A VERY BIG ERROR INDEED
Reader “Christian” from Denmark sent us a link to this. It’s a competition we can’t enter, and a competition that the mere existence of makes us sad.
It’s a Shenmue action figure we will never be allowed to have.
Click here to see the error message with your own pained and incredulous eyes.
No doubt these are already winging their way via courier to PEOPLE WHO DO NOT DESERVE THEM and who won’t do blog updates where they take 1000 photos of them driving along real roads. We’ve got to get back into this “loop” everyone else seems to be in.
filed in "NEWS", ACTUAL GAMES on Feb.17, 2010
February 17th, 2010 on 10:16 pm
Americans don’t even fucking know who Ryo is! I wonder what Hitler would have to say about this. I’m guessing he’d be angry and then a bit sad.
I’m pre-chuckling at the thought of how hilarious it could be.
February 17th, 2010 on 10:30 pm
Ahem.
http://blogs.sega.com/europe/2010/02/16/all-stars-racing-merchandise-2-ryo-hazuki-figurine/
Yes, we’re still shafted in terms of odds (49 figurines for ALL of Europe?!), but there’ll actually be a legitimate chance to secure one once they reveal their method of distribution.
The CERTAIN WEBSITE surely won’t be this’n, but an inconsequential surprise would surely do us some good.
February 17th, 2010 on 11:28 pm
49 Ryo Hazuki figures for all of Europe. One for every copy of Shenmue sold.
February 17th, 2010 on 11:35 pm
I think I deserve one because I wept, WEPT at the very end of Shenmue when Ryo is leaving on the boat. Yeah, I’m not afraid to admit that this beautiful game made me cry.
The entry requirements to win one of the models earmarked for Europe better be fucking strict. I propose that you need to produce photographic evidence of ownership of BOTH DC Shenmue games AND a completed Shenmue II save file before you are even allowed to enter. It’s only fair.
February 17th, 2010 on 11:49 pm
You could use a proxy server to get on the site and have it sent to somebody you know in the US. You know it’s worth the effort. If you don’t know anybody in the US, have a Post Office box set up for you, then book a flight out there to collect it.
February 18th, 2010 on 8:43 am
Where have all the American readers gone?
They were always cropping up in the comments, going on about how they get ‘British’ humour etc etc and now, when we actually care about who might be reading, it’s all quiet. Maybe it’s the time difference.
C’mon you lot!
February 18th, 2010 on 9:30 am
Oh Zorg…
How did you end up being left out like this? Don’t Sega remember who you are? This sad moment has inspired me to write a small poem:
Sega, Sega,
What a great company you are,
If it wasn’t for the fact,
That you keep acting like twats,
You would surely be,
On Dreamcast 3…
:(
February 18th, 2010 on 10:07 am
Emily Booth make my willy want to cry
February 18th, 2010 on 10:46 am
Good thing I live in America. I have a chance to get a Ryo Hazuki figure. Then again, I wish I didn’t live in America because my family hasn’t had income in over a year.
February 18th, 2010 on 11:16 am
I’ve added some love on the Sega blog for you. Your chances of getting one are now almost certainly nil!!!!!1111
February 18th, 2010 on 11:47 am
Captain Whoops – Emily Booth used to have that effect on me too but these days she just seems a bit too scary and rabid and wide-eyed and desperate for attention.
Oh how the tables have turned, Bouff, how the tables have turned…
What is this Shenmue you all keep going on about? Worth picking up on ebay or is it just going to be like that time I bought Animal Crossing?
February 18th, 2010 on 11:53 am
I’ve bigged you up on the Sega blog too, but it’s “awaiting moderation“.
I’m now wondering if that’s to do with the comment about giving you some loving, forklift-style.
Not sure if that’s helped at all, sorry.
February 18th, 2010 on 3:58 pm
I’m American but I’m not a normal American. A normal American is 100 pounds over weight, glued to their television sets, unemployed, and mindlessly repeating “Freedom ain’t free” or “We need to get the terrorists”.
I’m a different kind of American who likes to read books, thinks for himself, and has a slavish devotion to retro gaming. I also am loyal. Loyal to the cause and the cause as I see it is to keep the proprietors of UK Resistance happy and to destroy all “ENEMIES” that threaten goodness all over the world. Namely Sony.
I pledge today February 18, 2010 that if I win a Ryo Hazuki + forklift figurine I will be donating it to the UK resistance website so that they may put it to good use. Good use being taking pictures of it on real roads hopefully getting someone’s hand pushing it in the shot to amplify the humorous situation and to use it skillfully as a aerial projectile to throw at Sony’s UK office.
That is all. I stand by my word.
February 18th, 2010 on 4:44 pm
If I was to somehow get one I’d auction it for charity. I’ve long since sold off all bits of plastic from my past life as an enthusiast. All I collect now is driftwood and seashells.
February 18th, 2010 on 5:00 pm
Emily Booth is desperate…yes…..desperate…I like that, yes I like that very much indeed.
Commander Zorg…I assume you attended COA Convention 2003?
February 18th, 2010 on 5:17 pm
No I didn’t. Good job too, as they’d have all laughed at my jointed clams.
February 18th, 2010 on 5:45 pm
The sweepstakes is also open to Canadians, provided you aren’t from Quebec. There’s probably something funny that could be said about that, but in true UK:R spirit, I can’t think of anything. Anyway, the very first question it asks you is hold old you are, which rendered me unable to fill out the rest of the form due to reasons of sudden onset self-loathing. So… thanks for that, SEGA.
February 18th, 2010 on 6:07 pm
I am still very enthusiastic about bits of plastic (and sometimes bits of metal) that make me very undesirable to the opposite sex. Incidentally, I also run a charity. It’s called the “Make a sad virgin happy with a plastic Ryo Hazuki Forklift foundation”
I will be happy to accept a donation of one plastic Ryo Hazuki Forklift to auction. And by auction I mean put on my shelf with my Sonic, Nei and Tyris Flare capsule toys. We need your donations urgently. Thank you.
February 20th, 2010 on 9:02 pm
Just entered the contest. I’ll send in photos of him driving on my bathroom floor if I win, I promise.
February 20th, 2010 on 11:47 pm
If you win, could you send it to me? That way I can get my mate Colin to take photos of it on his bathroom floor. He has no appreciation of games at all, let alone rare promotional Sega merchandise so it’ll probably end up broken or damaged in some way like the box being carelessly ripped open or just simply chucked away by his wife. This would then make the other 48 (and others round the world) worth even more, possibly boosting the global economy enough to put an end to the current financial recession. Gotta be worth a try, hasn’t it?