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INTEREST: Sailor Moon Crystal Gets 2nd Round of Feminine Hygiene Products




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DmonHiro





PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:38 pm Reply with quote
I'm waiting for the Sailor Moon Crystal toilet paper, so I can wipe my ass with SMC.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:27 pm Reply with quote
I may be the only person saying this, but I think this is the lowest moment of marketing of Sailor Moon Crystal. Then again, the show itself was terrible in a general sense...
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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:53 pm Reply with quote
So how big is a 330?
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manapear



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:44 pm Reply with quote
I want this stuff so bad. ;o;
I'm jealous of people that get to use these, and get the lotto items.
Why doesn't the US care about promo stuff like this? Oh, wait. I know why. 9n9
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Wyvern



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:24 pm Reply with quote
Mr. Oshawott wrote:
I may be the only person saying this, but I think this is the lowest moment of marketing of Sailor Moon Crystal


I don't know, at least these serve a useful purpose, and the moon is traditionally connected to menstrual cycles so you can KIND OF justify the license.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:33 pm Reply with quote
Mr. Oshawott wrote:
I may be the only person saying this, but I think this is the lowest moment of marketing of Sailor Moon Crystal. Then again, the show itself was terrible in a general sense...


No it isn't! Getting licenses for things so disconnected to the franchise means it is doing amazing, not the opposite. One Piece in the period of 2010 to 2012 was getting licenses like this all the time.

Sailor Moon Franchise in 2014 got 454 Million yens in Licenses(3,666,958 dollars) becoming the 4th best franchise of Toei animation, just behind One Piece, Dragon Ball and Pretty Cure.
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IchigoKurosakiHollowfi



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:37 pm Reply with quote
Chrno2 wrote:
So how big is a 330?


330cm.

watch this vid for more info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKpmvxMwaKs
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maoyen



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:04 pm Reply with quote
Nope, still have some ways to catch up to Hello Kitty's depravity.
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CandisWhite



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:17 pm Reply with quote
IchigoKurosakiHollowfi wrote:
Chrno2 wrote:
So how big is a 330?


330cm.

watch this vid for more info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKpmvxMwaKs


That's 33 cm-says it right on the upper left corner of the box.

360mm= 36 cm, 400mm= 40cm, etc.


'Longs' in North America are 27 cm: Those monsters look like diapers. Shocked
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manapear



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:57 am Reply with quote
Wyvern wrote:

I don't know, at least these serve a useful purpose, and the moon is traditionally connected to menstrual cycles so you can KIND OF justify the license.


bigivel wrote:

No it isn't! Getting licenses for things so disconnected to the franchise means it is doing amazing, not the opposite. One Piece in the period of 2010 to 2012 was getting licenses like this all the time.

Sailor Moon Franchise in 2014 got 454 Million yens in Licenses(3,666,958 dollars) becoming the 4th best franchise of Toei animation, just behind One Piece, Dragon Ball and Pretty Cure.


Good points~.

Also, it's kind of weird to me that having pads is regarded as a useless/low tie-in or promo. Plenty of people (especially women) have to deal with periods, and why not choose the brand that have your favorite characters? I don't know, I guess it bothers me in a way that something so natural (and even troublesome) for a lot of people is somehow seen as worthless as a tie-in.

I guess it's only a valuable piece of merch if it's a figure? what's the standard here? lol
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Lili-Hime



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:54 pm Reply with quote
CandisWhite wrote:
IchigoKurosakiHollowfi wrote:
Chrno2 wrote:
So how big is a 330?


330cm.

watch this vid for more info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKpmvxMwaKs


That's 33 cm-says it right on the upper left corner of the box.

360mm= 36 cm, 400mm= 40cm, etc.


'Longs' in North America are 27 cm: Those monsters look like diapers. Shocked


Yeah whoah WTF?! 42 CM?! And here I thought they'd be smaller due to Japanese people being generally smaller.... O__o Japan's so funny they put them in a paper bag because it's embarassing lol idk i guess i was jus raised to think it wasn't embarassing at all
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Haterater



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:01 am Reply with quote
Thanks for the video, IchigoKurosakiHollowfi. I didn't realize they can get that big in size in Japan. Can't imagine many wanting the large ones unless you want to be sure nothing leaks out in anyway, but that's just too much. Even their smallest one might be a bit much for me, but nonetheless, like the merchandise.
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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:38 pm Reply with quote
IchigoKurosakiHollowfi wrote:
Chrno2 wrote:
So how big is a 330?


330cm.

watch this vid for more info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKpmvxMwaKs


I actually saw this one awhile back and it was pretty hilarious. Well, if 330 is that big then it's like wearing a diaper. Yet we don't even have pads that big.
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