Author Topic: [JPH!P + MM in LA] HELP CHOOSE GIFTS! (Read 22738 times)

tenkei · « **on:** February 16, 2009, 08:02:47 AM »

TAKE PART IN WELCOMING MOMUSU TO LA --

In the wake of learning about Morning Musume's arrival to downtown Los Angeles come early July, many things have been put into motion. The most prominent of these would be JPH!P's decision to attend to the even en masse. Along with this decision for our hordes of loyal pervs to make the pilgrimage comes the decision to present our 9 idols with gifts.

JPH!P has decided that the best way to offer unto our girls our affections is to bestow upon them a gift basket of epic proportions. The basket will consist of 4 stages.

Stage one - Limited Edition JPH!P/MM t-shirts.
Stage two - Stuffed animals
Stage three - Personalized journals
Stage four - ~~FUCKING FOOD!!~~ Gifts

This thread is for the purpose of discussing the basket as a whole, but more so for stages two and four.

First, we must decide what kind of stuffed animals to give each girl. The obvious choices are well...obvious and shall not be changed (unless we hear good arguments for doing so) and are thus:

Kamei Eri - Turtle
Michishige Sayumi - Rabbit/Bunny
Tanaka Reina - Cat/Kitten
Takahashi Ai - Monkey

Suggestions:
Mitsui Aika - Tiger or Lion...according to Fenrir, Aika has been collecting lion and tiger stuff lately.

One suggestion is that we should follow the animal scheme of Haromoni@ in which case the list would be as follows:

Takahashi Ai - Deer
Niigaki Risa - Squirrel
Kamei Eri - Raccoon-dog
Michishige Sayumi - Bunny
Tanaka Reina - Cat
Kusumi Koharu - Fox
Mitsui Aika - Panda
JunJun - Lesser Panda
LinLin - Toy Poodle

We'd rather not do this because....how can we not give a stuffed turtle to Eri?

So, we need suggestions on what to give the other girls and why. And please don't suggest giving JunJun and LinLin pandas...

Secondly, we want to stuff this basket with lots of candy and snacks. What kind of candy and snacks do you think belong in this basket? Nothing from Japan that they can get easily at their own convenience stores and nothing that they wouldn't be able to take out of the country (ie, beef jerky)Secondly, other small gifts.

So please, everyone, give us some suggestions as to what to give Morning Musume, this basket is a gift that represents JPH!P as a community! Even if you can't make it to LA, this is your chance to take part in this milestone event!

PS.
The gift basket is being spearheaded by myself and Fenrir, we will be dealing with most of the stuff between the two us. Also, JPH!P will be accepting donations in the near future (once some other things have been finalized), to help fund this gift to Morning Musume. These donations are COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY, but I would like to say every little bit helps and we appreciate anything you can contribute.

Blu-Cherri · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2009, 08:01:35 PM »

Well quoted from the pocket morning Q&As there's the animal they'd take care of at the zoo and the animal they'd like to transform into.
TA - Elephant - Monkey
NR - Penguin/dolphin(her answer was confusing) - Penguin
KE - Dog - Sloth
MS - Elephant - Sloth
TR - Lion/bear - Lion(male)
KK - Dolphin - Nassan(cat from kirarin)
MA - Lion/white tiger
JJ - Lesser panda - koala
LL - Koala - Kangaroo

I think the 4 obvious choices are a must-do

tenkei · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2009, 08:16:27 PM »

oh! thats a good one blu, thanks

jabronisaur · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2009, 08:22:22 PM »

ah thanks blu!
A kangaroo would be good for Linlin cuz she's so bouncy.
And Koala might be cool for Junjun. Cuz they both look so cute, then can turn mean in an instant lol

How are we gonna tag these so each girl, know which animals are hers?

daigong · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2009, 08:24:32 PM »

That's some good shit tenman/Blu Cherri! I'll be happy to chip in as much as possible. A gift basket shaped like the JPH!P logo, paper mâchéd

How big stuffed animals they gonna be? Any of them like stuffed beavers or moose?

reina's eyes · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2009, 09:38:12 PM »

Quote from: daigong on February 16, 2009, 08:24:32 PM

Any of them like stuffed beavers?

I do.

Blu-Cherri · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2009, 10:16:38 PM »

@jabronisaur Maybe you could get their initials embroided onto the chests of the animals??

Saikami · « **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2009, 10:27:30 PM »

Can you get animals embroidered after they're made?

If not, then I'm sure you could get little sweatshirts or something to put on them with their names, plus, you could add the JPH!P logo

0508 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2009, 01:02:17 AM »

^The little sweatshirts thing is a really good idea, that would be really cute! That or little boxer shorts.

