Finally, bought my ticket to Tokyo. Gonna hunt some hard to find figures XD
Especially limited/exclusive figure. I dont know what to find also. My target mostly the cute and adorable.
I only have K-On and Kill la Kill in my list for now. Any suggestion?

I'm going to Tokyo later this year, too, but on a more... permanent basis. Thus, I believe it is time for me to put a closure to this expensive hobby of mine, and excepting some figures, I'll most likely be letting go of a large part of my collection later. Gonna need that extra money for sure.

This, and my 20+ parcels containing a mixture of light novels and, um, "health magazines" from Toranoana getting the greenlight (not one of them gets stopped) just increases the feeling that one of these days, one of us're gonna get the spotlight for importing bahan lucah.

Did thought of the proxy business, but I think it'll diminish my enjoyment of my time there. I'll think about it though, if there are requests, or if it's something totally not out of the way, or if it's something that overlaps with my interest and can get multiple units of.

Dont have in amiami. So try ur luck in other sites

Does that mean native figures are now legal to import in Malaysia? XD
Seriously though, KC is highly overpriced and I don't like the sole distributor shit they're pulling.
Btw, I wanna ask about those B2 / A2 poster you get from some figure purchase as exclusive bonus. How do you guys display them?
Do you just hang them up or do you frame them?

I really wanna import the Seven Deadly Sins and Oboro Muramasa figures but damn scared it'll kena rampas T.T
Native has really nice figures but it is such a pain they don't ship to Malaysia and NY randomly underdeclares too low sometimes for the size of the box.
Haha "hassle-free-tax" that explains why local retailers charge extra for most of their figures eh. If it's like 500 - 1500 yen extra I wouldn't mind but KC is ridiculous.
Look at the price of their nendos and DXF figures!
Ah, okay got it. So I'm not supposed to use them but just admire them 

Oboro Muramasa figures I think should be fine. Seven Deadly Sins though, there's risk of course.

If you don't want NY to declare your figures as gift, after placing your order, immediately go to the inquiry form and send them a message with your order #, stating you'd like the figure to be declared as anything BUT gift, as well as the value you want declared. I recommend personal effects or merchandise, and value 11,000 yen (you also need to include the shipping into the overall cost, I think 15,000 yen is around the sweet spot).

Local retailers usually have brick-and-mortar store they have to pay rent and upkeep of, so of course they'd charge extra. Not sure about KCD though.

This one just arrived a few days ago.
NSFW

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7Y...k&usp=drive_web

On where to order, my two favorites are amiami.com and nipponyasan.com
I like amiami's customer service but they dont underdeclare packages, so for orders under rm600 (including postage) i tend to order from them. Anything above RM500 has chances of getting taxed but usually you will be fine up to RM600. And from what I know Sabah's customs are a lot stricter than both KL and penang. My friend's RM450+ orders also kena tahan for no reason, but in the end they were not taxed.
NipponYasan i tend to order 18sx and expensive figures from them because they underdeclare your parcels. Low value will attract less attention from kastam.

Yea, that Sakuya is for sale cuz i wanna clear up some space. That is a huge 32cm tall figure. Im from Penang, so i wont be in KL area anytime soon lol

And on the Saber Alter Huke version you were showed, that one is 21,800yen + 2,000yen flat rate shipping from GSC online, a limited/exclusive product. 23,800yen = RM900 approx at current exchange and bank rates. And the  if you get taxed that's RM900 x 116% (10% import duty and 6% GST) + RM36 (customs release form) = RM1080 approx.
Well, 24k yen used to be under 1000 even with tax, it's our weak currency + strong yen being the reason at the moment. Most anime figures fall between RM350-600 price range, this one is just exceptionally expensive because of limited edition as well as a higher level of craftsmanship.

Hold up.

>Asuka Sweater Version.

*rubs eyes*

> Mothertruckin' Asuka Sweater Version.

*checks bank balance if spending RM450 is feasible despite vowing to quit collecting figures*

Er... what is "GK" bro? 

Ooo.... to my untrained eyes... the figures looks quite close to the original...

Infact some of them look very nice indeed... the most attractive part is the price.. wow.... easily 50% cheaper.

This company E2046.... reputable? Its form HK... shipping fees also much cheaper.

Most of them are uncoloured. You have to colour them yourself.

Oh... sorry I blur hahaha

If its same price as the ori... why not buy the ori?! Unless its totally rare and you cannot find it... but then still pointless to collect a copy even if its rare isnt it?

I'm starting to notice Nippon-Yasan is a premium site.. almost always selling more expensive then Ami/Mandarake.

No wonder often times they are the only ones with stock,..

This is the first time this is happening to me. The update went from "customs inspection" directly to "out for delivery".



The parcel value is 11,000 yen plus about 6,000 yen shipping. Figure inside can be interpreted as NSFW. Am I in trouble?

EDIT: Goddammit.

Payment I thougth we pay directly on the spot using paypal? If release on last week of the month payment will run into issues in Japan?