well HLJ is havin a sale on figuarts so good time for you new commers to get some decent good priced items

They considered my seaick and skyick header box damaged too. All I found was the top of the box was pushed in like a milimeter and a corner was a little bent.

It looked damn near perfect to me though too. Better they are over cautious than not cautious at all!

I don't think I've ever seen a Mandarake listing for mint in box. I think they just label everything as damaged box to avoid inevitable bitching by OCD otaku.

Whenever the box is REALLY damaged, they usually include several different angles in the pictures to show what's wrong.

Their shipping's not ruinous but it's not cheap, either. Maybe Den-O would know better, I've never gotten a DX mecha so I have no idea how big they are. I'd plan on $40 to be safe though. I don't think their EMS is any more expensive than Mandarake's though.

Emsl on dx mecha is steep. It's great on SHF figures but ems is normally 3000-4000 minimum peritem for dx mecha

What is the best/cheapest service to use to buy a toy from Amazon Japan?

I just missed this. *smash everything*

You mena shipping service?

Depends on what you're getting. Just above you someone mentioned how expensive EMS can get when ordering large things. (my henshin belt was alos a bit pricey to ship) but it's great for figures.

No, I mean like middleman/shopping service.

I can't order the item directly from amazon.jp, I must have someone in Japan order it and then ship it to me. I am in the United States.

I don't think there's any clear middleman/forwarding service that's the cheapest.

Has anyone had HLJ split an order?

What should one expect to pay for shipping on a DX Mecha?