Update!

(15 August) The database should now be fixed, so there are no more stray funny characters... but there may still be glitches. I just discovered that all of the Peanuts puzzles had disappeared, because "artist=peanuts" was not matching "Peanuts"; so there is more to do in sorting out case-insensitive matching.

Database problem!

Apologies! A recent database upgrade has left lots of Japanese text corrupted, and also some variant characters, such as the e-acute in "Pokémon," not showing correctly. I am working to correct this but may take some days...

申し訳ありません 現在、データーベースの問題でほとんどのパズルの詳細などの日本語が文字化けになっています。修復するまで何日かかかるかも知れません。ご了承ください。

Chit-chat from Imaginatorium Shop

Fresh start: ninth anniversary

Blog entry for April 2011

A month has passed since the disastrous earthquake and tsunami to the north, and normality is gradually returning. The 15th of April sees the ninth anniversary of opening Imaginatorium Shop, so it's time for a fresh start. We are operating almost normally, except for slight extra delays in getting stock, and our range in stock should now stay firmly above 1000 titles.

Over the next month or so there will be new catalogs from the manufacturers — although new titles appear throughout the year, this is the time when decisions will be made on deleting older titles. Because of this we currently have quite a number of puzzles (mostly Tenyo Disney ones) which have been marked "Resupply date uncertain" for quite some time. This should resolve itself within the near future.

Brian Chandler

"A kind of blog..." My sporadic comments, mostly topical, on shop matters. (Brian Chandler)