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...since Mattel re-released them. Demand in the U.S. for replicas of Transformers, among them the upstart Hot Rod ($45) and the diabolical pistol Megatron ($90-$110), has prompted importers to buy them off the shelves in Honshu and sell them to retail stores in U.S. malls. Takara, their maker, will be unleashing more in August, including Transformer F-15 Starscream and ambulance Ratchet. A new line of He-Man replicas is due to arrive in stores in October, and Hasbro is considering a direct U.S. release of Transformer replicas for next year. Who says superheroes don't live forever...
Some SPAHsies seemed more willing to conform to the theme of their group: stupidity. Takara Stanley '97 described her first bout with midterms in less than glowing terms as she talked about a recent math test. While she felt that the test itself wasn't that bad, on the whole "the work is pretty overwhelming...
...shirt, designed by SPAH founders Won H. Park '97, Janice M. Tsai '97, Michael M. Takamura '97, Takara L. Stanley '97, and Kanakalakshmi Pattabiraman '97, lists the "10 Requirements for Membership" in SPAH...
Power of Prayer. Takara is headed by Hidenobu Yoshikawa, a bouncy 70-year-old who founded the firm 49 years ago. A devout Buddhist, he says that he conceives all of his business ideas, including the one to enter the U.S. market, during his daily prayer periods. Takara's $1,000,000 "Beautilion" at the Osaka World's Fair is a futuristic pile of steel tubing and rounded capsules that reflects Yoshikawa's flamboyant sense of promotion. On one floor, 48 barber chairs shaped like lotus leaves lift visitors nine feet...
...knee, Yoshikawa never misses his weekly trip to the barber, who trims what tendrils are left and gives him a massage. More weekly haircuts, he asserts, could improve the chances for world peace because "neatness induces a repose in the mind." Unless, of course, one happens to be a Takara competitor...