I bought from it the day that it opened, haha. Like, I stayed up to get goods. It's really good service, actually. I really like it. I also got Karen off of there, and the service was prompt and probably a bit cheaper than if I had bought it from Japan (and had to deal with shipping and stuff). When I first ordered I got the H&A keychain (which is now missing
), the Platinum 9 Disco shirt (I didn't really like how Rika's shirt looked, so... MM it is), three sets of phtotocards (Rika and Yossy's sets, as well as one of Aika from Resonant Live), and the Sexy 8 Beat Tour Pamphlet (which wasn't.. the greatest thing ever, but it's fun). But the service I'e found to be really good. I've really liked JapanFiles/Hello Store USA in the past. I got excellent customer service from JapanFiles when I had issues ordering Platinum 9 Disc.
Nice!

But you need to take photos and post in the Collection thread... I always get excited looking at people's collections and getting jealous (and consequently motivated to buy more and become broke

). I'm still trying to organise mine. I'm horrible at organising

honestly, I love it because it's ridiculously convenient for me, the English speaker not living in Japan. I live in the US, so I suppose it might be less convenient for you..? but I've just had nothing but positive experiences with them.
... which is why I'm totally getting those Rika birthday photocards from there.
You have it good, but if I wanted Karen I'd have to pay almost $50 shipping T___T It's ridiculous... so no thanks, I'd never get anything off that site.
I really wish we had a Book-Off here in Melbourne, or something close to it. I need to come across a bargain I can actually take home without having to pay for shipping that costs a hundred times as much as the actual product

I want Rika birthday photocards... I only have her 19th b-day one hahaa
lol~
i used to hate pink, but is ok now. i can somehow accept it...
but still i wont wear any clothes which is pink..
even if i do wear, my friends will definitely laugh at me.
and i will laugh at myself too~XD pink just dont suit me!
Really? Pink is a very cute colour... but I do agree that it's not a very nice colour to wear. Only people like Rika can pull off pink so graciously

Heheeee... *pats you* it doesn't really suit me either. I love black and white for dress code. ^___^
Just like me!
I hated pink color, until I met Rika-chan and fell in love with her.
Now, pink is no trouble for me.
That makes two of us

Speaking of something else, I had no idea of Morning Musume's manga.
And recently I found scans.
WOOOOO!!!! Arigato, for posting those... I really want to read. I don't read manga, I never understand why people prefer it over anime, but this is something I'd definitely read...
^ You know, I have those somewhere!!
Onegai?

Yeah. I never really wore pink at all until Rika. But if you are confident with who you are and how you feel, it doesn't matter if you are wearing a clowns outfit, as long as you feel good about yourself! CHUUUUUUUUUUUUCH!
Do you wear any pink besides the bunny tee?

I dunno, I'd imagine there would be people aren't there who'd rather don a clown outfit than something pink

The Rika B-Day pix are nice, but fuck. 14 dollar flat shipping rate internationally and I live in Canada. Pass on this HelloStoreUSA! We'll wait until they open up HelloStoreHat 
You guys at least have Book-Off there or something? I'd think that 14 bucks wouldn't mean that much to you to ship out some Rikass, considering how you tend send out a lot of prizes...

oh dai, you're awesome *squishes*
oh noes, will Rika's boobs pop out 
Is that a protest or a prayer

I got those on another hard drive, maybe I'll hook it up tonight and up those.
Onegai!

That would be awesome Slack... I looked around for it after Miki IV mentioned it, but haven't found any working links. Would be wonderful if you could share.

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YAY for more Rika. I'm glad that she's still being very active. But I have to admit I kind of miss seeing Charmy and Rika doing fun things with the girls. I guess h&A makes up for it though. But still, the nostalgia's there...

I
you, Charmy-sama!!!!!!!!!!!