I'm sorry, not really following your point.

Assuming Dragonic Knight comes packed with the Saikou sword, they could reuse it for either a Shadow or X-Swordman. It becomes a question of whether they want to do just Shadow and/or just armored X-Swordman; unless Tamashii wants to go all out on the parts swap. That's how I see it

And there he is!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...3TVEAIlw1Y.png

You are absolutely in over your head if you think we're getting 2 Figuarts Saikou swords in any capacity lol Bandai is very stingy with accessories. If the sword wasn't such a central trinket this year, we probably wouldn't even get the Seiken with Dragonic Knight, let alone the Saikou sword.

I already posted the most likely possibility IMO - release Saikou's sword, Shadow, Episode 2, and Episode 3 in one pack since all of these forms share the same mold and require minimal changes, and release Episode 1 later.

yea, probably

Although Zi-O Trinity came packed with the swords that were from two separate releases (Bike set and Zi-O II), something they absolutely could have chosen not to do. So repacking accessories isn't totally out of the question

Ah, that's a fair point. I didn't know that.

If Assault Hopper is anything to go by, Dragonic will only have Rekka and 2-3 WRBs representing Storm Eagle and Saiyuu Journey.

Saikou will be limited to himself and X Swordsman

Man, Jungle is selling at least a dozen Ultraman Zs brand new and sealed for 6,600. Yea, theyre second hand shop but still

I've... actually never used Jungle, can someone link me and show me the ropes?

https://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/

It's a pretty simple site to use. But if you're confused about anything I'm afraid I'm awful at explaining things lol. So hopefully someone else can answer whatever questions you might have.

More or less like Mandarake

It's been about a year since I ordered from Jungle (SO-DO Build), but I think the main difference from Mandarake is that you can combine purchases from multiple stores into one shipment. From their Our Policies page:

If I buy items from different branches, how will you charge me for shipping? Will the items be shipped as one or multiple parcels?

Items ordered from different branches do not cost you extra fees; however, we hope our customers not to cancel the orders easily.
Each order will be counted as 1 shipment, if you wish to add more items, please kindly place another order and comment "combine".

I got two SO-DO cases from them back in April, and I honestly can't remember if they were from different branches or not. (The invoice doesn't specify.) It does look like, from this wording, they'll combine everything together if you order products that are at multiple locations. Worst case, if the shipping looks too egregious, you'll know I was wrong!

I think the other thing with Jungle is that there is an extra fee for international orders. Mandarake used to have that for orders under a certain amount but I think they removed that.

Maybe? Here's what my charges were for the two SODO cases back in April:

2 items total: Y8,250

5% handling charge: Y413
Shipping: EMS Y3,300

Grand Total: 11,963

(The EMS thing ended up being a huge mistake, since that's right around the time Japan Post stopped shipping internationally. The massive EMS backlog meant that a box shipped on April 18th in Japan didn't get to Chicago until May 29th.)

If it's the handling charge, it's only 5%. It'd be better to not have it, but I don't see it being a huge burden.

The main thing I'd caution about Jungle is that, on average, their prices are higher than Mandarake and AmiAmi. Nearly everything is just a bit more expensive, which is why I usually look at them third for stuff.

I placed an order at Jungle on May 30 2020 and they emailed me a few days later saying they could not ship due to Coronavirus. They offered to hold onto it until shipping resumed.

Then 3 months later in September, I messaged them to see if there were any other options (because the paypal window for disputes was about to close) and they offered DHL.

3 item total: Y14,300

5% handling charge: Y715
Shipping:DHL Y4,100

Grand Total: Y19,115

They are definitely on the higher side with prices but they sometimes carry stuff you can't get anywhere else. Meanwhile, their condition for a lot of stuff is very good, often seemingly new with just a few minor scratches or dents to the outer box.

I never tried Jungle but looking through their B listings to mainly just see the condition as various levels of "box damaged" makes me consider checking them more often.

Yeah, right now what's sticking out to me is that they actually seem to have stock in of SHF Orb Origin which Mandarake never do; and for a decent price at that. Also a cheap Tiga medal which I went ahead and bought

yea sometimes Jungle has more selection of stuff than ami and mandarake. I agree with Die in using Jungle third though. (Granted I haven't ordered from manda in quite a while )

But chances are if the former two don't have an item you're looking for, Jungle might. I will say though you should get a couple items in an order to spread the cost of DHL if that's your only option

Oh no, I live in the UK so air small packets are available to me

I'm personally trying to avoid amiami due to issues I and some of my good friends have had with them recently.

