Candy Boy GiveawaySorry to have kept you waiting! I have good news, bad news and then good news.
First up is the good news. There were multiple correct answers who all guessed 2,950 yen. Looks like many folks have been paying attention to the previous Week in Tokyo a...
AmiAmi GiveawayComrades from AmiAmi and Good Smile Company came over for dindins the other day. Had a nice evening talking about the anime and figure industry - there is so much more than meets the eye ^^;
Google Android Giveaway"Omatase" [お待たせ] is what one says when they have kept somebody waiting. In this case I've kept you waiting since I asked you in the previous Android Japan post whether you would like to have some of these Andorid Mascots.
20090910 Giveaway Round 2Congrats to the 19 gladiators (out of 673-ish who participated) who proceed to battle it out in round two - they guessed correctly that Saber was holding a total of 28GB.
20090910 Giveaway - KagamikuWill announce results of the Amano Ai Giveaway soon but wanted to get this figure Giveaway out as we haven't done one for ages - you must remind me of these things ^^;
Learning JapaneseUpdate:- Discount coupons for DC readers as follows - thanks to the CEO of White Rabbit Press:-
Add our 'WRP Kanji Wall Poster' to your cart and use this coupon for a 25% discount:
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Add 'Japanese Kanji Flashcards, Volume 1 (Third E...
Tokyo RainbowBy the time I went to grab the Lumix, the second rainbow had faded and left its partner behind. Taken last weekend. Camera does not capture the real beauty though. Wonder how many years it will be when they have 360 cameras.
As for what time I too...
3 Figure GiveawayUpdate - this giveaway is being held at figure.fm - you need to answer over there and not here!
Any answers here will be ignored.
No better way to start a day than with a bunch of free figures - and unlike the current two Otacool and 1070 USD giv...
OTACOOLAs previously mentioned, I'm working with Kotobukiya to publish a book thats filled with otaku rooms belonging to dannychoo.com readers.
Today I'm excited to announce that submissions are now open over at figure.fm and you can read the rules and n...
20090715 Giveaway - 1075 USDTo celebrate the launch of Figure.fm, comrades at Japan to Door would like to give you 1075 USD worth of moolah and you will find the nitty gritty details over at figure.fm in this post.
A few words about Japan to Door who do a few things all outl...
kotobukiya x dannychooUpdate - I've asked Kotobukiya to give you goodies. Will update you soon.
Kotobukiya liked the photos of the rooms that you submitted so much that they want to publish a book filled with your photos called Otacool!
-Book is due out in October-i...
20090602 Giveaway - WinnerSorry to have kept you waiting on this - been underwater as usual. Interviews, meetings, 1/1 scale Gundams, networking events, trying to get figure.fm beta out today and have Kotobukiya coming around in the afternoon to go over some stuff. Will be at...
20090602 Giveaway - Final RoundThe final round will decide who gets the 1/7 scale Signum kindly being given up for adoption by the good comrades at HobbyLink Japan.
Those who answered "Dollfie parts" or similar in round two go through to the final round. I say "final round" becau...
Japan Job BenefitsLooks like a good week for stuff that lands in ones lap ^^;
-Good Smile Racing stickers
-GSC 1/4 scale Nanoha Takamachi (Shes huge!)
-Griffon Chizuru
-Orchid Seed Rio
-Nendoroid Nagi
-Nendoroid Kureha
-Nendoroid Kagami
-Figma Mikuru Waitress...
20090602 Giveaway - Round TwoLooks like many lurkers got out of the woods to sign up and participate in the current giveaway to win the 1/7 scale Signum figure by Alter - kindly being given up for adoption by HobbyLink Japan.
761 comments on round one ^^;
As you can se...
20090602 Giveaway - Alter SignumNext giveaway is open to everybody - even folks who are not registered yet so if you want to take part then signup and leave your answer. When you just signup, your avatar will take up to 30 mins to show up - bug on this side ^^;
Up for grabs will...
20090511 Giveaway WinnerCongrats to Alodia ( http://www.alodiagosiengfiao.com/ ) who wins 150 USD worth of anything that she wants on J-list!
