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[Anonymous No.9779571]

Can you still love a man after he buy's you a bootleg strap-edition

Previous Thread: >>9774279

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[Anonymous No.9779583]

>>9779571

[Anonymous No.9779590]

>>9779583

[Anonymous No.9779592]

>>9779590
They posted really strange photos of their bag but they managed to obtain pretty old/rare merch so putting it up.

[Anonymous No.9779596]

>>9779592

[Anonymous No.9779602]

> agree to disagree edition

[Anonymous No.9779604]

[Anonymous No.9779605]

[Anonymous No.9779623]

>>9779602
Also applies
Anyway valentines is soon, getting ready for shrine spam.

[Anonymous No.9779625]

>>9779605
Brave. I like it.

[Anonymous No.9779641]

>>9779596
This bag was driving me crazy. They put Pluto stuff to "fill in space" despite having no real connection with Healer. If they can afford the vintage healer plush and figure, they can certainly afford to buy more stuff like the new petit chara figures or those keychains of the brooch/ star yell (all of which I own so I know they're not too bad in price)

[Anonymous No.9779646]

>>9779625
My merch haul won't arrive for valentines day :( I'll have to wait till his birthday to shower my husbando with love.

[Anonymous No.9779940]

>>9779602
Can someone please tell me if there's a legitimate reason to put badges in protective covers even if they're behind vinyl like this?

[Anonymous No.9779943]

>>9779605
Booty booty booty booty rocking everywhere

I love this bag t b h

[Anonymous No.9779954]

>>9779940
It keeps them from getting scratched by the other badges and items in the bag. Might also be an aesthetic thing, who knows.

[Anonymous No.9779974]

>>9779940
Protection from the elements with the plastic covering of the bag in addition to badge protectors to prevent the acrylics from banging up against each other.

Personally, I use it on items I don't have doubles on inside my bag.

[Anonymous No.9780035]

>tfw you're at college and you won't be able to build a decent shrine
I've never had such a strangely specific regret.

[Anonymous No.9780050]

If your focus was the wrong kind of guy for valentines day and he didn't have an official birthday, when would you celebrate him?

[Anonymous No.9780053]

>>9780050
How can a guy possibly be wrong for valentines day? Even if he's edgy you can still show love for your husbando.

[Anonymous No.9780055]

>>9780053

He's more like a son type than a husbando type.

[Anonymous No.9780057]

>>9780055
You can still show love for him in a innocent way. Just make a shrine and post it outside valentines if you feel uncomfortable about connotations.

[Anonymous No.9780070]

>>9780057
This. Just save it for their birthday or something.

[Anonymous No.9780117]

>>9780035
When I was at uni I still had a shrine for my husbando and had a valentines/christmas date with him.
Just [x]do it.

[Anonymous No.9780121]

>>9780055
i have a similar problem! i'm just going to skip valentines and white day, and do his birthday and christmas instead. that still gives you room to do a fun themed shrine in addition to a birthday setup, so you don't totally miss out.

[Anonymous No.9780133]

>>9780055
I think that's still fine, you can just specify that he's your son. People give platonic gifts on Valentine's to their family members, friends, and colleagues all the time.

[Anonymous No.9780192]

>>9780055

"Giving my favorite son some giri-choco, because he's cute and deserves chocolate"

or, a lot less loving but also a lot less creepy because the self-interest is so obvious:

"I bought Godiva giri-choco for my anime son. But really I get to eat it myself afterwards hurrdurr"


You could probably pick any significant date to replace his birthday with -- the anniversary of his show, anniversary of his debut on his show, mythical date of something important that happened on the show, or pick something related. I do Enma Ai's birthday on Halloween, for eg.

[Anonymous No.9780334]

any tips for making an itabag for a Pokemon with not a lot of merchandise? pic related, although I'm thinking about making a small plushie so it's not mostly cards inside.

[Anonymous No.9780340]

>>9780334
Are magnets the best way to display trading cards?

[Anonymous No.9780342]

>>9780340
I haven't tried using magnets yet, but wouldn't magnets get knocked around a bit if you aren't being too careful? I've seen a few people recommend using card sleeves or toploaders for pinning cards to itabags, though.

[Anonymous No.9780382]

>>9780334
Which Pokemon, anon?

[Anonymous No.9780478]

can some anons post pictures of them using glue dots, if that isn't asking for too much? the story one anon had about them melting has me worried to try.

[Anonymous No.9780483]

>>9780340
i modified card sleeves in order to have pin backings and that's the best way that has worked for me so far

[Anonymous No.9780496]

>>9780478
I dunno what you're expecting to see? They're just dots of glue on the back... You still need to pin or sew your items on

[Anonymous No.9780516]

>>9780496
this, even putting a ton of glue dots on an acrylic won't hold it up if you do anything besides display your bag in a stable environment. buy some safety pins

[Anonymous No.9780520]

>>9780516
Unless you get permanent glue dots (don't) they'll still fall in a stable room over time. They're just used to stop swinging

[Anonymous No.9780522]

>>9780496
>>9780516
I never said that I didn't have my acrylics pinned down anons, forgive me for asking for advice, and seeing how a lot of you already use dots it seemed like a reasonable request

[Anonymous No.9780528]

>>9780522
DA and hope the pic isn't ridic huge bc im phoneposting but yeah you cant really see them desu. i live life on the edge since i think our weather is temperate enough to avoid melting but ymmv

[Anonymous No.9780529]

First "ita" bag I've made, can I get some advice on how it's progressing? Do you have any tips for keeping pins from rotating around if they only have one post?

[Anonymous No.9780546]

>>9780529
>advice on how it's progressing
Hard to give advice when I'm not sure what you're even going for. Is it just a straight up lolita bag? If so, well you've got lolita stuff. What more advice could you possibly need?

[Anonymous No.9780551]

>>9780529
It's looking empty but the pieces so far work nicely together. AP has some badges that you could use.

[Anonymous No.9780552]

>>9780342
>>9780340
>>9780334
Any sort of rigid card sleeve is recommended to keep cards from bending. If you want to use soft sleeves, back them with something sturdy. Aegislash anon, I'd definitely put that lovely full art you've got in a hard sleeve though.

>>9780529
It's itabag anon, one word and right in the op. Unless you were trying to pun on the lolita ita, in which case forgive my ignorance.

What direction are you going for with this? What's your theme? I'm getting vibes for a general lolita bag, but it also seems like you might be trying for something more cheeky/sarcastic? If it's the former, the salt and rosette pins seem really unfitting.

In terms of general advice, take the ballchain and weird strap thing off of those mascots, and pin them by their jump ring or just through them directly. Some backing fabric will also help it feel less empty until you get more pieces.
Overall, this seems like a really half-assed start--you don't seem to have put any thought into arranging what you have nicely. The photo would make for a great centerpiece, so why'd you shove it off to the side? Remember that itabags are basically portable shrines to a thing, and good shrines aren't made of random things just tossed on them.

[Anonymous No.9780555]

>>9780529
Well it's not an itabag so I'm not sure what advice to give? It's hard to tell what you're trying to do, and the pins are in such random places it looks like you were using them to try fill huge empty space. Is it meant to be a general lolita bag? Maybe it would be better to focus on a brando.


That Bag is a gorgeous shade of pink though. I should buy one

[Anonymous No.9780556]

>>9780552
It does have backing fabric bro, its the shiny pink material. The base bag has a pun leather backing the same color.

