[Saitom] UnisiS & Wrapping
1
ntfakku
Reads & Collects Stuff
Smuggins wrote...
Jacob wrote...
we do not plan to reprint the set at this time (though we may in the future).Can I vote for the future reprint? That would be awesome. I picked up the digital and it just made me want a physical all the more. Can I vote with my wallet somehow?
You could try putting up a poll. The feedback could convince Jacob that its well worth the effort to make reprints available.
0
-1
I finally received my copy and felt like making a review of this release. And it went for much longer than I expected.
First, what I liked.
The box look amazing, the girl choosen for the cover and position is perfect, the individual doujins also look really good, the 2 textures used on UnisiS covers make the girls really stand out, the back also use these textures. The Wrapped doujins also look good using only the matte texture and shinny title. The box itself is in perfect condition and so are Wrapped 1 & 2. I think I have the replacement box if I compare it to the pictures posted by @ntfakku but still look great. I like the stories, the drawing and girls expression, but that I already knew, that's why I decided to spent $80 on this. The packaging was beyond conventional for a "book", even a book of this quality. The box and doujins were in separate boxes inside a bigger box, the hard box wrapped in a brown sheet and bubble wrap, the doujins individually wrapped in a brown sheet and each their own box. It took times to unwrap everything as I didn't want to damage anything.
Now, I had/have some issues.
I ordered the box as soon as it was available in the store, on Sunday, September 4th, and preordered Kogals and Heat Alert. Sadly, Fakku oversold and while they said they would do a small reprint for these cases but I don't think they did. While I did end up getting a copy, it wasn't one that was intended to be shipped. I don't have the issue with the matte texture chipping off as the doujins were individually wrapped but I feel like this could become in issue as I take off and put back the doujins in the box, I might remove UnisiS 2.1 from it to give them more room. The "Saitom Box" partially on the side and back look really weird and I can't understand how could anyone think it was a good idea, it doesn't look good from the side and doesn't look good in the back either. All the UnisiS doujins have these marks on the glossy texture, it look more like a production issue than anything else.
Overall I am glad to have purchased this release and the best about it really is the box itself, it look amazing, you see the quality by looking at it and feel it in your hand but I don't think this should be done again, as with the way it was made available.
Too many things went wrong with it and I don't think it was worth the price tag for a few reasons. The marks issue I have isn't that annoying visually as I don't see it unless I look at the doujins cover in light, what is annoying is that it feel like a big part of the price probably come from having these fancy covers and many people seems to have had issues. The paper used for the pages is of good quality but nothing special, it compare with the others color doujins and sets I own, so really we are paying for color pages, which is fine but is of regular size for doujins, see spoilers, a great box, the covers look premium and feel premium but the final product have issues, the default packaging the others received wasn't premium. And it was a limited print, so we are also paying for that, I would have prefered for more people to get it than having a limited production. A regular glossy cover as I have with the majority of the doujins I own would have been just as good in exchange for a smaller price and better default shipping protection for everyone that order.
The way it was made available also had issue. This was discussed, but it was made available only for a few people, at the convention and the times it was made available in the store. Jacob and the staff made it clear that they do not want anyone to be unhappy by a Fakku purchase, but by making something like this so limited in quantity and availability, you make some unhappy by having to skip on this and not by choice. There really isn't many way to get quality hentai in english and being unable to get something like this hurt. There is doujins in the store that were made available once and sold out instantly that I won't be able to buy and that sucks. I don't agree with the suggestion of first dib for those that spent the most as some items are already unavailable and not everyone use USD. @hub0083 made the best suggestion, offer pre-order and print some extras for replacements, conventions, etc. It really feel like the most fair for anyone willing to get a copy to have a chance to get it.
For future special releases, if they are doujins, having a great box is the way to go, skip on fancy covers. But what I want most is larger books, my favorite purchases by far, are these larger books, they all cost me 2000-2500 yen, especially the one by inkey, it has about 180 pages, more than half of them in color and the papers quality is just as good as Fakku's.
I may have looked a bit tough on this review but I don't think this should have been sugarcoated. I want Fakku to succed and keep making more works available and not waste time and ressources on endeavour such as this for a very limited target audience and for few peoples to get it. If my review help them succed in any way I'll be happy. I don't know how publishing work so my opinions on productions, prices, etc come from a simple client.
Spoiler:
First, what I liked.
The box look amazing, the girl choosen for the cover and position is perfect, the individual doujins also look really good, the 2 textures used on UnisiS covers make the girls really stand out, the back also use these textures. The Wrapped doujins also look good using only the matte texture and shinny title. The box itself is in perfect condition and so are Wrapped 1 & 2. I think I have the replacement box if I compare it to the pictures posted by @ntfakku but still look great. I like the stories, the drawing and girls expression, but that I already knew, that's why I decided to spent $80 on this. The packaging was beyond conventional for a "book", even a book of this quality. The box and doujins were in separate boxes inside a bigger box, the hard box wrapped in a brown sheet and bubble wrap, the doujins individually wrapped in a brown sheet and each their own box. It took times to unwrap everything as I didn't want to damage anything.
