Comments on: Figure News: February 15th, 2008

By: blacklotus

blacklotus — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:26:13 +0000

Hi Kent,

I’ve a spare Tsukiumi (original) to let go. PM me via HD forum with your contact for further discussion.

Yes, I’m Singaporean.

p.s. I’m going out for lunch now. 8)

By: Shingo

Shingo — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:52:45 +0000

>>Kent Living in Japan I haven't had the opportunity to purchase via proxy, so I can't personally recommend any particular service. You could check out HD's IRC channel for recommendations, or perhaps visit the forums; otherwise I'd recommend asking around other hobby enthusiast circles in general, as I know a lot of people have dealt with the same problem in the past. Sorry I can't be of further assistance with this. Good luck tracking her down!

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:34:41 +0000

Hi Shingo,

I also notice that Japan Yahoo Auction r also selling Tsukiumi PVC (Orginal colour ver.), however the seller will not ship internationally, thus if I would like to buy from them, I need to go thru proxy services. Would appreciate if you could also advise me if I will to buy something from Japan Yahoo Auction which proxy service provides the best service with the best low price with item below 6,000 Yen. Thank u.

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:24:49 +0000

Hi Shingo,

Thanks for the kind explanation on proxy service & the list of proxy services given. However, could you please advise me which proxy service have the best service with the best low price if I would to buy this limited edition alternate color Tsukiumi PVC from Ganbo online shop? Because there are juz too many proxy services to choose from and they are quite hard to compare..

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:33:49 +0000

Banpresto´s C.C. sucks!
Banpresto is a really bad company

By: Shingo

Shingo — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:15:07 +0000

>>Kent A proxy service is a company in Japan that will act as your proxy in a transaction - in other words, they buy the item for you and ship it to you for a small transaction fee. When you want to buy something from an online shop that doesn't ship outside of Japan this is often the only procurement option. A list of proxy services can be found on this page you're looking at right now in the lower left corner. I'll copy it here: Crescent Trading Danke Danke Goody Japan M-World Service Shopping Mall Japan One of those shops should provide the service you're looking for. Good luck!

By: Kent

Kent — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:18:10 +0000

Hi Shingo, may i know what is a proxy service? The website are in japanese hence (unreadable characters that I can’t understand)? Do they have any english site? Looking forward to your reply soon! Thanks!

By: Shingo

Shingo — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:48:05 +0000

>>Kent
I don’t believe the Ganbo online shop is capable of taking orders directly from overseas. However, if you’re willing to use a proxy service (such as the ones linked at the bottom of the left sidebar of this site) you should be able to place an order there with little trouble. I hope that helps!

By: Kent

Kent — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:03:49 +0000

Hi Shingo,

I had missed out the order for Movic’s Tsukiumi and ended up not able to purchase it due to no more stocks. However, may I know does the Online shop, Ganbo Store is able take orders from overseas countries like Singapore? I would like to purchase the limited edition alternate color Sekirei figure lineup for Tsukiumi PVC. Also I had went to their website but all are in Japanese, do they have a english website? Looking forward to your reply soon!

By: loplop

loplop — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:54:00 +0000

Seeing the pictures of the Cattleya figure reminded me of how much I wanted a Kasumi Matsubara figure from Hitozuma Kasumi-san . . .

By: Deibi Manabu

Deibi Manabu — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:59:00 +0000

Yeah, the Rozalind is mine, for sure.

But WOW! Cattleya is jawdropping, isn’t she? ^^ MegaHouse so far haven’t eer gone that far with the details of breasts (the Reina has smallish nipples, the Nowa has barely any, and the Echidna one has slightly bigger than Reina, but still no real realistic detail), but the Cattleya really comes across as so real!

I wasn’t that interested at first. I put her up for preorder initially, but then decided to drop it. Then I saw the first inclination of epic nipplage (via this site, may I be so kind to say) and decided to buy it through Hobby Search the other day. Now, I’m extremely glad I did, as the Akibablog blog review REALLY makes me very glad I’m waiting for HS to follow through on the purchase ASAP.

As for the Rana, he’s absolutely adorable, and the anatomically correctness of his appendage is very good to the figure appreciator in me.

Can’t wait for this momentous figure! ^__^

By: DJnerate

DJnerate — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:42:55 +0000

Those Ikkitousen need PVC renditions, stat.

By: Baldulf

Baldulf — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:53:23 +0000

“and to server fees from being Kotakudotted yesterday (thanks bashcraft!)”

Yes,when I saw that link in Kotaku yesterday and wasn’t able to enter the page thought the same ^-^

Those Griffon figures look gorgeous,the Ikkitousen and Queen’s blade (that Tomoe is jaw-dropping)Sadly a bit expensive.

By: hiero_yo

hiero_yo — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:29:10 +0000

I finally caved in and picked up MaxFac’s Mai. I’m not a huge fan of the original Cattleya character design but Megahouse have really outdone themselves this time. Its taken a lot of willpower (and fear of being kicked out of the house) not to pick it up.

By: suneo

suneo — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:59:34 +0000

geez the sculptor did an awesome job with Cattleya. Third Queen’s blade figure I’ve considered getting after Echidna and Tomoe lol. Interesting that the sculptors for all three are from the same group too. They’re definitely doin something right over there. Also funny that I wasn’t a fan of the character Cattleya in the first place but now I am lol. Guess when you see such legendary proportions it’s hard to look away…