Browsing Category 'GeekStuff'

Victim Number One

Share Okay, the title is horrible, but here’s a little off-beat post from the GS4U team. We recently got an order for the Mega Cockroach on GeekStuff4U, and we also decided to get a sample to play with!

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Sony Vaio SB

GeekStuff4U welcomes you to a brand new holiday season, a full eleven months after the last one! May the season bring you joy, glad tidings, your most secret wish, chocolate-chip cookies, and – of course – Japanese gadgets and gizmos and goods!

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Samsung Galaxy SII – International Differences

Share As you may (or may not) know, dear readers, GeekStuff4U deals almost exclusively in products that are intended – and manufactured – for the Japanese market. We position ourselves as a bridge between the Japanese consumer market and those fans of Japan overseas that otherwise can’t get their hands on the kawaii, hilarious, cool, [...]

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Elecom’s Kasane mouse – top view

Running an Internet social interaction department makes you privvy to a lot of buzz on the Internet. We reacted to one of them.

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The adorable bear assures you this sweepstakes is not an April Fools joke.

Share Last January, the GeekStuff team decided to get the ball rolling on an eventual complete reboot of the website and services of GeekStuff4U. As part of that effort, two employees started a specialized community communications department – feature posts here on the blog, research into the social and community aspects of the Japan-fan demographic [...]

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Omori Torikyu (大森鳥久)

Share The GeekStuff4U global dungeon headquarters/dollhouse happens to be located in Omori, Tokyo. What also happens to be located here is , one of Tokyo’s best fried chicken joint. Some people literally travel miles to get some food there. We just need to go downstairs… The place is run by a few old ladies who [...]

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Share We received a whole lot of mail from people worrying about us and their orders so I decided to summarize everything here: First of all, thank you very much for your concern, everyone is safe here at GeekStuff4u. Tokyo was mostly spared by the disaster so no worries there. We had to relocate temporarily, [...]

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The bell tower of St. Ignatius Church in front of Sophia University after the earthquake. Photo credit: Maylyn Canayon.

Share When we had a soft but long earthquake last Wednesday, we joked about it on Facebook – “I don’t know the rest of the team’s whereabouts” – but this time it’s something a little less to laugh about. Most of us were working at our desks at 2:46 (and I was eating my lunch [...]

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The Visit Card Panorama

Share In Japan one is defined not by his actions, but by his business card. Called “Meishi” (名刺) in Japanese, they are a fundamental part of social and professional interaction in Japan. They can replace a press card or possibly even your ID (I have yet to try that out) in almost any situation. With [...]

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Heart Type USB Card Reader

Share The GeekStuff staff are closet geeks and nerds, but we’re also all – albeit very secretly – very romantic at heart.  So when we realized that Valentine’s Day is coming up, we decided to put some of our hopelessly cute heart-shaped products on sale at a 20% discount for your enjoyment! Head on over [...]

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Notice how he subtly inserts foods and drinks in my workspace?

Share If you like unconventional yet ergonomic keyboards, know that the Luxeed U5 is on sale at the store for a limited time!  We got you a 50% discount, which means you will need to go to Korea yourself to find a better price on this one, and then again you might have to threaten [...]

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1st step

Share Today, it is often true that before making a purchase, one always wonders how safe it is. Especially when it comes to ordering on specialized sites like GeekStuff4U, and located very far from home. Because, like you, we are also web customers and we like to receive our packages in excellent condition,we strive every [...]

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WTF?! Blanket

Dec 15, 2010 One Comment

Doesn’t it look cosy?

Share Honestly this item is so japanese. And that may be the reason we love it so much. This a warming blanket powered by your common car cigarette lighter receptacle (24V). There are almost 3 french guys in our team and we’ve heard from them that last week, snow was terrible around Paris. People were [...]

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yakuzathumb-contest

Share Welcome on the new blog of GeekStuff4U.com. As we just reached 500 fans (in less than 1 month and half, yatta !) on our Facebook Page, we’d like to propose you to get some bonus gifts for your Christmas time… 3 funny japanese things to get immediately, just by dropping a comment on that [...]

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ninokuni

Share As a total game lover, I could not help but rush into the closest VG Shop (I live 5 minutes away from Akihabara, which does make it quicker) yesterday and catch my precious among the crowd. Although the price was particularly high for a DS Game (6100JPY) the packaging is amazing, the magic book [...]

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ipod_people_blue

Share If you follow us, and if you have added this blog to your RSS Feed, I’m pretty sure this is because you like Japan, and its crazy gadgets, and I agree. And something that a lot of people asked us is to provide you  with some iTunes Card, because obviously finding J-Pop or Visual [...]

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pacmancardcase

Share Last year, we all enjoyed the arrival of thematic card cases and this year, we thought that it could be a good gift idea for Christmas. Available now on our new Sales category for just 2000JPY (originally 4000JPY, 50% discount). The good news is that you’ll take advantage of an Express Shipping Service : [...]

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gundam2

Share We were all waiting for a possible renewal of this gorgeous Gundam USB Memory… Done ! This collection piece (4Gb) is already available through our store for 5,890 ¥.

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GX Buggy promo

Share Ok, this is serious. GS4U found the most incredible R/C Machine we’ve ever tested. Check that video out and read our blog article to learn a bit more about the Takara Tomy Buggy GX because it’s really worth it ! And it’s true. We just received our sample model and it’s so AWESOME! We [...]

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obonodori

Share You like GeekStuff4U ? We’re doing our best to offer you the most original Japanese products available in Tokyo. To take advantage of our new system of Coupons (10, 20, 30, 50% discounts, and free shipping offers), we suggest you follow us on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, our blog (yeah, right here) [...]

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