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INTEREST: K-ON! Dog/Cat Food Bowls Sold in Japan




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Dop.L



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:09 pm Reply with quote
Golf club covers?
Pet food bowls?

I'm sorry, I quite like K-ON (and would have bought the blu-rays, were they available in the UK) but this is getting ridiculous.

When do they start selling barrel scrapers?
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Volibear



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:34 pm Reply with quote
there is a time when a franchise can become too big to the point of ridicule and then it just all gets a bit sad from then on

i feel K-ON! has now reached said point now
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nght5tlkr



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:42 pm Reply with quote
This is getting out of hand...
At this rate, I won't have enough room left to collect everything anymore. I better cut down to getting just one of each from now on instead of buying multiples to use, frame, and store.
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Ryu Shoji



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:03 pm Reply with quote
There's a reason I made this facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/KOnToast

I'd get my cocker spaniel a Mio bowl if I had the means to xD
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ArsenicSteel



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:07 pm Reply with quote
Volibear wrote:
there is a time when a franchise can become too big to the point of ridicule and then it just all gets a bit sad from then on

i feel K-ON! has now reached said point now


Wouldn't that point you mentioned be the point at where these goods stop selling? I mean ridicule is easy, K-ON! has been ridiculed from day one by a number of people.
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TitanXL



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:26 pm Reply with quote
ArsenicSteel wrote:
Wouldn't that point you mentioned be the point at where these goods stop selling? I mean ridicule is easy, K-ON! has been ridiculed from day one by a number of people.


Pretty much. A series will always have bashers from day 1.
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Mirri



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:51 pm Reply with quote
I don't think that the majority of people buying these will be using them for their pets.
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Nemo_N



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:10 pm Reply with quote
Some K-on! goods have been targeted towards women and the pet food bowls are probably part of it; japanese women spend a great deal of money on their pets (Japan Times). And given how over a third of K-on! fans are female this is a no brainer.
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Chagen46



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:31 pm Reply with quote
Ok, this is getting Evangelion-bad.
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Mirri



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:47 pm Reply with quote
Nemo_N wrote:
Some K-on! goods have been targeted towards women and the pet food bowls are probably part of it; japanese women spend a great deal of money on their pets (Japan Times). And given how over a third of K-on! fans are female this is a no brainer.


Likely the target demographic but I still foresee more of these being hung on walls or used at the table by male fans than being used for pets by female fans.

Just my perception of the fandom. Probably a bit warped, even I'll admit it.
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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:12 pm Reply with quote
Well that just to small for the dog I got here
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:22 pm Reply with quote
Mirri wrote:
I don't think that the majority of people buying these will be using them for their pets.


Are ya suggesting they gonna eat off of 'em, dawg? Laughing
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Nemo_N



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:03 pm Reply with quote
Mirri wrote:
Nemo_N wrote:
Some K-on! goods have been targeted towards women and the pet food bowls are probably part of it; japanese women spend a great deal of money on their pets (Japan Times). And given how over a third of K-on! fans are female this is a no brainer.


Likely the target demographic but I still foresee more of these being hung on walls or used at the table by male fans than being used for pets by female fans.

Just my perception of the fandom. Probably a bit warped, even I'll admit it.

Warped indeed. I see no reason to believe "more of these" being used by actual people, since there already are other options of actual bowls and plates:
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Actar



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:56 am Reply with quote
Not forgetting the classic~

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