Figures
Clearly I buy too many a healthy number of figures, I buy the majority of my figures from online stores/auctions. Need to know if you can trust a certain store? I can help a bit, I’ve compiled all of my Figure Store Experiences [post in progress] and the pros and cons of each store into that summary post, I update it accordingly. Other bloggers also have developed their own reviews of Figure Stores Meronpan Figure Store Reviews and Jem Figure Store Reviews . It’s useful to read about another person’s experiences with figure stores.
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#1 by GordanHam at June 8th, 2009
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I have the P.O.P. chibi strawhats on pre-order too^.^ After seeing all the figures you can afford it really makes me want to get a job. Also do you have any comments or insight about animewild.com? I placed an order with them over year ago and sent them several messages but they never reply or have ever updated my order. I really want to buy stuff from them but I’m not sure I can trust them.
#2 by admin at June 9th, 2009
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Stay far far away from Anime Wild, I’ve bought once from them on Amazon with good results. But buying directly from their web site was rough and I know quite a few others that have had issues with them too. Buy elsewhere if you can, but if they have your money already be prepared for an awful fight.
#3 by Gordanham at June 9th, 2009
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They never charged me but if I go to my account on there site they still have my order “Processing”. They have a lot of older harder to find figures, so I was debating trying to order from them again. Is it safe to use there amazon then or does it have a lot of problems too? I see your getting the 1/4 Kagami. Is it because you actually like it or is it because it will kill you if you’re missing part of the set : )
#4 by admin at June 10th, 2009
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Those “older rarer figures” listed as in stock on their site they don’t actually have from my previous experience. I bought the Kotobukiya Mitsuru from them via Amazon first and things worked out fine though there. I avoid AnimWild altogether these days. I ended up ordering the Kagami probably to complete the set, I’m not 100% pleased with her facial expression though.
#5 by OpenHappy at June 10th, 2009
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Again. It is nice to see that I am not the only one with “buying” problem.
#6 by Jem at June 11th, 2009
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I am a little curious as to how you preordered the Volks Horo even though her preorder hasn’t opened, yet. I am just gonna guess that you either plan on getting her or prepaid someone to go and get her for you in the future.
Great choice. I plan on getting her as well. I can’t preorder the FREEing Kagami because I can’t justify the price tag with her face. If they made it look like the Wave Kagami, I’d be much happier. The FREEing Konata on the other hand greatly pleases me. I don’t own any scaled Lucky Star figures because I was never happy with any of the released ones, but 1 giant Konata should be more than sufficient to represent that character in an army, I’d say.
#7 by admin at June 11th, 2009
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I paid for Horo last week via Tokyo Hunter, since several individuals have reported success with him I’ve decided to trust him too. I believe he said pre-orders open June 25th for her, I paid $100 including his fee/shipping to him. The FREEing Kagami came down a BIT in price since she first debuted on TL, although I do admit she is a pre-order I’m probably doing just to complete the set. I kind of want to display the Lucky Star gym clothes cast next to my Haruhi FREEing Bunny Set. But it’s true I can’t defend that price on Kagami
My worst nightmare would be my Konata pre-order falling through and being bound to get Kagami by TL’s new policy on “no cancellation” items.
#8 by Jem at June 11th, 2009
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I figured as much. You can definitely trust Tokyo Hunter because this is what he does even though I have never bought anything from him. I actually won’t put up that I have something on preorder unless my preorder has been confirmed just in case I need to hunt, but it shouldn’t be a problem for the Volks Horo. Hmmm, $100. I need to compare prices, but I’ll probably get it with my friend who holds my stuff for me.
#9 by admin at June 12th, 2009
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@ Jem – Ya I guess you could say I’m counting my chickens before they hatch already putting her up on my pre-order list. I hadn’t considered he wouldn’t be able to get my pre-order, in which case I’ll have to explore alternate routes because I’d like to get this one at the pre-order stage if I can.