Card Captor Sakura charms collection

[cutesherry.livejournal.com]

The flood of goodies really doesn't stop, and Clamp sure keeps track of all these. They posted the link on their twitter account. This time around, we got charms: Card Captor Sakura charms collection (カードキャプターさくら　チャームコレクション) by Bandai.

Here is the link to the official website with the complete description, and this is also where you can preorder them.

Basic information:
The preorder period starts today, June 3rd, 2014
They will be shipped (expected date) to the customers in September 2014
The dimensions:
   -full size charm: about 50mm × 17mm × 6mm
   -mascot size charm: about 20mm × 15mm × 6mm
   -chain length: about 250mm
The cost is 3240jpy, but I am not sure if it's for both models or only one of the two (only the seal set, only the star set or both together since it's a 'collection'). My personal guess is it's both together, because there are no buttons allowing you to choose which type you want to preorder: the only things you can control are how many you want, and whether you want a gift warp or not.

Comments

[aznwolfdoll.livejournal.com]

OMG, I just saw these on eBay and wondered if they were fake Hong Kong rip-offs. X) It's just so strange to see a sudden burst of new CCS merchandise all of the sudden that I still wonder if it's legitimate or not. Thanks to this community and your constant sharing of the news, I don't have to wonder!

[cutesherry.livejournal.com]

aaarrrhhh...I went to Clamp twitter account to give you the link to the post in which they gave the link to the above charms (this is the link by the way: https://twitter.com/CLAMP_news/status/473734065535733760) and ended up discovering that, since this morning, there were more posts about new CCS goodies, and also info on the new CCS trading cards too @_@ *feeling dizzy*

And thank you for saying you are happy about all the news, because I've actually started feeling uncomfortable posting so many news about merchandise, I feel like I'm advertising or selling them myself or something, even though I'm only posting information about them! But there are so many now, that I've started to feel like I'm spamming this community ^^;

EDIT: oh, the new goodies are sold on movic website if you're interested: http://ht.ly/xz1TF and here is the page with the full description of the trading cards: http://p-memories.com/node/574712

EDIT2: ...and also 4 new trading cards sleeves: http://chara-supply.com/product/sleeve289/ / http://chara-supply.com/product/sleeve288/ / http://chara-supply.com/product/sleevemtg002/ / http://chara-supply.com/product/sleevemtg001/

Sorry, there is really no end to this ^^;

And mystery: all the goodies are focused on the start of the series, when she only had the sealing wand, and nothing about the later part from the moment she's got the star wand to the end...this is a bit frustrating...

[vaiyoretto.livejournal.com]

These are cute...but too expensive.

I'm pretty sure the set includes both since it says this in the description:
【セット内容】
●封印の杖・鍵チャーム
●星の杖・鍵チャーム

[cutesherry.livejournal.com]

I also think this is for both! But since I don't read japanese and only use an online translator, I'm afraid to mislead anyone ^^;

About the price, if this is all we, international fans, had to pay, it might actually be acceptable if we really like the goodies, but when you think that we also have to pay the fees of the proxy buyer who will get them for us (since this is a Japan only website) and then the shipping cost from Japan to wherever we are in the world, the original price is multiplied at least per 2, and THAT hurts D:

[aznwolfdoll.livejournal.com]

I'd be more interested in the trading cards if they had brand new art on them, or at least artwork that's been done for magazines in the past that's hard to find. Like THIS ONE (http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111130201509/ccs/images/6/6e/The_Sealed_Card_Ending_Bonus_Poster_Sakura_Syaoran_Hug.jpg)! I absolutely love this one of them but the text from the magazine and the center of it being cut off has always bothered me. But if they had them in a new artbook or even trading cards, I might be a lot more interested in getting them.

I also think the cost of the charms is a bit much, despite how cute they are.

And as much as I love CCS, but I hope they don't resurrect it into a brand new show like they're doing with Sailor Moon. CCS is fine the way it is, not to mention a lovable CLAMP classic.

[cutesherry.livejournal.com]

I feel the same as you do about the trading cards: they would indeed be VERY interesting to own if there are new anime artworks in the lot, or at least rare ones as you said. And that CCS movie 2 illustration is definitely one of my absolute favorite too! So beautiful! And it's also so curious they didn't try making money out of it by at least making postcards, clearfiles or telephone cards with it, the fans would have jumped like a pack of hyenas on it! XD

About a remake of CCS, unlikely to happen? But I would be fine with it.
It's not like the 90's version will disappear (the CCS DVD, artbooks and all kinds of merchandise on my shelves won't magically vanish into thin air ;) ) or that we won't look back to them or forget it either. The 200 episodes of Sailor Moon for example, are ENGRAVED in my memory, I don't see what could be done to erase them, seriously, and it's been 15 years! I spent so much time fangirling about SM when I was between 9-13, from the episodes, the movies, the OVA, the mangas books, drawing it, dreaming of it, posters covering all my bedroom walls, goodies! (and in the 90's, getting all that was VERY difficult! Not only because of my age and that my parents were mad at me for "doing all that crap", but because there was no internet or online shopping!)
Also, I personally have very good experiences with anime remakes like Glass Mask 2005, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood and Battleship Yamato 2199, all magnificent masterpieces I extremely enjoyed from beginning to end.
The other thing is that I find it nice that new generations of young fans could watch it on TV, and for this series to be rediscovered by children for whom it would be their "childhood anime crush", the same way it was for us ^_^
And let's say it: I don't think I could ever say no to more Syaoran! Impossible! New episodes in widescreen in 1080p, new songs, new artworks! kkyyaaahhh!! XD XD

[suppis-tenshi.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, these are lovely. I like that they are appealing to the older generation of fans. Thanks for always sharing the goodie news!

[kiriezero.livejournal.com]

so small and cute! <3

[cutesherry.livejournal.com]

I made a post in my livejournal about the trading cards, with the links to them on amiami website, in case you want to preorder them from there.

[cutesherry.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I enjoy posting these news, but because of the quantity, I've been feeling like I'm spamming the community hahaha~

[suppis-tenshi.livejournal.com]

You can never spam with CCS goodies! *-* Plus, I feel like they're building up to something with all these new releases which gets me really excited!