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Juno016
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I have the Miku and Rin/Len T-shirts (coincidentally, I wore the Rin/Len shirt today), and I also have this keychain with Miku, Rin, and Len (all the same picture source as the shirts). I really with I had that Rin/Len wall scroll... or maybe I'd like to find someone to commission my own. I mean, I like Kei's art style in some fine-art ways, but not in the same kind of fine-art ways I would like to see on my wall.
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Pokota3
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Maybe some of this is "exclusive" US release, but considering I've seen all of this on sale at the anime conventions, and bought the wall scroll at one, I sort of doubt it.
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LUNI_TUNZ
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Yeah, the K-On rice from a few years back wasn't "weeaboo 'culture'" jumping over a wall of sharks. No, Hatsune Miku T-Shirts - that's where we draw the line. I don't know, a lot of websites sell screened T's for $20. Sure, for a plain T-shirt, yeah it's a rip. Hot Topic played some shitty music last time I stumbled into their store, but nothing to hate them over. |
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enurtsol
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Kinda like Aniplex. 
Must be from the same locale as anime is dying.
(Meanwhile, The Avengers has already been a $260+ million worldwide hit a week before it even opens in N. America, and The Hunger Games saga keeps rolling along.) |
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Dagon123
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None of which are from Hollywood's original think tank, which was his point. |
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enurtsol
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But that's besides the point; Hollywood still makes a lot of money, albeit not at its peak currently. The golden age of Hollywood was long ago in the middle of last century; yet, it keeps chugging along decade after decade. It won't be dying a couple decades from now. |
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Mesonoxian Eve
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I'm rather disappointed at some of the short-sighted comments in this thread. The anime industry can learn from this as it's an example of a mascot of a keyboard being sold to a demographic well outside its reach.
Balk, but these designs appeal to people, and it's rather foolish the industry only think within its own walls rather than try to market outside of it. Of course, there's no way people are paying $75 for a t-shirt just because it has an anime character on it. $20 is reasonable. |
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Chagen46
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My local anime shop has been selling these shirts for over a month.
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Anyone surprised Hot Topic is trying to cash in? Hot Topic as a business aside the t-shirts themsevles...meh. Alright I suppose. And $20 is a decent price. You'd pay just as much for any non-sale decal t-shirt at a department store or boutique store.
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LUNI_TUNZ
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Am I surprised that Hot Topic wants to make money? No, no I'm not - as that's typically the goal of most businesses. |
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Redbeard 101
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Let me be more specific. Is anyone surprised Hot Topic is trying to jump on the bandwagon for anything from the anime industry that sells? The moment a show geared for kids under 16 gets popular if there are t-shirts or other merch for the show you can usually bet Hot Topic will try and get it to pander to that crowd. |
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LUNI_TUNZ
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*ahem* Am I surprised that Hot Topic wants to make money? No, no I'm not - as that's typically the goal of most businesses. |
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Fencedude5609
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Err...Hatsune Miku is not a "mascot of a keyboard", she is, quite literally, a virtual idol singer. |
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TitanXL
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I'd rather they be obscure than being some Hot Topic kiddy's flavor of the month they'll get tired of before moving onto the next thing. These are the kinds of people we don't really need in the fandom any more than we need screaming babies in movie theaters because it 'broadened its demographic' |
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dragon695
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It's a nascot for Yamaha. |
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