Yeap, but there's no nudity. If this is against our laws, then tons of photos you see on facebook would also be against our law, including all types of gravure photography that do not contain nudity. I have friends who photograph women in suggestive poses as a career. In Malaysia.

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Mar 29 2018, 10:50 PM

That's pretty much why I always wear my ID tag as a civil servant, a Dr., with me to kastam I suppose. Last time years ago i used student ID and status to get away with lots of things. They very cincai with me last time. But that mikage figure of yours is huge, and summor big tits lol.

*Edit
My lala passed KL kastam with ease
Praying hard for the next stop over here in Penang

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Apr 2 2018, 09:08 PM

Yes, you can request them to generate an invoice

Over here in Butterworth they just want to see the invoice, even on my phone also ok. So i photoshopped a screenshot of the invoice or email to show it to them. I purposely make the final amount close to rm500 but not taxable. I like to edit it to around 8000yen, excluding shipping.

Come see mine

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7Y...aHdZNDJCOVRlUXM

Update

She skipped butterworth kastam checking, arrived earlier than expected

I'm one lucky bested

Yup, because i bought it in Taobao. By a certified genuine product seller. Paid about Rm830 equivalent including shipping, close to the original MSRP of 20k yen. Her market value is now already 4 figures in RM.

That applies to UPS and FedEX from what i know, maybe DHL too
But i never had problems with DHL from Japan. If it is from USA then confirm GG

SAL and EMS are not subject to those Kos Tambang Dagangan you mentioned.

Usually the shipping cost for EMS is declared on the shipping slip, even when no invoice was attached, so I'm not concerned about that at all.

It's true that books and dvd have a higher risk, regardless of shipping method. Naturally EMS gets targeted more often. Not because they are looking for pron but they are looking for things to tax. Finding illegal stuff is just accidental discovery.

More or less, correct amount. If Google says yen is 0.036, the card rate will be around 0.037. When you pay with credit card in any local shop during a purchase, sometimes shop owners want to charge you an additional 2% fee. It's also applicable in online transactions. Along with those fees that are automatically charged and a slightly higher exchange rate, the amount you pay will be 6% to 8% higher than your expected calculation. Regardless of whether you used credit card directly or via PayPal, there's not much difference (for every rm500 there's about a difference of rm10 only). That's why i rather use PayPal and have a peace of mind.

My Purple Heart order was 19,680yen. That's about RM715. I was charged around RM743 via PayPal.

The difference is not that much actually. Within April alone I used direct cc and paypal interchangeably to see the difference. Recently i used cc to pay my Kaori and paypal to pay for my purple heart. Difference is very minimal. it's not as bad as 0.039. Paypal is around 0.0377 for purple heart when i paid. Maybank's CC would have been around 0.0372+, while google states it's 0.0362. But this is assuming credit card did not charge a 2% fee, usually there is a small fee whenever u use a CC. Some merchants absorb it, some merchants will charge the customer. What i noticed so far, is for every RM500 you pay, if u use paypal it's about rm8 to rm10 more expensive than using CC directly, which is not a big difference. Yeah, i do understand that rm8 can feed you a meal already. The common assumption that paypal is too expensive is not true.

Also, paypal's account system for personal accounts and business accounts are different. Business users can make paypal charge an additional amount in percentage for other fees during payment, such as the 2% card fee itself. I've sold figures on ebay to overseas buyers so i do know a bit about these things, though i do not use a business account for paypal.

I even use paypal to buy pay for movie tickets in GSC website lol. For local transactions like these there is no difference in amount compared to using cc directly. I dun have to wait for the stupid 6 digit TAC sending to my phone. One click in paypal and payment made, more convenient.

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Apr 10 2018, 08:08 PM

Then i think the way i use paypal should be correct already. I avoid letting PayPal do the conversion whenever possible. From my experience there's not that much of a difference but some ppl experience a very inflated amount when using PayPal.
Last time when RM was tanking, i even used PayPal to profit. Accepted payment in usd when RM was 4.0, withdrew when it was 4.35. Made a bit extra from it.

For jadual kos so far im very sure EMS is not subjected to that though. I've been using EMS exclusively for the past 3 or 4 years. Throughout lots of purchases within the years i was only taxed once. Porn = "confiscate" (well u dunno if they keep it for themselves though lol). But questionable/grey area items, moderately ecchi figures included, if they want to F with you they'll say it's not permitted but it'll be sent back to seller. If they cincai, u can have it. Sending back to seller, quite often u can get a refund from seller, but only the item price. U lose a bit on the shipping cost. I do have friends whose stuff were sent back.

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Apr 12 2018, 08:05 AM

Yes, EMS is very common so i dont think it will be a problem. As for DHL, Amazon Japan (and also Amiami - available as an option) uses it - I've only bought from Amazon Japan twice in my lifetime so far but yeah, i never had issues. You know, Saw a huge 40-50% bargain on a figure and just grabbed it. But if it's from western countries, then yeah, confirm gg

The DSLR Im using to shoot figures has 45 megapixels, but then my figure photography schedule and projects are too packed ady, hard to slot in more stuff

Lai lai mfc members, help vote of you like it

https://myfigurecollection.net/picture/1968201

Shot this outdoors in a construction site. Weather hasn't been good lately =(

The car is 1/8, the figure is 1/7. It's a perfect match because anime girls are short. If both were the same scale, it will look like a little girl standing next to a car

Okayama Engineering figures?
God Bless you bruh

It's already widely sold out in China's taobao, but i found it in... India
What i do know is the product number/code being "bmw I8 2068D".
This one, the same exact one.
A word of caution: Shipping costs can kill.

http://shahalam.com.pk/toys/transportation...eable-bm-2068d/

https://cheezyn.pk/toys/hobby-rc/bmw-i8-spo...ontrol-car.html

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: May 1 2018, 10:40 AM

Pretty much why i will buy lewd figures from taobao nowadays instead of from japan. I combine ship with other items they wrap the thing so tight in layers for combinations of several parcels, that the kastam cant even open. Values were never declared on the parcel as well. In fact kastam tend to turn a blind eye to parcels from taobao, even if it was temporarily detained for 1-2 days.

Of course, this option is only viable if you know how to use taobao in the first place. Even those who can speak, read and write chinese find the site difficult to use. Their shipping system is also quite different.

If anyone is still interested, there is a small guide on the first page of this thread itself, but i still recommend getting help from a friend if u r unfamiliar.

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: May 21 2018, 11:03 PM

Aniplex 1/8 Miyazono Kaori Shifuku ver.
Shot at Permatang Damar Laut, Penang Island

Help vote in mfc!
https://myfigurecollection.net/picture/1987871

Ultrawide, 16-28mm on full frame, this shot is taken at 20mm.