If someone orders from Mandarake to the US, please let me know how it goes. I'm definitely looking at those Ultraman Zs!

I've been ordering from Mandarake the past year and haven't missed beat or had an issue with items arriving...and gotten them within 3 days via DHL of course because that's what's only avaible to the states

I've noticed though the dhl shipping has gone up and I think that's because the Japanese yen has shot up and just about matches the American dollar. Conversion rates are the highest I've seen them right now.

Yeah, shipping rates very recently went up. As I recall it's harder on America than the rest of the world.

I just got JACKED on DHL shipping costs rising in a week, on an AmiAmi shipment ...������but it can’t be helped, DHL is just too easy for me to use... and I can be impatient at this age �� LOL

If you’re referring to SHF Z, Anime Export has it on back order for just under 3,000.

A 115$ total to import a SHFSS Decade Complete...

I have the... ability to do it, but is it feasible to just wait it out and hope it doesn't shoot up in price? I'd do it, if it weren't for the fact that we've had the Decade mold plagued with the elbow cracks twice in a row with Neo and Diend.

If you want Decade Complete, I'd recommend not waiting. I don't trust SS figure not to shoot up in price. A few haven't, but they are the minority.

Get it, and wait a few months and see if SHFUpgrade does new elbows.

SS releases that aren't retail are 9 times out of 10 guaranteed to shoot up in price after they drop. I think the only SS releases I've seen at affordable prices after release still have been Accel, Momo, Den-O, Plat Form and OOO.

Whoa that's a lot how much is the shipping?

Same here despite the expensive shipping they're fast and I haven't had no issues with them....

I recently bought the purple and green tamashii wind effects off of Mandarake for 1500 yen each and was hit with a $60 shipping fee from DHL....I wanted to cry and the fact I have a few cancellations of orders...due to outrageous shipping quotes or key items I wanted being sold out and refusing to pay $12-$15 for the remaining items on those orders that were 300 yen.

I'm on the verge of being banned that I had to swallow that bitter pill for shipping.

I think* the "trick" with using DHL on these sites is to buy more than one thing-I learned that the hard way buying one figure...then ordered 11 Rider Figuarts for roughly 200.00,the shipping was only 60.00. With the ONE item,27.00. Buy more=shipping costs even out better,at least in the US

DH2!
Currently on my way to owning EVERY Rider Figuarts and Vehicles...sitting at 365 figures,because I'm obsessed..

Lol

Congrats on that accomplishment but just remember to give them all the attention

DHL goes off of weight and size and when using stores like SAHRA on Mandarake the shipping standars is around 3000-3200 yen I believe no matter how many items until the size and weight goes up

Those are some crazy shipping prices. I just got SHF Loki from the Utsunomiya Mandarake and shipping was 1460 yen to Canada. Didn't really know that different locations have different prices. I wonder if the farther away the location is from the airport DHL ships all packages out of the higher it is? Assuming they only have one central location for all outgoing international mail from Japan.

A single SH Figuart from Mandarake cost me $13 to ship.

Naki should go up for pre-order soon.
6,600 yen.

Imma wait out till the feb 14 stream to see what they got in mind for Saber. Lots of choices this month. Naki, Ohma, and whatever they got in store for the 14th.

6600 Yen makes sense -- while I was looking for info on Naki the website gave me a list of every other release so far, which showed me that after the 'main 5' every release thus far has been at that pricepoint aside from Burning Falcon and Metal Cluster. Glad to see Naki didn't get jacked up to their prices for no reason!

Somewhat justified that BF Jin's price is around the 7k mark since he does possess two variations of his device/weapon along with his wings, so he comes with a fair bit of stuff.

It's MCH I don't get. I'm thinking it's a combi of "He's covered in metallic paint!" and it's a main rider super form, so they can get away with jacking break up the price.

Yeah, I figured as much for both of them. MCH is certainly more insulting when his accessories are so meager, mind.

Full Cart Toys seems to be making itself a rival for SHF Upgrade.

First off, they're doing LED heads for Kuuga now.

Next, they're making their own replacement elbows for Decade, Diend, and OOO.

And last, a moveable skirt for Cross-Z Build.