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“J.P Room,” operated by Wani Books, has announced it will sell a “Special Set” bundling goods from Morning Musume’s Kaede Fukumura and others for 20,000 yen (tax included). The set includes one J.P Room calendar plus artist merchandise, with an oversized, not-for-sale panel and one photo card thrown in as bonus items. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, posters pointed out that the set’s contents look like a grab bag of leftover unsold goods such as calendars, prompting a string of comments calling it “inventory clearance,” while others defended it as “a limited promotion for fans who just want the panel,” leaving opinions split.
<Limited quantities! Comes with Special Set bonus items!!>
Buy the artist set below — which includes one J.P Room calendar — and get an oversized panel & one photo card as a free gift!
【Kaede Fukumura “Special Set” with bonus items — Price (tax included): 20,000 yen】
Source: wani.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Wani [Books] is garbage
Impressive
Ishida had leftover on-location Cheki photos (instant snapshot photos) and ended up adding an extra event — guess she didn't sell as well as expected
https://kizuna.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1791371284/
Then you've got no choice but to buy
They pull this at graduation concerts too
So the oversized panel and photo card are supposed to make up the difference?
It's not meant to be a bargain
It's sold so only the handful of people who want the panel end up buying it
Photobook aside, an old calendar? Is this trash disposal or what, lol
Yeah, they were pushing something of Maria's too
Forgot what it was though
The kind of panel they set up at calendar handout events
Though tacking on the unsold calendar is pretty harsh
Well, it's about normal as a collector price
Wrong image attached
https://www.wani.co.jp/images/Event/Event_xZbjmpE5uDKh73JywvuNMWZ0A4Q3BAjz_3.png
https://www.wani.co.jp/images/Event/Event_xZbjmpE5uDKh73JywvuNMWZ0A4Q3BAjz_4.png
Can't read the text — what's even the point of this image
Same thing here
I want it, but is there competition?
Probably the most competitive one
Up against "Nekodera's girl" and "Chouchin" (apparent fan nicknames)
Seriously? Ishida's that popular?
Guess lining up around midnight on the day should be plenty though
I get the general idea, but does that mean you can't actually read Japanese?
Study some Japanese before browsing Ookami (nickname for the Hello! Project board)
They could clear the stock easily if they just did a handshake event (sesshoku, a fan meet-and-greet)
For a graduation concert, people are probably lining up from the middle of the night
Background and Key Points of This Topic
“J.P Room,” run by Wani Books, handles Hello! Project calendars and meet-and-greet events, and turning a not-for-sale panel into a bonus item for a limited sale is a tactic that’s been used before at things like graduation concerts. Opinions in the thread split between those who saw this as “clearing out unsold calendar stock” and those who saw it as “a limited sales tactic aimed at collectors after the not-for-sale panel,” with both views drawing a fair amount of support. One point that’s easy to get wrong: simply adding up the list prices of the individual items in the set comes to only around 14,000 yen, and posters pointed out that the gap between that and the 20,000 yen price reflects the value of the not-for-sale panel and photo card. In other words, this isn’t simply “marked-up merchandise” — it also reflects pricing aimed at fans chasing limited-edition items.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[Sad News] J.P Room Bundles Its Leftovers and Sells Them to Otaku for 20,000 Yen as Inventory Clearance lol“.
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