{"id":591,"date":"2008-08-21T08:02:33","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T15:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=591"},"modified":"2008-08-22T20:00:14","modified_gmt":"2008-08-23T03:00:14","slug":"a-new-toy-figure-dan-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/08\/21\/a-new-toy-figure-dan-board\/","title":{"rendered":"A new toy figure &#8211; Dan Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-591\">\n<p>I discovered a comedy manga set called <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yotsuba&amp;!\" target=\"_blank\">Yotsuba&amp;!<\/a>, which is all about two sisters, their family and friends.  In episode 28, Yosuba&#8217;s young friend dresses up in cardboard boxes to &#8220;become&#8221; a robot; they play together for a day and then &#8220;he&#8221; goes home.<\/p>\n<p>A Japanese company makes figures after the series, and the Dan Board robot figure has been especially popular.  They came out with a special figure, making the boxes from amazon.co.jp (Japan&#8217;s Amazon.com); they are coming out with a full series of figures for a 7-11 marketing campaign in a month or so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/danboard.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/08\/21\/a-new-toy-figure-dan-board\/danboard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/danboard.jpg?fit=359%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"359,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"danboard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/danboard.jpg?fit=359%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-592 colorbox-591\" title=\"danboard\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/danboard-215x300.jpg?resize=215%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/danboard.jpg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/danboard.jpg?w=359&amp;ssl=1 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I found this figure on eBay &#8211; the robot eyes light up with a switch, which is a clever twist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-591\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 591);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-591\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-591\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I discovered a comedy manga set called Yotsuba&amp;!, which is all about two sisters, their family and friends. In episode 28, Yosuba&#8217;s young friend dresses up in cardboard boxes to &#8220;become&#8221; a robot; they play together for a day and then &#8220;he&#8221; goes home. 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