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Ryutaro
post Sep 12 2019, 12:44 PM

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QUOTE(Hasuu @ Sep 12 2019, 12:18 PM)
I paid about 600+ including shipping. I cant find her from Japanese retailers too, it's aniplex exclusive so very hard to get. To be honest, I might find a new one and get it in a better box condition because Mai has a special place in my heart haha
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unless aniplex is doing a rerelease u wont find her anymore other than ppl willing to let go their pre-owned
imo do it like this guy and forget about the box tongue.gif
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tbh i was very shock when i read the light novel how perfect of a girlfriend mai is
waiting patiently for the movie to screen in malaysia or on the Internet for a good cry




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post Sep 12 2019, 01:44 PM

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QUOTE(MeToo @ Sep 12 2019, 01:03 PM)
I'm wary of heat form light sources with my figures.

My ID currently designing my display cabinet all got funky light to make the figures stand out... but... I'm worried I end up with melted plastic..

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thats the michael jackson's signature move right there
jokes aside I am by no means an expert in this matters,
however I believe it's quite hard to achieve that unless u sealed the box completely which will allow the heat to accumulate in the box
If I were to build one I would probably put the light source outside of the box and leave a small gap for heat dissipating purpose
take Ikea detolf shelf as a n example it's used by many as figure display cabinet, have enough gaps, and u can add LED lights in it
I am planning to just get a detolf shelf (cant find any good alternative), dustproof it and place all my figure in it..
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post Sep 12 2019, 02:36 PM

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QUOTE(Hasuu @ Sep 12 2019, 02:00 PM)
Yeah this is a pretty good idea haha, as the other person mentioned, what about the light source for this? It's external right? I currently have all of my figures in boxes and haven't displayed them.

I like the white ver of this too but it's too expensive.
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this has 2 or 3 light I am not sure, the back is the brightest one and one from top, cant see well if bottom emit light or not, all of them are outside of the box

QUOTE(MeToo @ Sep 12 2019, 02:11 PM)
If you dustproof detolf then there wont be gap for heat dissapation tongue.gif

Also I think most ppl buy detolf cause its cheap, easily accessible, and quite decent for display purposes..
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It still allows heat to escape cause it's brush-like and I don't have plans to to put LED on them as of current
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post Sep 23 2019, 04:36 PM

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Aniplex posted another Japan-only sale for Utaha lingerie version sigh

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post Jan 24 2020, 03:48 PM

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QUOTE(Evenstarr88 @ Jan 24 2020, 03:33 PM)
I called pos malaysia (surprisingly they picked up fast and the man was very nice and polite) and he confirmed that the parcel is with customs in JB. I asked him what to do, if I should wait for a call/email/letter and he said since the status is just new (updated yesterday), he suggest I call customs to ask regarding the progress first, he gave me the number 03-87773694.

And I have called several times and no one picks up. Wondering if anyone knows another number to call?

PS. I am from the Northern part of Johor so the trip to JB is ~2 hours so I wanted to properly confirm that I can go collect it before doing so. Scared that it becomes a wasted trip  sweat.gif

Though I will probably wait it out till after CNY, road travel is a no-no during festive season.
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my advice chill until custom update ur parcel, even if u call them they wont speed up the whole process, after they update it u can choose either to collect it urself or let poslaju handle it (they incur additional charges to handle it for u)
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post Jan 26 2020, 12:59 AM

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QUOTE(Evenstarr88 @ Jan 24 2020, 03:54 PM)
Alright smile.gif When they update it, does the online tracking change to some form of instructions on what to do?

I am really sorry for asking these noob-ish questions, this is my first time getting a parcel held by customs sweat.gif (all figures >RM500 will be bought everywhere but AmiAmi from now on)
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different states experience may vary..mine the pos laju call me to ask whether I want to authorize them to settle the import tax, the status online simply shows that my package is detained by customs without anything else..after I authorize poslaju to clear the tax for me then the status will start updating again
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post Jan 31 2020, 06:23 PM

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for my case they dun even ask me for the invoice, probably because the invoice document is attached by amiami already...which is bad for us buyer
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post Feb 26 2020, 04:01 PM

