Itabags and Fandom Clothing/Accessories

[Anonymous No.8670388]

Old thread >>8621734

Itabag FAQ: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wnFufd64j3cOxe50I8Amhj5lPvjZAlnupbXnhAJ6SbE

Share your progress, buying/arranging tips, and post some of your favorite bags or themed outfits/accessories.

New Itabag Topic Questions:
>How much merch is on your bag?
>What was your least expensive item?
>What was your most expensive item?
>Is your bag mainly for display or for use (daily or convention/event?)
>Have you ever met anyone at a convention/event with an itabag?
>Would you consider making an "ita outfit" to go with your bag or maybe cosplay from your bag's series?
>Do you think itabags will be become popular enough to find DIY supplies or merch-bundles for them at conventions/events?

[Anonymous No.8670439]

Incoming huge spam of pics. Tried to get bags from series that haven't been posted to death (unless the bags are amazing) and some pics of shops selling itabag stuff.

>tfw I'm gonna want to drop $20 on 4chan Pass half way through this

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>>8670439

Seeing this makes it even more obvious that Yowapeda uses the same style (and 4 or 5 pics) for their merchandise.

>>8670445
I need that Toudou button hnng.

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Really elegant looking bag.

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[Anonymous No.8670465]

Another neat bag idea.

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>>8670457
This is the sort of thing I'd do, but I'd also feel bad doing that to such a lovely bag.

[Anonymous No.8670518]

>tfw it's impssible to make an ita bag of my husbando

Why do I like obscure shit so much? It hurts.

[Anonymous No.8670545]

>>8670346
Top tier taste. I kind of want to make a Syaoran bag now but man I'm already struggling with spending too much money on my current one, rip.

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>>8670557
Legendary

[Anonymous No.8670608]

Are there any Nozaki-kun bags or Kokkuri-san bags?

[Anonymous No.8670638]

>>8670388
All of you need to get on this guy's level.

[Anonymous No.8670650]

>>8670638
I believe being a wota and having an ita bag are two very different things...

[Anonymous No.8670700]

>>8670650
What if you're making a wota themed ita bag though? Not even lying, that's what I'm doing lmao

It's a pain in the ass though since the majority of the merch I'm after I have to get second hand.

[Anonymous No.8670715]

>>8670518
>tfw Flynn itabag would be cute
>be a badass and put one side chaos, law, and in the middle as nuetral
We can both dream anon.

[Anonymous No.8670747]

>>8670638
This guy's level is nothing compared to >>8670557

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[Anonymous No.8670756]

Shop display

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>>8670766
Well that godawful bag sure is angering me.

[Anonymous No.8671228]

What about ita-phones? itaden? ke-itai? Dunno if they have a proper name

[Anonymous No.8671234]

>>8671228

[Anonymous No.8671236]

>>8671234
Apparently they're called itadeco

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>>8671236

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>>8671244

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>>8671254

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>>8671255

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>>8671253
>>8671254
These are kinda cute, but I'm personally not a fan of 'itadeco' or decoden in general. Always seemed kind of counterintuitive to me.

[Anonymous No.8671323]

>>8671234
I can't even imagine using a phone that's decorated that much.

[Anonymous No.8671324]

>>8671253
>>8671254
Anyone can glue shit to a phone and add some whipple but this is true talent. Even if you have a guide to follow, you still gotta add every one of those damn crystals by hand.

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DRR Izaya cosplay bag

[Anonymous No.8671334]

>>8671331

[Anonymous No.8671337]

Neat idea for making badges/buttons look more decorative.

[Anonymous No.8671846]

>>8670518
>No Serph or Demifiend itabag merch
>Why live?

[Anonymous No.8671925]

>>8670650
Wota?

[Anonymous No.8671951]

>>8670756
That's what all those itabags look to me, shop displays. It's confusing and fascinating at the same time.

[Anonymous No.8672000]

>>8668618

kaidanon; that charm looks ridiculously cute. I want like 5 of them.

[Anonymous No.8672041]

>>8671925
Obsessive fanboy of an idol or idol group. Basically an otaku but for music groups instead of series.

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Got your ita bag..

[Anonymous No.8672070]

>>8672068
And your nails to match.

[Anonymous No.8672117]

>>8672068
I'd really love to make a kogitsunemaru bag and hang his little nendo on it, but I know it's too risky

[Anonymous No.8672134]

>>8672117
I don't even play the series but that is the cutest fucking thing I've ever seen. You could always put it in the clear cover case bag?

[Anonymous No.8672400]

Artsbovine is offering $0.99 + Free Shipping on their glasses/electronic cleaning clothes. Code: GlassCloth

I think I'm going to attach mine to my bag like in >>8670571

[Anonymous No.8672401]

>>8672117
They have something for that, actually.

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>>8672401
oh my goodness.

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>>8672401
I need this but I don't find it

[Anonymous No.8672482]

>>8672472
They're called Nendoroid Odekake Pouch or Sleeping Bag

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>>8672400
Woah till when is that coupon available?

[Anonymous No.8672626]

>>8671258
where to get the clear orange piece?

[Anonymous No.8672645]

>>8672488
it's available til november 6th, according to the email i got atleast

[Anonymous No.8672648]

>>8671253
I know for this phone, they painted on the image then got the gems in the same color and added each gem by hand. It's hella impressive.

>>8671254
This is really amazing too. Shows true dedication.

[Anonymous No.8672657]

>>8672044
Apparently you put stickers on these acrylic plates to turn them into badges...? Amazing.

[Anonymous No.8672675]

>>8672657
That's amazing. I had no idea that was what it was.

[Anonymous No.8672680]

>For anyone else wanting DIY itabag stuff!!

You can find $0.99 + free shipping coupons for ArtsBovine on retailmenot for some stuff.

