XBX Pure White Console Limited Edition - Shipping Today

   We pretty much received our entire order of Pure White Xbox consoles today except for three units that are still out there. Somewhere. We wanted one un-engraved Xbox consoles for our own collection, a console with www.ncsx.com engraved on it (for posterity), and a customer also requested an un-engraved console. Unfortunately, these three were not shipped to us and we're now waiting for an update on their status. There appears to be some surplus stock as we were offered a small quantity last night from another Japanese vendor but at a much higher price. We'll hold off on those for now in case our three missing units show up. We cannot accept any new orders for the Pure White console at this time but we may be able to offer some additional Kasumi Xbox consoles next month.

   We're fairly surprised at the fill rate for our preorder. With the exception of the three missing units, all of our other requests were filled without any hassles or high drama. We're feeling a little guilty this morning for taking a good chunk of the limited production, especially since Microsoft probably intended for these to generate interest from Japanese consumers and not exported to the States.

   Most customers who preordered the Pure White consoles asked us to engrave their proper names on the units but there were quite a few who asked for anime character names, movie titles, LOTR names such as Aragorn and Legolas, short poetic quotes, and a couple of "Bill Gates." All these were engraved to our specifications so we're pleased that the process was hassle-free. The engraving is located on the lower-right corner of the top of the Xbox and underneath every engraving is another one which reads "Limited Edition of XXXX/1000." The center Xbox circle also reads "Limited Edition 2004" beneath the Xbox logo. While we're fairly certain that a console engraved with "Bill Gates" will fetch a pretty penny one of these days, some of the other ones may also do well should their owners decide to sell them off. In case you're wondering, there were no requests for a "Steve Ballmer" engraving.
 
Summary of the Week
Monday DC Puyo Puyo Fever  PS2 Onimusha 3  NEWS DBZ Beach Sandals in June, Gundam Z-Gock Hand, Import Outlook - Psyvariar 2 expected on Wednesday
Tuesday NEWS Preorders open for GBA Zero One SP, PS2 Bomberman Kart DX, Super Robot Wars Controller Special Edition, Tantei Jinguuji Saburo Kind of Blue and TOY Rockman products
Wednesday PS2 Kikou Heidan J-Phoenix 2, Love Aerobics  NEWS Shipment delays
Thursday PS2 Nurse Witch Komugi-Chan Regular and Limited Edition, Onimusha 3 Memory Card, Snow First Limited Edition, Tentama 2 Wins Regular and Limited Edition, Ultraman Fighting Evolution 2  NEWS Shipment delays part 2
Friday DC Psyvariar 2  PS2 Firefighter F.D. 18, Flight Stick v2.0, Gain Ground - Sega Ages 2500, Galaxy Angel: Moonlit Lovers, Initial D Special Stage - Best Version, Kaido Battle 2, Taisen! Bakudan Poy Poy, Virtua Racing - Sega Ages 2500  XBX Pure White Xbox Console
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