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QUOTE(Evenstarr88 @ Feb 25 2020, 07:27 PM)
Apparently it's a new policy they are putting in place this year. I went personally to JB to claim my figure from customs recently, and the counter guy was being very nice to me. And he brought me over a big MySafe notice pasted on the wall and told me that they were going to start implementing this system soon - he said that it was more or less of a ?safety certificate for toys (and btw, I hate it when people refer to figures as toys) - I guess it's something like the SIRIM certificate for electronics that are imported from overseas? And he was going on about how they have to make sure that the toys that are being imported and sold to customers are certified locally as safe for kids (but I did not ask him if they would still charge it if the figure was bought for personal keeping of an adult, I just wanted to get out of there as fast as I could XD)

And I don't know the criteria with which they will withold figures for MySafe certification... is it from multiple items, or above RM500, or if they are going to open every figure box onward? I am having a figure (less than RM500) being delivered to me from Japan so I guess I will find out soon enough.

Personally, I think MySafe serves no purpose except the exclusive reason to charge more money.  yawn.gif
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for the sake of everyone I went through the website to look for as much information for us possible..

According to this particular pdf our figures should fall under this second schedule either as 5. or 21.
however the last note state that even though it should not be regards as toys it is still subject to safety standards.

The unfortunate part is we can't prove our figurine as not intended for age 14 or below so I guess this is where our gov classified it as toys and hence all that MySAFE stuff?

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post Jul 8 2020, 05:11 PM

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QUOTE(kommos98 @ Jul 8 2020, 04:38 PM)
guys i want ask somethin about the shipping rule... kastam tell me now if order more then 1 figure in 1 box (even 2 pcs) need go MySAFE there to do report see they want unleash or not, is this a new rule? sad.gif  and i try order Chocola 1/7 Scale Figure (NekoPara) - Native and Vanilla 1/7 Scale Figure (NekoPara) - Native but is sensitive figure...can that 2 figure shipping to malaysia with out confiscate ? hmm.gif
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sry cant help the order coming to my nearby office currently contain only 1 figure and the post office staff did not mentioned anything about MySAFE (I asked the staff to breakdown the cost for me), 1-2 page back someone mentioned about his experience with dealing about MySAFE, maybe refer to that

regarding sensitive figure, if it is not straight out lewd (meaning clothless even in the box) then shud be fine, else if kastam open the box for checking and see it they will confiscate it I heard, after all our import rules does prohibit adult stuff
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post Jul 8 2020, 05:33 PM

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QUOTE(MeToo @ Jul 8 2020, 05:14 PM)
This is very subjective, barbie figures also have removable clothing... and they are happily sold everywhere..
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err I am not talking about removable clothes, not sure how u were mislead.. some figures are straight out naked showing bewbs and private part
kastam does not inspect till the level where they check if a figure has removable clothes
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post Jul 8 2020, 07:55 PM

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QUOTE(kommos98 @ Jul 8 2020, 06:00 PM)
https://pictr.com/image/7gbcjJ
so this cant in malaysia?  sad.gif

lucky this year i got take dao 2 box my sensitive figure without kena tahan...box no show figure just pink and blue colour box but inside figure is naked need self put clothes it whistling.gif
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no idea mate, if the box have a window that can see this figure maybe will confiscate? if no window probably still safe I guess,
I cant entertain the thought of gambling the chances on getting this kind of figure confiscate by kastam so I did not buy 18+ figure at all
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post Jul 10 2020, 05:37 PM

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OMG this might be the worst parcel that Ive ever gotten yet....pretty sure amiami is to be blame...

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Man I trusted their service for many years but seeing them disappointing me like this doesnt feels good at all..
The thing is this is bound to happen and least you could do is making sure to stuff the box fully with the recycled paper to make sure the recycled paper absorbed the impact from being pressed by the outer box

guys shud I write a complaint letter to amiami's customer support?

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post Jul 10 2020, 06:26 PM

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QUOTE(MeToo @ Jul 10 2020, 05:45 PM)
Well the box is gone, now it depends on whether the figurine inside is affected.

If its not, and you dont care about the box (i.e. you will be displaying the figure) then its not s bad...
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If i dont care about the box I wouldnt be complaining that much...feels sad, luckily the figurine is not destroyed

QUOTE(H814 @ Jul 10 2020, 06:16 PM)
Well from the pictures, it seems that the damage occurs from the bottom of the shipper box (correct me if I'm wrong).

My experience with AmiAmi is that they don't really pad the bottom and the top of the shipper box enough to protect the item from impact/damage , hence there is always a chance that the item is damage (from the top or bottom impact) during transit. Your best bet is for the courier handling your package being prudent enough  to handle the package diligently.

