**A Mysterious Box of Japanese Goods: A Neo-Geo CD and More**

It's time yet again, my friends, for a large box of mysterious items from our friends at Sendico, all the way from Japan. As always, we have no sponsorship with Sendico; I just like 'em because they let me buy all kinda weird Japanese stuff and make videos on 'em. Now, this one's going to be a little different, because the items in this box have been purchased slowly but surely over the last six months.

So how much did I pay just to ship this very substantial box all the way from Japan? You paid a little over $110 just to get that box shipped to us. Now, that sounds like a lot, but keep in mind that this came directly via FedEx from Japan, in two days, right? Sendico, they don't play when it comes to shipping.

First up, we've got our Neo-Geo CD. All right, hang on; I gotta clean this up. This is a bit of a mess here. So, we've got the original manual, and the Pro-Gear Spec Advanced Entertainment System itself. The Neo-Geo, this was a line of consoles that were largely popular in the mid to early 90s.

So with the Neo-Geo, we have the -- did it not come with cables? (sighs) Look at this power adapter. What is this? What is that power adapter? It's like a little tiny guy. I will say this is in really good shape. Unfortunately, until I find the power adapter, I don't think I can do anything with it. So maybe let's keep looking through the box.

How do you feel about a video game to celebrate the wildly successful Ken Bolido production, Denki? - Oh, tell me more.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- It is time yet again, my friends,for a large box of mysterious itemsfrom our friends at Sendico,all the way from Japan.As always, we have nosponsorship with Sendico,I just like 'em 'cause they let me buyall kinda weird Japanesestuff and make videos on 'em.Now, this one's gonnabe a little different,because the items in this boxhave been purchased slowly but surelyover the last six months.So how much did I pay just to shipthis very substantial boxall the way from Japan?- You paid a little over $110just to get that box shipped to us.- Now that sounds like a lot,but keep in mind that thiscame directly via FedExfrom Japan, in two days, right?Sendico, they don't playwhen it comes to shipping.First...Ah man, I'm making a mess.All right, first upwe've got our Neo-Geo CD!All right, hang on.I gotta clean this up.This is a bit of a mess here.So we've got the original manual,and the Pro-Gear SpecAdvanced Entertainment System itself.So the Neo-Geo,this was a line ofconsoles that were largely,I would say, popular inthe mid to early 90s.So with the Neo-Geo, we have the-- Did it not come with cables?- (sighs) Look at this power adapter.What is this?What is that power adapter?It's like a little tiny, like, guy.I will say this is in really good shape.Unfortunately, until Ifind the power adapter,I don't think I can do anything with it.So maybe let's keeplooking through the box.How do you feel about a video gameto celebrate the wildly successfulKen Bolido production, Denki?- Oh, tell me more.- "Denki Blocks!"A Game Boy Advance game that was designedto celebrate the Denki channel.- Oh, sick.What?Oh, oh, it's light.- Great catch.- Oh, it's in the box too?- Dude, we're talking Sendico here, man!Most of this stuff is very nice.I bought this just because it said Denki-- Yeah, I figured.- I actually don't knowif it's a good game or not.Oh! Okay.There's something toplay that in a minute.Apologies for this video beinga little all over the place.I'm just pulling stuff out as we go.This, this is something that I thinkyou're gonna be really excited for.You have not seen one ofthese in like 10 years.I guarantee it.The original Nvidia Shield!- Oh my god.Wait... (chuckles)- I found it from Japan!Okay-- What the hell?