wat i usually do is wait a while til that design in question goes a little down in price cause they all do, i got my decade for $30 shipped, just cause its out and u want it doesnt mean u buy it right away. although we are talking about an exclusive so im in the dark on how well those do

I haven't been buying figuarts that long, but they certainly don't all drop in price eventually. Especially exclusives.

I've had the opposite. I waited on getting a Kabuto back in June and now the cheapest price I see him at is $55, when before, it was $36.

well kabuto is 4 years old, so it did go down, in june apparently. im saying its always gonna be crazy expensive right wen its released, but it will go down, that doesnt mean itll stay down

Exclusives usually go up in price, particularly when they become harder to find. Then you sometimes have figures like Gokai Yellow and Pink, who just skyrocketed in value as soon as they were released. You tend to only see the less popular figures, like Super Shinken Red and Kuuga's growing form, etc., drop.

It's not hard to guess which figures will end up becoming more valuable, but it's always a risk.

Hopefully Gai will join these ranks. :D

That's what happened to me with Cyclone Joker. :(
I got Kabuto off Amazon in June for around $36 -$25 gift card. ;)


I echo that sentiment. My biggest problem is that as soon as I see it on Mandarake I'm going to want to order it, even if it's 4000 yen. I need to make myself wait to see if it drops, hopefully as low as Growing Form Kuuga (which I think is a great figure).

Can you fill me in on this? Is he a forum member here?

He certainly is :)

I will point you in the direction of his thread with all the details: Tamashii Web Exclusive Items - Middle Man Service

Yup. He's a site Admin. His thread is in this toy sub forum. Its one of the stickied threads at the top of this section. Don't post in that thread (per his rules) but PM him what your interested in. Any figures that haven't had their order cutoff yet he can still get for you.