vietxmikey wrote...
http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-877752.html
What is up with this Hatsune Miku cover? I have seen this up for sale on SMJ and Mandarake for awhile now, and why is it so expensive?
And I'm stoked for a Yahiro Pochi cover!
Because it's an AnkoKoubou (one of my favorite circles - they're known for their explicit work) event exclusive. There are actually three versions of it. The normal version, the normal version with glasses, and the ero version. The with glasses version sold primarily at C81 and the normal version only had 2-3 pop up on YJA total (those 2-3 sold for 50-60k a piece) while the average price for the glasses version was probably about 35k. Then My Wife and another event were held like 1-3 weeks later, and the ero version was introduced along with some of the normal version selling, too. Very few of the with glasses version sold, so the price jumped up, while the price of the normal version dropped a bit, and the ero version sold for around 35k-40k. The cover hasn't had a weborder, so all of the copies on Mandarake/YJA are from those 3 main events, and probably whatever other events that they've participated in since then and had a bit of stock at (probably only a few at most.)
Here's a screencap I took shortly after C81: https://twitter.com/#!/DakimakuraZone/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2FrGTVMn8C
TL;DR: It's an awesome cover done by a popular circle that only sold in limited quantities at events.
My ero version:
On another note, as none of us own the normal version, we actually don't know what the differences are between the normal and ero versions. My best guess is more juice, and possibly a varied expression on the backside, but I haven't been able to confirm either thus far.
lol, i just now noticed that the cover on the website has her in a red dress, but the one i have is in a blue one.
Yeah, the did both a blue and a red version.