TV Mahjong game hardware

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TV Mahjong game hardware

Post by Barticle » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:48 am

I found this randomly on Amazon Japan. There have been several plug & play mahjong games but this one is shaped like two mahjong tiles. 8)

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The big "dot" is a jog wheel to control your cursor and the smaller ones are buttons for kan, chii, pon, riichi, agari (win), cancel and OK.
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http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20 ... toy132.htm

It takes 4 x AA batteries or a mains adapter.

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Post by Barticle » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:51 am

Here's the official site for the product: http://epoch.jp/gt/taikan/tvmj/

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Post by or2az » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:56 am

That's pretty cool. How much?

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Post by Barticle » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:02 am

The recommended retail price after tax is 4,725 Yen which is about US$40.

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Post by or2az » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:46 am

Found what looks like the same thing on amazon U.S.
wow! can shipping be that much? sounds inflated to me.
Looking at Bart's links again (along with google translate), it looks like the manufacturer (Epoch) suggests the 4725 yen ($40) and Amazon (both of them), are the price gougers (14,800 yen in japan or about $125), if I am doing this correctly.
(With the AC adapter, it looks like another 1445 yen or $12 more)
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Re: TV Mahjong game hardware

Post by Barticle » Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:09 pm

On both sides of the Pacific those are Japanese retailers selling through Amazon's sites.

Likely the device is no longer in production leaving desperate buyers to contend with opportunistic pricing.

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