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94 comments to "The 10 Most Difficult to Read Tokyoflash Watches"
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Badjuk
January 21st, 2008 at
3:59 am
heh
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S-r-ex
January 21st, 2008 at
4:10 am
Damn, that Oberon is SWEET! It’s MIIIINE!!! I’ll just win that contest and smile as I tell the time to confused faces…frankly it’s the most readable one ^^*
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Sniperman
January 21st, 2008 at
4:14 am
I have always wanted a watch from there, my budget never allowed though, wish me luck, as i do to the rest of the readers.
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syed
January 21st, 2008 at
4:38 am
Quite similar to NOOKA see it here >> nooka.com
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BeX
January 21st, 2008 at
6:07 am
My friend had a watch like this and it was awesome. I think he bought his in Japan though. I asked him what time it was and he showed me and I said nevermind. D:
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Cyber_chaotic
January 21st, 2008 at
6:54 am
Thankyou Neatorama for organising such a wonderful competition for your users.
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greenie
January 21st, 2008 at
7:28 am
Tokyoflash watches have always intrigued me but I’ve never gotten round to buying one.
Hopefully the Kion Elite will be mine :). Great competition Neatorama!
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kuanes
January 21st, 2008 at
8:34 am
#2@S-re-x
no, the oberon will be mine…
oh yes…..all mine.
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spaznut
January 21st, 2008 at
8:44 am
The Oberon seems the easiest to read but I guess the point is having a watch that you can read while leaving other people slightly confused… I wonder how long it would take to be able to read the time from the others in an instant.
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Professor Kenny Martin
January 21st, 2008 at
9:23 am
They are so cool! I’ve just ordered an Oberon, and if I win I’ve asked for a Zero-G =)
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darkjedi187
January 21st, 2008 at
10:09 am
great contest. These watches are great.
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mysticnight
January 21st, 2008 at
10:20 am
Awesome contest.
I bet most of the watches you could read pretty quick after wearing it for a week or two. I like the Active Reactor and the Shinshoku.
The Shinshoku looks like something everyone will be wear in the future. If I win it, I’ll be in the future! O_O
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TheMadLeper
January 21st, 2008 at
10:28 am
i dont get the question, just count how many watches are for sale in a particular series and send that in an email?
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sekazi
January 21st, 2008 at
11:09 am
I have never seen these watches before. I hope I will win the Tokyoflash 1000100101. The Tokyoflash 1000100101 Black is even better but it is coming soon.
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jack.wh
January 21st, 2008 at
12:20 pm
Nice!
I’ve entered, cool beans.
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Andrew32
January 21st, 2008 at
12:44 pm
I have a binary watch from thinkgeek.com
It really does turn heads.
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Vako
January 21st, 2008 at
12:54 pm
They look gorgeous and are very artistic.
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Andrew32
January 21st, 2008 at
1:04 pm
Ah, the shinshoku looks to be the coolest!
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mattfl2
January 21st, 2008 at
1:10 pm
Those are ingeniously designed. I’m totally going to enter.
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number1guy
January 21st, 2008 at
1:18 pm
Some of them look a bit bulky but they’re sweet none the less.
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stephentheh
January 21st, 2008 at
1:45 pm
oh man, i love that shinshoku. hope i win!
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b83
January 21st, 2008 at
2:19 pm
2. Find out how many watches are currently available for purchase in the Twelve 5-9 series
Is that, how many watches in the series are in stock? How many current models are for sale?
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ckeohane
January 21st, 2008 at
2:57 pm
D:
awesome.
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Alex
January 21st, 2008 at
3:09 pm
Ah, sorry for the ambiguity. I’ve fixed the text to make it “more better” :). It should be: “how many Twelve 5-9 watch models are available?”
Good luck, guys!
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S-r-ex
January 21st, 2008 at
3:29 pm
And “how many are available” rules out coming models and those who are history, I hope?
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S-r-ex
January 21st, 2008 at
3:34 pm
Uhm…nevermind…
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June
January 21st, 2008 at
3:38 pm
Classy watches!
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VonSkippy
January 21st, 2008 at
4:55 pm
Yeah for another cool Neatorama contest.
But really folks, who in this day and age still wears a watch (and more importantly why)?
My computers, every device in my kitchen, every music playing device in my house and on my person, every video playing device in my house and on my person, the house phones, my alarm clock, my cell phone, my car, my car music system, my running computer, my bike computer, and my laptop ALL show the time (and most of them sync with NTP). You can’t swing a dead cat and NOT hit something that isn’t displaying the time.
