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Guide on How to Adopt Your Very Own Samomile and Cattawin

(aka Kyuu's buying guide for Weidian through Superbuy)

So it has come to my attention that the delightful artist Zerozeroling1 has released more Samomile and Cattawin plushies and last time I wasn't sure how much interest there would be so I didn't promote it

but I accidentally induced a lot of jealousy among my friends group, soooo this time I'm helping out with a promo tip + buying guide (and offer to do group order if you're still confused and we're friendly).

✨Link to Kyuu's Weidian Buying Guide✨

These are the Samomile and Cattawin plush available for adoption this time. Unfortunately the keychains aren't being offered again. This was shared in the promo deck for size comparison of how big your new friends are.

They come as a pair and are listed for 168RMB (approximately $25USD) and are 35 cm tall and 23cm wide (from arm to arm).

They'll come with a green and yellow scarf, as well as some other bonus goodies.

Pre-sale period: September 22nd - September 30th. No refunds will be accepted. Shipping will take place approximately 45 days after the end of pre-sale. (last time the items arrived at the warehouse about two months after I paid for the items).

My guess on shipping estimate: For China warehouse to US, it cost me the lower end shipping option of $20 for the two plush under 1lb. Please expect shipping for these two larger items to cost anywhere between $40-60USD to your location after processing.

I'm not the artist so if you miss the pre-order period, unfortunately you're out of luck.

Please enjoy your adoption!

[acidphosphorusofficial]

Progress on the dress, it just got shipped, warehouse is gonna get it soon.

This makes me feel a bit less depressed than how I was almost the whole day

[portaljaavii]

Comprando a través de Superbuy en Taobao en China 2023

[arkiwii]

you know what, fuck it! HUGE BOOST to some of my favorite artists on the CN community, check out their work!! It was made by two artists, Jie (Twitter/Weibo), who did the Fanbook pictured below, and European Pudding (Weibo), who did the stickers and acrylics stands!

it's a bit tricky to use Taobao outside of China, so you'd have to use a website called Superbuy, here's the link to the item if you want to check out!

pleamse give them support, they're some of my main inspirations when it comes to Saria/Silence content :]

[emypony]

hm. i may be mentally unwell about them

probably my last haul godspeed. i got my grubby hands on anything i could find lol

im always intimidated by people's shrines BUT YOU KNOW WHAT... FINALLY BUILDING MY OWN !!!

.....and its pardo-senti-hua themed. there's so little senti items you would be surprised. im still missing some (unfortunately fu hua goes out of stock so fast, you might say oh kiana this, elysia that, NO GIRL, THE BREADWINNER FOR HOYOVERSE IS FU. HUA. SHES KEEPING THE WHOLE THING IN BUSINESS)

nonetheless ill keep an eye out for items that might restock..eh hehjfg. i have some other stuff but they're preorder for now so im waiting !

not pictured here is also the huge pardofelis hoodie / poncho thing but im not sure how to take a picture of it. ITS SO DAMN THICK AND BIG LIKE A BLANKET WTF..

[lavenderpilled]

taobao prices :D

shipping from china D:

[sonderwrit]

I Have to Be a Great Villain author confirms print version of the story in Chinese is in the works (though approval for publication is still pending). If all goes well we don’t have to order the Thai version to make do ahhh

Original Weibo post by Mu Huoran

[kindrehd]

He’s here

[emirrea]

My scarameows have arrived and I'm already in love O.O

[schizo2709]

HCYES not only subtitled the unboxing of the USB version of the album (see previous post) but now also of the CD version!

LOOK AT THE PICTURES IN THE BOOKLET!!!!!!!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰

And he likes the hairstyle of the Snow Mountain God!!!! THE COVER PHOTO IS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, baby, do it! Long dyed hair for the tour in the second half of the year!!!!!!!! 💖💖💖

[omegaversereloaded]

Plymouth meet today babay!!! Lol superbuy had this dress shipped to me from china via boat so i finally have it 4 months after buying it LMAO

[ca-tsuka]

"The Art of The Legend of Hei" artbook is coming in China (276 pages + 60 pages bonus comic book). International preorders via Superbuy. How to use Superbuy proxy purchasing service? I wrote a guide.

[emypony]

i have been introduced to the existence of chinese ebay. my wallet is in so much danger omfg.

Xianyu...godspeed. you will be my financial downfall.

THERE'S HONKAI MERCH ON THERE I DIDNT EVEN KNOW EXISTED?!?!?

MY SENTIFELIS...REAL?! ?!

hoping to see a Fu Hua one too so I can complete my collection of scrunklies...

yeah i. im not normal you can tell.