>cosmetic bags (any size)
>photobook
>mousepad
>glass cloth

And for people making ita clothes
>$0.99 + free ship tank top
>$2.99 + free ship skater skirt
>$2.99 leggings

[Anonymous No.8673159]

>>8672401
they made a special miku one for the Miku 2.0 nendo and im still salty that they havent remade Rin and Len, especially since the Family Mart nendos for them have a new scuplt yet still no 2.0 of their default. I just want a cute Len pouch to carry a Len nendo in to go with the itabag for him I'm planning.

Requesting any vocaloid itabags? I tried searching for some but all im getting are ita cars rather than bags...

[Anonymous No.8673261]

>>8672047
I bought the green bag from Movic's site awhile back and should be here son. I'm really excited!

[Anonymous No.8673298]

>looking online for arts bovine
>getting no results for the store
>help anons

[Anonymous No.8673316]

>>8673298
synonym for bovine anon, what goes moo? Arts___

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>>8672680
Thanks for fueling my obsession.

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>>8673298
Hint:artsc()w

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>>8673318
I'm getting super frustrated making my pictures look decent that I'm just going to load up illurstrator and make a repeating pattern

[Anonymous No.8673346]

>>8670454
Yowapeda is licensed by Bandai, so I'm assuming only bandai releases the merch which is all utter crap. Same style of chibi for every single thing they release (same head slapped onto several different bodies) and then with the one chibi they make 2-3 different peices of merch. Its really killing me

[Anonymous No.8673348]

>>8673316
>>8673319
thank you anons.

[Anonymous No.8673613]

I was thinking of making an ita bag for animal crossing that has buttons for all the villagers but I doubt I could find someone to do that that won't over charge... I guess I could learn to do it myself...

[Anonymous No.8673634]

>>8673613
It's not difficult anon, if you can make the art you want... Or I guess you can just print out the pictures yourself. You'd need a button maker, they're not too expensice and much cheaper than buying things already made.

[Norge No.8674162]

Put my bag together!!
Im really happy with it, super cute
Its really tiny (lol my struggle with all my bags) since its a cellphone bag but I got it all on there
There is 3 more buttons (they are all sparkly btw bless you clamp) I want but other than that I have everything I wanted~

>>8670545
Syaoran bag would be so cute!! Ccs has really pretty charms now that they are coming out with new stuff

[Anonymous No.8674275]

Should we all just share our arts bovine coupons here to help each other get good deals on ita bag and fandom merch?

I made a phone case recently and it should be coming in the mail soon. They sent me an email with a coupon to get 3 for $20 on phone cases. I think it applies to the ipad/kindle cases too if you've got one of those.

Coupon Code: PHONYCASE
Expires: Nov. 9th 2015

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>>8674162
That's so cute, anon! I love seeing old school stuff in any form.

[Anonymous No.8674359]

>>8672657
Oh shit I can make those. Doubt there's much of a market besides western seagulls though unless tumblr gets obsessed with these.

[Anonymous No.8674384]

>>8674359
If you market them right and sell them at cons in sets you could probably make a killing. Tons of AA artists do sticker sheets now and a lot of my friends complain about never knowing what to do with them after buying them.

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>>8674359
>>8674384
I'd imagine it's a bit cheaper as well? At least it seems like it would be if you're making those huge badge sized ones.

[Anonymous No.8674605]

>>8674359
If its well made and well priced, I would buy them in bulks from you just because its hella convient and many of us here will buy them and if in cons you put examples of itabags, people will buy from you no doubt.

[Anonymous No.8674797]

>>8674275
Cowcow is also having a phone case sale! If you use the code Z099CASEW4DJX you can get a 99 cent phone case with free shipping.

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>>8674275
>>8674797
>tfw neither site has cases for your shitty Samsung Galaxy reject phone

Cowcow has one that sort of looks like mine but a slightly different offshoot of my Galaxy phone so I'm going to give it a try just because it's $0.99. If it doesn't work then I'll just shove it in my bag as a display.

[Anonymous No.8675308]

>>8674797
>tfw expired

[Anonymous No.8675383]

Any nicely arranged general series bags? I'm too poorfag to commit to one character at the moment.

[Anonymous No.8675395]

>tfw all your itabag stuff arrived at the From Japan warehouse around midnight and it's still queued for packing the next morning

Just let me pay you already, please.

[Anonymous No.8675721]

Another $0.99 + free shipping ArtsBovine coupon.

>Design your own sleeping mask $0.99
Coupon Code: SLPWELL
Expiry Date: 11 / 9 / 2015

[Anonymous No.8676585]

Just so y'all know, today is the last day for cowcow's two for $18.00 coupon code and I just caught myself a crop top and a skirt with pic related as the print. Now time to focus on the rest of my bag things.

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>>8675308
Try it again?? Literally just used it yesterday.

[Anonymous No.8676612]

>>8676589
Expired for me too.

[Anonymous No.8676978]

>>8676612
welp, that's weird.
I just got another code in my email though from CowCow.
Z099MIRRORH7BHE
It expires November 9th and it's for handbag mirrors. 99 cents for a small one and $1.99 for bigger ones, both have free shipping I think.
Could be good for making big custom buttons, since it seems they use a button as a base and then the back is the mirror.

[Anonymous No.8677003]

>>8670557
>beastmode.jpg

[Anonymous No.8677049]

Just got this bag in turquiose off Amazon for Yukio. I was super disappointed with a clear bag and felt even if I had made it work with a super stiff lining I feel the glare on the vinyl takes away from the look and I prefer to have a few front pockets to have a place to pin things in without then getting tangled with things I actually want to store in the bag.

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>>8677049
Do you have a link for that bag?

