Archive for November, 2007
Not-so-Fresh Salads @ McDonalds Japan
McDonald’s Japan got itself embroiled in the food scandal storm after 4 outlets were found to have been falsifying the production dates on their salads.
According to McDonald’s Co. (Japan) Ltd., 4 of its franchise chain stores have admitted instructing their subordinates to replace labels showing the actual production dates and hours with false ones. [...]
Nendoroid Miku - 10,000 Preorders on Amazon
It has been 2 days since GoodSmile announced on Nico Nico the start of preorder for the Nendoroid Miku Hatsune. As evidence of her popularity, ITmedia reports that Amazon alone had already received over 10,000 pre-orders.
This is really amazing preorder numbers for a figure. Especially since we have not taken into account of preorders from [...]
Walking Ban on Train Station Escalators
“Don’t walk along escalators!” Thats the warning signs that have been placed in 32 stations in Yokohama.
The Transportation Bureau of the Yokohama has decided to discourage users from walking up the escalators due to the numerous complaints and accidents that had occurred.
Similarly, Nagoya had also imposed a ban on walking along escalators at Nagoya Municipal [...]
Mass Order of Haruhi Tissue Box
Many of would have already know about the Haruhi Tissue Boxes that is being sold by kamikau.
Now here’s a chance for Singaporeans to get their hands on one of those boxes. Shiawasekun his gang of merry otakus is trying to fill a mass order quantity so they can import the tissue boxes in through EMS.
So [...]
Shuraki Needa PVC Preorder Opens!
Today, November 27th, is the official day where Shuraki Vol.4 of Needa by Goodsmile/Red Entertainment goes up for preorder!
The last time I checked major Japanese online stores like Amiami and Hobby Stock at the time of this posting, their preorders were still open.
This is rather strange, considering that this figure is designed by Shunya Yamashita, [...]
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