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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

So then are they going to sell them in TRU? If not, where can I buy them from them?

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Oh, so pretty much I still have to buy it from the internet, so it is just going to be cheaper to import it directly from Japan than pay the exchange rate price plus their cost to have it shipped to them plus the cost to ship it to me? Because if I want to do that, I can just buy it off ebay.

What you just described was a middleman. What Bluefin does works on a much larger scale and involves a lot more than random guy who can buy things from Japan and ship them overseas. In fact, depending on the eBay seller you used, it might be a Bluefin import you're buying anyway.

The initial retail cost of an item direct from Japan is indeed less expensive than if you bought a Bluefin-sold Figuarts (spoilers, nobody in Japan paid the equivalent of $35.99 for Shinken Red or Gold). Before shipping, anyway. After you include shipping, the difference is more negligible and depends on the figure's size, weight, and your choice of shipping speed/features.

Earlier in this thread, castdream475 mentioned $39 shipped for Fourze was too much compared to AmiAmi. In reality though, the difference in cost after shipping (assuming unregistered SAL) would only amount to $5 more and could potentially add two weeks to a month to delivery. It's a trade-off, and importing yourself from AmiAmi is not always strictly better than picking up a figure from Amazon.