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post Mar 9 2016, 08:23 PM

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QUOTE(Exiled_Gundam @ Mar 9 2016, 05:04 PM)
Just returned from Kastam. And the result is...

Will still be confiscated  cry.gif  cry.gif  Tried to explain about the clothes usually purchase separately (I even brought seamless doll as sample), but they say they will assess only on what's inside the parcel (which is just the figure in naked apron). Not helping when 5 of 6 officers who present in the room for the rayuan are Muslim women (one of them even said "sebagai Muslim macam ni tak boleh"  vmad.gif ), and the Kastam director just agree to the verdict of the majority of the officers (those 6). The director did commented on there is no definite guideline about my case; what considered lucah for some might not be the same for others. But since all 6 officers agreed the figure is lucah, he have to agree as well. He did said I can appeal again another time (most probably hinting it could be passed depending on officers in-charge).

In summary, the figurine (Freeing 1/4 Kuroki Mikage) considered as lucah because:
- skimpy clothes
- sexy pose
- not articulated enough to be considered as a doll

Not sure whether I want to appeal again (maybe this time bringing other static 1/4 figurines with decent clothes on), but for now I can just deemed the RM 840 for the figure burned  cry.gif
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Ouch, dude. I feel for you. RM840 is not a small amount.

How about at least asking the customs to return the parcel to the deliverer and ask for a re-delivery at a later date, or a refund?
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post Mar 10 2016, 01:15 PM

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QUOTE(WingNut @ Mar 10 2016, 10:46 AM)
aiya... should get your non-muslim kawan collect for you then. mebbe stand better chance?  hmm.gif


Would be pointless then, since our friend here needs to show his IC and probably proof of residence that matches the parcel's address.


QUOTE(EXkurogane @ Mar 10 2016, 12:45 PM)
Oh, so u are a malay/muslim. They might have used that fact against you  rclxub.gif
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This would be the case, I'm afraid. If it were non-Malay, you can use the "my-belief-my-problem" trump card to end the argument, excepting the really crazy, highly xenophobic officer.

Reading your case, it kinda makes me feel bad to receive my Native-made loli princess without much of a trouble. I sincerely feel bad for Exiled_Gundam, and hope you can make necessary precautions in the future.

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post Mar 29 2016, 09:48 AM

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QUOTE(KY Kiske @ Mar 29 2016, 07:24 AM)
Hello, may I ask is Big in Japan good? Anyone used them before? Thanks in advance.  smile.gif
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Personal experience: it's just fine, not spectacular, but nothing to complain about also. Used their proxy service too, which almost everyone recommend due to their rate apparently being the "cheapest", but to me it's really just a few hundred yen cheaper than tenso.com. As for figures, I believe they're more expensive compared to Amiami, but in reality I think it's offset with Amiami's ludicrous shipping fee. TLDR BiJ's okay-ish, just go for it if you found a figure you want there. One thing of note is that the customer service guy I got is apparently French, so he doesn't exactly have the best English around, nor Japanese for that matter.

QUOTE(x-1o8-x @ Mar 29 2016, 09:04 AM)
sorry guys for off topic but im running really low on cash here guys so i gotta get rid of my highly prized native sasaki kotone. selling for RM500 if interested. i believe its a good price considering current exchange rate.
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Dude you're seriously really tempting me here. Thing is I myself am not really in a financially good position now lol.
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post Mar 29 2016, 04:46 PM

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QUOTE(EXkurogane @ Mar 29 2016, 04:37 PM)
I have sold figures on myfigurecollection.net before, but you will need to be able to receive payments via Paypal.
I sold my MIB Saber Alter Vortigern (yes, it's not new) for USD$240 last October there to an American, that's over RM1000 - taking advantage of the weak RM. Malaysians wont pay this kind of money for figures but those western people will throw money when they really want something. The catch is shipping - Malaysia to USA is very expensive. RM120 for the first kg (and that's registered air parcel /SAL), for my case the buyer was willing to pay. A figure by Native, or anything rare enough, it probably will sell better on the international market.
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Don't give him any bright ideas now tongue.gif .

QUOTE(x-1o8-x @ Mar 29 2016, 01:51 PM)
come come get it biggrin.gif she's perfect
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In all seriousness, Kotone's one of the grails I am looking for now, and I do believe your price is very reasonable versus what I find on places like MFC or Mandarake even. I'll PM you and see if we can arrange something.

