NCS Product Synopsis
Update: December 18, 2009
«©NCSX» A few years ago when we were still dabbling in Zippo lighters, NCS bought USA versions in bulk for under $15 each. Some were as low as $5. Imagine our bewilderment back in 1998 when we received a preorder offer from a Japanese vendor for the Beatmania 3rd Mix Zippo. Cost to us? A lofty $60. For a lighter. Sure, the Beatmania lighter was limited to only 500 pieces but it was a Zippo and we normally paid a quarter of that asking price. The Beatmania Zippo was our introduction to Japanese Zippos and over the years, we’ve imported even pricier models featuring Transformers, Lupin, Final Fantasy, Sakura Taisen, and many more.

NCS imports yet another limited edition Zippo today and this one’s a doozy. The price is pretty high but that’s because the lighter was limited for sale only on a Banpresto website for a limited time between October 23 to November 6. Add in the unfavorable yen/dollar exchange rate, shipping charges from Japan, and vendor handling costs and we have severe price inflation on our hands. We had to get them for our own collection (the Sega historical vault) however and NCS also imported quantity for customers.

The Mega-Drive Zippo looks like a perfect recreation of Sega’s 16-bit console complete with power button, reset button, and the cosmetic ridges on the left of the console. The only giveaway that this is a Zippo is the little hinge on the side which allows the top to be popped over so you can light up a cigarette, ignite a firecracker, or illuminate the darkness with a handheld torch. Since we got them in time, the Mega Drive Zippo might be the perfect gift for that special someone in your life who still plays Mega-Drive games. In the basement. Late at night and usually accompanied by crunchy snacks.

NCS Preorder Synopsis
Update: December 18, 2009
«©NCSX» Back in the early 90s when we were still dabbling in Zippo lighters, NCS bought USA versions in bulk for under $15 each. Some were as low as $5. Imagine our bewilderment in 1998 when we received a preorder offer from a Japanese vendor for the Beatmania 3rd Mix Zippo. Cost to us? A lofty $60. For a lighter. Sure, the Beatmania lighter was limited to only 500 pieces but it was a Zippo and we normally paid a quarter of that asking price. The Beatmania Zippo was our introduction to Japanese Zippos and over the years, we’ve imported even pricier models featuring Transformers, Lupin, Final Fantasy, Sakura Taisen, and many more.

NCS imports yet another limited edition Zippo today and this one’s a doozy. The price is pretty high but that’s because the lighter was limited for sale only on a Banpresto website for a limited time between October 23 to November 6. Add in the unfavorable yen/dollar exchange rate, shipping charges from Japan, and vendor handling costs and we have severe price inflation on our hands. We had to get them for our own collection (the Sega historical vault) however and NCS also imported a sizable quantity for interested customers with refined taste.

The Sega Saturn Zippo looks like a perfect recreation of Sega’s original Japanese 32-bit console which was colored gray. We sold the Saturns for about $600 back in the day and the OG Playstation was about $800. The Zippo’s Saturn facade includes the power button, eject, and reset buttons along with the cartridge port on top and snazzy Sega Saturn lettering. The only giveaway that this is a Zippo is the little hinge on the side which allows the top to be popped over so you can light up a cigarette, stave off the cold, or set fire to kindling. Since we got them in time, the Sega Saturn Zippo might be the perfect gift for that special someone in your life who still plays Saturn games. In the basement. Late at night and usually accompanied by Cap’n Crunch cereal with a splash of milk.

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If you weren’t suck a fucking pussy and burned down your house during Fire Season, you could have had some insurance money to buy Christmas presents for your kids.

Now they hate you.

I smoke numerous amounts of cigarettes and everybody knows they taste better with a zippo. Now you can get your X-Large on while getting your hit of cancer,

N.

A few thoughts on gift giving etiquette for the approaching holiday season.  Remember that each gift giving situation is unique, just as individuals differ from each other. Therefore the actual gift item will be very different from one person to another.

