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<ARTICLE>                     5
                                    <LEGEND>
                                   EXHIBIT 27

                             FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
                           ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION S-X

     This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Balance
Sheet,  Statement  of  Operations,  Statement  of Cash  Flows and Notes  thereto
incorporated  in Part 1, Item 1, of this Form  10-QSB  and is  qualified  in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>



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<PERIOD-TYPE>                                                          6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                                                      mar-31-2000
<PERIOD-END>                                                           sep-30-1999
<CASH>                                                                 363,202
<SECURITIES>                                                           0
<RECEIVABLES>                                                          172,442
<ALLOWANCES>                                                           0
<INVENTORY>                                                            15,127,625
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                                       18,739,665
<PP&E>                                                                 11,795,507
<DEPRECIATION>                                                         (4,549,717)
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                                         29,488,192
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                                                  26,233,522
<BONDS>                                                                0
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                                  0
<PREFERRED>                                                            0
<COMMON>                                                               4,550
<OTHER-SE>                                                             (6,338,379)
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                                           29,448,192
<SALES>                                                                13,375,684
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                                       13,375,684
<CGS>                                                                  8,364,115
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                                          7,364,115
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                                       7,917,023
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                                       0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                                     663,087
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                                        (1,791,318)
<INCOME-TAX>                                                           0
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                                    (1,791,318)
<DISCONTINUED>                                                         0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                                        0
<CHANGES>                                                              0
<NET-INCOME>                                                           (1,791,318)
<EPS-BASIC>                                                            (.39)
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