Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Chongqing: the joy of appliances sent to the countryside farmers HI - bringing home appliances, refrigerator - appliance industry-hc360 HC Network
"Taiwan has long wanted to buy
Refrigerator
double towel rail
Now, the quest to buy, cheap, and sent home, the government subsidy. "70-year-old Wang, Jiangbei District, Hang Lung Village, society is clearly pleased to say.
chrome double towel bar
14 early morning, Jiangbei District, the town in the fish head was held
Home Appliances
Countryside launch, Haier,
Changhong
,
Konka
, TCL, and other content, including sound
TV
, Refrigerator,
Washing machine
,
Mobile
4 categories of more than 200 kinds of products sold at this concentration. Hangzhou is clear and granddaughter Tang Ying Yu Tan Qian fairs in various brands looked and looked, the final model selected Haier BCD - 215DF of the computer-controlled double-door refrigerator price of 2499 yuan, cut government subsidies to the countryside arrived home appliances 13% This refrigerator is priced at 2,174 yuan real. Sixth grade elementary school, Yu-Ying Tang, said: "Grandpa do not know, not literate, I have come to help. We feel that this refrigerator is good, computer-controlled, but also power. Our family had never bought the refrigerator before it finally comes under I afternoon at home waiting for the new refrigerator delivered. "
Shiting Village CHEN Chang also ordered this fridge. She told reporters that the town had a chance to act, did not think the countryside in the household appliance, home of the refrigerator to the change, and decided to buy a watch. "Cheap Caesar also high, got no fear do not buy right away." CHEN Chang-player do not have so much money, do pay a 200 yuan deposit in preparation for the afternoon to the bank after withdrawing money to pay.
Haier brand, Chan Chi-line sales staff introduced the farmers to purchase household appliances customers, the businesses will be reported in three days, 15 days after the relevant government departments will be 13% of the subsidy payments directly to farmers. In addition, Haier's washing machines and
TV
As production from the Haier Industrial Park, Jiangbei District, an additional 10% will Jiangbei District financial subsidies. In other words, farmers buy these products below market price in the original premise, washing machines and television also enjoy 23% of government subsidies.
Concentrated in the fish head selling home appliances to the countryside area, thousands of farmers gathered at the various fairs Tanqian friends, 10 million home appliances to the countryside policy advocacy to answer a single looted. Just half an hour, Haier refrigerators sold a total of 5 sets of color TVs and washing machines, Changhong sold 7 units sold 3 sets of audio content, TCL sold six units, which also includes the 5999 yuan of 42-inch LCD TV. Promotions and services to farmers, all brands have stepped introduction and after-sales service, buy appliances are delivered to your door free of charge.
Yung Sheng brand sales staff told reporters Lisa Sun, Yung-Sheng brand with a series of friends to use for farmers, price products, such as a three-door refrigerator, commercial selling price is 3150 yuan, the price of home appliances to the countryside for the 2490 dollars, reducing the actual arrival after subsidy payments for the 2166 yuan. This refrigerator introduced in the production of 30 bruises when the experiment, more durable, non-slip at the top of the tank was also added to meet the rural families prefer to put it in the refrigerator habits. Yung-Sheng refrigerator appliances warranty products to rural areas all increased from 3 to 5 years. "Home appliances going really well received by farmers welcome friends, we are now a serious shortage, more people buy incredibly, there are dealers 2 million he earned less than 50 million in goods, see how hot sales ah !, "Sun said Lisa.
It is understood that only the Jiangbei District in Chongqing, bringing home appliances sales outlets more than 50, covering all agricultural population Jiezhen. According to city "home appliances to the countryside," the work plan, Chongqing City, "home appliances to the countryside" activities in time from 2008 to 2012, four years, Chongqing will arrange for 2 billion yuan of financial funds leveraging the city's 15 billion yuan of rural household appliances consumer market Chongqing, 7.15 million households, 24.18 million farmers will enjoy the benefits. From December 1, 2008 to November 30, 2012, Shandong, Shanxi, Chongqing, 14 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities to promote the work of home appliances to the countryside, farmers buy color TV sets, refrigerators (including freezers), cell phones, washing machines and four class home appliances to 13% of the financial subsidies in order to activate their purchasing power and expand rural consumption, so that farmers may benefit.
The absence of domestic high-end rice cookers will introduce the new standard certification - rice cooker, kitchen, small appliances - HC Network Appliance Industry
Start, rice cooker national certification standards will be compulsory 3C certification standards implementation for version, before the implementation of the version of the standard (GB4706.1-1998) shall be repealed simultaneously. According to report, the national certification standards for Science, to meet the market requirements with international standards, the adoption of new standards to make the rice cooker industry, product quality, especially in the security area will have a new upgrade . Experts point out that although the overall quality of our rice cooker more satisfying, but in high-end market, domestic
Brand
Yet to break through.
patio heater covers
According to the National Day
emtek products
Electricity
Quality Supervision and Inspection Center heating device director Ling Honghao introduced compared with the old standards, new standards for product testing mainly when the test conditions and test methods have some changes, such as terminal version of the standard were not
Assessment
, While the new standard proposed assessment requirements; version of the standard power cord allows the use of braided lines, the new standards prohibit the use; Straight type rice cooker for an increase of 25 degrees dumping test, which the end product of the proposed new foot plant requirements ... ... all of these changes have on product safety a higher demand, but also improve the access threshold for the industry. As part of the standard alternative to standard and abolish differences, has received a mandatory certification for products, manufacturers should check now and the next track before the conversion to the designated certification bodies on alternative standards for the book, and an alternative standard based on the completion of sample test work (at the latest should be completed no later than the end of 2006). Convert new standard certificate is required in accordance with the provisions of the annex additional samples of different pilot projects testing new standard after passing to renew certification.
According to reports, the market is already very mature as rice cookers, electric cookers in the domestic market at present, the vast majority of known
Rice cooker
The closed rice cooker product quality can meet the new standards, only some of the straight type rice cooker face the fate of the market out. Therefore, consumers
Choose
Rice cooker should pay attention to product description of Executive Standard and are marked as new standard (GB4706.19? 2004).
