FanChats💬submit your prompts!It's FanChat Friday! This week's prompt is: Do you have any physical merch? How do you choose what merch to get? Now's your chance to show it off!
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Dr. Neon, PhD in Tragedy@FandomChats
Generally, accessories and plush, and sometimes pillows. I also have a box of keychains... I'm never buying keychains again.
Generally, accessories and plush, and sometimes pillows. I also have a box of keychains... I'm never buying keychains again.
@FandomChats I try to go for things I can use, but then sometimes I do this...
Edited: removed an image because oops that image included something I accidentally included
Edited: removed an image because oops that image included something I accidentally included
@FandomChats the reason why I don't get keychains anymore:
(This is only one box. I have another back in Malaysia)
(This is only one box. I have another back in Malaysia)
charisu@geraineon Obe! Fredrerica and Hilde! I know what you mean, I can't and don't want to make any more room for charms 
@charisu too many! No space to display! 
And yes! I ship Hilde x Frederica~ I love obe, too and his dog ❤️
And there's a Reu there as well xD
And yes! I ship Hilde x Frederica~ I love obe, too and his dog ❤️
And there's a Reu there as well xD
Linky@geraineon @FandomChats I need to pick it up again sometime to continue, but its so cool seeing some LOGH merch in this thread!!
NAAN's fandom korner@geraineon @FandomChats The LOGH stuff is awesome!
Soph (they/them)@FandomChats I have almost none! I did get the special editions of svsss and tgcf final volumes though, which came with some stuff - here's one of the tgcf stickers on my water tumbler that I keep on my desk at work!
(yes that is a bird sticker next to it. obviously!)
@FandomChats for whatever reason buying merch has never been a priority for my budget, but I bet that would change if the right merch appeared in front of me. do I know what that right merch would be? I do not. Like any art, I'd know it when I see it.
@FandomChats I love to collect character related goods if they exist, I'm especially into pins, charms, stands, plushies and figures! But Ive gotten other types of merch too outside of those types if I can find a use for it. Just having a little physical reminder of something I love makes me happy. Here's a curated selection of some of my merch of mostly Kamen Rider since I'm especially into it these days.
@linky @FandomChats omg that Ankh is scarily accurate?!
@okilies @FandomChats They really got the actors likeness for this! It's wild how accurate it is
E. Hyde@FandomChats MDZS was my first fandom where there was all that much merch available and I ended up getting a decent amount! I tend to favor practical merch - these notebook covers are some of my favorites. Many a fic has been written in them! (some of them with MDZS ink, too). I also have a wangxian umbrella (black on the outside, image inside) but unfortunately it wasn't actually very sturdy and is currently waiting for me to see if I can fix it.
@FandomChats I also have a number of items that I associate with certain characters/ships/fandoms, even though they're not technically merch. Certain mugs and pens, mostly. I'm too picky about mugs to get printed fandom mugs off redbubble or wherever, but if I find a nice handmade mug in the right colors? It's fandom merch in my heart.
@FandomChats There's still a Shinah sticker (the blue dragon from Yona) on my T card, so he can safely guide me through the dark tunnels (I have ridden the T approximately three times since the pandemic started)
@ehyde I love card stickers! All my cards have stickers on them (and then I forget sometimes when they are the same fandom and bring the wrong card out haha)
Forestofglory@ehyde @FandomChats for a sec I thought you were talking about @umadoshi 's cat! (Who is named after that dragon)
villainous friend
Ysa@Forestofglory Our Sinha is an excellent little dragon of a cat. Even if he did just bap his little sister (Yona) on the head.
@villainousfriend @ehyde @FandomChats
@villainousfriend @ehyde @FandomChats
@ehyde I love this!
whim 🪺@ehyde oh i love doing this too! what are some of your favs that you associate with a character?
holo new-ra@FandomChats i’m an enamel pin girlie 😤 i keep them displayed on a bag i bought at colossalcon several years ago. they’re not all fandom themed, but i do have a good chunk that are—right side has hollow knight, monument valley, slay the spire, and transistor, and then there’s spirited away in the top left corner. most of the others are from local shops/artists or souvenirs from trips
@FandomChats the piece of merch i use most often might be my fangamer hollow knight sweatshirt. its such a simple design but i love it so much 😭😭😭 https://www.fangamer.com/cdn/shop/products/product_HK_knight_sweater_main_1cb51cd4-ddde-48d8-afa0-d13e87b0d75b.png?crop=center&height=600&v=1605338887&width=900
@plalligator @FandomChats this is pretty sweet :3
@FandomChats @okilies thanks! i’m proud of it
Katriina (at Bluesky 🦋)@FandomChats
During the years I've bought some t-shirts and that's mostly it. I'm not into merch a lot.
During the years I've bought some t-shirts and that's mostly it. I'm not into merch a lot.
gold @ the nase hiroomi factor@FandomChats The only thing I've collected a lot of merch for was Enstars, and I've recently been trying to get rid of it so many can badges and I can't find anyone to give them to
I kept only an album and the manjuus of my #1 faves. Sticking to fewer things makes it look tidier when displaying them (I don't count things like doujins/manga/books as merch which is why you can see many more of those in the pictures haha)
My rule going forward in the future is 'don't buy anything whose only purpose is to be displayed' because that means it becomes useless as soon as I get tired or run out of space for it
My ideal merch at this point is probably a nice tshirt, or a mechanical pencil or some fountain pen ink (these do exist for some franchises)
@FandomChats I took a recent picture since all my physical emblemcon stuff arrived, what timing!
