I hope to see how they will pull off Drive's car for the Drive figuarts. I would imagine the size of the Car will be huge and will be pretty pricey.

They did Itassha Robo, so it's not out of the question.

True, I would imagine that they will make Drive's car seeing that Drive does not ride a bike. I wonder if Suika Arms will get made into a Figuart? I know it will be a web exclusive, but I will like to see how they will pull off that form.

I know this is a past conversation, and everyone has moved on to talking about Drive, but I'm behind, because I'm slow. :)

Having every Gaim Figuart so far, I just wanted to add that mine are all perfect. No problems, whatsoever. none. Not even the sword holder or whatever it's called has any real issues. Gaims comes off his belt kinda easily-ish, but not so much that I would call it an problem.

And I fully expect all future Gaim Figuarts to be without flaws as well.

Maybe I'm just lucky (my Wizard Flame Style doesn't seem as bad as everyone else's either), or maybe the QC issues aren't as widespread as you might think they are.

My Hibiki is just great, too.

Brag much? :p j/k

I have a question re: Bravo.

My first time ordering a web exclusive. Have my preorder paid on Nippon Yasan. They list the release date as 9/20. Now is that the date that Tamashii Web sends the figures out to them, then once NY receives them then they ship them out to us or..?

Just trying to get a time frame for when to expect my figure. Especially because NY was real pushy about getting paid by the 17th, even saying they'd cancel my order and close my account if they didn't have it.

That's the way their business is run; they expect payment prior to the release of the figure. It's all covered in the information when you sign up. They effectively have a zero tolerance policy on cancellations now, after having been burned in the past. That's why they are very clear up front about letting you know what the consequences are of doing so.

As for shipping, the order will go into preparation first, and you'll get an email about that, and then another when it ships. In my experience, packages usually tend to hit the mail within four days of the final payment date.

That’s bullshit by the way. The were "very clear"... by letting me figure this out almost half a year after I first ordered from them.

Even if you payed them a lot of money and were a good customer for quite a time, they handle you like the lowest scum once you want to cancel a pre-order. E-mails from them insulting you inclusive.

That’s just bad. Good thing there are a lot of alternatives over these guys.

No matter how bad they got burned, you don’t treat customers that way.

Really? It was in the FAQ on the website when I signed up. All of that information is included on the Terms and Condition pages now. It's all right there. The no-cancellation is reiterated in the payment emails. I actually had to cancel an order once, prior to the policy change, and they were perfectly nice about it. I've never once received an insulting email in response to any of my questions.

I realize no business has a perfect record. For every person that loves CSToys, there are people that hate it. Same for AmiAmi, HLJ, Mandarake, and Jungle. Just because you had a bad experience, don't call me out with 'bullshit'. The information is there. Short of hand-delivering you a note, it couldn't be more accessible. You agree to the terms and conditions when you buy from them. Violation gives them every right to terminate your account, regardless of how much you've spent with them in the past. Everyone has a different threshold for getting pissed off with businesses, but N-Y shouldn't be expected to handle people with kid gloves who violate their business practices. Contrary to popular belief, the customer is not always right.

So how quickly would the order ship out if you paid before they give you the final notice? Considering Blue Beet is my first order through them every little bit helps knowledge why.