Dakimakuras anyone?
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Shashin
I <3 dakimakura covers
ZengarZanvolt wrote...
Shashin wrote...
Yeah, Dakemakura is awesome. That actually highlights another problem with year round ordering, though; because I know they'll have the items I want when I have the money to spare, I haven't done a big order with them yet, versus the few I had picked up over a year ago from D-Stage, before I knew I could get it directly from them. True enough, though if they just put in the possibility for a re-release given enough interest (whatever it takes to make it cost effective, even if they have to raise the price a bit) it could be a middle ground that's fair to all. I may check the dakimakura blog religiously, but it's usually either looking up a certain circle or checking the front page or two; I very rarely go through more than the 3-4 current pages, and stuff can be added really quickly.
I personally don't care about exclusivity; I'd much rather save a few thousand dollars and have more of the rare covers I want. I don't look forward to paying $630 for a dakimakura cover again, but it may be the case someday if I really want something. I don't buy many covers you could get from Hobby Search/AmiAmi myself, mainly because I find the actual quality of the image lacking. One of my very first dakimkaura covers was Shizuku from Kampfer, and her actual body proportions looked really strange with how much free space was left on the cover and the details were a bit lacking if you took a closer look. That's not the case with every mass market cover, as I have had some really nice ones, but I prefer just buying things from circles usually.
Which still brings the question, how will a dakimakura become rare when you can order them again and again after a while? I do agree on the part for preference for doujin dakimakuras. For official dakimakura releases, it's always a hit or miss thing, I really loved the Chizuru Tendou dakimakura I got off Amiami, but come to think of it, most of the C : Drive dakis I've seen and owe are all awesome.Cospa is the the one that always give me the OMG WTF reaction no matter how many times I see it.
You make a good point, but I know that I personally don't collect dakimakura covers because they're rare. It just happens that majority of the covers I like are fairly limited, but I base all of my purchases on the merit of art and just how much I like the character. With the way things are, this more or less forces me to focus on purchasing the rare cases first, or risk the chance of acquiring them/paying even more at a later date. If all dakimakura covers were available all the time for a set price, I'd still buy just as many and the ones with the art I liked the most would be the first in my cart.
Agree with you on C: Drive, I think I have two of their covers and haven't really been disappointed. I'd say the biggest drawback to corporate covers, even of the ero variety, is that there's a very high chance for censorship; either creatively done or just by not drawing shit. My biggest disappointment still stems from a cover that had amazing sample shots and was fairly erotic. I got it, and instead of the them trying to creatively censor or even just leave the chick with her panties on, she just had absolutely nothing below the waste.
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Shashin wrote...
ZengarZanvolt wrote...
Shashin wrote...
Yeah, Dakemakura is awesome. That actually highlights another problem with year round ordering, though; because I know they'll have the items I want when I have the money to spare, I haven't done a big order with them yet, versus the few I had picked up over a year ago from D-Stage, before I knew I could get it directly from them. True enough, though if they just put in the possibility for a re-release given enough interest (whatever it takes to make it cost effective, even if they have to raise the price a bit) it could be a middle ground that's fair to all. I may check the dakimakura blog religiously, but it's usually either looking up a certain circle or checking the front page or two; I very rarely go through more than the 3-4 current pages, and stuff can be added really quickly.
I personally don't care about exclusivity; I'd much rather save a few thousand dollars and have more of the rare covers I want. I don't look forward to paying $630 for a dakimakura cover again, but it may be the case someday if I really want something. I don't buy many covers you could get from Hobby Search/AmiAmi myself, mainly because I find the actual quality of the image lacking. One of my very first dakimkaura covers was Shizuku from Kampfer, and her actual body proportions looked really strange with how much free space was left on the cover and the details were a bit lacking if you took a closer look. That's not the case with every mass market cover, as I have had some really nice ones, but I prefer just buying things from circles usually.
Which still brings the question, how will a dakimakura become rare when you can order them again and again after a while? I do agree on the part for preference for doujin dakimakuras. For official dakimakura releases, it's always a hit or miss thing, I really loved the Chizuru Tendou dakimakura I got off Amiami, but come to think of it, most of the C : Drive dakis I've seen and owe are all awesome.Cospa is the the one that always give me the OMG WTF reaction no matter how many times I see it.
You make a good point, but I know that I personally don't collect dakimakura covers because they're rare. It just happens that majority of the covers I like are fairly limited, but I base all of my purchases on the merit of art and just how much I like the character. With the way things are, this more or less forces me to focus on purchasing the rare cases first, or risk the chance of acquiring them/paying even more at a later date. If all dakimakura covers were available all the time for a set price, I'd still buy just as many and the ones with the art I liked the most would be the first in my cart.