From a professional survey agency GFK retail monitoring data can be seen, rice cooker market has shown a kind of shift from the traditional rice cooker rice cooker to the trend. The more high-end design, the average price is also much higher than the overall market's average price reached 200 yuan. The newspaper "preferred brand appliances consumer report" shows that rice cookers are very high market concentration, local brands occupy the absolute
Leadership
Status. But experts also pointed out that the domestic brands in the high-end market has revealed some shortcomings, such as
Glanz
And Panasonic electric rice cooker instead of the two brands are produced in the straight production of traditional rice cooker, but the two have a quite different brand positioning: Glanz's products relatively concentrated in the 110 yuan to 200 yuan in the low areas Panasonic is of 400 yuan to 600 yuan average price of products focused on the high end. So while the market share of Galanz in August 2005 from the beginning than Panasonic, but Panasonic
Sell
Glanz higher than the amount.
Industry believes that the domestic brands that the absence of high-end products, which should attract the attention of the domestic enterprises.
Brand
Yet to break through.
patio heater covers
According to the National Day
emtek products
Electricity
Quality Supervision and Inspection Center heating device director Ling Honghao introduced compared with the old standards, new standards for product testing mainly when the test conditions and test methods have some changes, such as terminal version of the standard were not
Assessment
, While the new standard proposed assessment requirements; version of the standard power cord allows the use of braided lines, the new standards prohibit the use; Straight type rice cooker for an increase of 25 degrees dumping test, which the end product of the proposed new foot plant requirements ... ... all of these changes have on product safety a higher demand, but also improve the access threshold for the industry. As part of the standard alternative to standard and abolish differences, has received a mandatory certification for products, manufacturers should check now and the next track before the conversion to the designated certification bodies on alternative standards for the book, and an alternative standard based on the completion of sample test work (at the latest should be completed no later than the end of 2006). Convert new standard certificate is required in accordance with the provisions of the annex additional samples of different pilot projects testing new standard after passing to renew certification.
According to reports, the market is already very mature as rice cookers, electric cookers in the domestic market at present, the vast majority of known
Rice cooker
The closed rice cooker product quality can meet the new standards, only some of the straight type rice cooker face the fate of the market out. Therefore, consumers
Choose
Rice cooker should pay attention to product description of Executive Standard and are marked as new standard (GB4706.19? 2004).
From a professional survey agency GFK retail monitoring data can be seen, rice cooker market has shown a kind of shift from the traditional rice cooker rice cooker to the trend. The more high-end design, the average price is also much higher than the overall market's average price reached 200 yuan. The newspaper "preferred brand appliances consumer report" shows that rice cookers are very high market concentration, local brands occupy the absolute
Leadership
Status. But experts also pointed out that the domestic brands in the high-end market has revealed some shortcomings, such as
Glanz
And Panasonic electric rice cooker instead of the two brands are produced in the straight production of traditional rice cooker, but the two have a quite different brand positioning: Glanz's products relatively concentrated in the 110 yuan to 200 yuan in the low areas Panasonic is of 400 yuan to 600 yuan average price of products focused on the high end. So while the market share of Galanz in August 2005 from the beginning than Panasonic, but Panasonic
Sell
Glanz higher than the amount.
Industry believes that the domestic brands that the absence of high-end products, which should attract the attention of the domestic enterprises.
Microman
Microman in Japan
Old Era
In 1972, Takara released a series of 8" and 12" action figures called Henshin Cyborg ("Transforming Cyborg"). The Henshin Cyborg line was a spin-off of the earlier Combat Joe line. The Combat Joe line was created from the mould of the 8" and 12" G.I. Joe figures that Takara licensed from Hasbro. The body of the Henshin Cyborg was molded in clear plastic to expose the gleaming inner cybernetic implants and the "atomic engine". digital memo recorder
Since both the cost of producing and the large size of the vehicles and playsets for the 12" dolls were prohibitive, in 1974 Takara decided to produce a miniature version of the Henshin Cyborg line which was called Microman. digital dictation recorder
The first series, Microman Zone, included four figures and several vehicles in kit form that needed to be assembled. Microman Zone proved to be popular and by its second year, the Microman line was spun-off from the "Henshin Cyborg" line.
Unlike other toylines at the time, Microman figures were marketed as being the "actual" size of the cyborg beings they were meant to be replicas of. The cyborg beings were said to hail from the fictional planet Micro Earth, and to disguise themselves as toys. All of the Microman toys used 5 mm connectors and ports, which allowed parts from one toy to be attached to another toy to form new toys.
In the late 2000s, Takara expanded the Microman brand to include various licensed brands, including Batman (both comic-based and from Batman Begins), Superman (both comic-based and from Superman Returns), Evangelion, Street Fighter, Godzilla, Alien vs Predator and Kinnikuman. A Spider-Man toy was announced at one point although no pictures ever surfaced; its product number eventually went to one of the Predator figures.
New Era (1998-Present)
In 1999, Takara, for the first time since 1984, produced new Microman toys. (Microman 21 series was produced under license by Romando). The new Microman series was divided into two distinct lines - the Magne Powers series and the Replica Microman series. The Replica Microman series was mainly aim at adult collectors and older fans and consisted of reissues of vintage Microman figures along with limited and exclusive new color variations. The Magne Powers Series (and later LED Series) was designed for the kids with brand new toy designs and new story line, including for the first time in Microman history, a Microman anime series. Beside the anime, Takara also commissioned manga serial for Bom Bom comic magazine.
The Founder series launched the Replica Microman Series and soon were follow with the reissued of many old favorites such as the Acroyear A30X, Spy Magician M14X and Lady Command during the first year. Beside the reissue versions, Takara also released several new color variations and even new members to add to the rank of the old. In 2000, Takara followed with more reissued and even more color variants. However, the Microman market became very saturated with many variants and by 2001 Takara had severely scale back the release of the Replica Series.