[Anonymous No.8677100]

>>8677076
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038MKAWA

Derp meant to include that

[Anonymous No.8677133]

>>8677100
Thanks, anon! I love the little buckle they have in front too so I can stick on all my keychains/charms

[Anonymous No.8677179]

Lurking in these threads made me really want to make an itabag for my video game husband so I finally caved in and tried to come up with a mock-up for something I could pull together with all the crap I have already.

I'd just need to buy the bad that anon linked in blue, the official buttons in that second row of buttons, and the Grey Wardens scarf. I thought I'd use the printable fabric I have at home to print his face out and sew it onto the bag as sort of a fabric patch. Has anyone thought about doing that for their bags? If you follow the steps to waterproof it after you print it at home, it should be fine for you to carry out in all weathers too!

It's really too bad that Bioware doesn't make more merch for Dragon Age because I would probably buy everything Blackwall related.

[Anonymous No.8677308]

>>8677179
That's going to be one bad ass bag, anon. Can't wait to see progress pics!

[Anonymous No.8677332]

Just paid shipping for all my itabag items so I'm both excited and cringing a little. Probably because I splurged and paid 1,500yen for EMS on one. Got Air Mail on the other.
>How much merch is on your bag?
As of right now, looking at 41 items.

>What was your least expensive item?
My charms. Got them for between $0.17-0.30 each.

>What was your most expensive item?
A pair of light up helmet keychain figures for $6 off eBay.

>Is your bag mainly for display or for use (daily or convention/event?)
Half display and half for conventions/anime events.

>Would you consider making an "ita outfit" to go with your bag or maybe cosplay from your bag's series?
Going to attempt to either cosplay from the series or make a casual outfit with Tiger&Bunny themes since there's so much wearable merch out there.

[Anonymous No.8677645]

>>8676585
Anon please make another set for me, this is cute as fuck.

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>>8672044
>>8672657
Since tgose circle things are to make badges with stickers on them, how do seal them? Unless they have some kind of snap cover, then how would someone would go about it? Would mod podge work?

[Anonymous No.8679914]

>>8679577
I want to say maybe there's a snap cover? I know some merch you can get are coaster like things so it would make sense to have snap covers if you're making badges out of them.

Unless anyone reads Japanese, we're just going to have to puzzle over it.

[Anonymous No.8679933]

>>8679577
they're probably like pic related. two pieces that snap together.

[Rahze No.8680118]

I did the thing.
Still waiting on my plastic part though.

[Anonymous No.8680150]

>>8679577
>>8679914
They probably haven't thought about sealing it since the plates are just... plates and you have to get those craft safety pins separately to stick onto the back. The shop display just says "make your own original badges by just sticking it on!" etc, and a blog post I found didn't mention anything about sealing it.

I've never worked with mod podge so I'm not sure, but I think clear nail polish would work if you have the patience to go over the entire thing with that tiny brush lol. I've used clear nail polish to seal some charms I bought from a con and it works fine. You just have to make sure you layer on enough so the bristles don't leave streaks.

[Anonymous No.8680151]

>>8680118
I really like how you split the bag into four different characters like that. It looks really good even with the different colors and designs.

[Anonymous No.8680599]

>>8680118
I like this idea a lot. Looks neater than lumping all your waifus/husbandos together into one huge mess.

>>8680150
Ahh I see. Do you have a link to the blog post btw? I found a etsy store with colored acrylic plates to make keychains but also have plain ones with no holes on the plate, but they are a a bit expensive however searching for "blank circle acrylic keychains" or "blank acrylic circle disc/ acrylic disks." But you can't get a bulk of them in colors or anything easily unless you got a machine or a service to do it.

[Anonymous No.8680764]

>>8680599
Here it is: http://hokori.hatenablog.com/entry/2015/08/17/151002101

[Anonymous No.8680817]

i finally got my clear backpack, but i have no motivation to move the merch over at the moment, so that might just become a separate bag
i have a lot of duplicates of things, like an extra birthday pillow case. would it be a waste to use it as the inside layer i pin things to for my backpack?

still waiting on some preorders, which should fill the bag up a bit more

[Anonymous No.8680873]

>>8680817
honestly? I love how your school bag looks. I would definitely just use the clear backpack as a second bag and put the pillow in it and just attach merch to that. That's the best part of having a clear backpack for an itabag, stuffing it full of actual merch that you just can't attach to a regular bag.

[Anonymous No.8680879]

>tfw has pic related but have no idea what to do with it
I'm trying to think of any school themed series I like and could make a cosplay + itabag to go with.

Maybe I could do my old Nagisa school uniform idea. It's his ED jacket, and then a matching pink uniform skirt and tie. Have to admit seeing >>8680817 's bag did make me consider it because I had no idea school bags could make good ita bags.

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>>8680879
And I dropped my pic. Never post before you've had your morning coffee.

[Anonymous No.8680898]

Do you guys actually wear these bags, or is it more like a collecting hobby thing?

[Anonymous No.8680904]

>>8680898
I use mine at conventions

[Anonymous No.8680914]

>>8680898
i use my cheaper FREE! style 5 bag at uni, people either don't say anything or compliment my bag and ask where i got stuff from

>>8680873
you're right, that sounds like a good idea for a convention! i'll still experiment with making plain/printed bag linings though, since i do still want to be able to use it at uni
pic related

>>8680879
they're really good, because i don't really open the compartment i've pinned things to. i haven't found a good clear bag for it yet, but i also haven't looked very hard

[Anonymous No.8680928]

>>8680914
I don't think it would look as good if there was a clear bag over it but at the same time I'd hate to lose/damage stuff by my clothes catching on everything when it's hanging from my shoulder. Ah well.

>>8680898
Mine is for conventions only. Sort of like a cosplay, in a way? When you just want to walk around in a casual wear, your bag becomes your icebreaker instead of your costume.

[Anonymous No.8681056]

Talking about school bag itabags, I have a WIP one for Rin.

