Dakimakuras anyone?

I recently got a few 2way tricot bootleg dakimakura to see what the quality was like as compared to official ones. While there's some issues with the printing quality (generally all the colors are a lot darker than they should be - yours doesn't appear to have that property from the picture) the actual material itself really is a proper 2way tricot (not on the level of AJ2way's smoothness, but if I was given one randomly and was asked what material it was I would guess 2way tricot).

Aaaand this really feels like we're ganging up on you to tell you you have a bootleg, which isn't my point at all, I just want to point out that in general going by the feel of the material isn't conclusive evidence since bootlegs are made out of many different types, peachskin is just the most common/cheapest. Rather it doesn't even matter if it is a bootleg or not as long as you're happy with the daki either way.

Yeah, I feel bad because it does seem like we're ganging up on you. With my first post, I was just trying to inform you that there was a fairly good chance your cover was a bootleg. Honestly, as long as it makes you happy, it doesn't matter if it is or not, I was just trying to point out the possibility. I personally prefer to buy only legitimate covers myself, even if it comes at a tremendous cost, but I've been duped into buying a few bootlegs over time myself. Others, who are definitely saner than I am, realize that the cost difference may be worth a small trade off in quality; but either way, no one wants to find out a cover they purchased, which they thought was legitimate, was a bootleg.

Please don't let our chats discourage you from posting in the thread. Bootleg or not, you're happy with the cover and that's what matters most. I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but if you do want to find out if your cover is legitimate or not, there's actually a fairly easy way with covers from this circle, assuming you still have the packaging it came in. The circle's trademark is putting a sticker in the bottom left-hand corner of the packaging, as seen in the spoiler below. If you still have the packaging and it has that sticker, your cover is likely legit; if the sticker isn't there, it's probably a bootleg. That's not to say each one is a sure thing, but it probably sticks pretty close to those conditions.



For everyone else, here's a close up shot of one of their covers to get an idea of the material:

https://www.fakku.net/image-404/images/799403-PYAPTO8.jpg

I hate material closeups as they're so hard to judge lol. Though that one is very thin since the reverse side is very clear through it, and looks like it'd be quite rough to the touch. Also has a negative effect on the clarity of the image due to the texture but that happens with all materials from "close enough" up, still that shot doesn't seem that close.

Yeah, it's very thin and very rough; that's why I was adamant that SK was the better material. At least with SK, it's fairly smooth, even if it's thin and not the most ideal of materials.

And yeah, the shot isn't that close. It's just the best shot I had on hand of the material, with a decent amount of fabric "detail."

It's a real pity, the artwork is very nice. But the material is a big turn off.>_>
Would be nice if they gave a choice of materials.

Yeah, I was really excited about my first cover from them; as you said, the artwork is great. I opened the bag, and was immediately disappointed. It's basically why I said that if cequia's cover is a bootleg, then he definitely got the better deal; likely a better material and cheaper. The one plus side was that the actual cover didn't have the bandaid shown in the sample image.

Looks like 3 of the 4 dakimakura I got from Comiket will be getting webshop releases, I feel stupid now ;( One even includes the company comiket bag which the auction didn't include. Sad times :( Ah well, at least they arrive a bit earlier this way..

Yeah, that's how it goes. Already the market seems to be saturated with the Tony cover; I wanted the full set but settled for the cover at a "reasonable" price. Now I can buy it out for about 2000 yen cheaper and the full set is available on Mandarake for an okay price.

My most hilarious blunder was when I bought an Ankokoubou Nanoha cover. I think I paid about 25000 yen for it, as it was sold through their webshop a few months ago, and there weren't too many others floating around. I had checked the dakimakura blog right before I purchased it on YJA... and literally two minutes after I had purchased it, the dakimakura blog updated with a web sale for it, where it was selling for 13000-15000 yen.

I'm hoping the Miku gets a websale, but I'm not expecting it. On the plus side, I'm about 90% sure the Evening Call 2P cover I want will be up for reservation sometime soon. I saw it on YJA for 25000ish bid, and told myself I had no problem waiting as long as I was able to order it eventually.

