Hanayome wrote...
Just asking but why are Dakimakura covers so expensive?
Planning to buy the Chitose cover when Fakku offers it as my first Dakimakura.
It's a niche hobby and that's why they are priced to offset the costs of printing and the artists. Anytime you see a cover that is under $100 and from a Chinese or US website, you should do due diligence and make sure it's not a fake/copy. While the cheap(er) prices might seem tempting, I feel it's not right to rip off the original artists/printers.
Covers are also printed in smaller batches and sometimes become collectors items (for example I looked for a year+ for a specific Rin Tohsaka cover), so they go up in price really fast ($400 and up sometimes).
ksiyas wrote...
Ive been wanting to buy some... but yeah... I imagine it will become a hobby as bad as figure buying... and ill never survive it. lol And i dont even know where to get the
appropriate pillows for it so if anyone knows where to get them, tell me so that i can proceed to my death. lol. Im ok with not surviving >.>
The Dakimakura thread has a lot of information regarding this. It depends if the cover is 150cm, 160 or 170cm long.
https://www.fakku.net/forums/figures-mecha-and-toys/dakimakuras-anyone