Did you shipped via SAL or EMS? or was it by way of DHL?
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via EMS, the damage is on the top, I dont have high hope for our post office to handle the package diligently at all...
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post Jul 10 2020, 08:56 PM

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QUOTE(dokuro @ Jul 10 2020, 08:28 PM)
yikes that sucks. which figure is that and what is the box size? is it the 120size? in my case they always use bigger box size so that they can stuff the paper around the figure box and on top of the box so this is news to me. tbh i'm scared to see this since i'm expecting a lot of package from them. i prefer my figure box to be in a good condition so i feel you. i suggest you contact them, their customer support is very reliable.
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its the 1/4 scathach Sashi Ugatsu Bunny Ver. , I know their customer support is reliable but I am not sure what to ask from them though...
ask for refund? ask them send a replacement for box? hmm...
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post Jul 11 2020, 12:22 AM

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QUOTE(dokuro @ Jul 10 2020, 09:50 PM)
oh she's a 1/4 bunny, so that's why there is barely any space in the box. i think they should've went for bigger size box like they usually do. i'm guessing they probably don't have enough box right now due to the pandemic. since they're keeping all those unshipped SAL boxes in their warehouse. replacing just the figure box is unlikely but they will probably give you the option to send back the figure for a replacement or a full refund.
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I just did some research and if there are damage to the figure then u can initiate the insurance compensation process. This require u to bring the box back to the local post office for inspection and asking our POS malaysia to initiate this process as evidence to send to amiami for compensation

Then there is this excerpt from Amiami website's FAQ
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seems like there will not be any good response, but I will probably try and write an email to them and see what are the options provided for me

QUOTE(dokuro @ Jul 10 2020, 09:57 PM)
oh wait sorry i just realized she's 1/7. just assumed all bunny figures are 1/4 lol.
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u didnt write it wrong, the scathach bunny version is not original design from FREEing but rather a parody created by the original character designer
hence there is a 1/7 version by alter & a 1/4 version by FREEing



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post Jul 11 2020, 03:28 PM

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QUOTE(dokuro @ Jul 11 2020, 01:10 PM)
you choose EMS so i assume your package is insured? this is a great progress tho i hope you'll get a good result from pos malaysia.
wait does that mean amiami will not be responsible unless the figure itself is damage? well that sucks.
ahh sorry i got confused bc there is two version of her.
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nono I am not going back to POS malaysia,
what I learnt is that I should have inspect the package when I am at the post office on the spot with post officer to access the damage of the package..
well next time I need to do that before taking the package home
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post Jul 28 2020, 06:06 PM

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QUOTE(St0rmFury @ Jul 28 2020, 09:23 AM)
After a month only got movement sweat.gif

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wow look like ur figure went to the west of japan, then back again to tokyo to reach their outward office holy shit
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post Jan 28 2021, 02:45 PM

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QUOTE(Krayzretz @ Jan 28 2021, 09:08 AM)
Yep, hopefully I can go to kastam if the mco will end on 4th feb. Else it would be a goner
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it's a unwritten rule where our customs will not let nudity figure pass (detachable cloth thou is a diff story), u can try but I dont think there's any chance of u getting it back
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post May 4 2022, 09:56 PM

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QUOTE(dokuro @ May 3 2022, 05:49 AM)
this is what confuses me, like how the hell are they able to confiscate the figures? i wonder if there is a specific law regarding that.
i just know they confiscate everything they deem sexual. but how sexy is too sexy? is bunny figures sexual? how about a bikini/swimsuit with
a non-lewd pose?? hmm
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bunny is not (source: I bought 3 and never once got confiscated), lewd figurine however have very suggestive pose and often their breast/under are exposed and not covered, this kind will get confiscated
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post May 5 2022, 09:10 PM

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QUOTE(dokuro @ May 5 2022, 04:55 AM)
oh interesting. thanks for your feedback. did those bunny figure purchases taxed by customs? and did the officers open your parcel boxes?
would you say swimsuit/bikini figures with non-lewd pose safe from confiscation? since there is no actual nudity or sexual pose in this case
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My figurine purchase was never 'lucky' to dodge custom inspection, so always tax by custom, whether did they open and check I can't be sure but I think most of the time they did and reseal it with new tape
swim wear figure will not be stopped as well, lewd figure is those figure that when u look at it u can tell 100% this is a haram product kind

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