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INTEREST: TBS to Sell Official K-On!! Audio Cassette Player

If you really need a cassette player, eBay has a bunch of them for less than 10 bucks.
Srs. Don't waste your money. That POS can't even record.

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It comes with auto-reverse and auto-stop as standard features

I just noticed this line.
Are there cassette players that DON'T do this?

Hey K-ON! fans I have the exclusive on the next hot piece of limited edition merchandise!!

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The box is half-full and comes with a certificate of authenticity! Only ¥2400000!! ACT NOW

Hell, most news stations still use Beta. I kid you not. Saw one at ATT Park the other day.

I guess otaku need something to play those pink tapes, God forbid you go out and play that pink tape to your homies in your Ghetto Blaster.

For crying out loud you can still find off brand walkmans for under $20 that can record and have a radio. Yeah Japan continue to fleece the hand that feeds you. :roll:

Hey K-ON! fans I have the exclusive on the next hot piece of limited edition merchandise!!

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The box is half-full and comes with a certificate of authenticity! Only ¥2400000!! ACT NOW

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Whoa calm down, its just for novelty and collection purposes. No one is making you buy this. Also cassettes and the players aren't mass produce anymore so you can't cheaply make them anymore.

Vicserr wrote:

I guess otaku need something to play those pink tapes, God forbid you go out and play that pink tape to your homies in your Ghetto Blaster. For crying out loud you can still find off brand walkmans for under $20 that can record and have a radio. Yeah Japan continue to fleece the hand that feeds you.

Are cassette tapes even being made anymore? Why on earth anyone would this inane prices is beyond me. If you really wanted me, could easily pick a off brand one up for about $15-20 dollars that probably can do more than one thing.

What is even more hilarious is actual price of this over priced players is probably half, if not more than the retail cost. Cheap plastic, paint and hot glue very inexpensive.

But seriously audio cassette players? It would be fine if it were 1994 but it's a little odd people are still making them in 2010.

DuelLadyS wrote:

End result- my home has mp3 players, CD players, casette players, record players, and an 8-track player.

Wait...no reel-to-reel tape machines? No Edison wax cylinder players? That's it, young lady--consider your audio archivist's permit hereby rescinded!

Just for the record, everything that was posted on this thread has been bought by me. You'll receive your payments on Dec. 21, 2012.

nagato316 wrote:

That's it, young lady--consider your audio archivist's permit hereby rescinded!

Actually, my grandmother does, in fact, have a wax cylinder player. So a quick Ebay trip for a reel-to-reel set (or another dig through my relative's stuff) and I get my permit back, right?

In all honesty, this really probably isn't as stupid as we all think- if Japanese Otaku are willing to pay for a cassette they can't play, they'll certainly pay for a matching walkman. If only the people who made Cowboy Bebop had thought of this, we could have Faye Valentine Beta tapes and machines floating around.