under-declaration pros: not tahan by customs/confiscated
under-declaration cons: cannot claim full value insurance

argument for under-declaration... ems packages hardly lost. higher likelihood of tax/confiscation by customs if no under-declaration

This post has been edited by WingNut: Sep 11 2017, 02:32 PM

just realised that the boring girlfriend sofa series are made by different maufacturers? kato megumi is by aniplex and utaha kasumigaoka is by alphamax?

so aniplex is just a marketing arm?

thanks for the clarification, senpai!

personally, i love utaha more...

This post has been edited by WingNut: Sep 11 2017, 05:19 PM

hehehe... lots of utaha fans here, eh?

i'm already looking forward to your saeki dio

welcome to our world

the bootleg market is always flourishing. until today still so many dvd/brd street peddlers around. personally i have had two bootlegs in my collection... not intentional. sellers tried to pass them off as genuine stuff... and tbh, they're not exactly value for money. the ones i got used a (cheaper?) different grade material that was stiff and brittle with parts snapping off fairly easily. i would consider myself a very careful person but even then the accessories (weapon) snapped... and she didn't quite stand right. as for the paint app, the dead giveaway is when the prints don't come together perfectly... like broken lines and stuff. i wouldn't recommend bootleg stuff, but hey... this is malaysia after all. we have a popular street dealing with counterfeit stuff!

This post has been edited by WingNut: Sep 15 2017, 10:22 AM

careful there. the reason why the prices are high is simply because they want you to think it's genuine stuff. pricing it low will instantly trigger you. i learnt this the hard way...

don't think i can answer this half as well as the senpais here, but i'd say between 30-50% off, perhaps? and they probably say it's as good as the original, top quality, first grade or something vague of that sort (or nothing at all) and usually use the official pics to sell their product. only way to stay safe is to buy from reputable retailers in japan, i guess

can, but i think need one wall to support whilst installing. and u got to be very very careful the glass panels do not slip out from the grooves otherwise sure disaster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpPi2-WLdO8

This post has been edited by WingNut: Oct 2 2017, 09:21 AM

agreed. i self-assembled three detolfs but really not recommended coz u gotto hope and pray the glass panels stay put ie the back stays up as u hold the two side panels in place.

nice... although me thinks the primary light source should be from above? the berries shadow cast on the dress suggests that the primary lightsource is coming from the left of the camera?

it's not a differing opinion... my views is with regard to the angle of lighting, not its intensity. awesome dio though...

don't get me wrong. exkurogane... i understand where you're coming from and it is indeed an awesome setup/photo. it's the berry shadow upon the skirt that gives the impression that the strongest light source is coming from somewhere to the left of the camera. would've been perfect without that shadow cast. then again, i'm no expert

i agree. it feels like nothing i want is anything short of a year's wait these days. that said, nothing much that i want either. not sure whether that's a good or bad thing though...

any thoughts?

hahaha... same here. just sumbat dalam almari. wanna bring pinyi out to play, though...

that may be true in the past, but not really with their recent releases. the sonico box was huge with an equally huge pic of sonico and yes, it did have a window. lots of wasted air space with this release... and unnecessary shipment cost

yes! eriri to add to the sofa series!

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This post has been edited by WingNut: Jan 23 2018, 12:04 PM