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INTEREST: Listen to Kyubey, Magical Girls on Madoka Magica Headphones




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Yuki_Kun45
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 8:57 pm Reply with quote
And I thought Eva got bad sometimes with the excessive merchandising this really is the cheapest branding, slap some art on the box and jack up the price and call it a day. Merchandising can be great and all but at least put some effort into it.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:39 am Reply with quote
The Madoka Magica headphones are great with the nice phrases from Kyubey and the Magical Quartet, but the marketing of them is woefully underwhelming.
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:49 am Reply with quote
Yeah, I'm not seeing the Madoka-ness with these headphones. It's just the packaging.
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TarsTarkas



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:51 am Reply with quote
It's like those anime themed PlayStations, that just have the name of the series on them.
Be nice if the headphones had our Magical Girl's symbols on them. Hook your iPod to your own headphones, and you can listen to the Magical Girls all the time for hours on end if you want. Which is a better deal than what you get with this. Your significant other or kids will probably throw the box away, when you are not looking, thinking it is garbage.
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Sparvid



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 4:19 am Reply with quote
Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Kyubey!
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invalidname
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 5:50 am Reply with quote
They look nice enough, but nothing to lose your head over.
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mgosdin



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 6:27 am Reply with quote
Denon started as the electronics branding of Nippon Columbia, I've got a nice cassette deck of theirs from about 1992. I agree the effort on these headphones is lackluster at best.

Mark Gosdin
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MajinAkuma



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 1:14 pm Reply with quote
Is there an option of Kyubey repeatedly saying "Do you want to make a contract with me?" or just "Keiyaku?"
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