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Archive for July, 2008

Revoltech Fräulein Yoko Preorder Opens

Revoltech Fräulein Yoko Preorder Opens

Just last Sunday I was reporting about Revoltech Fräulein Yoko and today she is already up for preorder.

She is scheduled to be released on 01st October and will be retailing for 2,300 yen.

Wall Street Journal Reports on Lucky Star Fever

Wall Street Journal Reports on Lucky Star Fever

We all know that Washinomiya Shrine has gotten popular ever since it got connected with Lucky Star. Now its even appearing on The Wall Street Journal newspaper.

The news articles was amazed at how much visitors paid a trip to the shrine due to the anime series popularity.
And here’s what the editor has to say about [...]

Hello Kitty Bathroom Scale

Hello Kitty Bathroom Scale

You know you are a Hello Kitty fanatic when you are weighing yourself on a Hello Kitty bathroom scale.

This bathroom scale is scheduled to be released by Toshiba in September and is estimated to be retailing for 12,000 yen.

If you hook the bathroom scale to your PC, Hello Kitty will appear and tell you how [...]

Oricon: High School Girls Love Confession Preferred Method

Oricon: High School Girls Love Confession Preferred Method

Been a long while since I posted any oricon polls. Since I’m feeling abit love sick for this week, here’s an interesting oricon poll on which method high school girls prefer when confessing their love.

Anyway, this survey was conducted over the internet with 300 high school girls.
Here’s the results:

Tell the person directly (67%)
Text message using [...]

Watermelon Kit-Kat

Watermelon Kit-Kat

While watermelon is one of the best refreshing fruits for summer, its pretty weird to have a watermelon-flavored kit-kat.

Source: Japan Probe
The kit-kats in Japan are always so fanciful, just like the Soy Sauce Kit Kat which I previously featured.
So if you were the R&D manager at Kit Kat, what flavors would you come up with?