The Pre-Ramble
Well the Go3 Games convention in Perth was fantastic, not only did I get to play the new PS3 on a screen the size of Tasmania, I got to meet the creator of Metal Gear Solid – Hideo Kojima! Perth is a curious town, I say this because their tourism slogans are “It’s not me it’s Perth!” and “Depression? You’re not alone. Welcome to Perth!” OK – I made that up, but in between narrowly escaping a violent stabbing at the hands of some inebriated youths Perth is indeed a lovely city! This Month we get to fly to the other side of the continent for Supanova Brisbane! I enjoy Supanova, it’s a microcosm of everything that defines our generation, games, movies, anime and conspicuous consumption! It’s also the only place you can dress up as a large fluffy alien and no one bats an eyelid! Let’s get busy in Brissie! Hopefully I’ll see you there, oh and as a special treat we’ll have a very limited amount of pre-release stock for the new TRANSFORMERS range! I’m excited in ways I can barely verbalise let alone write down! AAAARRRRGHHHH! Scott AKA ScottOtaku Wear Spiritual Advisor
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DESIGN A TEE COMP WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
A big THANKS to everyone who entered the design a tee comp, after many hours of deliberation and cross checking copyright ownership we are pleased to announce the winners… Well done to chronobreaker for his excellent entry ‘octo_otaku’ and Davetec with his awesome ‘Otaku tshirt 01’
We’ll be interviewing chronobreaker and Davetec next month to find out how they did it!
TRANSFORMERS RETRO COLLECTION:
Well finally these are back in stock, apologies for the delay. Don’t go too nuts buying these though as the all-new Transformers range is due out in May! Here’s a sneak peak of the Soundwave tee. Four out of five people agree -it’s ACE. The one stick-in-the-mud who didn’t said it was RAD!
FMA & LAUGHING MAN HOODIES:
The bad news, out of stock! My lord, these sold in record time and quite simply we weren’t prepared for how popular these items have been. The good news, we are on it! We have re-ordered with a substantial boost in quantities and they’ll be here soon (let’s say a month). For all you guys waiting, we are very sorry for the delay!
Announcements In The House
MADMAN DOGTAGS:
I mentioned these last month, but now I can back up all that talk with a sweet photo! These will arrive in the next month or so and will be a great convention memento. We have one pair to give away. To win email otakuwear@madman.com.au and tell me what the name is of the military organisation in Fullmetal Panic the Second Raid.
NARUTO HOODY:
Here’s a sneak peak of the brand new Naruto Hoody we’ll be releasing in July ’07. It features a cool rubberized zipper pull, secret music player pocket and of course the famous ‘Leaf’ design!
SAMURAI CHAMPLOO JACKET:
If you liked the Nauruto Hoody you’ll love the Samurai Champloo Jacket! This will arrive in June, stay tuned for more info soon.
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Congratulations to Hannah Mathews, Dominic Trinajstic & Dean Durant, you have all won a limited edition Madman x – 10th anniversary tee! We’ll contact you shortly and get your details.
This month we are offering a lucky subscriber the chance to win this one-off Decepticon Hoody! You’ll be the envy of all your friends in this sweet item and you can parade around a full month before anyone else is wearing them! Simply tell us in 50 words or less using iambic pentameter why you should win. To enter, ‘Subscribe and Win’ here.
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