You were.../BALLAD information thread [II]

[amorphose]

Originally Posted by identity

ayu needs to realize tons of people around the whole world love her, not just asia plus she could make a lot more money with an international TA

Maybe they can't be bothered to translate the TeamAyu stuff into all the various languages an international version would require. Also, they may not want to produce the extra exclusive goods for more people especially cause most of them are free right? And making it international would meaning giving more away. It might cost more for Avex than it would gain them, and we all know how they love money.

I do agree though, I would love an international version of TA. I'd definitely join.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Picaflor 7/4

team ayu member bastards. psh >.> blankets, flip flops "Red Line ~thanks TA~"

she acts like they're the only ones that support her. god forbid if we get an international version of TA or something?

TeamAyu gets these extras because they pay extra to be in her fan club... In a way, they support her more than non-FC members since they're whipping out a minimum of 40-60 bucks a year to stay in the club.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

TeamAyu gets these extras because they pay extra to be in her fan club... In a way, they support her more than non-FC members since they're whipping out a minimum of 40-60 bucks a year to stay in the club.

I would not cough out that much money to be in TA ( ). I guess that's what separates "fans" from "ultra-fans"(?), at least in my case. I guess it depends more on how frugal or how much money you're willing to spend than your level of fandom.

Maybe by thread III we'll have covers! How long does it usually take for covers to surface? The only single I followed as announcements/discoveries were made and poster here was G/D and R/S.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by ストロボ・EdGE

Maybe by thread III we'll have covers! How long does it usually take for covers to surface? The only single I followed as announcements/discoveries were made and poster here was G/D and R/S.

i think.. usually about 3-4 weeks before the single is out?

[Lady_Eowyn]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

TeamAyu gets these extras because they pay extra to be in her fan club... In a way, they support her more than non-FC members since they're whipping out a minimum of 40-60 bucks a year to stay in the club.

I might look like a snob, but i don't think that's a lot of money i thought they were paying that amount every month!!!

I would totally join if there was an int version of TA

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Lady_Eowyn

I might look like a snob, but i don't think that's a lot of money i thought they were paying that amount every month!!!

I would totally join if there was an int version of TA

Yeah it doesn't seem to be expensive at all, considering all the bonuses they get and all and I would so totally join as well. I am still not sure why aren't they making an English version of TA and letting us join >.<

[aura~]

Well... everyone pays 40€/year in TA... And this is not only for a plastic card that hasn't even my name written in it... so the rest of money have to go to somewhere... and here we have flip flops and blankets... 40€ x +75,000 TA members... hmmm enough for some limited blankets

[amorphose]

Right... but there's also the Team Ayu magazine, right? Which would have to be translated into multiple languages. At the minimum Chinese, Korean and English translations would be required-- but to be truly international and reach all her fans many other translations would be needed. They would need to translate the site too, and probably all of her blog entries as well. That's a lot of manpower, and to keep up to date the people would be working quickly (especially with Ayu's blog.)

And then, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't TA members get price deductions on certain releases and concert tickets?

If it's not because they would have too many extra people to cater to that they don't create an international fan club, it may be because there wouldn't be enough extra people to make it worthwhile. Or they are just lazy, or mean, or haven't thought of it yet. XDD

[aura~]

Originally Posted by amorphose

If it's not because they would have too many extra people to cater to that they don't create an international fan club, it may be because there wouldn't be enough extra people to make it worthwhile. Or they are just lazy, or mean, or haven't thought of it yet. XDD

they are just too lazy to think about it... XDDD

no well... I wasn't talking about an international fan club, I'm saying that for Japan I think it isn't too much to give limited blankets because they get a lot of money every year...

for an internation fan club it's different of course... I think they would have to at least translate it into english and chinese, but english mainly... If it's only that it's not difficult to have 2 persons translating everything... the problem came with international shippings... XD I can't imagine them shipping blankets to Barcelona, London, PAris, NY, LA... it would be really expensive and awesome at the same time...

well... they would do that if international members would pay 80€ instead of 40€ maybe XDDD

[ayumisrael]

^Probably around 3 or 2 weeks before the actual release. T_T

[truehappiness]

I think most people join the fan club so that they can get tickets at a more reasonable price since a lot of the time, good seats are given to fan club members via lottery.

Last time, after "The covers aren't here but covers is in the thread title!!-gate" the covers showed up sometime around the fourth thread. But this time it might be the third. With the single coming out in mid-December, I wonder if the information release will be similar to Days/GREEN? Then again, before we even got an announcement of the single, we had thirty seconds of GREEN.

We got a peek at the Days/GREEN cover in the PCDL goods a week before the end of November, and we actually got the covers a few days after on November 26th.

[love in music]

^ yeah same. i used to think it was like $100 a month.. but that amount for a year is really not that bad at all, especially since ayu updates practically every day

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by identity

^ yeah same. i used to think it was like $100 a month.. but that amount for a year is really not that bad at all, especially since ayu updates practically every day

The diary updates every day seem to be a recent thing, since before it seemed like she only updated every so often. I wonder why she started blogging so much? Maybe to get closer to fans or something.

[Crystal_Ageha]

That's a great price, actually! I've heard of a lot of fanclubs that make you pay a decent amount every month, which is why I never bothered with them. But especially for somebody as well-known as Ayumi, that's pretty good.

[Crystal_Ageha]

Yeah, reaching the top ten, or even number one, on the ORICON charts these days really means nothing. :\ It's so easy to get around not reaching the top ten these days.

[mecury2511]

I hope the cover will be like this .... <3 <3

[RadnasticReggie]

Just so you know, they're definitely giving posters for first pressing at YA, and they're 3 shipment units, don't know if that helps?

[PinkShinigami]

Can somebody tell me what exactly a "jacket card" is? And if there is posters as first press at YA, will there only be one, or different ones? (Sorry, I haven't followed this thread)

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Originally Posted by PinkShinigami

Can somebody tell me what exactly a "jacket card" is? And if there is posters as first press at YA, will there only be one, or different ones? (Sorry, I haven't followed this thread)

it's like a card stock type material with an alternate cover image that you can put above the original cover's picture, replacing the cover.

and i assume there's only one poster type

[PinkShinigami]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

it's like a card stock type material with an alternate cover image that you can put above the original cover's picture, replacing the cover.

and i assume there's only one poster type

Nice! Need to get all 3 versions now.. XD