Taiwan Otaku Shopping

One word. Damn. I swear one day I'll post a loot worthy of posting here ^^;

Which place in Taiwan did you bought all these? May consider going there when I visit Taiwan.

why some figures x2 ??

*speechless*

Nice haul. I like the Tamaki tapestry you have there. Also, spy some Da Capo goodies.

is there a point to duplicates?

A very grand haul indeed!

Also the "Wanted to share with folks who keep complaining about the member news section and in particular those who point out the loot photos" is WIN! *!!double thumbs up!!* Yeah!! ^^;

amazing loot pile *so jealous* there is absolutely zero Japanese import otaku goods where I live :(

So. Many. Figures! And goodies!

I'm curious though: why would you get duplicates? Are they gifts for someone? Or just for yourself? I've always wondered O:

both taiwan and hong kong has lots of anime and otaku related stuffs.. me fren got me an eroge from taiwan, but it's the boo boo copy version of it.

I actually had been holding back on loot buying for a while due to some impending plans ^^; *ahem* In Singapore there's tons of stuff from Japan, quite easily accessible ^^ Here, otaku loot is quite accessible too but feels that sometimes they are slightly overpriced due to expensive importing and shipping fees ^^; and plus taxes... talk about cherry on icing *sarcastic* :P

Member stuff huhu good rename lol! Some of my pictures feel more relevant nao! XD

COOL! Now that I remember there's whole lot of cosplay/comic events in NTU sport center, maybe he did went to one of those. Just realize that they were pretty often ~

*o* It's so shiny!

Those loot photo just make me want to go Japan to do some crazy otaku shopping....

.....Sugoii!!! many loots from taiwan??? i think this is not in "made in china" or something but so many comiket items and T.T figure made me speechless thoughts....

i see oppai mousepad. i really really need a new one now. danny how is mirai oppai mousepad coming along? my current one can't take any more squeezes.. er i mean usage any longer. ('~')

Wow, huge amount of loot! Too bad there is an extremely small amount of otaku goods around my neck of the woods. Mostly manga and dvds. .__.

Duplicates... hmm.. 1 to open, 1 to keep in mint condition ? (XD Lucky Star Otaku Knowledge?)

That's Huge O_O!!!

I wanted so much have some nice stores in Brazil... last time I went to one I was a bit disappointed. Look the Price compare of product in Brazil (in US dollar to help):

100 YEN Gashapons = US$ 10.00
200 YEN Gashapons = US$ 15.00
Figmas = US$70.00 to US$90.00
Nendoroids = US$80.00 to US$ 100.00

And the reallynotsofuntotalk:
Goodsmile Human Mage = US$250.00 + Shipping Price....

OMG!! Why do you have 2 Temptation Tamaki's?! So unfair.... See quite a few doubles aswell as Tama-nee... And the dakimakura covers... its like.... so much stuff... uwaaaaa... So jealous of the To Heart goodies...

"Do you get a good selection of Otaku goodies available to buy in your region?"

Nope. Everything has to be imported and costs almost twice when they come into my hands. EMS + customs = almost 1/2 to 2/3 of the value of goods sometimes :(

D: So envious. I can't even find one figure and this person has a whole stash T_T;

danny, that white box in bottom right with X in the bottom right of the box (lol) is Narukana-sama from the eroge Sei Narukana by the company Xuse (thus the X) and if i recall correctly her name is spelled with katakana: ナルカナ
now I feel like playing narukana again =__=

Otaku goodies in Sweden, I don't think so.
I buy all my goodies directly from Japan.

In Hong Kong? Plenty. In Toronto? Less. A *lot* less. ^^;

As for "Member Stuff" - I admit it, I laughed when I first saw it on the front page. ^^; Looks like tenrou's post raised an issue that did need addressing after all. Not sure if it'll change much, but it's definitely a clear statement of your intention and opinion. That's as much as can be done, anyway. :P

@Rock U: Just...a bit overboard? ^^; How long were you in Taiwan, and what are the doubles for?

If only I had money......I would have bought a lot of figures xD

OMG... want that boob mousepad with the Nanao Naru artwork. D:

WOW! That's a lot of nice loots, especially the dakimakura sheets ^o^

Taiwan & Hong Kong as from my observation have the most new selections straight from Japan~~~

I wish we had that in my region :|

Unfortunately the selection of otaku goods around here (Milwaukee, WI), are absolutely terrible. You simply have to resort to online purchases for any decent otaku goods....either that, or travel to Japan, which isn't exactly likely to ever happen for me.

In Belgium you can get figures, DVD, manga and some artbooks fairly easy (but pricey). More are goods like doujinshi, dakimakura, etc... you'd need international stores or Japanese sources.

