Shining Wind’s Xecty Ein and Cyrille from Shining Force EXA are to recieve hug pillows featuring their illustrations, according to the Dakimakura Integrated Research Institute. Xecty is 140 x 60 cm while Cyrille is 140 x 45 cm, both are double-sided and expected to retail on November 30th at 10,500 yen. Preorders open at Machi Chara on October 11th, and will probably appear at Hobby Search and other locations shortly thereafter. Most of the illustrations here seem recycled and not particularly fit for pillow use, though the reverse side of Cyrille’s offering certainly has some redeeming qualities… Pictures below:
Question: Which hug pillow are these covers supposed to fit? The Cospa one is 150×50, so that doesn’t work out for either of these. I see no other pillows available on HS to give us an idea…do I have to make ‘em? O_o
wow, i love the shining Exa - Cyrille the hug pillow, need to get this hug pillow !!
>>Deibi Manabu:
The sizes of these are a ploy to make you purchase the custom-made Machi Chara pillows. Heaven forbid makers stick to a single standard pillow size… =_=;; I’m not sure if Hobby Search carries them.
I’ve found that making your own (buying a couple of cheap pillows and a sheet, cutting the sheet to size and sewing it up, cutting the pillows open and sticking the filling in the sheet) is about half as expensive and doesn’t take too long.