Gamertell

Our favorite Japanese import site, J-List (J-Box), recently posted one of the coolest ninja weapons ever. I mean that quite literally. The site is now offering a rubbery ice cube tray that features ninja shuriken, aka throwing stars. Each tray sells for only $3.80 and makes nine stars. At that… Continue Reading »

Our favorite Japanese import site, J-List (J-Box), is offering another silly stuffed creation to adorn your bed: The Chocobo plush. This little yellow guy - or gal? - is approximately 7x7 in. and is being offered as a preorder for $20 on the site. In its hands is a book,… Continue Reading »

Yet another amazing figure/statue in the Master Creatures 2 series is being released by Kotobukiya. This figure is of of Odin from Final Fantasy IX and has been created by master sculptor Takayuki Takeya. There are only two of these available from this site and each costs $32. Here’s a… Continue Reading »

This is not as much a figure of a character as a glorious, physical recreation of a videogame attack. As weird as it sounds, many of the uber powerful Final Fantasy attacks summon creatures from other realms, resulting in glorious, colorful and often weird visuals. Part of the Master Creatures… Continue Reading »

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 »