{"id":2050,"date":"2025-02-20T09:52:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T00:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2025-02-20T09:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T00:59:35","slug":"puyo-puyo-merchandise-at-mini-stop-convenience-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/puyo-puyo-merchandise-at-mini-stop-convenience-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Puyo Puyo merchandise at Mini Stop convenience stores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So Ulan and I stopped by the Mini Stop convenience store to get their Korean cheese hot dogs a few days ago. Holy crap, those are fantastic. They’ve recently begun selling them again and they are SOFA KING delicious. Japanese conbini food is fantastic. The last time I went to America was in 2016 and I was reminded of how gross the convenience store food is there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we arrived, Ulan spotted this Puyo Puyo display inside. I love Puyo Puyo, although being colorblind makes me suck at it. Ulan really kicks my ass in Puyo Puyo every time. I can’t beat her even once. but you can’t just buy whatever items you want; you pay 770 yen to reach inside a box. But it doesn’t burn your skin off like the box in Dune,<\/em> nor is it full of roaches like the box in Temple of Doom.<\/em> You reach inside and grab a raffle ticket. What you receive depends on what ticket you get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The grand prizes are this Puyo lamp and this plush Carbunkle doll. I have to say that I much prefer the character designs by Compile that stayed with the series until the 4th game and I don’t care much for the new designs that came after Sega bought the Puyo Puyo license and released Puyo Puyo Fever on the Dreamcast. But Carbunkle pretty much has stayed the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More plush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eye masks. I’m glad I didn’t get that ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hand towels! Here is Draco (left) and Arle (right) taking naps. How cute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of these acrylic mascot keychains would’ve been cool, but that’s not what I won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My raffle ticket let me choose a hand towel. I chose Draco the dragon girl who wears a Chinese cheongsam dress. I think she was one of the villains in the original Madou Monogatari games that Puyo Puyo is based on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So nice to see one of these raffle deals that is of interest to me. I mean, you can see Evangelion stuff at 7-11 and I’d be happy to get a figure of Rei or Asuka, but I’d probably end up with some dumb robot instead. With Puyo Puyo though, I thought this was worth a try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So Ulan and I stopped by the Mini Stop convenience store to get their Korean cheese hot dogs a few days ago. Holy crap, those are fantastic. They’ve recently begun selling them again and they are SOFA KING delicious. Japanese conbini food is fantastic. The last time I went to America was in 2016 and … <\/p>\n

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