Japan's Dragon Quest fever
An investigation of the RPG phenomenon, straight from Tokyo
Above: Plushie Slime Stack. Good for hugs. Also: dusting the inside of vases
Above: Pencils make good styluses after a long sesh grinds down the real thing
Above: Laugh as your cat breaks its teeth trying to eat this metallic paperweight
Above: The plastic Gold Golem is just another brick in the wall of merchandise
Above: Affix stickers to DS for +5 cuteness (and +10 post-removal smudges)
Above: Our favorite Dragon Quest moment immortalized in t-shirt form
Above: With a Slime face on the tip of the stylus, it looks like he’s hiding in the stylus hole on the DS
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Above: Good luck differentiating one generic face part from the next
Above: Behold - this thing! Your guess is as good as ours
Above: The box calls it a lucky charm. Doesn’t work: we wanted the Slime one
Above: Giant plush key ring. Let’s see you pocket this in your skinny jeans
Above: Stationery - because the forces of evil hate straight lines
Above: All your favorite heroes preserved in plastic. Look: it’s him!
Above: Flannel for cleaning dirt/blood/Slime from your post-Quest face
Above: A ‘make your own Dragon Quest IX hero’ kit. Er, we made it for you
Above: Delightful King Slime mug turns every cup of tea into an adventure!
Jul 31, 2010
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