So why oh why oh why would I want to strap a one-function VERY REDUNDENT watch onto my wrist?
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Andrew32
January 21st, 2008 at
6:11 pm
VonSkippy, well some people aren’t surrounded by technology. plus some watches tell the date, which lots of people forget.
but, i don’t mind you not entering, just gives me a better chance of winning ^_^
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Tempscire
January 21st, 2008 at
8:16 pm
VonSkippy–
A watch is a lot more subtle to look at without obviously checking the time when in class (since I– and actually a surprising number of others– don’t use a laptop for notes). Many of my classes are small enough that the professor would notice me digging my cell phone out of my backpack (or in other places, without digging it out of my purse). Watches are also jewelryish and can add a nice accent aesthetically while providing a function.
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Chris
January 21st, 2008 at
11:12 pm
Thats funny… A company called Tokyoflash that is located in Okinawa which couldn’t be more polar opposite than Tokyo.
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Alex
January 22nd, 2008 at
1:06 am
Hm - 131 diggs so far and no front page, I think Neatorama is blocked by the popular social media website ;(
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agent0range
January 22nd, 2008 at
1:07 am
WOW those are very cool watches to wear you dont see them everyday hehe
OBERON OBERON OBERON OBERON
omg im sounding like a robot now
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Divine
January 22nd, 2008 at
2:07 am
Shall I include address in my contest entry or I wait when I win? XD
I want something neat on my wrist!
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Dr. Lao
January 22nd, 2008 at
10:46 am
I bought two of their watches several years ago. One stopped working a within a few months. Although they look cool, the watches are thick and heavy and difficult to tell time in the outside daylight.
I’m really over them.
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robrown
January 22nd, 2008 at
11:41 am
Love the article, unique watches are my weakness! Gotta have the Shinshoku!
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BlueTurtle
January 22nd, 2008 at
11:46 am
Usability should be put over design! Who wants a watch that is illegible?!
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ClassicQ
January 22nd, 2008 at
11:50 am
@ ALex - It’s on the front page now. We broke geeks love chances a free cool stuff
I ‘digg’ the Oberon of those listed here. I also love the 1000100101 & Twelve 5-9 G version IP Black
I’ll enter [thanks for the opportunity | neatorama & Tokyo Flash] but I seem to have bad karma when it comes to contest - I just don’t win, not for a lack of trying though. =D
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Tony H
January 22nd, 2008 at
12:10 pm
COOL, VERY COOL!
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Anglictina
January 22nd, 2008 at
12:26 pm
I know what i want next christmas
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tennez
January 22nd, 2008 at
1:46 pm
There are 3 watches!!
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sh0kth3rapy
January 22nd, 2008 at
1:59 pm
so then can we choose any watch in which we would like to win from the entire tokyoflash collection? or just from these 10?
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Dave Nofmeister
January 22nd, 2008 at
5:26 pm
Cool looking watches, but too much effort to read the time!
I think I’d try to look up the time, then just lose interest before I figured out.
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Alex
January 22nd, 2008 at
6:27 pm
Thanks ClassicQ - it had more than 150 diggs after 24 hours and didn’t get on the frontpage, so I didn’t think it was going to ever make it. Thanks digg and diggers!
Tennez: 3? Really? I think you’re trying to thin out the competition by giving out, um, suspicious info!
Sh0kth3rapy: As I understand it, you can choose any watch you’d like to win from the entire Tokyoflash collection.
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JTS
January 22nd, 2008 at
10:04 pm
I just sent in an entry, and I’m hoping like heck that I win. I was completly amazed by the shinshoku, and it would be awesome if I won, being that I am too young to work and completly broke.
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Andrew32
January 23rd, 2008 at
12:32 am
JTS, i’m pretty much in the same boat as you.
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scottishpig
January 23rd, 2008 at
12:50 am
I have a job, just not $150 I could drop on a really cool watch. Woot! The Radioactive Active is clearly the best thing since watches were invented. Any time after noon, I could go into work and start shouting, “OH NO! IT’S ABOUT TO GO NUCLEAR!” Ahhh. The fun. Hoping for the best on the thirty-first.
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subcorpus
January 23rd, 2008 at
10:14 am
can i gove the watch to someone if i won …
i hate these kinda watches …
may be i’m old conservative … -
coopalina
January 23rd, 2008 at
12:21 pm
never having heard of tokyoflash before i’m very impressed with the unique aesthetic of these watches. i really hope i win; i’ve got my eye on the kyokusen!
