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Something old, something new.
Magneforce meets vintage Titan. Meanwhile, Geza has a review of Phobos.

SIC Kamen Rider Faiz in action. [via]
Simply brilliant.

On marketing the Gundam franchise.
“… Gundam is becoming a 2-generation character business like Masked Rider and Ultraman as we have hoped. We are beginning to see fathers and sons going to a hobby store where the father buys a Gouf for himself and an Impulse for his son. On top of this, we have the creation of female fans by SEED. This has widened the fan base more.”

p2p: get your paranoia on. [via]

Google web accelerator.
What you’re supposed to get: fast, anonymous surfing. What Google might get in return: greater ad revenue as it tracks your surfing habits in order to serve ads with a potentially higher click-through rate.

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Dendoh wuh-oh

Great moments in mecha piloting: Gear Fighter Dendoh episode 1.

The debut episode of this typical Sunrise-Bandai effort sees two boys improbably at the controls of a massive robot during an assault by an enemy robot. Fortunately, a mysterious masked rider provides them with instructions for piloting the giant robot.

The boys begin to grasp the controls and the robot soon moves with purpose towards its opponent. The music swells to indicate some heroic action is forthcoming and then …

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A magnemo Microman take on Gundam GP03?
The Dendrobium equivalent comprises of a MagnePowers Robotman cannon, Hurricane Bird’s missile pods and claws and Robotman Dean’s torso while MagneForce Achilles is the Gundam Stamen equivalent.

Magneforce centaur by HMGort.
Check out his reviews of Achilles, Phobos and Atlas.

A portable hard disk for the PSP. [via]
This combination of a 2.5″ hard disk and Apacer’s Share Steno CD211 portable hard disk enclosure isn’t as useful as it might first seem. You still require a memory stick since there doesn’t appear to be a way for the PSP to stream data directly from the portable hard disk.

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Mugenbine combo

Click on the thumbnail for a photo of another Mugenbine fan-mode.

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Goe reviews the Microman Magneforce Acroyears.

Izumi Kawanishi, a PSP lead developer, interviewed. [via]
It’s apparently from last year and it’s not particularly insightful.

Manufacturers learn from users’ creativity. [via]
“… user-centered innovation may transform not only companies’ product development processes but also business models, turning them into the providers of innovation toolkits to users and the marketers of their innovations …”

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