So, Sunday night/Monday morning. Awesome. Who usually fulfills these kinds of exclusives?

Nippon does, I belive CStoys does as well, and BigBadToyStore.

Yeah, but that's BBTS... though unfortunately it looks like I may be stuck with them anyway, seeing as I'll be working when the orders open up.

Whats wrong with BBTS?

I didn't realize N-Y picked up the Toei Hero Net exclusives. Nice. I can grab an extra one if he goes up there.

Aren't they generally a bit high on their prices?

That.

Not that it matters, they're sold out there.

Paid off my NY preorder for Tiger Ranger. Just gotta wait until the MPRR Blue Ranger pops up somewhere downtown and I'll be set.

Not going to open up the stage parts yet (because moving and all - so yeah, I sure as hell wish they were actually packaged in some sort of box), but just picked up Gaim and Baron and can't wait to pry them open. ^_^

I paid off my Tiger Ranger back in March and I plan on paying off Shadow Chaser on the 20th and preordering Green Clover from them soon. I've never used them before, so I hope everything goes smoothly for those three items.

I'm curious as to which I'll end up getting first though, Tricera from Amazon or Tiger from NY.

apologies for the crappy phone pics, I was too lazy to break out the good camera last night.

As someone who doesn't yet watch KR Gaim, SHF Baron and Gaim are pretty awesome. Hope everyone can get a hold of them at some point.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BpYJYbNIgAA9qWs.jpg:large

Yay for Ryuki style ankles!

Yes, BBTS is generally MUCH higher regarding their prices on Tamashii web or other exclusives that Bluefin can't get. A single figure that clocks in around 4000-5000ish yen from Japanese middlemen will come in around $80-90ish on BBTS and larger releases are comfortably well over $100 to start off. If you really want an exclusive Figuart, it's best to go with the middlemen sites when Bluefin can't get it or just wait for it to pop up on Mandarake.

See if any of the little rubber tubes that go on the frame are missing. I was having a similar issue and that's what it turned out to be.

but after shipping doesn't it pretty much balance out?

It depends. If you go with EMS shipping, it might, I suppose, depending on which one it is you're ordering. If you order multiple exclusives together and/or go with a cheaper shipping method like SAL, it'll probably be cheaper still per item, especially if you order them from middlemen sites right off the bat.

If you do it after the fact from Mandarake (or perhaps AmiAmi or anywhere else that sells pre-owned stuff out of Japan), it will depend on what price you can find it for there, so it could even out or it could still be cheaper than going through BBTS. I picked up Ryuga from Mandarake well after it was released, and with SAL shipping it was still quite a bit cheaper than BBTS' asking price or the going rates on eBay. Even with EMS, it would've come in a bit cheaper than BBTS.

I'm still waiting for Gaim and Baron from BBTS, the wait is absolutely agonising, I'm glad I ordered everyone else from other sources.

Nope, I readjusted those as well but it didn't fit anything.

How long does Registered SAL usually take? Ordered Gaim on CDJapan and he's already shipped out but the last status update says "Dispatch From Outward Office Of Exchange".

Just got Baron today and he's a beautiful figure but he's missing Gaim :(

If you went SAL on an item that just released last week, you've still probably got a few more to go.

Don't worry man I also picked SAL from AmiAmi, and my tracking said the same thing, just keep your self occupied with other stuff and before you know it'll be there.

What ET said, SAL quickest Ive ever seen is week and a half, and that was lucky, slowest was three weeks, so it averages.

That update means it's left JP customs. The wait for it to hit US customs will vary. Sometimes it's 3 days, sometimes it's a week. After it leaves Japan, I usually start tracking it via the USPS website, as sometimes the Japan Post site stops updating regularly.

What these guys said.

So, I finally got around to opening the SHF Pink Ranger I've had sitting on my shelf since December...

Umm... Is she not supposed to have a holster for the blade blaster?

No, she should have a holster.

... Problematic.

That sucks. I have an extra Pink Ranger sitting here from an Amazon sale back from Cyber Monday sales around the holidays still in her box I initially bought for a friend.

Are your Pink Ranger's colors at least pretty good? Seems a lot of Pink Rangers have different color pink limbs and torsos. It's more apparent in certain lights I notice than others, but I see it a lot in review photos people have taken.

Colors all seem fine from what I can tell. Was some slight misassembly out of the box, though- her waist was reversed.

lol

Mine has two different shades of pink on each half of the left arm and leg for the pieces above the glove/boot.

Anyone else have their clip that holds the Musou Saber on SH Figuarts Gaim just ... fall apart? Looks like a bad glue job.

Yep, mine kept popping off. just ended up gluing it in.

I accidentally broke the glue sealing on mine, so I had to glue it back on. Holds solid now.

Does yours look warped like mine:

http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/...ps04c76091.jpg

I ended up having to open it up, shave of some stuff to get it to fully close and then glue it close just to get the sword to actually sit in it.

Alright, so today I got my hands on SH Figuarts Shinken Gold and Renewal Black RX. And while I love both figures (aside from Gold's head which seems a bit too small and Black RX's kinda stiff OOO esque legs) and especially RX, I seem to have run into a bit of an issue.

On my RX, it seems that the revolcane hand is just too tight or the peg in the left arm is a bit loose. Earlier, I was trying to remove the hand in question and the peg itself popped out of it's socket and I had to push it back in. Has anyone else had this problem or know how I might prevent this from happening again?

I have that issue with Gavan. The only thing to do is reinsert it every time you want to switch wrists.

Mine did the exact same thing. I glued it back together, but I must have done something incorrectly. It's back in one piece, but now the sword won't stay in for more than half a second before it just falls out.

Open it up, slice off some of the inside pieces with an exacto blade, and then glue it together and press down on it hard for a few minutes. Do not put the sword in the holster for at least an hour. That is how I fixed my Gaim.

BTW, any idea when NY is going to release the preorders for Green Clover? The bike is listed on their site, but it won't let me click on it.

I just tried that, seems to have fixed it perfectly. Thanks!

If USPS would finally locate my box I'd have a Gaim to complain about possibly being broken (among other figures). As is it should have been here 3 days ago. But all it's done is move around in the state of New York from sort facility to sort facility :(

Wow. That just sucks. Ive had the same problem pretty much, last 3 SAL boxes I have gotten went to different sort facilities a couple days before finally getting to me. Did you have yours shipped priority?

WHY does my local post office have to be closed on Saturdays? Even though I got the "ready for pickup" confirmation from the USPS website, I wont be able to get my Gaim until Monday. The wait is killing me!

Now I'm worried something will go wrong with my Gaim. :( I've only messed with the Musou Saber's clip twice and nothing seems wrong yet...