Great loot. I hope one day I will have a haul like that.

I only have peanuts in my region. Too few goddies are in Colombia and they are very expensive, plus the inexistence of paypal makes difficult buy something in the Internet.

gg to the whiners :P

honestly id whine to, since sometimes things are just, how should i put it, "spammy". then again, theres a better way to go about it - just skip that "news"

or should i say, stuff :P

You can't get a lot here too. Imported though. But you will end up paying taxes which are as high as one of the figures inside the boxes...

I wish we had something worthwhile here... i use webshops in japan for the real stuff.

Most of the items you can get here are way overpriced... i mean... a keystrap for 3-5 Euros which usualy costs only 100 or 200 Yen... (the Yen price tag was even still on it) i admit i bought one cuz it was Shiraishi... but still... ><!

Not to mention most of the items here are outdated, but i guess thats because the shops think (or for the masses it's maybe even true) that we are behind Japan in case of up-to-date anime.
And of course the selection of items is rather thin too... :/

*sigh*

Importing, taxes and all is a huge pain.
Cheaper to move to Japan on the long term view. ;)

Did you leave anything for the rest of Taiwan, Rock U? ^_^ Two of some figures... Where are you building your ark? And they're female figures too, I approve of your yuri ark!

And Danny has shown his loot (aka SAFs) as well before. They've got a lot of comments and I don't remember seeing "not newsworthy" comment there.

That's some loot!!!
There are some stuff I want from that pile...
I wonder...when I head to Japan in the next 6 weeks...how would I put all my loot in one photo....
My last Japan loot didn't even fit in phone photo...

Nice loot! You got 2 Tamaki's, lucky :(

No good places here for otaku goodies.
They do have some trading figures and a handful of scale figures. All overpriced though and not a wide selection.
At the anime con's held here, you might be a bit luckier when it comes to goodies.

WELL i have some videos and photos in my blog of the otaku events in my small country Veracruz Mexico ^^

Wow, impressive swag.

Well, Hawaii's quite close to Japan, and we've got a fair amount of options of getting such merchandise and other various Japanese goods (obviously). Well, as far as I know, O'ahu would be the best place to get ani!manga related merchandise. The places I regularly go to, however, don't order much of the figures I am looking for, which is why I stick to buying online. Sometimes I can find better deals online, as well.

Not really a big fan of buying stuff to bring back, a few gift maybe and any super random stuff i find but find it kind of usless what with the internet.

We have nothing around here. Gotta resort to the internet and even then if price jacks from importing don't kill you then international shipping will. I ended up shelling out over $40 for my TTGL Kamina shirt after shipping was all said and done. (Worth it since it's TTGL but still...)

As for the loot post, damn, I can barely afford a figure a year but you get duplicates!? So envious....

I'm glad you changed it to "member stuff", I think we stopped posting actual new in there after a month it was introduced anyway. Danny choo has a strong community, the less limitations the better.

nice loot . just wondering when can i shop like u LOL

My immediate area lacks such merchandise... Mostly only GunPla and figures...

Cospa clothing are hard to find or not at all... Same with folder and stuffs because there're too many bootlegs that cause me to reconsider...

it is more expensive in taiwan than in hong kong?

That is, quite a bit of loot. I can't quite imagine how people carry all that back though, i'd imagine that basic living items are kept to a minimum or they've paid for extra luggage weight.
Also Rock, i'd like to know what areas you found all those goods in, i'm heading back to Taiwan to go see relatives and new house in a few months.
Loot news is always good, you get to see other people's experiences and most importantly, if you ever plan to visit specific country where goods were obtained, you can ask and find out which areas they were purchased.

Theres like a single geek shop near us...Its barely Otaku...but they have a few figurines...

And Naruto headbands...ugh...T_T

iss no' fair!

Otaku? wut is dat?

I keep the title of "Gamer" as to ease people on what my hobbies are.

Otaku material is hard to get here and i think it's because of the distance.

When i buy a figma, i pay an average 3.000 Yen just for shipping >.<

One day.. One day we will post a loot post as awesome as this! /insert TTGL pose/

Hmm.. I wouldn't say a lot o anime merchandise is accessible here, maybe only figures n gunpla.

Correct me if I'm wrong fellow Malaysian comrades xD Who knows I might've missed some awesome shops somewhere~

On a not so related note.. I need an Ui alarm clock.... *yawn*

Yeah, there is very little in anything in my area anymore. It all went away. Stupid economy.

