(08-25-2009, 04:52 AM)moo Wrote:

(08-24-2009, 08:42 AM)cathb Wrote:

(08-24-2009, 08:18 AM)VAMPkito Wrote:

(08-23-2009, 04:21 PM)cathb Wrote: I would imagine that since he is not an "official" part of VAMPS that it would have been frowned upon for him to have his merchandise here. Even if it was VAMPS related.

Of course. I understand that much. I'm just saying that I would have bought it over the VAMPS merchandise if they had it.

Quote:As for the USA VAMPS shirts..... I agree that they were fairly simple. Especially when compared to some of their Japanese counterparts. I really like the black/gray stripes with the big red lips on them. But there are plenty of them out there on auction right now. Perhaps they did not want to invest a lot in the production of them for here since they did not know how they would sell in the US. Silly boys....

Even the Japanese ones were extremely simple, but much more preferable than the USA ones. What I don't get is why they have to be different based on the country. =x Seriously. Why can't all the tour goods be exactly the same? It won't cost any more or any less.

But, I guess, for most of the right reasons, VAMPS are very paranoid when performing overseas. After the FAITH tour, they still didn't quite realize how popular they were in the US, and as a result, I think they excluded COUNTDOWN and SEASON'S CALL from the US version of FAITH. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that. On THIS tour, they limit the amount of merchandise severely because they don't know if it will be sold enough. And, to be fair, because it would have cost more to transport certain items here.

Perhaps, though, now that this tour is done, they're opening their eyes to see that they are very popular in more than just Japan and will finally open more options available to overseas fans. Like the English HYDEIST that J mentioned last year... =x

Even in Japan the tour goods are not always the same. For example, the daily t-shirts and wrist bands. You had to go to different shows to get different designs. These groups (not just VAMPS) know how to merchandise. And yeah, they probably didn't have a clue that they would sell out of merchandise. Since they didn't sell out at the concerts (NY excepted), they didn't know how many people would show up. I'm sure that they didn't want to face the possibility of having to fly that stuff back to Japan.

We did get a break with our ticket prices. They were dirt cheap. Japanese fans are probably wondering why ours were so low. I had expected the standard 66.60 yen price and was extremely happy with the low price since I was purchasing 3 for each show that I went to.

As for American Hydeist....didn't J run a survey as to how much we would pay? Many people complained about a $60 or so fee saying it was too high. We will not get one with that attitude. Like Tracycoder mentioned, be prepared to shell out $160 at the moment to join what is available. All of a sudden that $60 doesn't seem so bad, does it?

yeah, i agree with the goods deal. but they sold the leftovers from the japan tour online, so instead, they should have made more sold those here... and THEN sell the leftovers :P

and our ticket prices were half of what they are in japan, which was really nice.

As for Ju-ken's goods, apparently, he sold out on his towels at the last USJ live Sunday, so all he has left are the tanks, mens and womens, 2 sizes only. He didn't specify the size on his blog...

i wonder when he'll have a new set ready?

Thanks for letting us know about the goods. He will probably have more made up the next time he does a big tour with someone. Hopefully he will come back with VAMPS next year and we will know to check early on and see what he has available.
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