I'm going to shop for more anime stuff on the end of the month so i'll probably update it then (and hopefully get more official merch,)

I was actually going to only put Rin's cat strap and a few badges so that's why I went with a schoolbag but change of plans after I hoarded too many badges.

[Anonymous No.8681114]

>>8681056
>after I hoarded too many badges
That's a good thing, anon.

[Anonymous No.8681177]

Sorry this may sound like a dumb question, but I'm looking into making my own itabag and was wondering if there's a particular place you get those 2 part (clear cover outside and then actual thing to pin stuff to) bags. Or do you guys just buy 2 seperate bags and combine them?

[Anonymous No.8681188]

>>8681177
Depends on if you're getting a traditional tote or you're getitng a bag like pic related.

Some come together and are "2 in 1" bags but for totes, you typically have to by a separate cover.

You can buy both bags from just about any shopping website. Ebay, Amazon, Aliexpress, etc.

[Anonymous No.8681495]

>>8677332
>between $0.17-0.30 each
woah, anon, where did you get them so cheap???

[Anonymous No.8681500]

>>8681056
where did you get all those buttons? did you make them or can you buy them somewhere? trying to start a nico bag myself

[Anonymous No.8681521]

Does anyone know where 2 cop this Love Live happi? I've been looking everywhere, wondering if its a promotional goods or something like that?

[Anonymous No.8681537]

>>8681495
Taobao and FromJapan. A Rakuten shop sold Suit Barnaby figures for 20 yen each so I got 5 from them and a shop on Taoabo had defective charms of everyone for 2 yuan each, so I got 12 from that shop.

I'm not factoring in domestic shipping and fees for buying from the sellers though.


If you want some for yourself:
Taobao Shop
>http://world.taobao.com/item/38628397580

The Rakuten shop sold out.

[Anonymous No.8682299]

Ppl I need help. If I buy in japan auctions with Buyee, it's necesary an intermediary?

Thanks!

[Anonymous No.8682321]

>>8682299
No. But I wouldn't use Buyee, it's expensive. If you're shopping from auctions use someone like Japonica Market where they don't charge you for package consolidation. Buyee's good only if you yourself must bid on the auction for whatever reason - item's really important personally, rare, etc.

[Anonymous No.8682517]

>>8681114
Yeah, in hindsight on the rare occurrence that I like a character with this much merchandise I should grab as much as I can

>>8681500
I actually got them on an anime store nearby my school but they sell the same badges in taobao, here's a store and searching for "Love live 徽章" will give you a lot of results too
https://shop124047913.world.taobao.com/shop/view_shop.htm?spm=a312a.7700714.0.0.s1m6hu&user_number_id=2272531385

Good luck on your Nico bag, anon!

[Anonymous No.8682676]

I figured since I'm at a stand still until I can scurry up a new person to commission buttons from, I would at least post my progress on the patches and charms I'm making. I love see in progress shots and all the bags ib here are lovely.

[Anonymous No.8682784]

>>8677332
Came home and found my bag had been delivered but I had completely missed my FromJapan package with half my merch in it. Of course, I hadn't expected to get said package in just three days..

I'll take pictures of my WIP tomorrow when it gets re-delivered again. Currently have no idea where my Taobao stuff is, kinda wishing I had gotten EMS for that too.

Overall the bag is pretty good for $11. It's not amazing quality but it's larger than I thought and construction is pretty good. Might have to do the rubbing alcohol? trick to get the paint off if I don't like how merch looks with the dots.

[Anonymous No.8683436]

>>8682517
thanks so much, anon! i'm going to start working on it after my next paycheck, when i make some actual progress i'll post pics here!

[Anonymous No.8683976]

>>8677332
>>8682784
Definitely need to take the polka dots off my bag but here's my WIP. I crammed my pillow into the clear bag to fill it out and I have no idea where I'm putting the light-up keychains.

Still waiting on the other half of my merch.

[Anonymous No.8684464]

What do you guys think of having a bag with the character already on it? I'm >>8681500 and I was thinking of using this for my bag, but I don't know if it would look too busy. Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.8684472]

>>8684464
I think it's ok, you just have to arrange the merch around it in a neat way

[Anonymous No.8684484]

>>8684464
I like, it breaks up the wall of merch.

[Anonymous No.8684490]

>>8684464
Bags with characters on it can help more with organizing where to add merch around. Its pretty cute and there are many example in pervious threads and on here on what you can do

Also,
>But I don't know if it would look too busy.
>too busy
>on an itabag
>kek

[Anonymous No.8684506]

>>8684472
>>8684484
>>8684490
guess i'll just go for it then!
and i guess it is stupid to worry about an itabag looking too busy... i meant it more like ugly busy.

[Anonymous No.8684569]

when googling I found that some clear totes go under the name "NFL stadium tote bag". I have no idea if this is already yesterday's news but if people are looking for search terms beyond clear tote bag there's that.

Anyways, the other day I got some of my stuff from yja! Slowly trying to put together an erwin tote. I think this will be a fun thing to use as my purse at cons when I'm in lolita mostly because I find it a pain in the butt trying to bring different purses to match my coord.

[Anonymous No.8685343]

I'm ready.

[Anonymous No.8685384]

>>8685343
Anon, I have no idea who this is but I'm loving the colors and dat hoodie. Would wear color combo 10/10

[Anonymous No.8685392]

>>8685343
Your bag color is spot on, I'm really excited to see how this turns out!

[Anonymous No.8685982]

>>8685384
It's Cecil Aijima from Uta no Prince-sama! He's a little shit but he's still best boy in my heart! I just lucked out that he's also got my favorite color as his image color too!
>>8685392
I have a ton of other shit that I should take a picture of too that I already had hoarded up since last year when I went to japan.. I had no plans of making an ita bag then, I'm just weak.

