Dakimakuras anyone?

Yeah, Rabbit.net was a bit of a pain in the ass to order from. I've successfully gotten in on one of their orders (only one I tried, luckily :D), but it was a limited thing where they only had 50 of each over available. What I'd recommend is putting in an order with whatever proxy you want to use now, and letting them figure out the order period. I use SMJ as my primary proxy, and I had put an order in a good 3-4 days before the actual order took place; I explained the situation to them and they got an order in without any problems.

Aw shit xD I registered yesterday and sent them only 10$ via PayPal :S Well I'll try to increase my limit and will place the order as fast as possible.

You could always try using Yokatta or another proxy, though with most other proxies, you'd have to pay before you put your order in.

That's why I won't use Yokatta here, just crossing my fingers and hope :D

In general, the rabbit.net covers can be gotten cheap on YJA (I've picked up 2 for ~9k each) right after the sale on the website. This is because people buy them and then sell the cover and cards separately hoping to make a profit overall. If you only want the cover and none of the extras, YJA may be cheaper for you (but ofc it's not a guarantee to be like that every time).

Also, you will be paying for a pre-order on YJA, and if any scamming or the like goes on I dunno how easily resolvable that will be for you.. (it's been fine for me so far..)

BWStore has preorder windows set for the covers now..

"First Order Period：10/22~11/20 　　　　Ship date：2012/12/20
Second Order Period：11/20~12/20 　　　Ship date：2013/1/20
Third Order Period：12/20~2013/1/20 　　Ship date：2013/2/20"

dunno if that means they'll be releasing the covers in 3 sets of 3.. or all 9 but with multiple order windows for them... going by googletranslate it appears to be that all 9 will be up for order for 3 months straight, and released in the batches described above.

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h161832255

How can he sell this cover for 13,500Yen? I mean the original price was 15,00Yen, as stated here: http://blog.埋もれる抱き枕er.jp/archives/7299

Edit: Ah, there're two materials, roica and 2wt :o How is the overall quality of their covers?

Generally Anko covers will sell for well over the retail price. For that particular set of covers, they tried out a new 2WR material (2-way roika.) Unfortunately, the material was very prone to wrinkles and Anko has since switched back to the original 2WR that they were using. As such, the covers that used the new 2WR (Homura and the IS cover) tend to sell at a lower rate. That and for whatever reason, I don't think the Homura cover was as popular; I've seen copies of the IS cover in 2WR sell for a higher price.

I can't count the number of times I've explained materials in this thread (we seriously need to add a guide to the first page, or something :P), but P80 materials are a special case.

For all other manufacturers, generally speaking, there is very little noticeable difference between 2WR and 2WT; they're very similar in both look and feel. This isn't the case with P80's 2WR/2WT. Their 2WR (excluding the version that was used for the Homura/IS covers, which is slightly different in feel and has the wrinkle problem) is very similar to other 2WR/2WT offerings. Their 2WT on the other hand, has a completely different feel but suffers from poor image quality.

I'm too lazy to look too hard myself, but if you use the search function here and search materials (or something similar) with my username, you'll probably get some results. :P

But here's a few relevant posts/images:

https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?p=3045827#3045827
http://www.figure.fm/post/en/42176/Dakimakura+Circles+3+Illust+Guerrilla.html


Also, Willowywicca did a review of the 2WR Homura cover over at Figure.fm. If you can dig it up, you can see for yourself what the wrinkling looks like and then decide if you want to pick it up from there.


Edit: Overall quality is excellent though, excluding that one incident with the wrinkly 2WR. P80 2WT is a love it or hate it material; I personally think it's the most comfortable material to sleep with, but the image quality really detracts from the overall quality of material.

So damn confusing :D

So the usual P80 they use doesn't wrinkle, the 2WT of that has a poor image quality but feels nice and the 2WR has a good image quality and no negative points ;o

Yeah, that's pretty much it.