[starrysharks]

these questions are pretty similar so i'll answer both at once.

to buy from a chinese indie brand, you need two things: the brand's taobao link and a proxy site account. taobao is a chinese storefront (?) that most of these stores are hosted on. there are plenty of western stores online that also carry taobao brand clothing - like arcana archive, glitch cupids, and pixie rebels - but i would recommend just getting your stuff from a proxy as those stores often up the prices of the clothes.

note that it can be a bit of a struggle to get the taobao link of a store, especially if you don't have an account (which is notoriously difficult to get these days), but i did find some link lists! (mostly lolita stuff as that's what taobao is most popular for among alt fashionistas ^_^)

some other brands that i recommend -

eyeelike - y2k inspired, though their stock is usually very limited. sizes up to UK 10-12 (L) i believe

link (lemme know if it's broken):

frufru - bright, colorful, sorta harajuku-esque! i heavily recommend their star messenger bags, been wanting to get one of my own for a while ^_^

link

and hbreaker - a more visual kei sort of thing! more edgy than the other two stores, but i'm yet to check it out properly

link

so, now that you have the link, you need a proxy site. this is so that you can send the clothes over from china to your own country. in the past, i would've recommended pandabuy, but it died a few months ago due to illegal replica selling. for that, i'd recommend avoiding proxies that allow replicas, because they might go under while you're trying to get clothes shipped. (that happened to me T_T)

some that are reliable are:

sugargoo

superbuy

spreenow

now all you do is use the search bar (make sure it's on the "shop" mode rather than "product"), and plug in the link to the shop you want to buy from, and it should be the first result. get all your clothes, and now all you have to do is have them shipped out! shipping usually costs a lot (£20+ from my experience) and if you're buying a haul, it can be over £200 for just 4-6 items, so i'd recommend only buying stuff you KNOW you're going to wear often and enjoy. shipping should only take 2-3 weeks (at least in my experience - i live in the UK, it might take more time in the US.) and boom! now you can dress like those cool girls on xiaohongshu!

there are also two western stores i'd like to go over that have similar clothes - sixth dimension and minga london.

sixth dimension has many good qualities - they have more inclusive sizing (up to UK XL), reasonable prices based on their quality, and they restock and do sales often. i heavily recommend them if you can't afford the high shipping prices or if the sizing is too limited for you!

unfortunately, i have less nice things to say about minga london. they're highly extortionate in terms of pricing - i've seen shein quality cardigans sold for upwards of £70, for example. they do drops often, and have been accused of fast fashion but i'm not sure if that's legit or not. they've also stolen designs in the past. however, they do have inclusive sizing, up to XXXL. i'd recommend only buying from them if they're doing a sale, or if you literally have no other choice.

now regarding fruits mag - unfortunately, you can't buy from them. fruits mag is a japanese magazine that went over a variety of different street styles, so if you want to buy from fruits, you'd have to buy from the brands that the people in the magazines are wearing. as fruits was most popular in the 2000s, most of those brands are defunct...however, i do have some recommendations for japanese alternative brands!

alice and the pirates - popular lolita fashion. pretty good sizing i think, and they do worldwide shipping too iirc.

baby the stars shine bright - same as aatp, but more "cutesy".

acdc rag - yami kawaii type clothes with inclusive sizing.

dearmylove - jirai kei/dark girly clothing and beautiful shoes. inclusive sizing, i'm pretty sure they have a full plus size range! also collabed with needy streamer overdose lol

liz lisa - lolita/mori kei/girly styles and pretty coats. quite expensive tho...

moi-meme-moitie - the brand of malice mizer's guitarist mana-sama! gothic lolita. i'm not sure about sizing or prices.

6%dokidoki - yume kawaii and decora style. very colorful! i'm not sure about sizing.

angel blue - japanese kids clothing, usually worn in general kawaii and jojifuku styles. as it's for kids, the sizing is NOT inclusive at all, UK size S-M at the most from what i've seen. usually you can only find resellers on depop, but the pricing usually isn't horrible.

other than brands, i'd recommend looking for clothes thrifting on and offline (hit big city thrift stores for better chances of alt clothing), buying accessories from verified etsy sellers, and just looking around the house for anything you can turn into an accessory or part of an outfit! i hope this post helps you though!

[sinful-lanterns]

I just wanted to share that the plush manufacturer that made my Kafka, Furina and Navia plushies is also in the process of making some PTN ones! At the moment, they are only taking preorders based on these designs, but after enough people have ordered them, they will begin producing mass stock with actual, updated images of the plushies <3

I recommend buying these on Taobao or Superbuy if you’re ordering from global once they drop. I can’t even imagine my poor wallet after this 😭 I want all of them!

[elaine19day]

To those who are confused as to where and how to buy OldXian's new artbook and merchandise, let me try to break it down for you.

A few days ago, OldXian announced the pre-sale of their new artbook which comes in two versions.

