A number of years ago, my friend ran a booth called "Superlime Industries" that had all sorts of awesome plushies and stuff you don't see anywhere else. He hasn't done so in a few years (other obligations, like a marriage and such) but I would love to see another display like that. It wasn't the most lucrative thing for them, more of a hobby. It was basically an excuse for them to go to Japan, buy a bunch of random plushies, toys, etc. and then resell them to basically pay for the trip itself.
On the plus side, Artist's Alley is cool, even if I didn't find anything that appealed directly to me this year. Always good to see local artists and little guys get a chance to sell their wares. ^_^
A number of years ago, my friend ran a booth called "Superlime Industries" that had all sorts of awesome plushies and stuff you don't see anywhere else. He hasn't done so in a few years (other obligations, like a marriage and such) but I would love to see another display like that. It wasn't the most lucrative thing for them, more of a hobby. It was basically an excuse for them to go to Japan, buy a bunch of random plushies, toys, etc. and then resell them to basically pay for the trip itself.
On the plus side, Artist's Alley is cool, even if I didn't find anything that appealed directly to me this year. Always good to see local artists and little guys get a chance to sell their wares. ^_^
I'm sure this isn't the place but I'm curious about that... How exactly do people go about becoming vendors? How do you
get a license to sell all this exported stuff? And also, do Aritsts from artists alley need to get copyright permision to
draw and make money off of all the copyrighted characters they create fan art for? I got two really cute key-chains of
Link and Inu Yasha but I didn't know if this was technically allowed... i also got an awesome kitty hat from AA! Go green
kitty hat maker! you rock!
~Allykat
I'd like to see more music-specific vendors.
More specifically, there was one vendor who I saw in 2006 and 2007 who always stood out as the only music vendor present in those years. I'm sure anyone can tell who I'm talking about (I just don't remember the vendor's name). This is the booth that always had J-Rock playing, lots of Visual Kei posters, stuff like that. I loved it and always spent a good deal of money there, but have since not seen any vendors who specialize in music.
But I had gone hoping to buy a character messenger bag, a cat-ear headband, and maybe a leather collar. I was unfortunately unable to find any of those things except the first and I was very disappointed by the lack of variety in them.
The company that made most of those anime messenger bags has gone out of bussiness. Unless someone else starts then every year there will be less and less as stock runs out.
The company that made most of those anime messenger bags has gone out of bussiness. Unless someone else starts then every year there will be less and less as stock runs out.
Oh no! That's completely awful news! I better go online and buy one soon, before they're all gone T__T
You know, cool stuff like bento boxes, chop sticks, sake sets (even though I don't drink I still think they look cool), heck even books on kanji or Japanese language learning programs.This too. I meant to look for chop sticks after passing some up at Comic-Con in Seattle, but forgot (not that there were any).
Gah! I knew it! I knew there was something different about the Dealer's Hall this year! This was the first Kumoricon where I didn't leave broke!
That still wouldn't help very much though, as a major problem with various Hentai works is lack of detailed classification. I'd love to know what kinds of things show up so I can avoid the things that really ruin an experience and narrow down to an A list of items to consider for those items that have what I'm looking for.
Actually on cost things, what I'd be readily willing to pay (Without any -effective- DRM, CSS breaks very nicely for watching under Linux):You can find anime for under $4 an episode at the convention? The prices I saw... I can get what I want cheaper and legal elsewhere in town. Same with manga.
Crap Anime: <$0.25 / ep
Normal Anime: <$0.50 / ep
Premium anime @ premium quality: <= $1 / ep
I enjoyed the vendor's hall and the booths they had. But I would definitely like to have a larger Artists' Alley next year. There weren't many artists this year, which disappointed me.Keep in mind, this isn't because there weren't a lot of artists, but because there weren't a lot of tables/spaces *_* Many, MANY artists were sharing booths. At Otome studios there were 5 of us. xP
I'm sure those glass bottles that you smash the top down into itself sold well. Random food drink that anilovers have made their staple snack food would be nice to increase, up to a certain point? O.O< <==[=|>'^.^
I enjoyed the vendor's hall and the booths they had. But I would definitely like to have a larger Artists' Alley next year. There weren't many artists this year, which disappointed me.Keep in mind, this isn't because there weren't a lot of artists, but because there weren't a lot of tables/spaces *_* Many, MANY artists were sharing booths. At Otome studios there were 5 of us. xP
... B-but yeah, It'd be sweet if it was bigger. The AA has the most unique stuff you can find at a con : P
I'd like to see Cosmic Monkey Comics again next year. I realize that there's probably TOO much manga and not enough other stuff in the Exhibitors hall, but I spent most of my money at that booth because they had hard-to-find books for $5 and under.
I enjoyed the vendor's hall and the booths they had. But I would definitely like to have a larger Artists' Alley next year. There weren't many artists this year, which disappointed me.Keep in mind, this isn't because there weren't a lot of artists, but because there weren't a lot of tables/spaces *_* Many, MANY artists were sharing booths. At Otome studios there were 5 of us. xP
... B-but yeah, It'd be sweet if it was bigger. The AA has the most unique stuff you can find at a con : P
There were some questions about layout and space. Last year, the layout was out of my hands as it was determined by the pipe and drape people. I was told that the AA will be bigger this year and I will take into consideration as much as I can about flow and over all space. I will also be working with the artists again this year to help give everyone the best con experiance. And if people are still interested, I will probably do the drawing for prizes again.
