That is a LOT of stuff up there.
And guess what; it’s not everything.
This is what’s in the picture:
- Rocket-punching Chogokin Hatsune Miku – $220
- AFA T-shirt MikuPa ver. – $35
- 2x MikuPa 2011 T-shirt – $50 each
- 2x MikuPa lanyard – $18 each
- MikuPa sling bag – $72
- Vocaloid pin badge kit – $35
There is also another MikuPa T-shirt not in the picture; the design consists of the official illustration by Osamu. You might remember him as the character designer of Rin/Len Append.
That also cost $50. That means everything bought on the night of the concert (that is, everything listed so far except the figure) amounted to nearly $300. Cripes.
We did manage to acquire a set of 3 ZANEEDS posters from their booth in the convention itself, which consisted of Miku, Rin and Luka in sexy outfits, the same characters in a burger, and Miku imitating our national animal, the merlion.
Sadly though, we couldn’t fit everything into one photo, and I’m actually rushing this post too, so you’ll have to use your imagination from our photo of the ZANEEDS booth. ^_^;
While Fariz was more than satisfied with all of this, I wasn’t, so I picked up this little box from the Artists’ Alley.
This box is actually a fanart set from Alice Overture in the theme of Black Rock Shooter. It doesn’t just contain an artbook though.
It comes with a pin badge, a card sticker, a bookmark and a printed microfiber cloth. The pin badge, card sticker and bookmark may have one of 3 designs each, and while they should be random, the booth was kind enough to build an entire set from scratch for me, letting me pick the designs I want. ( *A*)
The artbook contains a series of illustrations from several artists, ranging from pretty to downright gorgeous, or as Feidamu puts it, “fap-able”.
This one is a rendition of BRS by 礫音(Neptune).
Each illustration is accompanied with a piece of prose, be it a poem or a short passage. Now, I will be perfectly honest here: the grammar needs a little work. Other than that though, it’s a good attempt at showing a bit of “story” behind the picture.
One of the main reasons I bought this in the first place is that the circle actually focuses on all known aspects of BRS, including the game, the “Innocent Soul” manga and other “official” creations aside from the usual BRS vs Dead Master anime material. Here’s a rendition of BRS Beast by rosene.
Here’s a closer look at the pin badge, card sticker and bookmark. The design of the pin badge is BRS by 雪桜々, the one on the card sticker is BRS & Dead Master by Linsert.D, and the design of the bookmark is XNFE by 究.
I promise not to dirty you too much, Grey~
Finally, we have the printed microfiber cloth, which has an beautiful illustration of Grey by 雪桜々. I’m liking her art more and more. =3
Here are links to all the artists listed in the book, in order of appearance:
- 木shiyo
- feifei
- 礫音(Neptune)
- 雪桜々
- rosene (also the President of Alice Overture)
- 暴力社長の猫@主婦
- Linsert.D
- 究 (doesn’t seem to have any illustrations posted as of time of writing)
- centimetre
FYI, the set costs $40 in all. It may be a little exorbitant to the casual buyer, but I know true fandom and effort when I see it, and I think the price fits the product.
Not to mention that nearly everything MikuPa-exclusive is even more expensive.
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Damnit, the only thing I really wanted was the Mikupa lanyard. It was sold out… T.T
So you bought all the merchandise!
By the time i went to the booth, everything was gone well most >.<
Do you care if I reference thing about this on my site if I post a link back to this website?