kyoshirom reviews Magneforce Metis.
The figure has a nice head sculpt and the swords look good.

Tsuneki Shinobu’s home page.
The designer has worked on Amdriver and Microman among other series.

Lumines song samples.
Who knew a 15-second song snippet could be so addictive? Try to resist “Tin Toy.” Go on, I dare you.

NES: Nintendo Expurgation System. [via]

Chess tactics. [via]
It’s time to put Chessmaster 10 on my Games to Play list.

The search for a new number one.
“United were linked with seven goalkeepers in the month of May, their collective transfer fees pushing the £70million mark.” God bless the British footballing press. They never let the absence of facts affect them.

“The most popular education magnet toy in 2003.”
Each metal ball has a diameter of 12.7mm (the official site erroneously states it’s 12.7cm) making it almost Magnemo-11 size. These Madmag magnetic construction sets have interesting artistic applications as well.

Bandai’s 2000-2004 revenues by character. [via]
I find three things interesting. One, Gundam is the biggest earner with revenues improving annually except during the SEED year. Two, the Kamen Rider franchise saw the highest revenues during the Ryuki year. Three, the Rider franchise revenues were reduced by 34 per cent during the Blade year.

Moonlighting season 1 & 2 DVDs out.
Moonlighting quotes.

Robots, dinos and babes.
The geek quotient is dangerously high.

“Monkey vs. Robot.“

Kamen Rider Hibiki episode 18 torrent out.
Unsubbed.

TV torrents.
Bookmark it and begin the countdown to the farewell message.

Malaysia to block Net porn.
“… action was being taken after news reports that Malaysians could access 1.5 million sex sites … While the Internet will not be censored in the Multimedia Super Corridor, a centre for local high-tech firms, Najib said the restrictions will be extended outside government offices to other sectors, which he did not specify.” Good luck enforcing that.

Why is this frog smiling?