The Magne Power series was launched with much fanfare and anticipation on December 26th 1998. The series eventually achieved only a mild success with kids and even less with adult collectors who felt the new series was too different from the old especially with the 8cm scale and limited articulations of the new figures. By 2000, Takara, also in financial dire, reduced the new series to just a few dozen of toys and canceled the very expensive Microman anime and also eventually the manga in Bom Bom. In 2001 Takara put the new Microman series for the second time on a hiatus.
The Replica Series was still being released in 2002 but was on a very limited basis and mainly through Takara e-Hobby Shop. In 2003 Takara decided to test Microman market with brand new but small series called Microman 2003. This time the line was aim more at the collectors and older fans.
Microman in the US
Micronauts
When the Micronman toys were imported to the US, different US companies acquired the licence and took the toyline in different directions. The Mego Corporation in the US acquired the licence for the 3.75" action figures and vehicles and released them in the US as the Micronauts.
Transformers
In the early 1980s Takara produced a second Microman line called New Microman. Many of the playsets and accessories were based on, or disguised themselves, as "life-sized" realistic objects. A subline called MicroChange was launched which featured toys that transformed into vehicles or robots which could be used with the Microman figures.
In 1984, Hasbro acquired the license for the transforming vehicle toys from the "Micro Change" subline and the Diaclone toyline. With help from Marvel Comics to flesh out the back-story, the two were combined to create the Transformers toyline.
Former MicroChange toys re-badged as Transformers include:
"Megatron" - originally a black-and-brown Walther P-38 who turned into a robot wielding a laser gun and a sword. Although the Japanese version (sold in 1985) was this version, the American version was the U.N.C.L.E. variant, named after the hit TV show), featuring a chrome body with "extensions" (a sight, scope, and barrel extension/silencer). However, the sword, also included with the Japanese "U.N.C.L.E." version, was excluded from the American Megatron, possibly for fear that children may stab themselves in the eye with the sword. Furthermore, the original Japanese toy's ability to fire plastic pellet-like bullets was removed from the American toy. The U.N.C.L.E. extensions converted into a cannon capable of being operated by one of the Micromen.
"CassetteMan" - a microcassette recorder that turned into a robot. This toy was converted into the Decepticon Soundwave and was capable of carrying a number of other robots who turned into actual-sized micro-cassettes. The Transformers version was imagined in comics and TV as changing into a traditionally-scaled cassette recorder.
"Car" - Seven MicroChange robots were made to disguise themselves as "toy cars". Three of them were made to resemble Takara's own Choro Q (Penny Racers) cars. All seven were released as Transformers, more specifically Autobot Mini-cars, but only six of them were sold as named characters:
"Bumblebee" - VW Bug.
"Cliffjumper" - Porsche 924 Turbo.
"Windcharger" - Pontiac Trans Am.
"Brawn" - Land Rover.
"Huffer" - cab-over-engine semi.
"Gears" - 4x4 pickup truck.
The seventh, modeled after a Choro Q version of the Mazda Familia 1500XG/Mazda 323, was sold on "Bumblebee" and "Cliffjumper" cards and thus uses one of two names created by the Transformers' fan community, namely Bumblejumper or Bumper.
"Perceptor" - a microscope (originally black) that changes into a robot wielding a rifle and missile launcher, plus the microscope's own magnifying scope as a weapon. The Transformers version was recolored dark red and became the Autobot scientist, Perceptor. In Japan the toy was released in black again by the company e-HOBBY as a Decepticon named Magnificus.
"Blaster" - the second micro-cassette-holding radio for MicroChange. However, this one is made to resemble a much larger boom box. Also unlike CassetteMan/Soundwave, this cassette player came with a special component resembling a micro-cassette that allowed it to receive FM radio broadcasts. While the original version of this toy was molded in dark blue with a light blue cassette door/chest, a recolored version for Italian company GiG was also produced in red with a dark blue door. The Transformers version, the Autobot Blaster, is based on the Italian red version with all electronics removed from the toy. Its ability to open its cassette door (without excessive force) was also removed (as the Autobots did not have cassette/robots at the time Blaster was released, a feature was later restored, however, when new tapes were made specifically for Blaster in 1986).
Additionally, the Transformers: Superlink line in Japan included a Microman figure of the character "Kicker"; the American Transformers: Energon line did not import this figure, and a new sculpt based on that of a G.I. Joe was made instead.
Microman
In 2004, Takara started exporting Microman toys to the US again under the original name. Of these, one interesting sub-line is the Material Force assortment, consisting of "blank", featureless male and female mannequins, molded out of different colored plastic and packed with several interchangeable hands, which proved very popular as templates for custom made characters.
The basic female figure from the Material Force line (known as Microlady), in addition to the differences in plastic color, was also issued in varying bust sizes (S,M,L and L+). Another addition to the line made in 2006 was the introduction of a new female mannequin dubbed the Micro Sister, which depicts a waifish female, with the innovation of toe articulation.
Anime
The anime adaption of the series is based on the toys and the Manga serialized by Comic Bom Bom with Takara's permission in 1999. Produced by Studio Pierrot, the series runs in January 4 1999 to December 17 1999. Unlike the toyline, the story is much different and focused on five Microman Heroes.
Plot
One spring day, a small package is delivered to Kohei Kuji, a school boy. When he opens the box he finds five small action-figures inside. To his surprise, they begin to move around and start to talk to him. They introduce themselves as "Microman", coming from the planet Micro Earth which is located at the far end of the universe. They start to explain about their mission, telling him that Earth is now in danger. There is an evil power, call Acroyer, who is conspiring to conquer the universe. The five Microman are send by the mysterious Professor K to Kohei to save Earth.
Releases
The series is released in VHS and later on in a 4-Volume DVDs by Pioneer LDC.
