Dakimakuras anyone?

Man , that dood has balls of steel. I wouldn't do that though, can't imagine my expensive cover getting covered with dirt on the floor.

It is ironic, but I'm going to go C82 doujin shopping, lol.

Something I noticed about my recent figure.fm post; the community there does not like loli. :/

I got as far as sending Yokatta the money but also didn't manage to make it in time for the Fatalpulse cover... It's probably for the best though, pretty over budget for this month already... If it pops up cheap somewhere in future I may go for it, but not too disappointed to have missed out on it just now.

figure.fm people mostly just like dollfies ;(

Yeah, I didn't even make it to the point of paying them. I was growing tired of this two time waiting period for items and knew it was going to eventually bite me in the ass. I should of took better precaution.

I forget what service I used before Yokatta, but was for the most part instant purchases. It also used the deposit system, but if the purchases are made instantly I don't mind.

I am Canadian, so after my first purchase I'll compare the pricing, but unless it's something extreme I doubt I'll stay with Yokatta. Might have to search for something other than SMJ, but I'd rather pay an extra bit, so long as it's reasonable, if the service offers instant purchases.

The Fatalpulse cover is the one I wanted the most from C82, so it's extremely disappointing, but I only have myself to blame. Should of researched SMJ sooner and had the account setup.

Thanks for the information regarding the vote system. Hopefully enough people vote in order to convince the circle. I'll still be watching Mandarake, but doubtful they will show up there.

Yeah, the main reason I use SMJ is for their ease of use and convenience. Auctions are what they're best at. Being able to place a bid instantly is huge compared to sending off an email to Yokatta, and their rates are fairly in line with Yokatta's 10%. Special orders, on the other hand, are very easy to place and usually handled pretty quickly but are much more expensive than Yokatta's fee. Yokatta charges a flat 700 yen, while SMJ's fee is the auction rate + $10 (and then $2 per item.)

Depending on how they handle Canadian customers, they might be a service worth using. Shipping to Canada from the US isn't as expensive as other foreign countries, but I still imagine it will be cheaper just to send directly from Japan. In which case, you wouldn't be able to take advantage of the features that make SMJ so good for US customers.


vietxmikey: It could be that, but it's also worth noting that your post never appeared on the front page or the directory. :/ At least when we were posting, I checked the Loot section and your post wasn't showing up. That basically seems to be a death sentence for our type of posts; either we're able to spam enough to get it to show up, or it never shows up and is unseen by most. My first Evening Call post ended with 19 comments and eventually made it to the 2D directory at around 10 or so, I think. At that point, a few other people saw it and it got some more comments and a ton more views. My next two posts never made it past 10 comments; I checked just the other night, and they're still not in the directory. So pretty much unless our account gets approved like willowywicca's is, or we band together and spam the hell out of a thread whenever someone posts it, our posts will never get much attention.

Yeah, I noticed that. My AX loot and the Kobato and Maria post never made it up there and they have less than 10 comments. But we can't really jump to that conclusion because I see people that has 0 comments and still make it to the front page. Aside from my recent post not showing up on front page, I still think loli just aren't people's cup of tea. My other posts(non-loli), they got a shit ton of views pre-front page. Willow is right, figure.fm loves them dollfies(or dolfies)!

To brighten things up a bit, H.O.P. just announced another cover, Sailor Jupiter!

If you click just about any username on the front page, you'll notice they all have about 10-20 thread posts under their belt. So just like willowywicca, it's highly likely that their accounts have been "approved", and thus their posts will show up on the front page without any pre-screening.

Edit: Since I haven't had much luck at Figure.fm, I decided to try posting over at MFC: http://myfigurecollection.net/blog/4012

Wow more than a day without any posting.. you killed the thread Shashin!1 Just kidding :p I may start to post on MFC too in addition to Figure.fm

For now, to get things rolling again, here's some dakimakura pics:

Heh, yeah, I do seem to do that. And there's only so many times you feel like editing one post with an update or whatever. :P I posted over at MFC mainly because my Figure.fm posts aren't getting any exposure. I don't mind if they don't appear on the front page, but it sucks when they don't even show up in the 2D Girls (which is where I usually post them) directory. The actual process of posting on MFC was a much bigger pain in the ass, but it was nice sharing.

Both of those look good. The second one is 2WT, right? I have the release from a few years back which was Smooth Knit, I believe.


The actual copies of Kimi are starting to popup on YJA, so we should getting ours soon enough. There's also one on the Mandarake JP site for 25k if anyone is interested. She seems to be going in the 20k range on YJA, but it would save the hassle of using a proxy, I guess. I know I'll be requesting an order with all of my special orders and C82 goodies as soon as I'm able to pay it off in a few weeks. Should be a good batch. ^^

Yeah the figure.fm problem is odd :( It's a shame as figure.fm has such a nice system for adding pictures and text.

Yep the Urotan cover is the recent 2WT re-release of that cover.

Cost aside (I really shouldn't be spending another 25k this month :p) for some reason the Kimi cover doesn't really appeal to me. It's odd since I like Kimi herself, and I like Anko's art style, but this particular cover I don't really like.

Yeah, not sure what the deal is. The system is definitely nice, though.

I guess it's just a matter of taste but that does seem strange that you'd like both Kimi and Anko's work and not like the combination of the two. Just could be the way it's done, I guess - there has been an Anko case or two that didn't necessarily speak to me the way others have, even if it was character I usually like. I really do like the Kimi cover myself, at least going by the sample shot.

