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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Took a trip to Past Times in Girard with @baddadadam.bsky.social and another friend today. I don’t know what happened but I set 4 new PBs on Stern tables. I was kinda on fire today in a way that I’m normally not.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Oh my god I totally forgot how awkward this is.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Is that in this version of Funimation’s Kodocha release? I can grab a clip if you know which episode(s) they cameo in.

The Funimation DVD box sets for Kodocha seasons 1 and 2.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I don’t know that I’ve seen a reference to the Magnavox Odyssey in an anime before.

Screenshot from Botan Kamiina Blossoms Drunk Episode 4. There’s a stack of game console boxes for the Olympia (Magnavox Odyssey), Vega Return (Sega Saturn), Shutendo Super Kamicom (Nintendo Super Famicom), Vega Mega Drive (Sega Mega Drive), Pony WS2 (Sony PS2), and what I think is the Xbox One S.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Hey @sam-animeherald.bsky.social! I was going through some old NewType posters/inserts and found this in the stack. Do you have a copy of this in your Sakura Taisen collection?

A small art book about the size of a US comic book. The cover says “Sakura Wars” in a font that is mimicking the Star Wars font, followed by the white text “ART FILE SELECTION”. Sakura from Sakura Taisen is featured below the text. She’s in front of a black, starry background.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Well well well, if it isn’t the Diagasso Band Brothers. #RandomGameSaturday

A picture of the Daigasso! Band Brothers cart for the Nintendo DS.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

It was a surprise that we got to meet Jun at MAGFest in 2017. We asked him if he worked on the opening theme because we loved it. He said he didn't perform it and confirmed he composed it. He seemed amused that we were so excited about that. He had neat energy and was super cool to meet.

A photo of Jun Senoue standing with Becky and Tatton at an autograph table at MAGFest. Jun looks cool standing next to Becky, who is glowing with a huge smile. I'm glowing too with my usual huge dorky smile.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Jumping back into #RandomGameSaturday by closing my eyes and grabbing something from the Saturn shelf. I landed on two games and decided to go with Victory Goal '96 autographed by Jun Senoue. I've hardly played it because I'm not into soccer. What I love is its amazing soundtrack and opening theme.

A Japanese copy of Victory Goal '96 for the Sega Saturn. An autograph by the composer Jun Senoue is visible through the front of the jewel case.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I threw this together with the Bluesky Feed Creator website and I'm still looking at the different options that are available. As it is though, it's been an easy way to see what everyone is sharing. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing but I'l try to keep it working properly.

A screenshot of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon with a chat box for Bidoof that says "Yep, I'm stupid. But I still do my best."

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

That’s neat! I don’t have that one but coincidentally I just got a copy of Ottifanten Pinball for the GBA. It was only released in Germany and a buddy of mine went out of his way to track it down for me while he was on vacation there last year.

A boxed copy of Ottifanten Pinball for the Game Boy Advance.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Going through some pictures from our honeymoon to Toronto back in 2010. It was amazing to explore the city and I'll never forget how absolutely wonderful all of the people we met were. I want to make another trip up there even though I know a lot of the places we went to aren't there anymore.

The side of the Honest Ed's storefront at dusk. The sign is full of beautiful incandescent lights, though some are burnt out in a way that makes it more charming than it would look if they were all perfectly lit.

The inside of the comic book store The Labyrinth. There are two rows of bookshelves. The shelf in the middle is low enough that you can look over it. All of them are full of books, trade paperbacks, and toys. There's a poster with their mascot, a cute little dinosaur with a bow tie that's smiling while holding a pencil and a book. My beautiful wife is in the corner glowing as she takes it all in.

The inside of the A&C Games retro gaming store. It's thin with just enough room for two people to squeeze by. The store is packed with amazing video games from floor to ceiling. It's bursting at the seams with awesomeness. My beloved wife is chatting with the wonderful guy who is working behind the counter. She's mid conversation with him and somewhat deflated because we already spent our money for the trip and she noticed there's a boxed PAL copy of New Ghostbusters II for the NES behind him (outside the frame of the picture). We picked it up before we left. :)

A picture outside of Sonic Boom, a store that sells movies, music, games, etc... There is a sign to the left that says they buy and sell compact discs and DVD's. Unfortunately you can't see much of the store inside because the photo is taken from across the street.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I think the most important question is will Jun make this same face in the remake?

