Collectibles Japanese Vinyl and Figures V5!, Come & get poisoned by my Froggy Mikuru
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 Dec 9 2008, 10:02 PM
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Hey guys, was using my old account to look around the forums and was surprised to find this thread. Looks like the figurine scene in Msia is pretty active.
I recently started collecting again too. Sad story, totally unexpected... was at my local Gamers store and stumbled upon Goodsmile's Ryougi Shiki... bought it on impulse and it was on 15% discount too! So now i'm thinking of starting my collection again...  and i know how it burns holes in your wallet.  What do you guys think? Should i start again? Any advice? LOL |
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Dec 10 2008, 12:35 AM
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QUOTE(byaku-chan @ Dec 9 2008, 11:34 PM) How much did you buy the Ryougi Shiki for? 15% sounds v decent. As for starting again, it's a long long (and v expensive road) down to hell XDDD Hmm, i bought it for ¥5,460 which is about 15% off it's ¥6,500 retail price. So it should be around RM210. Was just randomly browsing and happened upon it. Made the figure collector in me light up lol. Being on sale sealed the deal for me. Yea... long longgg expensive road indeed. Hope i'm making the right choice ahaha This post has been edited by Annoyed: Dec 10 2008, 12:36 AM |
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Dec 10 2008, 02:00 AM
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QUOTE(byaku-chan @ Dec 10 2008, 01:07 AM) Where did you buy it from? That's a really good deal. I preordered her from P-A but cancelled her in the end cos I wasn't 100% happy with how her face turned out, she came up to about RM220 I think. Ah i live in Japan (Msian though). Got her from Gamers which is a retail chain store for anime, games merchandise. I go there from time to time when i'm around the area to check out what's new.Yeah, i read about that too. That she had a smiling face in the samples. But i'm pretty pleased with this one too. I think she has a nice, calm and composed pose. |
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Dec 10 2008, 02:32 PM
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QUOTE(byaku-chan @ Dec 10 2008, 02:31 AM) Starting a PVC-collecting hobby while living in Japan? LOL good luck and godspeed XD I notice amiami.com has v competitive prices, not sure if they're cheaper than brick and mortar shops though. amazon.jp sometimes has crazy deals too. Been tempted to buy off amazon but after calculating the cost of custom ordering it doesn't work out all that cheaply once I factor in the commission fees, postage etc. LOL yeah, tell me about it. My wallet weeps with me. Her pose is pretty refreshing, sometimes simple works best. The main pull for me was her kimono, which makes it kind of ironic that I cancelled her bc of the face since there was nothing wrong with her kimono X'D I noticed buying them online is slightly cheaper for some figures and amazon provides free shipping throughout Japan with anything above ¥1,500. I should get mine there sometime. I've never actually bought figures online before, wonder how that'll work out. Yeah, the kimono+katana combination did it for me. Plus i'm a TYPE-MOON fan. Added on December 10, 2008, 2:33 pm QUOTE(BeastX @ Dec 10 2008, 08:40 AM) Add to that... Amiami charge 500 yen for every shipping (throughout Japan)... Even if you order 100 figures, they, by right should charge you only 500 yen. Another 200 yen for COD Never tried amiami but yeah cheap shipping sure is great. Woww that's a lot of discounts. I should really consider buying them online now. Amazon offers free shipping in Japan (for over 1500 yen), and 200 yen for COD. Amiami have more or less fixed price with 15 to 25% discounts off retail (inclusive tax). Amazon's price is more erratic, 0% to 20% (for unreleased figures). Prices for released figures (on Amazon) can skyrocket if it is popular, and drop if it is not. Both Amiami and Amazon can have deep cuts/promotional discounts 50 to 60 to 80% for older figures... 15% discount is kind of normal or on the down side.... Big retail stores like Biccamera or Yodobashi you can get about 19% discount (10% points upon discounted 10% retail price). Revoltechs are much cheaper in the big retails ... up to more than 30%. Smaller places like Melon/Toranoana/Mandrake you can score big in discounts, 2 to 3 months old figure (not so on newly released figures), some have 40 to 50% discounts ... or, 5 to 8k yen figures available at 1 to 2k yen... There are plenty stores in Akihabara where bargains could be had... Now and then, Biccamera and Yodobashi increase their points to 15 or 20% (from 10%), so you will get bigger discounts... Oo haven't been to bic camera in ages. Still have lots of points in my point card when i bought my phone there. I didn't know they sold figures at Yodobashi lol.. I shall check it out the next time i go. I usually just frequent Melon books, Animate, Gamers and Mandarake. Even then it's just buying manga or accessories. Resisted the temptation... until now lol Anyway thanks for your post. Very informational. This post has been edited by Annoyed: Dec 10 2008, 02:33 PM |
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