I'm lucky because broccoli/utapri gets official ita bag bags! They might work for other stuff too, but they do come with a saotome gakuen patch on them. There's a variety of colours though, pic related.

http://store.broccoli.co.jp/ec/srDispCategoryTreeLinkBread/doSearchCategory/O/1O020000000/04-05/2

[Anonymous No.8686840]

>>8682321
Thank you anon.
And what's the price of Japonica Market charge buying with them?

[Anonymous No.8687181]

>>8686840
What about fromjapan?

[Anonymous No.8687218]

Fffffffff they've been releasing Blue Exorcist can badges for a month or so and I had no idea. It's even cute original art rather than repeats from the manga covers. My initial yahoo auctions search is yielding very little and I think they might be animate cafe exclusives. Now I'm starting to understand the true nature of the itabag.

[Anonymous No.8687247]

>>8677049
Bag came in and it's pretty decent quality. Thick polyester canvas of some kind, zipper pocket on the inside. Feels like it could use a stiffer bottom. Haven't decided on an arrangement or whether I want to keep the plush in the pocket or sew him into a chain or pin I wish the lower grommets were higher up because I don't think I want much dangling that low. Not sure what to do with coaster, I have some earth magnets but that could fuck up electronics and credit cards

[Anonymous No.8687318]

>>8687247
How heavy is the coaster? You could attach a couple pin backings to it if it's not too weighty.

[Anonymous No.8687349]

>>8687247
>yukio
A+ husbando anon

[Anonymous No.8688797]

What's a cheap website
I can make a bunch of different custom buttons?

[Anonymous No.8688810]

>>8688797
Try checking the artist alley thread

[Anonymous No.8688815]

>>8688797
arts + something that goes moo

[Anonymous No.8689031]

>>8688815
Not that anon, but why are you guys so sneaky about saying the name? I noticed it earlier in the thread as well.

[Anonymous No.8689053]

>>8689031
Because artsc_w spammed so much once upon a time that now a post with its name is noted as spam.

[Anonymous No.8690307]

>>8689031
As >>8689053 said there was a free mousepad fiasco and now artsbovine is marked as spam.

[Anonymous No.8691180]

Buyee just sent out some really good coupons for int. shipping and free ss. It seems like a good time right now to buy some merch.

[Anonymous No.8691599]

>>8691180
Shit, they did? Fuck me, the one time I'm broke. Time to sell some shit to buy more shit.

[Anonymous No.8692400]

Y!J Question:

Which service is the cheapest for <¥1000 yen items, and which is cheapest/best if you're buying multiple items from the same seller?

I've been using SMJ for ~10 years but it's been mostly for larger items. I'm crying at the fees for ¥100-1000 items and trying to compare everywhere.

[Anonymous No.8692436]

>>8692400
fromjapan? I'm not too knowledgeable on other shopping services but fromjapan's fee for one item starts from 200 yen

[Anonymous No.8692489]

My bag is starting to look like a true itabag at this point. I'm still planning to remake the inner bag with better fabric and I still have a lot if things ordered/I want to order though. Itabags are a force to be reckoned with.

[Anonymous No.8692633]

I tried looking up itabag on tumblr to see if anyone had posted any there and...

[Anonymous No.8692640]

>>8692633
Yes, that Pearl-anon is from here. She even has a whole outfit. It's pretty glorious.

[Anonymous No.8692693]

How do you guys keep the tote bags 'standing up'? Mine collapses under the weight of the merchandise as soon as I pick it up and it's driving me insane.

[Anonymous No.8692805]

>>8692633
That's Pearl-anon, dude. They're fabulous and have a body pillow and a whole outfit like >>8692640

>>8692693
If you've got a clear outer bag that's pretty sturdy, try clipping the tops of the bags together? The outer bag will support the tote.

No clear outer bag? I suppose you could try that sprayable starch or any kind of fabric stiffener? May make a small difference? Just throwing a random solution here since I've never used that sort of stuff on a tote before.

[Anonymous No.8693007]

My $0.99 cleaning cloth arrived and it's pretty dang cool. They shipped it from Hong Kong, going by the stickers on it. First time I've had that happen with an ArtsMoo product. Ended up putting it straight into my glasses case.

[Anonymous No.8694389]

[Anonymous No.8694410]

Any more places that sell bags like >>8685982 ?

[Anonymous No.8694606]

Has anyone done a Madoka Kaname bag? I want to start one and to be honest, I'm gonna buy a shitton of badges and other knicknacks in a few weeks.

[Anonymous No.8695209]

>>8694606
I'm at disney and used the opportunity to start a Gaston ita bag.

> most gaston pins are blind bag exclusives

Whyy

[Anonymous No.8695211]

I'm at disney and used the opportunity to start a Gaston ita bag.

> most gaston pins are blind bag exclusives

Whyy

[Anonymous No.8695262]

Working on my Aoba bag, I have a few more things I'm waiting on in the mail. Ren is only included since I'm actually using the pass case right now and his image color is also blue.

Question - what do you all do to keep your straps/key chains from turning the wrong way? My friend tried double stick tape and it just left adhesive behind, so that option is out.

[Anonymous No.8695335]

>>8692489
Excellent taste anon

[Anonymous No.8695345]

>>8695262
Nice taste there anon! How much dod everything cost you alk together and where did you get that Ren plush?

[Anonymous No.8695386]

>tfw boy and can't do this with my waifu

It's just not acceptable with the people I hang out with, fukken

[Anonymous No.8695389]

>>8695386
Follow your dreams.

[Anonymous No.8695393]

>>8695386
that's not stopping me m80. i'm just saving it for conventions 95% of the time and chilling at friends houses the other 5%

[Anonymous No.8695403]

>>8695262
It depends, if the is a small separation between the feet I make a small, loose loop with thread on the tote and hook it in to anchor it while still allowing for removal.