- So here's the thing.This was the very first Nvidia Shield,running a Tegra processor.While it looks like agoofy little controller,if you open it up,it's a full-on Androidportable gaming device.So this was the predecessor tothings such as the Shield TV,and probably more specifically,is the predecessor to the Nintendo Switch,because this was very similar in hardware,just a few years older.So you can see on the back,"Powered by Nvidia Tegra."Now, the reason Ipurchased this from Japanis because these areimpossible to find now.I look on eBay on a regular basis.Every once in a while I findone of these things pop up,but just, Nvidia sold so few of them.But it was a really cool piece of techbecause not only did it run Android,but this is when Nvidia reallystarted leaning into it.And you know, one of themain selling points of thiswas game streaming.They were like, "Hey, doyou wanna stream gamesfrom your Nvidia GPU?"All right, activate.Oh, well, the...Yes!Yes, we have life, "Nvidiapowered by Android."I forgot that the Nvidialogo actually lights up.That's adorable.All right, let's startout by opening up YouTube.Does YouTube work?"A new version is available."Okay."Authentication needed to log in."Oh, it's broken.Damn, the Play Store doesn't work anymore.How much did I pay?- You paid $91.- Now that might sound like alot of money for a old consolethat is borderline not functional anymore.But I am determined to get aversion of some games on herefrom the period that they were running,and to actually used theShield like it was intended.(wind whooshes)Aha!I found it!Hey Ken, you got that beautiful gameof "Denki Blocks!" for Game Boy Advance.Well-- Okay.- You need a Game Boy to play it.I will tell you that if youare a Game Boy aficionado,never go on Sendico ever.It is the most dangerousplace on the internet.Look at this and tell methis is not the most charming Game Boyyou've ever seen, okay?So we're gonna start out by opening it up.So it came in this little,like, "Ruby and Sapphire"-- Oh, that's cute.- Little...Yeah.Game Boy, like, carrying Case, right?It's even got the littlered in the blue Little case.You got Ash, you got Treecko.The whole thing.But then when you open itup, look what's inside.Look at this!Look at this Game Boy Advance!I'm pretty sure it was listed as junk,which to be fair, most Game Boysand things that are not ingood shape, they list as junk,even though a lot of times they work.It works, it's on.- Hooray!- Now, the screen's a little burned in.But how much did I pay forthis junk Game Boy Advance SP?- You paid $63.- Okay, actually I thought itwas a little less than that.Well, still though, this is cool, right?Now, if you look closely,the Game Boy's clearly inpretty thrashed condition, right?There's a lot of scratches and scrapes,like, it was not treated kindly.But all of theseold-school Pokemon stickersare so freaking rad.And it does...Buttons seem to work.Actually here, you know what?Would you like to evaluatewith a copy of "Denki Blocks!"?- I will.Oh yeah, you-- Isn't that cool?- Yeah.- I mean.it's definitely, like, beat up, right?- I can't...Oh my god, I can't evenread these characters.Uh-oh.- So I knowwe paid $60 for the Game Boy,how about for "Denki Blocks!" the game.- The game "Denki Blocks!"We paid a little over $50.- Did we really?- I don't knowwhat I'm doing right now.- I will say that-- Oh, I see.- They did make anAmerican version of this game.- What's it called?- "Denki Blocks!"(Alex chuckles)- You could-- I could have-- Have boughtthe American one?- Bro.- In fact, you can...They made an app for it.You can play it onAndroid and iOS. (laughs)- What?- Yo!- But you can't play iton this vintage 2003 GameBoy Advance SP now, can you?(wind whooshes)So this next itemis something that I haveabsolutely no idea about,but I saw it and I could not resist.So these are speaker-headphones?The NWM Ones.But it was quite expensive, right?- So, actually, theseare kind of interestingbecause they just came out,these are a brand-new product in Japan.It costs $300 retail.And we bought it for like-- What is that?- Neo-Geo controller?(Alex laughs)I think what happened isSendico repacked the boxand put my controllersin with the headphones.- That's-- Good choice on that one.- Hilarious.- We'll use these in a little bit.Ahem, sorry, go ahead,what were you saying?- Okay, so we paid around 250,because technically these are used.The person who bought themtried 'em on, apparently,and then immediately went, "Nope."- I also like topoint out that, like,the way you describe these-- Yeah.- Are just open-back headphones.- But wait until you seethem because they're...I would not describe them as open-back.I would describe them asspeakers near your ears.- You don't want...You wanna feel like you're...Oh, okay.- Do you see what I'm talking about here?It is literally...This is the speaker, and thenthat's your ear over here,- Bro, I kind of dig that.