I never follow those rules LOL
I have a tendency to even buy a figure that i know nothing of the origins of the character. It's all down to whether i like the figure or not, simple as that.

Orchid Seed actually has a 5 year old (prototype) figure announced sometime back in 2011 WonFes that has not even been painted yet LOL

For me, all of my 18sx figures went through with ease including one that comes with a set of 2 vaginas and a dildo lol. For what happened to Exiled_Gundam I believe the size of the parcel is the reason why kastam opened the parcel; Kastam loves to open big boxes especially when they suspect the content is worth higher than what was declared. The 'pornographic content' discovery is usually accidental for the case of figures. Most of the time when they want to check for pornographic content it usually involves the detections of discs/DVD and books being the content of a package.

I had a parcel which is pretty huge last October from amiami (Alter 1/7 Black Heart) and kastam opened it up (value including shipping = 17,300yen/RM580+), and they let it go without taxing me, which was nice. The reason = there is only 1 item inside (personal use, not selling it) and my address has a (fake) student ID number on it along with university address as the destination. Student mah, cincai la. when i send home i will send to my dad's office (my dad owns his own tutor center) and i also slap on a fake student ID next to my delivery address.



This post has been edited by EXkurogane: May 19 2016, 05:25 PM

The answer is right in your description: "declared as gift"
Once declare as gift 80% possibility kastam will open. Usually I ignore the gift tag by the sender unless i have a reason why i dont want kastam to open my parcel.
That day I requested NY to not declare as gift for Saeki, and luckily they did as i told them to. If kastam open my Saeki I sure gg

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: May 19 2016, 05:28 PM

Pos Malaysia never update their tracking properly one, always like that recently. No worries.
What happened was that after the item passed kastam, it should have "send to office" and other updates, pos malaysia didnt bother to update, until the day of delivery, jump straight to "out for delivery".


My orders this month are outright crazy. April orders delay to May, and a June-release order brought forward to May release. =.=
I dropped one order (Good Smile's Nakiri Erina, my friend took my order), but I still have 4 orders to pay for - 3 of them are mine, one of them is my friend's (he already paid me).

These 3 are my orders for this month:
Alter 1/7 Kurosaki Mea - including EMS 13,630yen
GSC 1/7 Sawamura Spencer Eriri - including EMS 11,060yen
Phat 1/7 Shiro - including EMS 15,290yen

No definite ways to avoid but you can minimize the risk.
Always request the seller (especially NipponYasan) NOT to label as gift if u are shipping NSFW figures.
From my experience I only had 2 parcels in the past labelled as gift, one of them was a contest prize. Both were opened regardless of value.

No Game No Life has only 1 season so far but rumors are than S2 might be made, the figures and merchandises are not slowing down it seems, there is a reason for that

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: May 19 2016, 05:38 PM

I have friends whom have managed that, though they are not really members here on lowyat.
Even some cases involved dollfies, especially those who important nude bodies to customize on their own.
But, in general, confiscated figures are pretty rare, i havent heard of many incidences.

There was a period last year where confiscation/deportation increased suddenly thx to Harian Metroll reporting on "Patung Berahi".
Even figures completely safe, and wearing swimwear, were not allowed, just because they showed a bit more skin and cleavages. But that was just a temporary knee-jerk reaction, to tell the public the customs are doing their jobs.
After a short period Im importing nude figures again with ease.

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: May 19 2016, 10:14 PM

It is not that hard; if you are impatient, you pay more. If you are patient you will pay less.
I think the same concept applies to shipping costs according to their type.

Just because the figure is re-releasing, sellers who still have the first release and existing stocks wont lower their prices yet, not until the re-release batch comes out next year.

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By the way, to those whom ordered God Tongue, she got a last minute delay from GSC due to defects. She was supposed to be released next monday, now delayed to June.

Everyone's favorite dead girl is up for preorder, Aniplex exclusive

Crap, should have combined shipping my items =.= I have 3 figures this month

MILFer detected

That's what i was wondering lol. Anyway, no gift tags, simple as that. I need to drop a message in NipponYasan not to label as gift everytime i order something.

Exactly what im planning to do.
Except NSFW stuff. combine ship up to 2 scale figures.

Poslaju here in Kedah damn fast nowadays. Last wednesday Amiami ship out 1 box, Friday i receive; Friday also had 1 parcel shipped out and today i will be getting it. Their post offices here are also open 7 days a week. Not bad at all.

Loots for May.



Havent taken most of the photos yet, but I have a sample photo of Shiro here which i just took just now

Eriri's very nice, no complaints
But the clear parts of her glasses get scratched very easily, i think it happened to me, a bit

I know right, I'd wait for Skytube to come up with another one i suppose

Sample photo: Alter's 1/7 Kurosaki Mea

She's selling out real fast, prices are rising

Amiami is so strict that even grade B looked like it is new to me; if the figure had stains it instantly qualifies as grade C. The figure was labelled grade B so no worries on the presence of proteins

Because it's a preowned entry - once the figure is sold the link is no longer available.

It's Orchid Seed's Satan, http://myfigurecollection.net/item/97003

Actually as a penangnite I'd prefer DHL over EMS at this rate if DHL is cheaper, because DHL's cargos land in penang directly, skipping past KLIA.
I have no clues about penang's customs though (on how strict they are).