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I hope everything works out for you. Good luck.
OrangeYouGlad
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Where in Canada are you?
yeah it's that shitty face that a lot of Bishoujo figs have. Not sure if want.
Ontario
I am a tad disappointed her face, but... Still better than Harley Quinn's (masked version)
my initial disappointment has passed and I'm now probably going to be buying it. I just can't say no to Zatanna.
I counted the new games as figure money (I don't even own a vita or ps4) xP
They appeared two days in a row on Mandarake back in December (which is when I bought them). Just add the japanese search term for Senran Kagura to FigInStock.Damn, still gotta get them! I've only got the Homura gang.
Expect LOTS of body pillow covers to appear first though xD
OrangeYouGlad
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Check your PMs.
Professor Renegade
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I heard that Target is going to be compensating their employees through this period, hope that everything goes well for you.
I know that feel. I believe you'll find something better and be happier for it!
It could be just a weird angle? The lips are what's bothering in some shots but it others they look fine. After Jubilee though I should probably shut the fuck up and wait until the final product. Nice to see they figured out dem fishnets tho. Gives me hope we'll see Black Canary this year.
Replied.
She is tough to say no to...
Yeah, I don't know much about it however. Thanks.
I hope so!
Sorry to hear this. Good luck. I'm sure it'll all work out.
BumblebeeCody
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Yo FigureGAF!
Question, that hopefully some people may be able to give advice on. I'm a figure noob.
So I want to preserve a figure I have in the best possible condition (it's an Amiibo). But I'm not really too sure how to go about keeping it preserved like those 1970s Star Wars toys. I have open cardboard boxes, bubble wrap and plenty of Newspaper to use. But since I'm a newbie at this, is there anything else I should be wary of or advice anyone can give.
Thanks
Question, that hopefully some people may be able to give advice on. I'm a figure noob.
So I want to preserve a figure I have in the best possible condition (it's an Amiibo). But I'm not really too sure how to go about keeping it preserved like those 1970s Star Wars toys. I have open cardboard boxes, bubble wrap and plenty of Newspaper to use. But since I'm a newbie at this, is there anything else I should be wary of or advice anyone can give.
Thanks
Yo FigureGAF!
Question, that hopefully some people may be able to give advice on. I'm a figure noob.
So I want to preserve a figure I have in the best possible condition (it's an Amiibo). But I'm not really too sure how to go about keeping it preserved like those 1970s Star Wars toys. I have open cardboard boxes, bubble wrap and plenty of Newspaper to use. But since I'm a newbie at this, is there anything else I should be wary of or advice anyone can give.
Thanks
Don't open the original packaging. Keep it cool (not like "in the refrigerator" cool but like "in an air conditioned room" cool). You may also want to consider making sure some air can get inside the package otherwise you may accelerate plasticizer migration, especially if you store it at above 80F (though this won't really matter much if it is never actually opened).
I think trying to preserve an amiibo like this is kind of silly but if that's what you want to do then go for it.
Yo FigureGAF!
Question, that hopefully some people may be able to give advice on. I'm a figure noob.
So I want to preserve a figure I have in the best possible condition (it's an Amiibo). But I'm not really too sure how to go about keeping it preserved like those 1970s Star Wars toys. I have open cardboard boxes, bubble wrap and plenty of Newspaper to use. But since I'm a newbie at this, is there anything else I should be wary of or advice anyone can give.
Thanks
It's already opened? Well either way I don't think you would have to do anything special, just keep it in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight and free of dust and it should stay in good condition basically forever.
Maintenance
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Nah, I would buy one too if I had spare money.
I can't cast a stone. I bought Beelzebub so I can't give anyone a hard time about buying seven sins figures, plus my Feb order is 3x as much as yours ._.
Freezasaurus
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My February is Satan-chan, Fairy Garden Annabel, and Alphamax super-lewd Excellen Browning. I'm such an easy mark for curvy 1/6 figures.
They did. I love Misaki Kurehito's art, in fact, I just had his art book ship from CDJapan.
It actually looks more like a Native piece than Alphamax/SkyTube, they've really come a long way.
Pre-orders for her start on the 19th on Native's global site.
[NSFW?]
http://native-global.ecq.sc/
Price is unknown, as is month of release. She looks amazing, and I'll be pre-ordering her from N-Y when they offer her [since I can't pay up-front and Native still won't ship to Canada >_>].
You do.
The color/design of her outfit is what interested me in the first place. It just so...pleasing.
He appears!
You did the right thing.
BumblebeeCody
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Awesome thanks. I probably shouldn't have used the word preserve. It's actually because I have to send out a few Amiibos to people so what would be the best way of sending them(since FigureGAF would know how they would want their figures and stuff to arrive)? Jiffy bag, bubble wrap and a bit of card to protect.
That being said it does give me an idea to actually preserve one like those old vintage toys just for fun, ha.
Thanks for the advice anyway
Freezasaurus
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Why not BiJ? Pay now so future self can get free present from past-self.
I still need to know a few things before I can pay now, namely whether Narukami Yuno/Saotome Maria [Alphamax/SkyTube] and Satsuki [Phat Company] are being released this month. Saotome Maria and Narukami Yuno by themselves are costing me like over 30,000 yen [I just had to go with the bathtub for Maria, as well as AmiAmi bonus version for each -_-], so I'd rather not add to the destruction my wallet will likely experience this month. However, if both [or even Saotome Maria by herself] is delayed, I could manage it.
I just need those release dates!
It doesn't help the CDN dollar is weak. f I paid later on, there's a chance it could have improved by then. :/
Freezasaurus
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Before delays or after? lololololol
Honestly, given how packed January would be for me if they were all released, after would be more appreciated right now. :/
Freezasaurus
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That new Native girl is releasing in August, according to Plastikitty. 14,815 JPY retail.