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post Apr 3 2016, 12:05 PM

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Anyone notice Amiami's adult section prodcuts no longer state that customers can only purchase using credit card? Does this mean now we can use Paypal for adult goods?
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post Apr 3 2016, 01:22 PM

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QUOTE(EXkurogane @ Apr 3 2016, 01:12 PM)
Want adult goods go to J List la   brows.gif  brows.gif  brows.gif

Maybe, because all you need to do is to declare the item a bit differently in paypal. I have bought, cough cough, onaholes whistling.gif  , with paypal before. If other sellers can make it work, amiami should be able to.
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J-list overprice their stuff like crazy. Tried buying Steins;Gate physical DVD edition from them, the shipping came up almost thrice the price of the game itself.

I'm not sure if that's the case. Amiami's pretty uptight. They refuse to under-declare parcel values, citing breach of Japanese laws. I don't think they'd be willing to change the description of the items as I believe it's also an infraction to mis-declare your parcels to evade tax.

At any rate, now I have more options to purchase Native figures if they allow Paypal. I might try to buy one from Amiami in the future.

EDIT: Nay, false alarm. The description for "only credit cards allowed" changed place into the body of the prodct description. It used to be at the right-hand column. My mistake. you still hafta use credit card to buy Native figres from Amiami.

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post Apr 8 2016, 06:19 PM

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QUOTE(x-1o8-x @ Apr 7 2016, 08:09 AM)
well, just said goodbye to sasaki kotone few days ago. she will be missed sad.gif
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Proud owner here smile.gif .


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post Apr 25 2016, 01:13 PM

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QUOTE(Azuma-kun @ Apr 21 2016, 03:48 PM)
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?
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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.


QUOTE(Exiled_Gundam @ Apr 25 2016, 12:59 PM)
This: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=LTD-FIG-00279
Lepas kastam!!  rclxm9.gif But the shipping cost is 4500yen due to big box. Since this were not made by pvc, the manufacturer packed it with thick styrofoam padding, which significantly increase box size. Add that to amiami "generous" padding for their international parcel  doh.gif (their domestic parcel no padding at all)
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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.

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post Apr 25 2016, 02:13 PM

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QUOTE(Azuma-kun @ Apr 25 2016, 01:56 PM)
Please tag us in ur WTS thread laugh.gif
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I already have a thread, selling two figures at the moment: https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3648312.

I'm gonna have to sort out my figures, think which ones to let go and which ones to keep (my Native and Soukou Akki Muramasa figures are ones for sure to be kept) and to find out the prices for the current market.

Won't be anytime soon though, and probably some deals I might have to do while I'm there. I did thought of selling my figures at Mandarake or Yahoo auction, but I believe foreigners aren't allowed to participate in the official second-hand market there.

QUOTE(Exiled_Gundam @ Apr 25 2016, 02:00 PM)
Haha maybe you can open proxy business there and help us here  icon_idea.gif
Actually will masuk spotlight if very large quantity (maybe at least 20 stuff inside one parcel for figurines).
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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.
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post Apr 27 2016, 12:36 PM

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QUOTE(killerjeya @ Apr 26 2016, 09:03 PM)
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RE-RELEASE...!!!  rclxm9.gif

While at the GSC site, noticed this:

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Anyone knows why...?  hmm.gif
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Probably because the official distributor of GSC product in Malaysia (KC-something?) wanted sole distributor rights for the figure? Maybe you can try asking at their Facebook page.
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post Apr 29 2016, 04:26 PM

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Wow, I'm surprised KC Distributions is willing to stock Aoba: https://kcdistributions.com/product_detail/aoba.

Dat price tho.
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post May 3 2016, 10:49 PM

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QUOTE(KY Kiske @ May 3 2016, 04:17 PM)
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?
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Native figures are weird in the sense that they're actually one of the safer figures to import because of their totally inconspicuous box. Native figure boxes are usually monotonous in colour, with a single title describing the name of the figure, where it's from, and just some Japanese paragraph. Pretty minimalistic. In that regard, unless the box is extremely big or heavy, you can totally import one or two, almost guilt-free.

Well, you do get to relax if you order from KC Distributions, in that you simply pay them and let them worry about the hassle of customs and all that. Wait for their call about the item being in stock, go pick them up. Think of it as "hassle-free tax". They're not for me though; those prices are bonkers.

Rule no 1 when you get exclusive bonuses of anything: you don't use them.

Rule no 2: you DON'T use them.

Seriously though, for posters, framing is the best option. You really don't want to put any adhesive on the posters, and you don't want dust to smear the poster too. The only problem is looking for the best frame that fits the poster, but luckily IKEA has you covered.

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post May 4 2016, 09:22 AM

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QUOTE(KY Kiske @ May 4 2016, 07:33 AM)
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  brows.gif
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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.


