That is awesome Starscreamer.

Meteor is just begging to be an internet sensation...

Movie riders know how to rock

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That hella cool! Where u get the arcade set?

Man, I've always wanted the beatmania IIDX cabinets from that series. I did manage to collect all of the IIDX girl crane prizes a couple of years back before they started repainting them

http://archivaria.com/DrKain/Figuart...uja/Ouja11.jpg
http://archivaria.com/DrKain/Figuart...uja/Ouja12.jpg
http://archivaria.com/DrKain/Figuart...uja/Ouja13.jpg

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Yahoojapan auctions.

amiami sold out of them instantly so I had to get one middleman'd to me.

I still need Gaoh and Yuuki :(

Yuuki is on mandarake for 6500 yen right now which is a decent price for that figure

http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-277688.html

Who is Yuuki?

BTW, so I was on Mandrake earlier checking some things out even though I shouldn't be, and under SAL shipping it says that if you pay by Paypal, they will not insure the package. What is up with that?

Antagonist of the 3rd Den-O Movie, Farewell KR Den-O: Final Countdown.

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SH Figuarts Fourze Base States and Meteor by Junior Octopus, on Flickr

I am really enjoying Meteor.

Like they said Yuuki is the evil movie rider from Den-O's 3rd film. He's got Skull and Hijack Forms based on the 2 different users of the belt.

As for the SAL stuff I'm not sure. Their site also says that if you're paying by paypal that you can't use the SAL shipping option. Which is crazy because I placed and paid for 2 orders this week alone, that went SAL, and I used paypal to pay for them. And now they send all SAL packages registered so there is tracking included. I'd imagine there has to be a standard dollar amount of insurance included. If it makes you feel better I've done a ton of SAL orders with them on multiple Figuarts and haven't had any issues with damage yet.

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Kamen Rider OOO by Junior Octopus, on Flickr

So I just got PuToTyra in, and I finally took the shot that I was so looking forward to.
I'm one of those conspiracy theorist people when it comes to OOO and his final form. While PuToTyra is clearly the most powerful, dangerous, last-resort kind of form that OOO has, the fact that it pushes him to the edge of sanity, and the bestial fighting style makes it seem more of a representation of Eiji's darker side. On the other end of the spectrum is TaJaDoru, whose controlled, elegant fighting style, and his ability to do a Giga Scan (not to mention his being the final form that Eiji used against Maki) make him a representation, in my head, of perfection and civilization. Plus, there's the clashing motifs of fire and ice. So in that headcanon of mine, OOO has two final forms, and that's pretty awesome.

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All right, bad idea, ordering stuff from Mandrake. I ordered the Fourze bike, display set, and Module sets 1 and 2, thinking I was getting a good deal at 5600 yen, but add in 2400 yen for shipping and you have what turned out to be a $105 order after conversion. :eek:

If I had realized it was going to be that much once converted, I would have canceled my order. I miss the days when 8000 yen translated into $72.

So wait. You didn't convert BEFORE hitting the submit button? Jeeze. Ever since the Yen dropped below $1=100, I check that shit out constantly. Hopefully you'll be happy with your purchase. (And I feel ya on the shock. Ordered something and came out to 4630, which is damn near $60. Damn weak ass dollar.)

Is that really "Lets see some cool stuff" worthy? Just saiyan...

It didn't tell me what my conversion was. I checked my Paypal balance after I paid and my amount went from $293 to $188.

No I meant before even ordering. Like add everything in the cart (minus shipping if, and I'm assuming, it was from Mandarake) and that would tell you it would be ~$75 before shipping. Then normally EMS is about $20-30. So yeah, round $105 sounds about right.

All you need to do is type the amount in yen under 'send money' on paypal. It automatically converts it and tells you what it translates to in US Dollars. That's what I always do to check price. Like Decade said the shipping will at least run you $30 for EMS so I just factor that in. It usually comes out just about right give or take a few dollars.

plus there's the ever handy google: 'XXXX yen to usd' is my favorite search term while browsing Mandarake.

Well I'm not really sure because my order also included Fire States Fourze (who was apperantly sold before my order), so its cost before shipping wouldn't have mattered. I guess I was expecting closer to a hundred with the Fire States, but not without.

Okay this talk of shipping prices and the like doesn't need to go on in two separate threads at the same time. Since this is a "cool stuff" thread, if you want to talk about it more keep it to the Figuarts thread.

Back on topic.

Still has a bit of healing to do. After the touch up on a few places in a week or 2 , it should be perfect

Just got back from vacation... will bring awesome back....though that is just bad ass meteor..

that pretty damn cool:thumb: but don't the filling in part hurts like hell?

The whole process hurts :lol . After awhile you start to go numb and it doesn't bother you as much. I think the guy doing the tattoo was going to do cross eyed from doing the chest piece.

haha OOOs is pretty damn detailed compared to other riders...
are you gonna do Meteor?

I haven't planned on it , but with me you never know. I am working on the 5 original Power Rangers next on my other arm. Then after that i am not sure.

Your tattoo looks awesome Meteor, I like the ink splat type thing/theme around/to it, very cool.

Bet it took a while though didn't it?

Thanks, it was 4 and half hours worth of work. Now it's going to be a lifetime of explaining what it is to people that ask.

lol that is how I am with my Grendel tattoo..."Is that Venom?"

Haha. At this point I just ask if they want the long or short answer. But I have a bizarro superman symbol tattoo also, so I am already used to "why is the s backwards".

I know the feeling too. I have a tattoo of a little robot thing reaching for an apple on a tree on my leg, which all means something to me, but just confuses everyone else =p

Kamen Rider Gai:

http://archivaria.com/DrKain/Figuart...rGai/Gai01.jpg
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http://archivaria.com/DrKain/Figuart...rGai/Gai09.jpg
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heh heh. And awesome, I wants. I found Tiger on Mandarake, but no Gai yet, so I haven't ordered him.

Mile High Comics ordered me Tiger (and Red Hawk, Den-O Sword, and Stronger) from the Previews Magazine, so I'll just get them when my orders come in.

guess who just got reviewed?
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