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Enemy Zero Special Edition (Wooden box).
IMO one of the oddest / most interesting LEs ever. Hand delivered to the lucky buyers back in the day by Kenji Eno (RIP) himself! There's a great 1UP interview with KE - archive link http://archive.is/gSQcg - where he touches on this (pages 6 and 7 on the interview and copied below (the whole interview is well worth a read if you never have)).
"1UP: We also heard about an incredibly limited edition of Enemy Zero that you offered...and also hand-delivered across Japan! What's the story behind that?
KE: It's true -- we made only 20 of them, and it cost roughly $2,000. So if you paid that, I would hand-deliver it to you. So I got in the truck and delivered it.
1UP: How far did you have to go to deliver them?
KE: It sold out really fast, but I was really lucky, because I was really worried that someone in Hokkaido [Japan's northernmost island] would buy one, or I would have to go somewhere far away. Fortunately, that didn't happen, as everything was mostly nearby.
1UP: Really? This was in the days before MapQuest, too, so it could've been a big pain in the ass for you.
KE: I wanted to do that for a long time. Like, actually give the product to the customers. I wanted to do that for a long time, so I was really happy to do it.
1UP: Were there any interesting stories about the people you delivered Enemy Zero to? Did anyone invite you to dinner? Were there any hot-chick gamers who bought it?
KE: People did try to invite me in, but my time was very limited. I spent 30 minutes with each person, but that was the time limit. So we wouldn't have dinner or anything like that. But I was able to talk with the fans and share interesting stories. Were there any hot chicks? Nope."
In terms of numbers, 20 is the commonly cited figure, even by KE. Back in the mid 2000's there was an auction for a copy and the seller had this to say...
"こちらのシリアル番号は”No.22”です。20個限定なのに”22”なのは、飯野氏から確か1個は自分が、もう一つは会社(どこかは不明)に作ったので22になったと聞いた記憶があります(うろ覚えで申し訳ありません)
実は自分が「キャンセル待ち」で手に入れた”最後の一人”でして、その意味ではこちらは”最後の1個”というかなり貴重な物です。"
There was also this pic in the auction
Which does look like 22, so...?
ANYWAY, onto some pics of my one, which a great friend helped me to acquire 11-12 years ago from a well known JP auction site! No. 8, 55cm cube, heavy when held at arm's length during a prolonged careful extraction from the corner of an overflowing collection room with little to no space from floor to ceiling!
Box.
Hmmmm...
IMO one of the oddest / most interesting LEs ever. Hand delivered to the lucky buyers back in the day by Kenji Eno (RIP) himself! There's a great 1UP interview with KE - archive link http://archive.is/gSQcg - where he touches on this (pages 6 and 7 on the interview and copied below (the whole interview is well worth a read if you never have)).
"1UP: We also heard about an incredibly limited edition of Enemy Zero that you offered...and also hand-delivered across Japan! What's the story behind that?
KE: It's true -- we made only 20 of them, and it cost roughly $2,000. So if you paid that, I would hand-deliver it to you. So I got in the truck and delivered it.
1UP: How far did you have to go to deliver them?
KE: It sold out really fast, but I was really lucky, because I was really worried that someone in Hokkaido [Japan's northernmost island] would buy one, or I would have to go somewhere far away. Fortunately, that didn't happen, as everything was mostly nearby.
1UP: Really? This was in the days before MapQuest, too, so it could've been a big pain in the ass for you.
KE: I wanted to do that for a long time. Like, actually give the product to the customers. I wanted to do that for a long time, so I was really happy to do it.
1UP: Were there any interesting stories about the people you delivered Enemy Zero to? Did anyone invite you to dinner? Were there any hot-chick gamers who bought it?
KE: People did try to invite me in, but my time was very limited. I spent 30 minutes with each person, but that was the time limit. So we wouldn't have dinner or anything like that. But I was able to talk with the fans and share interesting stories. Were there any hot chicks? Nope."
In terms of numbers, 20 is the commonly cited figure, even by KE. Back in the mid 2000's there was an auction for a copy and the seller had this to say...
"こちらのシリアル番号は”No.22”です。20個限定なのに”22”なのは、飯野氏から確か1個は自分が、もう一つは会社(どこかは不明)に作ったので22になったと聞いた記憶があります(うろ覚えで申し訳ありません)
実は自分が「キャンセル待ち」で手に入れた”最後の一人”でして、その意味ではこちらは”最後の1個”というかなり貴重な物です。"
There was also this pic in the auction
Which does look like 22, so...?
ANYWAY, onto some pics of my one, which a great friend helped me to acquire 11-12 years ago from a well known JP auction site! No. 8, 55cm cube, heavy when held at arm's length during a prolonged careful extraction from the corner of an overflowing collection room with little to no space from floor to ceiling!
Box.
Hmmmm...
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