BODY: A blue-glowing tower, a commemorative side panel, and a bundled pin badge, sticker, and figure — for ¥500,000, and only 50 people get one.
Mouse Computer announced on October 7 that its gaming PC brand G TUNE will release the G TUNE FZ-I7G80, an Intel 50th anniversary commemorative model. The price is set at ¥500,000 (roughly US$3,300 at recent rates). The release date is still undecided.
The machine leans hard on Intel's identity. The interior lighting uses blue LEDs — Intel's corporate color — and the side panel carries a special design marking the 50th anniversary of Intel's Japanese arm. Mouse is framing it as a display piece as much as a gaming rig, which is the usual justification for a half-million-yen build in a market where ¥250,000 already buys a very capable tower.
Buyers also get an original pin badge, a sticker, and a figure as bundled extras. Mouse hasn't said what the figure actually is, which is a conspicuous gap in an otherwise detailed announcement. Sales will run through the Mouse Computer website, its direct shops, the G-Tune Garage storefront in Osaka, and telephone orders — notably, Osaka is the only physical shop named.
What's missing is almost everything a buyer would normally want: no full spec sheet, no CPU or GPU confirmation, no launch date. The model number follows Mouse's usual shorthand for a Core Ultra 7 paired with a high-end GeForce card, but the company hasn't published the configuration. Timing will be posted to Mouse's dedicated "Intel K.K. 50th Anniversary Model" page once it's locked in.
The insider take
The "50th anniversary" framing confuses a lot of overseas readers, because Intel itself turned 50 back in 2018 — this is Intel K.K., the Japanese subsidiary established in 1976, hitting its half-century. That distinction matters here: this is a Japan-only celebration of a company whose "Intel Haitteru" jingle is one of the most recognized pieces of advertising audio in the country. And Mouse Computer, which builds in Iida, Nagano and has run the same nationwide ad campaign for years, is a natural partner for it. Expect the 50 units to vanish on announcement day, and expect the pin badge and figure to appear on Mercari at a markup within the week — bundled tokuten are collector currency in Japan, and a 50-unit cap is a resale market by design.
Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).