[Anonymous No.8695477]

>>8695345
Thanks anon! The Ren plush (which is a pass case and coin purse) I got from Animate, but I think the Nitro+Chiral online shop has them for sale too.

As for total cost... I would assume I've spent around 16k yen - including the bag itself. It's only been that cheap since I'm visiting Japan right now. I would imagine it would be easily double that cost or more if I were doing most of my shopping online.

>>8695403
oh, I hadn't thought of putting in some threads...

[Anonymous No.8695495]

>>8695335
Thanks man!

>>8695386
>It's just not acceptable with the people I hang out with
Fuck that noise, do what you want

[Anonymous No.8695509]

>>8670766
Before I clicked it I thought those were all Miranda Cosgrove...

[Anonymous No.8695580]

I really wanna do this but I don't carry a bag

[Anonymous No.8695604]

>>8695211
It's waaaaaaaaaaaay cheaper to get disney pins online. It's up to you if you're okay with scrapper pins and knockoffs

[Anonymous No.8695683]

>>8695386
Do it for your waifu. Just save the bag for conventions or something? I'm doing that with my OTP bag (husbando has too little merch to swing it)

>>8695580
Backpack? Purse? Anything?

[Anonymous No.8695699]

>>8695580
You could always itadeco out your phone if thats an option

[Anonymous No.8695748]

>>8694606
Bumping this a bit.

[Anonymous No.8695803]

>>8695604
I have no issues, but one would think I would be able to put together a disney ita bag at disney.

> gaston's line has been made up of girls and women since he debuted
> disney doesn't release female targeted gaston merchandise
> not even a damn shirt
> ???

[Anonymous No.8695834]

>>8695748
I looked around a bit but haven't seen any yet, will post some if I find any. Madoka has tooons of merchandise though, so it shouldn't be too hard to make one.

[Anonymous No.8695837]

>https://heavenanimatinon.taobao.com

This shop's got some itabag buttons for $0.40 each

[Anonymous No.8698486]

[Rahze No.8698519]

Sorry for the late replies
>>8680151
>>868059
I couldn't just rep only one of my waifus (even though I could with the amount of Celty shit I have), so I jumped in photoshop and picked my some of my favorite fanart and put them together (with credit) and submitted it to Redbubble. And then about a week later, it was here and looking good. I honestly wasn't even thinking about aesthetics, I just wanted a bag with all the characters.
What I also like is that the bag is 2-sided, so if you wanted to see the images without all the ita stuff, I can just turn the bag around. It did come out little darker then I thought, but not terribly.

[Anonymous No.8698664]

>>8692633
Oh man. Now I have my heart set on making a Jasper itabag. Wall to wall beefy gal.

[Anonymous No.8698796]

Is it just me or does arts bovine not have any button pins right now?

[Anonymous No.8698802]

>>8698796
At first I thought you were just missing them because I remember checking the price on them last week but you're actually right, they don't have any button pins at all. That's really weird.

[Anonymous No.8698838]

>>8698802
Oh man, I hope they're just updating them or something and not gone for good. I'm just starting to put things together for my own itabag of a character that has very few pins/charms ect otherwise.

[Anonymous No.8699171]

>>8698838
It would be crazy for them to fully remove them for good since I imagine that and prints are their best money makers. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

>tfw up until 2am last night designing itashirt
They've only got 35% off right now but I'm making a design just in case they have a big Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale for either clothing or general sitewide.

[Anonymous No.8699312]

For limited time, the service of Buyee is free. So... you only pay the items and shipping?

[Anonymous No.8699329]

>>8699312
I haven't used Buyee but I assume this means you don't pay their usage fee but you still have to pay all the other fees.

>payment fee (bank transfer fee?)
>item price
>domestic shipping
>international shipping
>consumption tax (may or may not apply)
>consolidation fee (combining bought items into one box)

[Anonymous No.8699331]

>>8699312
>>8699329
Also their consolidation fee is ridiculous. 1000yen just to combine three or more packages.

[Anonymous No.8699418]

>>8674162
Aye aye ayeeee yukitooooo.
This is beautiful anon
>motivation for Kurama itabag intensifies

[Anonymous No.8699855]

>>8698796
They have been missing for a week or so, so far. I hope they aren't gone.

[Anonymous No.8700014]

I'm editing my bag a little (and making room for incoming stuff) so wanted to share my new favourite part. I took some of my keychains and replaced the ball chains with lobster clasps from Michael's; they hang so much better now.

[Anonymous No.8700081]

>>8700014
Oh that does look a lot better. I'm going to have to try this.

[Anonymous No.8700089]

>>8700014
Did you make or buy the chain? And this idea is pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.8700117]

>>8671250
>>8671228
my heart hurts seeing those figures ruined like that. They dont even look good.

>>8671247
>>8671255
>>8671258
look cute though

[Anonymous No.8700441]

>>8700117
Theyre likely knockoffs. Taobao decoden suppliers usually also carry super cheap bootleg figures of popular series.

Also if this is from Asia this stuff is way cheaper for them

[Anonymous No.8700461]

>>8698838
You could probably use a site like wacky buttons. As long as it's not Disney junk they don't really care. They make up to 3 inch buttons also.

[Anonymous No.8700547]

My Ayato bag....this is def a guilty pleasure. I saw a cute halloween charm (it's a phone plug) and looked up the series...now I have fallen quite far down the rabbit hole. Finding merch is oh-so satisfying.

[Anonymous No.8700903]

>>8700547
Carla a Best

[Anonymous No.8701279]

>>8700089
I bought it. It'd be pretty easy to make though.