Now, I had/have some issues.
I ordered the box as soon as it was available in the store, on Sunday, September 4th, and preordered Kogals and Heat Alert. Sadly, Fakku oversold and while they said they would do a small reprint for these cases but I don't think they did. While I did end up getting a copy, it wasn't one that was intended to be shipped. I don't have the issue with the matte texture chipping off as the doujins were individually wrapped but I feel like this could become in issue as I take off and put back the doujins in the box, I might remove UnisiS 2.1 from it to give them more room. The "Saitom Box" partially on the side and back look really weird and I can't understand how could anyone think it was a good idea, it doesn't look good from the side and doesn't look good in the back either. All the UnisiS doujins have these marks on the glossy texture, it look more like a production issue than anything else.
Spoiler:
Overall I am glad to have purchased this release and the best about it really is the box itself, it look amazing, you see the quality by looking at it and feel it in your hand but I don't think this should be done again, as with the way it was made available.
Too many things went wrong with it and I don't think it was worth the price tag for a few reasons. The marks issue I have isn't that annoying visually as I don't see it unless I look at the doujins cover in light, what is annoying is that it feel like a big part of the price probably come from having these fancy covers and many people seems to have had issues. The paper used for the pages is of good quality but nothing special, it compare with the others color doujins and sets I own, so really we are paying for color pages, which is fine but is of regular size for doujins, see spoilers, a great box, the covers look premium and feel premium but the final product have issues, the default packaging the others received wasn't premium. And it was a limited print, so we are also paying for that, I would have prefered for more people to get it than having a limited production. A regular glossy cover as I have with the majority of the doujins I own would have been just as good in exchange for a smaller price and better default shipping protection for everyone that order.
Spoiler:
The way it was made available also had issue. This was discussed, but it was made available only for a few people, at the convention and the times it was made available in the store. Jacob and the staff made it clear that they do not want anyone to be unhappy by a Fakku purchase, but by making something like this so limited in quantity and availability, you make some unhappy by having to skip on this and not by choice. There really isn't many way to get quality hentai in english and being unable to get something like this hurt. There is doujins in the store that were made available once and sold out instantly that I won't be able to buy and that sucks. I don't agree with the suggestion of first dib for those that spent the most as some items are already unavailable and not everyone use USD. @hub0083 made the best suggestion, offer pre-order and print some extras for replacements, conventions, etc. It really feel like the most fair for anyone willing to get a copy to have a chance to get it.
For future special releases, if they are doujins, having a great box is the way to go, skip on fancy covers. But what I want most is larger books, my favorite purchases by far, are these larger books, they all cost me 2000-2500 yen, especially the one by inkey, it has about 180 pages, more than half of them in color and the papers quality is just as good as Fakku's.
Spoiler:
I may have looked a bit tough on this review but I don't think this should have been sugarcoated. I want Fakku to succed and keep making more works available and not waste time and ressources on endeavour such as this for a very limited target audience and for few peoples to get it. If my review help them succed in any way I'll be happy. I don't know how publishing work so my opinions on productions, prices, etc come from a simple client.
1
coplice wrote...
I finally received my copy and felt like making a review of this release. And it went for much longer than I expected.Spoiler:
First, what I liked.
The box look amazing, the girl choosen for the cover and position is perfect, the individual doujins also look really good, the 2 textures used on UnisiS covers make the girls really stand out, the back also use these textures. The Wrapped doujins also look good using only the matte texture and shinny title. The box itself is in perfect condition and so are Wrapped 1 & 2. I think I have the replacement box if I compare it to the pictures posted by @ntfakku but still look great. I like the stories, the drawing and girls expression, but that I already knew, that's why I decided to spent $80 on this. The packaging was beyond conventional for a "book", even a book of this quality. The box and doujins were in separate boxes inside a bigger box, the hard box wrapped in a brown sheet and bubble wrap, the doujins individually wrapped in a brown sheet and each their own box. It took times to unwrap everything as I didn't want to damage anything.
Now, I had/have some issues.
I ordered the box as soon as it was available in the store, on Sunday, September 4th, and preordered Kogals and Heat Alert. Sadly, Fakku oversold and while they said they would do a small reprint for these cases but I don't think they did. While I did end up getting a copy, it wasn't one that was intended to be shipped. I don't have the issue with the matte texture chipping off as the doujins were individually wrapped but I feel like this could become in issue as I take off and put back the doujins in the box, I might remove UnisiS 2.1 from it to give them more room. The "Saitom Box" on the side look really weird and I can't understand how could anyone think it was a good idea, it doesn't look good from the side and doesn't look good in the back either. All the UnisiS doujins have these marks on the glossy texture, it look more like a production issue than anything else.
Spoiler:
Overall I am glad to have purchased this release and the best about it really is the box itself, it look amazing, you see the quality by looking at it and feel it in your hand but I don't think this should be done again, as with the way it was made available.
