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Yeah, my SMJ order was picked up today; expect to see it by Thursday, hopefully. :D Possibly Friday/Saturday given the holiday shipping, but domestic Priority mail is usually pretty good.

Nah, it's a modified version of the figure. Basically people taking PVC figures and making them more ero. >_>

It's actually one of the more disappointing modifications I've received. I trust the modder uses legitimate PVC figures, as I've had some other figures from him before that have been of exceptional quality and come with the box, but this one just seems a bit rough. Hard to see from the picture I posted, but the paint job on her hair is rough and if you remove the pool cue, you can see that a decent amount of drilling had to be done to allow it to fit.

I'm actually thinking about selling her, but I doubt many people would be interested.

To go with Zengar's Chie(NSFW):

The price just increased by 1300 yen in the last few days; they originally were going with Seiren 2WT but had to switch to A&J and bump up the price with it. Otherwise, the price isn't too bad, especially when you consider that even on BWStore, there is a fairly big difference between the 3000 NT and 13000 yen they charge for their covers.

I can vouch for Bon Cool, though. It's a shame that shipping isn't included, but they run a lot of promotions and do some pretty awesome stuff from time to time. On my first order with them ,they sent me a free double of a cover I had ordered; on the second they were running a 40% off promotion for their covers if you bought a consigned cover. So I paid for that Sena (managed to secure it at the cheaper price before material change) and bought their Sakuya for 6000 yen (versus 10000.) They even shipped the Sakuya separately instead of waiting for Sena to release.




Yeah, I saw that... that's pretty much pure laziness. Though it happens more often than it should. I'm just saying that in general, I prefer a front shot/back shot cover. I'm still on the fence about Evening Call's Tohsaka Rin, if only because it's just a clothed/naked front side shot.

I prefer a front side/back side shot on a cover myself, over two front side shots. Especially since a lot of covers that choose to go two front side shots usually just go from more clothing to less clothing (the second link cover up there is an example.) But if I like the character/artist well enough, I'm usually willing to buy it anyway.

Just requested an order from SMJ. :D
Should be lots of good stuff in it; my Dizzy and Alice from Evening Call, some good stuff from Argyle, and extremely cute Laura, and then some other covers I'm really looking forward too. (As well as two more makaizao figures, both of which should be better than my previous batch.)

Huh, yeah. I was waiting for my Sena and Laura to ship, which I figured would be happening soon, because I just got my Lotte a few days ago. Hadn't bothered to check out the status of the other covers. Hopefully the new material is good; 4WT is definitely a bit weird, but I was actually starting to like the feel of it.

I'm not surprised they didn't go with A&J, though. Not only are they generally a bit more expensive, but from what I've been reading regarding Evening Call and a few other circles, they don't allow things of the more explicit nature (juice around the nether regions was the biggest mention, but I'd imagine other rules apply too) so that really wouldn't work out for most of BWStore's offerings.

Haha, yeah. Unfortunately, it's a bit disappointing. I don't know if the modder was just a bit too ambitious, screwed something up along the way, or the figure is a bootleg/GK, but the paint job is really rough; the hair especially has quite a few chip spots and such. And the pool cues (that's what the insertion is) are so massive that the figure doesn't look too great without one, due to the gaping hole left behind.

I'd still buy from the seller though; I know he does use legitimate product most of the time and I'm very pleased with my other two figures that were done by him.

Yeah, edited my post just to paste the links. Both work fine for me now.

Got my Big Love covers today. Too lazy to take some pictures now, but I might later. Very pleased with the results though; Big Love has to be one of the best values for the money if you buy from YJA.

I know this is the dakimakura thread, but I did take a couple shots of my two new makaizao figures:

NSFW:
https://www.fakku.net/image-404/images/778937-RYQG3BV.jpg
https://www.fakku.net/image-404/images/778940-G6MXXTS.jpg

It's an inefficient system if you live outside of the US (hence you getting items shipped directly from Japan), but it works pretty for those in the US, or me at least.

For example, from my experience, the average EMS package costs about 1600-2300 yen for one dakimakura, depending on who's shipping it and the type of packaging they're using. Plus the shipping from the seller to their Japan office. So about 2100 total shipping at least, if not a little more.

EMS generally starts out fairly high (1500ish) and then gets cheaper (per item) as more things are added, up to a reasonable point. So by piggybacking with others, you can divide the cost. Using my most recent purchase as an example, internal shipping was 1200 yen, 500 of which was charged by the seller to get it to the Japanese office.