Variant A (regular) includes: - the new artbook - a poster - 2x postcards

Variant B (deluxe edition) includes: - the new artbook - a poster - 2x postcards - 4x buttons - a shishiki board - a sticker sheet - a 24 page booklet

Furthermore there's two new acrylic standees which can be purchased separately. A tianshan and a zhanyi version.

The cost of these items is as follows: Artbook (version A): 89 Yuan [roughly: 13 USD | 12 Euro | 10 GBP] Artbook (version B): 189 Yuan [roughly: 27 USD | 25 Euro 21 GBP] Acrylic Standee: 49 Yuan (each) [roughly: 7 USD | 7 Euro | 6 GBP]

All of these items are available for purchase in their taobao store now, under this link: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?ft=t&id=786971367604

But if you have trouble creating a taobao account or your country isn't on the (very short) taobao shipping list [China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand] then you have several other options to get your hands on these new items.

1. You could use aliexpress, koonbooks or any other China-based shopping app/website to buy these things from a 3rd party seller.

Now, keep in mind that these sellers obviously want to make a profit, so you will pay more than in the original taobao shop. However, on the plus side, they usually offer free shipping, which is nice considering that items like artbooks are heavy and shipping costs are based on weight, so if you pay over, some of that money also goes towards covering the shipping costs, which is not bad.

The risk of ordering with such a website is obviously that the independent seller could turn out to be a scammer and keep your money and not send you the goods. I have no idea about koonbook's policies, however in the case of aliexpress you are at least protected by such practices and should you not receive what you paid for, you will be refunded and get your money back.

Also keep in mind that the artbook and merch is still in production at this point! But Old Xian said the merch will be shipped out BEFORE May 20th. That's less than 4 weeks from now.

That being said - in some cases the merch will be cheaper on aliexpress after official ship-out, because there will be more people offering it, competing for best prices.

However there's obviously also a risk that the deluxe edition will sell out before that or that these re-sellers only ship the artbook itself with none of the extras.

Here's two links where you can have a look at potential resellers, but carefully think about all the pro's and con's I gave you before you consider to buy. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006893284852.html https://koonbooks.com/products/old-xian-19-days-art-collection-3-chinese?variant=46493038674166 2.

The other option you have is using a taobao shopping agent. If you google that, you'll find dozens of websites offering their services. I myself have used parcelup, 42agent and superbuy before. Here's links to all of them: https://www.superbuy.com/ https://parcelup.com/ https://www.42agent.com/ What all of these agents have in common is that you need to create an account BEFORE you can start searching and shopping. All you need for that is a valid email address. I'll show how it works with superbuy screenshots here. After you signed up, you can copy the taobao-link I gave you earlier and paste it into the search-field.

What will come up is an embedded view of the taobao listing where you can pick which variant you want and then add it to your shopping cart.

Once you have added everything you want, click on the shopping cart and simply follow all further payment instructions.

They will also ask you if you want them to keep the original packaging or if you want them to remove anything unnecessary and repack everything in order to make it weigh less so shipping will be cheaper. It's up to you. You will then be asked to pay for items, domestic shipping (so mosspaca studios can ship the goods to your agent's warehouse) and in some cases a service fee. For example, superbuy has no service fee, however they stopped offering paypal as payment method recently so you'd need a credit card or other online methods to pay for your order and everything. Parcelup, however, still offers paypal, but they also charge service fees. (They are fairly low though, if you ask me.) So after you paid for your goods, they will order the items for you and then you'll have to wait about 4-5 weeks for them to arrive, because keep in mind - like I said earlier - everything is still in production and Old Xian aims to ship everything out before the 20th of May. There's hundreds, if not thousands of parcels arriving to all agent's warehouses every day, so it will take them a few days to sort through things after your order arrives. You need to be patient!! They will get back to you with pictures of your order, trust me. When this happens you need to look at the pics and if everything is okay, you can reply to them to proceed. You will then be presented with shipping quotes. Usually they offer more than one shipping method and some are tracked, others are untracked, some will take only a week or two until they arrive at your doorstep, others will take 6 weeks or up to two months. Choose wisely which method you want and consider what is in your budget. (Obviously fast shipping with tracking is more expensive than slow shipping without it, however personally I'd always recommend a tracked service.) Just to give you an estimate on what to expect when it comes to international shipping - parcels with that amount of merch and weight, will always cost me about 50 USD or more to ship from China to the UK, where I live. (So keep that in mind before you order. International shipping is very expensive!) But once you picked a shipping method, you pay for it (that's your 2nd payment) and once they have processed that - your goodies will be on the way to you within a few days. And that's it. Sit down, eat your food and wait patiently for it to arrive. If you have further questions, just plop them into the comments and I'll try to answer them.