Too many things went wrong with it and I don't think it was worth the price tag for a few reasons. The marks issue I have isn't that annoying visually as I don't see it unless I look at the doujins cover in light, what is annoying is that it feel like a big part of the price probably come from having these fancy covers and many people seems to have had issues. The paper used for the pages is of good quality but nothing special, it compare with the others color doujins and sets I own, so really we are paying for color pages, which is fine but is of regular size for doujins, see spoilers, a great box, the covers look premium and feel premium but the final product have issues, the default packaging the others received wasn't premium. And it was a limited print, so we are also paying for that, I would have prefered for more people to get it than having a limited production. A regular glossy cover as I have with the majority of the doujins I own would have been just as good in exchange for a smaller price and better default shipping protection for everyone that order.
Spoiler:
The way it was made available also had issue. This was discussed, but it was made available only for a few people, at the convention and the times it was made available in the store. Jacob and the staff made it clear that they do not want anyone to be unhappy by a Fakku purchase, but by making something like this so limited in quantity and availability, you make some unhappy by having to skip on this and not by choice. There really isn't many way to get quality hentai in english and being unable to get something like this hurt. There is doujins in the store that were made available once and sold out instantly that I won't be able to buy and that sucks. I don't agree with the suggestion of first dib for those that spent the most as some items are already unavailable and not everyone use USD. @hub0083 made the best suggestion, offer pre-order and print some extras for replacements, conventions, etc. It really feel like the most fair for anyone willing to get a copy to have a chance to get it.
For future special releases, if they are doujins, having a great box is the way to go, skip on fancy covers. But what I want most is larger books, my favorite purchases by far, are these larger books, they all cost me 2000-2500 yen, especially the one by inkey, it has about 180 pages, more than half of them in color and the papers quality is just as good as Fakku's.
Spoiler:
I may have looked a bit tough on this review but I don't think this should have been sugarcoated. I want Fakku to succed and keep making more works available and not waste time and ressources on endeavour such as this for a very limited target audience and for few peoples to get it. If my review help them succed in any way I'll be happy. I don't know how publishing work so my opinions on productions, prices, etc come from a simple client.
well it was a con exclusive... the only reason fakku could even release it in the store is because they had leftovers from after the con.
Yes, It would have been nice for everyone to buy one, but that's why it was a con exclusive because it was Anime Expo and believe me there were a lot of and I do mean a lot of people at AX that year since I went. Some things are just exclusive. That's just how exclusive products are.
Yes, I do think $80 was a bit much but it was released as a con exclusive and the paper and box quality was premium stuff since I checked it out but didn't one. But you gotta take in the factor of the product quality, translation costs, and again the fact that it was a con exclusive so I still think 80 bucks may have been too much but that's just how cons are. If you really want expensive items you should see how expensive things go for at San Diego Comic Con.
1
Very nice review, extremely detailed good visuals and valid points, the one and only thing I wanted to disagree with...
I agree Boxes are the way to go when bundling several Doujins from the same circle, however I do not want them to skip the fancy covers.
Simply enough I enjoy the texture, and the quality, true maybe the price may have been cheaper with a standered gloss cover, but I really enjoyed the matte covers with textured finishes with hints of gloss in all the right places.
coplice wrote...
For future special releases, if they are doujins, having a great box is the way to go, skip on fancy covers.I agree Boxes are the way to go when bundling several Doujins from the same circle, however I do not want them to skip the fancy covers.
Simply enough I enjoy the texture, and the quality, true maybe the price may have been cheaper with a standered gloss cover, but I really enjoyed the matte covers with textured finishes with hints of gloss in all the right places.
2
I have some plans for future releases like this, we learned a lot from this one that we'll be using to improve future releases!
0
ditama
Jack-off Warrior
It seems like those of you that missed this boxset last year may be in luck.
0
chrono01
2D Waifu > 3D Waifu
ditama wrote...
It seems like those of you that missed this boxset last year may be in luck.O_O!
I'm passing on the MEME50 boxset, since a lot of the content contained doesn't sit well with me, but the Saitom boxset? Yes. Please. ALL OF MY MONEY!
I hope I manage to get one this time. O_O
0
GODsHandOnEarth
(Not-so-)Grim Reaper
So... any updates regarding the second print of the saitom box?
0
Hey Fakku devs, how do I go about getting the digital version? I recall one of you saying to just send a pic of the physical version and you'll gift the digital to them? It's been awhile and I forgot but well, I can send a pic of my physical that I got at anime expo way back when now.
0
animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
netorareisthebest wrote...
Hey Fakku devs, how do I go about getting the digital version? I recall one of you saying to just send a pic of the physical version and you'll gift the digital to them? It's been awhile and I forgot but well, I can send a pic of my physical that I got at anime expo way back when now.Plus the badge.
0
Tsujoi
Social Media Manager
netorareisthebest wrote...
Hey Fakku devs, how do I go about getting the digital version? I recall one of you saying to just send a pic of the physical version and you'll gift the digital to them? It's been awhile and I forgot but well, I can send a pic of my physical that I got at anime expo way back when now.Correct, email store@fakku.net or use the contact form at https://www.fakku.net/contact and include a picture of the boxset and convention badge!