[Anonymous No.9780578]

[Anonymous No.9780582]

[Anonymous No.9780586]

>>9780334
I’ve been a similar situation before, so sorry for the long post!
First, for non-official stuff, I think some metallic sword and shield charms could be really cute if you could find them! I also think a pale yellow backing would help bring out the gold in its design. You can also make your own pieces with official art, sprites, or screencaps of its anime appearances, though sprites might be hard for aegi since it was introduces as they were phased out for models. There’s also always fanmerch—have you checked storenvy, etsy and tictail? Redbubble also sometimes has some nice big stickers that you can turn into pins, just make sure you do something about the white space on them.
For official stuff, every pokemon out now has a small (like ~1-1.5cm) metal charm, and they’re sold in sets by evolution line. I checked the jp pokecenter site and it’s is sold out, thankfully suruga-ya has it! I also found a keychain on otamart that looks like it was a capsule prize. There’s also pan and wafer seals, which are the things along the top of my pic. There about 2x2” and you can slide them into card sleeves to cover the text part of the cards nicely! The pan seals are the ones with the plain white backing, and they look a lot nicer if you trim them or do something to minimize the white. Lastly, there have been these collectible tokens that have been made to use with arcade games which you could easily just glue a pin to. Aegi has a handful for the first one that was called pokemon treta, and a couple are pictured on the right. As you can see though, their border colors don’t always match the pokemon exactly. I don’t have any of the treta tokens, but I’m guessing they’re about the same size as the seals based on the ones I do have.
I just slapped the links of what I found here in a pastebin so I won’t upset the small filter. If you want to do any more hunting, it’s Japanese name is ギルガルド ! https://pastebin.com/D5gtrP1H

[Anonymous No.9780647]

>>9780546
>>9780551
>>9780552
Apologies, I should have been more specific. It is a general Lolita themed bag. I was not sure if it counted as an itabag since it is not a specific character or Fandom. This is my first bag so I was looking for advice on placement and objects. Truthfully this is all stuff that is Lolita related or made by Lolitas. I will put the postcard in center and add the jump rings. I do need to get more things to fill it out and was asking if I was headed in the right direction. The bag is much larger than I expected. Thanks for the advice!

[Anonymous No.9780678]

>>9780647
I rearranged some stuff and took out the salty pins. It looks leagues better already. Ty anons.
>sage for double post

[Anonymous No.9780682]

Any thoughts/tips on making an itagbag for a character whose appearance changes over the course of canon? The character in question is Phos from Houseki no Kuni--by the current point in the manga, Phos looks nothing like their original self. While most of the official merch is of Phos' original appearance, a lot of fan merch has their various versions. I haven't decided yet if it's a good idea for me to stick to their original appearance or not. People who know the series well (and read the manga) will know that they're the same character, but I worry about it looking chaotic from an aesthetic point of view.

[Anonymous No.9780695]

>>9780682
You could always do a "progression" theme in your bag? From early design to current. I'm not familiar with the character, apologies on if that wouldn't work. If it's just two seperate designs, you can always do two different bags!

[Anonymous No.9780697]

>>9780695
No, progression sounds like a good idea, thanks! The character has about four or five different designs as they change, but some of them only last a little while, so making different bags would be extremely difficult, sadly.

[Anonymous No.9780708]

Stickers in bags look so cheap and tacky, I can't be the only one sick of seeing it.

>>9779590
That paint job is horrendous.

[Anonymous No.9780728]

>>9780682

My guy is like this and I have it separated by color, which results in near de-facto separation by appearance, if that makes sense.


Also, EMS is annoying me. Is DHL/Fedex really more reliable in the future? I will pony up if I ever find myself on a deadline like this if it means I'm not sitting here with 4 business days to go wondering where my con shit is.

[Anonymous No.9780738]

>>9780728
what proxy was this through? i've never had my EMS packages sit that long in posting/collection, let alone take so long to arrive, so i'm curious if something just got fucked up along the way. i'm an amerifag though, usually get EMS within 3 business days.

[Anonymous No.9780757]

>>9780738

FJ. I'm in the US too and am used to things arriving in 3 days. I'm at a different address than usual though, normally I expect things to go through San Francisco and this time it ought to be New York.

[Anonymous No.9780776]

>>9780728
I think Japan has weather issues that are causing post delays?

[Anonymous No.9780778]

>>9780776

That was on the 22nd/23rd of last month... I've considered weather delays in NYC too, but the severe storm is both more recent than should have delayed my things and farther to the northeast?

And I know someone else who had something shipped also on the 31st, EMS from Japan via NYC (but not via FJ), and it's at their local post office now. Mine was scanned for "Dispatch from outward office" twelve hours before theirs.

Mostly I'm just griping because I'm disappointed, but if anyone has suggestions that would be super.

[Anonymous No.9780787]

>>9780757
jeez... i have no idea then anon, it sounds like you might've just been hosed by a postal mixup. pic related is my most recent FJ EMS package which was also one of the slowest ones i've ever had, but it was sent after and received before yours. if it helps i have found DHL to be super speedy using it for taobao but i'm not sure if that would've made a difference here.

[Anonymous No.9780848]

>>9780738
Mine is EMS but from amiami. You can bet I'm pissed

[Anonymous No.9780857]

>>9780682
Double sided bag, one with the original the other with updated?

[Anonymous No.9780868]

>>9780848

[Anonymous No.9780963]

>>9780868
>america

[Anonymous No.9780969]

>>9780963
who needs healthcare and human rights when you can have husbando packages instead?

[Anonymous No.9781003]

>>9780969
>>9780969
You're honestly better off in the US than you are in the UK for healthcare right now. NHS is fucked, you'll die waiting for an appointment.

On a better note. Anyone know a good A3 size tote that has shoulder straps? I know zakkamart do one but the window looks really shallow

[Anonymous No.9781047]

>>9780552
>>9780586
Thanks, anons! Will get some toploaders for the EX cards. And holy shit, I thought some of the merch there was already sold out. Will definitely check these out!

[Anonymous No.9781048]

Here's an updated comparison for that itabag kickstarter.

[Anonymous No.9781053]

>>9781048
Yeah because that window totally is usable with whatever they slapped in front of the window.

Bag still looks like someone's latex fetish dragon fursona in bag form.

[Anonymous No.9781058]

>>9781048
I was under the impression they were offering a choice of windows? if not, they shouldn't even call it a base bag. it's a normal purse.

[Anonymous No.9781059]

>>9780578
Unrelated but does anybody know what app this might be?

[Anonymous No.9781060]

>>9781048
And it's still ugly as fuck. No surprise there.

[Anonymous No.9781136]

>tfw the badges from a JWorld event featuring your husbando are reselling for about $45 dollars each

[Anonymous No.9781138]

>>9781048
I confronted them about the shine on facebook and they're response was just "Ah haha we just wanted to make what we like :))))"

Fuck you I was going to support for that coffin back but they can go suck a bag of severed dicks.

[Anonymous No.9781144]

>>9781136
>tfw paid 11k for a rare charm

[Anonymous No.9781160]

>>9781136
$45 is nothing anon, stop whining.

[Anonymous No.9781169]

>>9780529
>Do you have any tips for keeping pins from rotating around if they only have one post?

I know you're not using them anymore but I've had luck with pinning it through the insert, then through squishy foam, and then using locking backs to stabilize it.
>>9780682
>>9780682
I'm the other Phos itabagger who's sticking to the original design but godamn. I wish I didn't commit to a mint bag now because I have more Moon!Phos merch than classic

[Anonymous No.9781228]

>>9781144
no you didn't

[Anonymous No.9781242]

>>9781228
You're right, it was 13k.

[Anonymous No.9781246]

>>9781242
NAYRT but the post you replied to used dollars so I can understand why they wouldn't think you meant 11k yen.

[Anonymous No.9781254]

>>9781246
Habit to use -k for buyfag, guess I didn't realize it'd be misinterpreted.

[Anonymous No.9781349]

>>9781138
>trying to make a business out of selling base bags
>ignores customers wants and makes what they personally like

[Anonymous No.9781390]

>>9781136
do it for him

[Anonymous No.9781396]

Has anyone here tried following the Omanjuu tutorial linked in the doc? I ordered one to dissect to make a more accurate template, but I'm starting to feel bad about it...