References
This section includes a list of references or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (January 2010)
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External links
This section includes a list of references or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (June 2009)
http://www.microforever.com
http://www.edit.ne.jp/~sashida/MICROMAN/micro.html
http://www.microforever.com/MicroMillenium.htm
Studio Pierrot's Chiisana Kyojin Microman Website
Chiisana Kyojin Microman (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Categories: Action figures | TomyHidden categories: Articles needing additional references from January 2010 | All articles needing additional references | Articles lacking in-text citations from January 2010 | All articles lacking in-text citations | Articles lacking in-text citations from June 2009
Old Era
In 1972, Takara released a series of 8" and 12" action figures called Henshin Cyborg ("Transforming Cyborg"). The Henshin Cyborg line was a spin-off of the earlier Combat Joe line. The Combat Joe line was created from the mould of the 8" and 12" G.I. Joe figures that Takara licensed from Hasbro. The body of the Henshin Cyborg was molded in clear plastic to expose the gleaming inner cybernetic implants and the "atomic engine". digital memo recorder
Since both the cost of producing and the large size of the vehicles and playsets for the 12" dolls were prohibitive, in 1974 Takara decided to produce a miniature version of the Henshin Cyborg line which was called Microman. digital dictation recorder
The first series, Microman Zone, included four figures and several vehicles in kit form that needed to be assembled. Microman Zone proved to be popular and by its second year, the Microman line was spun-off from the "Henshin Cyborg" line.
Unlike other toylines at the time, Microman figures were marketed as being the "actual" size of the cyborg beings they were meant to be replicas of. The cyborg beings were said to hail from the fictional planet Micro Earth, and to disguise themselves as toys. All of the Microman toys used 5 mm connectors and ports, which allowed parts from one toy to be attached to another toy to form new toys.
In the late 2000s, Takara expanded the Microman brand to include various licensed brands, including Batman (both comic-based and from Batman Begins), Superman (both comic-based and from Superman Returns), Evangelion, Street Fighter, Godzilla, Alien vs Predator and Kinnikuman. A Spider-Man toy was announced at one point although no pictures ever surfaced; its product number eventually went to one of the Predator figures.
New Era (1998-Present)
In 1999, Takara, for the first time since 1984, produced new Microman toys. (Microman 21 series was produced under license by Romando). The new Microman series was divided into two distinct lines - the Magne Powers series and the Replica Microman series. The Replica Microman series was mainly aim at adult collectors and older fans and consisted of reissues of vintage Microman figures along with limited and exclusive new color variations. The Magne Powers Series (and later LED Series) was designed for the kids with brand new toy designs and new story line, including for the first time in Microman history, a Microman anime series. Beside the anime, Takara also commissioned manga serial for Bom Bom comic magazine.
The Founder series launched the Replica Microman Series and soon were follow with the reissued of many old favorites such as the Acroyear A30X, Spy Magician M14X and Lady Command during the first year. Beside the reissue versions, Takara also released several new color variations and even new members to add to the rank of the old. In 2000, Takara followed with more reissued and even more color variants. However, the Microman market became very saturated with many variants and by 2001 Takara had severely scale back the release of the Replica Series.
The Magne Power series was launched with much fanfare and anticipation on December 26th 1998. The series eventually achieved only a mild success with kids and even less with adult collectors who felt the new series was too different from the old especially with the 8cm scale and limited articulations of the new figures. By 2000, Takara, also in financial dire, reduced the new series to just a few dozen of toys and canceled the very expensive Microman anime and also eventually the manga in Bom Bom. In 2001 Takara put the new Microman series for the second time on a hiatus.
The Replica Series was still being released in 2002 but was on a very limited basis and mainly through Takara e-Hobby Shop. In 2003 Takara decided to test Microman market with brand new but small series called Microman 2003. This time the line was aim more at the collectors and older fans.
Microman in the US
Micronauts
When the Micronman toys were imported to the US, different US companies acquired the licence and took the toyline in different directions. The Mego Corporation in the US acquired the licence for the 3.75" action figures and vehicles and released them in the US as the Micronauts.
Transformers
In the early 1980s Takara produced a second Microman line called New Microman. Many of the playsets and accessories were based on, or disguised themselves, as "life-sized" realistic objects. A subline called MicroChange was launched which featured toys that transformed into vehicles or robots which could be used with the Microman figures.
In 1984, Hasbro acquired the license for the transforming vehicle toys from the "Micro Change" subline and the Diaclone toyline. With help from Marvel Comics to flesh out the back-story, the two were combined to create the Transformers toyline.
Former MicroChange toys re-badged as Transformers include:
"Megatron" - originally a black-and-brown Walther P-38 who turned into a robot wielding a laser gun and a sword. Although the Japanese version (sold in 1985) was this version, the American version was the U.N.C.L.E. variant, named after the hit TV show), featuring a chrome body with "extensions" (a sight, scope, and barrel extension/silencer). However, the sword, also included with the Japanese "U.N.C.L.E." version, was excluded from the American Megatron, possibly for fear that children may stab themselves in the eye with the sword. Furthermore, the original Japanese toy's ability to fire plastic pellet-like bullets was removed from the American toy. The U.N.C.L.E. extensions converted into a cannon capable of being operated by one of the Micromen.
"CassetteMan" - a microcassette recorder that turned into a robot. This toy was converted into the Decepticon Soundwave and was capable of carrying a number of other robots who turned into actual-sized micro-cassettes. The Transformers version was imagined in comics and TV as changing into a traditionally-scaled cassette recorder.
"Car" - Seven MicroChange robots were made to disguise themselves as "toy cars". Three of them were made to resemble Takara's own Choro Q (Penny Racers) cars. All seven were released as Transformers, more specifically Autobot Mini-cars, but only six of them were sold as named characters:
"Bumblebee" - VW Bug.
"Cliffjumper" - Porsche 924 Turbo.
"Windcharger" - Pontiac Trans Am.
"Brawn" - Land Rover.
"Huffer" - cab-over-engine semi.
"Gears" - 4x4 pickup truck.
The seventh, modeled after a Choro Q version of the Mazda Familia 1500XG/Mazda 323, was sold on "Bumblebee" and "Cliffjumper" cards and thus uses one of two names created by the Transformers' fan community, namely Bumblejumper or Bumper.
