has not set pricing yet. Interested parties may e-mail our company with
pre-orders or indications of interest. |
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New NGP Color Imports
Bio-Motor Unitron, Crush Roller and Neo Geo Cup '98 Color were shipped
overnight and we expect to take delivery on Wednesday. All cartridges are $38 and
pre-orders are welcome. NGPC Samurai Spirits 2 is expected
to ship on 04/22 and we should take delivery next Monday. |
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| Everything
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Yen Equilibrium
/ 09:21AM
Japanese Vice Finance Minister Koji Tanami repeated to markets
yesterday that too much yen strength was unfavorable. That jibes with our trade but the
dollar/yen is not picking up on the statement. The dollar sits on Y117.90 which is the
same level that it sat on last Friday. We'll stick with the position and wait it out with
an eye towards ~Y121 this week. We watch the Euro but we don't trade it although a major
short since it's inception this year would have proved very profitable. |
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Gundam 20th
Anniversary T-Shirts
A number of product samples arrived today which celebrate Gundam's
20th Anniversary. A collection of 9 different t-shirts in very nice packaging features
Zaku, Gouf, Ziong, Dom, Z-Gok, Agguy, Rickdom, etc. Yen retail is Y4000 but we have no
plans at this time to import these in the quantities requested by our vendor. If you are
interested, feel free to drop us a line so that we can consider a purchase order. |
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Web Shop Maintenance
NCS had to perform upgrades to our store website over the weekend but
everything should function normally today. We lost the UPS update register for last
Friday's tracking numbers during the system upgrade but we'll post them manually this
morning. The site should now work properly with Navigator browsers for multiple pages in
the product sections. Further updates and upgrades will continue over the next couple of
weeks to streamline the site. Additionally, most of the products that are listed on this
main site will be moved over to the store site. |
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Capital Markets
/ 09:33AM
Uh oh. We got out of AOL last Friday but we should have exited the RUT
short also. We'll install a sell stop today to protect principal although we'll lose all
of the AOL profits that we made last Friday if our trigger is hit. We have decided to join
the run by buying May 420 calls on the RUT. There is too much conviction in the market
that there is a tidal shift to small caps out there and followers will listen to the
market makers and pour the money in. Good for the beaten down Russell but horrible for our
original trade. We'll see what transpires this morning. We note the general weakness in
the nets amidst the bull run this morning. We had intended to buy long AOL and YHOO after
their weakness on Friday but it may be prudent to wait a bit and see where they fall. |
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