[Anonymous No.9781438]

>>9781254
Ignore these this is bullshit, anyone with a cell in their brain knows when you're speaking in k about straps and badges you're clearly talking in yen.

[Anonymous No.9781447]

>>9781438
I'm betting >>9781228 was just trying to call 11k anon's bluff, but then it turned out 11k anon's true identity was 13k anon.

[Anonymous No.9781478]

>>9781048
would be better off w/ wegos angel wing heart window bags.

[Anonymous No.9781490]

>bought an ugly fake snakeskin makeup bag bc it matches husbandos aesthetic and I need somewhere else to put pins until I upgrade to a bigger bag

I'm in deep gulls. Thank you

[Anonymous No.9781507]

>>9781048
They should just have focused on making some basic bags at first, and then move on to this weird shit. What character would this bag even fit?

[Anonymous No.9781520]

>>9781242
Best boy

[Anonymous No.9781541]

>>9781507
All their bags are niche designs they personally like without giving thought to who can actually use them. And 90% of the people funding them want them for con/pin bags.

[Anonymous No.9781544]

>>9781144
I was shocked for a second anon, 11k USD is a lot for a charm.

[Anonymous No.9781576]

>>9781447
This isn't /x/

[Anonymous No.9781601]

>>9781544
Honestly even if it were USD I'd still buy it. Not like I'm going to spend the money on anything worthwhile otherwise, and I'm pretty sure I've already spent that cumulatively on him over the years.
>>9781520
Damn straight.

[Anonymous No.9781602]

>>9781576
Whoa no way

[Anonymous No.9781620]

Finished my itabag of my favorites boys of my favorite band! I also ordered the pink version of the fabric so I can see which one looks best.

[Anonymous No.9781635]

I want to cover the insert in a black fabric that relates to the character. I'm kind of having a hard time deciding if I want to use a black bag or a lavender bag. Which do you guys think would look best?

[Anonymous No.9781641]

>>9781601
A...anon you have more money than smarts
https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/608369206001

[Anonymous No.9781643]

>>9781620
Jfc lurk before you post, or better yet go back to facebook/tumblr

[Anonymous No.9781644]

>>9781641
Maybe it wasn't in stock on Surugaya when they bought it? But still, ouch.

[Anonymous No.9781649]

>>9781641
Yeah I've seen that and I've found a few cheaper ones I've also bought, this was a while back before I could find them though. The listing I posted was about 2 years old.

[Anonymous No.9781650]

>>9781649
Oh, guess spoilers dont work here. Rip.

[Anonymous No.9781799]

>>9781620
I love the plushes! did you make them yourself?

[Anonymous No.9781832]

>>9781490
Is it... Majima?

[Anonymous No.9781879]

my husbandu literally has zero merch so i can't make an elaborate shrine for him this valentines day even though this is the 3rd year in a row i'm "celebrating" with him

[Anonymous No.9781884]

>>9781879
Bake a fucking cake

[Anonymous No.9781934]

>>9781879
You could always pay for someone to make merch of him. My husbando is blessed to have a shitton of merch but I still commissioned a daki for him.

[Anonymous No.9781937]

>>9781879
You don't need a lot to make a shrine. It's all about the presentation and how you put it up. Put photos of him in frames; commission some merch, put a lot of effort into whatever you make. If you care about him it'll show.

[Anonymous No.9781965]

Is there a service I can use that isn’t tenso??

[Anonymous No.9781970]

>>9781965
It sure would be nice if we had a really nice FAQ available in the first post!

[Anonymous No.9781973]

>>9781970
yeah, it would be.. some one should make one

[Anonymous No.9781975]

>>9781643
What's wrong with the bag??

[Anonymous No.9782018]

>>9781975
It's literally made up of four things. I guess the ugliness is painful.

[Anonymous No.9782076]

>>9781879
Out of curiosity who is he anon?

[Anonymous No.9782197]

If you wanted to cash in on the hype by calling your glorified novelty purses itabags then at least come out and admit it from the start.
Not try to market them in itabag groups then on instagram complain about trying to "wholesale my itas to Spreepicky but they said no" on one post and then brag about "You can fit your whole pin collection in here!" in another.

I'm just so fucking salty. She ignores all the comments/feedback from actual interested itabag owners, makes excuses for the quality issues, and then does this shit.

[Anonymous No.9782201]

If you wanted to cash in on the hype by calling your glorified novelty purses itabags then at least come out and admit it from the start.
Not try to market them in itabag groups then on instagram complain about trying to "wholesale my itas to Spreepicky but they said no" on one post and then brag about "You can fit your whole pin collection in here!" in another.

I'm just so fucking salty. She ignores all the comments/feedback from actual interested itabag owners, makes excuses for the quality issues, and then does this shit.

[Anonymous No.9782202]

Any one else find this mildly questionable?
This bag is the stretch goal of $26,000. Why is she bringing her money issues and pity story into this?
Is she trying to guilt people into funding more and then what? Is all the money really going to these bags or is she using some on herself?

[Anonymous No.9782221]

>>9782201
These bags look like ebay quality.

[Anonymous No.9782226]

>>9782202
She's probably using a lot for herself.
I hate when people do this; be professional.

[Anonymous No.9782285]

Why are you guys such weebs? I'm not too into the cosplay part of this board but I've been to these threads enough to notice everyone sucks asian dick hard when it comes to these, but I'm literally in Japan and have seen numerous shit itabags. So many of the ones here are garbage I'd be hard pressed to call someone a baka westerner over a shitabag

[Anonymous No.9782295]

>>9782285

[Anonymous No.9782302]

>>9782076
Eddie Gluskin lol

[Anonymous No.9782332]

>>9782018
It’s dedicated to a thing, has a custom made bag and custom plushies, is cohesive and all relating to the subject.

It’s fine. Sparse but fine, I’ve seen people on this thread applauding Japanese bags with less. Get your head out of your Asian loving ass.

[Anonymous No.9782360]

>>9781620
This is hideous. Nothing wrong with crafting plushies on their own but two plushies and two badges with bad fanart on them don't count as an itabag.

[Anonymous No.9782414]

>>9782360
Wasn't replying until now, but every time this bag gets posted people go nuts for it. Also from the archives I had to get it from people weren't the salty crazed bitches that are here now wtf

[Anonymous No.9782426]

[Anonymous No.9782429]

>>9782414
Look you put them side by side, you know which one is more pleasant to look at. Part of itabagging and why shitabags are called shitabags is a certain skill or lack there of in making merch look nice. You can be stunned by mountains of haphazard merch, rows of dupes, or arrangement of badges and the key feature is still there — it looks nice and you want to keep looking at it. Steel Panther bag qualifies as an itabag but it’s still ugly. Versailles bag or whatever idk the series is even simpler but hey at least it’s pretty.

[Anonymous No.9782430]

Lord's testing us

[Anonymous No.9782431]

>>9782429
Like I would make some adjustments with the pin placement and probably could use more, but it isn't the hideous monstrosity y'all keep trying to make it to be

[Anonymous No.9782436]

>>9782430
>So how does this bag even work? I've only seen pictures of the window.

>lol you'll find out later just trust me and give me your money for now

[Anonymous No.9782453]

>>9782332
>Asian loving ass

All of my bags are for western charas. It's fucking ugly anon.

[Anonymous No.9782457]

>>9782431
Her attitude, back peddling, comment deleting, bragging etc. Is the monstrosity here.

[Anonymous No.9782463]

>>9782457
Aren't you talking about the magical nerds girl though?