"Perceptor" - a microscope (originally black) that changes into a robot wielding a rifle and missile launcher, plus the microscope's own magnifying scope as a weapon. The Transformers version was recolored dark red and became the Autobot scientist, Perceptor. In Japan the toy was released in black again by the company e-HOBBY as a Decepticon named Magnificus.
"Blaster" - the second micro-cassette-holding radio for MicroChange. However, this one is made to resemble a much larger boom box. Also unlike CassetteMan/Soundwave, this cassette player came with a special component resembling a micro-cassette that allowed it to receive FM radio broadcasts. While the original version of this toy was molded in dark blue with a light blue cassette door/chest, a recolored version for Italian company GiG was also produced in red with a dark blue door. The Transformers version, the Autobot Blaster, is based on the Italian red version with all electronics removed from the toy. Its ability to open its cassette door (without excessive force) was also removed (as the Autobots did not have cassette/robots at the time Blaster was released, a feature was later restored, however, when new tapes were made specifically for Blaster in 1986).
Additionally, the Transformers: Superlink line in Japan included a Microman figure of the character "Kicker"; the American Transformers: Energon line did not import this figure, and a new sculpt based on that of a G.I. Joe was made instead.
Microman
In 2004, Takara started exporting Microman toys to the US again under the original name. Of these, one interesting sub-line is the Material Force assortment, consisting of "blank", featureless male and female mannequins, molded out of different colored plastic and packed with several interchangeable hands, which proved very popular as templates for custom made characters.
The basic female figure from the Material Force line (known as Microlady), in addition to the differences in plastic color, was also issued in varying bust sizes (S,M,L and L+). Another addition to the line made in 2006 was the introduction of a new female mannequin dubbed the Micro Sister, which depicts a waifish female, with the innovation of toe articulation.
Anime
The anime adaption of the series is based on the toys and the Manga serialized by Comic Bom Bom with Takara's permission in 1999. Produced by Studio Pierrot, the series runs in January 4 1999 to December 17 1999. Unlike the toyline, the story is much different and focused on five Microman Heroes.
Plot
One spring day, a small package is delivered to Kohei Kuji, a school boy. When he opens the box he finds five small action-figures inside. To his surprise, they begin to move around and start to talk to him. They introduce themselves as "Microman", coming from the planet Micro Earth which is located at the far end of the universe. They start to explain about their mission, telling him that Earth is now in danger. There is an evil power, call Acroyer, who is conspiring to conquer the universe. The five Microman are send by the mysterious Professor K to Kohei to save Earth.
Releases
The series is released in VHS and later on in a 4-Volume DVDs by Pioneer LDC.
References
This section includes a list of references or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (January 2010)
^
^ E-Hobby Shop
External links
This section includes a list of references or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (June 2009)
http://www.microforever.com
http://www.edit.ne.jp/~sashida/MICROMAN/micro.html
http://www.microforever.com/MicroMillenium.htm
Studio Pierrot's Chiisana Kyojin Microman Website
Chiisana Kyojin Microman (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Categories: Action figures | TomyHidden categories: Articles needing additional references from January 2010 | All articles needing additional references | Articles lacking in-text citations from January 2010 | All articles lacking in-text citations | Articles lacking in-text citations from June 2009
Winamp
Features
Podcatcher
See also: Podcast and Aggregator reverse parking system
Winamp can also be used as an RSS media feeds aggregator capable of displaying articles, downloading or playing that same content as streaming media. SHOUTcast Wire provides a directory and RSS subscription system for podcasts. rear view backup camera
Media player device support
Winamp has extendable support for portable media players. Device plugins are currently included for iPods and Creative NOMADs, Mass Storage Compliant devices, and devices that support the Microsoft PlaysForSure and ActiveSync technologies, such as those running Windows Mobile.
History
Initial releases
The minimalist WinAMP 0.20a was released as freeware on 21 April 1997. Its windowless menubar-only interface showed only play (open), stop, pause, and unpause functions. A file specified on the command line or dropped onto its icon would be played. MP3 decoding was performed by the AMP decoding engine by Tomislav Uzelac, which was free for non-commercial use. The acronym "AMP" stood for "Advanced Multimedia Products". Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev integrated this engine with their user interface.
WinAMP 0.92 was released as a freeware in May 1997. Within the standard Windows frame and menubar, it had the beginnings of the "classic" Winamp GUI: dark gray rectangle with silver 3D-effect transport buttons, a red/green volume slider, time displayed in a green LED font, with trackname, MP3 bitrate and "mixrate" in green. There was no position bar, and a blank space where the spectrum analyzer and waveform analyzer would later appear. Multiple files on the command line or dropped onto its icon were enqueued in the playlist.
Winamp 1
Winamp 1
Version 1.006 was released June 7, 1997 renamed "Winamp" (lower case). It showed a spectrum analyzer, and color changing volume slider, but no waveform display. The AMP non-commercial license was included in its help menu.
According to Tomislav Uzelac, Frankel licensed the AMP 0.7 engine June 1, 1997 Frankel formally founded Nullsoft, Inc. in January 1998, and continued development of Winamp, which changed from freeware to $10 shareware. In March, Uzelac's company, PlayMedia Systems sent a cease-and-desist letter to Nullsoft, claiming unlawful use of AMP. Nullsoft responded that they had replaced AMP with Nitrane, Nullsoft's proprietary decoder, but Playmedia disputed this.
Version 1.90, released March 31, 1998 was the first release as a general-purpose audio player, and documented on the winamp.com website as supporting plugins, of which it included two input plugins (MOD and MP3) and a visualization plugin. The installer for Version 1.91, released 18 days later, included wave, cdda, and Windows tray handling plugins, as well as the famous Wesley Willis-inspired DEMO.MP3 file "Winamp, it really whips the llama's ass".
Winamp 2
Winamp 2, shown with default Base Skin
Winamp 2.0 was released on September 8, 1998. The 2.x versions were widely used and made Winamp one of the most downloaded pieces of software for Microsoft Windows. The new version improved the usability of the playlist, made the equalizer more accurate, introduced more plug-ins and allowed skins for the playlist and equalizer windows.