Dinner or Party Invitation:

During the holiday season you will be invited to a dinner of perhaps a “get together”. Bringing a small gift to show your appreciation is definitely considered proper etiquette, not to mention polite.  This could include a bottle of wine or a small personal gift for the host or hostess.
Always take the time to wrap a gift.  If the gift is worth giving, it’s worth spending a dollar on a gift bag and some tissue paper.  Wrapping a gift is part of the spirit of gift-giving.
Always include a card with the gift, and actually write a note in it in your own handwriting.

Gift Giving at the Office:

If you are new to your present environment find out what has been done in the past. If there is a maximum dollar limit, stick to it.
If you are buying a gift for a particular person, not a general male or female gift, find out what that person’s hobbies or pastimes are.  A golf-related gift is ideal for the golfer or perhaps a lighter for the smoker or Zippo lighter collector.
Do not be tempted to give a gag gift. They are considered taboo for the workplace, as are very personal gifts.  Unless it’s your wife, do not give a woman anything that is a real personal item like a negligee, roses or perfume. It’s the wrong message.
Homemade items could also be viewed as being too personal in the workplace.
What you choose to give and how you present your gift is always the most important part of gift giving.

Is money an appropriate gift?

Always try to avoid giving money.  It’s more thoughtful to give a gift certificate or gift card, but only if you take the time to consider the most appropriate store or restaurant.  Pick something that will be useful for the gift recipient. If the person has a long commute each day, a gift of an Auto Emergency kit may be most appropriate.  Giving gift certificates for specialty items such as food, wine, movies or coffee do make great gifts.

Thank You Notes:

Properly thanking the person that the gift came from is also very important. “Thank You” notes are highly recommended when a gift is received, regardless of the reason for the gift. The “Thank You” note does not have to be a formal or even purchased for that matter, it is in the sentiment that is the important factor and the thank you note should always be handwritten.

Panty shields up, Captain! We’re rebooting the Ovarian Operating System . . .

I know, the title of this blog alone makes you want to click fast and away. But I have to tell you a tale of consumer eco-angst removed from the simple and often expensive decision to buy local, organic products and food. But first, a little herstory . . .

There’s already been enough shame, secrecy, and taboo surrounding “that time of the month” and all the other fine euphemisms invented to be humourous or circumspect about the mystery of menstruation. There are countries where tampons weren’t and still aren’t sold because you’d have to “touch down there.” There are women who follow this practice willingly, even in forward thinking countries. They build huts and red tents and spas for this exact purpose. To wear pampers or to be pampered. Elsewhere.

But it’s moved beyond that to a place where we’re supposed to celebrate and “have a happy period,” a campaign from a company that stupidly chose their brand name to be “Always.” As in, “I’ll ALWAYS bleed, and I’ll ALWAYS wear these things.” At least Kotex, Tampex, and Playtex (all with –ex as a suffix to mean “out, from or away”) sound almost medical or medicinal. And it’s not ALL feminine hygiene, even wounded soldiers are prone to use a tampon (French for “plug” or “stopper”) to halt bullet wounds from weeping. “Always” doesn’t seem to imply medical or even chronic, instead, it implies a life sentence. Doesn’t your uterus protest? Well it should. War is hell and there’s a war in your drawers and the sick folks at Always were also responsible for aerodynamic pantyliners and pads. That’s right – they got your code red covered in homeland security and you can feel secure each month knowing there’s a little, white F-16 in your pants.

It’s not just a troubling war at home either . . . it’s covers many land masses and miles of ocean.

Spastic Plastic

Your average lady uses 16,800 tampons in her lifetime, that’s 250 to 300 pounds of tampons and applicators. Tag on a few thousand pads and panty liners, and your ecological footprint is looking more like Sasquatch. Of particular offense are the plastic applicators some tampons are encased in. They are casually tossed into wastebaskets where they later escape the curb trash or landfill, trotted off by animals, resurfacing in parking lots and playgrounds and a host of other locations you’d rather not see them appear.

They come back from the watery depths to haunt you, too.

