/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Yes... right after I get rien zwei, and miku after that... and the kagami+tsukasa set.. and...

oh hell.

i see lots of hot gluing material there

I'm going to be saying that with the first figure I buy, if I ever buy one.

Yes, I'll stop right after I get that Rein Zwei fig, and Miku after that... and that kagami+tsukasa set.. and...

oh hell.

I have come to the phase where I take them out of their boxes

You can never have too many

I'd like to work out how much that lot cost. Lets say each one is £30/$60 (actually a rather low estimate). Any wanna do the counting? I'm too lazy.

>>554097
There's around 60 of them in the picture.

I've had a few moments like that .. but then I just buy some new /fig/ an that all goes out the window

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320247238757&ssPageName=STRK:MES
E:IT&ih=011

Add one more!

While we're on this topic, whats the cheapest place to buy /fig/s?

Personally I by all mine of eBay coz I am a poor bastard, but this means I have to wait for ages for anything new and don't pre order. This makes me sad.

tl;dr cheapest place to buy /fig/s

>>554058

That's the reason why I don't collect this stuff. It freaks me out seeing rooms such as this one. Really.

>>554129
ebay and anime cons. That's all.

Don't import from Japan, depending on where you live get ready to be raped by customs.

Oh my. I have to stop this right now.

>>554129

Listen to
>>554140

>>554129
hlj.com
e2046.com
paletweb.com
himeyashop.com
kidnemo.com

tell that to this guy

>>554058

That's not your collection isn't it? Have a question for anyone into the IIDX figures.

Also I counted this guy has the exact same number of figures as me.

>>554140

Cool I also love bootlegs. Unless you're european I don't see why you would have trouble staying under duty free threshold.

So I was just looking at himeyashop, and was wondering, does anyone actually own one of those life size figures?

>>554186

for example http://www.himeyashop.com/product_info.php/products_id/9639

>>554189

I'd like that one, but I have tuition to pay for first.

>>554129

If you're from the UK you need to stay under £17 which is utter bullshit considering most figs cost £25+

Although sometimes you get lucky, I ordered two figs and it came to over £100 but I didnt get taxed for them

There's japanese otakus who are dedicated to collecting those, I remember watching one show where this dude had 40 and even rented a seperate apartment for them.

>>554186

There's japanese otakus who are dedicated to collecting those, I remember watching one show where this dude had 40 and even rented a seperate apartment for them.

>>554194

I know heaps of UK guys who shop online like maniacs so maybe some people just pay the duty, I dunno I guess that's one nice thing about australia is a $900 duty free threshold.

I want a life size /fig/ so bad, just because ... just to have one.

Also anyone got any good links to cheap ebay shops?

i spend $50 a month when i goto akihabara for my once monthly spending craze. but i only play the crane games for them, and usually get 3 or 4. i couldnt justify actually buying them, but winning them is a diff story

>>554200
>rented a separate apartment for them
Where do these bastards get this money?

>"hmm... you know, maybe I should never start this hobby, it'll get out of hand"

Yes

>>554228

The video kept him anonymous because he was apprently a high up corporate executive.

In japan living a perverted second life seems the be the national sport.

>>554241
Probably because in Japan you're taught you'll get excluded from society if you're seen as perverted, whereas in America you're taught an invisible sky wizard will torture you for eternity if you are perverted.

>>554152
i want to know how he controls his dust situation

>>554152

I want that Cardcaptor poster.

It's too late for me now, I start collecting mini figs, then went onto 1/8s ect ... all of which I had seen/played/read whatever media they were from ... now I just collect anything that I find attractive or visually pleasing ... halp!

>>554352

On that note, what are peoples best solutions for handling dust situations?

>>554384
Duster.
Traditional, effective, cheap.

>>554384

canned air

but i dont have any figs

>>554384
Obedient loli maid.

>>554408
SAKUYA!

I just bought my first /fig/.
Am I supposed to throw away the box, keep the box or keep the /fig/ inside the box?

>>554432
If you keep the boxes, you have a much better chance of being able to recoup some losses when you grow out of the fig phase.

If you think your life is already over - zero chance of real job, girlfriend, etc - just chuck the box.

>>554432

Well you can really do whatever you want with it, personally I keep it out of the box on my shelves but I also keep the box in good condition incase I ever want to sell it or anything.

>>554058
no, but if you are and want to sell some of your shit let us know

where did you get this?
i want badly!