Edit: Tsurupettan has a few good deals on some dakimakura covers. If you're interested, check out his list and shoot me a PM (or contact him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SATsurupettan) if you see someone you like:

http://pastebin.com/ZmNQPA1F

I'll check them out when I'm home :)

I decided to get the Homura or Millhiore cover, the Miku covers are nice too but 30,000Yen is too much. Maybe when I see a good offer, but not now.

Both very good choices that I'm sure you'll be happy with. Anko is actually my favorite artist; I have maybe 20-30 of their covers, but believe it or not, I actually don't own their Milhi myself. I keep meaning to pick up a copy, but it keeps getting placed on the backburner.

I also saw that they have a Horizon Kimi cover but the size (170x50) seems too large. I bet that you also own this one (:P), ever had it on a pillow body? I stocked my bid limit up but I'll wait after the event this weekend, maybe something pops up.

Anko/Marks have been trending towards the 170x50cm size for quite some time now. A few years back, 150x50 was the norm, but now almost all circle covers are 160x50 (a lot of companies still use 150x50, though.) Anko has even done one cover that was 180x50 (Alicia from ARIA.) I only have a 150x50 pillow, and even then I don't sleep with a cover often, so I'm really not the best person to ask. 10-20cm of slack is definitely a lot, though - so you'd absolutely want to pick up a pillow that is closer to what the actual dimensions are if you plan on using it.

And yeah, I own the Kimi and it's a fantastic cover, but I haven't put it on a body. For the event this weekend, it looks like they're doing a Yayoi and Sakura cover. No idea if they'll be on the same cover, or two separate covers (this is my guess), but we'll see. Either way, you can expect them to be pretty expensive; with very few exceptions, all Anko/Marks stuff is expensive right as the event hits.

Any uncensored picture of the Kimi cover? I searched the thread and only found your discussion from c82 but with no pics, except the official product picture.

I own a A&J 160cm, but the measurements are really exact, so probably it wont fit good.

Hmm, I can only think of Cospa and Dakemakura right now who are producing 150x50cm. As I searched the depths of the internet, 160x50cm was far more common, maybe that'll change again at some point.

Here, I took some casual upper shots from the cover that I use.



The A and Js fits Anko and Marks cover, after you slipped it on, hugging it for just a night helps.

Thanks, looks great :)

Well, I missed the miku cover for 26k, maybe there will be another auction in that pricing range.

Yeah, it is a great cover and really reasonably priced, too. I'd definitely recommend it town Kimi and/or Anko fans. At that price, I'm assuming you were looking at the "first love " version of the Miku cover. I still need to pick that one up myself, though 26-28k does seem to be the going rate. I havent seen their first Miku cover (be it normal, ero, or glasses) below 30k in ages. I'm hoping that along with their two new covers that they also sell a few more Miku covers to go with it. That would hopefully drive the auction price down a bit, but we will see. They have a tendency to bring new covers to a few events before retiring them, which is why they can be so damn expensive.

KyoukaiSen is in my top 10 of Anime, so a cover like that is a must have. I also own the Cospa covers from Horizon, so Kimi is a nice addition.
Could be the "first love", where Miku wears a dress on the front. I thought the price was higher, but those sellers seem to try dominating the market with prices ranging from 35-40k.

Yeah, where she's wearing the frilly pink dress is called the "First Love" version from what I've gathered via Google Translate. There are still a lot of listings up, all at 30k+ but none of them have sold in the last few weeks. Just as short as two weeks ago, there was about 2-3 up for bid that closed in the 26-28k range. So I guess the market price is 30k+, but people aren't paying that much; the sellers listing are just being stubborn right now but it's highly unlikely that the ones they have will sell unless they lower the price a bit.

Talking about Miku, Apparently Mark's release had a Winter Miku version(Nude). I got my first copy for 24.5k.
What puzzles me the most is that it was a buyoput, and I saw bids on the front page at 24.5k already. I thought someone smart enough would have bought it out~_~.
Anyway, time to hunt for a 2nd copy.


BTW, anyone know Anko's Yayoi cover, does it have cure peace on the back? I Don't really like Yayoi, but I really like her cure Peace form.