Plastic tampon applicators from sewage outfalls are one of the most common forms of trash on beaches. Yeah, you thought food wrappers and glass bottles and needles were the only gross & hazardous materials washing out to sea and coming back in with the tides. You flush them and that’s just the beginning. For building owners, pads and tampons that are flushed down the toilet are the most common cause of plumbing problems. Further down the flow, they end up the sewage treatment plants and surf into a lake or onto a river, and on into the ocean where they pool with the rest of the plastic detritus at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. There it all sits and breaks down into ever smaller particles until they are the size and color of plankton or worse, are pelletized high-density polyethylene (HDPE) white “nurdles” that resemble fish eggs or food to sea creatures. Then the birds and fish ingest these hormone disrupters and concentrated toxins like PCB and DDE and the circle of life gets a big kick in the nurdles.

But it’s not just the animals somewhat removed from you, you’re an animal too, and guess what it’s doing to you by directly inserting it? Your conventional feminine hygiene products contain a mixture of rayon and cotton. Rayon is in your blouses, dresses, lingerie, linings, scarves, suits, ties, hats, socks, the filling in Zippo lighters, blankets, window treatments, upholstery, tire cord, yarn and diapers. It’s highly absorbent but no good at retaining shape and as far as biodegradability goes, it’s a real loser. Most importantly, synthetic materials like the Rayon used in tampons show an increased risk of toxic shock syndrome (TSS), particularly for superabsorbent tampons. So if you’re a bleeder, you’re a feeder.

And sweet, white cotton isn’t much better up in there. Cotton is highly pesticide-intensive; 25% of pesticides used globally are devoted to growing cotton. To achieve that lily-white look, pads and tampons are bleached with chlorine, a process which creates dioxins, a known carcinogen and those bad boys shouldn’t be placed anywhere near your reproductive organs. And you swear you never smoked a cigar in your life. Especially in a donkey show.

Think Outside the (Tampon) Box

It’s getting easier to select tampons, pads, and panty liners made from organic, unbleached cotton which is cultivated without the use of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, sewage sludge, irradiation, petrochemicals, or genetic engineering. All of which we now have think about when looking at the towering isle of soothing, pastel colors, reminding us that yes – we’ll be back out there swimming, riding ponies, surfing at the beach and smiling while playing miniature golf in NO time.

O.B. tampons: small box, no applicator. Compact, simple cellophane wrapper covering them, easy to use, and take up very little room in your purse. It is unfathomable, but some women simple aren’t down with getting that up close and personal with their own lady bits and maybe getting their finger a little spotty. Come on darlings – this is no time to be prim and squeamish. If you haven’t seen it in a mirror to understand how it goes together and pushed the buttons to see how it works, you don’t deserve to have sex and should just hang an “Out Of Order” sign over your girdle loop. Get over it. Get into it. It’s yours. Deal.

OG-style Tampax: wrapped in paper, cardboard applicator that breaks down relatively quickly if they happen to get loose in the environment. Preferable to the Pearl brand, which has an indestructible plastic applicator strong enough for shotgun shell casings and is then further wrapped in coated paper. Awesome. Go ahead. Try running them over with your car. You can’t destroy them. They’ll only get dirty . . . and more angry. That plastic rocket launcher is just one more wasteful obstacle between you and your nana. I don’t even want to go into the perfumed varieties. Now on top of your plastic fetish, you’re going to open a vapor-impermeable pouch and stick this vulcanized, alcohol soaked albino vampire into your hoo-ha where no one and nothing but your senseless cervix can smell it? Well it doesn’t work and now you smell of lightly talcumed meat. Fail. p.s. Talc is closely related to the potent carcinogen asbestos and talc particles have been shown to cause tumors in the ovaries and lungs of cancer victims. So hey – go easy on sprinkling the Johnson’s about your leaky basement. It’s a safety hazard. You’ll slip and fall. No need to announce “clean-up on aisle one.”

Natracare and Seventh Generation: chemical-free, non chlorine-bleached, simple packaging which means even less waste. Eco-conscious enough with all the key ingredient and disclaimers including no animal-testing and skin-tested only on fellow humans. You can sleep well in the knowledge that no bunnies had to hop about with a maxi pad strapped to their fluffy bums and instead, some nice lady in a lab got itchy a few times. This is still within the normal scope of your monthly cycle.

