Fruid Posts

Heh, I'm the opposite. All of my stuff is stored in the US, but I don't have the money to pay for any of it yet. >_>

Not really into miniatures or D&D for that matter, but this seems like a fairly amazing deal and is pretty cool, so I pledged a bit.

You could always buy a cheap bootleg or something that you'd be okay with damaging. Obviously wouldn't be something you used all the time, so it might offset your dislike of buying a bootleg.

Anko has updated their website a bit; I have a feeling they'll be doing a web reception sometime soon, possibly this weekend. Really need to clear up some SMJ bidding limit, I guess. D:

This is where I say my memory is good for useless things. With as often as I've been refreshing auction pages since C82, I can tell you what's up. :P According to my Google homepage, the Ankokoubou YJA page is my third most visited page, only behind Fakku and Mandarake.

Yeah, noticed this a few days ago. I'd say alamarco has it right. I've dealt with indt33 before, so I'd trust him more than the other guy. It's also worth noting that it really can't be a relisting because the picture is of the actual dakimakura cover, which wasn't shipped out until the 20th or the 21st. So there really wouldn't have been any time for him to rip the picture from the other dude.

Honestly it wouldn't be so bad if they had a solid set of rules; as of right now, we're basically left guessing as to how the whole system works.

When I clicked your post from the Twitter feed, you had maybe 60 views. I clicked the main page after that and your post wasn't up there. So while it's definitely possible it could have been up, they'd have some really fast moderation for them to take it down before I saw it. My posts also tend to get the first hundred views really quickly and then slow down a lot after about 300 or so, despite not being listed on any pages at all.

Going back to the whole account blacklist thing, that would be fairly weird given that I have one post that shows up in the directory while my other posts don't.


alamarco: I definitely agree with you there, though I guess the thumbnail shown on the main page for NSFW posts is "ecchi" which implies NSFWness but not of the very explicit sort. Still, I think it's a bad practice not to have a set of rules as to what is and isn't okay.

Glad you were able to pick up the Fatalpulse cover; 15k really isn't that bad of a price for a cover you really want. I ended up paying 20k for mine, and while I don't look forward to paying that bill, I know I'll be happy with the case once I have it. ^^

Willowywicca, the explicitness factor might explain the issue I've been having with Figure.fm. Though it still seems pretty strange/inconsistent. The only post of mine that is in the directory is my first Evening Call post, and it's about as bad as the other Evening Call post (I guess the Dizzy is a bit more detailed.) In your case it seems a bit strange because as far as I can tell, your previous posts have shown up on the front page when you've posted them. Unless that's wrong and you had to wait a bit for them to be approved, then it seems odd that this one post would not appear on the front page immediately either (and then be removed at a later point.)

I guess I'll try doing a tamer post next time and see where it takes me. Though I never did get a response back from my support inquiry, so call me jealous. :P

Wish you luck with that, man. :( There have been a couple of times where I've been tempted to contact Yokatta (usually for a Mandarake item) and just say, "Look, I've dealt with you a few times in the past. I expect the item I'm requesting to sell out shortly, so if you could please purchase it now, I can send the money in the morning." Don't know how that would work, but if you've dealt with them in the past a good number of times, it might be something worth trying in a similar situation.

Yeah, that's the one. Same artist that did the Alice, Rin, and Sakura. Was going to update a third time with the Fatalpulse stock news, but that seemed like a bit overkill. :P

Just got my Reimu a bit ago; wasn't quite as explicit as I was hoping, but bondage is always nice. There's some text on the backside near her bound wrists and sweet spot that I couldn't see in the sample shot. It's a couple of Japanese characters and then Ok, with an arrow pointed to the aforementioned sweet spot. Using my limited Japanese knowledge, the first character is "naka" which means inside, so given the location of the text and arrow, I think it means "Okay to come inside" but I could be wrong. Either way, I think it's a fairly cool bit of text (assuming I have the right meaning) given the bondage theme to the backside.