[Anonymous No.9782464]

>>9782414
>>9781620
>>9782332
>/cgl/ is one person
They both look bad. Oscar has more merchandise that could be put on a bag, the roses look bad but it's not completely terrible because roses relate to Oscar herself. On the band one the bag looks dirty, ratty, and cheap and the fanart is pretty ugly while not adding much. The plushies are cute though.

Oscar bag is 4/10 while band bag is 3/10.

[Anonymous No.9782465]

>>9782457
Are we still talking about Steel Panther anon in this? Because I think you mis-replied.

[Anonymous No.9782471]

Let's post some actual shitty bags now

[Anonymous No.9782473]

>>9782471

[Anonymous No.9782477]

>>9782430
People are actually trying to help her in the comments but nope she's young and ignorant.

[Anonymous No.9782478]

>>9782473

[Anonymous No.9782479]

>>9782478

[Anonymous No.9782482]

>>9782478
>>9782471
are these really itabags if they have no theme?

[Anonymous No.9782483]

>>9782482
They certainly tagged them as such

[Anonymous No.9782484]

>>9782473
Is that ragged ducttape on the outside?

[Anonymous No.9782488]

>>9782479
This is one of those bags that you could tell someone made purely for attention

>pink base bag
>pusheen pins
She probably had a pusheen one originally and just switched the insert for those sweet fb likes

[Anonymous No.9782499]

>>9782488
Actually she said it wasn't a meme bag and she really did love him. I remember a comment about her planning to change the bag because the pusheen pins had left big holes on the outside.

[Anonymous No.9782504]

>>9782414
At least this bag looks classy, I wouldn't call it an itabag though. Just a well decorated anime themed bag.

[Anonymous No.9782513]

>>9782414
Am I the only one here who hates this bag?

[Anonymous No.9782517]

>>9781048
I'm not gonna lie, I would totally wear this but not as an itabag. Like >>9781058 mentioned, this is just a purse with transparent elements. A clear window does not a base bag make.

>>9782471
I would love to see more itabags dedicated to cartoon characters. I just got a button maker. Maybe I'll make a Pocket Morty itabag.

[Anonymous No.9782637]

>>9782414
What originally attracted me to itabagging back in the day was that these threads were incredibly NICE. I was surprised to find a thread on cgl with a complete absence of salt. Only an outpouring of ridiculous love for fictional characters.

All good things must come to an end, though, and as itabagging left it's niche corner for the mainstream gulls found more reasons to pull out their bitch card.

[Anonymous No.9782640]

>>9782473
I think the "burnt" trim on the bag was a terrible decision, but I love putting badge ribbons in a bag, I've never seen that done before.

[Anonymous No.9782653]

>>9782637
It annoys me as well. I can understand the frustration of bandwagoners making shit bags for attention, but a lot of the time people are coming here to drop shit bags on purpose. Or they're ripping on bags that aren't actually bad. There's legitimate bullshit like Betty, Bootleg girl and now shiny desu criticism deleter who are making drama for the community, but honestly I'd rather hear about what people are planning or sharing tips.

So to all the shitters who keep ruining these threads, kindly fuck off back to tumblr/facebook/hell

[Anonymous No.9782693]

>>9782637
>>9782653
It's happening because itabag went from a relatively freeform thing to a set ideal of what you HAVE to have.

I mean in just under two years we went from random store totes covered in merch and the infamous "guide" that new people don't even know about to this set idea of what an itabag HAS to look like and that it HAS to be in a designated bag with a window.

We've just boxed ourselves into a corner.

[Anonymous No.9782725]

>>9782693
The improvisor is the issue here

[Anonymous No.9782728]

>>9782725
This "guide" was a joke someone made, friend. It's not to be taken seriously.

[Anonymous No.9782733]

>>9782653
I guess I'll talk about what I'm working on then to move the topic forward?

I'm currently working on an Utapri bag (Natsuki). I'm making my own bear for it. Currently working on the design layout of the bag since I don't have of the merch yet (waiting on it). Will be going to my local craft/fabric store for the materials I need for the bear.

[Anonymous No.9782753]

>>9782733
>I'm currently working on an Utapri bag
RIP your wallet anon.

[Anonymous No.9782757]

>>9782733
>>9782753
Working on an Utapri bag too (shining live reignited my love for Cecil) and surprisingly spending less money than I thought I'd have to. Even snagged one of the official bags albeit the smaller one. I just hope to kami-sama I'll win this big set auction.

[Anonymous No.9782761]

>>9782757
I think since there's just aucha huge amount and availability of items Utapri ends up beong more affordable than some niche anime idol groups.

[Anonymous No.9782764]

>>9782733
sharing plans seems more fun than the stupid bait so let's do it. i'm currently wringing my hands waiting for my proxy to confirm the purchase of two acrylic stands, they're massive so i want to have one for display and one for the centerpiece of a bag. i'm not sure how i want to arrange around it though.

you should share progress of your bear when you start on it, i think more WIP stuff in general would be cool to see around here desu

[Anonymous No.9782767]

>>9782733
I'm starting a bag for Momo off Free! I'm struggling hard though since there's actually not a ton of merch for him and I refuse to buy anything that I don't love, so I guess I'm gonna have to settle for finding a few pieces I like and just buying multiples

[Anonymous No.9782770]

>>9782767
Please add some otters in there too if you can because that shit's adorable.

[Anonymous No.9782790]

Just got hit with a $120 in proxy fees for 14 items, thanks From Japan!

[Anonymous No.9782795]

>>9782790
i know that feel anon

[Anonymous No.9782801]

>>9782795
>plan fee
What the hell is that and why is it so expensive?

[Anonymous No.9782802]

>>9782801
That's either the 300 yen or 700 yen plan fee, time the number of auctions/items

[Anonymous No.9782806]

>>9782802
yeah it was the plan fee, that order had 40 items in it

[Anonymous No.9782809]

>>9782795
But you had 4x the items i did :(

[Anonymous No.9782827]

>>9782809
I find its actually domestic delivery fees that rack up the most cost on FJ. I always try and go for items that have free domestic shipping. Were the items you bought large or heavy anon? Or maybe you bought from shops like amazon or animate, that always have pricey shipping? Because that could be why your fee was so large. Like my shipment was mainly just can badges and rubber straps bought off otamart so that’s why the domestic shipping fee was so low

[Anonymous No.9782839]

>>9782790
I tried ZenMarket and got hit with near 3k SAL shipping for one small thing. Never again.

[Anonymous No.9782841]

For the white day exchange how much merch/what kind of merch are you buying for your giftee? I want to make sure I'm not sending too much or too little.

[Anonymous No.9782851]

>>9782414
This oscar bag is totally different from the other bag and it was made during a different period of itabagging (availability of base bags and general awareness of the hobby was on a different level). I don't think anyone has posted it recently or consider all that impressive anyways, so I'm not sure why it's being posted as a comparison.

Everyone always forgets, but the oscar bag also has lights inside (back when it wasn't a common trend). The combination of these things made it a nice bag at the time. Standards have changed since then, so opinions about it probably have too.

The bottom line is, the band bag in question doesn't seem well crafted and doesn't meet today's standards- and that's the problem people have with it.

[Anonymous No.9782855]

>>9782733
I'm working on a something for my favorite clothing brand's mascot, I'll finally have somewhere to put all the stupid novelties I've accumulated. It's going to be tricky picking out a base bag that's deep enough for the weird shapes though

[Anonymous No.9782857]

>>9782839
Was it SAL or small packet SAL

[Anonymous No.9782879]

>>9782857
SAL, is the difference huge?

[Anonymous No.9782881]

>>9782841
I'm not sure if we can talk about it here but I was planning on getting possibly a quarter merch and the rest nice gifts. My giftee listed some obscure series and I'm having a hard time finding merch for them myself.