Jade and Pearl Sea Sponge: natural tampons inspired by the traditional use of sponges by menstruating women of ancient times. So if you want to bleed like Cleopatra, this is your bag. The Egyptians invented the tampon too – so you can thank them for that little wonder. Sea sponges are available in Teenie, Regular, and Large and you precision(?) fit to size by trimming the sea sponge and experimenting with insertion. Wow. Try not to think about doing dishes or wiping counters or a nice hot sponge bath because really, I can’t see how this is either sanitary OR relaxing. So Sally, if you’re worried about sullying up the seashore, (welcome to my new menstrual tongue twister) this is all the rage amongst mythological aquatic creatures. Apparently, sea sponges are what mermaids use.

Menstrual Cups – i.e.: Diva cup, Mooncup, Instead Softcup, Lunette, Keepercup, LadyCup, Femmecup, Miacup: Ok. Here’s where I drawn the line. This ain’t a Dixie Cup, or a Sippie Cup, a Tommee Tippee Cup or an Ice Cream Cup. This is none of those fun, sweet, childlike associations. But I trust you probably got over that the first time you sprung a leak and wrecked your favorite Underroos or your expensive lingerie for failing to count the days. Maybe I just haven’t been brave enough to go with a new, miserable experience, but let me get this straight . . . i fold a plastic, rubbery cup into a jelly roll, insert this, it pops open like a tulip, i “stir” it around to make sure the umbrella’s been fully deployed, which may take some coaxing and pushing and twisting, and then I pull it out by its dangling tail at intervals, wash it and reinsert it like tiny, portable Tupper Ware?!?!

Oh, hell no!

i am not about to wash my snatch basket in the sink (and carry special, mild, perfume-free, hypo-allergenic fem soap) in between classes or you know, when i take a restroom break to freshen up while out to dinner. i mean, how does one do this discreetly? Oh, and once a month, i get the distinct displeasure of a 5-minute boil for my little traveling jellyfish at the end of the cycle in some dedicated kitchen equipment that never sees food. Or, hey, i can use rubbing alcohol (and not hydrogen peroxide) to sterilize it. But I have to be extremely careful not to soak it too long and allow it to dry completely and not degrade the integrity of the plastic and rinse the residue so I don’t fuck up my vaginal pH.

O.B. tampons sounding better all the time, huh? Can you imagine wringing out your sea sponge? Wouldn’t you rather “touch it” now?

Go With The Flow

There was a time when i worked at a place so uptight, they wouldn’t allow the female staff to carry in a purse. Whether this was for security or to keep outside worldly distractions such as cell phones to a minimum was unclear, but the idea completely incensed my friend Nicole.

“What?” she snapped. “Where are you supposed to carry your tampons, up your ass?”

i explained to her how bad the work environment sucked and how tension and impossible precision reigned, thus, the topic of anal retention seemed a very fitting description. The job had me so upset, i couldn’t poop for a week. Then i quit.

And many light flow days from then, here i was on a Wednesday nite, standing there in the supermarket isle, paralyzed by too many choices and horrible, far-reaching consequences of those attempts at informed decision. There i was: hungry, cranky, wanting ice cream and a heating pad at the same time, thinking about plumbing, and ocean waters and marine life and cancer of the Yoni.

i turn to the woman next to me who is clicking and sucking at her teeth in audible consternation, just like me, and we both smile nervously, amazed at the mini internal crisis over what we’re going to buy. Neither of us will move first, both seem to be wondering how the other will select, looking for a brave trend to follow. Somehow, there’s a preposterous sense of worry over being judged, like bringing a film or a music cd or a book to the checkout clerk, the fear of choosing poorly, unwisely, without taste or sensibilities. “Hmmm,” she says. “Yeahhhhh,” I mutter slowly and drawn out. And we both start giggling.

