Mugen Edamame (Infinite Soybeans) from Bandai Asovision

Written by: Michael Keferl on April 3, 2008 at 8:34 pm | In 01 Technology & Gadget Trends | 1 Comment

So, the Mugen Puchi Puchi just wasn’t enough for you, eh? Puchi Moe too geared toward the Akiba crowd? Do you really like preparing for dinner and then never getting to eat it?

Coming on April 26th, the Mugen Edamame (Infinite Soybeans) from Bandai Asovision are another spinoff from the hugely popular Mugen Puchi Puchi (infinite bubblewrap) toy that was introduced to the English-speaking world by this humble website way back in the summer of 2007.

Mugen Edamame isn’t virtual bubblewrap, and you can’t eat it, but it’ll still go on forever. By pushing the beans inside the pod, each one pops out individually and shows one of twelve random faces (faces are pre-set of course, but randomly packaged) with a variety of characters from “old man bean” to “surprised bean”.

Of course, the same people who will buy the infinite soybeans would probably throw a fit if their moms asked them to peel some REAL soybeans for dinner, yet they’ll happily peel them all day long for “fun”. Kind of reminds me of a certain “yard work simulator” on a certain TV show…

Via Yoko Higashi - Celestial Fortune

Tags: Asovision, Bandai, Mugen Edamame, Mugen PuchiPuchi, Toys

Monster Hunter Drink from Bandai

Written by: Michael Keferl on March 14, 2008 at 7:38 pm | In 02 Marketing & Ad Trends | No Comments

Seems like Square Enix won’t be the only ones making money off of tired, thirsty gamers these days.

Coinciding with the March 27th release of the much anticipated Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G game for PSP, Bandai is releasing an exclusive energy drink only to be sold in 7-11 convenience stores.

The Monster Hunter Drink is produced by Hino Pharmaceutical and contains royal jelly, vitamins, and fruit flavors. They expect to sell 50 million bottles before the limited run finishes at the end of April.

Bandai press release

Tags: Bandai, beverages, gaming, Monster Hunter