PlayMedia Systems filed a federal lawsuit against Nullsoft in March 1999. PlayMedia was granted an injunction against distribution of Nitrane by Nullsoft, and the same month the lawsuit was settled with out-of-court licensing and confidentiality agreements. Soon after, Nullsoft switched to an ISO decoder from the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, the developers of the MP3 format.
Winamp 2.10, released March 24, 1999 included a new version of the "Llama" demo.mp3 featuring a musical sting and bleating.
Nullsoft was bought by AOL in June 1999 for US$80 million.
Nullsoft relaunched the Winamp-specific winamp.com in December 1999 to provide easier access to skins, plug-ins, streaming audio, song downloads, forums and developer resources.
As of June 22, 2000 Winamp surpassed 25 million registrants.
Winamp 3
Winamp3
The next major Winamp version, Winamp3 (so spelled to include mp3 in the name and to mark its separation from the Winamp 2 codebase), was released on August 9, 2002. It was a complete rewrite of version 2, newly based on the Wasabi application framework, which offered additional functionality and flexibility. Winamp3 was developed parallel to Winamp 2, but many users found it consumed too many system resources and was unstable (or even lacked some valued functionality, such as the ability to count or find the total duration of tracks in a playlist). Winamp3 had no backward compatibility with Winamp 2 skins and plugins, and the SHOUTcast sourcing plugin was not supported. No Winamp3 version of SHOUTcast was ever released.
In response to users reverting to Winamp 2, Nullsoft continued the development of Winamp 2 to versions 2.9 and 2.91. The beta versions 2.92 and 2.95 were released with the inclusion of some of the functionality of the upcoming Winamp 5. During this period the Wasabi cross-platform application framework and skinnable GUI toolkit was derived from parts of the Winamp3 source code. For Linux, Nullsoft released an alpha version of Winamp3 in October 9, 2001 but has not updated it despite continued user interest.
Winamp 5
Winamp 5 featuring Winamp Modern skin
The Winamp 2 and Winamp3 branches were later fused into Winamp 5 Nullsoft justified their non-sequential christening by quipping that 2 + 3 = 5 taking the best parts from both applications. They also joked that "nobody wants to see a Winamp 4 skin" ('4 skin' being a pun on foreskin). It was also joked that "Winamp 5 is so good they skipped a number."[citation needed] Winamp 5 was based on the Winamp 2 codebase, with several Winamp3 features (e.g. modern skins) incorporated. Winamp 5.0 was released in December 2003. Most of the Wasabi framework built for creating Winamp3 and its components was released as open source, and as of 2005 an active development effort has succeeded in making a standalone version of Wasabi, minus the skinning and scripting modules which were never released.
Winamp 5 comes in three versions. Lite and Full are freeware, and Pro requires registration and sells for US$19.95. The Lite version has far less functionality (largely supplementable with plugins) while still replicating most of Winamp 2's feature set (although the installer for Winamp Lite 5.5.6 at 6899 kB is almost 3 times as large as for Winamp 2.92 at 2389 kB). The Full version offers a richer feature set, including music ripping and CD burning at limited speeds (6x for ripping and 2x for burning). The Pro version features unlimited speed music ripping and CD burning and MP3 encoding.
From version 5.2 onwards, support for synchronizing with an iPod is built-in.
Winamp 5.5
Winamp 5.5: The 10th Anniversary Edition was released on October 10, 2007, ten years after the first release of Winamp. (A beta preview had been released on September 10, 2007.) New features to the player included album art support, much improved localization support (with several official, localized Winamp releases, including German, Polish, Russian and French), and a unified player and media library interface skin. This version also dropped support for Windows 9x.
Derivative works
Unagi is the codename for the media playback engine derived from Winamp core technologies as distributed with the AOL software or as an ActiveX download. It powers many AOL media projects, e.g., video@netscape, video@aol, AOL Radio, media playback within AIM.
The AIMTunes feature included with AIM 6.5 was implemented with components and code from Winamp.
XMMS is a player for Unix-like systems (Linux and Unix), which has a user interface that is extraordinarily similar to the Winamp 2 interface. In fact, it can use unmodified Winamp 2 skins. Other media players based on XMMS include Beep Media Player and Audacious.
See also
List of media players
Comparison of media players
List of feed aggregators
Comparison of feed aggregators
List of audio conversion software
References
^ a b April 21, 1997 release date extracted from Winamp.exe 0.20a binary. This version still plays some constant-bit-rate MP3s on Windows XP SP2, but can crash when paused/unpaused.
^ Google Books - Beyond the charts: MP3 and the digital music revolution By Bruce Haring, Chuck D
^ Developer credits extracted from Winamp 5.55 credits screen.
^ Time Warner - AOL Introduces New Podcast Offerings
^ Wired - Winamp Packs on Features for 10th-Anniversary Edition
^ Google books - How to do everything: iPod & iTunes By Guy Hart-Davis
^ License info from Winamp 1.006 Help menu.
^ Version 1.006 release date from help screen, version from executable binary.
^ News page Playmedia website. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
^ Po Bronson (July 1998). "Rebootlegger". Wired.com. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/6.07/newmedia.html. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
^ Winamp.com (1998-12-02). "New Features listing". http://web.archive.org/web/19981202223045/www.winamp.com/winamp/newfeatures.html. Retrieved 2007-04-07. via archive.org
^ DEMO.MP3 15592 bytes, 32 kbit/s, 22 kHz, recorded in "1997" "Exclusively for Nullsoft" by JJ McKay. Voice only, no music stinger.
^ "Power of 10: The past, present, and future of digital living". Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years. CNET Networks, Inc.. http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6257577-1.html. Retrieved 2006-07-26.
^ a b "AOL Who We Are Website.". AOL.COM. 2004-10-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20041019220723/http://corp.aol.com/whoweare/history.shtml. Retrieved 2007-04-09. from archive.org.
^ Winamp 3 for Linux at FileForum
^ "Winamp Media Player FAQ". http://www.winamp.com/player/faq#10.