I tried to keep quiet and not comment on any of the desk photos but had to say something when I saw this photo! Pretty awesome inde...
20090511 Giveaway UpdateAn update on the 20090511 Giveaway where the person with the most bodacious desk is going to win 150 USD worth of *anything* they want from J-list.
So far we've got 125 stunning desks and a painful task awaits me from having to chose just one - th...
20090511 Giveaway - Your DeskUpdate - name your post "YourDCUserNameHere's desk"
Giveaway time. Inspired by the desk photos of late.
To participate, All you have to do is post a photo of your desk. Its up to you what you have on your desk but you probably should set it up s...
Dollfie Ryomo ShimeiCongratulations to necrophadian who guessed correctly that my new daughter is Dollfie Ryomo Shimei!
As for the clue - have a look at the eye patch photo where I say:-
More stuff that costs the same as human sized ones. These are eye patches. May...
20090427 Giveaway Round 2.5Nani?! None of you managed to get the incredibly easy clue! Nobody answered correctly in the last Giveaway Round 2 question to win a Figma of your choice so we default to 2.5 with more hints - two incredibly generous photos where the answer is starin...
20090427 Giveaway Round 2A related pic of Dollfie Aoi who I took out with me to the Nikon Photo Walk last week.
On to round 2 of the 20090427 Giveaway to win a figma of your choice.
The Clue was "Gatcha-san."
"Gatcha" = "Gatchapon" = cheap and usually around [currency=5...
20090427 Giveaway - Your FigmaLets continue with the giveaway shenanigans shall we?
So, thanks to the kind comrades at HobbyLink Japan, one dannychoo.com registered reader will win a Figma of their choice and get one of my name cards - the one with Mirai-chan on it.
Here are...
20090415 Giveaway WinnerCongrats to member Char who guesses [currency=46447] and wins a Nendoroid of his choice with an exclusive Nendoroid Calendar which never went on sale and was made just for internal use and industry folks.
Regarding Char's answer - there is actually...
20090415 Giveaway - Your NendoroidSome SAFS that just arrived from some very good comrades ^^;
Exelica comes with some limited batches of the PS2 game TRIGGERHEART EXELICA ENHANCED and retails for [currency=13440]. FooBarBaz also has more pics.
Check out the very cool animated OP f...
20090407 Giveaway WinnerWe have a winner! Congrats to G2 in Singapura ( jitokun.wordpress.com ) who wins a Lay D! May G2 live long and prosper by taking good care of his health with this state of the art gadget.
G2, please contact me at [support at dannychoo dot com] and...
20090407 Giveaway Round 2The battle continues from the 20090407 Giveaway - many gladiators fell but the many who gave "Figma Shana" within their answer proceed through to the next round.
The challenge this time is to tell me the total *retail* price (yen) of all the figures...
20090407 Giveaway - Lay DThe folks at Kanojo Toys want to keep sending over the latest samples of cutting edge Japanese technology - because it seems that a load of you are buying stuff from their store through the partner placements dotted around the site ^^;
This time i...
20090326 Giveaway WinnerThe Your Room has to be the worst giveaway ever. Never felt so terrible in choosing one out of 89 room entries.
Please don't hate me for not choosing your room! Do remember that I'm always grateful for the great community that you've built at dannyc...
20090326 - Giveaway UpdateA few things to go over - first up is the 20090326 Giveaway - Your Room where a lucky bod will win [currency=20000] to spend on what they want at a Japanese online store of their choice - requirements in the previous post.
There are currently 66 p...
20090326 Giveaway - Your RoomUPDATE2 - collages are fine too - as long as its all in one image.
UPDATE - you now got 48 hours (I know some folks are busy) and must title your post "Nickname's Room" so for me it would be "Danny's Room."
Member Rock U! and the many of you wh...
20090314 Giveaway - WinnerCongratulations to Gibson who guessed 6666 yen for the total amount of goodies that I purchased at Ikea in the last question of the current giveaway.
The actual amount not including the boxes, floor, trolley,kagami or the Google pad came to [curre...
