Alternative ways to order new Λucifer DVD + photobook
- Posted on November 15th, 2010 by Henkka
- Categories: Blog translations, News, Twitter translations
- Tags: atsuro, towa, Λucifer
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As you know, ordering Aucifer’s new DVD through their online store can be troublesome if you’re not a resident of Japan. So here’s two alternatives for those of you who still haven’t bought their copy due to that difficulty. First off, one especially suitable for Thais… jayvee passed on this alternative to me. Thanks for the heads up!
Note that I’m not affiliated with Makoto-Thailand.com (who are behind this offer) and I can’t take any responsibility if you decide to order through them. Also, a point of inconvenience for some might be that they seem to only accept Western Union as form of payment. I have to add that the price for non-Thais, too, at 6000THB (~US$200) could be a bit much for some…
This could be an alright way for Thais to order the set, but note that there might be better alternatives out there (with other payment options, too, such as Paypal) for fans in other countries. One service I know of, for example, is Tenso.com. Read more about their service on Tofugu. If you want to calculate approximately how much it’d cost to order the set to your country with Tenso, you can do a rough calculation here. Again, I’ve personally not used Tenso and with Googling, there’s a chance you might find a service even cheaper than them that will do the job. However, Tenso does seem pretty trustworthy to me.
And as for when we can actually expect that DVD of this performance? Still no release date unfortunately, but it’s getting closer as you can read from these translations of Towa’s blog and Atsuro’s twitter:
Towa’s blog 2010/10/16
We’re working at a studio witht his kind of a scenery.
We’re doing the sound mixing for Λucifer’s live DVD.
Akkun’s twitter has a picture so definitely check that out too~
Atsuro’s twitter:
We’ve been doing Λucifer’s DVD’s TD with TOWA since noon♪ My physical condition has finally improved with only a little bit of cough remaining, so there’s no need to worry~☆ — Oct 16 (Note: as you might remember from my Thailand translations, Atsuro got so sick he had to be hospitalized for a while)
Returning home now. We worked on the sound for Λucifer’s DVD for over 12 hours without giving in. I’m thankful to all the staff!!!! Also many thanks to TOWA who did his best with me~☆ — Oct 16th
Towa’s blog 2010/10/20
The final check for Λucifer’s live DVD is done!
We were able to finish it nicely!
Thanks to everyone who took part!
Those of you haven’t yet, definitely do think about pre-ordering!
Those of you who came to see the live, and also those of you who didn’t, definitely do check out the the Λucifer of today!
Well, though I say it’s done, there’s actually still the packaging and so on to be done before it’s finished, so it’ll take a while more…
Look forward to it!
Henkka, just in case you haven’t seen this yet. haha. This is the site for the peacemaker festival where Trick is gonna perform.
http://peace-maker.jp/catalog/user_data/spf2010
Also, in relation to the DVD and Photo Book, you can view it here too.
http://www.makoto-thailand.com/home.html
For the Trick live, GN-0015 posted about it a while ago. 🙂
I’ve updated the post with the makoto-thailand.com link, thanks again!
PS. Still haven’t forgotten about that Makoto interview… it’s definitely coming! 😛
Simply the best guys hahaha. If only I’m really knowledgeable in tranlation stuff i could help out too lol! 😛 Well i’ll definitely look forward to that interview 😉
Hi Henkka. So sorry for the piece by piece information I am providing you. I just needed to confirm the info before I post them you see. Hahaha.
Ok for those who are wondering what K-Project is, this is actually Makoto’s project and they did an exclusive tie up with TNB to ship DVDs for overseas fans. My source is actually a staff of this project. I already ordered 3 sets coz this is the easiest way I know how. lol! Schedule for the release would be around late December or early January 😉
The price is kinda disastrous, so… I’ll wait until someone upload the DVD to YouTube XD
And I’ve been ebaying for it, and those stuffs are still unavailable, not even other merchandises. Thought ebay was very reliable in online shopping, guess not 😐
Hey there GN-0015. (^^) What I did was order three sets for me and my friends. The two sets my friends have to split though, who wants to get the DVD copy and who wants the photo book. lol! But it’s worth it anyhow.
And regarding postings or offers on eBay or any other sites, I doubt that it will happen… for now…because TNB and K-Project have the only exclusive rights to distribute as what I have heard from my source. They will only have it available on either the online shop or for those who will order through K-Project.