^ Winamp Media Player Version History
^ "AOL Announces Winamp 10th Anniversary Edition". http://corp.aol.com/press-releases/2007/10/aol-announces-winamp-10th-anniversary-edition.
^ Winamp 5.5 Changelog
^ a b File listings extracted from installation path and binaries.
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Podcatcher
See also: Podcast and Aggregator reverse parking system
Winamp can also be used as an RSS media feeds aggregator capable of displaying articles, downloading or playing that same content as streaming media. SHOUTcast Wire provides a directory and RSS subscription system for podcasts. rear view backup camera
Media player device support
Winamp has extendable support for portable media players. Device plugins are currently included for iPods and Creative NOMADs, Mass Storage Compliant devices, and devices that support the Microsoft PlaysForSure and ActiveSync technologies, such as those running Windows Mobile.
History
Initial releases
The minimalist WinAMP 0.20a was released as freeware on 21 April 1997. Its windowless menubar-only interface showed only play (open), stop, pause, and unpause functions. A file specified on the command line or dropped onto its icon would be played. MP3 decoding was performed by the AMP decoding engine by Tomislav Uzelac, which was free for non-commercial use. The acronym "AMP" stood for "Advanced Multimedia Products". Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev integrated this engine with their user interface.
WinAMP 0.92 was released as a freeware in May 1997. Within the standard Windows frame and menubar, it had the beginnings of the "classic" Winamp GUI: dark gray rectangle with silver 3D-effect transport buttons, a red/green volume slider, time displayed in a green LED font, with trackname, MP3 bitrate and "mixrate" in green. There was no position bar, and a blank space where the spectrum analyzer and waveform analyzer would later appear. Multiple files on the command line or dropped onto its icon were enqueued in the playlist.
Winamp 1
Winamp 1
Version 1.006 was released June 7, 1997 renamed "Winamp" (lower case). It showed a spectrum analyzer, and color changing volume slider, but no waveform display. The AMP non-commercial license was included in its help menu.
According to Tomislav Uzelac, Frankel licensed the AMP 0.7 engine June 1, 1997 Frankel formally founded Nullsoft, Inc. in January 1998, and continued development of Winamp, which changed from freeware to $10 shareware. In March, Uzelac's company, PlayMedia Systems sent a cease-and-desist letter to Nullsoft, claiming unlawful use of AMP. Nullsoft responded that they had replaced AMP with Nitrane, Nullsoft's proprietary decoder, but Playmedia disputed this.
Version 1.90, released March 31, 1998 was the first release as a general-purpose audio player, and documented on the winamp.com website as supporting plugins, of which it included two input plugins (MOD and MP3) and a visualization plugin. The installer for Version 1.91, released 18 days later, included wave, cdda, and Windows tray handling plugins, as well as the famous Wesley Willis-inspired DEMO.MP3 file "Winamp, it really whips the llama's ass".
Winamp 2
Winamp 2, shown with default Base Skin
Winamp 2.0 was released on September 8, 1998. The 2.x versions were widely used and made Winamp one of the most downloaded pieces of software for Microsoft Windows. The new version improved the usability of the playlist, made the equalizer more accurate, introduced more plug-ins and allowed skins for the playlist and equalizer windows.
PlayMedia Systems filed a federal lawsuit against Nullsoft in March 1999. PlayMedia was granted an injunction against distribution of Nitrane by Nullsoft, and the same month the lawsuit was settled with out-of-court licensing and confidentiality agreements. Soon after, Nullsoft switched to an ISO decoder from the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, the developers of the MP3 format.
Winamp 2.10, released March 24, 1999 included a new version of the "Llama" demo.mp3 featuring a musical sting and bleating.
Nullsoft was bought by AOL in June 1999 for US$80 million.
Nullsoft relaunched the Winamp-specific winamp.com in December 1999 to provide easier access to skins, plug-ins, streaming audio, song downloads, forums and developer resources.
As of June 22, 2000 Winamp surpassed 25 million registrants.
Winamp 3
Winamp3
The next major Winamp version, Winamp3 (so spelled to include mp3 in the name and to mark its separation from the Winamp 2 codebase), was released on August 9, 2002. It was a complete rewrite of version 2, newly based on the Wasabi application framework, which offered additional functionality and flexibility. Winamp3 was developed parallel to Winamp 2, but many users found it consumed too many system resources and was unstable (or even lacked some valued functionality, such as the ability to count or find the total duration of tracks in a playlist). Winamp3 had no backward compatibility with Winamp 2 skins and plugins, and the SHOUTcast sourcing plugin was not supported. No Winamp3 version of SHOUTcast was ever released.
In response to users reverting to Winamp 2, Nullsoft continued the development of Winamp 2 to versions 2.9 and 2.91. The beta versions 2.92 and 2.95 were released with the inclusion of some of the functionality of the upcoming Winamp 5. During this period the Wasabi cross-platform application framework and skinnable GUI toolkit was derived from parts of the Winamp3 source code. For Linux, Nullsoft released an alpha version of Winamp3 in October 9, 2001 but has not updated it despite continued user interest.
Winamp 5
Winamp 5 featuring Winamp Modern skin
The Winamp 2 and Winamp3 branches were later fused into Winamp 5 Nullsoft justified their non-sequential christening by quipping that 2 + 3 = 5 taking the best parts from both applications. They also joked that "nobody wants to see a Winamp 4 skin" ('4 skin' being a pun on foreskin). It was also joked that "Winamp 5 is so good they skipped a number."[citation needed] Winamp 5 was based on the Winamp 2 codebase, with several Winamp3 features (e.g. modern skins) incorporated. Winamp 5.0 was released in December 2003. Most of the Wasabi framework built for creating Winamp3 and its components was released as open source, and as of 2005 an active development effort has succeeded in making a standalone version of Wasabi, minus the skinning and scripting modules which were never released.
Winamp 5 comes in three versions. Lite and Full are freeware, and Pro requires registration and sells for US$19.95. The Lite version has far less functionality (largely supplementable with plugins) while still replicating most of Winamp 2's feature set (although the installer for Winamp Lite 5.5.6 at 6899 kB is almost 3 times as large as for Winamp 2.92 at 2389 kB). The Full version offers a richer feature set, including music ripping and CD burning at limited speeds (6x for ripping and 2x for burning). The Pro version features unlimited speed music ripping and CD burning and MP3 encoding.
