My Two Yen Worth

2015-11-26

Falcon Hell!

Those geniuses at D'Agostino have done it again. In an effort to milk every penny out of me, they have now come up with a Millennium Falcon model!

As with all D'Agostino ~~scams~~ offers, the first one is a bargain at 5 bucks.

Below is probably all you get with the first issue. Subsequent issues are then 4X as much. They list the first four issues, but it could even be more until you can assemble your smuggling vessel.

These are some of the behind-the-scenes pages that come with it. (That link includes an interview, in Japanese, natch.)

You can get a binder to put all these pages in for a mere 7 dollars (which is actually fairly reasonable.)

There is also some sort of present of a Darth Vader figure, though I haven't yet determined how to get it.

I'll probably get the first issue because as an added bonus, you get an "Original Mat" that looks like blueprints. Cool!

One snag with this...the offer doesn't begin until January 25th, 2016! That's two months away!

2015-11-24

Swag Wars 2, The Depato Strikes Back!

Over a week ago, I showed off some of the Swag out there. It doesn't stop there, not by a long shot.

Here are some of the high-end chocolates for sale within a conbini (New Days) inside the Shinkansen station.

At first I thought the Darth and R2 were cookie jars, they are coin banks.

This Elise chocolate features both the Dark and Light side of the Force.

There's even a spot on the back whereupon you can write a love letter to its intended recipient.

This can be found in other New Days apart from the Shink. That's where I picked up this spicy Red Chili Popcorn.

Inside another conbini (Lawsons), I found this flyer with lots more goodies out there. It starts with a DVD/ BluRay box set at a hefty discount.

Furthermore, Toys Am Us is featured prominently. First up some remote controlled Yoda or Millennium Falcon.

And it figures, tons of figures.

Nice ties but pretty steep.

These Samurai inspired characters are inspired. Very Expensive but oh so cool!

That Thermos looks cool.

Moving on to S-Pal, there's a gift shop there that specializes in imported goods. There are a ton of Snoopy items (featured tomorrow, stay tuned) and about a half-ton of Star Wars stuff. These candy/cookie (?) containers are cute and relatively cheap.

Walkers Shortbread cookies utilizing the classic Hildebrandt poster artwork. I'm a little disappointed that the biscuits don't have a more Falcon-like shape.