That is a hefty amount of loot! I wish there were shops around my area where I could do such a spending spree but sadly there isn't :( I either have to journey to London or order everything online...bad times!

no its hard to find anything like that here at a store..online yea..but expensive...well that depends but still its hard to come across goodiess here >-<!

That is quite the haul.

Neotokyo.biz used to have a brick-and-mortar store based in Manchester, but they closed it down to go completely online. A couple of chain stores in Manchester and Concord have an okay selection of manga, but there's not much available in my area for anime/manga collectibles in my area. It's only slightly easier to find shops for American comics/collectibles. I usually get my stuff at conventions or online.

digging the original character comiket mousepad.

FFFF~ O_O
Gift Yokos~ And Haruhi, Yuki and Mikuru Gekisou version! TAT;
*makes grabby hands*

I live in the Netherlands myself and it's hard to get any anime goodies around here. Of course we have Archonia and they have a lot of stuff but not always what I'm looking for. We also have some comic stores over here and sometimes they stock on figures but that's it really. We do have enough manga to choose from though. I mostly get my goodies now via Ebay but I wish I could buy them right away in a store or something...

Last time I was in TW (last summer) I saw ALL kinds of otaku goodness, I mean its everywhere over there. Going again this summer probably around August, will keep an eye out for lootables.

wow that's a big package to bring back to hometown !!

:X

I think the variety of loot in a country depends on the resourcefulness of the retailer here. There's the customs people we have to deal with so in most cases, we end up having to give up a left tit or testicle just to rescue our little pretties from their evil clutches.

The selection over here is not close to the selection over in Asia...

Ok in regards to the kind and quality of loot available in the states it really is very limited unless you can find a specialty store which there are very few. One that I know of called Wizzywig collectibles is located in Ann Arbor Michigan and compared to comic book stores they carry a sizeable collection but when it comes down to it they carry very very little. Loot in the states tends mostly to be dvd's and a few figures here and there and manga that you can find at two national bookstore chains.

Apart from cons, there is barely no selection in sydney compared to other places (although we do have kinokuniya which is a plus) and if there is figures, they are really expensive. But I did see a couple dakimakura in chinatown, which was surprising!

Just want to point out regarding to the duplicates, I buy duplicates when I'm really like
a speticular figure or good.
"One to keep fresh, and one for display" - General Otaku Knowledge.
Though.. I happen to keep both inside the box what so ever..

how much was the tony taka c71 set? were there other sets from other comikets? i'm really interested in the pricing :P

also you gotta consider that more demand less supply will drive the price up on their own, as people try to buy it over each other if it gets some sort of "auction"

Here in Italy we don't get much - only the mainstream figures and such (even though, the term mainstream is not really appropriate... I've never seen Figma or Nendoroid, for example). In most cases, they are really overpriced. I've seen Takara Tomy figures at 500/600 Yen in Japan, while the same are sold at a much higher price (25 Euro, about 34.5 USD) in stores here.

I was surprised though to see the Shunya Yamashita Rei Ayanami, at a quite decent price, in a big non-otaku related store (electronics, video, etc - they started to sell a small selection of japanese figures as well). I was debating get or not get, since the box was a little too ruined...

I get ZIP around here

You can go to the rare conventions but that's a pretty long stretch to find something of recent release

regrettably Danny i have to order everything online. I live in a small town, and even big cities around me don't carry that much selection XD. That's why the only place left is the internet which is good except for the shipping prices sometimes. Would love to have one super big otaku store near me with lots of good selections. ^_^. That would be a dream come true.

Nice loot there Rock U! You just came back from Taiwan?

Wow you got a ton of dakimakuras and so many new released items. Love your tastes! In Sydney there's nothing really. That's why I have to resort to buying online, but most of the exclusive items are sold out. We got like 2 anime conventions here but they are small and sell pretty much no good figures. If they had figures for sale,they are really old and unpopular ones. Never seen dakimuras, oppai mouse pads for sale. Although we do have a kinokuniya store but prices are very high,I can get the same item online for even cheaper! Sux to be so far from japan

I want that Kanu thing even though I'm not sure if its a towel, pillowcase or whatever.

Where do you live? Address pls...

Massive loot O.O

American components, Russian components... ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!
*Armageddon anyone? :P*

Wow, I'd hate to imagine how much all of that stuff cost.

Sigh, we don't get the cool stuff around here. Figures and models yeah, but the otaku stuff is mostly Knock-off posters, SD figurines, and badly made cellphone charms. None of the quality items like the ones I saw in Singapore, like cups, trading cards, fanbooks, tins, etc etc...

