Exciting news!
My 10th Anniversary Zodiac Series Rilakkumas came in today!
This was also my first time ordering from the San-X Net Shop. Even though Net Shop is almost entirely in Japanese, the whole process was surprisingly fast and easy – even for someone completely illiterate in Japanese like me.
My first San-X box, too!
Who’s inside?
From left to right: Gemini, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Taurus, & Cancer
Although images of this series have been out for months (one of my earliest blog posts, actually!), they were officially released just last week (1/19)!
This zodiac/astrology series is 12 plushies strong, and commemorates Rilakkuma’s 10 year anniversary! I only ordered 5 because I’m not made of money, but maybe I’ll collect the full set one day. Wow, San-X is sure doing it big this year for Rilakkuma’s 10th birthday!
Stay tuned for individual posts (and close-up photos) on each of them later this week!
ETA: If you’re curious about how to buy from Tenso, I wrote a guide!
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リラックマは可愛いです！！！（≧∇≦）
lol i can actually read/understand that
That’s awesome! I didn’t know the official San-x shop ships outside of Japan.
They’re really cute, looking forward to the close ups!
Thanks! :)
So you’re right: the San-X Net Shop doesn’t ship internationally themselves, but they do work closely with Tenso. Basically, Tenso gives you a Japanese address to mail to (their warehouse), and then Tenso deals with the international shipping stuff from there (maybe I’ll write a full post on this sometime haha).
Wow so cute!! I want to collect the whole set as well, they are all so special ^_^ you should definitely do a tense post! I would love to be able to buy from directly San-x too. I was iffy on whether tenso is reliable though. But seeing your san-x box makes me want to do a shopping spree lol…
Oh I see! I’ve heard of Tenso, they’re basically a shopping service right? Usually when I buy from Japanese sites that don’t ship internationally, I just ask a friend to do it for me >_<
I’ll start writing up a Tenso post! And yeah, it’s basically a mailing service for people like me who don’t know anyone who lives in Japan lol
wow they look great! Now I really want one (or all) of this series of my own too^^
Haha I feel that way every time I see the new releases too!
Oh that’s so awesome!!!!! You’ve got me all excited~ I only ordered 5 too >.< its too expensive. Did you get you family's horoscope?
Yep! Though even if no one I knew was Cancer or Scorpio, I probably would’ve ordered them anyway hahaha can’t wait to see your 5!! :)
oh wow! these plushies look amazing! would love to have a guide on how to purchase stuff from the san-x store!
Great – I’ll start writing one up :)
Oh wow! I totally love the box (and the plushes too!)
This is just wow! ^^
I just looked into tenso website. So their charge is 1,500 yen/item?
its 490 yen flat for the Tenso service fee, plus the EMS charge for shipping by weight – so I paid the 490 + 2220 yen for 5 plushies (820 g).
:D Yes, the box was such a nice surprise!
How much was the bank wire fee & domestic shipping costs from San-x store?
San-X domestic shipping is flat at 500 yen (all orders, no matter what size), and I didn’t have any additional wire fee or other fees – though I think this depends on the credit card you use to pay (mine has no international charge).
So in addition to the cost of the actual items (and their tax), I paid the San-X local shipping fee (500 yen), the Tenso service fee (490 yen), and an EMS shipping fee (2220 yen for 5 plushies/820 g).
I was wondering, how much did tenso charge you for shipping and service fee for buying that box of plushies? O:
its 490 yen flat for the Tenso service fee, plus the EMS charge for shipping by weight – so I paid the 490 + 2220 yen for 5 plushies (820 g).
Wow! I would love to order too but how did you manage to go about deciphering all those japanese words and registering an account ?!?!
I’m having trouble :(
Looks like you found my guide – hope it helped! :)
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May I know if the tags are on the ears of the Cancer (Crab) Rilakumma when it came?
No, the tag is looped through the hole in the back zipper (like this) for all of the Zodiac plushies I have.
Thank you so much for telling me. Then what I saw was a fake.
How do I place order with your Japanese supplier? Did you paid 2220 yen for all the 5 Horoscope Rilas? Or I read it wrongly. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Thank you once again. Cheers!
No problem! So my supplier, in this case, was the San-X Net Shop itself – they’re the official San-X online store. I wrote a guide about how to order from them as an international customer here.
I paid 2220 yen for the international EMS shipping for the 5 Rilas. On top of that, I paid retail for each of them (5 x 1575 yen), 500 yen for local shipping, and 490 yen for the Tenso international service fee. If that’s unclear, I elaborated on the cost more on the guide. Hope that helps!
I LOVE all of them! :)
:) Me too! They’re so cute when they’re all together.