Character goods maker Machi Chara updated their official site last night with the news of three new hug pillows coming in their production lineup: first are the ever-popular Sekai and Kotonoha-sama from School Days, both of whom will go on sale January 31st with double-sided original illustrations, 150 x 50 cm and a retail price of 10,500 yen (pillowcase only). Prism Ark‘s Sister Hell dakimakura has similar specifications, with release scheduled for February 29th (oh hay, next year is a leap year isn’t it). Like all other Machi Chara pillows these three should be available for preorder internationally at Hobby Search, and I’m guessing J-List may stock them as well. Pillow images below:
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A word of advice: if you’re thinking of going for the Kotonoha pillow I’d recommend ordering her as soon as she appears at your shop of choice, as she’s looking to be an incredibly popular item indeed. As of posting she’s racked up 66 preorders on Machi Chara (over the course of one evening), compared to Sekai’s 44 and Sister Hell’s 2. You just can’t compete with the nice boat…
They should make a pillow of the boat
Gah, I missed the word “dakimakura” and got my hopes up for a Kotonoha figure. Meh, still nice.
*fingers cross for a Sekai and Kotonoha figurine soon* xD
I’d probably pick these up if weren’t for the fact that I ordered the covers from OVER DRIVE’s site. Sent me way over budget, with it being close to Christmas and all.
The image for that Sister Hell confuses me. Why would you want a leg stretched up so high? It just looks really weird.
Already have Kotonoha ordered . . .
>>wildarmsheero
I would buy that. And wear it.
>>Shavelle
Sorry to get your hopes up, the post title is rather confusing, I agree. I’ll try to keep it more simple next time.
>>Optical
I’m sure it’s just a matter of time, I would be very surprised if we don’t see any at Wonder Festival in February (if not sooner).
>>Kat_Ears_Kahrain, loplop
Would you mind telling me where you’ve ordered them? I’d like to provide the best information possible, and if there’s some place that’s listing them faster than Hobby Search that would be good to know. ^^;
>> Kat_Ears_Kahrain
Hmm…very flexible Sister Hell, no? As Seinfeld once thought, gymnasts make the best partners… 8)
Anyway, I have to hold my cash for the Miss Nobody Dakimakura. My finances for the next few months’ already shot to hell…
i wish these things were a lot cheaper. I could get 2 figures for the price tag on those =(
Got them from http://over-drive-cg.jp/
Orders were open only til Dec 10, if I recall.
I use a proxy service to order from places that don’t do international shipping.
I use http://shoppingmalljapan.com/ for special orders and real time bidding on Yahoo! Japan Auctions. I have found them to be very reliable and quick to get my orders shipped and questions answered.
>>jinx626
Yeah, I think we all wish they were less expensive. I still haven’t quite figured out why the market has settled on the ~10,000 yen area as standard for pillowcases…
>>Kat_Ears_Kahrain
Ahh, that Over Drive. Thanks, I was wondering if you and loplop had somehow managed to preorder the Machi Chara ones already.
I had forgotten about Shopping Mall Japan, thanks for mentioning them! I’ll add them to the list of proxy service links.
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