/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

/jp/, this just came yesterday.
So, fig thread, haven't seen one for a while.

[Anonymous No.]

That's not a tuft of fur from your cat, is it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542292
No, it came with the fig.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542280
How does it feel to be a pedophile? You're on a list somewhere for sure now.

[Sudo !nAoZUmIAfk No.]

That's pretty nice, I pre-ordered this figure of her the other day.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542330
Woah, cool. It's like rabbit fur then right? That stuff is soft.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

which are the best sites to purchase figurines online? No E-Bay or Amazon

[Anonymous No.]

I just got alice the other day. Have to say it is a pretty nice figure and I like her a lot, but I know a lot of people are not a fan of clayz' style.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542352
No, it's nothing so high tier. It's some cut out material glued to a normal fig stand. That's why it's so fuzzy - I had to cover the edges to hide where the glued parts can be seen. But it's very soft nonetheless <3

>>5542340
Nah, I've been on the list ever since Customs made me pick up my 1/4 Kuro Kagami personally (a tip of her foot can be seen on the left of OP pic).

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542448
:3

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542517

>Customs made me pick up my 1/4 Kuro Kagami personally

I'll be that was embarrassing as all fuck.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542510
amiami.co.jp is #1

go to http://www.figure.fm/ and any of the ads will bring you to a decent site. Just compare prices + shipping amongst them.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542517
have you put your balls on it yet?

fur or the figure?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542547

Better than hlj?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542577
HLJ is slow. They respond slow and ship slow. Their prices are above normal. Their preorders are months late. They were only tolerable when they were the only company from japan that shipped SAL. Now 1999 and amiami ship SAL so theres no reason to use HLJ.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542537

Delicious. I should pick one up to go with my Rin, provided I can still find one that is.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542588

Sucks for them I guess. Maybe as their sales drop they'll get a little more competitive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542588

To be fair amiami has their frustrating moments too; is there any way to view order status through their site? Do they have such a function?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542547
thanks mate

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>>5542280

Man that looks really good. I wouldn't mind picking that one up if I have the shelving space.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542609
Not that I know of, but at the same time, I get my items within 2-3 days, and I live on the other side of the world from Japan (New York City). I get things from Amiami quicker than from Amazon some times.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542624

Also I hate using paypal but I guess that's no different from the other options these days.

I love amiami for games though, no insane markup like play-asia because they don't use the US dollar (and neither do I). Also they don't repackage LEs like PA does.

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>>5542542
Actually it wasn't. I was called because it was packed so tight (box in a box in a box) that they were afraid to open it completely and possibly damage it. And to make me pay import tax (luckily I convinced the customs woman it was a "toy", and not luxury goods, otherwise they'd rip me off even more).

Carrying the huge box with me for the rest of the day was a pain tho.

[&ponpo& No.]

I've made a fig thread like every day for a weel ;_;

Also that one is A+ cute mode @ OP.

Also also I'll probably not make as many threads since I started that """"blog""""""""" people were asking me to.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542658
Link?

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5542666
It's not actually a 'blog' just a tumblr so it's like a constant figure thread with minimal information...but has links at least!

pivishi.tumblr.com

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542560
No, I didn't. Fur, ffs.
Fig is made of resin, that thing is harder than PVC.

[Anonymous No.]

I've seriously been waiting months for any figurine site to restock on these, why doesn't Alter realise they'll make a fuck ton if they make more

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5542675
What's his trip from another thread just bought that I think? Maybe you could ask him. But you'd have to sift through figure threads from the past week on the archive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542675

You should know what the deal is by now; if you don't get the first batch you may as well start browsing auctions.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542654

Its always Customs. They'll never leave you alone with your figs. But you're lucky compared to what I have here.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5542689
I've ordered stuff and haven't gotten it scanned through customs. Canada post as well. They are seemingly random.

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>>5542448
I see you recently purchased deathsmiles. (I got it just this tuesday)

[Sakura !!32RHYzwb/Ga No.]

>>5542689
I've never had a problem with customs. Ordering through EMS at least. Fedex always makes me pay.