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jack.wh
January 23rd, 2008 at
12:24 pm
@subcorpus, if you won, the watch is your property: you can do whatever you like with it.
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jack.wh
January 23rd, 2008 at
12:28 pm
@coopalina, I’m after a kyokusen too…
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Thoht
January 23rd, 2008 at
3:07 pm
That’s nice. I like the Shinshoku, ain’t got that much money on me just to make a design/geek statement though.
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Prairie Dog
January 23rd, 2008 at
7:10 pm
Well, I hardly ever enter contests, but I entered this one. You all with your Oberon fetishes, I went for the Geoflash. C’mon, its odd, its cool looking and probably the hardest one to decipher. Plus it reminds me of Battlestar Galactica for some reason.
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chenlu.gg
January 23rd, 2008 at
10:47 pm
Oh,oberon is so cool.I want it.
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chenlu.gg
January 23rd, 2008 at
10:58 pm
???
Why i can’t see the webpage “Find out how many watch models are currently available for purchase in the Twelve 5-9 series”,can you show me a link,please? -
grungyparadigm
January 23rd, 2008 at
11:37 pm
I am somewhat of a collector of watches. I do not have anything in my collection that even COMPARES to the tokyoflash watches. They are amazing, and some are very hard to read. But hey- that’s half the fun isn’t it?
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S-r-ex
January 24th, 2008 at
3:54 am
I updated my answer since the number of available models changed. Or is the first OK?
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Jimmy Jones
January 24th, 2008 at
4:10 am
That is a very good question S-r-ex, someone please answer it!
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S-r-ex
January 24th, 2008 at
4:19 am
And does the correct answer include the “coming soon” watches? My suspicion has arised again…
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Andrew32
January 24th, 2008 at
4:18 pm
i don’t know!?!?
gaaaah.
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Jimmy Jones
January 24th, 2008 at
5:33 pm
S-r-ex, rule #2 says “how many watch models are CURRENTLY AVAILABLE”, which leads me to believe that coming soon models don’t count.
However, the NUMBER of currently available watches for that model has changed since the contest began (as you pointed out earlier).
I guess that entries from January 23rd and sooner should have the first answer, and answers from January 24th and after should have the second answer since that’s the only way I could imagine this being a fair contest.
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Alex
January 25th, 2008 at
1:19 am
Good question, S-r-ex. It’s the number of currently available watch (so coming soon models don’t count). However, you’re right that the number actually changed today.
So, I asked Tokyoflash to clarify: they said that the right answer will obviously depend on WHEN you enter the contest.
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S-r-ex
January 25th, 2008 at
1:49 am
Ah. Thanks for that one. Just ignore my second message then ^^*
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Ricco
January 25th, 2008 at
11:18 am
I have one for years (the radioactivity one), it just take a day to be used to the reading, after that, it’s pretty fast and obvious to tell the time. Don’t be afraid of novelty
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Jimmy Jones
January 25th, 2008 at
5:14 pm
Here’s another question:
“At least two of these winners will be a registered user of Neatorama.”
If 4 neatorama users were picked in the drawing, would they all be winners? (I’m leaning towards “yes” but would like confirmation)
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Michael
January 25th, 2008 at
5:26 pm
Being an old phart (54), some of these watches were cool but my dumb ass couldn’t figure them out. #5 is a COOL watch. Thanks for the link!
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Michael
January 25th, 2008 at
5:30 pm
OOPS! I meant thanks for the post. (I think)
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Matthew
January 26th, 2008 at
3:28 am
Those are amazing! Does anyone know where I might be able to find other like this? I find like this at .
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Alex
January 26th, 2008 at
4:32 am
Update 1/26/08: Seiko and Independent brand watches are excepted (these were added just yesterday, days after the contest started).
@Jimmy Jones: If 4 neatorama users were picked in the drawing, would they all be winners? (I’m leaning towards “yes” but would like confirmation)
You got that right! The first two winners are picked completely at random from the entire pool. The next two are picked only from the registered user pool. So, by being a registered user of the blog, you’re increasing your chances of winning.
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jipleary
January 26th, 2008 at
6:43 am
OH Darn IT! All the Tokyoflash 1000100101 watches are sold out. I guess I can’t win it.
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Akiro
January 26th, 2008 at
1:21 pm
I have a question I sent in my response of the currently available Twelve 5-9 series watches, which I figured meant those currently available i.e. not the coming soon watches.
Do those coming soon models count as you can preorder? If so should I update my answer? Hope to hear back soon as I have high hopes of victory.
