{"id":108,"date":"2025-05-01T22:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=108"},"modified":"2025-05-01T22:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:00:58","slug":"is-there-demand-for-merch-of-our-stylish-reporter-lets-find-out-with-the-ikuna-acrylic-standee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"Is there demand for merch of our stylish reporter? Let\u2019s find out with the Ikuna Acrylic Standee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Attention, Ikuna fans! SN24\u2019s most photogenic fashion reporter has made her merch debut<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u2019re not a particularly shutter-shy crew here at SoraNews24, but among our reporters ready to regularly step in front of a camera it\u2019s no secret that Ikuna Kamezawa<\/strong> is among the most photogenic. Especially when there are cool or cute fashions to model, whether darkly cute yami kawaii styles<\/a>, foxy throwback gyaru accessories<\/a>, or magical girl cosplay<\/a>, Ikuna is always happy to strike a pose.<\/p>\n

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Following Ikuna\u2019s fashion shoots, she\u2019s even had some readers ask if she has any Ikuna merch available<\/strong>, with more than one saying they \u201ddefinitely buy some\u201d if they could\u2026so Ikuna decided to see if they were really ready to put their money where their mouths were<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Just like we did in 2024<\/a>, SoraNews24 took part in this year\u2019s Subculture Market<\/strong>, a festival of quirky creators that takes place annually in Tokyo\u2019s Daikanyama<\/strong> neighborhood, one train stop over from Shibuya. Ikuna realized this would be the perfect opportunity to make her merchandise debut, but unfortunately she didn\u2019t have this revelation until just nine days before the event. She\u2019d have to scramble to get everything ready in time, and while she could have just repurposed a photo from an old article to slap on a T-shirt, she wanted to go the extra mile for our readers, and so she took roughly 2,000 brand-new pictures for this project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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She then stayed up until the wee hours of the morning narrowing that down to the two best shots of all. It was a tough decision, and this one almost one out\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2026until Ikuna ultimately decided that her laugh lines in it were just a bit too prominent for her liking.<\/p>\n

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So she settled on the other of the top two, but now she was faced with another decision: What kind of merch was she going to make with her likeness?<\/strong> Like we mentioned above, a T-shirt would be the obvious choice, but she also considered producing an Ikuna zippered pouch, But the more she thought about it, the clearer it became that the current king of idol\/character goods is the acrylic mini standee<\/strong>. Finding a company, Fun-Create<\/strong><\/a>, that will manufacture them via online design, Ikuna uploaded her photo, finalized the specs, and placed her order, with just eight days left until Subculture Market.<\/p>\n

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The deadline was tight, but Ikuna\u2019s standee shipment arrived on April 18, just one day before the event. Excitedly she opened up the box, peered inside, and for the first time laid eyes upon\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026the Ikuna Acrylic Mini Standee!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blessed with nice sunny weather on the day of the event, Ikuna, in maid cosplay, was on-hand at our Subculture Market booth as her debut merch went on sale.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re wondering how much it costs to make your own acrylic mini standee, Ikuna\u2019s came at a cost of 2,370 yen (US$16.35) each, before shipping and handling charges. That might sound like a lot if you\u2019re used to the prices for standees for popular anime characters, but mainstream big-hit franchises can benefit from economies of scale, while we only cautiously produced 15 units of the Ikuna Acrylic Mini Standee.<\/p>\n

\u25bc So yes, the Ikuna Acrylic Mini Standee is a rare, limited-edition collector\u2019s item!<\/p>\n

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Ikuna decided to set the price for her standee at 3,000 yen, which is in the ballpark of the price of standees for the visual kei rock musicians she\u2019s a fan of. But now that she\u2019d made them, would the fans come?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yes!<\/strong> Or at least a dozen of them. In total 12 fans, 11 guys and one gal, purchased the Ikuna Acrylic Mini Standee at our one-day booth. And to Ikuna\u2019a great joy, they all showed genuine enthusiasm for the purchase, none of them flashing a smirk as though they were buying it as some sort of ironic joke.<\/p>\n

As online writers, we here at SoraNews24 don\u2019t get many opportunities to directly interact with fans, so Ikuna\u2019s had an extra spring in her step ever since the event, and she extends her thanks once again to the new owners of her standees, while also wondering if maybe she could have found buyers for all 15 of them if she\u2019d had the items ready to go and put the word out a little earlier. As for what to do with the remaining stock, Ikuna is looking for some special way to make use of them, and maybe at some point in the future we\u2019ll see the Ikuna Acrylic Mini Standee-Laugh Line Ver. too.<\/p>\n

Photos \u00a9SoraNews24<\/em>
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