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Old 17th March 2006, 06:23 PM
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A small question about ayupan dolls
*dunno if this has been asked..if it has..OHH WELL im asking agian hahaha*

Why..and when did Ayupans start coming around..
Like why did they decide to make lil Ayu dolls..and any other information on them..thankies ^___^
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Old 17th March 2006, 06:27 PM
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The first Ayupans were sold at Arena Tour 2002
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Old 17th March 2006, 08:41 PM
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And Ayu makes them herself as well!
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Old 19th March 2006, 05:21 AM
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And Ayu makes them herself as well!
like...just designs them? or handmakes them too? o_o
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Old 19th March 2006, 03:50 AM
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wow she does..thats cool lol...
and thanks..now i know when they first came out ^__^

does anyone know why she sells them?
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Old 19th March 2006, 05:27 AM
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That'd be an awful lot of work for ANYONE to do, of course they're not handmade. She sorta designs them, i mean they're based on her... but i think she picks which outfits get turned into ayupans. I dunno WHY they first came around really. I don't think we ever got any info on that. Who knows? Maybe ayu just wanted little cartoon cute figures of her out there. Or maybe someone at axev just said "hey, here's an idea!" and the ayupan was born.
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Old 19th March 2006, 08:20 AM
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^ That's possible.. probably same for those toy trucks and lorries.
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Old 19th March 2006, 08:55 AM
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They probably thought: "hmmm. People will buy anything that is somehow related to Hamasaki, let us release toys that look like her, then make a cartoon out of it and sell hundreds of different ayupan-products!".... all money-making...but it's cool xD
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Old 19th March 2006, 07:11 PM
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*mental image of Ayu working alone in a sweatshop, laboring over painting millions of little Ayupans...*
It's just some big moneymaking Avex scheme. Of course it didn't stop me from buying a whole bunch.
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Old 22nd March 2006, 12:10 AM
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*mental image of Ayu working alone in a sweatshop, laboring over painting millions of little Ayupans...*
It's just some big moneymaking Avex scheme. Of course it didn't stop me from buying a whole bunch.
like a ilegal chinese XD
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Old 22nd March 2006, 02:39 AM
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*mental image of Ayu working alone in a sweatshop, laboring over painting millions of little Ayupans...*
It's just some big moneymaking Avex scheme. Of course it didn't stop me from buying a whole bunch.
ROFL
i don't have any Ayupan... and i don't think i ever will... i just have no desire to get one... besides, i couldn't afford em...

thanks for the info about em tho
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^ LOL XD D: poor ayu -hugs her-
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Old 22nd March 2006, 05:52 AM
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http://eneabba.net/ayu/ayupan/index.htm
any questions, please let me know
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some more info:
http://www.suzxy.net/ah/collection.htm
thankies for the links
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Old 21st March 2006, 09:44 AM
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That's totally interesting!!! I never knew about the origin of Ayupans either, before I chanced upon this thread!
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Old 22nd March 2006, 02:59 AM
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How many versions of Ayupan is released started year 2002? They even released limited Ayupans, and special versions for Christmas, so they must be a lot! I wonder if any Ayu fans had collected the whole set of Ayupan released...
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Old 22nd March 2006, 03:08 AM
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^From nick's site, link above:
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Old 22nd March 2006, 03:45 AM
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I thought they weren't mass-produced, like every one is different, how would you get you hands on a real one?
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Old 22nd March 2006, 06:21 AM
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They're scary, to tell you the truth.
If I were ayu, I'd have made myself look less scary o_o.
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Old 22nd March 2006, 07:43 AM
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They're scary, to tell you the truth.
If I were ayu, I'd have made myself look less scary o_o.
Ayupan's eyes are too big and expressionless (it's a doll anyway...)
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