Agree with you on C: Drive, I think I have two of their covers and haven't really been disappointed. I'd say the biggest drawback to corporate covers, even of the ero variety, is that there's a very high chance for censorship; either creatively done or just by not drawing shit. My biggest disappointment still stems from a cover that had amazing sample shots and was fairly erotic. I got it, and instead of the them trying to creatively censor or even just leave the chick with her panties on, she just had absolutely nothing below the waste.
I feel you man, they could have just draw at least a slit.I guess the reason why I love doujin covers most of the time is because they aren't restricted, they draw genitalia as they please.
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ZengarZanvolt wrote...
Kimi-Chan wrote...
I own these 4 dakimkauras and a few more. If anybody would like to see real images of these beauties, just ask. ^_^
Out of curiosity's sake, where did you buy them?
I got all of them fro mmy friend who lives in Japan for free. :D
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ZengarZanvolt wrote...
Free. 0_o'''
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Shashin
I <3 dakimakura covers
Sounds like the kinda guy I'd like. Any dakimakura freak, either self-proclaimed or otherwise, is certainly a friend of mine.
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Shashin wrote...
Sounds like the kinda guy I'd like. Any dakimakura freak, either self-proclaimed or otherwise, is certainly a friend of mine. Lol! Couldn't agree more! xD
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Im so depressed, my sera has been delayed till the 28th before Black and WHite store ships them out. I wanted to take pics of my new bounty. But it seems that will have to wait.>_>
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WOOHOO!!! New stuff came in!!
Got a another new pillow by A and J, the pillow feels so soft and smooth. Best of all, it's extremely thick, beats cospa's out of the water. This is my 2nd
What I like about this pillow is that it has a zipper on the pillow itself so you can refill the silicon cotton in it.
Dakimakura LOVE!!
This beautiful blond is one of the first non-ero commerical dakimakura cover I have bought in ages, you can see why I like it so much, the artwork and print is gorgeous and it comes with a telephone card.
Sera on the hand is a doujin from black and white store made by denmoe. The art isn't all that fantastic but well, I always wanted a Sera dakimakura but I hate cospa's print quality and the other doujins I saw wasn't even that good so yah.
I fought a hard battle for this next beauty, she and all the rest of the cast that appear in eroge have dakis made for them. But apparently she's the most popular, I can see why though.
The rest of the stuff no one gives a shit, My Chie figure, a Tamaki tapestry and to heart 2 dungeon travelers LE game. Being the crazy fuck that I am, I bought 2 copies of all 3 dakimakuras.>_>
Got a another new pillow by A and J, the pillow feels so soft and smooth. Best of all, it's extremely thick, beats cospa's out of the water. This is my 2nd
What I like about this pillow is that it has a zipper on the pillow itself so you can refill the silicon cotton in it.
Dakimakura LOVE!!
This beautiful blond is one of the first non-ero commerical dakimakura cover I have bought in ages, you can see why I like it so much, the artwork and print is gorgeous and it comes with a telephone card.
Sera on the hand is a doujin from black and white store made by denmoe. The art isn't all that fantastic but well, I always wanted a Sera dakimakura but I hate cospa's print quality and the other doujins I saw wasn't even that good so yah.
I fought a hard battle for this next beauty, she and all the rest of the cast that appear in eroge have dakis made for them. But apparently she's the most popular, I can see why though.
The rest of the stuff no one gives a shit, My Chie figure, a Tamaki tapestry and to heart 2 dungeon travelers LE game. Being the crazy fuck that I am, I bought 2 copies of all 3 dakimakuras.>_>
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Shashin
I <3 dakimakura covers
Yeah, I'd say that is pretty crazy; you could have easily expanded your collection by three other covers you didn't have (still insane logic for everyone else but us :p) Still, nice three you have there; the non-ero one is certainly worth it. And I need to consider picking up one of those pillows myself; I currently only have the one pillow body (despite having so many dakimakura covers) and it's getting pretty beat up.
So it's very much a work in progress, but:
https://www.fakku.net/image-404/images/588192-NRGRIHR.jpg
So it's very much a work in progress, but:
https://www.fakku.net/image-404/images/588192-NRGRIHR.jpg
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Furuhara wrote...
Here are two of mine.Spoiler:
Pretty nice, But your plushies caught my attention more, lol.
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Shashin
I <3 dakimakura covers
ZengarZanvolt wrote...
Hey Shashin,Did you see Mark's new Erio, It looks good, are you gonna get one?
Probably not, I'm about completely tapped out financially now. Just in time for Comiket too. :(
Might be able to scrounge up enough for a cover or two if I see something I really want from C80, but it would be stretching me a bit too thin, so it's going to have to be something really amazing for me to bite.