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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Pre-Order Update - Hori Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2 Arcade Pro Stick - Open - HP2-263

Arcana Heart 2 is releasing fairly soon, with production from AQ Interactive. Added fighters include Nazuna Inuwaka, Akane Inuwaka, Parace L'Sia. Added Arcana include Cayatshime (Flower), Fenecs (Sound), Parace L'sia (Life). Hori has partnered up with Arcana heart and is producing a limited edition arcana heart 2 arcade stick.

At first look, the arcade pro stick is similar to its former styles, with official sanwa lollipop style joystick (JLF-TP-8Y-SK) and a 1.8 meter cord. The controller itself weighs 2600g, approximately 2.6KG or 6lbs, giving you an extremely sturdy base during extreme game play. The box will be fairly large, increasing shipping costs slightly. Pricing is set at $249.99 because we will be airing the very first batches to make it in time for the game release.

Stock Update - DSi Compact Pouches (All Colors) - Now In Stock!

DSi Compact Pouch by Hori - Pink - $14.99

DSi Compact Pouch by Hori - Light Blue - $14.99

DSi Compact Pouch by Hori - Black - $14.99

DSi Compact Pouch by Hori - White - $14.99

Friday, February 27, 2009

Shipment Update - Shipment Delayed By Customs

Every so often, customs delays our shipment citing incomplete documents. I think we all know that since the economy is slow, work must be created to keep customs employees afloat, hence, delaying one of our shipments. It's almost as bad as GE cutting dividends or JPMorgan cutting more than 12,000 jobs on a whim.

We will be receiving a partial shipment today of:

Wii - One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 2 - Mezameru Yuusha
360 - DoDonPachi Daioujou Black Label Extra
Ps3 - Ryu ga Gotoku 3
Ps3 - Hori Arcade Fighting Stick 3 (HP3-01)
PS3 - Demon's Souls (JPN Version)

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Stock Update - PS3 Street Fighter IV 4 Fightpads

We received some good news! We may receive a small wave of ps3 street fighter IV fightpads tomorrow, with 360 street fighter 4 pads arriving the following week. So far, we're not putting them in stock, we don't want to get our hopes up, along with the hopes of our loyal customers, so we're waiting until it actually arrives.

If the controllers do in fact arrive, we will be updating our stock status immediately. Customers are encouraged to sign up for "email me when the item is back in stock" notifications. Quantities are extremely allocated and items will be sold on a first come first serve basis.

I also have spoken to madcatz. Second wave allocations are still filling first wave pre-orders. A 3rd wave will be released end of april early may. We estimate that demand will insta-die down at that time, and major surpluses of the sticks will surface. We have sticks on order, but will adjust our quantities accordingly.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Stock Update - Hori & Madcatz Fighting Sticks

I'm sure many are wondering restock dates and times for the Hori and Madcatz sticks. Honestly, we do not know. We have just a few sticks left for retail, but next restocks are unknown. I've spoken to hori and they're just not sure if they're going to produce another batch anytime soon. Seems like the only ones available are the ones floating around in Japan at inflated costs, or the remaining ones on ebay that are being sold for ridiculous prices.

As for madcatz sticks, we received the same news concerning the second wave of sticks. Customers that have requested pre-order holds may see their sticks by the end of march.

We were able to source a few hori sticks locally, but at high prices. Every few days, you may see us price adjust, only because we have to buy high as well.

Stock Update - Hori Fighting Stick 3 HP3-01 - In Stock

The Hori fighting stick 3 for PS3 (HP3-01) is in stock! The joystick contains 3 turbo functions (slow, normal, and fast) with (5/12/20 times/second respectively). The joystick is connected via USB.

We were eager to open all the boxes today to find all boxes in mint condition. A few of our loyal employees will be taking these home tonight and giving us a formal review tomorrow once again.

Surprisingly, this stick is now highly sought after now that every single hori stick on the planet is out of stock. ETA for Hori & Madcatz sticks are still unknown.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Wednesday Restock - Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 PS3

Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 Joystick For Playstation 3 PS3 - $129.99

Stock Update - Hori Street Fighter 4 Fighting Stick

We are officially sold out! Next restocks are expected mid march as our boat shipment has departed Japan earlier this morning.

So far, there is no drought in Japan, but the remaining quantities around Japan are available at higher-than-normal prices.

With the madcatz tournament edition sticks allocated to most larger retail chains first, we expect all the other fighting sticks to sell much quicker starting wednesday. Joystick sales soared this weekend as many anticipated tuesday's release of street fighter 4.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Stock Update - Madcatz Street Fighter Sticks & Joypads Now In Stock!

To our surprise, madcatz has sent us small allocations of the regular ps3 and 360 Street Fighter 4 Fightstick. Pre-orders have been shipped today. Regular joypads for the ps3 have arrived and are in stock but the 360 versions were not allocated to us. Tournament edition sticks, unfortunately are delayed until end of march. Existing preorder customers will be emailed for potential swaps to different available fighting sticks.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Pre-Order Update - Madcatz Tournament Edition

Due to an overwhelming demand of madcatz tournament edition sticks, we will be notifying our first pre-order customers of their status 2/16-2/17. We expect to receive an extremely small shipment next week.

In addition, capcom has just notified us that they will not be allocating us any limited edition street fighter IV sets the first week.