Taito Egret II Mini

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zak wrote: September 7th, 2021, 7:29 pm That Canary flash 16 seconds in :lol:
Anyone know what that was about ? I presumed just the rotate mech
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Folded and made an amazon.jp account. Got the base set and the spinner/ trackball controller. Just before committing to my order, I found out amazon.jp adapted that absolutely retared practice of charging you import sales tax like it's any of their business whether I pay it or not. That's a cool 40 Eurobucks out of nowhere... :problem:
Still bought it, of course.
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Amazon need to make sure we pay our taxes, so they dont have to 8-)
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Huh? I assumed it's because they've gotten tired of having packages sent back to them because customers were incapable of picking them up from the customs office in time... anyway, **** them.
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It's much easier this way. They usually ship by DHL. Takes about 3 days.
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I buy stuff from the US via eBay & have to pay the duty at checkout but it's better facing a nasty surprise 2 weeks later 8-)
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The German customs office close to my home will just pass along every second package. For the last big shipment of SNES games from Japan (worth about 100 bucks?) I didn't have to pay any import tax...
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Is that a curved screen? What?
I am not too keen on what im seeing on the video quality though. Merhgh..
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It's just a curved plastic cover on top of the LCD. It's not going to be a real curved screen.

There hasn't actually been any video of how the mini screen actually looks, has there? The video on the previous page shows a black screen.
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SuperPang wrote: August 26th, 2021, 1:39 pm Image
1:1 on 4:3... Uh oh.
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:-o

I love it
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Me too. I haven't had this vibe since I was 11, my telfth birthday was coming up and I knew I'd get the newly released SNES... :D
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Now that is awesome :awe:

If I wasn't sold before I certainly am now 8-)
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Ok I'm pre ordering this now. Need!
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I've tried to preorder the bundle with spinner controller:

¥27,248 for Taito Egret + spinner controller
¥21,379 for Shipping :-o
¥10,698 for Import fees deposit :wtf:

Total amount ¥59,325 = about 460 EURO

too much! Pass for now :cry:
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saturnshadow wrote: October 5th, 2021, 3:09 pm I've tried to preorder the bundle with spinner controller:

¥27,248 for Taito Egret + spinner controller
¥21,379 for Shipping :-o
¥10,698 for Import fees deposit :wtf:

Total amount ¥59,325 = about 460 EURO

too much! Pass for now :cry:
Try ordering them separately, which is what I did. That way, they'll ask less than 50 bucks for shipping.
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Super-late to the party...but that tate mech is beyond cool :awe:
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I've just cancelled my original full-pack pre-order and ordered another.

There are two on Amazon jp. One is cheaper than the other. The only difference I can find is in the title.


The pricier full-pack title finishes with 付 (attached). The other with 無 (nothing).

Can't find any more information. Apparently there's a Famitsu DX edition that comes with pins and a pin display stand...
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