A still from Samurai Troopers episode 4 where Jun is looking off into the distance. His eyes are on the outer edges of his head and his mouth is a single line that stretches through his cheek, almost to his right ear. The left part of his mouth looks like it lines up with his nose. It's so hard to describe what kind of face he's making. I think they mean for it to be like he's soul searching but instead he looks like he just lost the battle with a fart he was holding in for too long.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Before anyone sees “Hardcard” and thinks maybe that’s what people called 3.5in disks, Hardcards were a whole other thing too.

A section from a Micro Center advertisement that features a Hardcard EZ 85. The listed description reads:

The Hardcard EZ 85MB hard drive is the trouble-free way to upgrade your system with the high-performance storage you need to run disk-intensive software, like Windows and OS/2. Installation is fast and easy. Just drop the Hardcard EZ into an expansion slot, run the installation software and you have 85MB of hard drive storage capacity with an average seek time of 17ms. The Hardcard EZ drives are the only upgrades that are guaranteed to perform side by side with your existing drive! It also offers compatibility with all 286 systems and with all popular operating systems.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

A few pages later and we have several 3.5in and 5.25in floppy drives for sale. Iomega’s 3.5in Floptical drive is here too, which is a whole other thing but still incorporates “floppy” into their brand name. Up at the top, even this page of the peripherals section lists “Floppy Drives”

Another page from a Micro Center advertisement. The top of the page reads “Floppy Drives / Hard Drives / Hardcard / CD-ROM.” On the page there are listings for multiple 3.5in floppy drives, 5.25in floppy drives, and an Iomega 21MB 3.5in Floptical Insider drive.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

If we continue flipping through, there are more references to floppy disks. Here in this Tips and Traps section, Glenn is talking about how new drivers not included in a base Windows install have their own drivers on a floppy disk. He’s not using separate terms for whether those are 5.25in or 3.5in.

$Another section of a Micro Center advertisement. This one has a Tips and Traps column by Glenn McAtee. It reads: COMPAO PROLINEA WINDOWS DRIVERS. Like many new computers, the Compaq ProLinea comes with prein-stalled software (and no diskettes). The preinstalled software includes Microsoft Windows. This brings up an important point — if you need to change the system configuration (for instance, to add a printer or pick a different video driv-er), the Windows SETUP program will prompt you to put in one of the original diskettes. But you have no original diskettes, of course. All the default drivers (those that ship with Microsoft Windows) are available. When the system prompts you for a diskette in the A: drive, simply enter "C: \WIN-DOWS \OPTIONS" to specify the preinstalled subdirectory that contains all the drivers. Bear in mind that NEW drivers (updated printer drivers or drivers for nonstandard equipment) must be installed from the floppy diskettes that come with each new device. The documentation or README files on the diskette(s) should contain instructions. PRINTSHOP FOR WINDOWS. If you have problems with page breaks occurring while you are printing banners on your Panasonic 2124 printer, try the following: Locate the PSD section in the PSDWIN.INI file. PSD- WIN.INI is a text file in the C:\WINDOWS directory. It can be edited with the DOS "EDIT" command, or with Windows Notepad. Change the fourth line to read "SHRINK MARGIN=0". Next, select the Epson LQ-2500 printer driver (instead of the Panasonic driver). This should eliminate the problem.$

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

The people saying they are called “diskettes” aren’t technically wrong. However, 5.25in disks were also called diskettes. This wasn’t new branding for 5.25in disks. On this same page, you can see reference to “Premium Diskettes” for sale, and it references both 5.25in and 3.5in disks.

A picture of a section from a Micro Center advertisement that says “Premium Diskettes” and has pictures and prices for both 5.25in and 3.5in disks below.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Literally the first one I grabbed was this Micro Center advertisement from around April-June 1993. On the front page you can see a reference to a computer including a “3.5in Floppy Drive”

A picture of an advertisement mailer from Micro Center. A computer listed on the front page has a list of features, which includes “3.5in Floppy Drive.”

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Getting ready to sell of some of our games tomorrow. I’ve long advocated for leaving price tags on games because they can tell their own sets of stories. It can’t be overstated how cheap many of these games used to be. Figured I’d share since these are likely to lose their tags once I let them go.

A copy of Persona for the PSX priced at $8 and a copy of Persona 2 for the PSX priced at $29 and then marked down to $25.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

From the Crunchyroll translation: "Why did you give up on your search? Why do you keep fighting by yourself? Say, what kind of future did you prepare for? Have you fulfilled your dream?" This feels powerful juxtaposed with Sanji's cape showing the weight of the memories from how he left.

A screen capture of Sanji from One Piece in the opening sequence from the Hope opening. He's walking forward looking down with his hands in his pocket. A ridiculously large cape is flowing and showing Luffy staring at him angrily. The subtitle shows "Why did you give up on your search?"

