Gamertell

Our favorite Japanese import site, J-List (J-Box) is selling Super Mario plush keychains or, really, mini stuffed characters with keychains protruding from their heads. Of course, if you are a Japanophile you’ll consider hanging these from your cell phone or backpack instead of using them for your car keys. The… Continue Reading »

Our favorite Japanese import site, J-List (J-Box), has a chemical-free solution to Viagra. For only $22, you can order a book filled with images of Kasumi from the Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball videogame released in 2003 for the Xbox. Wagga wagga. Here’s the description from J-List (J-Box): This… Continue Reading »

Here’s another wacky Nintendo product from Japan. Made to look like an old school Famicom controller, this little device actually controls a mini Mario figure that hits little golf balls. Hour and hours of desktop gaming, literally. There’s also a Luigi version available on the site but any true gamer… Continue Reading »

Our favorite Japanese import site, J-List (J-Box), has a set of teardrop shaped keychains (or phone bangles if you dig that sorta thing) for sale. The set contains eight tiny sound devices, each packaged in a tiny gumball machine shaped plastic ball (aka capsule or gashapon shell) with a small… Continue Reading »

Our favorite Japanese import site, J-List (J-Box), is one of the first to post a preorder for the Halo 3 12 in. statue. That’s quite a big bigger than your usual action figures which now typically stand 5 to 7 inches. The McFarlane Halo 3 figures announced earlier will be… Continue Reading »

Japanese import site, J-List/J-Box, is releasing two new dating sim (aka bishoujo) DVD games: Exodus Guilty Vol. 1 and Tea Society of a Witch. Both are playable on any standard DVD player (or any other DVD playing device you have lying around your house) and played using the DVD remote.… Continue Reading »

From our favorite Japanese import site, J-List/J-Box, comes a figure based on the Fantasy VIII PVC Playstation game. It’s part of the Masters Creatures 2 collection featuring 6 in. tall sculptures which will also include Odin, and Mateus the Corrupt. These aren’t scheduled to be available in the US until… Continue Reading »

From our favorite Japanese import site, J-List/J-Box, comes a Dig Dug dot art toy that’s a lot like a mini Lite Brite (without the lights). For $9.50 plus shipping, you get a kit with 520 small colored pegs, two small peg boards and a stand to display your finished bit… Continue Reading »

From our favorite Japanese import site, J-List/J-Box, comes a PVC figure based on the Shining Tears PS2 bishojo RPG. This 1/8 scale figure (as if she was a real person) of sex kitten and ass-kickin’ ninja, Mao (meow!) “Beast Quarter,” is 8.5 in. tall and priced at $65. The Mao… Continue Reading »

Here’s another PC gaming item from Peter Payne’s site that specializes in all thing Japanese, J-List (and J-Box for the under-18 crowd). The black 14 Degrees Mouse Pad by Elecom costs only $14 and offers a better angle than the standard wristpad/mousepad combo. The ergonomic wizards in Japan somehow decided… Continue Reading »