^Well, the oden was partially edible but very bland, and the takoyaki was just a sloppy mess. So in the end I threw most of my food away and paid the 1800 yen for two pairs of chopsticks, plus I threw away all of angel_ayumi's portion, since she wasn't there to eat it. XD

I think the main goal for those things is making money + giving people something warm/'traditional' to eat/drink over providing delicious foods. They could probably do an A CAFE with hot drinks though and A logo cocoa/latte art, so who knows if they've thought of that over the oden/takoyaki/soba?

wow... these goods are...
different.

xDDD
I hope one day I can get it myself^^ hoping for next year^^

Hi guys! Can anyone translate this?

Looks like if you buy the CD or MUSIC CARDS, you will get a giant LP sized (like Love songs USB edition) card/print of that cover.

wow that cover is so lovely!
love it!!

another limited live thingy like MOON -live edition- *--*

Huum it's a goods of really good quality but...too expensive for me ^^"

Wowwww so cute!

WOW so cute! Hope i can get my hands on one :D!

ehhh no thank you, I sure won´t spend 200$ on one ayupan, that´s insane o.o

:thud

I think it is a giant Ayupan?

I think they nv mention the size. The expensive part should be the workmanship. And it's made of clay unlike the regular ayupans we are having.

It has to be on a different scale than the normal ayupan imo....

I hope it's no larger than the sega series ayupan.... no place for storage already. ... provided I can snatch from mu-mo on time >. <

God!! Want it but too expensive X_X

If the RRP is 18900 yen, I shudder to think what the resellers will price it at. $300? $400? :thud

Probably. It seems like an artisan craft item, so it's priced accordingly. I wonder just who will buy it...

OMG,I want it so badly!!! I Wish I could buy it :(

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14...ps4166c517.jpg
Fully man made clay ayupan. From the picture, the size is slightly bigger than the Sega ayuapns! Should be ard 5inches tall (>.< no place for it)

Looks like the horse daruma sold out extremely fast!

Daruma is always popular. So Japanese just place it at home as a decorative item?

I guess you know what's the purpose of Daruma? I guess they'd buy one for New Year anyway, so instead of a traditional one they get Ayu-style one, I still have mine back from 2005, unfortunately, still with only one eye :(

Btw the horse ayupan is slightly bigger den the usual size too xD juz gt mine today! Lucky they didnt sell as fast as the daruma

Eh what's the purpose of daruma??

It's a good luck charm for the year. Usually the eyes are blank though to fill them in at the beginning/end of the year or something to make a wish, but this one has them filled in since it's a bit of a novelty item. I still want one, haha.

haha, didn't realize it has filled eyes, then I don't know why they would buy them beside collecting an Ayu item, and yeah, basically you draw one eye making a wish and them if the wish is fullfilled (doesn't matter when) you 'thank Daruma' by drawing the other eye.

Won chopsticks on yahoo ^^ can´t wait to get them, they are so pink *_*

^ Wow! Congratulations! How much did you get them for? *.*

1100 Yen ^^

Woah, that's not too expensive! I wish I could get these as well .__.

As expected the Clay Ayupan is sold out allready ^^

If you go to any temples around the new year in Japan you can buy a regular daruma for 300-500 yen or so. I know its all special because its Ayu merchandise, but honestly I wouldn't waste my money on an Ayu themed daruma. Especially one that already has both eyes filled in, what's the point of that? :thud

It's just a cute collector's item. I don't think people would use the Horse Daruma for anything other than display for the year/New Year.

Well if I bought an Ayu daruma I certainly wouldn't violate it by actually USING it and drawing in the eyes myself XD And I'm probably not the only one. There are display items and there are useful items, and this is clearly a display item. Like a barbie doll you don't play with.

Clay... does it mean it may be easily broken???

The goods are on yesasia.

So Yesasia are liars then? :shakehead

Maybe they got so much ppl who asked for the goods so they redecided in selling them.