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Neat finds! Pataank is something else for sure. I was lucky enough to get my copy autographed by Rob Fulop a few years ago. He was super cool and shared some neat stories. He also seemed a little exasperated that, of all the games he worked on, this was what I brought for him autograph. LOL

A copy of PaTaank for the 3DO. The game and cardboard box are visible, and the instructions are autographed by the producer Rob Fulop.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Was it maybe A Sign of Affection? I’ve heard from people who know sign language that this series does a great job depicting sign language. Here’s a page from a volume that’s still synced to my phone.

Two characters in a comic/manga having a conversation with sign language. In the context of this thread, there are “ghost” images of the hands forming specific signs during the conversation, with motion lines showing the path from one to the next. A separate font portrays the signed dialogue from the spoken dialogue.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Mook was the first bun I lived with. She was sweet and majestic. I’d sneak into the carrot bag and pull a carrot top off for her as a little treat. As she ate them, they would spin like a propellor coming out of her mouth before disappearing completely. I’m happy we could be friends before she left.

A majestic black and white bunny with gorgeous blue eyes sitting in the yard.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

There’s nothing to apologize for! We all like different things. There won’t be a single song on the list that isn’t someone’s favorite. I laughed so hard that my goofy hubris just so happened to line up with today’s entry. I’m still laughing about it. 😆

A meme in two vertical frames. The top frame has a Gundam pilot arrogantly boasting “I am a genius!” The bottom frame has the same pilot looking scared and saying “Oh no!”

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

LOL no way it totally is my favorite! (It’s still fine and you still rock!)

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

The folks at that Funcoland were great and they always took good care of me. They got an extra preorder watch when it finally came it. The manager Melvin gave both of them to me because I stuck it out for so long. (There’s a third one here that I found elsewhere in the wild many years later.)

Three promotional pocket watches from the Working Designs Ark the Lad collection for PSX.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I'm playing some Picross S Genesis & Master System and trying to guess each of the puzzles before the reveal.

The "Is this a pigeon" meme with a picross puzzle hovering over the guy's hand with the subtitle "Is this the cop from ESWAT?"

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

We had two VCRs and I'd copy as much as I could. I didn't have much money so I copied them in LP or SLP. I wish I had been able to copy these at a higher quality. It's frustrating because later on I would save money by trimming out the commercials, which I'm the most interested in now. 3/3

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Here's a block between two episodes so there are no eye catches for the one. I used to rent these from a Japanese general goods store back in the 90's. I originally started learning kana so I could translate the labels on the tapes to find the shows I was enthralled with. 2/3

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

It's so sad that Tomo Sakurai passed away. I just finished rewatching Macross 7 and wrapped it up with the one where Mylene sings Do You Remember Love. I recently captured some Saint Tail footage from an old airing. Here are some of the commercial blocks, which are an interesting time capsule. 1/3

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

It’s wild how expensive everything is nowadays. I was fortunate to have had a good job and low bills when things were bottoming out like this in the mid 90s. There’s no way that our collection would be what it is now if we hadn’t started until 15 years ago. The old days were truly wild.

A small collection of Genesis games with price stickers on them, showing how cheap games used to be.

Mega Turrican - $4.99
Contra Hard Corps - $1.00
El Viento - $4.99
Trouble Shooter - $1.99
MUSHA - $4.99

There’s also a picture of a Genesis cart absolutely smothered in stickers. The title is indistinguishable.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Sony commercials are something else.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I too see three nines somewhere, start singing Galaxy Express 999 theme, and immediately fall back to just the cadences after the first line.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Enjoy Mac (Performa commercial from Japan)

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Loved that you called out the Mortal Kombat Live Tour. I still have my program and the handful of autographs that teenage me was able to get after the show in Columbus, Ohio.

The cover of the Mortal Kombat Live Tour collectible tourbook.

The autograph page of the Mortal Kombat Life Tour collectible tourbook. There are a handful of autographs, including Kerri Hoskins who played Sonya that night.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I’m sorry. That’s a real bummer. Maybe a photo of Rupert with Don-chan on his head will help.

A chill orange and white cat sitting on a blanket. A plush of a blue and white taiko drum character with an orange face from the Taiko no Tatsujin series is balanced on his head. Rupert the cat is totally cool with it.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Found this Pinball vs Video Games segment while capturing a VHS tape of an Action Extreme Team cartoon block that aired on USA. It was in there multiple times. This one was between Highlander and WildC.A.T.S. episodes. Kudos to the kid in the glasses for being the only one to get the right answer.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Finished scanning the Nakayoshi inserts from one of the issues that came out around Christmas. This one has a little cutout of a Christmas tree, some gift bags, and some decorations. I love this little inflatable Saint Tail wreath it came with. archive.org/download/Nak...

