thank you so much for watching and enjoying! ^0^ I really appreciate it!

Oh, how cool! I'm so glad I could shed some light into your toy collecting journey ^0^

Thanks so much ^0^

WOOWOO! YAY SOFUBI! \^0^/

sorry for the super late reply but yes! ^0^ it's so cool, isn't it!? My Grapebrain collection has since grown lol can't get enough of them! ;)

Hello hello! thank you for commenting ^0^ and a Happy New Year to you too! I definitely want to try and make more videos this year for sure :)

aaw thanks so much for watching! ^0^ I really appreciate it! and same! I think that's what really attracts me to sofubi is that it's just your every-day artist that creates these toys from start to end and they're all so different and unique ^_~ so much fun! <3

thanks so much! ^0^ aren't these lil figures so dang cute!? I'm glad you're able to import them ;)

aaw thanks so much ^0^ I really appreciate it! and so cool you have your own art toy store!! I hope to make more videos in the future to help spread the world of sofubi to wider audiences ;)

thanks so much! ^0^!!! <3

aww! I'm glad I could help motivate you! ^0^ it's a difficult journey but keep trying your best- I will too :) let's give it our all!

thanks so much ^0^

they're cute, right!? if only the claw machines were more easily won lol

Now more than ever it's become increasingly easier for buyers/collectors outside of Japan to get sofubi from Japan. But you're right, not every artist does international shipping but majority of them (especially the popular ones) make a lot of effort to get their toys to everyone (especially to not lose out to re-sellers). If you follow your favorite creator on Twitter/Instagram they occasionally might announce (in English) that they're doing international shipping. But I also highly suggest following stores like "TBase", "OneUp", "MyPlasticHeart", etc because they usually offer international shipping and are partnering up with more and more sofubi artists all the time. In fact, those type of shops will usually have exclusive special color-ways only available through them which makes it even more special. ;) twitter.com/TBASE_English <- example Doujinshi are a bit more difficult since they involve copywrited material but I totally get what you mean with the difficulty international shipping and such in that sense too lol

@@charliemakintoys oh cool! glad to hear that at least the sofubi niche has some cover. I can use them as reference I'm on the garage kit side of the drama and its non cooperative and both sides strange stereotypical blaming isn't helping.. as a 3rdworlder I can't even afford pirated garage kit so I just make what I wanted myself instead, turns out that old blog pictures and me trying to piece things out with learning from scratch without Japanese(now passed N3 while learning it), is more than enough, what did anyone know, mine's good enough for Japanese small doujin-fandom, lots of unique character designs to make too and asked permission I did😂

thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed and it was helpful ^0^!

oh awesome! depending on when you come out here, there's SO many different events and conventions going on all year round. should be fun ;) and while I've never personally had anything autographed, I have seen others get their goods signed so it should be fine. and possibly for a fee (depending on the artist) they sometimes do those mini 'shikishi' autograph art boards too sometimes. TBase, One Up and Mandarake will be your best bet for new and old sofubi for sure ;) have fun! ^0^ and thanks for watching!

thank you so much for watching! ^0^!!! I really appreciate it!

oh! those are so cute, right!? Those are actually a whole series of "vegetable fairies" by this artist twitter.com/PonkichiM ;)

I've never heard of them but looked it up and they're so cute! I hope to come across them sometime ;)

thank you so much for watching! ^0^ and you're very welcome! :)

thank you so much for watching! ^0^ I'm glad I could help ;)

ホンマにおおきに！頑張るぞー❣\^0^/

Thanks so much! ^__^

there's English subtitles available, lol. Click on the "CC" (Closed Captions) button on the video player for translation hahah. but thanks for watchin anyways! ;) <3

thanks for watching! and yeah... I really regret trying to cram so much into one video.. I made this back when I didn't know much about video editing and really want to redo it in the near future. slower pace and taking time to look at more stuff. I will try better next time ^__^v

even for fun- that actually sounds like a good idea to try someday ;) but I personally haven't heard of anyone working on an actual translated version of Creators Sofvi for international audiences. As of right now it's just the one single magazine with no new issues for the future :( I hope that changes someday. I want more! ;)

