Like you said, you live in the US. So trust me, theyre not good to do business with outside the US.

Bbts is a necessary evil ive used a few times, but it always takes about a month to reach me and i get nailed with a customs charge of around 25-40%.

Given how slow they can be to fill preorders on imports, id be hesitant to use them for figuarts, but i'll keep my preorders as a backup

If I'm buying something huge that's gonna cost me an arm either way, I may do BBTS. Like with NECA's Portal Gun. That thing was so big shipping was basically the same no matter where I went, and when I ordered it BBTS was the best price.

I used to buy BW figures off of BBTS, it it was just barely worth my wile. If I hadn't snagged them for the great-to-incredible prices I did, I wouldn't have even bothered.

For any that missed out on Asian retailers' preorders on Putotyra, it's available again on AmiAmi.

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...%24pagecnt%3D1

EDIT: And an hour or so later, it's sold out again. (In comparison, Ultra-Act Father of Ultra was also made available again and that's still up.)

So, Putotyra's out, anybody got him yet? Dying to see in-hand pics of the final figure. I'm buying him ASAP.

Mine should be coming in a day or two. My AmiAmi order left customs already.

Mine's being held up by an Evangelion shirt that hasn't come in yet. I probably won't get Putotyra in until next week.

EDIT:

Speaking of, HLJ still has Putotyra in stock, for those that haven't picked it up yet (AmiAmi's sold out).

I got him couple days ago

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/8...7b9c445fa9.jpg
S.I.C. Putotyra by Ultraman23, on Flickr

So pretty.

Sidenote, but AmiAmi didn't get my Evangelion shirt in after all (doh) so I paid for my order with Putotyra last night. Hopefully I'll get it by next Monday/Tuesday, provided it ships within the next day or so.

Do the wings have to plug into the back of the head, or can they come out of the back?

It connected through the back. They give you another piece that holds the wings up to his head
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5470/8...ce4c29f2d1.jpg
IMG_3608 by Ultraman23, on Flickr