[Yellow Ranger]

...Wasn't Sailor Neptune due out today?

[Dr Kain]

Any word on when Luke is going up for preroder?

[Electric Turahk]

And still no news on Sasuke coming in stock and Bluefin's just ignoring my questions... As freaking usual.

Whoever was in charge of the Facebook page used to be so good at answering questions. Now they just actively don't give a damn and never tell anyone what's going on and it sucks.

[Electric Turahk]

Finally got my Sasuke. Curiously, he came from Amazon fulfillment (which I wouldn't have even noticed if it weren't for the non-standard packaging and lack of Amazon tape that made me look at the label to figure out what it was) and not Amazon proper. So... probably not a Bluefin import and they're still having issues? Or maybe I'm thinking into it too much, I don't know.

I really hate his limited face options...

[Talisman]

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Originally Posted by Electric Turahk

I really hate his limited face options...

That's something about the anime SHF releases that really bugs me, especially the Scouts.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

...Wasn't Sailor Neptune due out today?

It was, along with 16, Shadow Moon, and Mecha King Ghidorah, but like Gamera, they hvae all been delayed because of that retarded bitch ass strike in LA.

[Electric Turahk]

Oh look at that, the Alphamon I was supposed to get today has been delayed.

Guess I should expect him this time next month? And my Kuuga preordered for the end of April I'll get the end of May? And heck, Yoshi for May now in June?

I understand that there's issues. But I really, really don't like Bluefin's utter ignorance of questions and their silence. Just say once "everything is being delayed for the obvious port reason, but you will still get them" and put minds at ease. If they have, shame on me for missing it (or maybe they need to repeat it), but... Ugh. Hard to want to keep supporting a company that keeps making it seem like they don't care about their customers anymore.

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Back to Sasuke... Man, it feels weird to say, but that is kind of something the One Piece Figuarts have done better than recent anime ones. The faces. They actually had a good selection and basically covered all you needed. And still threw in the goofy one on top for those who might have wanted it. Hell, Sanji even somehow had an entire face cut out from his tray (despite being all over the back of his box... and coincidentally my favorite one) and Bandai made it right by shipping them to retailers who then forwarded them all on to people who had bought him. Easily my favorite moment with HLJ. So he ended up with a great selection.

But Sasuke... *sigh*. Ideally, I'd have liked:

His current stoic, the current angry face (although that could undeniably use some tweaking), a mouth closed angry/stern, and a face looking to the side to show him in motion all in normal and Sharingan variants. Okay that part is a bit much to ask for, true... But it would have been nice. A split between just those four sculpts of which eyes he has would have been okay too. And absolutely he needed a fifth style where one eye is closed and the other is wide open with blood pouring down from it as was so often shown when he would use any Mangekyou ability.

They're such little things, the faces. But they would help so much to me. Because as he is now, he either looks bored or ridiculous.

Hell, Rock Lee is probably only going to have two faces as well, and the second one shown for him is absolutely hideous.

*phew*

Besides that, I think my only other issue is the knot hanging from his belt. The double ball jointed peg holding it on is comically long.

[Yellow Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

It was, along with 16, Shadow Moon, and Mecha King Ghidorah, but like Gamera, they hvae all been delayed because of that retarded bitch ass strike in LA.

Didn't that shit end last month though?

[Baltan II]

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

Didn't that shit end last month though?

Three weeks or so, and that's not nearly enough time to make the backlog of shipping containers magically vanish. The repercussions will probably be felt for a few months more, but it'll definitely get better.

As for Bluefin's lack of communication, it is a shame that it hasn't been properly addressed. Things have been different for the past year or so, presumably because someone else is in charge of all the PR stuff now. Pure speculation, but this backlog probably won't effect their releases after the April batch. Unless you're ordering from Amazon, because their stock seems to be especially slow these days to come in, even more than usual.

[Yellow Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Baltan II

Three weeks or so, and that's not nearly enough time to make the backlog of shipping containers magically vanish. The repercussions will probably be felt for a few months more, but it'll definitely get better.

As for Bluefin's lack of communication, it is a shame that it hasn't been properly addressed. Things have been different for the past year or so, presumably because someone else is in charge of all the PR stuff now. Pure speculation, but this backlog probably won't effect their releases after the April batch. Unless you're ordering from Amazon, because their stock seems to be especially slow these days to come in, even more than usual.

So to the ebaymobile?