shop i buy from
XL- shop - used to buy from the branch at S & M, there's one guy that is quite friendly there, use to chat with him when i go there, and price he give is quite ok, too bad the branch close down liao. the last time i buy something from XL was valentine day, quite ok loh, prices sometimes high, somtimes ok

DC - yup the guy boss is damn lcly, so i always prefer to deal with his mum, treat me pretty ok though, but thn i seldom go there one , still waiting for the last issue of the dmc comics i ordered. prices are usually the lowest but the guy really lcly, really put me off. oh yeah i got a fren who refused to go in there anymore, he told me he used to be a regular there, but sometime happens, the ppl there got more lcly i think, and he dun like to go there anymore

stardust memories (top floor sg wang) - another shop with low prices, get their stock from DC i think, the boss is ok but things are always out of stock though

HLJ - oso got low prices and decent service, but the last time i went there, they dun have much gundam in stock though, service is quite decent

fantasy toys - prices fluctuates too much, last time i saw he selling freedom mg for 200+ while other shop is between 160-170, but there are times when the price is cheap though, service ok ok loh

time machine - accidentally found the place, saw that they are selling freedom mg for 160, quite cheap , need to pay a visit to the place again next time to have a better look around, the lady there quite friendly though

This post has been edited by valho: Feb 20 2006, 09:49 AM

i don't have any problem with the aunty at DC though, she's quite friendly with me sometimes even joke with me ahha, but the son is really shit lah, if i see him there instead of the aunty i don't bother to go in, but i seldom buy stuff from them anyway, only once in a while.

time machine is quite ok, friendly ppl, their gundam prices are quite cheap as well, but figures usually a bit more expensive

XL is the shop i frequent most, usually the times square branch coz it's nearest to my office, sometimes go there just to look at stuff and maybe chat with the guy there

XL mark up a lot, hmm i still find that they have the lowest price for figure compare to others and also they are the only shops that you can be sure the figures are original, the only other shop that I knw sells ori figures is Time Machine. the gundam prices is still ok since you have to consider the shipping rates, shipping from japan is not cheap

i oso compare the prices with hlj and usually xl is slightly more than hlj price + shipping

hehe yeah, that's y i nvr complain, figure collecting is an expensive hobby, but thn i seldom get from XL, i get from other sources