(07-11-2010, 01:16 AM)VAMPkito Wrote:

(07-11-2010, 01:00 AM)harumi Wrote: To keep the thread on topic (lol) I hope we can get decent shirts at all when they come here. For anyone who went to the lives last year did they sell decent crap? I think I remember someone saying earlier that it wasn't good quality stuff? I just want a cool shirt at the very least :/

The shirts weren't at all "crap" but in comparison to the Japanese t-shirts, they were pretty mediocre. All they had was the VAMPS lip logo from the first album on a black background with the tour dates on the back. It looked more like something that you would use to promote a club or (junior) high school sports team as opposed to a rock band.

To be perfectly fair, though, the Japanese shirts weren't exactly "fantastic" either. Not like the FAITH or 666 merchandise, but there was definitely a lot more thought and effort in terms of design and content.

EDIT - Oh damn it. =X - Okay, not to sound particularly bitchy and I know we've gone through this a thousand times, but...

http://www.official-store.jp/vamps/produ...uct_id=126

Look at the back. What do you see?

Yeah.

Way to keep it work/school-appropriate, guys. :C

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in some venues last year they had hot pink and neon green shirts as well as wrist bands i think. i know they had oink in NY because there were a couple of women at Baltimore who had gotten them.

and too, they had none at WARPED, supposedly sold out what they had with them. (a friend who didn't check the goods in NY until after said a lot of stuff was gone before she got there. ) had black ones back in Baltimore but none when they went out west. if you look back in the archives there was a good bit of dismay. they had those cute color changing cups from Las Vegas on.

what pissed some folks off was they started selling the US goods online, but to the Japanese fans. was just as hard to get for those who say wanted a shirt when they had been out. oh, and part of the reason they didn't have them for Seatle and Portland was they got lost i believe.

@VAMPSkito, as for the back of the BEAST shirt, why are you surprised? this tour is all about suggestive behavior. listen to Hyde's mcs.

but like last year, that will probably be toned down for the world tour. Japanese fans are used to that and those shirts wouldn't be considered odd in a big portion of the world. the US is still geared towards conservatism in some areas when it comes to sexuality, as you've unfortunately seen firsthand. >.<

just do like Harumi, sort of, and wear a vest that covers the back or under an unbuttoned shirt.

there used to be pics on the website engrish.com of babies and small children in Japan wearing tees that would be banned in the US just because they said "f*ck" on them.


edit: oh yeah, i forgot about the freaking BOTTLE OPENERS!! i admit that i got one because it was cheap and so not something i would ever use. a corkscrew? yeah maybe.

and the pamphlet really was poor quality compared to the 2 Japanese ones last year.