My cup of joy is overflowing

I consider my internal flowchart for assessing absorbency needs:

junior – aww, isn’t that cute, you inked!

light – Miss Kitty has a nose bleed.

regular – oh, yay. my period’s back.

super – omg that’s a lot of blood.

super plus – jesus, maybe you should go to the hospital!

ultra – uhh, i think that blood clot just asked for a cigarette.

i am looking for regular. Just something in between, just a few tampons, a starter pack, a holdover since i don’t see any of my normal go-tos. And all they have is “a mere scratch” or “Carrie – Prom Scene.”

So i think of the dolphins and the salmon and the seabirds and i grab the 10-pack with the small, recyclable cardboard box and no applicator with the green looking package and eco-claims to fame and the woman next to me does the same. Just enough to soldier on.

It’s all i can do, really. If i don’t want to leave with anymore acronyms. Say, add PTSD to my PMS. Christ Almighty in a hybrid – i can’t even BLEED with out feeling guilty about it in my new sustainable world concept! i leave with my chlorine-free, biodegradable, non-applicator, no plastic, rayon-free tampons and my razors (which are free from animal testing) and a pint of, yes, sorry, blood orange sorbet, and it’s a good thing. While i’m happily eating my cool treat, i don’t need to imagine poor, naked bunnies hopping around with razor burn and nicks with only a maxi-pad to keep them warm. And after all this guilt, i just want to sandwich a washcloth and tuck it in my drawers or just sit on a sock and call it good.

Museum of Menstruation and Women’s Health

for all your bleeding needs . . .

In gran segreto Lin, Lan, Len (i messaggeri di MoRkObOt) hanno realizzato un esperimento senza eguali.
Lo scorso fine settimana i messaggeri hanno di fatti clonato le proprie fattezze per dare vita a Linz, Lanz, Lenz, i tre messaggeri Asburgici creati per allargare l’impero del Getal alle terre d’oltralpe.
Avvalendosi del potere conferito loro dalle misteriose bacche di MoZaRtH i cloni messaggeri hanno svolto il proprio compito nel migliore dei modi. Questi nuovi messaggeri si differenziano dai tre scienziati creatori per alcune caratteristiche che MoRkObOt stesso ha ritenuto fondamentali per la miglior ottenebrazione mentale e che permettono loro di infiltrarsi al meglio tra le popolazioni locali:

I tratti somatici:
Linz, Lanz, Lenz, presentano tratti somatici lievemente differenti dai propri predecessori, gli zigomi sono più alti, gli occhi sono stati schiariti, e la corporatura è stata incrementata, i seni più prosperosi e gli stomaci (decisamente) più capienti. Anche il fegato ha subito un aumento della propria massa.

Formazione:
Linz, Lanz, Lenz, sono in grado di parlare più lingue ufficialmente riconosciute dalle locali autorità. Sanno districarsi egregiamente tra le lingue anglosassoni ma con l’enorme vantaggio della completa padronanza della gesticolazione manuale, utile per approfondire il significato dei concetti esposti.

Alimentazione:
Linz, Lanz, Lenz, possono inglutire circa 1 litro di succo di luppolo in più risptetto a Lin, Lan, Len, senza subire conseguenza negativa alcuna. Sono poi in grado di portare a termine la gestazione di complicate operazioni digerenti, anche di cibi notevolmente più elaborati.

Sonno:
Linz, Lanz, Lenz, sono in grado di usufruire di un numero decisamente più limitato di ore di riposo notturno grazie alla capacità della suddivisione dei tempi. Essa permette loro di poter riposare nelle ore diurne durante lo spostamento da una parte all’altra dell’Impero.

Igiene:
Linz, Lanz, Lenz, sono in grado di ridurre i consumi d’acqua atta a detergere i propri tessuti riuscendo a spostare ancora più avanti il limite che allontana loro dall’esclusione dai rapporti sociali.

Cultura:
Linz, Lanz, Lenz, sono capaci di implementare i concetti di base che regolano il rapporto con le locali divinità al fine di aiutare la locale popolazione a liberarsene (delle divinità, non dei concetti).

Non temete popoli d’oltralpe, Linz, Lanz, Lenz (i messaggeri Asburgici di MoRkObOt) torneranno presto tra voi!

