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Action Figure GAF |OT| Articulated figures murdered my wallet

LiK

Member
Have they at least improved the quality of these things as of late?

Quality is better overall altho the scale has been increased so they're bigger too. It seems the line of awful paint jobs from a few years ago have been squashed. They reverted back to not overly airbrushing the faces like the early PAKs. I think whoever decided that was an idiot and ruined some of my fave characters.

But man, it's hard for me to want to justify paying that much for a PAK unless I really really want it. The last PAK I bought recently was for Fran from FFXII and she had the AmiAmi discount.
 
Is this likely to go up on amiami and will it go fast? I've never used Nippon yasan beforr
this is a p-bandai exclusive which won't go fast but will have a date deadline where orders close. (which i don't know) i think you'll have a week or two to decide so there's no hurry or 5 second windows.

Nippon-Yasan is generally fine. I've used them before as they're also one of the few shops that sell exclusives.

just want to agree with Freezasaurus that NY is great. as he mentioned NY sells P-bandai exclusives(this is a p-bandai exclusive) which won't go up on amiami.
normally you don't have to pay upfront for pre-orders at NY except for p-bandai exclusives.
so this one is money upfront.

definitely legit place.
 

LiK

Member
N-Y is good except for some reason their packages have been targeted by US customs for me. I think about 1/3 of the stuff I ordered from them have been ripped open and inspected. Pretty damn annoying. I can't tell if it's because I was using FedEx or what.
 
N-Y is good except for some reason their packages have been targeted by US customs for me. I think about 1/3 of the stuff I ordered from them have been ripped open and inspected. Pretty damn annoying. I can't tell if it's because I was using FedEx or what.

that sucks, i heard that happen to a few guys using fedex for some reason. EMS from Japan seems to go smoother.

the only issue i ever had by EMs was: i bought an expensive figure from someone in Mexico and that got ripped open by customs. the toy box had razor blade slashes all over when it got to me and was opened. i guess they thought it was drugs or something.
 
I know this is action figure thread and not model kit, but the Dragon Ball Figure Rise model kit is amazing, and unlike Gundam which sometime is too fragile to play around with, this one is solid as action figure imo. love it so much, I'm going to look for Cell and Gohan now, and the upcoming Android 18
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Zombine

Banned
that sucks, i heard that happen to a few guys using fedex for some reason. EMS from Japan seems to go smoother.

the only issue i ever had by EMs was: i bought an expensive figure from someone in Mexico and that got ripped open by customs. the toy box had razor blade slashes all over when it got to me and was opened. i guess they thought it was drugs or something.

Plastic is crack confirmed.

Messi, here's some trash you will like:

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-028748&page=top
 

Hagi

Member
That is a character from Gundam Seed Destiny called Meryin.

Man I haven't bought any Marvel Legends before because quite frankly I've never liked any I've seen but I really want the new Cyclops. The 3.75 version of Laura as Wolverine looks really cool as well. No idea where I'd get them in the UK though.
 

marq_roq

Neo Member
Swore I would never get into the high end figures but I finally popped that cherry this week and preordered
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One of my fav movies/characters. Hopefully it's as good as you guys make Sideshow figs sound.
 

NEO0MJ

Member
Sideshow are hit and miss. It's Hot Toys that are the favorite here.

Whatever happens, never let the serpent Diggeh temp you with anything.
 
That is a character from Gundam Seed Destiny called Meryin.

Man I haven't bought any Marvel Legends before because quite frankly I've never liked any I've seen but I really want the new Cyclops. The 3.75 version of Laura as Wolverine looks really cool as well. No idea where I'd get them in the UK though.
Forbidden Planet stock them and sometimes Amazon will have a bunch of random stuff.
 

TAJ

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
It looks really good. I have a hard decision to make. The first release or the classic. It'll be my first Mezco figure so it's exciting.

Uh... they made the decision for you when they limited the classic version to 400 pieces for no reason.
 
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Diggeh

Unconfirmed Member
JD pls you gotta be ready to jump at those insanely limited Mezco releases

and I'm just sitting here waiting for Space Ghost to actually release
 

MG310

Member
Not sure if it is going to be a one-off thing because its WWE but Toys R Us is carrying the Figuarts The Rock. I'm not sure how many they intend on selling next to the giant pile of 10 and 20 dollar Mattel figures.
 
Well if I wasn't ready before, I'm ready now. OG Punisher is already $400+ on second hand. :/

I have a feeling they'll cave and make more.


So mykombini hasn't really gone anywhere other than "ongoing processing" status for my Prompto. This weekend, I did what I should have done all along and that was hit up frank and sons here in so cal and sure enough, found a Prompto for $150. Jumped at it and will wait out and see if mykombini comes through. Of course, my dumb ass found another seller with Prompto for $130.

Be patient you say? One of my issues. :/
 
Not sure if it is going to be a one-off thing because its WWE but Toys R Us is carrying the Figuarts The Rock. I'm not sure how many they intend on selling next to the giant pile of 10 and 20 dollar Mattel figures.

Once they have a decent selection of WWE figuarts to stock, it will be a matter of "How much do you love your child?"
 