I'm still hoping a review of the new Baseson cover will pop up sooner or later; regardless of what the other side looks like, it's one I'm considering right now but I'd like a better idea before I decide one way or the other. I came across a review of the new Dracu-Riot cover though, and while I regret not placing the web order at 10k yen, I think it's definitely one I'll pick up later at the going 14-16k rate.

Yeah I'd really like to know the other side of the Baseson cover, currently I'm sort of passing on it due to finances but if the reverse side is nice that could well change. At the very least, I hope there's some shots of it prior to if/when they do a web release of it.

The Dracuriot Elena one I actually half forgot about while still thinking whether or not to get it.. And then I noticed it was 13th August and their deadline for web orders was the 14th... But Yokatta actually came through quickly for once and I managed to place an order.

Yeah, I'm hoping one of the usual JP sites does a web review of it sooner or later. You would know better than I do, but do the Baseson event exclusives usually get a web release? Might wait until that happens if it has been the case previously. :o

I had it bookmarked and knew the date was approaching, but I blew all my limit with SMJ on Kimi/Fatalpulse/Clesta stuff, so I couldn't afford to buy preorder it even if I wanted to (I did.) Oh well, if I can get it for 14k that wouldn't be too bad, considering I don't use Yokatta much and SMJ's special order rate is fairly high. There were some other covers that were open for preorder in the time C82 was going on, but I just decided I didn't want them.

I should be getting Kyounetsu's Reimu tomorrow. Was a bit more expensive than I would have gotten it for had I waited for the web reception, but I'll have it two months sooner, I guess. the only downside is I really want the Tenshi pillow cover too, but since they charge 1k shipping I'm not sure if I can justify special ordering the Tenshi case and nothing else.

In the far past no, they did not. However their last two covers, the Kanu wedding dress cover (ACE2012) and Tokugawa Yoshine (Winter in Akiba 2011), did get a web release. So it may be a sign that they've changed their policies recently. As such, I am expecting a web release of the comiket 82 cover, but will not be completely surprised if one never turns up either.

I e-mailed Otacute about the CranCrownBlack cover, and they have now added it to their site at a good price:
http://www.otacute.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=30259

1k shipping doesn't sound *that* bad.. nothing compared to your C82 damages anyway :P

Ah, hopefully we'll get it then.

It isn't that bad really, but 1k shipping (plus proxy fees) seems a bit steep for a 5k case. Still might do it, but I wish I had waited to pick up Reimu so I could have bought them together. It's amazing how stuck you can be on small points when this hobby is already so damn expensive. :P

Edit: Mandarake just added a few good (albeit expensive) covers. The Marks Nymph is probably one of my favorite covers, and though 24k is definitely expensive, it's cheaper than what you'd pay on YJA. Though you can never tell by sample images (especially if they use a stock one), but the material looks to be 2WR over P80's SK Suede or 2WT. Wonder how long it will last before it's gone. :o

The people that come in to comment your post on MFC are definitely of a different crowd. They are actually interested in the hobby since it doesn't get much exposure or looked down upon on. The crowd of figure.fm seems oblivious to the fact that our posts do exist. I mean, my posts made it to top page but shit ain't get NEW PEOPLE! I need to post it in the 2d girl section. >.>

I like that first cover, Willow. Her boobies are so cute on t3h front side!

Yeah, though I think it may have had something to do with the selection of covers I went with this time; the majority of the posters seemed to have been fans of the artist, Sayori.

As for Figure.fm, I do think it would be different if my posts appeared on the front page/directory. As it is, most of my posts come from people who see me post it here, Twitter, or some other area where I'm whoring myself out. :P I think there's an audience for it on Figure.fm (as shown by Willowywicca's posts), but our threads just don't get the exposure.


Edit: Details on the Clochette and Ex-One web orders are up. Ex-One is open now and closes when they're sold out, and Clochette will be open for a period in September.

Double Edit: I know which Pretty Cure March cover I'll be getting. :o

Alamarco, it seems Toranoana have a few more of the Fatalpulse cover now, hurry and try your luck!

Looking forward to the Clochette one of course... I'm gonna guess you're going for the Evening Call one then Shashin? (purely from the timing of your post.. assuming that green girl is March).

Yeah, that's the one. Same artist that did the Alice, Rin, and Sakura. Was going to update a third time with the Fatalpulse stock news, but that seemed like a bit overkill. :P

Just got my Reimu a bit ago; wasn't quite as explicit as I was hoping, but bondage is always nice. There's some text on the backside near her bound wrists and sweet spot that I couldn't see in the sample shot. It's a couple of Japanese characters and then Ok, with an arrow pointed to the aforementioned sweet spot. Using my limited Japanese knowledge, the first character is "naka" which means inside, so given the location of the text and arrow, I think it means "Okay to come inside" but I could be wrong. Either way, I think it's a fairly cool bit of text (assuming I have the right meaning) given the bondage theme to the backside.

Hopefully I get a bit luckier this time. I contacted the proxy and we'll see. I tried multiple ones, but they all seem to need contact before purchase and not instant purchases so it'll rely on my luck which is bad.

I asked a new one and Yokatta so if new one gets it I'll cancel Yokatta, but if new one doesn't get it Yokatta definitely won't since new one will be ordering right away while Yokatta would only order after payment.

The down side is my luck is usually bad. :(