>please forgive me giftee I'm trying my best :(

[Anonymous No.9782882]

>>9782790
Isn't Japonica Market even more expensive? I mean, that's a lot, but other proxys ask for even bigger fees

[Anonymous No.9782885]

>>9782733
I finished working on my valentine's shrine over the weekend, and am excited to share photos on the day! Taking apart multiple bags then repinning them all was hell, however.

[Anonymous No.9782895]

>>9782733
Sharing plans is fun.
I'm collecting merch for a Sucy bag, there isn't a lot of it but I have everything official I can find and some fan-made stuff as well.
I don't actually have a bag to put any of it on yet.
None of the designated base bags I've looked through work with her style (or mine for that matter), so I'll probably end up using a plain messenger bag or something.

[Anonymous No.9782927]

>>9782841
My strategy was to get on suru and just buy as much cheap merch for the price limit as possible instead of one big thing they may or may not already have/like.

[Anonymous No.9782930]

>>9782879
Different anon but small packet would've been your best bet. SAL is for larger orders that want to stay cheap.

[Anonymous No.9782941]

>>9782927
>>9782841

I placed an order on suru and tried to get a variety of things, ended up buying mostly straps, some badges and a figure, 9 items in total

>>9782881
I'm sure you're doing fine ! You can always go through the event coordinator if you need more information from your giftee

[Anonymous No.9783073]

>>9782827
Yep I had a fair few items from animate but they choose to pay with bank transfer. So 300 became nearly 1000 per item.


I like japonica for bigger orders and nsfw ones

[Anonymous No.9783080]

>>9782827
>>9783073
Toranoana's domestic shipping costs really kills me. I wanted to buy some cute, lightweight goods on there but they still wanted like $10 domestic shipping. Those bastards.

[Anonymous No.9783131]

>>9783073
>nsfw ones
so japonica is good for doujin off suru/tora? does that include ones with the more explicit covers or are we only talking BL covers of two dudes looking away from each other with a tiny R18 in the corner?

[Anonymous No.9783178]

>mfw love Eurovision
>want to make a bag based on an artist who performed there
>really love him and the band
>there would be zero merch except cds

Should I pull the trigger and make my own (pic not mine)

[Anonymous No.9783182]

>>9783080
>>9783131
I haven't used them for a few years but japonica was really chill when I bought some outright questionable doujinshi in a group order. Celga used to be the biggest boss for really inappropriate shit but they seem to be dead now.

Toranoana has cheaper shipping than booth, holy crap

[Anonymous No.9783184]

>>9783178
> if you need to ask you're not devoted enough in the first place.

This is a personal hobby, you buy for yourself and nobody else

[Anonymous No.9783188]

Last night there was an announcement for a Pearl splatoon amiibo. I got so excited that I designed and made a vinyl decal for my car. Probably going to spend the rest of my day updating my itabag with some charms my friends got me for Christmas.

[Anonymous No.9783189]

>>9783188
That's a cool ass decal but holy shit, those bubbles are triggering me. Congrats on getting new merch for your fave, though.

[Anonymous No.9783193]

>>9783189
Yeah I need to go back in with the scraper and a needle, it just started raining on me as I was applying it so I was rushing to get back inside.

[Anonymous No.9783209]

>>9783182
How much is booth's shipping? I found some cute character-themed necklaces on there and I was thinking about buying them, but I think the creator put them on otamart as well. Would it be cheaper buying them on otamart?

[Anonymous No.9783236]

how do i make it better /cgl/?

[Anonymous No.9783240]

>>9783236
You've got some nice symmetry going on, adding a contrasting insert would be my recommendation

[Anonymous No.9783250]

>>9783236
You could put some small flowers in the gaps between stuff, or on the outside of the bag

[Anonymous No.9783254]

>>9783236
I would move up the two outer charms on the second row from the top, since there's a bit of space above them. It would give space to move up the ones below them which are half hidden (which is really unpleasant to look at).
I also find it a bit strange to have the three smaller badges grouped together at the bottom, it's jarring. You could separate the two top ones, maybe put one on each side since they both have an individual character.

Otherwise, as >>9783240 said, a coloured insert would be nice. You've got a lot of yellow in there, so something to contrast with that would be a shade of purple. Try out different shades with more or less red in them. It should be a fairly soft shade in any case, since the yellows are pretty pastel.

[Anonymous No.9783259]

>>9783184
I know, I was just worried because it would be 100% fanmade and there's a lot of debate about that right now

[Anonymous No.9783270]

>>9782414
Idc itabag or not, I love this bag and how it does Oscar-sama justice. Does anyone have more Versailles bags for inspo?

[Anonymous No.9783273]

For people who travel a lot, has airport security ever given you shit over a bag? I got pulled aside today by TSA because my bag was hard to scan. Nothing serious, but it was a little annoying.

[Anonymous No.9783287]

>>9783273
>security pulls you aside
>anon this a shit waifu, you know better than to bring this trash into the sovereign nation of Canada
>and what, are these canbadges all knockoffs? Have some fucking respect, man
>cmon, bub. You and miss shitabag over there have been selected for... additional screening

[Anonymous No.9783302]

>>9783259
I'm pretty sure the people being salty about fanmerch (especially for series that don't have much in the way of official merch) are just a very vocal minority right now.

There's always going to be people bitching about the type of bag you're making. But if you care enough about your artistfu then you should have a thick enough skin to deal with it

[Anonymous No.9783307]

>>9783259
Don't worry about it, especially if you don't have many official options. Like others have said, make the bag for yourself, not to impress others.

[Anonymous No.9783332]

>>9783273
I’d be worried about my stuff getting knocked around or the vinyl getting bent in tight space. I travelled with some bags before but kept them in the suitcase and never had an issue with security.

[Anonymous No.9783376]

>>9783178
>Eurovision
Please say it's for pic related

[Anonymous No.9783389]

>>9783376
Sadly no but I'll pass that on to my friend who's looking for ideas

[Anonymous No.9783416]

>>9783273
I once held up the line because the security guard wanted a closer look at my itabag only to say my character was very handsome.
It was a surreal moment.

[Anonymous No.9783420]

>>9783209
The consensus is that if your series has no merch you have no choice. But if you're shitting official merch then only a few at most.

>>9783273
Depends where you're flying. I got stuck at Paris for an hour while they checked my bag over and then argued about the pins being used to stab eyes. So don't go to a city with a high terrorist threat with it as your under seat bag. Ideally put it in a small case in your overhead.

[Anonymous No.9783423]

>>9783236
I agree with >>9783254 that those bottom three items should be separated. Personally, I would go with either a lot of fake yellow flowers in the bg or a solid bright red insert to match the human soul. I suggest using an xacto knife to cut the washi tape on the clear charms because those torn edges look sloppy. Maybe you can alternate between yellow and green tape for stripes.

Anyway anon I am jealous and in love with your Charasriel merch! I love that ship the most but didn't know where to find them, so I ended up including Frisk for the surplus of matching/mirrored art with Chara. I still need to fix my own bag up but I got really excited to see a fellow Undertale itabagger with these kids so I'm dropping a pic to also scream SAME HAT.

[Anonymous No.9783438]

>>9783416
That's amazing, do you mind saying who he is?

[Anonymous No.9783451]

Pixielocks just did an itabag video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFM4v7CkIks

Not fond of the potential bootlegs, but I think it's a good start to an itabag and not a bad introduction video for people who want to learn more about it.

[Anonymous No.9783453]

>>9783451
>can't even spell iabag right
>"eedabag"

[Anonymous No.9783464]

>>9783451
Eeta space bag
Your favorite animes
Her vagina on camera

I thought her accent was bad but the more I watched the more I wanted to die

[Anonymous No.9783473]

>>9783451
"i-t-a-SPACE-bag"

Stop

[Anonymous No.9783474]

>>9783416
One time I had to get my bag inspected by customs and the lady who went through it knew about anime and whatnot.
>"Oh, so you like anime too?"
>'Y-yeah'
>Eventually we dug the Hatsune Miku folder I had on me
>"Hey, that's Miku! She's really cute isn't she?"
It didn't feel real. If I wasn't exhausted I probably would have had a much better time.

