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Today, I want to show off a very obscure board game based on Dragon Ball Z. It’s so obscure that it has never been documented much online in full… until now. Now, this game has been talked about previously via a forum board from 2017 , a Reddit post from 2019 , and a short TikTok video from 2023 showing off the game from user andrew_hedgehog that I randomly stumbled across on Google doing deep research for the game. The game is called Dragon Ball Z: Battle Strategy - Frieza Saga Edition and it was released by MGA Entertainment in the year 2000. The game requires 3 C batteries to play. This game plays exactly like electronic Battleship, but there is one mode that I really like: Super Saiyan. I’ll get to that later. Before I get to how to play, let’s look at what the game comes with if you purchased it completed: 10 figures, 10 bases for the figures, the game, instructions, and red pegs that represent a hit and yellow pegs that represent a miss.   For the Saiyan Force… yes, that’s w...

I barely have any childhood memories of Puffy AmiYumi, but the only thing I remember was the CN logo after the end credits (it will show up in Japanese then switch to the regular CN logo). I was in high school, and I was watching old Cartoon Network promos. And PAY was in the collection of promos. I was like, “do I remember this show?”. So, I watched the first episode. And immediately loved it. I searched for any merch out there and discovered the Rock Out Ami plush.  I haven’t watched the rest of PAY, but I plan to start over and get a refresher on previous episodes I’ve seen since I haven’t watched it for years after high school. I’ll start watching it after I finish up Code Lyoko. If you don’t know this show, I’ll give you a brief summary: this cartoon series is based on a real Japanese duo called PUFFY. They sang the theme song to Teen Titans & TT GO. I guess the only thing I remember is that they go on crazy adventures with their band manager, Kaz on a tour bus. Despite on...

When I checked TOMY Japan's website to see if there was another talking Pokémon plush similar to the Sprigatito and Fuecoco plushies released last year (which I own), I saw a talking Terapagos based on the anime (which I've never seen when it the series came out but I've seen an image of Liko holding her Terapagos)! I was hoping that they would release Quaxly, but sadly, they never did. Based on the translated description of the website, it acts similar to the two plushies. Basically, if you talk, it will respond, has a special voice command and it has a special feature on the plush (Sprigatito's feature was "petting" it's head (I tried saying it's Japanese name because some sites claim that if you say its name, it will react in a special way but it doesn't) and Fuecoco's was rubbing it's stomach and it had two commands: Hogeta (JP name for Fuecoco) and Hinoko (Ember in Japanese)).  I bought it from an eBay seller as a pre-order instead of ...