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 Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:40 am
I don't know if this is old news or not, but Hottopic is now selling Shoxx magazine. I just got mine today. I'm guessing the feedback for Cure was really good.
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:32 pm
The jury is still out on whether this is a good or a bad thing for me...
HT is just not...a good market...
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:55 pm
I dislike HT, but I'm glad I have easy access to my precious J-rocker magazines that make the boys at my school question their sexuality.XD
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:06 pm
I think its not a bad idea because if our wonderful bands get discovered by the mainstream then that will encourage these bands to come here to the us more often which to me is an awesome idea ^^
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:35 am
Daijobudesu I think its not a bad idea because if our wonderful bands get discovered by the mainstream then that will encourage these bands to come here to the us more often which to me is an awesome idea ^^ too bad the mainstream sucks. I hate to sound bitter and cliched...but its true. By and large the fandom doesn't understand whats being marketed to them other than they want to be hip and different. The marketers don't respect the artistic integrity of what they're trying to sell and they pervert it and cheapen it for new fans and old alike. They just see it as money in the bank.
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:09 am
Sai-kun Daijobudesu I think its not a bad idea because if our wonderful bands get discovered by the mainstream then that will encourage these bands to come here to the us more often which to me is an awesome idea ^^ too bad the mainstream sucks. I hate to sound bitter and cliched...but its true. By and large the fandom doesn't understand whats being marketed to them other than they want to be hip and different. The marketers don't respect the artistic integrity of what they're trying to sell and they pervert it and cheapen it for new fans and old alike. They just see it as money in the bank. Totally. At one point they were selling Dir En Grey shirts at HT. I was really glad that I could get one, but kind of annoyed because I knew random people who don't even follow J-Rock would be like
"ZOMG, if Hot Topic has it, it must be awesome!"
Hot Topic and mainstream just piss me off...
*listens to Cage*
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:08 am
A nice guy at Hot Topic was telling me about it the other day. He got in some jrock tees too. He was really nice. 3nodding
I hate Hot Topic, but this is great! biggrin
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:54 pm
Curious. How much are they charging for Cure and Shoxx at HT?
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:08 pm
Cure is 15 and SHOXX is 16. surprised At least here it is.
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:33 pm
Kuroboshi Rei Cure is 15 and SHOXX is 16. surprised At least here it is. Oh damn...Hot Topic is really shafting everybody O_O Geez, HT, can't you do anything right...
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:10 pm
Sai-kun Kuroboshi Rei Cure is 15 and SHOXX is 16. surprised At least here it is. Oh damn...Hot Topic is really shafting everybody O_O Geez, HT, can't you do anything right... Actually, when you buy Shoxx or Cure magazine online or at a con, you will be paying the same amount that Hottopic is charging. So they are not shafting anybody.
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:54 pm
phoenix_kittie Sai-kun Kuroboshi Rei Cure is 15 and SHOXX is 16. surprised At least here it is. Oh damn...Hot Topic is really shafting everybody O_O Geez, HT, can't you do anything right... Actually, when you buy Shoxx or Cure magazine online or at a con, you will be paying the same amount that Hottopic is charging. So they are not shafting anybody. I dunno, I get em for 10 bucks thereabouts...Sasugabooks is pretty nice about magazines, they dont jack up the import fee too high and the shipping is domestic if you live in the states, so... But I get them from a bookstore, regardless. 16 bucks is LUDICROUS for that mag, I'm sorry to say. And you don't want to buy these things at cons because con prices are way too high to begin with.
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:10 pm
I always buy Cure from there. Is Shoxx good? I've only heard of Shoxx TV, and yeah...
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:07 pm
cheatar1 I always buy Cure from there. Is Shoxx good? I've only heard of Shoxx TV, and yeah... Shoxx is very good. Shoxx is the parent company of Cure and Shoxx bis and all those VK mag offshoots... Shoxx is like Cure, only less fangirly, not to mean anything bad about Cure. I quite like the magazine, but Shoxx seems a lot more commercially oriented, with live reports and what not while Cure is like MAKE UP TIPS!! COSPLAY! Both are awesome mags though.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:10 pm
Even though it is nice that Hot topic is selling Cure magazine and Shoxx but, excuse my language, it's just so f---ing overpriced!
And Hot topic is so mainstream, I mean, the young freshmen kids at my school thinks of Hot Topic as heaven because they have their favorite "punk" bands there and such.
Sorry for the small rant but, it is sort of true, especially where I live, like every freshmen that enters high school, is either a wannabe punk or wannabe goth. It's pretty annoying.
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