ZIPPO VINTAGE 1996

JOE CAMEL

MOON AND MOTORCYLE LIGHTER

THIS A BRAND NEW LIGHTER…never used in original black velvet case and metal box…THERE IS A CAMEL FILTER CARDBOARD COVER FOR THE METAL CASE ALSO. Great for the MOTORCYCLE entusiast or Zippo collector, 1996 RJRTC

YOU ARE THE PROUD OWNER OF A FINE ZIPPO PRODUCT. THE NAME ZIPPO HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH QULAITY SINCE 1932. WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN TEH FACT THAT OUR LIGHTERS, AND ALL OF OUR OTHER PRODUCTS, ARE MADE IN THE USA. AND CARRY A LIFETIME GUARANTEE. @R.J.REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

1996 Joe Camel Moon & Motorcycle Zippo Cigarette Lighter available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Gifts & Collectibles ” category

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At least it’s not raining any more.  We had some flooding in the yard.  I am so glad we had our bulkhead done a foot higher than the rest.Cora had a grand time.  She was outside most of the day.  Now, she’s sound asleep on the living room rug.

Here she is checking out some geese.

The Man.

How fun!  Great for concerts!  Click here to read more.

!!! ATTENTION !!!
Notice for all the living beings that will try to put on in contact with Lin, Lan, Len (the messengers of MoRkObOt) in the next days:
The electronic missives sent to the messengers beginning from the hours 01:00 AM of the day 11 (eleven) November 2009 (year two thousand and nine) will have been being read and answered only from the hours 10: 00 AM of the day 16 (sixteen) November 2009 (year two thousand and nine). This answer formality will indifferently be applied to the all the networks habitually used for interacting with MoRkObOt and the messengers themselves. It will be possible to communicate with the Lin, Lan, Len, Lon and Lun through a commune instrument of mobile telephony instead, holding however
it foresees that the communications will be characterized by an unusual brevity owed to the elevated price of the international telephone communications.
Ordinary communications ordinary beginning from the hours 12: 00 of the day 14 (fourteen) November 2009 (year two thousand and nine).

!!! ATTENZIONE !!!
Avviso per tutti gli esseri viventi che nei prossimi giorni cercheranno di mettersi in contatto con Lin, Lan, Len (i messaggeri di MoRkObOt):
Le missive elettroniche inviate ai messaggeri a partire dalle ore 01:00 del giorno 11 (undici) novembre 2009 (duemila e nove) verranno evase soltanto dalle ore 10:00 del giorno 16 (sedici) novembre 2009 (duemila e nove). Questa modalità di risposta verrà applicata indifferentemente ai tutti i network abitualmente utilizzati per interagire con MoRkObOt ed i messaggeri stessi. Sarà invece possibile comunicare con i Lin, lan, Len, Lon e Lun tramite un comune apparecchio di telefonia mobile, tenendo però presente che le comunicazioni saranno caratterizzate da una inconsueta brevità dovuta
all’elevato prezzo delle comunicazioni telefoniche internazionali. Sarà possibile invece riprendere le comunicazioni a tariffa ordinaria a partire dalle ore 12:00 del giorno 14 (quattordici) novembre 2009 (duemila e nove).

Φαίνεται ότι η SEGA ποντάρει πολλά στα διαθέσιμο οπλοστάσιο και στο ταλέντο της πρωταγωνίστριας στα όπλα. Και, φυσικά, φροντίζει να τα προβάλλει συνεχώς![next] byteme

