Dakimakuras anyone?

I get them from Mostly YJA and amiami.

http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english&vgform=SimpleForm&template=default/product/e_g_3.html

I'm officially cutting myself off from dakimakura purchases for awhile. T_T

With SMJ and Mandarake purchases, I've probably added 15 or so to my collection. Including the most I will likely ever spent on a dakimakura... 42500 yen.

http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english&vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=CGD2-10119&template=default/product/e_display.html

Development in dakimura technology!One that hugs back!

It's not as comfortable as it seems, as smooth knits ain't exactly very comfy, so yeah.>_>

Another good website is that one http://www.hobbyheart.com/index.php, since their prices are in my opinion moderate and they also ship worldwide.

As for myself, I have two dakimakuras one is of Louise from Zero no Tsukaima:



and the other one is of Asakura Otome from Dacapo2 (only one site is printed on that one)



I really love those two, and I'm planning to get a third one in the future :3.

The new additions you guys are putting up are awesome!

Well, Knockoffs are cheaper but their quality are bound to be inferior to an authentic dakimakura.>_>

Yeah but authentic dakimakuras are really expensive <_<. For instance the Louise dakimakura is qualitywise superior to that one of Asakura but...it was also about 4 to 5 times more expensive.
I've heard the quality of the mentioned shop is acceptable for the price.

I'd definitely imagine print quality isn't quite as good, but I have no idea what the material feels like. I'm not a fan of SK, but absolutely love 2WT. I don't ever intend on intentionally buying a knock off, but it's fairly amusing that I could buy 16 covers from that site for the cost of my most recent acquisition. >_>

2WT and 2WR have the best feel. Im actually surprise that webby has a option for 2WT.
most knockoffs are made with peachskin polyester by default, I can show some comparison photos of my Kotonoha daki, the bootleg was one of my earliest daki when a stupid and naive kid a few years back.

ORIGINAL


BOOTLEG/KNOCKOFF


As you can see, aside from the print quality, the bootleg creases ver easily, note that I always fold my dakimakura, you will notice that there's barely any creasing on the original.

Off topic: I just changed to my new bed, a gift from my grandmother, it has a amazingly cool large bedframe that doubles up as a storage box when you lift the top of the frame. Now I shifted about half of my daki collection inside.



Now I got more space for dakis!!!

I'm not going to lie, there's a few of these I wouldn't mind having. There's no way I'd want to deal with customs though.

Ah customs...I remember I had to deal with it due to my Louise dakimakura...it was a bit embarrassing to be honest, I was glad that the dakimakura was not that revealing :p.

Well if you live in Germany I can tell you the address of a dakimakura shop here which I recently found, unfortunately they only ship dakimakuras within Germany. But if you live in the EU and have someone in Germany who can buy it for you and send it to you then I think you should also not have to deal with customs since it's within the EU.

I luckily haven't had too many embarrassing counters with customs/my postal service. Some of the dakimakura covers/doujinshi I've had shipped I would not want to explain at all. The worst I've experienced is having a package delivered by a mailman I was on very good terms with; don't know if he personally read it, but the customs form had something along the lines of "X-rated pillowcase". Most of the times companies will be vague in their description, putting "toy" "cloth" "towel" or something along those lines, but oftentimes I get "pillowcase" (which isn't too bad), and every now and then I'll get a full item description like above. Some times it can certainly be worse than others.

Still, if I knew customs would open every package that I had delivered, I'd probably think twice about a good deal of stuff.

Thats why you leave shipping comments for your deputy service to cover your ass.~_~

Yeah! cool Man! gotta love this Dakimakuras, im gonna buy one I guess.

BTW, whats ZengarZanvolt signature called? (got me curious bout the chicks if you dont mind...)

Senran kagura, it's a upcoming 3ds game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ9m6gbYUWs&feature=related

What is the difference between "official" Dakimuras and "unofficial" ones or is there a difference(other than the obvious)?

Biggest difference most people would point out is price. You can generally get "fakes" for $30-60, whereas "official" covers range from 8000-100000 yen (not official price, just your ability to purchase it anywhere, such as an auction site - average first run price is usually 10000-15000 yen.) But the price difference is probably why you're asking in the first place.

Main differences are usually the material used and the print. I don't have any fakes, so I don't know what the material feels like, but it's generally called Peachskin. Print quality can definitely differ between an official and fake cover, but from what I hear it's generally comparable. But there may be some small changes, for whatever reason; I've personally heard of a BRS cover that didn't have her trademark scar on the fake cover, but had it in the "official" artwork for cover.