The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Off Topic => Topic started by: Bellevi on October 05, 2012, 10:46:45 PM
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Look at these! I need one more than anything on this earth. My sister found out about them and then introduced them to me.
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How cute are they?
This is the tumblr I found the pics on: http://shashin-nikki.tumblr.com/post/32263059594/arpakasso-i-definitely-gonna-get-one-in-japan
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SOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!! :frolic: I feel a 'need' coming on...
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Those are huge in Japan! They're so adorable it is hard to resist their siren call... >_>
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Oh, I need one alright. My sister says there's a bookstore in Manhattan that sells them. Definitely picking one up when I go to the MLP Project.
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Me and my friend have been cooing over these guys for months. Want so muuuch.
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My sister says there's a bookstore in Manhattan that sells them. Definitely picking one up when I go to the MLP Project.
I bet that's Kinokuniya. It's a famous Japanese bookstore chain. Oh, I wish I could go too!
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Precious! If you get some please bring some back for us
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I bought two of them at the recent anime con I went to!! Mine are a sailor and a scholar, I'll have to nab a pic for you! Mine aren't blushing like that though, I don't think... They're SO CUTE! :heart:
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omg gimmie! D: they are toooo cuuuute!
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I WANT A LITTLE ONE =)
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EVERYONE wants these! Myself included :D
I have no idea why no company has thought of selling in the rest of the world, and not just Japan :/
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They are on ebay!!
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Awww I kind of want one... or ten XD
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I want one sooooo badly! I have a friend that has one with a top hat. It's just.....ahhhh! xD Does anyone know if they make sheep? >.>
Edit: Why did I have to look on ebayyyy? D; They have cute little pirate ones ;~;
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Adorable!
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These guys are so cute. :)
Another neat animal craze in Japan is the Capybara:
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/blue-post/item/etc-chara_238/
Also adorable! How do they do it?
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These guys are so cute. :)
Another neat animal craze in Japan is the Capybara:
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/blue-post/item/etc-chara_238/
Also adorable! How do they do it?
Why can't the US learn how to make sickeningly cute plushes like that?! Seriously :<
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I have 2 llamas and 1 alpaca. The huge ones. :) They are so precious. (LLamas have the larger ears).
They were 2 vendors selling these at an anime con recently. ... and then now there are fake ones. I think there is a place in Columbus OH that sells them. :3
Oh, and I've always snagged them off of jp yahoo auctions, most of the time they are cheaper that way.
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Those are too cute!!!!!!
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They are so cute I need one!! <3
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Japan always has the cutest stuff. It's a shame it's always so expensive to import stuff like this.
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So much cute! Gotta get some now....
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I just saw these on someone else's tumblr post yesterday, they are insanely adorable!
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I would get one but they are so expensive for a plush ;.;
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So cute! Do I need more plushies? No. Do I want more plushies? OH YES. :lol:
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Very cute :) I can see these in a nursery ^^
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Oh gosh, too cute!
Hope they pop up in the US, since they seem to be pretty popular. Would love to have one, but can't justify spending what they are going for on eBay.
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Oh gosh, too cute!
Hope they pop up in the US, since they seem to be pretty popular. Would love to have one, but can't justify spending what they are going for on eBay.
They're actually quite a bit cheaper on storenvy if that helps :)
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These guys are so cute. :)
Another neat animal craze in Japan is the Capybara:
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/blue-post/item/etc-chara_238/
Also adorable! How do they do it?
Aww I never expected to see capybara toys. I love them :D
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o no please dont let Foxfire see this. lol shes an 'anything-with-wool' nut =P
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I bought one of these off ebay for a friend of mine thats an alpaca breeder, for christmas. Should of gotten myself one too, theyre adorable!!
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I took pics of my two, just for you ladies! ;)
I haven't given them any names yet ... huh. Maybe I should! Grape and Strawberry might be cute!
Kissu!
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Those two little ones are bootlegs. (Though cute anyway!) You can tell by the bear tag, and the chinese on the tag.
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I kept ignoring this thread and now that I look! Ahhhhhhhh! I want one too.
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Those two little ones are bootlegs. (Though cute anyway!) You can tell by the bear tag, and the chinese on the tag.
Omg, seriously? Well, hot dang, I wish I'd known that. >_> Then again, the guys running the booths weren't exactly informed ANYWAY, haha.
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One of my friends is obsessed with these little guys. They're incredibly adorable ffff. *A*
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Love these, llamas and alpacas = :heart:
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Eeee! I'm having Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Cities flashbacks... so insanely cute!
@ Snapdragon: Thanks for sharing the photos - Grape and Strawberry are perfect names, they are just too kyoot. ^.^
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omgomgomg! :squee: *snuggles them all*
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Those two little ones are bootlegs. (Though cute anyway!) You can tell by the bear tag, and the chinese on the tag.
Gah! I spent ages yesterday trying to find out if the Alpacasso I bought earlier this year was a fake. It has that bear tag, so I guess mine is fake too! I don't really mind since it's still really cute, and it only cost eight dollars. (I got mine at an anime con.)
Do you know of other ways to spot fakes? I think now it's going to be my mission to find a real one. :lol:
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Real ones will say Arkapasso/Alkapasso on the tag, the company is Amuse, and the tag would have Japanese on it, instead of Chinese. XD I guess that would be a starter. Cons seem to have lots of bootleg stuff... again... (I feel like it was weeded out for awhile).
The fakie I have has the bear on the tag, the company is Kin Hsing, and the tag is all in Chinese...
