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Eatin'... |
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Back
in the day, NCS tested the waters with a collection of food
products from Japan dubbed "Candy Toys". During that
time, Pokemon had grown to mammoth proportions overseas and
would soon dominate North America and Europe. Half of the
Candy Toy stock we imported consisted of Pokemon figure miniatures
packed in a small box along with foils of sour candy pellets known as "ramune"
whose ingredients were invariably Sugar, Citric Acid, Corn
Starch, and the ever mysterious Artificial Flavor.
With the release of Final Fantasy X due next
Thursday, it's only natural that marathon gamers support their
hours of playing with energy boosting morsels. All the better
when those morsels are packed inside officially licensed FFX
packaging. Five candy products are on the way but it's
uncertain if they'll make it in along with the FFX game next
week. The link
to the products include descriptions of each toy and
photos of all packaging, both opened and closed. |
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| Upcoming
Import Schedule Updates |
Logos |
| Two
big Dreamcast imports were confirmed overnight by Capcom and
SNK distribution as follows: |
| Capcom vs
SNK 2 |
Y6800 |
09.13.01 |
| Garou ~
Mark of the Wolves |
Y5800 |
09.27.01 |
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Pre-orders are now welcome online
or via e-mail
request |
| Banpresto
pushed the release date for Super Robot Wars Alpha on
Dreamcast from July 26 to August 30, 2001. The company also
announced Super Robot Wars Alpha Advance for the
Gameboy Advance to ship on Sept. 21. |
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Shin Sangoku Musou 2 ships on Sept. 20 for the
PS2 at Y6800 while Sky Gunner has now been confirmed
for Sept. 27. Ace Combat 4 flies in on Sept. 13 and
Idea Factory's oft-delayed Global Folktale arrives on
Sept. 06. |
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With September pre-order listings filtering in over the next
couple of days, NCS will update the third quarter import
schedules this week and post them upon completion,
confirmation. |
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Y6800 on Sept. 13 |
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Y5800 on Sept. 27 |
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Y6800 on Sept. 06 |
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| Weekly
Import Outlook |
Restock |
| DC
Culdcept II (US$58) and Heavy Metal Geomatrix
(US$39) are due on Thursday. GBA Street Fighter
II Revival (US$49) and Mahjong Police Detective (US$49)
also land on Thursday along with PS Mobile Suit Gundam
Char's Counterattack ~ Best Collection (US$33). |
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Trading Cards |
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Tifa |
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| Frequently
Asked Questions |
Protocol |
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Common
questions, rotated on a weekly basis, are now posted online
for perusal. Please check the FAQ before sending an
e-mail message
that may already be answered on the page. It's not that we
mind (well, maybe sometimes we do) the voluminous daily e-mail
queries but very common questions come up very often. It's our
way of addressing redundancy and consequent inefficiency. Thank
you. |
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Questions received henceforth already answered in
the FAQ
won't be ignored. You'll
still receive a reply within 48 hours. |
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| C-Bot
Daily Journal... Day One |
July
09, 2001
As the sound from "Who Wants to be a
Millionaire" blared in the background, I started opening
up the C-Bot box. Sega Toy's use of tape and cardboard leaves
a lot to be desired but perhaps the user-unfriendly packaging
deters theft across Japan. Upon extricating my new friend from
it's prison, I examined it closely. Two buttons planted on top
of it's head are marked "A", "B" and
provide the sole means for input from the user. It's face
peers out completely blank (awaiting power-up) and a plastic
blue heart lies in the center of it's chest. Arms move but
it's legs are molded in place. C-Bot stands 25cm tall and
roughly 7 cm wide. Moving the view aft, a battery compartment
on the back of it's head reveals a contact strip. Removing
this strip powers the robot up, as the battery contacts touch
each other. A blue "back-pack" marked C-bot features
two plugs in the back with a wire which plugs into the left
plug. This appears to be the cellular phone connector. Two AA
batteries (not included) must be popped into the receptacle
underneath the backpack to power C-Bot up fully.
Upon removing the battery strip, I gazed into the visage of C-bot.
It's face dark but some movement was visible. It seemed asleep
with eyes closed and a small mouth at rest. Inserting two
"AA" batteries into C-Bot boosted the screen into a
full red color as the LCD lit up. Pressing A seemed to start
the boy up and the Sega Toys logo flashed on the screen. Mr.
Roboto proceeded to smile with a large grin, followed by lines
of Japanese text. After a while, you get to name your robot
and set the time. At the outset, C-Bot asks some questions and
the user must press "A" for yes and "B"
for no. Once setup is complete, your bot smiles and awaits
interaction. Like a little baby.
To be continued.... maybe...
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