[Anonymous No.8702083]

>>8692400
That Suga-mama bag is awesome. I just ordered a bunch of Nishinoya gear. I want his nendo to come out already so I can shove that fucker on my bag.

[Anonymous No.8702303]

>>8702083
I need a Iwa-chan nendo.

[Anonymous No.8702318]

Gudetama anon here, hot topic just did a massive dump of gude product and now I'm absurdly ashamed of my enormous itabag for some reason...

[Anonymous No.8702328]

>>8702318
I saw that! I was looking at their 20% off stuff for Christmas gift ideas and saw a Gudetama plush. Don't be ashamed anon, they have Tiger & Bunny figures as well and they're the fucking ugliest things I've ever seen and I can't bring myself to even buy them no matter how far the price drops.

[Anonymous No.8702925]

>>8702318
Hot Topic just sent me this. I'm so sorry, anon. At least now you have some HT exclusive merch to add to your bag?

[Anonymous No.8703044]

>>8702925
>>8702318
I'm so saaaad, anons. Looks like the price went up on the Gudetama con merch on ebay as well after this release. But I haven't been able to find a mascot tee for under $40 until now, so I guess I should be happy. I can't even articulate why I'm suddenly so embarrassed anyway, haha.

Oh well, I'm going to go pour myself a drink and gaze angstily into the depths of my itabag.

[Anonymous No.8703048]

>>8703044
the gudetama feels are strong here too anon

[Anonymous No.8703082]

Does an ita bag have to have characters from something? Or can it just be a certain theme?

[Anonymous No.8703114]

>>8703082

yeah, the point is characters / series / people.

[Anonymous No.8703154]

>>8703082
It can be whatever you want but unifying themes are nice. I was toying with the idea of just megane characters for a a bit but settled on husbando.

You can def do one that's just alpacas, rabbits, weapons, or certain colors.

[Anonymous No.8703182]

>>8703082
What theme were you thinking of using?

[Anonymous No.8703191]

>>8703182
Just bear characters (rilakkuma, animal crossing) and teddy bears in general.

[Anonymous No.8703200]

>>8703191
Do it!

[Anonymous No.8703210]

>>8688815
Do they still make pins? I think they took them off the site.

[Anonymous No.8703213]

>>8703210
see >>8698796
>>8698802

[Anonymous No.8703341]

making a grumpy cat bag because I'm trash

[Anonymous No.8703380]

>>8703341
Cute cat trash though.

[Anonymous No.8703907]

[Anonymous No.8703937]

>>8703907
I love seeing this. It's so impractical.

[Anonymous No.8703973]

>itabag order shipped October 21st
>reached America on November 1st
>no tracking, no updates, no nothing

Posting some itabag spam to cheer me up over my possibly lost forever merch order.

[Anonymous No.8703974]

>>8703341
This is a winner, anon.

[Anonymous No.8703976]

>>8703973

[Anonymous No.8703982]

>>8703976

[Anonymous No.8703983]

This is a new kind of clear cover bag I haven't seen before. Looks like instead of having clear straps, it just has a cut-out for your tote straps to hook through?

[Anonymous No.8703985]

[Anonymous No.8703989]

[Anonymous No.8703991]

[Anonymous No.8703993]

>>8703976
I love this style of backpack so much. I want to get one if I ever run out of space on my tote.

[Anonymous No.8703994]

[Anonymous No.8703998]

[Anonymous No.8704000]

[Anonymous No.8704007]

[Anonymous No.8704009]

[Anonymous No.8704011]

[Anonymous No.8704027]

An ita itabag.

[Anonymous No.8704028]

[Anonymous No.8704030]

>>8703983
I saw those for sale at Namja town in Ikebukuro, but nowhere else.

[Anonymous No.8704042]

[Anonymous No.8704043]

[Anonymous No.8704045]

[Anonymous No.8704048]

[Anonymous No.8704049]

>>8704048

[Anonymous No.8704051]

[Anonymous No.8704328]

>>8702303
The angriest of nendos

[Anonymous No.8704337]

>>8703973
wishing you the best of luck anon. Hopefully everything is fine, I had a couple orders from Mandarake just completely stop showing any info once they reached the US. then out of nowhere it appeared on my doorstep although a bit late. Hopefully it shows up for you.

please update us if you receive it.

[Anonymous No.8704382]

>>8704337
That is a pure work of art, anon.
I'll definitely update if/when it arrives. Usually from New York it takes a week at most to get to me so if it's past that I'll start really worrying.

[Anonymous No.8704386]

>>8703976
anybody know where I could find a bag like this?

[Anonymous No.8704442]

>>8704386
I searched heart window back pack on Google and found some on a site called maryjanenite. I didn't check the price though but I've also seen a lot on etsy and I'm sure you can can find them on taobao as well.

[Anonymous No.8704461]

Fo any of you have multiple bags? I know it can end up being a sort of expnaive hobby but I really can't decode between my two ultimate husbando and they are on opposing teams so it's a bit hard for me to coordinate putting them on a bag together. I thought about doing a nag foe the whole series but there's too many characters and I'm not a fan of all of them.

[Anonymous No.8704465]

>>8704461

Yeah, I have a Makishima one, a Kars one and I'm starting a Josuke one and a Gaston one.

[Anonymous No.8704468]

>>8704442
thank you very much!

[Anonymous No.8704544]

>>8704461
Do all the bags. Have a bag for every day of the week, or every day of the convention.

[Anonymous No.8704597]

>>8704461
I'm making multiple bags! You should definitely do it if you can't decide, because the worst that happens is you have multiple amazing bags tbqh.

[Anonymous No.8704616]

>>8704051
>using LLSIF cards as button
Ooh I like that.

[Anonymous No.8704629]

>>8704461
I am currently working on two, because I couldn't pick.

[Anonymous No.8704655]

It is a messy pic because I want on my way to work, but I got my whole damn ita outfit from cowcow today. I'm in too deep y'all.