From version 5.2 onwards, support for synchronizing with an iPod is built-in.
Winamp 5.5
Winamp 5.5: The 10th Anniversary Edition was released on October 10, 2007, ten years after the first release of Winamp. (A beta preview had been released on September 10, 2007.) New features to the player included album art support, much improved localization support (with several official, localized Winamp releases, including German, Polish, Russian and French), and a unified player and media library interface skin. This version also dropped support for Windows 9x.
Derivative works
Unagi is the codename for the media playback engine derived from Winamp core technologies as distributed with the AOL software or as an ActiveX download. It powers many AOL media projects, e.g., video@netscape, video@aol, AOL Radio, media playback within AIM.
The AIMTunes feature included with AIM 6.5 was implemented with components and code from Winamp.
XMMS is a player for Unix-like systems (Linux and Unix), which has a user interface that is extraordinarily similar to the Winamp 2 interface. In fact, it can use unmodified Winamp 2 skins. Other media players based on XMMS include Beep Media Player and Audacious.
See also
List of media players
Comparison of media players
List of feed aggregators
Comparison of feed aggregators
List of audio conversion software
References
^ a b April 21, 1997 release date extracted from Winamp.exe 0.20a binary. This version still plays some constant-bit-rate MP3s on Windows XP SP2, but can crash when paused/unpaused.
^ Google Books - Beyond the charts: MP3 and the digital music revolution By Bruce Haring, Chuck D
^ Developer credits extracted from Winamp 5.55 credits screen.
^ Time Warner - AOL Introduces New Podcast Offerings
^ Wired - Winamp Packs on Features for 10th-Anniversary Edition
^ Google books - How to do everything: iPod & iTunes By Guy Hart-Davis
^ License info from Winamp 1.006 Help menu.
^ Version 1.006 release date from help screen, version from executable binary.
^ News page Playmedia website. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
^ Po Bronson (July 1998). "Rebootlegger". Wired.com. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/6.07/newmedia.html. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
^ Winamp.com (1998-12-02). "New Features listing". http://web.archive.org/web/19981202223045/www.winamp.com/winamp/newfeatures.html. Retrieved 2007-04-07. via archive.org
^ DEMO.MP3 15592 bytes, 32 kbit/s, 22 kHz, recorded in "1997" "Exclusively for Nullsoft" by JJ McKay. Voice only, no music stinger.
^ "Power of 10: The past, present, and future of digital living". Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years. CNET Networks, Inc.. http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6257577-1.html. Retrieved 2006-07-26.
^ a b "AOL Who We Are Website.". AOL.COM. 2004-10-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20041019220723/http://corp.aol.com/whoweare/history.shtml. Retrieved 2007-04-09. from archive.org.
^ Winamp 3 for Linux at FileForum
^ "Winamp Media Player FAQ". http://www.winamp.com/player/faq#10.
^ Winamp Media Player Version History
^ "AOL Announces Winamp 10th Anniversary Edition". http://corp.aol.com/press-releases/2007/10/aol-announces-winamp-10th-anniversary-edition.
^ Winamp 5.5 Changelog
^ a b File listings extracted from installation path and binaries.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Winamp
Official Website
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Windows
ATunes Adobe Media Player Connect Player CD Player CrystalPlayer DBpoweramp Dell MediaDirect DVD Player foobar2000 GOM Player High Definition Compatible Digital InterActual Player Iriver plus 3 MadCat Media Browser Media Center Media Go Media Player Media Player Classic MediaMonkey Mod4Win MusicBee Musicmatch Jukebox MusikCube PowerDVD QuickPlayer Quintessential Player SNESAmp Adobe Shockwave SonicStage Sonique The Core Media Player K-Multimedia Player WinDVD WinPlay3 Winamp Windows Media Center Windows Media Player Xiph QuickTime Components Yahoo! Music Jukebox Zune
Windows Mobile
The Core Pocket Media Player Media Player
Mac OS X
Audion Centerstage Chroma Cog DVD Player Front Row ITheater Peel Perian Plexapp Adobe Shockwave Windows Media Components for QuickTime Xiph QuickTime Components
Linux
Amarok Audacious Media Player Baudline Beep Media Player Cmus Decibel Audio Player Exaile Gnome Music Player Client Helix JuK Kaffeine LinuxMCE Lsongs Miro Mpg123 Muine Music Player Daemon Music on Console Noatun Ogle DVD Player Rhythmbox Totem Unix Amiga Delitracker Emulator Xine XMMS XMMS2
Palm OS
Pocket Tunes
Cross-platform
Adobe Flash Player Banshee Boxee DivX Player ITunes CoreAVC CorePlayer Core Pocket Media Player ffplay Miro MPlayer RealPlayer Songbird QuickTime VLC media player XBMC Zinf
Technologies
Codec Container format Demultiplexer Internet radio Internet television Playlist Media resource locator Music visualization Podcast
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Comparison of video player software Comparison of audio player software Video player HD media player Media center Portable media player
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Email clients
Claws Mail Gnus IBM Lotus Notes Mail Microsoft Outlook Mozilla Thunderbird Netscape Messenger 9 Opera Mail Pegasus Mail The Bat! Windows Live Mail Zimbra
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Bloglines Cheetah News Daylife Drupal Google News Google Reader iGoogle Imooty.eu Magnolia (CMS) My Yahoo! Newsknowledge Netvibes Pageflakes Planet Rojo.com Spokeo WebGUI Windows Live Personalized Experience
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Adobe Media Player Akregator Amarok Flock iTunes Juice Mediafly MediaMonkey Miro Rhythmbox Songbird Winamp Zune
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BitLord BitTorrent 6 Deluge Miro Opera Mail qBittorrent Torrent Swapper TorrentFlux Tribler Torrent Vuze ZipTorrent
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Italics indicate discontinued software.
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