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Akiro
January 26th, 2008 at
1:22 pm
oops ignore my post I just noticed this was covered, my browser was caching!
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Andrew32
January 28th, 2008 at
6:01 pm
only 3 more days!
wooooooo.
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videoflyer
January 30th, 2008 at
12:07 am
Damn! I just sent in my answer…picking the Seiko Moving Design. Then I came back here and refreshed the page. Damn! Damn! Damn!
Oh, well. Oberon it is, then. \:^ D
I love Tokyoflash watches but never had the disposable income to blow on ‘em.
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MariV
January 30th, 2008 at
6:51 am
Such a though choice deciding on which watch to pick. I love all of the designs, but the Oberon and the Eclipse are calling out to me.
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majiclyDlishus
January 30th, 2008 at
8:40 am
Oh Shinshoku, how I love thee.
I’d like to wear you with a bright yellow speedskating outfit, and do the running man for hours on end at Shibuya crossing.
Sigh… -
Sniperman
January 30th, 2008 at
9:43 am
hmm i could have sworn i saw X number of models when the contest first stated, and now i see a diff X amount of that same model.
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NyaR
January 30th, 2008 at
6:05 pm
i want to win :)))
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Kate
January 30th, 2008 at
6:52 pm
I have the radioactive watch and i love it! in fact, i just flew from ohio back to california yesterday wearing it. i never even thought of it seeming strange to take to an airport. i guess they don’t even glance at the jewelry in the little bowls as long as it doesn’t look strange in the scanner. also, i’ve had it for over a year and have had no problems with battery or function, and i do have a lot of fun with it. it *is* pretty bulky and heavy, especially on a female wrist though.
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Andrew32
January 30th, 2008 at
7:52 pm
i’m soooo excited!
for some reason i have a really good feeling about this…
anyone else?
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Evermore
January 31st, 2008 at
1:13 am
I just recieved a email from Paul at Tokyoflash stateing that I had won! Thanks neatorama! Thanks Tokyoflash!
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joecoollv
January 31st, 2008 at
1:54 am
I also got an email that I won! I was leaning towards the Shinshoku, but ended up choosing the oberon. I hope this deal is for real. looks like a cool watch! I used to wear a disney goofy watch that actually ran backwards. I always chuckled when someone asked me the time and it took me awhile to figure it out.
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Jimmy Jones
January 31st, 2008 at
3:14 am
Evermore and joecoollv, were you registered users of Neatorama or not?
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Andrew32
January 31st, 2008 at
8:01 am
bummmmmmmmer.
oh well, i really thought i might win, i didn’t get an e-mail, but then again only 2 people have confirmed winning.
so, now that the contest is over, what was the answer?
i did it when it first started, and i picked 4.
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darkjedi187
January 31st, 2008 at
8:43 am
So, do we actually have 4 winners confirmed?
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joecoollv
January 31st, 2008 at
9:20 am
Please don’t hate me…. I just signed up for the contest and registered with neatorama yesterday. I have been addicted to this blog for weeks now. I check it throughout the day, even on my cell phone. I hadn’t joined yet, cuz all I would be able to comment is how awesome this blog is!
and these watches are so friggin cool!
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darkjedi187
January 31st, 2008 at
9:41 am
They are friggin cool!! I also frequent this blog love it!!
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S-r-ex
January 31st, 2008 at
10:42 am
No mail…damn…I wanted that Oberon..
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ed
January 31st, 2008 at
11:27 am
I’m a daily lurker around here for quite a while but registered yesterday because of this contest aswell. Really cool watches from tokyoflash aswell as Neatorama is.. well.. neat.
No mail for me too though.. oh well i guess i have to collect some money and just buy one of those awesome watches
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Alex
February 1st, 2008 at
4:32 pm
@darkjedi: yes, 4 winners were picked at random by Tokyoflash on 1/31/08.
Better luck next time, guys!
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joecoollv
February 14th, 2008 at
10:05 am
Received my oberon yesterday
Very happy with it. Seems to be very solid. Was even set to the correct time/date! as the hours / minutes grow, it takes some time to count them, but it is cool. when you hit the button, it sweeps all of the lights, then the extra lights go off to display the current time. I was going to make a video of it, but was sick yesterday. I will try to capture it today or tomorrow.Thanks, Neatorama, and of course thanks tokyoflash.
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Street King
May 1st, 2008 at
5:47 pm
heheh I’m getting the kyokusen. its on its way here…=)
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10:54 pm
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June 26th, 2008 at
10:50 am
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