What about moving some of the larger artists/studios into the Dealer's Room? Is that totally out of the question? (I didn't make it to kumoricon 09, so I have no idea how much space you guys had/what it looked like)
Oh I forgot, I'd like to see.. I think her shop/booth was Kimonomomo.
Anyways it'd be cool to see a real kimono vendor!
And I second the whole bento boxes and house hold stuff like that~
I shop for merchandise from oldies animes, and cheap manga specials. Also maybe some homemade one of a kind goodies.
Cause honestly everything else I can order online for cheaper.
I shop for merchandise from oldies animes, and cheap manga specials. Also maybe some homemade one of a kind goodies.
Cause honestly everything else I can order online for cheaper.
We increased Artist Alley from 20 booths to 26, so that should mean a significant increase in homemade stuff.
Fanart stuff is definitly allowed in Artist Alley.
I know that J-Box sends buyers to Japan and they just buy up stuff over there and bring it back. Outside of that I don't know. Some things like kitty-hats and stuff are just made here by small groups.
Fanart stuff is definitly allowed in Artist Alley.
I know that J-Box sends buyers to Japan and they just buy up stuff over there and bring it back. Outside of that I don't know. Some things like kitty-hats and stuff are just made here by small groups.
so if i were to make Stained Glass anime merchandise I could sell them in the artist ally? Because i really want to have a table and sell stained glass anime characters.
I'm wondering if there will be any US companies in the dealer's room selling brand lolita clothing? Such as Tokyo Rebel or Harajuku Hearts, just as an example. Does anyone know this? I'm curious about brand clothing, not handmade goods by other artists, specifically.Not likely, considering the small market they'd have here.
I think serval good vendors would be wig vendors, contact lens vendors, and japanese fashion vendors.+1
As far as companies to do this, I still need to research. But I know for contacts Exotic Lenses had a booth at SaukraCon and sold very high quailty lenses. http://www.exoticlenses.com/store/
I understand wig vendors are more difficult to come by, but I'll look around a bit.
But I definitly hope someone (if not me) finds a vendor for japanese fashion! I want to indulge myself in kimonos and yukatas! I want to find a cute lolita dress! And I definitly want to shock my parents with some V-Kei!
Hahaha. Point being, I want japanese clothing. XD
I would like to see more Japanese food and candy. Not just the stuff Uwjamaya has but like the stuff anime asylum gets, the last time I was there they had Ginger Ale Kit-Kat's and other Japanese imported Foods/Flavors that you can't get off the shelf.
I would also like to see some more clothes/costumes not just t-shirts and cloaks - like kimonos, shoes and Lolita.
Also if you could find a vender who sells Yaoi stuff not just books but pc games and other stuff that is hard to get unless purchesed online. I saw a vendor like that at K-con when it was in Washington but haven't seen another.
Would anybody be interested in older goods that you can't find any more? Especially toys.
I agree.I think serval good vendors would be wig vendors, contact lens vendors, and japanese fashion vendors.+1
As far as companies to do this, I still need to research. But I know for contacts Exotic Lenses had a booth at SaukraCon and sold very high quailty lenses. http://www.exoticlenses.com/store/
I understand wig vendors are more difficult to come by, but I'll look around a bit.
But I definitly hope someone (if not me) finds a vendor for japanese fashion! I want to indulge myself in kimonos and yukatas! I want to find a cute lolita dress! And I definitly want to shock my parents with some V-Kei!
Hahaha. Point being, I want japanese clothing. XD
If anyone can tell Uwajimaya to bring loads of stationary that'd be great!
I love cute note pads, pens, stickers, calendars, pencil bags.
Fashion magazine (Egg, Nuts, etc), Deco/craft magazines, nail magazines.
I agree.I think serval good vendors would be wig vendors, contact lens vendors, and japanese fashion vendors.+1
As far as companies to do this, I still need to research. But I know for contacts Exotic Lenses had a booth at SaukraCon and sold very high quailty lenses. http://www.exoticlenses.com/store/
I understand wig vendors are more difficult to come by, but I'll look around a bit.
But I definitly hope someone (if not me) finds a vendor for japanese fashion! I want to indulge myself in kimonos and yukatas! I want to find a cute lolita dress! And I definitly want to shock my parents with some V-Kei!
Hahaha. Point being, I want japanese clothing. XD
Especially the wig and contact lenses. that way if someone gets the costume in the dealers hall they can get the wig and contacts too. ^_^ and Japanese clothing is hard to find but so awesome. Im kind of looking towards kimonos and hakamas mostly, lol.
I'd like to see more music-specific vendors.
More specifically, there was one vendor who I saw in 2006 and 2007 who always stood out as the only music vendor present in those years. I'm sure anyone can tell who I'm talking about (I just don't remember the vendor's name). This is the booth that always had J-Rock playing, lots of Visual Kei posters, stuff like that. I loved it and always spent a good deal of money there, but have since not seen any vendors who specialize in music.
I personally would love to see more J-Rock merch =.= I believe someone did say this before but I looked through the music places too and only found Gackt >=| THAT GUY WAS EVERYWHERE!!!! It drove me nuts xDD
Yeah but I'm a major J-rock fan and I would love to see more of it at the con~ ^^ Oh and Japanese imported stuff too~ ^-~ Like from the popular fashions like Lolita, Decora, V-Kei and Oshare, etc. ^^
And I second the whole bento boxes and house hold stuff like that~
I want to see dealers that is all and I have my wish :3
Does anyone know where I could buy some good quality bento boxes for good prices? And please dont tell me ebay, cuz last time I got something off there they took my money.
I got one from the saniro store, but its not very big. Id like one that can fit 4 or 5 lunches in it.