- It looks cool, that's...I mean, I saw it, I waslike, "What is this?"So it has a very kind of,like, rough kind of texture.Almost like 3D printed.It's not, it's probably likerecycled plastic or something.So when I put these on, it'sunlike normal headphones,in that you really have to adjustthe sort of the band very carefully,because if you can see,the speaker is directly,like, basically touching my ear, right?So this little, like,ear cup that goes around,it's just to hold it.The speaker itself is prettymuch directly over my ear.Let's just listen to some music.I'm gonna listen, seeif y'all can hear it.I'm gonna listen at normal volumeand then I'll listen a little bit louder.Okay, I will say doing this versus thismakes an enormous difference.It literally halves the volume from me.- Dude, I cannothear it from here at all.0%.- You cannot?- 0%.- It's quite loud.Like, to the pointwhere I can barely hear youright now.- No, no, no, like,I cannot hear it, period.- So my first impressionis these don't sound good,but also it's a different kind of sound.Like, they're very warm, very, very bassy.Like...Almost like they're lackinga little bit of clarity.- Oh, whoa.- Weird, right?- There's a lot of bass to it.- It's very bassy-- Which is really impressive.So I-- I mean-- I actually do..I mean, I tend to like warm more than you.These actually sound really good to me.- So we have some options for sound.Oh, so it's dynamic EQ.So, actually, let me just trywithout the dynamic EQ-- I mean-- Okay, so this is just...Switched to balance mode.So just totally regular.(playful chill music)No, no, that's not it.- Oh dude.- I feel like we're listeningto different headphones right now.(Alex laughs)I'm not impressed.You seem likeyou're into this.- Bro.- These are weird.I can't...I can't get behind it.I can't get behind it.It's a style of sound signaturethat I think you really need to listen tobefore you commit tospending this kinda money.But, easily, the most uniqueheadphones I've ever tried.And I don't hate them, butthe audio's not there for me.It's just not, it's just not there for me.- Since you don't wantthem, I'll take them.(Alex chuckles)- I got you "Denki Blocks!"Isn't that enough for you?- This is more fun than "Denki Blocks!"(wind whooshes)- All right.I think these go together.So this came in a little bundle.So it actually comes with aSuper Game Boy, which is nice.Behold, my friends, atruly unusual console.This...Is a custom Super Famicom.(Austin chuckles)I don't think I looked atthe photos well enough.What is the...What the hell?This is really weird.Now, I think if I just press this switch,it will turn on, right?Now, there's another switch.There's no instruction manual,as you might be surprised to learn.The display is on.It's getting power, but no signal.I will say the case hasbeen slightly damaged.So this little, like, peg,it's squished the top of the case in.Hopefully it didn't getdamaged in shipping maybe.So I think, let me just plugthis into another displayand see if I can get it to work somehow.Oh, okay, I got 1080p but no signal.So let's try plugging intoa CRT and see if that works.So, flip this on.Nothing.Yeah, oh wow.Oh, ooh, oh, oh.♪ That's very complicated ♪How much did we payfor our custom, brand-newSuper Famicom weirdo edition?- We paid $157.- If this worked, that'd be all right,because this is a veryneat little project.I'll be honest with you, thisis beyond my knowledge to fix.I think it's been damaged.'Cause they clearly showedit working completely fineon the listing.I don't know what elsecould have happened, right?At the very least, thisinternal display should work.I'm just plugging itinto a standard USB-C,it's getting power.I see all the LEDslighting up, but it just...It's not actually coming to life.Kind disappointed, not gonna lie.But it is a neat idea,if I could find some wayof fixing it somehow.(wind whooshes)I accidentally bought morePokemon cards from Sendico!Well, since it's here we mightas well open some, right?I mean, it's....Otherwise it'd be wasteful, right?So Ken already left, didn't he?He literally saw Pokemoncards and just disappeared.Okay, goodbye Ken.We'll open Pokemon cardswithout you, buddy.Anyone wanna open some packs?(crickets chirping)Packs?- Yay!