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GATSU
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 Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:37 pm
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Not creepy whatsoever, nosiree. 
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Chagen46
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:38 pm
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I'd rather have a Madoka figure itself. Shaft doesn't really need another Mercedes S600 company car. Madoka's probably given them enough money to buy 60 of them anyway.
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ArsenicSteel
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:57 pm
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A doll with removable clothes also has underpants as an accessory...interesting. Well interesting to people that aren't aware of dolls with removable clothes.
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sepherest
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:59 pm
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As strange as this is doll clothing can get pretty expensive, so I guess at around $6.50 that's a good deal.... 
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Chagen46
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:29 pm
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| ArsenicSteel wrote: | | A doll with removable clothes also has underpants as an accessory...interesting. Well interesting to people that aren't aware of dolls with removable clothes. |
Those are actually common.
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OldCharlieStoletheHandle
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:06 pm
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| Sepherest wrote: | As strange as this is doll clothing can get pretty expensive, so I guess at around $6.50 that's a good deal.... |
They probably save money this way by not having to share profits with a store. Japan sells lots of stuff in vending machines that we might not expect.
I was tempted to compare this to having a vending machine for kids to buy clothes and accessories for their Barbie or GI Joe dolls, then I recall that these dolls (they're called "fashion dolls" or "dollfies") are not kid stuff, they are costlier even than PVC figures. I saw some featured in an issue of Megami magazine and looked up prices...ouch.
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Citizen Klaus
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:33 pm
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| OldCharlieStoletheHandle wrote: | |
I was tempted to compare this to having a vending machine for kids to buy clothes and accessories for their Barbie or GI Joe dolls, then I recall that these dolls (they're called "fashion dolls" or "dollfies") are not kid stuff, they are costlier even than PVC figures. I saw some featured in an issue of Megami magazine and looked up prices...ouch. |
Yeah, a Volks Dollfie Dream will run you somewhere in the neighborhood of $1000 USD. That price does include a wig and paint job, but it's still not for the faint of heart.
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Maidenoftheredhand
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:07 pm
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Just the thought of grown men changing their Madoka dolls underwear is incredibly creepy to me. The characters are supposed to be in middle school.
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TitanXL
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:02 am
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| Chagen46 wrote: | | Shit like this makes me sad.
Why did they go the evangelion route, AKA "Make an important, actually well-written story, and then lose all artistsic integrity by pimping it out for merch money"?
I know Urobochi needs to pay for that Lambo he bought from Madoka money, but still. |
I love merchandise. Some shows don't even get figures, which is sad, so I don't see how merchandising is bad. If you don't like the stuff, just don't buy it. The idea something outside of a series can retroactively remove it's 'integrity' is silly.
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Chagen46
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:22 am
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| TitanXL wrote: |
| Chagen46 wrote: | | Shit like this makes me sad.
Why did they go the evangelion route, AKA "Make an important, actually well-written story, and then lose all artistsic integrity by pimping it out for merch money"?
I know Urobochi needs to pay for that Lambo he bought from Madoka money, but still. |
I love merchandise. Some shows don't even get figures, which is sad, so I don't see how merchandising is bad. If you don't like the stuff, just don't buy it. The idea something outside of a series can retroactively remove it's 'integrity' is silly. |
Merch isn't bad.
Pimping out a series this much with ridiculous stuff like this (granted, it's nowhere near Eva-bad, but it'll get there) is bad.
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NeumanProductions
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:26 am
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Is there nothing you can't get out of a vending machine in Japan now of days.
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ArsenicSteel
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:31 am
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| Chagen46 wrote: | |
Merch isn't bad.
Pimping out a series this much with ridiculous stuff like this (granted, it's nowhere near Eva-bad, but it'll get there) is bad. |
The figurine market is profitable in Japan and most anime/manga get figurines of some form. Which means Madoka getting figurines in Japan is normal, it certainly isn't a SHAFT stretching the franchise into something illogical or bad.
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Chagen46
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:37 am
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I'm not saying figures are bad. I want to start collecting them, actually.
What's bad it making f*cking underwear for them and then charging for it.
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enurtsol
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:50 am
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| OldCharlieStoletheHandle wrote: |
| Sepherest wrote: | As strange as this is doll clothing can get pretty expensive, so I guess at around $6.50 that's a good deal.... |
They probably save money this way by not having to share profits with a store. Japan sells lots of stuff in vending machines that we might not expect. |
Depending on who owns the premises or pays for the electricity, they may still have to share it. But this is fine for the little gals.
| NeumanProductions wrote: | | Is there nothing you can't get out of a vending machine in Japan now of days. |
Tampons maybe? 
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ArsenicSteel
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:15 am
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| Chagen46 wrote: | |
What's bad it making f*cking underwear for them and then charging for it. |
I am no Happosai but I do love free panties. Still, if something gets made then charging for it(whatever it is) is fine, not bad.
You've never seen pictures of a women's public bathroom, eh?
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