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That hair is worrisome but I'm excited regardless! Beetlejuice not releasing until Q? 2020 had me worried they were drastically slowing down the line but this is good news!
When compared to when I bought their Gwendolyn for about $100 for a 1/8. I realized prices have gone up, but damn
Alter and Ques Q are two companies that got really really expensive. Moreso than pretty much all the others. MegaHouse is up there too in certain situations with their exclusives.
is there a particular reason for the prices rising so much?
Aside from greed, it goes back to a couple years ago when the disparity between the JPY and the USD was pretty grim for the Japanese. It was something like 100¥ = $0.80, which was a great deal for Americans, but not so good for Japan. So manufacturers started raising their prices to compensate. And when things returned to normal for the most part, the prices stayed the same because people were still buying the figures at the new prices.
Lemme see that price...
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...Alter has lost its fucking mind.
How in the world is this almost as expensive as their 1/7 Jeanne d'Arc PVC? The scooter's nice but it's not impressive enough to justify the massive price tag.
I got Scarlet and and she looks fantastic. Baroness pre-ordered too. Bishoujos are pretty popular so Hasbro was pretty smart to jump in on this.
I had her on preorder at deepdiscount then cancelled for some mechanical keyboard stuff. Really good looking figure, I probably should have stuck with it. I see Phoenix Resurrection and Poison Ivy Returns at the same site, tempting
I've never actually purchased any figures on the site, but have purchased DVDs from them back in the day. I'm guessing the bishoujos that are on 'special order' won't be fulfilled
Out of curiosity, how is the Bring Arts line? I had some personal issues with the Play Arts Kai figure I have, so it has me a little wary of Square, especially at what looks to be a cheaper price point. But I figured I'd ask, since there are at least a few things by now in that line that I'd buy in a heartbeat if they were figma...
I still think they're overpriced and the joints aren't nearly as nice as the figma ones, but I'm happy enough with them that I'd still buy some Chrono or FF7 themed ones to go with my FF9 cast.
There's not really any options for Square characters, but I don't think I would choose them for anything else.
So F4F revealed their new PVC Luigi's Mansion 3 figure. It comes in 3 options: Just Luigi, Luigi and Polter-Pup (lights up), and the "exclusive" version.
It's a fairly-priced figure but I can't help but wonder if displaying F4F boxes is a common practice? You're essentially paying an extra $15 for a nicer box and a numbered base.
I've never bought one of their light-up statues before. Are they usually battery powered or do they have an ugly cord sticking out of it?
It's a fairly-priced figure but I can't help but wonder if displaying F4F boxes is a common practice? You're essentially paying an extra $15 for a nicer box and a numbered base.
I've never bought one of their light-up statues before. Are they usually battery powered or do they have an ugly cord sticking out of it?
I only ever bought their Crash Bandicoot PVC. It's a nice piece, and the box was very nice. Too nice, once I figured out they were charging extra for it. It's just another way for them to nickel and dime people. I haven't decided if I'm gonna get Luigi yet, but if I do it'll probably be the $99 edition.So F4F revealed their new PVC Luigi's Mansion 3 figure. It comes in 3 options: Just Luigi, Luigi and Polter-Pup (lights up), and the "exclusive" version.
It's a fairly-priced figure but I can't help but wonder if displaying F4F boxes is a common practice? You're essentially paying an extra $15 for a nicer box and a numbered base.
I've never bought one of their light-up statues before. Are they usually battery powered or do they have an ugly cord sticking out of it?
sooooooooo...…..I work at a Walmart and they're expanding our collectables section. More McFarlane, carrying Neca, Bandai......oh and some Banpresto prize and trading figs......
only a matter of time before we get figmas and nendos.....right?
i fear for my wallet
only a matter of time before we get figmas and nendos.....right?
i fear for my wallet
That's Arshes Nei from Bastard!!
Looks like the Orchid Seed version, but missing her belt + sword.
Is Nippon-Yasan a good store? I am considering to pre-order the Kotobukiya's Miku Nakano figure, but it is sold-out almost everywhere. In Italy, the only shop that accepts pre-order would ask me 160€ for slow shipping from Japan, almost 200€ for fast shipping. Instead, Nippon-Yasan sells it for 82€ (130€ the limited), and with the tracked trans-logistic shipping (10 days) I would pay 120€, import fees included.
The others solutions seem more expensive: Solaris Japan requests 150€+20€ shipping + import fees (in Italy it is basically impossible to avoid them,anytime I got something from amazon.co.jp the deposit fund for fees was never refunded), the same for Ninoma.
The others solutions seem more expensive: Solaris Japan requests 150€+20€ shipping + import fees (in Italy it is basically impossible to avoid them,anytime I got something from amazon.co.jp the deposit fund for fees was never refunded), the same for Ninoma.
Nippon-Yasan is sometimes very shady with pre-orders. There was a Skytube figure that was up for pre-order sometime last year. Around November or so, N-Y suddenly announced "Hey, this figure is now coming out next week! Time to pay!" and then after that, the figure release "mysteriously" moved back to it's original February 2019 release date. The kicker is that people contacted Alphamax directly and they said that the release date was always February and never changed. There were several other instances where I'd heard of N-Y doing this.
For this figure it seems that the pre-order is aligned with the official one, that is 30th of November 2019. What is strange is that they are almost the only website which still accepts pre-order for the normal price.
They had those on the Hot Topic website when they first came out. I almost bought one but I'd already bought the standard version by then.
Yeah, I almost bought her last year but they wouldn't let me use my hot cash for some reason or something like that.
They tried charging me for the two Heavenly Virtues I preordered despite both of them getting delayed two months. Wound up letting my preorders with them lapse.
I've used them a couple of times and never had any problems with my orders. But I have heard stories that their customer service is abysmal/borderline nonexistent if you actually do have an issue with an order.
Pretty sure they do this hoping for some orders to cancel so they can relist some at a higher price.
Not sure if this is the right thread but I figured I might as well try:
Does anyone know if any retailers still have Pokemon Trainer Amiibo in stock? Except for Gamestop they're all out... and Gamestop is charging 6 bucks for shipping so I don't know if I should eat the shipping charge or just hope for restocks.
Does anyone know if any retailers still have Pokemon Trainer Amiibo in stock? Except for Gamestop they're all out... and Gamestop is charging 6 bucks for shipping so I don't know if I should eat the shipping charge or just hope for restocks.
If you really want it I would seriously just eat the $6 shipping fee. That's fairly cheap as 2019 rates go.
Yeah, you're probably right lol. It's the last Amiibo that's available for purchase that I particularly want. Gonna get Richter when he comes out, and hopefully Joker and Banjo when/if they're announced.
I'm debating if I want him. He has fun accessories but I'm already gonna order the Pennywise bishoujo. His face is kinda telling me no, but then again if they make more horror nendos I don't want to have to track him down in the future for a full set. :/
Hatsune Miku gonna be peering at people from the drain, soon.
So, with the Miles and Spider-Gwen nendos, the DX versions come with extra bodies and heads as alternates... but there's nothing stopping you from using that to get two display figures each out of those, right? Just want to make sure I'm not missing anything before I pull the trigger on the DX ones...
Well, they do only give you one Nendoroid stand. So be mindful of that.
Hmmm shame they stopped doing that. I know when I had the P4 Teddie Nendoroid it included two stands so you could have bear Teddie and human Teddie displayed together.