- Woo!As you can see, we've got abountiful harvest of pullsthat I'm now going to add,using the Rare Candy card scanner.- Oh.- I am now officially aninvestor in Rare Candy.See-- Is this-- It was a secretpromotion the entire time.Boy, oh boy, do I love theRare Candy card scanner.Makes it so easy.Look at that guy.Boom, scanned.And we have...What's our Jigglypuff worth?Our Jigglypuff is worth $1.Oh.Well.Well, I asked the question, why not?Download the Rare Candy app today!(bell rings)(wind whooshes)Next up we have a little tiny guythat I did not know existed.So this is a Game Gear Micro.So if you're unfamiliar,the Game Gear was acompetitor for the Game Boy.So, Sega made this inthe early 90s, I think.It's like '91 or something.It's something like that.Isn't that just a little guy?With micro USB.- (laughs) Yeah.- And it's too small.I'm just gonna (indistinct)...It is too small.But the screen's pretty good.The quality of everythingis pretty decent.The speaker sounds good.My bigger problem is just the D-padis a little bit on the squishy side.Like, it doesn't feel likeit's very, like, sort of even.And considering that the gamesthat are preloaded on thisare very much text-heavy RPG-style games,a little hard to read any of it.Yeah.How much did I pay forthis complete in-box copyof the Game Gear Micro?- We paid $93.- That's too much money.(Alex laughs)That was a questionable decision.This feels like it should be 30 bucks.(wind whooshes)All right, this next item...Huh, if I recall correctly,was a little bit on the expensive side,because this, my friends, isnot your ordinary Sega Saturn.Oh no.This is before companieswere very kind of particularabout their brands.This is still when you couldhave, like, a lot of weirdos,a lot of unique sort of things.And for companies who weren'tmaking their own consoles,such as Victor, they werejust going to licenseessentially the design of the Saturn.So this is the V-Saturn,which is a multi-amusementplayer, the RG-JX1.The problem with the Saturnwas that it was so complicatedthat developers neverreally took advantage of it.It had dual CPUs in 1995,which was a little bitof an outrageous idea.And the concept of the Saturnis that you were ableto play, essentially,like, arcade quality games at home,including titles such as "Daytona USA."Unfortunately, because itwas so hard to work with,and dual CPUs were not common,a lot of games justdidn't use the second one.Okay, oh!It's actually very clean, wow.Okay.Yeah, this looks like it wasreally well taken care of.Or no one played the V-Saturn.This is shockingly clean.Like, honestly, if you told methat this was, like, a brand-new console,I would believe you.As with all old Japanese consoles,you're always playing a littlebit of a rolling the diceto find out how it's gonna work with a TV,versus if I need to use,like, an adapter or something.But this is probably gonna justwork outta the box, I think.Ready?And...Oh, yeah, boy, let's go.Let's go!Activate, V-Saturn.I should probably plug a controller in.Hell yeah.Wow, look at those 3D graphics.V-Saturn.All right, let me open upand put "Daytona USA" inside.I forgot that the old-school Saturn games,you could just play allthe music from the game.Yeah, let's go!(upbeat cool music)♪ Daytona ♪- I'll say the Japaneseversion of "Daytona USA" musicis way better.(Alex z chuckles)It's just so much better.So the Saturn version of "Daytona USA,"while not quite on par withwhat you had in the arcade,was really quite good for its era.Like, this was very competitivewith some of, like, theearly PlayStation games.It's smooth.You see the draw distance isn't amazing,but this is a good version of the game.You ain't for sure...Ah!Ah!Ah!- Ow.Gotta warn headphoneusers before you do that.- Sorry.- You placed 29th.(Alex laughs)- Dope.- Look, this V-Saturn is dope.Now, I gotta ask, how muchdid we pay for the V-Saturn?- I mean, I know thatyou forgot how much we paid.- I definitely forgot.It was a lot though.- Now that youhave experienced the full,complete inbox-ness, how muchdid you think it's worth?- I think 300,000 yen.Or like 200 bucks.- You got very close.- Did I?- It cost us $230.- $230?Okay.It might not be for everybody,but this is so neat.Like, I just love this kinda stuffthat you're able to find on Sendico,that you're able to findthrough Japanese sellerswho have actually kept thingsin beautiful conditions.So hopefully we can continueto preserve this stufffor many years in the future.