You guys should check out tatsuhobby. Their prices are reasonable and you could pick up if you're local.

I made my first order on Mandarake: a Mini-Pla Go-Buster Ace! I love that guy.

However I'm kinda confused with the "Make payment in 3 days" thing.

Do they work like HLJ, charging you credit card automatically; or you actually have to tell your bank company to make a payment, sorry for being a noob lol.

I simply don't want to make any mistakes.

Depending on the creditor, you might have to authorize the international purchase. Other than that it should be like any other credit card purchase.

It worked perfectly fine with previous japanese orders (mostly HLJ) so I guess there won't be any problem.

Thanks so much for the answer. :thumb:

Owe you one.

Discovering it too late, I seem to have missed the preorder for Gold Super Akiba Red. Do any of the retailers stock extras of the exclusives at all? The only place I see it listed is BBTS and I'd like to hope I can do better than their price.

Nippon Yasan has him.

I highly recommend them. They're well priced, fast and you don't have to pay until 2 weeks before release date. I get all my Tamashii Web Exclusives from them as well as the Sailor Senshi. They also seem to get their Tamashii exclusives much faster then anywhere else and regular releases before Amiami and HLJ.

Huzzah! Thanks for that. I had no idea those guys even existed and they do have him at a price that does not make my wallet cry. The info is very much appreciated! That puts me one step closer to all the Akibaranger stuff. :D

the FAQ on their sight reads a little, let's say odd. In your experience, does a pre-order of items with several release dates have to be paid in full upon the release of the first item? That's what I'm taking away from the site.

I assumed that. That's why I made 2 different orders.

I'm not sure, I'm sorry, I've only ever pre-ordered one item at a time/items with the same release date.

I think they don't hold items, so they'll charge you shipping+postage for the items as they come in stock, I think. I'm 100% not sure, they have very polite customer service, try emailing or even calling them, just ask for English and they'll hook you up with an English speaking worker.