Yeah, though I think it may have had something to do with the selection of covers I went with this time; the majority of the posters seemed to have been fans of the artist, Sayori.

As for Figure.fm, I do think it would be different if my posts appeared on the front page/directory. As it is, most of my posts come from people who see me post it here, Twitter, or some other area where I'm whoring myself out. :P I think there's an audience for it on Figure.fm (as shown by Willowywicca's posts), but our threads just don't get the exposure.


Edit: Details on the Clochette and Ex-One web orders are up. Ex-One is open now and closes when they're sold out, and Clochette will be open for a period in September.

Double Edit: I know which Pretty Cure March cover I'll be getting. :o

Ah, hopefully we'll get it then.

It isn't that bad really, but 1k shipping (plus proxy fees) seems a bit steep for a 5k case. Still might do it, but I wish I had waited to pick up Reimu so I could have bought them together. It's amazing how stuck you can be on small points when this hobby is already so damn expensive. :P

Edit: Mandarake just added a few good (albeit expensive) covers. The Marks Nymph is probably one of my favorite covers, and though 24k is definitely expensive, it's cheaper than what you'd pay on YJA. Though you can never tell by sample images (especially if they use a stock one), but the material looks to be 2WR over P80's SK Suede or 2WT. Wonder how long it will last before it's gone. :o

Yeah, I'm hoping one of the usual JP sites does a web review of it sooner or later. You would know better than I do, but do the Baseson event exclusives usually get a web release? Might wait until that happens if it has been the case previously. :o

I had it bookmarked and knew the date was approaching, but I blew all my limit with SMJ on Kimi/Fatalpulse/Clesta stuff, so I couldn't afford to buy preorder it even if I wanted to (I did.) Oh well, if I can get it for 14k that wouldn't be too bad, considering I don't use Yokatta much and SMJ's special order rate is fairly high. There were some other covers that were open for preorder in the time C82 was going on, but I just decided I didn't want them.

I should be getting Kyounetsu's Reimu tomorrow. Was a bit more expensive than I would have gotten it for had I waited for the web reception, but I'll have it two months sooner, I guess. the only downside is I really want the Tenshi pillow cover too, but since they charge 1k shipping I'm not sure if I can justify special ordering the Tenshi case and nothing else.

Yeah, not sure what the deal is. The system is definitely nice, though.

I guess it's just a matter of taste but that does seem strange that you'd like both Kimi and Anko's work and not like the combination of the two. Just could be the way it's done, I guess - there has been an Anko case or two that didn't necessarily speak to me the way others have, even if it was character I usually like. I really do like the Kimi cover myself, at least going by the sample shot.

I'm still hoping a review of the new Baseson cover will pop up sooner or later; regardless of what the other side looks like, it's one I'm considering right now but I'd like a better idea before I decide one way or the other. I came across a review of the new Dracu-Riot cover though, and while I regret not placing the web order at 10k yen, I think it's definitely one I'll pick up later at the going 14-16k rate.

Heh, yeah, I do seem to do that. And there's only so many times you feel like editing one post with an update or whatever. :P I posted over at MFC mainly because my Figure.fm posts aren't getting any exposure. I don't mind if they don't appear on the front page, but it sucks when they don't even show up in the 2D Girls (which is where I usually post them) directory. The actual process of posting on MFC was a much bigger pain in the ass, but it was nice sharing.

Both of those look good. The second one is 2WT, right? I have the release from a few years back which was Smooth Knit, I believe.


The actual copies of Kimi are starting to popup on YJA, so we should getting ours soon enough. There's also one on the Mandarake JP site for 25k if anyone is interested. She seems to be going in the 20k range on YJA, but it would save the hassle of using a proxy, I guess. I know I'll be requesting an order with all of my special orders and C82 goodies as soon as I'm able to pay it off in a few weeks. Should be a good batch. ^^

If you click just about any username on the front page, you'll notice they all have about 10-20 thread posts under their belt. So just like willowywicca, it's highly likely that their accounts have been "approved", and thus their posts will show up on the front page without any pre-screening.

