When it comes to figures currently my biggest series weaknesses are probably One Piece, Gurren Lagann, and Lucky Star figures. I have lots of lovely One Piece and Gurren Lagann figures (in g\fact maybe too many…). But honestly I don’t think any of the figures out there really do the Lucky Star gang enough justice! I want scaled figures that are of them in something besides their gym outfits! GRRR! My biggest feature weaknesses are wings, weapons, and traditional Japanese clothing.
#1 by GordanHam on June 8, 2009 - 9:47 pm
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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 on June 9, 2009 - 10:28 am
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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 on June 9, 2009 - 12:36 pm
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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 on June 10, 2009 - 5:07 am
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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 on June 10, 2009 - 11:39 pm
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Again. It is nice to see that I am not the only one with “buying” problem.
#6 by Jem on June 11, 2009 - 7:13 am
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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 on June 11, 2009 - 9:10 am
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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 on June 11, 2009 - 7:30 pm
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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 on June 12, 2009 - 7:06 am
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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.
#10 by loveblackbutler on January 22, 2011 - 7:06 am
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um..does black butler Sabastian figure have?im really love Sabastian..
#11 by Paul on July 11, 2011 - 10:19 pm
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Hi admin, any idea if Anime Wild has cleaned up their act? I want to order from them and I see your warnings are from 2009.
Thanks,
Paul
#12 by lovelyduckie on July 12, 2011 - 5:47 am
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No idea, I haven’t used them since then. But I have found that even though some companies are unreliable through their own web site, they tend to clean up their act and ship out promptly for an Amazon listings they may have. But these days I honestly just order my figures straight from Japan. Its been a lot easier on me and the cost is about the same (if not less).
#13 by John on August 22, 2011 - 12:16 am
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Love the winged ones. I wonder if I can get any of these at my place.
#14 by david on October 26, 2011 - 2:58 am
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Thanks for the heads up on anime wild. I have never used them directly but bought on occasion via Amazon. I think the Amazon interface id far more reliable.