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Toys for a Japanese Kid?
Richard_Dastardly
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For Christmas I'd like to send my son something special. He lives with him mom/my ex wife and, because family law in Japan sucks ass, I don't often see him or talk to him. Since I don't know exactly what he's into, I'm sure there's a vast disconnect between what he likes and what I think he likes.
Does anyone know what toys/electronics are popular with 6 year old boys in Japan? The last time we'd seen one another he was really into Transformers and liked playing the Wii. So, I was thinking of getting him a DS, but I dunno...
Does anyone know what toys/electronics are popular with 6 year old boys in Japan? The last time we'd seen one another he was really into Transformers and liked playing the Wii. So, I was thinking of getting him a DS, but I dunno...
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Edit: Oh, and what about games?
Alternatively, what about an RC racecar or an video/mp3 player (you can get ones that are non-mac). If you think he might like movies (most kids do) a portable DVD player is cool.
I hope she does allow some video games though, else he'll be pretty cut off from the rest of his classmates.
Actually, an RC racer might be the next best idea. And, he did like Transformers, so a portable DVD player with Revenge of the Fallen and, hell, maybe even the original series might be cool. But, is it possible to switch regions on a dvd player?
It is possible on some players, by flashing it with different firmware. It's not always easy, and it's quite possible to brick the player doing so, few consumer electronics have failsafes keeping you from flashing the wrong firmware, or allow you to recover from doing so wrong.
Some players are region-free, and can just do so natively. Generally, these aren't the kinds of players you find at WalMart, or Best Buy for that matter. If you had a region-free player, you'd probably know - it's a pretty big selling point.
Finding either in a portable DVD player is possible though it does require a little research.
What about just buying from a Japan-local e-tailer and having it shipped to your son? Isn't there a Japanese branch of Amazon that could serve? You could just then buy the region-appropriate DVD and player.
Edit: I've sent him legos... I s'pose you can never have enough legos, but the problem is that I don't know whether or not he likes them. His mom doesn't share much info. That's part of the problem here. I'm sure he probably enjoys the stuff I've sent him, but since I don't hear anything about it I'm double guessing myself.
I'm a 30 year old manchild. I should know what a kid likes, damnit.
This is something I've thought about, but it hasn't progressed past the conceptual stage yet. It would be a damn good idea, plus I'm sure I could see what sorts of things are hot items for the Asian kids these days.
You people were a great help.
I'll save the DS for his birthday, if I can get his mom to let me know whether or not he'd be allowed to play with it.
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DQ9 might be a bit much for a six-year old.
If not DQ9, may I suggest Rocket Slime?