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OMG! I'm not entirely clear on how this game works, but toymaker Megahouse is releasing its first Air Guitar player at the end of the month. It comes in three colors combos—silver and pink, blue and white, red, and gray—and has songs like Lenny Kravitz' Are You Gonna Go My Way and Deep Purple's Black Night on it. How cool is that? It's only $15. I want one!
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I wonder if this is similar to the Rock Tamashii "guitar pick" toy.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/ROCK-TAMASHII-Greatest-Hits-2/dp/B000RX77E2
There's 3 out I think and each has 2 songs. You have to strum the oversized guitar pick to "play" the guitar track to the songs. I picked one up at Tokyu Hands as a gift. It's great fun!
Posted by: Nobita | September 13, 2007 at 01:14 PM