Edit: Since I haven't had much luck at Figure.fm, I decided to try posting over at MFC: http://myfigurecollection.net/blog/4012

Yeah, the main reason I use SMJ is for their ease of use and convenience. Auctions are what they're best at. Being able to place a bid instantly is huge compared to sending off an email to Yokatta, and their rates are fairly in line with Yokatta's 10%. Special orders, on the other hand, are very easy to place and usually handled pretty quickly but are much more expensive than Yokatta's fee. Yokatta charges a flat 700 yen, while SMJ's fee is the auction rate + $10 (and then $2 per item.)

Depending on how they handle Canadian customers, they might be a service worth using. Shipping to Canada from the US isn't as expensive as other foreign countries, but I still imagine it will be cheaper just to send directly from Japan. In which case, you wouldn't be able to take advantage of the features that make SMJ so good for US customers.


vietxmikey: It could be that, but it's also worth noting that your post never appeared on the front page or the directory. :/ At least when we were posting, I checked the Loot section and your post wasn't showing up. That basically seems to be a death sentence for our type of posts; either we're able to spam enough to get it to show up, or it never shows up and is unseen by most. My first Evening Call post ended with 19 comments and eventually made it to the 2D directory at around 10 or so, I think. At that point, a few other people saw it and it got some more comments and a ton more views. My next two posts never made it past 10 comments; I checked just the other night, and they're still not in the directory. So pretty much unless our account gets approved like willowywicca's is, or we band together and spam the hell out of a thread whenever someone posts it, our posts will never get much attention.

That sucks. Did you send the money to Yokatta, or had you not even gotten to that point yet? If you hadn't paid yet, there's obviously no chance of them having picked it up, but if you had paid already maybe there's a chance... but from the sound of it, you didn't. D: Yeah, SMJ is actually pretty speedy on special orders, even. They say they don't process them on the weekends, but I usually don't have much trouble getting one in as long as I have 24 hours to do so. As an American, they're a great service overall, but for some reason I want to say you're in Canada so I'm not sure how cost effective they'll be that way. I just know that they're probably the best service for auction orders in the US. They're fairly expensive for special orders, but seeing as I don't have to pay until the order comes in (probably limited to US customers, but might apply to Canadians too) and the fact that they're very easy to deal with, it's worth the extra cost to me.

For the Toranoana thing, I haven't seen it work personally. It probably has a lot to do with the circle; Toranoana probably lets them know when the requests reach a certain number, and then they can decide from there if they want to resell. I went ahead and clicked it myself since I wouldn't mind a backup and I'd like everyone that wants one to get a copy.

Very much so, its an Anko work, after all. :P

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2012/08/10/shameless-otaku-lies-with-girlfriend-in-public/

Ah, nice. Would definitely pick it up if I could get it at a reasonable price. Similarly, there was a message on Anko's site the other day (that has since been changed) that said they hadn't decided if they would resell their Kimi and Miku tapestry. Given Anko's history, I'd say it's pretty unlikely, but it wasn't a flat out "I don't have any plans for a web order at this time", which they have posted in the past.

There's also another message on their site now that has me wondering what it means:

†»ã¾ãŸå±‹å¤–・野外でのご使用はお控えください。

Translates to something like "Outdoor use in the field. Please refrain from."

My best guess is that they're referring to the recent C82 picture of the dude hugging the Nanoha pillow outside. I'd imagine that circles are able to get away without censoring their work because they're fairly small entities and have a fairly limited audience (which is also probably the reason that companies can't be more explicit.) So instead of the fairly limited audience the case may normally see, thousands of spectators at the event probably got a glance at it and then everyone who saw the picture online. I'd imagine it's that kind of exposure that smaller circles would want to avoid, since they're technically breaking the law by creating uncensored works. But that's just speculation on my part based off a shitty translation that could have a different meaning entirely.