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post May 4 2016, 11:04 AM

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QUOTE(Exiled_Gundam @ May 4 2016, 10:46 AM)
Ah. I'm not sure if it's safe to pass, if that's the Oboro figure KY Kiske meant. I thought he meant the Alter ones, which is relatively modest-looking.
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post May 6 2016, 09:32 PM

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QUOTE(TheAverageHustler @ May 6 2016, 05:48 PM)
Anyone here been on the Mandarake tour yet?


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Wow.

I do think the tour is good, it can be a godsend for first time shoppers.

But I REALLY wouldn't wanna be seen together in THAT group of people. The cringe is real.
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post May 13 2016, 08:03 AM

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QUOTE(MeToo @ May 9 2016, 05:59 PM)
Gotta thank limfreelance for pointing me towards this thread...

I'm looking for some female figure with armor/weapon (sexy is good, but not blatantly naked cause the wife/daughter might not be too thrill about it), mainly for display purpose. Prefer fantasy setting...

Would appreciate if someone can point me towards the right direction or even if they can suggest something.

Thanks!
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Alright guys, I'm letting go of some of my figures. Sponsor my newfound Japanese life please tongue.gif .

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3648312

The list of figures I'm selling. There may be more in the future:

Souryuu Asuka Langley - PM Figure - Eva Racing ver. (SEGA)
BEACH QUEENS - Persona 4 The Golden: Chie Satonaka 1/10
Evangelion Shin Gekijouban - Makinami Mari Illustrious - PM Figure (SEGA)
Evangelion Shin Gekijouban - Makinami Mari Illustrious - PM Figure - Race Queen (SEGA)
Vocaloid - Lily - 1/8 (Phat Company)
Sword Art Online Extra Edition - Yuuki Asuna - 1/6 - Bikini ver. (Aniplex America Exclusive)
Fate/Hollow Ataraxia - Saber - 1/6 - Swimsuit Ver. (Alter)
Fate/Stay Night - Tohsaka Rin - 1/6 - Swimsuit Ver. (Alter)
Fate/Hollow Ataraxia - Rider - 1/6 - Swimsuit Ver. (Alter)
Fate/Hollow Ataraxia - Saber - 1/6 - Maid ver. (Alter)
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post May 13 2016, 08:37 AM

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QUOTE(killerjeya @ May 13 2016, 08:26 AM)
Link for Fate/Stay Night - Tohsaka Rin - 1/6 - Swimsuit Ver. (Alter) is wrong...Didn't wanna post useless comments on your sales page, so thought I'd let you know here...Good luck... thumbup.gif
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Cheers mate! Fixed the link.

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post May 13 2016, 01:11 PM

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QUOTE(MeToo @ May 13 2016, 10:59 AM)
1. First one is very nice.. exactly these kinda stuff I'm looking for.

2. The breast is a little too big (strange i'm not into overly big breast shrug), but still very nice.

3. Again this kinda pose, with weapons, is what i'm looking for... but is it me or the thighs are a little too fat? tongue.gif

(So picky like choosing wife  tongue.gif )

In the meantime checking out your sales thread  wub.gif

Edit : Bro... all your figurines for sale is bikini de... not even Bikini Platemail  dry.gif
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QUOTE(MeToo @ May 13 2016, 12:23 PM)
Hmm... if want to order.. where do you suggest I order it from?

Also... I notice you selling the Sakuya... you wont be around KL/Klang Valley anytime soon?  blush.gif
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To answer no 2 and 3:

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B-blasphemy! No one in their sane mind would reject ample bosoms and bountiful rear ends!

In all seriousness, the figures are just representations of the original illustrations. Artists for figures 1 and 2, like kurogane mentioned, really likes extreme proportions.

As for figure 1, she's still available for pre-order, but you might wanna decide quick: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gc...0%24pagecnt%3D1.


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post May 15 2016, 04:48 PM

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QUOTE(MeToo @ May 15 2016, 04:22 PM)
This kamael from Maxis Fatory looks much better then the NC version... especially the face.

Oh by the way anyone have good experience with Mandarake?

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I notice you seem to jump at the first chance to purchase any good-looking figure you come across.

It's good assuming you have the money! But do consider that it all really adds up and you might end up having to do major budgeting before your next paycheck. Use this guide courtesy of buyfag:

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post May 16 2016, 02:15 PM

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QUOTE(Exiled_Gundam @ May 16 2016, 12:15 PM)
If you don't mind GK stuff: http://www.e2046.com/gathering.php
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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*

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