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<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
                                   Exhibit 27
                             FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE


     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-31-1998
<PERIOD-END>                                                                           sep-30-1998
<CASH>                                                                                 423,634
<SECURITIES>                                                                                 0  
<RECEIVABLES>                                                                           57,517
<ALLOWANCES>                                                                                 0  
<INVENTORY>                                                                         12,185,130
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                                                    13,600,452
<PP&E>                                                                               7,346,378
<DEPRECIATION>                                                                       3,788,081
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                                                      19,648,524
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                                                                7,187,911
<BONDS>                                                                                      0
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                                                        0
<PREFERRED>                                                                          7,546,229
<COMMON>                                                                                     0
<OTHER-SE>                                                                         (3,844,003)
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                                                      19,648,524
<SALES>                                                                             12,455,710
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                                                    12,455,710
<CGS>                                                                                7,120,385
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                                                                0  
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                                                     5,476,102
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                                                             0  
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                                                     349,714
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                                                      (490,491)
<INCOME-TAX>                                                                                 0  
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                                                          0  
<DISCONTINUED>                                                                               0  
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                                                              0  
<CHANGES>                                                                                    0
<NET-INCOME>                                                                         (490,491)
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                                                           (0.12)
<EPS-DILUTED>                                                                           (0.12)
        




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