If I were to request shipping for that item alone, it would cost maybe $5 insured to get it to me in a day or two. Though I generally get 10-20 items shipped at one time, but it still averages to around $5 per item.

So basically:

~2100+ yen
or
1200 yen + ~$5


And yeah, even US buyers are feeling an incredible hit with how well the yen is doing... I can only imagine those who have a currency that is doing even worse than the dollar. D:

I like them well enough, but I bought so many because I got them from YJA. And I don't know how long they've been around for, but they already have a fairly decent amount of covers to their name. I figured that for the price of 1-2 standard covers, I could have 8 of fairly good quality, if not the best. I was really pleased with their Erio; it's a surprisingly good cover, though they did screw up the toes a bit.

Of course, it didn't work out that well in practice; I figured that I'd save some money with all the combined shipping for ordering them at the same time, but nope. Not only was internal shipping fairly expensive, but the package was too big for batch shipping... so they stored in Japan and I paid for EMS from Japan to my house.

Generally speaking though, that's the route that's taken. For orders that are eligible for batch shipping, "internal" shipping covers Seller -> Japan -> Warehouse, and for the average dakimakura cover it's usually 800-1500 yen depending on the seller and I guess some other factors. Then I usually wait until I have some items near the 90 day storage cap, and then I request one big batch shipping order to my house.

Pretty much. I'm thinking about selling a kidney, maybe. You only need one, right? >_>

On a more serious note, I'll be receiving 8 Big Love dakimakura covers tomorrow (and two makaizao figures), and then once I'm paid up on current invoices (probably after Christmas) I'll be requesting my items stored in the US.

Lots of Tabasco/chili sauce.

Thinly cut steak, if I have it.

For dairy, it's usually cheese and eggs.

Then veggies depends what I have on hand, but the staples are onions, jalapenos, maybe a bit of cilantro on top, and garlic.

Then after the noodles are gone, if I'm still hungry I'll toss in a bunch of cooked rice to soak up the soup. This is usually the best part if I did the soup right.

I'll probably buy it regardless... the reason I'm always in such a terrible financial position is because I'd rather buy something when it's first available, than risk having to pay double the price on YJA later. So I buy just about everything I want. >_>

It was something I was able to sustain for awhile, but no longer. If I'm "good" the rest of this month and January, I shouldn't have too much trouble covering February's haul... but therein lies the problem. I'd like to buy both Bon Cool's Kobato and BWstore's Kobato/Maria, but they both require up front payment. Still might be able to do it, but it's not a sure thing. >_>

After February, I'll probably have some stuff in an Evening Call order... and then I really need to cut back heavily. >_> But I've been saying that for the last few months, and I see where I am now. D:

Yep, that's exactly the problem. I have about $1000 in dakimakura covers already set to drop in February. T_T

Yeah, the minute I saw that a few days ago, I was like "I'm ordering that." Still don't know how I'm going to pay for it, with all my other orders place, but yeah... >_>

Very nice collection you have there, sir. You've convinced me to buy the Tsubaki on page 10; I've been on the fence about her for awhile, but your shots just pushed me over the line. Next time I see her pop up on Mandarake, she's mine. I'd also like to thank you for the SouSou shots on one of the first few pages. That's another cover I've been interested in, since I quite like SouSou, but the official sample shot for that cover just has a silhouette for the backside.

As promised for Kobun:

Warning: Lots of cocks


Took a bunch of really quick (and absolutely shitty) shots of some of my recent haul. Was originally going to upload some of the non-loli stuff and post it here, but I'm far too lazy for that... so I'm just raring it all up. >_>

Included in the rar:
Evening Call Asuka and Kan'u
More detailed shots of the towel above
Two covers from Dakimakuma
An Ankokoubou Nanoha
Bwstore Asholotte 2P
Touhou Marisa and Flandre
Bon Cool's Sakuya
Dark Stalker's Morrigan


Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TQ25QUVD

Sent you a link to both the sheet/figure on YJA. And damn, you got a good deal on that cover if it's legit; I've seen that one sell for 40000+ yen on YJA.

Will do, though it will be a random luck thing if it ever does pop up again. :(

I checked Mandarake and they only had the one I snagged on their site; I checked YJA and they still have the 8800 yen one, but that's quite a bit of difference considering I paid 2500 yen for mine. >_>