Lin, Lan, Len, Lon e Lun (tutti i messaggeri di MoRkObOt) si apprestano a varcare i misteriosi confini della cucina mediterranea per spingersi là, ove nessuno ha mai osato. La prossima settimana infatti i messaggeri si appropinqueranno a divulgare il Getal tra le comunità montane accampate su tre differenti versanti delle Alpi, e non solo. L’apparizione sarà articolata su cinque (cingue, come le otturazioni! cit.) giorni consecutivi e cercherà di coprire alcuni tra i più importanti aspetti culinari dei luoghi prescelti per le apparizioni.
Ecco come verranno suddivise le portate, oggetto di questo importante viaggio:
1) Un piatto unico a base di carne. La prima meta sarà l’affascinante (ed assai caratteristico) villaggio di Vienna (Austria), mercoledì 11 novembre, all’interno dell’Arena. Assaggiatori ufficiali della serata saranno gli umani Zippo e Bleeding Eyes. Qui i messaggeri potranno compiere importanti esperimenti scientifici sulle rinomate leccornie locali, attribuendosi persino l’onere di sfatare il mito della clonazione culinaria quale temibile Cotoletta alla (…)nese.
2) Il secondo giorno (la cui meta ufficiale verrà mantenuta segreta) sarà dedicato interamente alle bevande, l’attenzione sarà prevalentemente focalizzata sui succhi derivati da malto e luppolo, sui monti del Tirolo, con un po’ di Baviera alla bocca.
3) Protagonisti del terzo giorno saranno invece dolciumi e latticini. La meta prescelta è Basel (Switzerland), venerdì 13 novembre, all’interno dell’Hirscheneck. Compito dei messaggeri sarà quello di prelevare campioni di latticini, cioccolati e cioccoangoli. Data la probabile elevata qualità dei prodotti in questione i messaggeri si riservano di presenziare anche
sotto le ben celate spoglie di OtRoM, al fine di poter prelevare maggiori quantità di campioni per i propri esperimenti scientifici.
4) Il quarto giorno sarà invece dedicato all’elaborazione dei dati raccolti, per agevolare il corretto funzionamento dei sofisticati apparati digerenti dei messaggeri. Verrà quindi fatta tappa a Pren di Feltre (Belluno, Italia), sabato 14 novembre, presso gli assai piacevoli Magazzini Prensili. Qui i messaggeri avranno la possibilità di lubrificarsi con del gustoso distillato di succo d’uva, assai rinomato in queste terre. La degustazione sarà agevolata dalla presenza dei giovini umani Storm {O} e i ritrovati Bleeding Eyes.
5) Il quinto ed ultimo giorno, sarà invece interamente e nuovamente dedicato alla degustazione di buon succo di malto e luppolo, particolarmente adatto a ripulire i sofisticati apparati digerenti dei messaggeri dopo quattro giorni di funzionamento pressoché ininterrotto.

Namco Bandai’s Zippo lighters may not hold a candle to similar—okay, far superior—recent combustible offerings from Sega, but if you’re a huge Xevious fan, Banpresto has a lighter for you, buddy.

Four Zippos themed on classic Namco properties Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Xevious and Galaxian are yours for the pre-ordering and importing, should you have the desire and funds to complete the transaction. I say that because, like the Sega Saturn and Mega Drive Zippos, these aren’t cheap. Each is 10,000 yen, equating to a $108.90 USD price at importer National Console Support.

But if you’re expecting to need a Zippo in January, these might be exactly what you’re looking for.

Vean que piezas tan increibles . . . un par de encendedores Zippo con la forma de las consolas Sega Genesis y Sega Saturn. Si las encuentran se verian muy bien en las manos de un coleccionista gamer . . . eso si por favor . . . NO FUMEN, es malo para la salud.

NCS Preorder Synopsis
«©NCSX» NCS opened up preorders for a pair of Mega-Drive and Sega Saturn Zippos last week but four more gaming-related Zippos are headed our way. Banpresto is celebrating a quartet of classic Namco games by embossing a regulation-issue silver or black Zippo with images from the likes of Pac-Man and Dig Dug. The four lighters are as follows:

» Pac-Man - The famous dot-eater appears with three ghosts
» Galaxian – A regiment of Galaxians float above a lone shooter
» Xevious - Solvalou flies near an enemy installation
» Dig Dug - A miner named Dig Dug blows up a Pooka

The original game logos are also etched onto the respective Zippos and reservations are welcome to ship on or around January 21, 2010 at JPY10,000 each or US$108.90 from NCS.

“Created in celebration of Pac-Man’s impending 30th birthday, these limited-edition series of Zippo lighters from Banpresto includes shiny, butane-filled versions of Pac-Man, Galaxian, Xevious and Dig Dug.”
source @ www.technabob.com

So we went out.