[Anonymous No.8704659]

>>8704655
Haha... I feel like I am getting to that level...

[Anonymous No.8704706]

>>8704461
also making multiple bags, but for the same series.
one is for my husbando, the other is for the other characters

[Anonymous No.8704794]

>>8704659
yikes. you could have cropped and positioned these so much better...

[Anonymous No.8704886]

>>8704461
Do it! Like the others said, I think it'd be fun to have two to take to cons or out and about.

I'm in the process of making a second bag and have plans for a third for the same character/pair, mostly because I want too much shit for just one bag.

[Anonymous No.8704890]

>>8704659
Where did you collect the images from? Any particular scan site/provider?

[Anonymous No.8704968]

>>8704465
>>8704597
>>8704629
>>8704706
>>8704886

Thanks for the support anons, I didn't know if I was getting in too deep. I want to make an outfit too.This hobby is pretty much go hard or go home.

[Anonymous No.8704972]

>>8704794
I was going for a messy "ita" sort of look. It was like $1 shipped so eh. How would you have positioned the images?

>>8704890
Google with the black and white color filter. For scans in greyscale, I would level them to pure white and black using PS.

[Anonymous No.8704973]

>>8704461
Yeah... I'll end up with... 3. Two for my favorite characters, one for the general series...

[Anonymous No.8705085]

>>8704968
>this hobby is pretty much go hard or go home

This. So much this. I had just planned to make 1 bag while I was in Japan as I knew it'd be cheaper, and now I'm back in America and throwing obscene amount of money at Y!J as I see all the event shit for my husbando that got released right after I left.

I'm also planning an outfit. My next con can't come soon enough, I want to show off my itabag to people in person who will recognize it!

[Anonymous No.8705096]

>>8705085
>I see all the event shit for my husbando that got released right after I left.

Tell me about it. I had no need for one of these damn bags until I came to Japan and my friend dragged me down to financial hell, spending money I shouldn't on things that will be overpriced on the aftermarket.

[Anonymous No.8705101]

>>8705096

Haha that's what I did to my friend. She didn't need an ita bag until she saw me putting together mine, so she ended up making one too.

>no regrets

[Anonymous No.8705114]

>hyper japan here i fucking come
>my friends are going to be so ashamed to be seen with me

it counts as a japanese trend even if it's not a japanese character right

[Anonymous No.8705119]

>>8705114
>>my friends are going to be so ashamed to be seen with me

It's only shameful if you're obnoxious about it. You can still be a rabid fan about something without weeb level behavior.

[Anonymous No.8705138]

>>8687218
dont know if this would help but suru has a handful of badges you could get?

http://www.suruga-ya.jp/search?category=&search_word=%E9%9D%92%E3%81%AE%E7%A5%93%E9%AD%94%E5%B8%AB+%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8+

[Anonymous No.8705141]

>>8695837
>taobao
>not official

not enough dediction anon. Might as well borrow an artists button maker and print and make them all for free

[Anonymous No.8705153]

>>8704328
iwaizumi my son

[Anonymous No.8705154]

>>8704011
The itabag of Shinkai

[Anonymous No.8705158]

>>8704442
I saw someone carrying around their plushies in this, and I am so tempted to do the same, but I feel like at a con in the U.S. it would be very much like bragging. A bag that you can use is one thing, a bag just to carry around desirable plushies is another.

[Anonymous No.8705185]

>>8705158
Anon, the entire point of ita bags is bragging about being a huge fan.

[Anonymous No.8705190]

>>8703991
Nice. GUILD is a good band!

[Anonymous No.8705264]

>>8704968
I love how some how we have to outdo the itas in Japan.

>We make cute husbando/fandom bags and wear them casually around the cities with our normal everyday wear.

>We mostly wear our bags at conventions but when we do, we make whole themed ita outfits to go with it.

'Murica, always gotta one up everything.

[Anonymous No.8705390]

>>8703973
>>8704337
>>8704382
It arrived today without warning! There's a big old scan code on the front but hey, whatever, USPS.

[Anonymous No.8705403]

>>8705390
I bought some green and red (ended up being rose red) plastic pass cases for the cards I got but they don't look good with the more detailed cards so I've got to buy some clear plastic ones for them.

[Anonymous No.8705431]

>>8705390
hell yes anon, that shit is premium cute I'm really glad you got it

[Anonymous No.8705439]

>>8705390
Glad it arrived safely! I know I've had quite a few packages I thought were lost forever that ended up arriving 2 weeks later or so.

[Anonymous No.8705597]

>>8704465
>Josuke
you better post pics when you're done because josuke is #1 husbando
also have you posted your kars one before? would love to see it!

[Anonymous No.8706756]

>my waifus/husbandos are Collette, Zelos, and Mithos from Tales of Symphonia, T-ELOS from Xenosaga, and Nagisa from PMMM
>fuck all for merch
Why can't I fall in love with common as fuck characters?! I love Nozomi, too, but I have no motivation to make an ita bag for her. S-should I just find better waifus/husbandos, cgl?

[Anonymous No.8706985]

>>8706756
I have friends who have ita bags for ToX2 characters, one is even a NPC. Most of their bag is custom made content like buttons and shrinkie dinks. They don't want to risk putting their rare merch on the bag in fear of it becoming lost but believe and you can achieve, anon!

[Anonymous No.8707287]

>>8704659
I don't see where other anon is coming from with the positioning complaints, it looks much 'neater' than most of these thanks to the uniformity of color. I love it!

>>8704655
anon this is so fucking cute

[Anonymous No.8707772]

>>8706985
Thank you, anon! I'm gonna make a shitton of custom stuff when my next paycheck comes in

>>8707287
I love cgl

[Anonymous No.8710766]

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