Dakimakuras anyone?

I'd buy the shit out of that cover. ;P
Also, oh FireFox Right Click -> View Image...how I love thee so. <3

I'll just post links underneath from now on so you can click, but all the shots work fine for me. :3

Eas(?):


Sora:

No need to do that, they all show up. But the image size is constrained by FAKKU. So in Firefox, performing a right click on the image and then selecting "View Image" will display the image at its original full size.

Ah, yeah. Spoilering them is what seems to shrink them down; I originally posted the Mitsuki without spoilers and it took a good portion of the page up, so I decided to spoiler it.

Yeah, personally I don't mind it one bit.
Also, I've never ordered through Mandrake, they do international orders without the use of a proxy/bidding service, right?

If so I was thinking about buying a few things that came in from their 1/20 batch. Anyone seen or have a full size image of this one:
http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-812061.html

Yep, no need for a proxy.

http://www.comptiq.com/top_news/11_12/28al2.jpg

A friend bought me this for my birthday

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GE-Black-Butler-Sebastian-Anime-Body-Pillow-/320760226922

Nice. How very dapper. ;3

Yup, buddy thought it'd be funny to buy me it.

Now I sleep with it every night.

Well I guess it depends: if you're a gal then that's cool, if you straight guy then I'm sorry. ;)

EDIT: I think I'm going to buy a sweet new pillow:
http://www.rinkya.com/new/en/auction-d127131341

Yeah, I'm a straight guy.

Am I ashamed of sleeping with a pillow that has a sexy male character on it?

Not at all.

Haha good stuff, nothing to be ashamed about indeed.

Seems today is companies universal "day to open webshop orders for c81 dakis". Clochette's Fuuka should be up later today afaik which I'll be getting, was somewhat tempted by the Sena Airi one too from the preview pics, but managed to find it on a japanese blog and god her feet look terrible http://fuhafigurenofu.blog12.fc2.com/blog-entry-252.html

WHich is a waste cos the Airi actually looks good. But the artist apparently look like he was determine to have her suffering from a flat foot.>_>
Get Fuuka( Currently my sleeping buddy) and save your moola for something else.

Edit: God!! I wanna get this but the price is.>_>

http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-822094.html

BTW, has anyone heard of a new My bride event? Because I'm seeing stuff like this.
http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u38964052
http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n108358790

Can anyone tell me the if My Sena is different from this one? It seems like a new one, I notice the Sena on the envelope has longer hair and the card itself has no chinese new year greetings, And I can't seem to see it clearly but the expression seems different, can anyone clarify for me?

Hmm, the card also appears to have her shirt on too while yours did not. As for the picture of the cover itself, it seems like they're the same in terms of pose and clothing (for the parts visible) but possibly the expression is different. The left side is not obviously smiling (but bad photo quality makes it unclear what expression she has) while the right hand side it seems like it does not have an open mouth like on yours. Even with a bad photo an open mouth should be visible on it, so it seems like she has a closed mouth which doesn't properly show.

Seems there was a My Bride event in Osaka on the 14th. The dakimakura blog has announcements of upcoming events in the top right info box below the hits counter.

Ok thanks, Looks like I'm gonna have to buy the Sena.>_>
FML.

I know it's not dakimakura, but it is semi-related to this thread seeing as how we were recently discussing mosaic censoring on covers.

So yesterday while browsing YJA I came across a user selling a bunch of UNDEAD goods. Amongst said goods I found three UNDEAD tapestries. While I'm sure they have been, I've never seen them up for auction before so I decided to pick up all three.
Anyhow, here's a prime example of their censoring. Mind you they are from like '07 or '08 so even showing as much as they did was pretty bold:



At 5K yen a piece I couldn't pass them up censored or not. I just love the art style. They are all on dutch auction. So if anyone else is interested here are the URLs to each:
http://www.rinkya.com/new/en/auction-g109589285
http://www.rinkya.com/new/en/auction-k125628777
http://www.rinkya.com/new/en/auction-n95299118

Oh, and I also came across a Harthnir shirt. Dunno' where it came from, but I had to have it! Too f**king bad it's a L and I'm a M. ( '._.)

What is on the other side of that shirt...? Can't wait to find out. >:3

Yeah, there was a My Wife event on the 14th and then another event on the 15th; that's where the ero Miku sold. I don't have the slightest idea on the Marks cover, though.

I really want the 斬鬼楼 Azusa cover myself, but it's absolutely crazy what it was selling for. The complete pack was selling for as high as 50k yen on YJA, with the doujinshi alone selling, on average, for about 8k. I've seen the cover sell for as low as 25kish alone, but that's still way too crazy. -_-

A little late to the party, but in terms of proxy services for auctions, I don't think Yokatta would be that good (unless they changed their rates).

If you're just looking for cheaper auctions with good service IMO, I'd also suggest fromjapan. They are a bit limited which I'll get into. They say their commission is free, but its really more of a flat 5% fee for the total amount. If you can do an international bank transfer, you can actually save that 5% though, but I doubt many of us would be doing that. I'm not sure how much the bank transfer fee would be doing that either.

There are a couple drawbacks as mentioned. They will only take an initial deposit with a credit card (but paying for the actual item can be in paypal). And they also say they don't ship adult material. They won't allow you to bid in the adults only section of YJA, but they can do it in the normal auctions which most covers show up in anyways.

So the problem is what constitutes as that? I have no idea. I've bought 2 things that were adult, and they shipped them. One even had the boob sticking out lol. I did ask them and they basically told me they can bid on it and whatnot, but it seems like they are telling me customs may stop it. So I'm not sure if they are talking about Japan customs or your country's customs. But we all know these can be shipped, so not quite sure what they mean. Possibly they are just trying to cover their backs by putting the disclaimer there.

Also it seems their FedEx rates were lowered according to an email I just got, but their example showed 10KG haha. So take that what you will. I'm a SAL person since I rather save money and I'm not as crazy as many of you who buy so much at a time, so that doesn't really matter to me.

Psh, not late at all my friend!

So I'm one of those followers at Culture Japan, and a somewhat big fan of Mirai. Also taking your suggestion, found the pillow over at Amiami http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=CGD2-09761. I was thinking seeing as I'm gonna be ordering anyway might as well grab a cover and mix the shipping right.

I must apologize I have no idea when it comes to material how good something is, all I know is that I don't like peach skin and don't want to buy anymore cheap pillows!

I was looking at http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=CGD-7446&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Dmirai%24pagemax%3D100%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1 and it says it's made with 100% polyster.. Like, how do you even determine if a cover is made with good material or not >_>

That mirai one is a Smooth Knit, so it's not quite as smooth as 2way tricots but is pretty nice still. It's a bit more resilient to snagging than 2way tricot and should be safely machine washable (after turning inside out ofc), but it's also thinner and possibly the reverse side will show through slightly on it. This isn't an issue if you are using it with a pillow filling, but if you intend to hang it it could possibly be a minor one when viewing up close.

Yeah Yokatta aren't worth using for auctions, only webshop orders.

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