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>>5542589
I've also been thinking about picking another one, but in my case Mimi (<--). 'Tis a shame, Kokonoe is my favorite KnJ character, but for some reason id don't dig her Freeing 1/4.

Though she looks cute sitting on that xbox.

[Anonymous No.]

Here you go KOS-MOS loving anon I was nice enough to find an auction for you.

http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u32047425

On the subject of customs; I have been importing stuff since 2006 and I have gotten a package opened once. It certainly seems random because it was just a humble 360 game.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5542712
That bow.

"blogged."

[Anonymous No.]

Also I find hobby search packages have a good chance of getting opened because they mislabel the hell out of their declarations.

If it's a figure, dakimakura or poster no matter what they always write "toy" which must confuse the hell out of the processing center when officers read it.

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>>5542712

What is she doing to her ass?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542753
She farted, excuse her.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5542747
I wonder if there is a customs loop hole for figures.

One time I avoided $600+ worth of canadian customs fees because I made a watch seller separate the band and the watch itself thus making them "watch parts" as opposed to a "watch."

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542747
My onahole was labled "toy for baby". Imagine the confusion if they had opened it up.

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>>5542764

What's your duty free threshold? Where I live I never have to worry about breaking it when it comes to figures.

I suppose if it's a garage kit you can have them ship it limb-by-limb, like they're holding her at ransom.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542785

Hahaha that's awesome did you request that?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542795
No, they just wrote it on there themselves.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5542786
No clue really. I honest have no idea how it works. It seems I get charged a percentage of what the total item cost is, but it always seems random whether or not customs chooses to charge me or not. UPS and FedEx do as well I guess.

But yeah figures.

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>>5542785

>"toy for baby"

Expert trolls.

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>>5542785
I ordered a strawberry seven and when i got it i saw it was labeled "Object". I was surprised they didn't open it and i live in Canada too so if they had i would have been beyond fucked.

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>>5542845
I wonder why they didn't open that. Funny though.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5542845
This pretty much keeps me from ordering anything even remotely risky. I wanted that Comic LO cover artbook too.

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>>5542654

Would a figure even be considered a "luxury item" if they looked at it? I mean, it's pretty hard to differentiate something like that from a toy.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542845

Ohhh objects. I like objects.

>>5542814

After a quick look I couldn't find it either. It seems that canada's duty free guidelines doesn't address importing through the mail at all, only returning travellers. How backwards.

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>>5542689
shits completely random it seems. I live in Ontario sometimes i go for months with every item getting charged $15-25 and then i get strings of 5-10 packages that don't get charged, and everything is worth about the same amount.

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>>5542340
You worry too much.

I put this on a low shelf, though, just to be safe. I didn't know she was wearing lowleg panties until after I bought it.

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>>5542721
ffffffffffffff I really appreciate the effort of you finding one but that's twice the price of a clean off the shelf one, I can afford it but I don't like buying shit from someone who's wanting to make a quick buck off of their early purchase

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>>5542855

>I wanted that Comic LO cover artbook too.

You mean Takamichi Love Works? I was told it wasn't even that bad.

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>>5542855
That should be fine most art-books get labeled as such and even if by chance they do open it, the book is shrink warped with nothing incriminating on the cover.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542927

Hi floor! Make me a sammich!

[Anonymous No.]

Unrelated to figures but I just bought a hori stick and the fucker cost $70 for shipping alone. Congrats overpriced stick you did well but still didn't break the personal record of $110, still burned a hole in my wallet though!

Anyway post the highest you've ever paid for shipping.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5542936
It's not but I don't want to take any risks with stupid customs.

I have a few robot issues with some loli-esque stuff in it, but bought those in person here.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542933
Most figures stay around the shelf price on yahoo so if you look around for a while a cheaper one should appear just be warned shipping and deputy fees will add about $40-60.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542933

If you're good with GKs you can buy the GK version for like 20 bucks.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542677
so you bought a prepainted garage kit?

[Bern !FAGetWqs1I No.]

>>5542927

>didn't know she was wearing lowleg panties

She's a loli. Of course she's going to wear something highly erotic. You'd be foolish to think otherwise.

Also, where'd you get the GIR?

