3rd Toranoana order thru AOCS get!
Quite impressed by how they packed everything. They packed everything in 4 layers, each with a piece of cardboard and bubble wrap in between. Probably not the most eco-friendly but I loved how they treated everything with such care! Though I think it was mostly packed this way coz though I actually made 3 orders, Toranoana sent everything to AOCS in 4 separate shipments…
Shipment from Toranoana to AOCS is free and I think AOCS is a department inside Toranoana? As I think one of the words one the shipping invoices meant ‘internal courier’ or something to that effect.
Anyway, AOCS allows you to combine orders and will store your orders for free for at most 2 months, so I took advantage of that!
My first order was G’s Magazine plus the limited edition of the A3! Everlasting LP as I had a coupon code for preorder items. I wanted G’s Magazine for their omake items which include a Tenka Hyakken Zan 4th anniversary clear file, shitajiki (pencil board) and poster, plus the Toranoana version comes with an additional postcard! I’m so happy that one of the sides of the clear file shows a full body image of Kuwana (2nd image)~ :3 I love her~! The skimpiness of her outfits don’t really suit her personality, IMO. But maybe showing off so much chest is a Honda sword thing coz look at Tonbokiri! XD;;
My second order was the limited edition of volume 10 of the CCS Clear Card manga as it comes with a brand-new character song duet for Sakura and Syaoran! I only recently found out about this and needed a copy. It was sold out on Amazon JP but Toranoana still had copies so… Then I saw Ichigo on the cover of this Tourabu Manga Anthology and added it to my order… sadly, though Ichigo is on the cover, he doesn’t appear in any of the stories or illustrations inside… I feel so cheated… orz
Then my third and final order was Pinkpompom’s super cute new Baby Kuwana-kun doujinshi~!! It’s so cute and fluffy~!!
Everything arrived at AOCS on 14 April. I immediately paid and chose DHL as my shipping method as it was actually cheaper than EMS! So I got my package very quickly the next morning on 15 April. AOCS shipped it less than one hour after I paid!