A scan of a flattened plastic wreath featuring art of characters from the manga Kaitou Saint Tail, holly, presents, a stocking, and a red bow with white polka dots.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I love how they chose to use Sakura in gremlin mode for this set of stickers.

Card Captor Sakura sticker sheet with circular stickers. The stickers of Yukito, Touya, and Tomoyo are smiling while the sticker of Sakura depicts her as being highly annoyed.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Oh no! I missed Give Talcott a Columbus Present Day! Ummm...here's a photo of the AmeriFlora gate developed from poorly-aged 110 camera film.

A photo of the gate for AmeriFlora '92. The gate has the subtitle "America's Celebration of Discovery" and there are several flags from around the world hanging above the gate. There are some people standing around and you can't see much detail from inside.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

It’ll take a bit because I have a bunch to go through.

A comic book short box full of manga and anime inserts, posters, booklets, ads, promo material, etc…

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Thanks for posting this! I’ve needed to prioritize scanning a bunch of my old Nakayoshi extras and such. I’m working on this today and I’ll make sure what I’m scanning gets up on archive.org. I’ll share the link in case what I’m scanning is stuff you’re interested in.

A pile of extra goodies that were shipped with Nakayoshi. A pile of postcards with Saint Tail on top, a notebook with various Nakayoshi characters, and a plastic poolside bag with a mermaid Sailor Moon are visible.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The little music box picture frames like this Slayers Next one I picked up in the 90's are timeless S-tier anime collectibles.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Glad my wife noticed that you posted this announcement that you were going to close the pre-orders early. Is there a reason why you closed them a week ahead of the date advertised on your website?

A screenshot of the Limited Run Games website showing that the ChuChu plush is sold out. The product details below state that it is an open pre-order and the closing date for orders is May 25th

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I still have my Puffy concert shirt and their autograph card. I'm glad we went because that was the only time I got to see them play live, and it was an incredible experience. The rest of the pictures are typical NYC tourism photos up to the batch of Pokemon pictures featured in the Johto Times.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I had worked in the R-Zone so this department was specifically exciting to explore. Ours was nowhere near this cool. The Nintendo column had animated "lightning" arcing around the column. No idea why I thought it was a good idea to take a picture of the "out of order" side of the Xbox display.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I used to work at Toys R Us so I took lots of pictures inside. Child me would have lost his mind in here. The Hot Wheels logo was lit in a way that looked like it was on fire. The tyrannosaurus was animatronic and moved around. The Zaku from Gundam was static but exciting to see in the US in 2002.

A life-size Terminator robot. The eyes are illuminated and it appears to be looking down and making eye contact with someone who looks like the wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin from behind. It most certainly is not Steve Austin though.

A huge animatronic tyrannosaurus rex towering over people shopping in the store. It is tall enough to span two floors of the store.

A red Zaku maybe 4ft-5ft tall standing on top of a shelf of Mobile Suit Gundam toys. There is a sign next to it that says "What's Your Level of Commitment."

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

We went past the WWE restaurant. I don't remember it much. From there we went over to the multi-floor Toys R Us. You can't tell from these pictures, but each of the square parts of the banners on the outside could scroll and show different images. You can see this a little in the second picture.

The outside of the WWE restaurant. There is an advertisement for Vengeance on the sign. The picture is taken from across the street and there are people and cars all around. Notably, there is a bus with an America Online ad on the front.

A photo of the Toys R Us from across the street. Toys R Us is on the corner of two streets and there is a banner ad spanning the corner extending down both sides. The banner is made up of lots of small square segments that make up an image of kids riding a ferris wheel.

There's another bus with an America Online ad on the front.

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iTatton @itatton.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

On to the pictures! On the first day of the trip we explored Times Square. Apple had just announced the iMac G4 with the desk lamp design and they had a huge banner hung up for it. Motorola also had this neat billboard with phone screens that would update with different text messages.

A picture of buildings in Times Square in New York City. One of the buildings has a giant banner with the iMac G4 on it.

The side of a building in Times Square with a giant advertisement for Motorola cell phones. The add has the top half of two cell phones. The screens are simulating texting. The left phone screen says "Even your insults R dated." The right phone screen says "I'm talking to him."

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