Well at least some merches could be available like T-shirts. You know, people these days would do anything to get more money. But it’s not really impossible for the DVD to become available at eBay, if fans do something, like, spam the hell out of TNB’s site, maybe they would allow eBay to sell em, at least the regular edition one.
There’s no reason it couldn’t show up on eBay. eBay isn’t a “distributor”, it’s an auction site. No “rights” are needed, both private people as well as any company can sell what they’d like on there (nonwithstanding banned items… you know, drugs etc). That is to say, if I wanted to set up the same kind of deal as K-Project on eBay, buy a shitload of Aucifer DVD’s and sell them for profit, I could, and there’d be nothing wrong about it.
Now, as for Aucifer themselves actually setting up their own eBay store and selling their DVD on there, that’s something I doubt will ever happen. But I’m a pessimist like that. 😛
With that said, it’s a whole other matter whether it actually shows up on eBay. The singles and albums tend to show up on there every once in a while (that’s where I bought them all), but to date I’ve never seen any of their DVD’s or other merchandise on there, save for some magazines. You’d definitely have better luck with Yahoo Japan — but the problem is, again, that buying from there is difficult if you live outside of Japan. But not impossible by any means.
@Henkka: yah, I believe eBay can show different items and it’s my source of products as well but I guess for now, since this is the “reunion” package, it would take some time before they auction out their most priced Aucifer goods especially when they are limited edition 😛 😀 lol
Okies … I just got more info on this matter though which I just confirmed from my source.
Right now, they are considering shipping outside Asia and the price may vary depending on the shipper and depending on which country they will be shipped. It may be that the 6000 Baht is offered within Asia only. I don’t have their quoted price though for the merchandise alone for fans outside Asia. But just in case, if there are some fans out there that are interested, they will try to ship the items the cheapest and safest way possible to those who wanted to avail. Payment methods for now are still the same (>w<) and deadline for them to stop accepting orders might be December 15.
So for those who really wanted them, like me, which I already paid on a higher price haha… email them at makoto_thailand@hotmail.com 'coz they may be able to modify the price depending on which country they will ship the items. That's all for now folks 😛 Thank you in advance (^^)
Special thanks to you Henkka for allowing me to post this here v(^o^)v
Hey guys,
Adding another info on K-Project. TNB has announced K-Project as its sole partner for overseas distribution of DVD Sets and Photo book and for assurance, you can visit this link:
http://www.tnb-j.jp/news/makoto_dvd3.html
Also, for fans aside from Thailand and Japan, they will be including special item with every order placed. Deadline for placing orders will be Dec 14, 2010.
So if you have friends who are interested, send in your orders 😀 I heard that they will only produce a number of copies based on the number of orders.
You might want to reconsider ordering in (^^) lol!
Thanks for keeping us updated. 🙂
@Henkka
Hey there. I’m glad to help with the updates hahaha! Just got back from vacation so I was only able to log-in now.. again.. haha
Ok, I got more….
The ones that ordered before December 15 will be issued first edition copies. yay! 😀
Also, deadline for orders has ended but there are still a few First Edition DVD and Photo Book sets available, so if you are still interested, do send in your emails at makoto_thailand@hotmail.com. Hurry hurry XD haha!
Thanks Henkka ~ ♥
You’re welcome Henkka 🙂
Ok, here’s another update (^^)
A sneak preview of the Aucifer Live DVD cover. 😀
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=549562&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=252851755247&id=100000437299379
They are gonna start shipping the DVD and Photobook Sets on DECEMBER 25, 2010. I’m already so excited about this. I can’t wait to get my hands on them.
Those who ordered before Dec 15 to K-Project will get the First Edition Copies of the DVD. Guys.. there are still a few more left of the first edition if you’re interested 😀
Check out the announcement of the shipping date at Makoto’s website http://makoto-koshinaka.jp/
I hope you guys reconsider or tell your friends about it too. 😀
Thanks jv0721! Posted it on the site now. Can’t wait to see the DVD. 🙂
Don’t worry, I already ordered mine the second the Aucifer webstore announced it. And I have no friends. 😀
@Henkka
hahaha! No friends? 😀
Hey can you give me the site where you got them? hahaha! I might be able to find goods I wanted to buy there too lol!
I can’t wait to see the DVD too. Especially the photobook which includes the Thai photos. lol! I’m so excited already.
Sorry, no site. I pestered my Japanese girlfriend into buying them for me. 😛