I only started getting figures since I've been in Japan, and I have about 3. One I got as a prize, one was a prize figure that I bought, and the third was this thing.

Currently waiting on Griffon's release of Reisen, but I don't really have high hopes for that one. I might get it if the face doesn't bother me, but the main ones that I'm going to get (once I have a job and money) are Griffion's new Remilia and Kotobukiya's Yukari.

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>>5542962
I bought a garage kit for $600 last year. at that point shipping doesn't mean dick. when you buy the little shit is when "shipping" bites you.

[&ponpo& No.]

my figure 'blog' already got a new 'follower' ヽ(゜▽、゜)ノ

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542974
no it isn't. the pirated kit is.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5543020
Sugeee what kit?

[Bern !FAGetWqs1I No.]

>>5543020

Why would you spend that much money on something you have to paint and put together yourself?

[Anonymous No.]

Ehh, I thought customs only happens once in a blue moon. I bought from sites that mark their boxes and I've received them reasonably quick from where I live.

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>>5542962
I've spent close to $200 ordering a big shipment from amazon japan, but it was like 40 light novels a few manga and 2 art-books.

The highest I've payed for a single item wasn't the high (around $35 for a 1/4 figure with ems) unless you count custom charges in which case, it was a single art-book i ordered from ballisticpublishing for like $14 shipping but at the door UPS demanded another $80 and nobody i called or talked to could tell me why it was so high.

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>>5543023

Yeah just realized that after posting but i've seen guys here that happily collecting recasts.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543032
1. because i can paint and put it together.
2. it's not something everyone and their fucking mother has.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543041
I bought $3000 in garage kits last year.
>>5543038
it's sad, really.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543038

Books are the biggest offenders for high shipping, the things get heavy fast.

Not me but a friend of mine once paid $1000 in shipping for a single item. No second guesses to what that could have been.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543061
little sister love doll?

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5543063
What kit was it ?_?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543072
a fuckton of them, ranging in price of $150 to $600. about 90 purchases.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543061
That's retarded, you might as well have bought a plane ticket to Japan to get that item instead.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543081
bad math. not just kits, little non-kit things pulled the average down but the kits spiked he total.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543071

Didn't think of that but it reminds me of this guy, I want what he has.

It was a pop'n cab.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543082
uh-huh. good luck with customs on the way back with that idea.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5543081
Dammit just mention specifics! What were some of the pricer ones? I'd probably pay $500 for a bubba kiki kit.

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>>5543082

Yeah something that costs 1000 bucks to ship you can just fit into your check-in luggage, it's not like those have weight limits!

[Y10NRDY !kxh.1oTAkU No.]

I just ordered this stank ho.

[Anonymous No.]

Finally found a delicious Rena figure, though it seems to come with a bunch of other shitty characters. I was so happy when I found it, I thought they would never make her since it's an older game.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm looking for a Marisa, suggestions?

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5543200
More specific prease.

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>>5543200
I would suggest this http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english&vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=FIG-MOE-1252&template=defa
ult/product/e_display.html

But it's sold out. Everything else doesn't look as nice as that.

[Kilga M. Aya~n !2BklmILFiE No.]

Came in a couple of days ago.

The Siki fig has too many loose pieces and none of them want to sit where they belong.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543211
between 5" and 8" tall, under $200 USD, minimum of joints.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5543226
It's the nicest I think ~

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543218
I like it, I suppose I could wait.

[Bern !FAGetWqs1I No.]

>>5543055

More power to you if you have that kind of disposable income. I wouldn't get a kit like that simply because of price, and would probably screw it up while putting it together anyway.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542967
>Robot
How is that, anyway?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543423
Not him but. I enjoyed it, lots of different types of stories my only complaint would be that some of them are way too short and would probably be awesome as a full length manga. I only have the first 5 that got translated (i seems they canceled it after that) but I keep thinking about ordering the other 10 or so in japanese every time i order from amazon jp.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5542673
Oh my god, that Medic figure. Where would I buy it from?

[Anonymous No.]

this arrived a few weeks ago.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5543466
WF2010 ;_;

I put a new one up http://pivishi.tumblr.com/post/765602616