I'd agree, except for one point.
Outside of villains (Who I'm led to believe are poor sellers in their own right, often getting sold as exclusives), there are only 4 American made characters, Titanium and the Spirit Rangers (Hailing from two extremely lackluster series). The argument of "They're only listing characters with Sentai counterparts!" really doesn't hold when the PR only list is minuscule and the characters themselves weren't heavy hitters in terms of popularity.

The arguement of figuarts in TRU, i believe, is totally irrelevenat. That has noting to do with bluefin at all. However, i do agree the most parents wont shell out anymore than $40 for any sort of toy, be it rangers, marvel or dc.

Actually, I think Blu Fin did have something to do with Shinken Red and Gold hitting TRUs, if I remember right from the interview Vangelus did.

Okay, I'm sorry to ask another question about SAL, but I am really having a hard time feeling comfortable on choosing that option. I think my problem is, Mandrake does not give me a shipping estimate. I have to choose my shipping option when I place the order, but there is no way to know what shipping will be beforehand. I want to see a clear price difference between DHL, EMS, and SAL before I choose, because if ti is only like $5-10, I'd be better off just going with DHL. However, if it is like a $20-25 price difference, I might go with SAL. Is there a big difference?

That's my problem with Mandarake. When I almost ordered SH Den-O Wing Form and the 4 form pack for about $45, they emailed me the total price and the shipping was $30 f*cking dollars! o_o

you DO know how big that set is right...

While that IS a fair point...

Not getting shipping estimates is still a legitimate complaint IMO. It's one of my problems with Mandarake too.

I've only ever gone SAL, though, because I buy when I know it'll get to there I'm at and I'm not too impatient about getting my figures. So I guess I can't be of much help here..

Well said.

Here is the thing, I want to order Fourze Modules 1 and 2 (600 and 2000 yen), Fire States (1200 yen), the bike (2000 yen), and the display set (1000 yen), but I do not know which shipping is going to be the most beneficial to me. I mean, I paid 2400 yen for DHL shipping on Knight, so if DHL is $30 ish and SAL were to be $20ish, I would rather use DHL.

Hm, if the order is that big, EMS or DHL might work best. That sounds like it might be a bit too much for SAL size restrictions. BTW, are those all one store? I don't mean to sound condescending, but if you're getting from different stores that have listings on Mandarake, you'll get hit with multiple shipping charges.