[Anonymous No.9783479]

>>9783209
It depends on the seller I think, but I've never seen it go higher than ¥500

[Anonymous No.9783484]

>>9783178
>>9783376
>>9783389
Forgot to say who it actually is, a toss up between Nina Sublatti and/or Nika Kocharov but I'm leaning towards the latter

[Anonymous No.9783487]

>>9783479
Ohh, thank you. That's not so bad then.

[Anonymous No.9783497]

>>9783451
Honestly her bag is fine for a first attempt, she even noted she wanted to buy more merch all she has to do is sort out the placement. If you want to tear pixielocks apart for whatever weird vendetta you have against her just go to the lolcow thread. I'm sick of people trying to stir drama in this thread

[Anonymous No.9783536]

>>9783497
>implying most of the people who use her thread on the farm aren't the kinds of people who make shitabags in the first place

[Anonymous No.9783562]

>>9783416

They were probably hiding their power level.

[Anonymous No.9783564]

>>9783287
topkek

[Anonymous No.9783742]

>>9783438
I'm always happy to show off my husbando. It's Rom from sb69. I guess the guard could look over the furry animal parts.

[Anonymous No.9783830]

>>9782295
Not even bait. I think I saw three decent bags and the rest (10+) were absolute shit. Lots of huge ones with lots of space mostly, when the person could just get a smaller one and fill that one up properly. And even the good ones were mostly repeats of either the same pins or of the same three different pins.

I don't see how that's baity. Other than calling you weebs I'm literally saying the western comm (or at least the/ cgl/ comm) has better taste and higher standards.

[Anonymous No.9783859]

>>9783830
Reread your post, the way it's written is definitely bait, especially after your clarification now.

There are shitabags no matter where you go, and I'm sure the regulars here know it. To dump from JP itabag pics, you still have to sift through the same shit you do if you scroll through the western itabags.

Why do you make it seem like bags that use a lot of repeats are "lesser"? As long as the bag looks good, it looks good.

Of course CGL has higher standards, it's a smaller community and people don't hold back if your bag is bad.

[Anonymous No.9783863]

>>9783859
Ah, you're right. I was drunk while I posted that so I apologize for sounding like that. Anyway - as I said, I'm not much into the cosplay and anime part of this board and only visit these threads occasionally because I really like how some of these bags look, but from what i gathered the people here were similar to the ones on the lolita part of the board - holding their Asian counterpart as higher when in truth and on average they're not that much better.

>Why do you make it seem like bags that use a lot of repeats are "lesser"?
I don't, and I've seen anons explaining why there's nothing wrong with those, but from where I stood it seemed like people here thought they were lazy. And desu the ones i saw irl kinda were since they were all of well-known characters that had a lot of merch to choose from. But as you said, they looked good so I can't complain much.

Kinda blogpost-y, but reading now I kinda wish I visited these threads more before. There's one character I'd love to make a bag for and I can find all the shit I need here but I haven't been into it enough to make anything interesting.

[Anonymous No.9783911]

>>9783451
>having EVERYTHING in your room be pink
how do people live like this

[Anonymous No.9783913]

>>9783911
Some people like things you don't. Shocking, I know.

[Anonymous No.9783931]

>>9783911
Because she has no sense of colour or any idea on how to match things and create a good pallatte so she just makes everything pink because she thinks that goes together for some reason.

[Anonymous No.9783940]

>>9783913
this could summarize the entire thread thus far

[Anonymous No.9784075]

>>9783913
>>9783940
It's a shitty point though, you could say that when anyone criticizes anything. It's basically saying nothing.

[Anonymous No.9784076]

>>9784075
Well I meant that as a reply to
>how do people live like this
Which isn't really valid criticism or even a valid question. If someone likes gaudy pink thinks and chooses to decorate their room or their entire house like that, then clearly it makes them happy.

[Anonymous No.9784079]

>>9783859
Nyart but I fucking hate bags that's just one or two different badges in straight lines. That's the majority of jp bags and I find them boring, cheap looking and just easy to do. No creativity, no passion. I'd rather look at a western shitabag that at least tried to make it decorative

[Anonymous No.9784103]

>>9784079
> cheap
I’m not arguing that copy paste can sometimes be boring but getting all those dupes isn’t an easy or cheap accomplishment friend especially if it’s a character with a lot of tax on them

[Puos No.9784104]

>>9779571
Wait...fuck I bought my gf something similar before.

[Anonymous No.9784143]

Posting a few I liked from twitter

[Anonymous No.9784144]

>>9784103
Some of it is cheap though. The majority of these bags use the easier to obtain badges that can run 400/800 depending on the character. People alsi have the luxury of trading them and playing the gachapon machines themselves in japan. I can't recall seeing a pure dupe bag that used exclusive ticket event only badges (like collab cafes), but if you find one let me know!

[Anonymous No.9784146]

[Anonymous No.9784149]

[Anonymous No.9784153]

[Anonymous No.9784207]

>>9784144
>cheap
>playing the gashapon themselves
You don't get your character every time you put your yen in the machine. You have to spend tons of money to get those dupes and even if you trade with other fans you've got to have the excess prizes to trade.

It's not cheap to dupe.

[Anonymous No.9784210]

Is it still a (good) itabag if the majority of it is a collage of screenshots and artwork? My husbando doesn't have a lot of (neither official nor fanmade) merch and I don't know how to go about commissioning any.

[Anonymous No.9784221]

>>9784210
Tumblr artists are always looking for commissions. Or you could check Etsy.

[Anonymous No.9784225]

>>9784210
I can't see it turning out "good" with only screenshots and artwork, if you wanna go that route then go to a print shop at least rather than just printing the stuff off on printer paper. Itabag doesn't really have defined rules though, if you want to try doing that then just give it a go. Out of curiosity who is your husbando?

[Anonymous No.9784242]

>>9784225
The Robbie rotten bag looked great though

[Anonymous No.9784250]

Wasn't there another music/band itabagger here?

I'm making a Gorillaz bag and they seriously suck at making merch. These pins and some stickers are the only current thing available, and everywhere else I just find unofficial badges and pins (and then I can make them myself for less).
It sucks since Jamie Hewlett makes such amazing artwork for the band, and I would throw so much money at them if they made more merch.

I'm currently thinking about putting in album covers and official postcards in the bag, and then make som badges and add the pins and stickers. Have anyone used unconventional items for your bags? How did you fasten them then? I've only made bags with keychains and badges so I'm rrying to figure out the best way to do this.

[Anonymous No.9784319]

>>9784250
Gorillaz had a TON of merch in early 2000s, I couldn't walk into a music store without seeing it. It might be an idea to check second hand places or cult stores. It'll be a pain to track down but it is out there. Most of their merch was figures, t-shirts and prints though. I've seen a few keychains, badges and wallets but not very often

[Anonymous No.9784441]

>>9784242
No it looked horrible and easily impressed bandwagon hoppers love memes so they eat it up.

[Anonymous No.9784551]

>>9783240
>>9783250
>>9783254
duly noted, I got this done on a whim in the early hours of the morning a bit ago so it isnt the best. ill try to make the changes soon and experiment with a different insert and flowers.
>>9783423
im a fucking dumbass and was ripping the washi tapes with my hands. I'll get a xacto knife to so a better job soon. I love the yellow green tape idea !
I actually went all the way to Japan just to attend comiket and undertale con 1 just for charasriel. I have absolutely no regrets I just love the ship so much. Someone on /utg/ had offered to buy stuff from undertale con 2 which i couldnt attend and i completely splurged for that shit. I have a lot of unused charasriel merch but I was afraid of making my bad look too cluttered.
I love your bag a ton ! theres so much cute merch on it, I especially love the charasriel one at the waterfalls on bottom right. hell, I think that flowey on top right is from the same artist i got from a con in sg for my chara and asriel one !

official merch for asriel when toby !! i love the children so much

[Anonymous No.9784554]

>>9784146
I like bags like this one the most. There isn't much empty space but all the merch is different. Like >>9784079 said the jp bags that just use the same stuff are pretty boring.

