ahhh yeah! omg i'm so sorry lmao I was so absorbed with irl stuff that I completely forgot. I saw!! (Mine hasn't shipped yet LOL) but WOW it looks so good! It makes me really want to grab the borderless shikishi on rerun. The polaroids look so good as well (and the laser tickets are my weakness as usual). Only got that one thing (laser ticket/pola) so will definitely keep an eye out in the future. also idk if it's just my wacky brain but I really really truly adore the (my brain is not braining rn) laser ticket holder...?the protection? packaging? Idk but it's one of the small things I appreciate when I do get that type of merch.
...blue suits zuo ran so much (ntm his story motifs, but just the color composition as well...) ദ്ദി╥ ᴗ ╥) i need more mhy, pls and thank you (even though i'm forking over my money 😒)
and oh, as it turned out, my genshin merch did ship out literally a few days after I ordered...it's just that either they forgot to give my agent the tracking number or my agent forgot to input it because it was delivered to the warehouse for over a week before my agent put in the # ☠️☠️ tbh i've been preached to by many people about the wonders of cainiao...which the problem is it's only consolidation and it requires a tb account (WHICH I DO NOT HAVE bc it blocked my region phone #) so sad ahaha. truly curious about what they mean by superbuy upselling shipping costs lwk (i do not want to think much further because my brain will be screaming in agony at the shipping cost /hj)
xhs is really neat..i use it sporadically to also check on old merch that have already released to see the unboxing and how they look irl to make sure i actually want to spend the late fan tax 😆 i did not expect doll to be so common but i can really see it now. but also seeing your tiny zr finger doll made my heart melt (i get it now.) my first stuff arrived and wow i finally understand why i see so many people talk about mhy's sturdy cardboard boxes. super nice.
I cut down so much of my merch wish list (well, kind of. still have a massive wish list but sorted into what i want in a ideal future and what i really really want) and bought like most of my immediate desires (that are not out of reach/super expensive resale tax/out of print), so for future releases I have to see if it's feasible bcuz if I only have a handful of stuff, it isn't economically viable to ship to me. also obligatory mention of shitty irl stuff driving oil costs high and countries being on alert (my nightmare is my stuff getting caught during customs inspection even though I only use tax-free lines and then getting destroyed)
(i say all this even though i already have a wishlist that i could cross from, just that i spent quite a bit already and my wallet wishes to rest💸💸).
(i also say this in light of 6th anniversary as well as my other game's occasions. nope nope nope **vigorously shaking my head**🙂↔️🙂↔️ exercise some self-restraint smhhh)
(furthermore sinking into the depths when i realize that one of my preorders is also going to likely only ship in oct/nov/end of the year) did i mention i really hate preorders. especially preorders by nonofficial sellers, aka putting my trust and money in random people hoping that they are of good conscience. i especially hate that i cannot see the estimated dates on superbuy ui. 🙂 my brain also reminding me that i cannot see the gift redeem that people mention from tb store (i believe?) so that is. a minor irritant. and now my brain also wants to remind me of another irritant which is currency conversion (so even though superbuy has a worse rate than what is the googled exchange rate, it gets worse because when i pay using card, the merchant takes a slice so I'm paying an additional tax on tax essentially without even considering the actual international shipping yet - I even have wechat acc...just not wechat pay unlocked ugh). To be honest, it makes me rethink my initial stance of local stores upselling merch cost (which they still are, but like it's so much hassle plus the fear of something going wrong during shipping), but considering most of the merch doesn't make it overseas (especially for games that aren't on genshin/hsr tier, and even then so much is basically cn-exclusive if not super difficult to find), it's the price for access i guess. sorry ig this was just me realizing it isn't all sunshine and rainbows after learning how to use a proxy 😮💨😮💨
hm i think zzz has a different store as well? a little curious why they decide to separate lke this, but also not really my concern.
p.p.p.s., ... this is a bit embarassing but I get so excited when my stuff arrives at the warehouse and they take photos. it's a little addiction atp, it gives me a small high. not great, but better if i substitute other people's unboxings.
ty again for keeping with my yapping and complaints (and for remembering about my ask!), it really means a lot 🤭 (oh and i also included feedback abt tl to survey T~T)
Honestly don't worry about it because I also get pulled with too many things at once, game and irl LOL
Also ahaha right the borderless shikishi came out so nicely, i did expect it but it's truly so nice. I did expect the pola to be good, and it is hahah Themis packaging tends to be really good so I expected it this time too, I understand why you so taken by it.
Hahah I mean his eyes are blue so of course it complements him well. I think it's kinda sweet with themis tho Each ML signature colour is clear but they aren't bound by it either, that's why everyone merch also colourful without forgetting their signature colour still.
Hahah that truly seemed like pain in the ass, a lot of my orders are handled by local proxy and my friends but rip I know sometime superbuy is the only choice left for people. Truly thoughts and prayer for the wallet.
Hahah yes XHS is useful for checking old merchs and stuffs, which is I end up with a small panda li shen now www but yes! See the light of dolls hahaha
Ahahah yeah, mhy card box is nice, i like having that stuff for other purposes but yeah economically (in many ways as either currency or oil prices that also add to cost of shipping) it will be more painful to the wallet and indeed hahah regardless if you game even more niche there is hoop to be jump around, sometime po is the safest way (for wallet) to get it and the local store tend to play safe with ones that known because access plus sometime retails cost too. Gift redeem indeed connected to tb acc so that's not.really something can be done with acc unfortunately
And indeed HAHAH plenty anniv around corner not only just for one games, I am already super zen for most part www
I even have less knowledge of zzz whether game or physical as its the only mhy games i never try LOL but hahah yes, not really something to be think on
Also hahah no worries honestly, whenever my friend updated which stuff of mine arrived in her warehouse I always got excited myself, and other people unboxing were indeed fun to watch and i like to do that too XD
Hahah my long term memory is pretty good so I tend to remember stuff like that XD but no worries really, I won't entertain an answer if I thought it was a bother.
HAHAHAH I assume you saw my tweets over themis tl quality LOL thank you, I can't always be the only one who gives them feedsback over this hhhh