(wind whooshes)Oh, there's our power adapter.- Are they done?Okay.- Yes, Ken, there areno more Pokemon cards.It's safe.- When Sendico stuffhappens in the company,we have one account.And if I know I'm gonnawant to do a Sendico video,I start hoarding all of the itemsso that you can pay for the shipping.- Great.- Do you know what this is?- I do not know what that is.Oh, is it the boombox?- Oh, it's a boombox!- You got the boom...Okay.I like how you're surprised,even though you're the onewho sent me the boombox.I think you sent this tome like six months ago,so I'm sure you forgot about it.- I totally forgot I ordered a boombox.- Oh my god.- Oh, it is such-- Dude!- In pristine condition!- It's got the whole thing!- Yo! (laughs)- Oh my God.- Look at that-- Brother.- Brother.- Brother, that is so cool.So wait, so gimme the story here.So you just found...So this is a Sony boomboxfrom, I would say, what?Late 70s, early 80s?- 1980.- 1980.- And apparently this is a Mark II.(boombox hisses)- It works!- Whatever you want-- That's actually a really clean signal.- Yeah.We can increase and decrease the bass.(upbeat music)Ooh!- SouthernCalifornia, a big challengefor first responders.- That sounds phenomenal.(calm drum music)(bright string music)This is phenomenal.Should we try a cassette?- Yes, so-- I don't knowhow to get the cassetteto work, but we're...Let's give it a try.(Japanese pop music)- I'm holding it down.- It sounds really bad.- Yeah, I mean, it was recorded scuffed.That's the goal.Oh wait, no, yeah, it's not holding.- Wait, you could justuse this as a stereo.- Yeah, it because it has-- Has a line in.- Line in.Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.- And you leave it plugged in,and just get that warm 1980 Sony sound.How much did we pay for this?- Well, Ken paid-- Ken?- Wait, no-- I paid for it.- Okay, sure.- Ken made me pay...- $212.- I mean-- No.- Yeah.- No, what-- Yeah.Yeah, that's about right.I mean, clean, thesethings are like 300 bucks.- Go stand in the cornerand hold it up for the movie reference.(chill music)- You're up.- Romeo, Romeo.Where art thou, Romeo?- Okay, so after acquiringthe power adapter,and importantly, a game,for our Neo-Geo CD,this is "The King of Fighters 98."Let's actually just seeif the Neo-Geo fires up.Because I didn't have apower adapter last time.I will say I have it pluggedin and the red light is on.So let me...Lemme give this a try.(cool upbeat music)- Ooh!- That's cool!Just in case you forgot,this is the Neo-Geo,but the CD version!Let's pop in "The King of Fighters."I am really happy with this,from a hardware perspective.I'm gonna be this dude.He looks good.Oh wow, the loading timesare slow though, man.You know, that was the downside, right?CDs were cool 'cause thecapacity was enormous.They were fairly cheap tobuild, compared to cartridges.But the downside is the load times are...Yikes.Okay.I actually like the aesthetic.It's definitely, like, very...It's 2D, right?So this is not going to be...At least this gameis not going to be reallyheavily focused on 3D,but it looks really delightful.Like, look at how much detail there is in,like, the backgrounds and stuff.I love the way thiscontroller sounds and feels.The mechanism of thisstick is phenomenally good.Like, it has so much travel to it,it's really clear every sort of waythat you can kinda click it.You get that sort of, notonly tactile feedback,but also a littleaudible feedback as well.(controller clicking)That just feels so good.Clearly this Neo-Geo works,and now that I have agame for it and whatnot,I'm feeling good.How much did we pay for our Neo-Geo CD?- It cost 214 US dollars.- It's obscure, it's weird.It's not something that I thinkyou're probably gonna wannaspend a ton of time playing.It was very, very unpopular.But it is definitely a piece of historyand I'm really happy with howsolid the condition really is.I gotta say, man, thumbs up, as always.We got some really cool stuff this time.But if you'd like to see more,definitely make sure to check outsome of our previous Sendico videos here.If you'll excuse me, my friends,I'm going to go convinceevery game console manufacturer in historyto incorporate this in their controllers.'Cause good Lord, is that nice.(controller clicking)Hmm.