Past News Archive: December 2006
December 27, 2006
Did everyone have a good Christmas? It was pretty calm for me. Nothing really special. Boxing Day sales weren't attractive even though I wanted to check it out. It kind of sucked for me since I was working on that day, so I missed out on most of the deals. Then again, I didn't have a strong need to buy anything.
In anime news, some licenses on some good shows. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is licensed by Bandai, the Cartoon Network got Idaten jump, Geneon got Ayakashi ~ Japanese Classic Horror, & ADV Films got 009-1 . ADV also confirmed that they have the license to Ah! My Goddess: Sorezore no Tsubasa. I updated the Ah! My Goddess: Sorezore no Tsubasa & The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya reviews to reflect the changes. Also, I updated the latter's review a bit.
Although Christmas is over, I put up one more download in the Downloads section. It's Kaku Bako - cocktail - soft Special Box & it mostly contains wallpapers.
Some more Fate/stay night reviews in the Collectables section. This time it's the EXhaust Fate/hollow ataraxia Black Saber Plush & Good Smile Company Nendo-Roid Series Fate/stay night Hetare Saber Figurine reviews.
That should be all for this year. Until then, Happy New Year everyone!
December 21, 2006
Merry Christmas, everyone! Finished your Christmas shopping yet? Things are a bit hectic these days, but most of it is toys that I've seen. People are starting to get to the point where they only care about themselves. Fighting for parking space, line cutting, etc. Speaking of toys, I got my Finder Love PSP game this past week. As mentioned before, I got the Kudo Risa version & it's the limited edition one. The box is a bit bigger than I thought. I haven't opened the box since I don't have the time to play the game. Contains all the limited edition stuff like the making of DVD, idol photo, & bikini. Still don't know what made me buy this game.
This week's download is in the Downloads section is DEEP BLUE Fandisk 11 Nin no Mune Kyun Love. Not much in it, so I added some wallpapers in the Wallpapers section as well. These are official ones.
Also updated on this site, I added a review of Tekken: Dark Resurrection in the PSP Game Reviews section; just in case you don't have the game & thinking about it for Christmas. Also, I included reviews of EXhaust Fate/stay night Saber Plush & EXhaust Fate/stay night Rin Tohsaka Plush in the Fate/stay night section in the Collectables area.
As a sneak preview, tamago toys will be having a Boxing Week sale. If you want some anime stuff for yourself after buying some for others, take a look at our site to plan ahead.
I think this will be my last update for the year. I may do one more if time permits.
December 13, 2006
Things are starting to slow down at the hotel. That's a good thing since I can relax a bit. I also noticed how much money I was making there. The pay isn't really high, but it's fair enough to support myself & spend on some leisure stuff. Thinking about it, I realized that a large chuck of those paychecks came from the amount of overtime I've been doing during the summer & part of fall. I won't be seeing that much money next year unless my wage increases & more OT occurs again. This week, we have a new front desk agent. I've been training her for 2 days. The reason we hired her was because one of our current agents will be quitting next month. She's engaged & will be getting married in May. Since we planned ahead, my manager wants to avoid the situation where the front desk agents work overtime again. I had enough of that as it is, even though it would be low season & less busy. At the moment, the new front desk agent is pretty good as her performance on the first day is excellent.
Even though I got more time now, I still need to catch up on some accounting stuff from tamago toys. Even though I unregistered the company, I still need to report some of the activities & sales done during that time. Although it isn't much since we didn't have a lot of assets purchased to begin with, I have a feeling that I'm going to be paying a lot of taxes. Mainly because I listened to my father & did a stupid move on going on his suggestion on opening a web store than a physical store. Sales really didn't move. It was really a very bad move.