That being said, the prices I saw for those things are outrageous! Man, I was hoping to overload my bag, but I didn't get anything because I couldn't justify the price. Sigh, I so did want to get that Sheryl Nome and Ranka Lee cup... I guess only a local can really afford that.

OH MY GOSH!!! Nice stuff!
I have access to anime stuff but don't have the money to buy them all ='(

I like Danny's philosophy regarding member's "stuff". As long as it's reasonably relevant to the spirit of the website and no one's being abusive, let them have fun with what they post. I don't care for when people take an elitist attitude over what others do.

I appreciate the loot photos although I'm not a collector of otaku goods, because I enjoy seeing what people are passionate about.

Oh, I also wanted to ask, when you're from out of the country and you buy an epic TON of loot like this, how do you get it home?

Do you carefully pack it, or do you have it shipped home? I think I'd choose shipping rather than have a customs officer inspect my goodies. Also, who knows what could happen if you check your bag...

And if you ship it, do most people use the Japanese postal service, or a company like FedEx? And I assume you insure it, correct?

Rich kids. Makes me, this impoverished young man, wanna RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE.

Ah i feel lucky to live in Hong Kong, I dont know what ill do without the otaku goodies

Here in Spain you'd have to sell a kidney and half in order to get a loot like that ^^;

Importing helps. but the prices still grow up considerably doing so ^^;

I envy the people that are easily able to purchase otaku goods. Otaku goods here are limited to a limited selection of Gundam figures, Naruto headbands and bleach related stuff. Not much stuff besides that. Going online is the only way but shipping is always so costly when its going to Australia.

Honestly, most of the time you just have to know where to get your goodies ^^ in taiwan, at a big bookstore you may find a few Japanese magazines, and toy stores would have collections of Gundam, but much of the other stuff may be much harder to find at general shops.

Wow, what a great load of goodies. I don't have much chance at buying cool loot in my neck of the woods, there's a comic shop in my nearest city - but they don't have much anime or manga...

it's a sad sad thing.

but just another reason to visit Japan!

:o)

You renamed the member's news? *looks at member's news* Holy... you did rename it!

Otaku goodies in Montreal?! Probably not... unless if it's at a anime convention. And the Chinatown in my hometown is chock full of posters (KO and some pretty nice ones too), models, cell charms/keychains, playing card decks and KO anime/J-pop CDs/DVDs (*gasp*).

Nice haul, truly stuffworthy. In the Uk it is hard to findanime stuff if you don't know where to look. Personally i use ebay UK a lot for figs, I do not get charged by customs if its from ebay. But I also order a lot from hlj and customs seem to be on to me as i am always charged, the only package that did'nt get charged was one from HW japan, probably because of the plain boxes. Another thing that annoys me is when hlj send the parcels in several boxes, I get charged multiple times for this, even if its just for 1 order.

Really wish these sorts of places were more ubiquitous where I live since having a local shop for this would help out so much instead of being a nightmare to have to pay customs and shipping while hoping the goods don't get lost or are hijacked by pirates. And even if they don't the shipping costs are pretty obscene :(

pretty sure local areas got it tough, but big cities got no problem (like LA vs Westminster)

Wish i have...the time and money to go shopping these days...that's a really big loot...

I'd love to see how much money was spent. Seems Rock U spent more than I make in a month on that one loot haul.

Feh, I wish. The best we have here in the UK is the manga section in waterstones, and a handfull of online stores.

I see Feena Fam Earthlight!!
I can kind of get otaku where I live but the shipping is what kills me. I got a G Festival Mag. That Featured the Brighter Than the Dawning Blue: Moonlight Cradle game, Got a Mouse pad, a hug-pillow cover, and a screen cleaner. Id say it was totaly worth it. ^^

Germany is under-otaku-itemized!!

we had to get it from HK, Taiwan, Japan, only solution is online order!!
Sometime i luv to shop, but price when they ship oversea to here...
it does killing me!!

what we can do, if u luv it u need to pay for it.. currently collect gashapon, trading figure, only Otaku collection item i can afford!! XF

Slim pickings here, basically have to order it online. Shipping costs from Japan make me cry. =/

Loot in our region is good but far too overpriced ^^;

Lots of goodies indeed :O

one day a pic of my loot will be shown to the world.

Loot in my region is like...Bootleg...Everywere. D:

The only time I get "loot" would be at anime conventions. But even I know that they bump the pricing up WAY too high for anyone to buy! I try to limit myself to $100...

It is very hard to find what you are looking for here in Ottawa, Canada but we do have one store that has a decent selection of anime items. Thank god for Ebay.... the shipping is a killer but you do what you have to do for your figures and other anime items. ^^

coool

台湾？ara you sure?

Hats off to him.