Ultra-cheap Ultraman drink
The standard price for drink from a vending machine in Japan is 120 yen (about $1.20 USD). So this afternoon I was pleasantly surprised to see that the vending machine next to my parking lot was offering 100 yen cans of Ultraman Soda. Yes, you can buy 1960s “retro” discount superhero soda in the theme of the Ultraman television series.
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In these harder economic times, DyDo Drinco Corp decided to sell a “traditional lemon soda” (which they oddly name “cider”) at a more “traditional price” of 100 yen. The cans have six different Ultraman characters on the front and 21 different Ultra “retro” kaiju/Monsters vs Ultraman on the back (see left).
Read more about it on the DyDo website (machine translation).
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May 12th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Is it ok for me to make just one comment regarding this topic? I have been reading your blog. Keep it up for us to be updated!! Can you post more often?
May 12th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
So, what exactly is your, “just one comment regarding this topic”? (I have made one or posts here each day since 2005.)
May 13th, 2009 at 8:12 am
A google machine translation on the Japanese PR release is a pretty fun read…
May 14th, 2009 at 4:40 am
Let’s ultra man!!!!