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Tex and Mex plushies when?

I know, it's no official merch, but still Lana got her cake boxes from the same seller (see honeymoon insta), so I wanted to share these photos with you and also my experience, in case you want to order one, too:

 

 
They arrived today, luckily complete. The box the seller used was very fragile and was not handled well by the post, so I expected the worst. Only the mirror in the white box need to be glued on again.
 
Unfortunately there must have happened a mistake with the seller's custom declaration, so I had to pay the VAT again... plus post office fees. I asked her before if she knows how to do it and didn't expect this now... So if you order from outside UK, you might face the same problem. I am so tired if ordering from UK. Will try to get the second VAT back now... 
 
However, the white/pink one did not look 100% as pictured on Etsy (color and form of "icing" - still OK though, but I would have preferred as pictured), the white one I ordered with strawberries instead of cherries... So (having paid EUR 127 incl. shipping and VAT plus EUR 19 second VAT) not really satisfied I have to say, especially as I know now how to do it myself, lol. 
 
https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/1219872021/gothic-vintage-fake-kuchen-schmuck-boxen?click_key=6245881f7b21ee8dd41f848c03fe22b1fe1cc513%3A1219872021&click_sum=410a827b&ref=shop_home_recs_3
 
https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/1328406277/marie-antoniette-vintage?click_key=a2f7e929601cfcd74e2565dc911c8a8add040455%3A1328406277&click_sum=18686623&ref=shop_home_recs_2&crt=1

She was not on the cover, but inside the magazine as far as I know. (scroll down to bottom of the page: https://lanadelrey.fandom.com/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)?so=search) 
 
Buy it here: https://shop.billboard.com/products/february-25-2023-issue-2 (shipping outside US is crazy however) 
 
 
I love it because I think the photographer has a really good eye for her face and the make up is great. Yes, it's simple and kind of casual partly, but I love her smiles in it and the concept with the cemetery. It's a nice homage to Lana's earlier albums. Also that one photo in the car which her face looks like on the UO honeymoon cover on. 
 
 
Ah, this is where all these recent outtakes come from? 

the chicken is the star of the shoot 

I already forgot this existed and it's only been like three days

agreed !!! the interview is actually atrocious. especially for such an iconic duo… really disappointing tbh. and the photos.. while definitely cute it feels kinda lazy & maybe they want the simple vibe but idk elton and lana’s cover was like groundbreaking & i don’t even think she’s close to elton. so kinda disappointed there wasn’t more effort!! (we really ate this era so i’m not complaining just my personal opinion) 

I have placed all my past orders (probably 5...) through the shopify site. Much easier to use and overview than the animated one. I never had any trouble with them except for the extraordinary processing times.
 
(They also sent me a new candle because the first one arrived broken and I got a refund for a hoodie which was not as described, so even their service worked well for me.)

The ones I bought from LDR village last year totally differ from each other to me. Got the Lana speaks one, the mic one, the one with her looking like a star sign in the sky over a born to die scene and the wild at heart one. I opened them one by one every few months and used them in my wardrobe. Only the white born to die one is still sealed. I hope they bring them online again, I adored the mic design smell. 

I have placed all my past orders (probably 5...) through the shopify site. Much easier to use and overview than the animated one. I never had any trouble with them except for the extraordinary processing times.
 
(They also sent me a new candle because the first one arrived broken and I got a refund for a hoodie which was not as described, so even their service worked well for me.)

Lowkey wishing lana does somethin stupid as hell so people can unstan and get rid of her collection

They are!! They're described as cherry scented, but honestly they kinda just smell like.... a generic car freshener? Like I don't think I would recognize them as cherry scented if I didn't know. I don't mind though because I bought them for their looks anyway.
I've noticed this too... everything is selling all of a sudden for so much more than even just a few months ago. I wonder if it's because her new album recently came out and that's caused a renewed interest in her past discography among collectors and fans. Hopefully the new higher prices aren't permanent, they were already crazy to begin with. Just a few months ago you could get the LFL coke vinyl for around $200, now they're all like $250+. Same increase with everything else.  Even things like the red BTD, the Violet variants, and even the blue RSD COCC exclusive has noticeably increased in list price recently. I feel like it was around $50 a few months ago, now on ebay they're all like $65-$75!