What do you guys think of Nippon Yasan? I have found some figures there that are sold out on Amiami and their prices seem pretty reasonable (for the ones I'm buying, at least):
- Nendoroid Kagamine Rin: 3600 yen
- Nendoroid Kagamine Len: 4200 yen
- Nendoroid Kuma: 4800 yen
- Nendoroid Naegi Makoto: 3980 yen
I will never do business with Nippon-Yasan because of how they treated phoenix, but others will tell you they're fine.
If you don't know, phoenix bought a Snow Miku from NY. It was counterfeit, like obviously so. NY denied it twice, I believe. It took public shaming and GSC themselves investigating to rectify the situation, and even then I believe phoenix still had to pay shipping again.
NEVER FORGIVE, NEVER FORGET
If you don't know, phoenix bought a Snow Miku from NY. It was counterfeit, like obviously so. NY denied it twice, I believe. It took public shaming and GSC themselves investigating to rectify the situation, and even then I believe phoenix still had to pay shipping again.
NEVER FORGIVE, NEVER FORGET
Awesome thanks. I probably shouldn't have used the word preserve. It's actually because I have to send out a few Amiibos to people so what would be the best way of sending them(since FigureGAF would know how they would want their figures and stuff to arrive)? Jiffy bag, bubble wrap and a bit of card to protect.
Oh, you meant like packing them to ship?
A) If it's not opened, or if you can repackage it to be as good as new, put some packing/news paper or bubble wrap (or both) around it and put it in a box that has at least 1/2 inch of crush space all the way around. Make sure it can't rattle around too much. Additional paper or those little air bladders make great spacers for that.
B) If it is opened and you can't repackage it, I recommend first wrapping the figure in "fat" bubble wrap to give it a normalized shape (no limbs/weapons/etc. protruding) and taping the wrap so the figure doesn't fall out. Then treat that like the original package and follow the same advice as in A).
Freezasaurus
Member
I'm with you.
Except when Nippon-Yasan has something I really need that no one else has in-stock.
dakkumauji
Member
Which nendos are those for Rin and Len?
I seen at least three of them on sale for cheaper than that on Maadarake.
That's a shame. I guess I'll look on other websites first then.
Append version for both.
N-Y got a hard knock around here because they (accidentally) sold a bootleg nendoroid to a regular here. They were very stubborn about the whole issue and made a fool of themselves, but eventually made things right. That said, I think that is an outlier incident. Many people have bought from them before without issue. Just be wary if you are buying something with known bootlegs.
I would say they are not a better option than Mandarake if you are patient. Go to mandarake and search those nendo numbers you're looking for and I'm sure you will find better deals AND are guaranteed no bootlegs.
Chrono is on a lewd spree.
You're completely right. I just checked figinstock for #302 Kagamine Len nendo and it was only 2000 yen three days ago on Mandarake (sold out though).
Thanks for the help guys!
Sorry, I meant release dates for the other figures for this month [and whether they'll be delayed or not]. If two or more of them are delayed, such as Maria, then I can pre-order Nakahara Tomoe at BIJ, while paying up-front.
However, if nothing Is delayed [and I'm hit with that massive invoice from AmiAmi], I'd need to pre-order at N-Y [opting to pay later]. Unfortunately, Saotome Maria, Narukami Yuno, and Satsuki still don't have release dates [they just say "January", so it's possible they might be released or delayed further into the year. Nothing official yet, so I'm not sure what to do in-regard to Nakahara Tomoe.
But yeah, concerning N-Y, they're basically my site for exclusives that I absolutely cannot get anywhere else. Normally I pre-order them at BIJ [as I did with the Seven Deadly Sins], but as it happens with Nakahara Tomo, she's being released at a really sensitive time [financially] so it's either pre-order at N-Y, or skip her. I'd rather not do the latter. In general, I avoid N-Y though, for the reasons mentioned above.
Welp, time to put up FigInStock notifications for all he mainline sins. Only alternate fig I'd jump for is if this ever becomes a thing:
dakkumauji
Member
Append Rin for 2.k
There was a Kuma one for 2k like last week but that probably was sold by now.
The most easy way is to just search "ねんどろいど" there and you can find everything they have.
Freezasaurus
Member
I would buy that so fucking hard.
Maintenance
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I would buy the one where she is in the bike.
Yeah I saw that Kuma several days ago and it was sold out already. I haven't used Japanese terms for nendos in figinstock, so that was very helpful, thanks.
A word of warning on figinstock search terms that I discovered recently... it seems that their search doesn't break apart your search terms and treats it as just one string, so if you do something like ねんどろいど　ミク (that's Miku) you will get search results on mandarake but not on figinstock because the item name is usually something like "[Store name] Good Smile Company Nendoroid [no 999] [English Name] kana name" meaning the search term "as is" in FIS is not contained within the item name (even if you use kana) and on top of this mandarake item names are not named consistently.
Your best bet is to just do notifications by character name (or by nendoroid number). In either case you're going to get some notifications that aren't nendos, but it's better than missing out on something you wanted because you had a figinstock notification that was doing nothing based on a mandarake search that had results.
Your best bet is to just do notifications by character name (or by nendoroid number). In either case you're going to get some notifications that aren't nendos, but it's better than missing out on something you wanted because you had a figinstock notification that was doing nothing based on a mandarake search that had results.
Even I might succumb to 7 Sins figs if that or the bike art ever became a thing.
Freezasaurus
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Has anyone checked out this Solaris Japan site yet? They're advertising on MFC in like, a million different figure pages. Site seems legit, tho.
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