So what were they? Out of curiosity sake.
2 of mine was Fuuka which I knew would be sold via web order eventually, but heck I got them for 13.9 and 12k respectively so I'm cool.
I blew 59k for 2 of Marks Sena but at least they are going to be exclusive.
I'm still contemplating on Tony's daki, I like the art awful lot but the material had to be smooth knit.
I may invest in Sena's blanket though.

The top 2 on http://blog.埋もれる抱き枕er.jp/archives/7293 (would also have liked the fourth one but there's only been like 2 of them on auction for too high a price for me, and it's not going to be sold at the webshop either).
This one is the third http://blog.埋もれる抱き枕er.jp/archives/7071

And then this one is the one that isn't getting a webshop release yet - though quite unlikely to ever as baseson never did for their koihime ones either. http://blog.埋もれる抱き枕er.jp/archives/7359 For any fans of Hinata Katagiri's art btw, Dengeki G`s Festival COMIC Vol.22 is also going to have a dakimakura of this girl (Tokugawa Yoshine, from Appare!! Tenka Gomen baseson's newest game).

I'm also planning to get Fuka too when they release her on their webshop, and considering the Saber/Extra daki on bwstore by sadakofxe (same circle who did the ange I linked recently) too...

I'd get a male sexy one but he better not be doing anything perverted. Maybe a sensual pose but thats as far as I go to criteria. Also I dont want many. Just one. One regular pillow or a long character made one is okay...

The very first one is yummy. I'm gonna add it to my list.
I like the art of Hinata Katagiri, but I hate the fact that they always use smooth knit for his works.

Male ones are a lot rarer and also tend to be more restrained than the female ones have gotten. Generally only having maybe an open shirt or none at worst from what I've seen.

I too only wanted 1 when I started though, but after seeing how lovely it was in the flesh, I quickly started rolling down this slippery slope.

Yeah Zengar, would be nice if they'd swap to doing them as 2way tricot at last :< But the quality of their smooth knits has been pretty high, as smooth knits go.

I see a few similar to this all the time:

http://blog-imgs-26.fc2.com/c/h/o/chocolate581/yey.jpg
http://blog-imgs-26.fc2.com/c/h/o/chocolate581/7.jpg


I think there are 2-4 of them total (by the same artist, I'm assuming), and I believe the furthest they go is an open robe. One of them was just added on Mandarake for about $50. But male covers are definitely rarer, short of those 3-4 and a Tiger & Bunny cover, I haven't seen too many male ones.

And yeah, it can be an addicting hobby. My very first was Shizuku from Kampfer through Hobby Search. And honestly, it was a pretty shitty cover; since then I've held a strong dislike for covers done by the big companies like Cospa, Movic, and so on. But I had ordered two circle covers at around the same time, they arrived, and I've been addicted to dakimakura collecting since.

I am happy to see that you guys have come to a friendly resolve in regards to cequia's cover. I was about to step in with this:
Whoa there.!

Anyhow here are the pictures of my [H・O・P] 千房抱き枕カバー (Chifusa Manyuu) cover:


You can also download them here:
www filesonic com/file/zQXZzjZ
Pass: Kobun_SLF

I knew that I said I wasn't going to edit the pictures outside of a quick crop and resize, but I couldn't help but add some noise reduction to help make the pics look a little cleaner.

-Enjoy

yo who cares if you buy bootlegs, my 1st five daki were bootlegs (although at the time i didn't know better, but then i met kobun ^^) and this IS a very expensive hobby.. i only buy 4 at a time not like these rich ass niggaz around here.. talking about "batch shipments" =P

Yeah, I didn't mean to come off as dickish or anything, though I realize it might appear that way. I just figured I'd want someone to tell me if I bought a bootleg cover that I thought was legit, so others would probably want to know too.

Loving that HOP cover, Kobun.

QUESTION:
Does anyone have any experience ordering from http://www.bwstore.com.tw/
I wanted to order a few covers from them tomorrow.

I and Shashin has ordered from them.
They are the best circle ever. The amount stated is inclusive of EMS shipping as well.

Nice! Do you know if I have to use a proxy service like SMJ to buy from them and why do some of their covers have two listings and a good 10K yen between them?!