Wouldn't buy it either for that price. I think it's worth waiting. When inflation goes down again, her records might cost less, too. It might be worth to have a look for collections however. Some people sell theirs and are too lazy to sell them one by one. 2 years ago I bought another fans collection for 1000 euros. Some of the records in it I already had, so I sold the doubles in single auctions for together 800 euro. So I got the blue B2D, rsd picture disc of B2D, national anthem picture disc and many equally rare records (8 rare records in total) for 200 Euro in the end 🙈

I meant these hundreds of outtakes from various older shoots which came up recently, though, not this shoot (we haven't got any outtakes from it I think) 😊

Wouldn't buy it either for that price. I think it's worth waiting. When inflation goes down again, her records might cost less, too. It might be worth to have a look for collections however. Some people sell theirs and are too lazy to sell them one by one. 2 years ago I bought another fans collection for 1000 euros. Some of the records in it I already had, so I sold the doubles in single auctions for together 800 euro. So I got the blue B2D, rsd picture disc of B2D, national anthem picture disc and many equally rare records (8 rare records in total) for 200 Euro in the end 🙈

The shoot isn't listed there yet, so I don't think that's the case. New shoots usually have a minimum 6 months cooling-off period before appearing on syndication sites like this. 

She was not on the cover, but inside the magazine as far as I know. (scroll down to bottom of the page: https://lanadelrey.fandom.com/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)?so=search) 
 
Buy it here: https://shop.billboard.com/products/february-25-2023-issue-2 (shipping outside US is crazy however) 
 
 
I love it because I think the photographer has a really good eye for her face and the make up is great. Yes, it's simple and kind of casual partly, but I love her smiles in it and the concept with the cemetery. It's a nice homage to Lana's earlier albums. Also that one photo in the car which her face looks like on the UO honeymoon cover on. 
 
 
Ah, this is where all these recent outtakes come from? 

Oh wow that would be epic! I would never be so lucky haha!!

I’ve been a fan since 2012.. but I never decided to collect until after blue banisters lol!! I used to just buy the CDs to listen to in my car, and none of them from the early days I still have any more as they were battered from how much use they got!
 
I never collected vinyl as I didn’t have a record player (still don’t lol) and wasn’t sure if I could justify it.. but something come over me in late 2021 that made me feel like I wanted them all lol  so I have 6 records still to pick up from early eras.. but at £500 a pop I can only buy myself for a special occasion or the guilt sets in.. would hate to think how much I’ve spent on records through resale costs!

Not for EU countries. Just if it goes outside EU, like Switzerland for example. 
 
I was so frustrated about that expensive shipping for the hoodie box that I have started to make my own Lana boxes now, lol. Work still in progress. 
 

 
Cake box inspired, step by step today:
 

no but I agree it does looks like AI recolor

The prices seem to have sky rocketed lately?? I remember last year I was outbid on eBay by literally a second for UO honeymoon. I would’ve had it for £230. Now I look and discogs cheapest listing was £700!!!
 
im missing most of her early era which is frustrating as they’re all £500+ and I definitely can’t afford it right now.. and the prices just increase year on year 

I got a medium in the t-shirt box set and I thought it fit more like a small too lol I probably would have sized up to a large or xl if I had known they would run small 

I got my pink T shirt today. It’s very small. I got a medium and it fits much more like a small. Very cute though and good quality. Guess I need to drop a few lbs. 

omg the air fresheners look so cute! What do they smell like?

I have placed all my past orders (probably 5...) through the shopify site. Much easier to use and overview than the animated one. I never had any trouble with them except for the extraordinary processing times.
 
(They also sent me a new candle because the first one arrived broken and I got a refund for a hoodie which was not as described, so even their service worked well for me.)