Life size! (jk) For the longest time I've been entertained with the idea of someone showing up in a giant turtle suit or something. I'm guessing big enough to hug comfortably, but small enough to carry around, too. It would be a pain in the ass to ship back with them if it were too big.

Blu-Cherri · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2009, 01:26:38 AM »

^You could look through the animals they have here
http://www.akinaiblog.com/category/Kigurumi%20-%20Costumes/Kigurumi
might be a turtle??

strawb3rrykream · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2009, 01:27:31 AM »

Food!!!

How about chocolate kisses? I don't know if you can get those in Japan. Most of the girls, if not all, like chocolate and duh, they're kisses~!

tenkei · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2009, 03:49:45 AM »

so far, fen and I have discussed See's and Ghirardelli chocolates, two famous CA chocolate brands.

lollipopgirl · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2009, 04:38:03 AM »

TIMTAMS! Representin' the Australian folks! Although I don't think you can buy them in the US

Also I've seen stuffed banana toys before... I think if we could find that somewhere it would be perfect for JunJun but obviously harder to find than animal toys

Blu-Cherri · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2009, 04:14:18 PM »

I could send over some union jack keyrings or something??

shirenuファクトリー · « **Reply #14 on:** February 18, 2009, 04:45:21 PM »

Quote from: lollipopgirl on February 17, 2009, 04:38:03 AM

TIMTAMS! Representin' the Australian folks!

TIMTAMS

delicious!
If I happen to bump into something small and Finnish I'll consider sending it, but I won't be deliberately looking... Just because I'm not sure if I could choose something nice that would have some meaning to them, and wouldn't be too expensive (that tourist crap here always is) lol

Tris-chan · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2009, 01:15:24 AM »

I would actually highly suggest no food - I don't know that their managers would let them eat it, due to possible crazy fan poisoning and the like

Silly, but true.

I'd suggest other gifts - charm bracelets, every fan pitches in to buy a charm? Something. But food...maybe not so much.

mr.niigaki · « **Reply #16 on:** March 02, 2009, 02:41:03 AM »

I went home a few days ago and found where I had stashed the bear I've always intended for Sayumi and brought her back with me.

Presenting: Princess Sayumin~

T0FU · « **Reply #17 on:** March 04, 2009, 08:48:54 AM »

I don't think you should get the plushies embroidered. It's too much trouble. And dressing them up in little clothes is expensive too. It's cute enough to buy some ribbon and strategically place them as bows with name tags and what not. So then like the ribbons can be color coded to their concert t-shirt colors.

If you don't like that, you can probably get like little sterling silver necklaces for $10 each and have the letter of their first name on it. so then it'd be... 爱 (Ai in Kanji), R, S, a crown (for reina), E, K, A, J, and L? then put it on the plushie so that they know which one is theirs.

tenkei · « **Reply #18 on:** March 04, 2009, 07:50:53 PM »

Quote from: Tris-chan on February 28, 2009, 01:15:24 AM

I would actually highly suggest no food - I don't know that their managers would let them eat it, due to possible crazy fan poisoning and the like Silly, but true.

I'd suggest other gifts - charm bracelets, every fan pitches in to buy a charm? Something. But food...maybe not so much.

yeah' i've thought about that about food too. We'll see closer to the date

Quote from: T0FU on March 04, 2009, 08:48:54 AM

I don't think you should get the plushies embroidered. It's too much trouble. And dressing them up in little clothes is expensive too. It's cute enough to buy some ribbon and strategically place them as bows with name tags and what not. So then like the ribbons can be color coded to their concert t-shirt colors.

If you don't like that, you can probably get like little sterling silver necklaces for $10 each and have the letter of their first name on it. so then it'd be... 爱 (Ai in Kanji), R, S, a crown (for reina), E, K, A, J, and L? then put it on the plushie so that they know which one is theirs.

yeah, dressing + embroidery is a little much/expensive. The way fen and I plan to set up the basket, I don't think there would be confusion as to what belongs to which girl. but good ideas! i like the necklace one.

Fenrir · « **Reply #19 on:** March 04, 2009, 08:33:54 PM »

Also, I was reading on other forums and a post from another fellow AX staffer; apparently, people weren't allowed to forward/give gifts to Shokotan while she was here. The policy is up to the guests and AX; mostly the guests I feel, but yeah. Just another thought to keep in mind.

However, I don't think they will deny fanletters. Everybody loves fanlettes.

I'll keep my eyes peeled on the subject.