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01/09/11(Sun)18:04 No.6782869>>6782079
Yes
and no. When it comes to major circles (i.e. wall/shutter circles) the
books themselves will be readily available at K-Book, Tora no Ana, etc,
within a day or two. Of course, the price will double, triple, or
quadruple.
What you won't find in stores are the limited edition
sets that circles put out that usually involve a bag, a copy-bon, and
goodies like key chains, phone straps, stick posters, and calendars.
You'll see the sets available from the the top tier of circles (Udon-ya,
Cut a Dash, etc) but again the prices will have jumped several fold.
Udon-ya's set was 1500 at Comic Market, and the cheapest I saw it in a
store was 5000, with the more common price being 6300.
Other
things you won't find in stores are books from small, no-name circles.
For example, we found a circle doing a Happy Tree Friends book and
another one doing an anthropomorphized Tom and Jerry BL book. Had to
pick those up for their WTF value since you will never, ever sees them
in stores. Fortunately, with small circles you almost never have a line.
You can just walk right up, check out their books, and even have time
to chat.
The other reason to stand in line is for the intangible
value of directly supporting the artist. It's just not same feeling as
buying it from a store. |