[Anonymous No.9784580]

>>9779583
>was thinking about making a Dressing Parfait bag.

Thanks for the inspo!

[Anonymous No.9784602]

>>9782473
Theres SO MUCH nice bakugo merch out there i cant believe this exists....

[Anonymous No.9784608]

>>9784441
Oh god, fuck off if your only here to shit on anything and everything. Fucking hell, post your bag anon.

[Anonymous No.9784613]

>>9784441
??? Are we looking at the same bag? It’s cute chill out

[Anonymous No.9784620]

>>9784613
I'm more peeved by the bag being black AND the insert red when Robbie has such a strong color scheme already.

[Anonymous No.9784633]

>>9784441
Fuck someone who actually loves a character that was used in a meme right? So I guess anyone who likes Luigi, Knuckles, or heck even spongebob isn't allowed to make a bag without being called a bandwagon hopper? Fuck off.

[Anonymous No.9784644]

>>9780728

Just in case anyone checks the archive for shipping issues like I did, this item finally officially "landed" in New York an hour ago after 10 days in EMS limbo.

[Anonymous No.9784657]

>>9784613
>>9784633
This thread has gone full fucking facebook.

[Anonymous No.9784669]

[Anonymous No.9784674]

[Anonymous No.9784708]

>>9784657
Only full respect for my man please.

[Anonymous No.9784716]

Finally scrapped together enough merch for my Sannin bag (,: Now to just get enough Jiraiya merch for his own bag *^*

[Anonymous No.9784723]

>>9784674
I hate seeing cute layouts but using ugly knockoff heart bags. So close to perfect.

[Anonymous No.9784736]

Do the glitter windows look better irl? I find them so hard to look at in these photos

[Anonymous No.9784748]

Does anyone else end up spending a lot on tictail despite only getting a few items? Not complaining, I'm just surprised it added up so quick.

[Anonymous No.9784750]

>>9784736
It tends to vary. I have one knockoff heart bag where it's not so bad and easy to see the merch (pic related) and another that looks like it has a fine layer of dust on it.

[Anonymous No.9784774]

What's your take on making bags for controversial characters? I'm talking characters like Griffith and the like.

[Anonymous No.9784787]

has anyone made a kizuna ai bag yet?

[Anonymous No.9784794]

>>9784774
Well if it makes group splits a little easier...

[Anonymous No.9784799]

>>9784774
Do what you want, anon.

[Anonymous No.9784800]

>>9784774
I have a Shinguji ita bag, it's not like someones going to fight you in public over a bag.

[Anonymous No.9784833]

>>9784774
Just do it.

[Anonymous No.9784840]

>>9784774
There's a person with like 8 Mineta bags. I've never seen much controversy about character choice so follow your heart.

[Anonymous No.9784868]

>>9784840
Just means more dirt cheap merch for you. (then again did you know ochako and iida both cost the same amount as mineta merch here in Japan)

[Anonymous No.9784877]

>>9784787
She doesn't have that much merch, official and non official. There's a nendoroid coming and fanmerch. She's got pinch keychains but thats her only official "itabag" like merch.

[Anonymous No.9784881]

>>9784774

I just made a bag for Nishiki from the yakuza/ryu ga gotoku and most people hate him cause he's a backstabbing asshole (which he is, I'm not denying that). I just go by how much I personally love him and fuck what everyone else thinks.

[Anonymous No.9784898]

>>9784881
Can you post it? Nishiki is my absolute favourite and I'm really happy that other people like him (despite his actions!)

[Anonymous No.9784903]

>>9784613
Why the flying fuck is it so hard for people to trim their damn stickers? If they'd done that and taken >>9784620 's advice, like going and getting the purple wego bag and getting a better insert, this could've been quite nice.

>>9784716
> (,:
> *^*
>flipped pic
Your bag looks nice anon, but you need to lurk more

[Anonymous No.9784913]

>>9784319
Yeah I know they had tons of merch but it's so hard to find since, at least in my country, it was kids and teens that bought it so most have probably been threwn away. I'll check out any pop up store I can find, but my country sucks when it comes to finding stuff like these, so chances are prob. slim.
Wish they've done more merch during phase 2 and 3 though since then they had the best artworks. Can't find anything except shirts and posters.

Oh well, I'll just have to get creative with what I can find

[Anonymous No.9784922]

Since we're on the topic of stickers; does anyone have any examples of stickers being utilized well?

[[e-mail] No.9784954]

>>9784551
AH that explains a lot, was wondering how the hell did I miss this much merch when I've been looking for 2 years only in the western/English fandom. The only reason I even found Poncrafts was because someone posted her table set up, her charms are huge, and she had an Etsy store.
(I only follow this thread and the AA one... I did not know /utg/ existed and it's still alive.)

The waterfall one is by dustbunnythumper! She seems to have closed her store but it looks like she's active on tumblr

To stop spamming the thread I'm throwing out a temp email if you wanna drop your handle or something. I would love to see your stash and/or you can ask about merch from my bag, I can source about 90% of it and I also have a backside.

[Anonymous No.9784955]

>>9783131
i've bought R18 doujins from toro using goody japan. their website looks super janky, but they're legit.

[Hanari !Cts0f2i03c No.9784957]

Finding merch for this asshole is incredibly difficult. Layout may change eventually but i'm happy with it so far.

[Anonymous No.9784964]

>>9784716
oh shit anon, this came out great!

[Anonymous No.9784971]

nhl itabagger again...still gradually picking up pins for my 2 headed monster bag!

[Anonymous No.9785005]

>>9784922
The only way to do it imo

[Anonymous No.9785006]

>>9784079
It may be boring but at least it looks nice. I bought all this different merch but it's all different colors and trying to arrange it in an aesthetically pleasing way has been giving me a really hard time

[Anonymous No.9785008]

>>9784954
i hit u up buddy

[Anonymous No.9785076]

>>9784787
>>9784877

http://www.goodsmile.info/ja/product/7044/%E3%82%AD%E3%82%BA%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4+%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89.html

GSC is selling this soon!

[Anonymous No.9785184]

>>9785006

I have this problem, and "forcing" the color scheme through lots of rosettes, flowers, and ribbons dramatically helps harmonize clashing merch. If you have multiple bags, sort by color as much as you can between them, too.

[Anonymous No.9785200]

>>9784207
You can literally buy the pins yourself and some of them go for as cheap as 200 yen on Nakano Broadway, with most regular ones being priced at 400-600 yen.

So let's say you're making something like >>9785006 and make all rows similar to the bottom ones - 7 pins horizontally multiplied by 5 rows. That's 35 pins. Let's say each is 400 yen. That's 14,000 yen on pins, then maybe another 5,000 for the bag.

Throw another 1,000 yen for the train fare and that's 20k. Which isn't cheap, but isn't a huge amount of money either. And with the added possibility of getting the gacha yourself and trading instead of buying, you spend 300 yen on the machine and trade it for the pin that's going for 500 yen at the store, which adds up with time.

It's so much easier it's hard to believe so many of them are boring.

[Anonymous No.9785232]

>>9784877
>>9785076
god i love her so much, ive been daydreaming about making an itabag filled with her. theres not much merch readily available besides a sticker and a keychain but i am absolutely ready to spend all my paychecks on commissions !

