Hey, I'm kinda new at this thread here, and I seriously don't have any knowledge about figures, gashapons, and the rest.

My friend's birthday is coming up, and I thought of giving her something she likes a lot... So far as I know, the animes she watches and likes are FMA, Gravitation, and the Gundam series.

My budget is below RM150, and I think a pre-painted figure would do best (she doesn't really favor gashapons and art). A scale of 1/16 sounds good, unless you guys suggest otherwise.

Now, my access is only to KL, so that leaves me only to Sungei Wang, Times Square, Lowyat Plaza and BB Plaza. As providence said a few posts back, you can get it cheaper if you pre-order. If there's stock, does it mean that the price of the item would be the same as pre-order price?

I have a few more questions to ask:

1. Are in-box items rarer and priceier than those that come in plastic packages?

2. How does the pre-ordering fashion go about?

3. What shops you guys recommend I should take a visit?

4. How do I get to BB Plaza? (Yeah, I know this sounds stupid, but I don't go to KL often ) Any easy routes on how to get there?

I hope I can get a nice prezzie for her with you guys' helping me. Thanks!

Hey providence, thanks for answering most of my questions. It's quite clear now with your explanation. BTW, it's my friend. Seriously.

My friend's birthday is at the end of April - May (CRAP! I even forgot the date itself! ), so I should have sufficient time.

I live in Subang Jaya, and don't have a driving licence yet, so the public transport is the only way for me... BB Plaza anywhere near those stations?

Recently I visited Animetech shops, and their prices seriously blow my wallet into flaky pieces... and I thought that their prices were about the 'standard'. Luckily I checked here for information first.

XL-Shop's range of products are quite wide, and I hope it would come cheap too. I might have to do a little scouting! Diamond Comics --> not so nice attitude?

adwin, many of my friends want to get the Strike Freedom too, although I myself haven't seen how it looks yet...

This post has been edited by colinwong89: Feb 6 2006, 10:39 PM