That's not really true, B/C

American GC- 199
Japanese GC- 199
Region-Free DVD player- something like 400 dollars.

hmm purty

Speaking from a point of industrial design, the Panasonic Q reminds me of the fantastic Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 in that it's so brilliantly mettalic. On another note, the only forseeable problem for the Panasonic Q that I can find is expandability. What if Nintendo releases extra ram, such as they did with the Nintendo 64? Will Panasonic update the Panasonic Q, or simply discontinue it? Only time, it seems, will tell....

I wasn't contrasting a difference between the American and the Japanese, I was contrasting between an American GameCube and the Panasonic Q.

All the prices I have don't include modding -- since I have no clue how much that would cost you..

I like it but it costs $450 buckaroonies and i already have 3 DVD players in my house so i'll pass go to
http://www.ncsx.com and go to the store to see it

Does anybody know how large it is? (demension wise). Is it drastically larger than the GCN? Or is it just a tad larger? Or is it the same size?

just a tad taller, compare it to the controller, plus it is square in front, the cube is rectangular in front.