Dakimakuras anyone?

Yeah, I hear you guys.
That poster is def. worth the handling for me, especially if I ever consider selling it, then I'll have the complete set (cover, CD, poster). I was bummed I didn't get the poster with my last Lilith cover. That shall not happen again! *shakes fist*

Yeah, I think I'll stick to bulk doujin purchasing through Rinkya or just buy one here and there through Mandrake. I would like to support FAKKU!, but those prices...a little bit much for those of us who know better. ;)

And yeah, Mikey, this shit is killing my wallet...big time! I don't think I've received a cover since I got that Dragon's Quest preggo priestess chick from D-Stage. I've missed so many great covers, and was hesitant on placing an order for this one because that puts me back at five covers that are unpaid for. And I just paid one off this morning too. Sigh....

Yeah, it is a tough for me. I still wanna purchase Japanese related stuff so I might concentrate more on Amiami purchases rather than proxies. Imma have to see... Such an addiction. I agree with ya. I'm going to have to pass on the Yahiro Pochi cover. :/

I'm broke as hell and I still can't quite control my spending. D: Having a high limit on SMJ is killing me because I keep buying stuff that I know isn't going to be released for a few months. >_>

It's so hard to hold back though. I think Shashin put it best, I keep buying stuff on pre-order because you don't need to pay right away and then it comes back and haunts you.

I really need to hold back and started to slowly. I still have my impulse buys, but I'm slowly pre-ording less and less. It's hard to control and I liken it to an addiction. Almost feel like I'd need to quit cold turkey because this slowing process isn't really that effective. :P

That is why I tend to pay off everything I've ordered right from the start so I know where my limits are.

Damn, eroge covers can screw you when it comes to censorhip, but I'm absolutely digging the three new Friends covers. That's some really beautiful artwork, there.

http://nekonekomaneki.blog94.fc2.com/blog-entry-153.html

Mmm those're really pretty. I kinda want all of them.. but I'll prob pick a favourite to get..

Also liking sengendo's new lynette cover. http://sengendo.a.la9.jp/lynette01.html

And this HOP one: http://holdonpillow.com/html-shouhin/2012shouhin/dakimakura-pillow_orijinaru73.html

Yeah, I like the top and bottom, though they're all really good. I think if I had to pick one, I'd probably go with the top.

Sengendo's Lynette is quite nice, but I saw another one for her a few minutes after I saw Sengendo's. She must be a fairly popular character right now. But I like the other one more:

NSFW: http://st-momo.hanya-n.net/doujin/index.html

The HOP cover is really nice, though.

willowywicca, that HOP cover you linked to looks so cute! With a deadline of August 29 I think I'll make her my August order. She's irresistible. Thanks for posting, didn't see her on the blog. :D

By the way, I notice the page says something about 30 orders. With Google Translate it states "you". I assume they mean 30 orders total, i.e. not just 30 for one person. Am I right or does it really mean you need 30 personally? lol

Feel like it's a stupid question, but gotta ask. :P



Yeah, I keep everything in Excel so I see that I'm spending each month, but doesn't really help me. Only helps me from not ever spending and going into debt. :P

I think it means that the cover will only be manufactured if they get at least a total of 30 orders from all customers combined. And that they'll inform whether it's going ahead or not at some time after the order deadline has passed.

Yeah, fairly certain the 30 minimum order is for all customers together. I spent a bit of time looking around on manufacturer's sites (mostly P80) the other days because I was curious about the costs. It seems as though while they're willing to print just one case for a person, it's quite expensive; even more than what we're paying per case for P80 2WT (most circles then to charge 15k for it while their rate was like 16.8, I think.) They listed that they gave a discount if you ordered 10 and I'd imagine that it gets even cheaper as you order more.

If you think about it, it actually explains perfectly why circles have a preorder period that goes a month or sometimes longer. By having orders open for a good deal of time, they're able to get as many orders as they can in and hopefully drive down their costs a bit so that they can make a profit. The way HOP's doing it, they won't go through with it unless they're making a margin (or breaking even if they were absolutely benevolent and just wanted to put out awesome covers) that they're happy with.

Thanks for confirming guys.

It makes sense that they'd do it this way. I'm actually surprised more don't do this for the reasons that Shashin mentioned. If a cover is unpopular for whatever reason the cost to produce it for the few who ordered is going to be a lot higher. While it would suck to have an order cancelled, it would be understandable.

I also imagine that's why it takes dakemakura longer to produce the covers. I think they told me a month when I ordered my Saeko from them. They probably take that period to hopefully get multiple orders in before printing.

Oh my god... The HOP cover is so delicious!

I still havn't found anything much that I want to get aside from Clochette's cover.
Though I assuming Marks and Anko have some stuff that are gonna entice me, I hope.

I'm interested in the Fatalpulse, 3rd Eye, Hyper Highspeed Genius and Baseson covers from Comiket. Though I sort of expect web orders for baseson and HHG so probably not going to be bidding on those. Also there's a bunch of covers with web orders already that I want too... my wallet wishes I only wanted 1 cover like you too ;(

Probably won't buy them all but I like Fatalpulse, 3rd Eye, Clochette, Privategarden (will be expensive as fuck D:), the new Baseson cover that only has a sample for one side, Kyounetsu, and probably whatever Anko puts out.

Of those, I'd say I'm most likely to buy the Fatalpulse and Anko covers (depending on the character.) Will probably skipp PrviateGarden's unless I can pick it up at a reasonable price, and everything else is likely to have a web reception at some point or another.

Oh my god... This cover is just *nosebleeds* DEM TITS!!

The new Ask cover looks great. I love purple hair and her body looks great.

I'd love to get my hands on the Fatalpulse cover, but unless it goes web order I doubt I'll end up getting it. I'll check Mandarake, but pretty much given up on Yahoo Auctions.

So I just have 3 on my radar in August:
- HOP, definite get
- Fatalpulse, depends if I can find
- Ask, possibility

Just wanted to share some pictures of my lovely new Momiji Inubashiri cover. ;)

I picked it up a few months back from Toranoana:


Artist's Site: http://rinen.sakura.ne.jp/main.html

Click on the "Spoiler" for detailed shots. Hope you guys enjoy!

A very nice cover, Kobun. One of the covers that I wanted but couldn't get. All I gotta say is, "Those nipples look amazing!"