Guardian Merch

[qikiqtarjuaq]

trobadora suggested I post this here for those who might be interested in some Guardian merch! The fanartist who drew the Weilan Kitties is selling dolls of her art, and they're adorable.





It's up for pre-orders right now on Tao Bao until April 2nd, and the artist anticipates them shipping out by July at the latest. (I don't think there'll be a non-pre-order period, so if you're at all interested, you should buy them before that point.)

EDIT: Taobao Account Registration Guide, Taobao Shopping Guide. This listing has 3 dolls you can buy (Shen Wei cat, Zhao Yunlan cat, and a tiny Da Qing head). See here.

Comments

[china_shop]

Awww! Those are ridiculously cute! <3

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Aren't they just? I love them. Look at the little paws.

[asya_ana]

Those are frickin adorable

*cries*

[qikiqtarjuaq]

I've never made an impulse purchase faster in my life. XD

[teaotter]

How exactly do I go about ordering these? Do I need to find a friend who can read Chinese?

[qikiqtarjuaq]

So there's two ways. If you can google translate or use an extension like ZhongWen to order it yourself, then you can place the order directly. For overseas orders, what will happen is Taobao will ship it to their warehouse, and then once it arrives, you pay a second shipping fee to ship it to your location.

Taobao Account Registration Guide, Taobao Shopping Guide. This listing has 3 dolls you can buy (Shen Wei cat, Zhao Yunlan cat, and a tiny Da Qing head). See here.

I can try to help you out too if you want to DM me with screenshots, either here or through Discord.

If you're not confident of that, you can use a Taobao agent. But I'm not too familiar with how they do things with pre-orders like these. You can probably call or ask a taobao agent that ships to you about how they do these.

[jo_lasalle]

I am not allowed to buy any fandom plushies by order of my semi-sane self, but ngaaah, these are adorable!

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Tempting though, aren't they? :D

[jo_lasalle]

AAAAAAAAH!

[qikiqtarjuaq]

[jo_lasalle]

This is a very irresponsible use of a plushie.

;__;

[powwie]

the semi-sane self will lose the battle the moment someone is placing the group order and calling for last order...
>_

[jo_lasalle]

I can't believe I held firm on the friggin' Jin x Gudetama plushie and now... and now...

I thought you guys would be HELPFUL when I showed you the link! ;__; #betrayed

[powwie]

The friggin' Jin x Gudetama plushie was so expensive is was easier to be firm and not give in (at least for me).
methink, if nobodies takes the extra steps to crack the account registration and payment/shipping procedures than we are safe LOL #donotengage #eplusisstillgivingnightmares

[crism79]

We're all in this together ;_;

The plushies are so freaking darn cute!!

[goss]

All the details of their lil outfits! So cute! ^___^

(have you see the plushies of the actors in their matching suits? *dies*)

[qikiqtarjuaq]

I haven't! Link the actor plushies? A friend of mine did recently see plushies of them in their happy camp outfits but it's sold on a site that doesn't do international orders. Sadness!

[lynndyre]

They're actually on ebay! I went trawling for shiny and found a bunch of things there - I posted a bunch of links on my journal.

[trobadora]

OMG! Share these things with the comm! I had no idea any of this existed.

THE NECKLACE OMG. *stares*

[goss]

I second sharing all these merch links at the comm. :)

[goss]

I saw it on eBay here.

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Ah, interesting, I should keep an eye out on eBay for these things. It never occurred to me to check there! The best prices are probably from buying directly on Taobao, but maybe I'll find some limited quantity dolls that I missed out on in eBay.

[goss]

Yeah, buying direct will definitely be most cost effective, but at least with eBay it is readily accessible for those of us in the western hemisphere.

I have found that shipping all the way from China to the Caribbean (where I live) is hit and miss, but at least it's more hits than misses. Fingers crossed that the candy wrapper necklace I ordered reaches me safely. :)

[firestar]

That is so stinking cute, I can't even. <3

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Right? Such cuddly kitties

[powwie]

I've been so stoic recently, but this is... so so hard to resist!

[qikiqtarjuaq]

If you manage to resist this you have more self-control than I do, hahaha.

[lynndyre]

SO CUTE The paws, omg.

Are there any pics of a finished Shen Wei?

[qikiqtarjuaq]

The artist says finished Shen Wei sample will be some time mid-March hopefully. I can come back and message you when it's up! In the meantime, have a model for the Da Qing head! It will look similar to this except with Da Qing's face/expression.

[lynndyre]

Nawwwww. ♥ I would definitely love to see Shen Wei when he's up, thank you!!

[qikiqtarjuaq]

This is a super late reply because the dolls got very delayed due to some factory issues. But Chatai released a video of both kitties! Some pictures:







More Pictures!

[lynndyre]

Aaaaaaah, thank you!!!! Omg, they are the cutest! With the little ears, and the little PAWS -- and Shen Wei even has his 'girlfriend coat'!

I love them- thank you for these!

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Pre-orders are supposedly open until May 20th, so you know. *tempts*

BUT YES AREN'T THEY JUST THE CUTEST KITTIES.