This boombox plays CDs, Tapes, and MP3s from SD cards. But it can also swap music between those sources. It rips MP3s to flash memory, sure. More surprisingly, it can record MP3s to cassettes. We're talking about nothing less than the automated rebirth of the mix tape. Yeaaaa...no thanks. (Thirty-something Gizmodo readers everywhere are recalling Camaros and pegged white washed jeans.) Not much more info forthcoming, except it weighs about 6 pounds, and has a measly 4 watts of power. And if you couldn't tell from its robot name, this puppy is Japan Only.– Brian Lam

http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/2006/07/retro_sanyo_boombox_digs_mp3_s_1.php [ via Digital World Tokyo ]

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