If anyone is interested in some, I bought a lot from Japan. ^-^ Their on their way now, if I there is any interest I'll probably put them in a sales post. (@__@; The only way I can seem to afford them is to buy a lot, keep the one I want, and sell the rest)
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Real ones will say Arkapasso/Alkapasso on the tag, the company is Amuse, and the tag would have Japanese on it, instead of Chinese. XD I guess that would be a starter. Cons seem to have lots of bootleg stuff... again... (I feel like it was weeded out for awhile).
The fakie I have has the bear on the tag, the company is Kin Hsing, and the tag is all in Chinese...
Thanks for the info! Looks like the next time I go to a con, I'll have to check the tags more carefully. The Kin Hsing ones are pretty well made though, and for the price... I may get more the next time I go. :biggrin:
I wonder if there are other ways to tell though, based on the look of them rather than just the tag? I mean, I've seen some badly done fakes where it's easy to tell, but some look a lot like the real thing. I'm not sure that online sellers always post pictures of the tags, so I'd be worried about someone paying a lot for a fake that they think is the real deal... :yikes:
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How cute! I've gotten away from stuffed toys a bit, so my wallet is safe for now. I'll just admire yours :)
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IS there any where we can buy online? Are they expensive?
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Real ones will say Arkapasso/Alkapasso on the tag, the company is Amuse, and the tag would have Japanese on it, instead of Chinese. XD I guess that would be a starter. Cons seem to have lots of bootleg stuff... again... (I feel like it was weeded out for awhile).
The fakie I have has the bear on the tag, the company is Kin Hsing, and the tag is all in Chinese...
Thanks for the info! Looks like the next time I go to a con, I'll have to check the tags more carefully. The Kin Hsing ones are pretty well made though, and for the price... I may get more the next time I go. :biggrin:
I wonder if there are other ways to tell though, based on the look of them rather than just the tag? I mean, I've seen some badly done fakes where it's easy to tell, but some look a lot like the real thing. I'm not sure that online sellers always post pictures of the tags, so I'd be worried about someone paying a lot for a fake that they think is the real deal... :yikes:
I'm no expert (I wanna hear what banditpony says about this!! ^^), but from pics I see online, it looks like the real deal may have blushies on its cheeks, and the fakes do not? The blush is adorable, but not necessarily a deal-breaker for me.
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Let's see. Well, tag is a sure way. If you are buying one you cannot see in person, ask the seller to take a picture of the tag. It seems like a majority on ebay are legit-- but I do see a 2 that maybe aren't. I see a majority of them you can see the tag in the picture. If no hang tag, then the butt tag.
I think the biggest place to be wary of fakes is at cons. Not trying to plug, but I know Anime Palace goes to cons all over the US and they only have legit merch. (They also have stores in Columbus, OH and Santa Clara, California). They always seemed to be willing to special order things too.
There are other people I know that have webpages set up, or blogs, or livejournals... where they will special order as the new ones come out. Unfortunately I'm not sure who to recommend in that case, because I have not had any purchases from any of them... u__u;
The older Alpacasso didn't have blush, but it could be all the newer ones do. My little fakie is pink, so I can't tell if she does or not. (She was a gift btw, I would of been able to tell right away compared to my others). Older kind have a different stitching too.
It would be useful to know what series (?) came out and what they look like. I say series for lack of better word. They come out in small series like Play! Color! was bright neon colors. Macaroon was one of the first soft pastels. Gorgeous has llamas and they have swirly hair and fancy bows around their neck. I think there was even a soda series @__@~
Give me about a week when I get the new ones, and I'll write something up about what I think. ^///^; I think maybe there is a difference with the stitching. But the older ones had different stitching too. Like my smaller fakie has stitching like - - - - - - - While the real ones have solid stitching like _____ XD I don't know names of stitching so I suck. And the newer big ones have fancy embroidery stitching, while the older ones had a single string. ^///^ So I wanna wait until I get the lot of random mixed ones-- so I can say something wise.
Until then, have a picture of the butt tags
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Oh wow! :shocked: Thanks for all the info, banditpony! I'd love to see what you have to say when you get the new ones in. :biggrin:
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They are the cutest thing ever. I would love one someday.
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Oh dear, I shouldn't have looked on ebay... I was just planning on seeing some more cute alpacas just for the kawaii, but then I saw this:
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Artist alpaca... with a tiny beret... and nerdtastic glasses... NEED SO BAD!!!!! :drunk: I have a HUGE weakness towards anything cute and artsy-related, and this has both @_@.
Post Merge: November 04, 2012, 10:16:29 PM
Edit: Just bought it <3 YAY~
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Awwhh they ARE very cute! X
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Yay, Dee_Kary that one is so cute ^///^
I personally am a sucker for light green ones, the llamas, and I really want a sleeping one. u__u; I also had a bright orange one, he was my first one... and I think either I sold him or lost him. ;__; can't find him anywhere. I'd be in trouble if they had an icecream set.
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I keep seeing ones with downwards facing ears and they are so cute! I'm tempted to just get one of each color and have a rainbow of alpacasso. :lol:
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u__u; My lot hasn't come yet,
But I found this for you guys :)
http://www.kagayakitai.com/arpakasso/index.php/buyingguide
There is a directory as well, but it's not complete... But it has a bunch!
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u__u; My lot hasn't come yet,
But I found this for you guys :)
http://www.kagayakitai.com/arpakasso/index.php/buyingguide
There is a directory as well, but it's not complete... But it has a bunch!
Ooh, this is useful! Thank you so much! :biggrin:
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My niece would love those!