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Just visited the Shibuya store, and while I was willing to take as many pics as I could, when I asked one of the girls working there for permission, she said I could only take pics of the costumes being showed there. Don't really know the reason, and more SH members visiting there in the future may confirm this or have more luck and be allowed to take pics of the other stuff, but this somehow frustrated me for the rest of my visit.
In the first floor, there were those costumes being displayed, and some merchandising not for sale: instead of simply buying them, you need to try your luck at the gachapons. As many of you may know, there is one for each SCANDAL member, and as I don't really have a favorite one, I bought one coin for each member. Yes, the SCANDAL gachapons don't work with regular coins, you need to buy special ones being sold for 500 yen. There was a couple in the store before me, and the girl did the same thing as I did, and for what I could observe, she had the same luck as me, as in none. My first trial resulted in 4 key holders, instead of winning one of the prizes.
Seeing that I had no luck at all, I went upstairs to check out what was being sold. Somehow, my lack of luck was still bugging me, and I ended buying nothing. I wanted that Canta doll that was available only if you got a S prize at the gachapons. And really, thinking back, the only thing that really got my attention was Tomomi's t-shirt, the rest was kind of bland. Also, there was some products that weren't available anymore, such as a nice STANDARD t-shirt I really loved, and I didn't see any Canta ecobags.
As I had spent only 2,000 yen at a store I was thinking would dry my wallet, I decided to try my luck again at the gachapons. After 4 more key holders (oh wait, I got one bottom, so yeah), it was clear that it wasn't my day, so I left the store with a bitter taste in my mouth. Well, there's more than a month left until this year's SCANDAL SHOP closes, so maybe my luck will change until there.
Good thing people who timed their visits to Japan accordingly will be able to catch the SCANDAL SHOP open and also go attend the 10 Days Tour, and I wish more luck than I had to everyone paying a visit and spinning those gachapons!