LIVE FEVER Goods

First of all, here’s the most idiotic thing you’d ever heard.

I missed my flight.

Well, it was dirt cheap (30k yen one-way) but still I went orz. I arrived 50 minutes before the plane took off.. more than enough time to do whatever, but they refused to let me in.. leaving me with a shitload of stuff I must carry back, 214 yen in my wallet, and a real fever. No use crying over spilled milk, so I decided to stay for another week, waiting for the next cheap flight.. and is trying to get a ticket to Nana’s Music Japan studio live and Minorin’s first Parade in Isehara. Wish me luck!

On to the goods..

..I’m shipping these soon so here’s a quick review.

The Queue

This map shows how bad the queue was. Thicker red lines represent a long snake queue. Felt kind of stupid we had to go upstairs and down again to the booth..

The view from upstairs.

The Goods.

Refer to the official goods page if you want to know the price tags, but please don’t remind me.

- Pamphlet. Who doesn’t want pages full of Nana’s quality photos? Must love the 70s fashion theme!

- Postcard set A + B. Gives you a hint on what’s inside the pamphlet..

- 2009 Calendar.. or should I say a collection of seven superb B2-sized posters? Will take detailed pics like what I did with Minorin’s after I finally reach home.. I can’t wait to frame July-Aug poster~ xD

- Muffler Towel. Must get for the towel songs.
- Denim Bag. From the pics alone it looked like a grocery bag to me. But in reality it’s pretty solid, definitely useful to carry all the live “equipments”.

- T-shirt (black S). Wore this on day 2. Pretty good design, though the S size is still pretty big.
- Celebrity T-shirt (black S). Wore this on day 3. Someone please explain to me why this thing is freaking expensive?
a) Because of the so-called “shining rhinestones”
b) Because only Nana wore this in the encore
c) Because they know the fans will buy this anyway
d) All of the above

- Windbreaker (Free size) ..is freaking big I sort of want my money back now. I’d prefer some official happi coat a la Yukarin.

- Kirakira Penlights (x3). I bought 2 for both hands. Then I was afraid the battery won’t last until the third day, so I got a spare. In the end, it was unnecessary with a lot of songs using ultra oranges.. I used 30+ UO for 3 days, would get more if only they don’t cost 200 yen each.
- Wristband. I originally only wanted black, though I had the chance to get the limited gold/silver ones (that gets sold out in less than an hour). Who knows I’d screw my budget plans and get everything in the next day? T_T

- Mug Cup with Live Fever design. Obviously will never be used.

- Key Holder and Strap. I like the strap a lot: NANA☆
- Acrylic Pass Case. Believe it or not, this is the first non-limited stuff that got sold out in the first day.

Budokan Limited Goods.

What happens if you don’t camp out earlier. But most of the normal goods also got sold out by the last night.

- Limited T-shirts. Featuring Nanette-san (the weird bird mascot Nana usually draws). Left to right are shirts from day 1 to 3. Love the blue one!

- Limited Pins. Better than what I originally imagined~ <3 The second pin is so cute.

- Ice Tray. Most people will go WTF with an anime singer selling an ice tray as a concert goods, but what can you expect from someone who sold a “curry fork” before? And this thing got sold out anyway.

- Special Fever Photos. Get one pic for buying at least 2000 yen worth of Nana’s CD/DVD (none of them I don’t already have.. guess what I bought!). The one with autograph obviously got sold out, meaning everyone bought 2nd/3rd/77th copies too.

Lessons learned:
- Don’t bother selecting which to buy or not. After hours of torture in 2 degree rainy morning, you’d want to bring home everything.
- Get used to convenience store bento.