- J - D -

Member
I have a feeling they'll cave and make more.

Well in the event that they don't make more, I just went ahead and ordered the regular version before those sell out as well.

I'm not sure how quickly standard release Mezco one:12 stuff dries up but better safe than sorry.

oh god, I can only hope. I keep telling myself every week to cancel that shit and move the NRD on a new, smaller, more affordable, less space consuming Hot Toy.

:(

You can get what, like 3-4 Hot Toys regular figures for the price of one Hulkbuster?
 
annnnd called it. Mykombini.com refunded me. My gut was right! Got the money back for Prompto, so glad I found him this weekend instead and for just a bit over cost. Gladio should show up from BBTS this week and I'll have what has to be the best, most fun and unlikely likable fourseome to ever grace a video game.

If you told me 3yrs ago I would be stoked for Play Arts Kai figures I wouldn't have believed you.
 

SUPARSTARX

Member
I want to collect some of the DBZ Figure Rise but they don't scale the same with the SHF Figuarts. I'm missing like Krillin, Android 17, 18 and Frieza from my collection. :(
 
annnnd called it. Mykombini.com refunded me. My gut was right! Got the money back for Prompto, so glad I found him this weekend instead and for just a bit over cost. Gladio should show up from BBTS this week and I'll have what has to be the best, most fun and unlikely likable fourseome to ever grace a video game.

If you told me 3yrs ago I would be stoked for Play Arts Kai figures I wouldn't have believed you.

congrats on getting prompto =) for mykombini and especially nin-nin game, the biggest problem: those sites don't have real time inventory tracking and at times over sell pre-orders. though you eventually get your money back, people get burned with pre-orders by the time they get the OOS notice, its too late to order elsewhere. but it doesn't hurt for a shot in the dark =)
 
So saw this on someone's instagram page. Might be old news to some of you as I don't have my finger on the pulse when it comes to VTS Toys or unlicensed toys, but I need this.

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I 1000/1000 this game back on the 360 and its one of my favs. So stupid.

I do have a few other 12" Video game characters she can be displayed with. IF she even comes out that is, seeing as she was revealed back in 2015.

I got:
RAH Skyward Sword Link
RAH Old Snake
RAH Raiden (MGS4)
RAH Snake Eater Snake with Croc head
Sideshow Collectibles Claude from GTAIII

Was thinking of selling some of the MGS figures off though. They haven't been displayed in years. I've been hit up for Claude anytime I posted pics on Instagram. Pretty sought after when seen by others.
 
congrats on getting prompto =) for mykombini and especially nin-nin game, the biggest problem: those sites don't have real time inventory tracking and at times over sell pre-orders. though you eventually get your money back, people get burned with pre-orders by the time they get the OOS notice, its too late to order elsewhere. but it doesn't hurt for a shot in the dark =)

Thanks, man! Seemed like I got my refund from MyKombini instantly too. I haven't been hyped about a Final Fantasy since XII and I had the original Balthier Play Arts figure from way back then. (need to pick up the PAK version to go with my PAK Fran tho). Nice to find somewhere somewhat local with PAK and Figuarts figures I can buy in person and not have to pay shipping on. Eyeing the SH Figuarts Force Awakens Heavy Gunner Stormtrooper and the Clone Commander exclusives. Hoping they get Age of Ultron Hawkeye in soon.
 
So what's the best avenue of selling my entire Hot Toys collection? Ebay? I've got about 40 figures I'm looking to move on from along with a host of other collectibles and well, I've never sold this stuff off....
 
So what's the best avenue of selling my entire Hot Toys collection? Ebay? I've got about 40 figures I'm looking to move on from along with a host of other collectibles and well, I've never sold this stuff off....

Sideshow collectors forum, cost $20 a year for a premium membership to be able to sell though. Ive done well on there. There are BST facebook groups too I hear. Ebay is always my last resort cause of the fees. You have any pics or a list of what your getting rid of?
 
So what's the best avenue of selling my entire Hot Toys collection? Ebay? I've got about 40 figures I'm looking to move on from along with a host of other collectibles and well, I've never sold this stuff off....


eBay fees are killer when things sell at such a high cost.

But yea, let us know what you have. Can probably sell a few pieces on GAF ;)
 

NEO0MJ

Member
For the first time since I started collecting I think I might bail on a preorder. I wanted MMC'S Kultur for a while but now that it's time to pay I'm not sure I'm feeling that figure.

but if it's not posable it's not action figure...

But those tight jeans man...
 

dankir

Member
So what's the best avenue of selling my entire Hot Toys collection? Ebay? I've got about 40 figures I'm looking to move on from along with a host of other collectibles and well, I've never sold this stuff off....

One Sixth Republic B/S/T group on Facebook, Sideshowfreaks.com. Ebay is probably last resort with fees, scammers, etc.
 
Sideshow collectors forum, cost $20 a year for a premium membership to be able to sell though. Ive done well on there. There are BST facebook groups too I hear. Ebay is always my last resort cause of the fees. You have any pics or a list of what your getting rid of?

I'll post a little later today!
 
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