I really really really want to cause I've never been but I probably won't make it all the way up to Tokyo for it :( but I will be going to 'Wonder Toy Con' and 'SofuCon' in Osaka this Spring ^_^v

thanks so much for watching ^0^ glad you enjoyed!

thank you so much for watching ^0^ and wow! by keshi do you mean like "keshigomu" erasers? :0

とても可愛いです!SO HAPPY!最初の場所では売り切れでがっかりしていたのですが、秘密の場所でまだ在庫があるのを発見しました。wwww ;)

aaw thanks so much ^0^ I'll try ;)

I would say it would be easier to check the online Pokemon Center shop for specific plushies. Because space is limited, they don't usually have all the generations on display at once and they constantly switch out varieties of the more popular ones. As for life sized.. I would say I have never come across that in person in any of the shops in Den Den Town (or even the Osaka Pokemon Center). I know I've seen online in the past the giant Lapras, Snorlax and Lucario type of big life sized ones but dunno how limited those were. www.pokemoncenter-online.com/?main_page=product_list&keyword=%E3%81%AC%E3%81%84%E3%81%90%E3%82%8B%E3%81%BF This is a link to the Japanese online store searched for plushies if that helps. "ぬいぐるみ" "nuigurumi" is plushie in Japanese if that helps future searches too. Good Luck! ^0^

oh wow! I'll have to check out his place sometime in the near future ;) looked it up- seems very cool! and also cool! I've eaten at Goonies before- yum! hope you can come visit Osaka again someday ;) thanks for watching!

Thank you so much! ^0^ I appreciate it ;)

Sorry, I'm not sure how creators outside of Japan produce their sofubi toys since I actually live in Japan- but I've spent the past year slowly integrating into the sofubi creators scene out here (mostly through Japanese twitter). I'm currently working on my own prototypes for my original characters to become toys and will create videos in the future documenting the process if you want to follow along ;) it's a very long, difficult and expensive process lol

@@charliemakintoys I would love to see your prototypes and It sucks it’s not really possible in the us

LOL sorry, I never got a notification for this.. but HAHA! good one ;)

LOLOL the name.. OH the name! if only they simple asked ONE single native English speaker before finalizing it... hahahah! and wow! I had NO idea they were available in the states too!? :0

@@charliemakintoys yes! No physical gacha locations that i know of, sadly. They have to be found on sites that specialize in art toys and blind boxes, usually, and range from $7-10. Still much more accessible and affordable than the majority of gachapon here, i think!

you are so welcome! ^0^ as an artist myself, I believe it's very important to support the hard working artists and their craft, right? ;)

yup! ;) they're made in the same style as the big ones and I love them too! I explain more about them in my other video (which I just now noticed you already watched too- thank you! hehe)

thank you so much- it was a lot of fun to make ^0^ and I really appreciate it!

Thank you so much for watching! I appreciate it! ^0^ And that sounds like a very cool toy with lots of detail ;)

I can say that it will not be an easy journey. Basically every difficult thing that comes from being a creative is compounded times a hundred in Japan as a foreigner. Not excluding daily life struggles but breaking into the foreign market in Japan (in any field) is extremely hard- BUT not impossible. It won't be easy but it will be so much more worth it if you achieve it ;) I wish you luck! ^0^/

thanks for watching! \^0^/

I have been thinking of doing another one in the near future- and not crowding it with so much footage next time. I was just so excited to show how much there actually was but also not have the video be like 3 hours long LOL but I'll slow it down for sure ;)

@@charliemakintoys 🤤 You have no idea how I binge watch videos like that while I sculpt. I love seeing all the details I can. I'm excited for what you have in store, and will keep the notification bell on.

thanks so much for watching! ^0^ yeah, the Dragon Quest models looked super cool, right!? I'm sorry it was so fast D: there was just SOOOOO much to show x__x'

@@charliemakintoys 🥹 It's ok~! I'm excited to see more of your anime figure content. If you find more Dragon Quest stuff, I would love to see them too. 🤩 This is a fun video!

thank you so much \^0^/

just keep practicing and eventually you'll like the end result ^__^ I'm still learning myself and always trying new things. have fun with it :) keep it up!