Last week, I got my Ichigo 100% Part 2 plush set. Can't really see how good they are since they are bubble wrapped as a pair. Since I'm talking about Ichigo 100% stuff, I put up the Banpresto UFO Prize Item Ichigo 100% Plush TV Version Set review in the newly open Ichigo 100% section. Also, I got a copy of Power Stone Collection to my PSP library. Played with it for awhile when I got home & had dinner. Pretty fun game as it was my first time with it. A bit confusing at the start, but can be picked up quickly after playing with it for some time. I recommend getting it if you want some fun humour. This week, I got my Fate/stay night Hetare Saber figurine, & the Gundam SEED DESTINY Stellar Loussier action figurine. The Stellar figurine looks ok, but the workmanship on the fabric clothing isn't. Currently, I have her up for sale on eBay after asking my sister to list it up. If no one buys it, I may as well keep it. Also, I got rid of my Kaiyodo FLCL Haruhara Haruko & Cosmic Scooter Action Figurine & updated that section & FLCL section to reflect those changes.
This week's download is the Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2 Toy Box. Mainly wallpapers, a screensaver, & a calculator. As a side bonus, I opened the Icons section & put up some Tokimeki Memorial ~ Forever with You~ icons. Those came from the PC game.
In PSP news, Sony Japan released some limited edition colours of the PSP console. There are three colours: pink, blue, & silver. With the exception of silver, the colours are quite hard & bold. I haven't paid much attention to them, but I think it comes with the usual AC adaptor & a 32MB Memory Stick Duo Pro. I also updated the PSP News, Hacks, & Secrets section to add that news & some other stuff. In case you want to do some PSP game shopping, I put up some reviews of some games. I know they are old, but I felt I should put them up anyways since they are some people that may don't have them & may be thinking about getting them. The reviews are Guilty Gear Judgment (Japan Version) & The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch.
I've updated the Links page a bit by removing the Club Ice Blue Forums link. Found out that the forum is now down, probably permanently. No point hyper linking that dead site. Plus, it was dead to begin with as a lot of the members there are gone before the forum grew.
Last week, my computer couldn't boot up due to a virus. After running a virus check with a anti-virus program & being told to reboot, that's what happened. Took me a long time to figure out how to get the data back. As a result, I couldn't do a lot of things. I wanted to add some more wallpapers to the Wallpaper section for this week, but I guess it will need to wait.
December 6, 2006
Christmas is coming, but the shopping madness has already started in my area last month. It was probably the same for most of you as well if you had people hunting for PS3s & Wiis to sell on eBay. Looked up the prices on them recently and learned that the prices for those hot consoles have fallen; PS3 is the worse. I expected the price drop to occur since I heard about the PS3s being DOA & Wiis getting bricked after getting the firmware updates installed. The prices of Wiis are actually stable with slight price drops. If both Sony & Nintendo manages to release more consoles before Christmas, prices may drop again in the black market. However, if they sell out again, prices may go back up a bit. Sony would be more likely since they have the worse case on the supply shortages. There are some people that pre-ordered the system & still didn't get it.
Recently, I've been going nuts with my money. It first started out by buying some Japanese music CDs & a calendar. Later on, I started finding some bargain deals on some anime goods that I have been long for or decided to go against initially due to their high prices. I brought the Ichigo 100% part 2 UFO plush set, then that Fate/stay night Hetare Saber figurine, & the Gundam SEED DESTINY Stellar Loussier action figurine. For some strange reason, I brought the limited edition of one of the Finder Love PSP games (Kudo Risa version) at a good price. I don't know why I did that even after researching some stuff about the game. It comes with a bikini used by the idol in the game (not physically). Because of this, I may have put the final blow with girls. I'm an idiot.
Since it's a new month, I moved the November stuff into the Past News Archive section. Also in updates, I added the Toys Planning Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3 Figure Collection Set (Trading Figure Version) collectable review in the Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3 section. Because of the new product, I updated the Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3 special section as well in the characters profile since the merchandise list there is expanded a bit. Also, I did some minor update & add-ons to the character profiles & some sections. Mainly time frame & spelling errors.
As mentioned in the previous update, I've started putting up some small downloads from the Downloads section. This week, it's the SHUFFLE! Special CD-ROM. It has a couple of Windows Media Player skin, which is pretty rare since I hardly see any anime type of skins. I also include my PSP game save of my Guilty Gear Judgment save on the Judgment part. Some characters unlocked including Judgment. Keep in mind I have the Japanese version.