Comic Market 74

I'd just stand in line myself. Half the fun is anticipating while waiting.

hell no, that extra money could be used to buy more stuff. what a waste to spend so much for a measly wait. I've been in worse situations than a six hour line under the sun. Just plan the whole day out and show up early.

I'd rather queue up myself, get chatting to some random people and enjoy the atmosphere!

Sounds like a nice way to make money though.. you could line up for yourself and for someone else.

Just 6 hours?
Anyway, couldn't you just get in the queue for yourself and the person who you're ripping off/doing a service to?
If they allowed it, I bet some people would be willing to queue for days before the actual date =_=~

Just get a wheel chair, mod it up so it's more comfy, and put a sign that says "Not actually cripple" I've never had reason to do this since I don't often stand in busy lines.

Thats over £100, I would not, I would suck it up and wait!!! With a portable games console of some sorts, or MP3, or other device. For this kind of event, its lame if you dont wait like all the other people.

I wont paid for ppl to line up for me! but i am willing to line up for ppl if they paid me tat sum for just lining out 6 hours!

I think it's cheaper to:
1. Make something yourself
2. Buy a "sell spot" at comiket
3. Only have 1x of the thing you've made
4. Buy it yourself
5. Enjoy walking around and buying every limited item you can find before anyone else is even inside
6. ???
7. PROFIT!

That ruins the fun of attending the Comiket.. I would rather spend the money buying more stuffs at the Comiket than having to pay another person to line up for me.. Just come prepared before you arrive there and you will be fine..

I'd not pay for another to wait for me. I'd make an adventure out of it. Blog of it. Have fun! Create a (controlled and pleasant) event out of it. Of course I'd make sure to have friends with me to have a blast with.

Queuing is part of the fun! And spending 25,000 yen for that service is crazy, I rather spend that buying more anime merchandises. Being first in queue also doesn't mean that you could get everything you want, as the lines at the doujin circle booths builds up so very fast, thus prioritizing is still the key factor here.

I'd buy alot with 25 000 yen.

Do you have to stand in line for hours just to get in, or to get in early?

It's the trip not the destination. Oh wait, the destination is important too.

25,000 yen is a bit too much for such a service. I would rather just take the first train myself and use that money to buy more doujinshis myself. Normal doujinshi cost about 500 yen so that's like 50 doujinshis I can have for myself!

I'd probably be one of the people offering to wait in line if I lived there. 4167yen/hour sounds pretty good :)

hell, no way. I prefer to line up by myself.

of course no. i will the save the money and get my droid to line up for me.

well make a bigger statue in the fisrt line write ur name and come back when it time xD

I'll be there overnight...
I rather spend my money on more goods then having someone standing in line for me...

i would think half the fun is the experience. even if it is sweltering.
you get to meet ppl and talk about geeky stuff. maybe even make a friend.
but if you have other things to do at the time i guess it would be a good idea.

They should have jump into the iPhone craze back then lol. People start queuing 4 days earlier, imagine how much they could made it off with that.

I wanna goooooooo
someone take me
The lines are part of the experience. I would so stand in the lines.

No way, patience is the key. 25000 yen is just way too much just to get in early. I'd save that money to purchase merchandise.

hmmm, if this is how much people get paid i wont mind standing in line for someone else. the extra money could take care of my figure buying every month.

i think i could use that amount of money to buy more goodies in comike

Lolols, camping sounds fun! XD
I wouldn't spend that much, better if I line up myself.. even though lines are boring ~_~

I guess i have a lot more money that i know how to use, sure but otherwise no

that's a creative business idea XDD

No, I'd better wait in the line myself if I really want to get in. It's like a part of the experience:)

lol last year i didnt have to wait at all

I had a little mini-map printed out which said foreigners entrance West Hall 2 so we asked a police officer that was there where it was and he brought us to entrance skipping the entire line :)

Hopefully I'll be lucky this year to. Are you going to summer comiket this year aswell Danny, if so which days are you going then?

I'll start a company that hires people that helps other people queue up...

think of all the commissions!!!

I like the idea but 25k yen? That's about 3 figures.

Better use that money to buy more figures!

I could get like eleventy billion doujinshi with that amount of money... :(

Seriously, I may actually attend next year's winter Comiket. Hopefully. :)

Woah, 25,000 yen! Bah, I say. Bah!

I find these people as distasteful as scalpers. But as distasteful as I find it, these people do fill up a niche in the market : getting someone else to do the work for you. In a way, it's like going to auction sites to find one of those exclusive WonderFest figures, which I would admit I'm guilty of.

Singaporeans love to queue though. I still remember the silly Hello Kitty craze in 2000, where people started queuing up as early as 9pm for McDonalds to open the next day at 7am or so to buy a Hello Kitty plush toy. McDonalds sold them for about 400 yen each if you buy a meal set (burger + drink + fries). People resold them for ridiculous amounts of money. It's all very crazy.

No one loves to queue 6 hours, with a burning sun etc

For some 25.000 yen is so much money to pay, and prefer to stand dying 6 hours ( i will xD )

NO way, with that money I can buy a lot of goodies inside...I rather sleep over night myself on the pavement next to the entrance...!!!!!!!

A true fan would brave a mountain of ice and a sea of fire to get there. Paying for someone else to wait in your spot so you can take over when you get there after a good night's rest? Pff.

I have respect for those who can wait that long (but I wouldn't pay either, I'd try to do it myself)

Screw that. That's less money to buy stuff man, just be bad ass prepared like Konata from Lucky Star with drinks, etc..

Isn't this illegal or something?

Anyways, this weekend I stayed in line for the biggest anime convention in Brazil. But I was with a large group that are in a special line for people who came with buses from other cities, so it wasn't too long.

Took a couple of hours to get in, but all worth it. If it wasn't for the sun and having to stay standing up for a long time, staying in line would be one of the great things of the event... people get to know each other, make lots of noise, have fun, and you can spend some time taking pics of cosplayers too.

At Japan Expo 2008 in France, there was a system like that too, but not that much expensive, I saw there Yasuhiro Nakamura, from Comic Market...

I'd love to attend one next time. But the line! OMG. I can't wait that long for a line. Is there no other way to skip that line and still get in early without paying someone else to line up for you?

comiket is all about fighting through swathes of otaku, stompin ass along the way to claim limited editions of something. like a battle royale of sorts cuz morning exercise good for the soul

The hell with paying someone to wait in line for me. Comiket is about the building up anticipation leading up to the race against the other hopefuls to the entrance and getting the good stuff first, besides waiting in lines isn't so bad if you've got a way to keep yourself occupied and getting your mind off the wait-that's what makes it so exciting, giving up that exhileration+money over a little wait just isn't worth so thanks but no thanks.

That line looks like nothing compared to the line at Jafax.

even if i have extra money i think i would skip this. it'd defeat the hype. and besides waiting for something you really really like is well worth the wait. ne? ne?