[Anonymous No.9785248]

>>9785200
Like Bootleg-Chan said, “agree to disagree?” Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that. I still find them aesthetically pleasing. But it ain’t cheap and for a western fan in particular, it’s difficult getting copies. Hell I’ve been trying to complete a button set for a year now and the one I’m missing is either never on sale or goes for $25 a pop even on the cheap sites. It’s a project on the back burner for now since I’m saving and working on other bags but who knows maybe I’ll find it cheaper when I go to Japan this year.

[Anonymous No.9785276]

>>9785200
my ultimate holy grail tier goal is one of these uniform button bags because i love the aesthetic but it's nowhere near as cheap as you're implying. admittedly for me it's because i'm trying to do it with convention exclusive buttons that usually go for 1500-3500 yen each depending on how lucky i am/if its in a set, but i've managed to get a whopping six (6) of them over the past year since they're rare as hell. and that's actually not too bad of a count.

dismissing them wholesale as "easy" is a little much, especially for a western collector like >>9785248 notes. my bag isn't going to look notably different from these when it's eventually done, but it certainly won't be for a lack of effort or money.

[Anonymous No.9785328]

>>9784613
Everything about this is just cheap looking, boring and it's not even balanced.

>>9784657
Agreed. When did the FB retards with their bottom tier standards start to leak into here?

[Anonymous No.9785352]

You guys know cheap also means "with little effort", I mean it's kind of retarded to argue about cost in a hobby we know is expensive.

Which you can't deny single badge bags take much less work to design and put together than bags with a variety of merch.

[Anonymous No.9785358]

>>9785352
go drink some water to balance out your salt intake please

[Anonymous No.9785369]

Less salt more bags. Valentine’s is coming, are you ready?

[[e-mail] No.9785392]

>>9785008
(Oops apparently throwaway emails glitch with attachments/embedded photos.. could you drop just your e-mail and I'll message on my main?)

[Anonymous No.9785538]

>>9785392

[Anonymous No.9785573]

>Utapri bags
>I have 10 of the large and 4 of the small ones. And recently even gotten a hold of 3 of the backpacks.
>So far i only used 3.

Why do this?

[Anonymous No.9785576]

>>9785573
It's fucking Betty, what did you expect. S

[Anonymous No.9785579]

>>9785573
It's fucking Betty, what did you expect. She only buys them so she can brag.

[Anonymous No.9785594]

>>9785369
I'm almost ready; I'm making a shadow box for my shrine and was trying to find heart table scatter for it but after going to 3 stores I couldn't find any. I'll try again tomorrow but hopefully I can also find some heart doilies for my truffles/strawberries.
Besides that the weather is kind of being a little bitch but I'm going to try the beach anyways.

[Anonymous No.9785629]

>>9785358
Fuck man they aren't the only one salty here. This thread is literally trash

[Anonymous No.9785683]

>>9785629
let the water wash away your pain. these threads have gone to shit within the last couple but the salt isn't helping.

[Anonymous No.9785684]

[Anonymous No.9785689]

>>9785579
Braggin' Betty, back at it again.

[Anonymous No.9785692]

>>9785684
>leaving the straps on

[Anonymous No.9785705]

[Anonymous No.9785707]

[Anonymous No.9785708]

Valentine birthday shrines incoming

[Anonymous No.9785712]

[Anonymous No.9785714]

>>9785712
They actually had the bottle engraved with his name

[Anonymous No.9785717]

>>9785714
This is the kind of extra that I aspire to reach

[Anonymous No.9785718]

[Anonymous No.9785720]

[Anonymous No.9785724]

[Anonymous No.9785726]

[Anonymous No.9785728]

>this thread

[Anonymous No.9785730]

[Anonymous No.9785735]

[Anonymous No.9785736]

>>9785708
How do you do that?!

[Anonymous No.9785739]

>>9785708
This is beautiful.

[Anonymous No.9785742]

>>9785736
UtaPri fans are a force to be feared

[Anonymous No.9785746]

They’re evolving

[Anonymous No.9785749]

>>9785742
That is gorgeous!

[Anonymous No.9785756]

Thread is dying so I’ll just spam some more Ren shrines

[Anonymous No.9785758]

[Anonymous No.9785760]

I know the tag for itabag, but what's the japanese tag for these shrines?

[Anonymous No.9785952]

>>9785730
I quite like this bag but the gameboy and plant pins really threw me off...

>>9785760
Dont think theres a name desu. you can just look through the birthday tags for each characters on twitter and usually the most outstanding ones get a shittonne of notes.

[Anonymous No.9786064]

>>9785712
It must be bliss to be a fan of a non-main YOI guy in Japan. The second hand shops sell their merch for pennies. I absolutely spoiled my friend who's a huge Pichit fan.

[Anonymous No.9786382]

FB group be like

>"Looking for merch of relatively common character."
>8 posters going "COMMISSION ME"

[Anonymous No.9786458]

>>9786382
yikes

[Anonymous No.9786680]

Had a blast putting together a birthday shrine for my boy Christophe

[Anonymous No.9786686]

Ok, I might get a stream of hate for this and I'm prepared for it.

The 'Valentines Day' shrine thing... that is cringey as fuck, right? I'm not the only one who thinks it's creepy to light candles and prepare a cake for an anime character? Like, fuck man, I love anime and video games too, and I love itabags, but I have seen plenty of people mocking dudes for doing the shrine/fake date shit with 'waifus' and this is the exact same thing.

For awhile I legit thought it must be people joking but it's finally sunken in that this is a real thing.

[Anonymous No.9786690]

>>9786686
Fuck off, reddit/tumblr.

[Anonymous No.9786694]

>>9786686
Since when did anyone in this thread mock dudes for making shrines? I’ll admit it seems cringey at first glance but really it’s just something fun to do and an excuse to bake or buy sweets for a character who means a lot. Same as when it’s their birthday. Probably some people do it who are THAT into their fictional waifus but what’s the harm if they’re doing it in their own homes?

[Anonymous No.9786696]

>>9786686
God forbid people having FUN, I must remain classy and above it all. This hobby is about being trashy and throwing money at something, I'd hate to have your mind set.

[Anonymous No.9786697]

>>9786686
Not doing something because it's "cringey" is stupid. The second you stop caring about what no one in particular will think of you, life becomes much more enjoyable. What's so wrong with doing something fun and harmless in the comfort of your own private space?

[Anonymous No.9786699]

>>9786686
>Loves portable public shrines
>shits on actual shrines inside people's private homes
>wow do I sound hypocritical right now

Let people do what they want with their life

[Anonymous No.9786701]

>>9786686
It depends on the person doing it. Most people have lives and just do the shrine for fun.

But then theres the crazy ass fujoshi/otaku who really want to give their virginity to the character. It's important to know that this is very very few people. So while it's cringy, it's mostly harmless fun.

[Anonymous No.9786707]

> not becoming your waifu/husbando
The true cringe

[Anonymous No.9786747]

>>9786707
Now that I have money I'm definitely considering cosplaying my boy. I only have so much money though and I don't wanna half ass it ;_;

[Anonymous No.9786981]

>>9786701
>fujoshit
>give their virginity

I think you mean yumejoshi anon.

[Anonymous No.9787048]

>>9786705
>>9786705
New thread. Let's try to ignore the obvious shitposters in this one

[Anonymous No.9787365]

Any yume nikki itabags?

[Anonymous No.9787407]

>>9787048
Disregard this, I posted in the wrong fucking thread.

[Anonymous No.9788197]

>>9779605
for a sec I thought that was ichi's belly hangin out I was gonna jizz
still 10/10

[Anonymous No.9788202]

>>9780529
ahhh this is so cute anon I love it
I wouldnt add anything else to it except maybe a few tiny pins

[Anonymous No.9788601]

>>9779604
Love the bag. Souce?

[Anonymous No.9789639]

>>9781349

That image is repulsive.