>>554432
keep the boxes and if your figure is prone to leaning pack him/her up during the hotter summer months

and also for re-sale value as well, while some figs might not regain their value, some double, triple and quadruple over time. depending on if they were limited release of if it's an older figure

anybody know where this fig is from?

>>554772

It's the fourth Shuraki figure. Not from an anime or game, but a unique design.

>>554772
Nida Schuetlitch, from the Shuraki Figure project.
http://www.hlj.com/product/GSC96293

>>554780
>>554785

Thanks

>>554780

Are there a lot of unique design figs or are they uncommon?

Does anybody know when the this loli, Monicadred Olivier from Shuraki is getting released? She and the others are advertised in a small flyer from my Akatsuki Mishiro fig.

>>554805

I guess you could call the Shunya Yamashita line up of figs original

>>554805

That's a good question. I'm not sure myself, but I'm leaning towards them being rather uncommon, especially from a company like Goodsmile. It seems like it would be riskier to put out a unique design rather than modelling a character that you know has fans.

>>554822

I'm also interested if there are any plans to make figures on them. I have the Char Rhousemann Shuraki, myself.

Does anyone else not buy figs, even if they find they want them, if they don't know what the character is like in whatever they are from?

Or is that just me...

>>554831
I guess there will be one in the future, like with all other Shurakis.

>>554824

I was totally looking into buying one of those today ...

>>554837

no, i'm like too. Because if I buy it then watch/play whatever the character is and end up hating them for whatever reason I'll want to get rid of the fig

>>554432

I keep the boxes cause they're too pretty to throw away. And Im glad I did, because one of my figure's stands broke and I had to put her back in her box.

How is KidNemo, anyway?

>>554892

anybody used them for overseas shipping?

I cancelled a load of figs. Just sticking to the ones I REALLY must have like GSC Miku and Kotobukiya Horo. But I did cave in to that Queen's Gate Alice (Loli cast offable) :)

Why do people keep them in the box?

>>555414
so they don't get dusty or damaged i think

>>555404
>Queen's Gate Alice

DO WANT unfortunatly I'm still a NEET who lives at home and I don't want my parents seeing it

>>555486
That's what glass cabinets are for

UK import limit is £36 value if marked as a gift

>>555784

What sites mark packages as a gift? I know Rainbow10 does but thats only Gunpla and model stuff not figs

>>555414
Because their retards who don't like to decrease a figure's surface area thus making displaying them easier.

>>555577
That hasn't stopped me. Though I'm only 19 and moving out for college relativley soon. I have around 45 scale PVCs and around the same of non-scale and gashapon. Your power level is relatively low if you're afraid of your mom.

>>555812
I don't know. But perhaps places like HLJ and HS will if you email them with your order number. I may try that the next time I order. Kidnemo may too. I will email them and ask.

>>555895
>Can you mark my package as a gift, or lower the declared value so I don't have to pay as much?

No, we cannot. The full value of your purchase will be displayed on the customs label on the outside of the package. There are no exceptions. False customs declarations are a crime, and HobbyLink Japan plays by the rules. We depend on good relations with the post office to get packages to our customers. The postal agents in many countries, especially the ones here in Japan, are also familiar with our company and know that we don't ship gifts.

thats from HLJ's faq

behold the godly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYDkKi3tiCo

>>555988
I love this song

>>555931
basically the barcode on the box has item price value, or something like that

>>556017
OP [Densha Otoko] Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra

when i get a job that pays real money i'll probably start collecting figures. god help me when that happens.

>>555988

i wish to be this man

>>554935
>overseas shipping
This guy did:
http://desudesublog.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/another-shipment-for-me-%ef%bc%88%e3%80%80%ef%be%9f%d0%
94%ef%be%9f%ef%bc%89/

Posting in this thread because I love figures too

>>556109
hi thar infested_ysy

>>556129

Hey, where did you get your cases and how much were they?

>>556143
Detolf glass case?
Ikea, usd60+

http://www.himeyashop.com/product_info.php/products_id/6925

Life sized ;_;

I think it's starting to get out of hand for me. It all started with one rei figure as a gift, then I bought one myself, then another gift, then I bought another one. Now I just bought another rei pvc figure.

Is it over for me, jp?

>>556153

Oh, thanks. I didnt think of looking there. I remember trying to find one a while back but all I found were these really expensive ones that cost about 2 or 3k USD.

>>556168
Try having like 50+ and then coming back to see us