Here's a messier collection from last year when I didn't have a cork board to organize: https://blorbo.social/@charisu/111062526576178990
@charisu @FandomChats a cork board is such a brilliant idea. Maybe once I move to a new place I'll get one to display my box of keychains xD
@FandomChats so you know how some people have a animal they like and when their family doesn't know what to get as present they get something with that animal? Well my "animal" is Totoro, so I actually have a bunch of Totoro things, mugs, a teapot, plushies etc (I do love Totoro, but I wouldn't get myself most of these things)
Other than that I don't have a lot, some art books, a few stickers, a few pins
Julia@Forestofglory I also have a few Totoro things 😊
@FandomChats i love collecting merch with my partner! though we cant afford as much as we'd like and have conflicted feelings about manufacturing practices that keeps us away from most things. we have a pretty nice collection though i think for #yugioh , and since moving we haven't been able to display it all. my partner and i decided to collect the entirety of the original print of yugioh duel monsters, and a friend kindly gifted us yugioh R! we have a TON of doujinshi too! but its wayyy too much to show in just 4 photos, so here are favorites that bring me a lot of joy
ive also made my own...merch? the keycap is all me babey! sculpted and painted with my own paws. wish there were more handmade fan items out there these days. dropshipping makes me depressed
@whimwitch @FandomChats love the keycap! That's awesome!
@geraineon thanks!! it was so tricky to work the clay at such a small scale, but it turned out super cool! id love to make more fan keycaps ⌨️
@whimwitch @FandomChats I love the wall art! 
And the keycap is AWESOME!! I'd love for more handmade stuff instead \ o /
And the keycap is AWESOME!! I'd love for more handmade stuff instead \ o /@okilies thank you! so many nice pieces of fan art from so many great artists. i think its cool to see all of these different styles all together
burgundy@FandomChats hell yeah!
I prefer small things, like mugs, keychains and Nendoroids
the purse was a gift from my brother, I'm not into HP these days but hey free purse lol
Rarely I'll splurge on a statue if there's a character I'm really fond of!
#Hatofulboyfriend #genshinimpact #Genshin #TalesOfTheAbyss #TalesOfXillia #TalesOfSeries
@burgundy_ @FandomChats omg Luke!!! I love tales of the abyss! Probably the tales game I replayed the most!
@geraineon @FandomChats yess!! peak taste! 🤝
@FandomChats A lot of my collection is still back in my old house in Puerto Rico, some of it seen in the four photos attached here--but as an adult, I like collecting stickers or keychains if they are below 5-10 bucks including shipping XD Sometimes some chibi figures. Otherwise I try to not collect much due to space or money, unless it's something super rare that I know I will never see again, like very obscure manga. Thankfully that hasn't happened much lol. Thank you, second hand markets that sell things super cheap!
The dolls featured in these photos from my house, I brought with me to my home here in the US but OVA!Belldandy's head broke when getting her out of the protective casing, and I think Ryoko's sword broke 
Not sure how to fix them, and some of the stands (the pole thing that helps them stand up) are missing but I'm sure it's because they're still in storage. Not sure how they would be replaced...But I love them, anyway 
@FandomChats Some stuff from the past few years I've gotten! I don't tend to buy fanmerch but sometimes they're easier or cheaper to get than official merch if the series in question doesn't have much fanmerch. (Most merch from Macross II is fan-made, for example.) #FanChats25
(Credits of fanmerch in alt text!)
kallowayI've done repairs on similar-sized figures and smaller by very carefully making small holes in each half (tiny drill bit in a pin-vice) and then inserting a chunk of a paperclip as a permanent pin. (maybe a drop of model superglue if I'm sure I want it permanent)
Beautiful collection, btw. I keep trying to stay out of merch-heavy fandoms but it doesn't work. ^^;;
@kalloway Haha I know that feel! I think my heaviest was just Sailor Moon throughout the years...I haven't bought much from it since entering college a lifetime ago, because ironically enough it became way more expensive since, than even importing the manga in the 90s (to a small island, no less.) IMO, of course. I look at fandoms like hmm, I'll say Star Wars and kinda go 
A way I try to control is just to repeat the mantra my mother taught me: when you can get it, you'll get it ^^; Works when you see the costs of stuff LMAO At the same time, most of my fandoms are old ones, so luckily no new merch if I want it, old merch is a coin's toss if I feel like splurging.
And oooh, that's a thought! Just unraveling the paperclip and cutting it in some way that can fit in the hole, then? I'll have to consider that one of these days when I get time to reorganize stuff >.>
I've been taking advantage of Suruga-ya's free shipping sales and picking up a lot of stuff lately, but it's a lot of artbooks and then smaller stuff like keychains.
Here's a quick-pic of an example repair with a paperclip-as-pin, fixing poor Ryuna's broken staff.
@kalloway Yeah, I used Surugaya once to try out the free shipping and MAN, it's so tempting to do it again. But have to hold out XD
And I see 👀 📝 I see, I see...that looks very much like pro work, hehe.
Yeah, I keep caving to temptation. ^^;;
unforth | Duck Prints Press@FandomChats ...I have so much. so so much. more than I can really conveniently photograph and share. I started getting physical merch for my blorbos in the late 90s and never really stopped...
Doubt 💖@FandomChats i love having merch! I am picky about art, so I won't go as far as getting anything and everything with my blorbo's face on it, but i have collected quite a bit over the years. I try not to get things that take up too much space or that live on shelves collecting dust, so no figures or standees, but I love keychains, enamel pins, and postcard sized or smaller prints.
@FandomChats I'm not into purely decorative stuff but I got a fluffy blanket with a floral design and a yllz quote, and I had a couple of t-shirts and a mug printed with designs I chose, all on Redbubble.
readingchameleon@FandomChats I have the CD for the soundtrack of Non Non Biyori and Healer Girl, 'cause they are both just so good!
If they had been available digitally, I would have taken that option instead.
If they had been available digitally, I would have taken that option instead.