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Does anyone here use Yahoo Auctions to get the goods? I started briefly checking them out and was surprised to see certain figures at strangely low prices.
So I have two questions. First off, how do you go about buying from them, is it possible to just punch in a western address and have the seller ship it off? Or is it necessary to use a third party service.
Second, how much of an issue are counterfeit figures both in general and on the site? Are there any decent tips on identifying them?
>>5649450
え?
あの...
>>5649505
Typical Jap response.
>>5649450
The great majority of Japanese sellers will not ship outside of Japan. You have to use a deputy service, which goes a long way in negating those low prices. I don't think you have to worry much about bootlegs, though I usually only go there for vintage stuff.
So do I buy this shit or what
>>5648234
Literal statueshit and might as well be statue shit, well done anon, excellent thread.
>>5648234
Leave planet Earth, please.
Is the proto boba limited ed too
Anyone ever buy a Garage Kit via aliexpress? I seemed to have stumbled on a plethora of GK's I've had my eye on for a long time but had no idea I could get them there.
Pic semi-related.
>>5647506
A guy bought one, it was alright. Like the original, it needs paint as it is a resin kit. Unlike the originals, it comes with joints instead of you needing to buy them separately.
They're recasts, quality varies.
What is that Titty Robot called?
Toys that flew under the radar. Anything that you're real into, but didn't seem to get enough attention. Make it unconventional and cool.
These fun little turds. Interchangeable everything and essentially a blind box in terms of accessories.
Not a Transformers fan (Toy Line love the series) but I love these D-style kits that I've never seen posted anywhere. Only got Megatron atm but I want to eventually pick up the flyers.
I haven't seen anyone talk about these despite them being some of the coolest revoltechs ever.
Lockdown Edition!
Old thread:
>>5645527
>>5647333
magical girl transformers when?
>>5647345
Don't we count Minerva, and Akiba Prime?
>>5647345
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Oh good, I knew they'd make a big, suckable version. Glad I waited,
mmm yum yum yum nice nice very nice me likey very nice come to mummy where do i buy this beauty
>>5647106
>Oh good, I knew they'd make a big, fuckable version. Glad I waited
fixed your post for ya bro...
>>5647361
sucking autocorrect
I am in the philippines for a while living with my fiance. I started collecting some diecast airliners because I love aviation. Recently two of my airliners developed a "condition." This condition seems to have melted the paint on two of the airliners. Not the base color, like white or blue, but the features like windows, airline name, doors, small livery features, etc. I am able to pick these planes up and smear off the paint with my thumb. As far as I can figure there are three possible causes to this:
1) handling them caused the paint to melt, either due...
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heat + cheap materials = your problem
>>5646292
Buy better toys numbskull
Diecast degrades!
I think It goes like
>paint the figure, seal the paint with a top coat
>do the details, don't seal it afterwords, cos it's a buy anyway
U KNOE WHO NEEDS AN SRC
![latest[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/YCbj6vK.png "latest[1].png")
>>5645892
right series/franchise, but wrong bot f.am
Anyone got an idea for a big strong anime man to add to this cluster of big strong anime men? I'm trying to keep it to one per series. Revoltech Kenshiro need not apply.
Also post thematically similar figures near each other.
>>5645349
ch-checkmate
Figma Cobra comes to mind.
Considering how great the Jojo SAS and Kinnikuman SHF line is, I wouldn't settle with just one figure
>>5645372
I haven't settled with just one. I've got a Jotaro/SP and Kinnikuman Soldier elsewhere. Just trying to keep the rather limited display space as varied as possible.
Also, how much bullshit is it that Manga Colours Warsman and Robin Mask go up 20 minutes before Golden Week?
I just moved into a new place and I'm thinking about replacing my cheap bookcase I used to display my figures with a nice glass or curio case. Does anybody know of one that can fit 12"+ figures and isn't $500?
Stock response: Ikea Deltof, $60.
>>5644729
That's a strange collection
>>5644729
>det..
>olf?
Picture of nearest toy near you.
>that dust
>>5643213
I only come home once a week. Never have time to clean it.
>Work Full Time +
ITT: Toys only you want. Toys that exist only - this isn't a knoe thread.
>>5643075
I actually want that one too. It's just that I don't have my own airbrush to properly paint it.
Are chinese bootlegs really made with unhealthy materials that cause cancer or is that just a meme to keep people from buying from China?
No plastic or paint fumes are good for you, regardless of where it is coming from.
Authentic products are produced with volatile components as well. Third world country production of things isn't just a cost consideration, it's utilized because of lax safety standards abroad. Lead in paints to help strengthen it in the polymerization stage, plasticizers to help increase elasticity, etc. You can grab lead test strips from amazon and it's almost a guarantee that any authentic figures you buy would be flagged.
It's just ratio of key ingredients that differentiates real items and bootlegs at a certain point, but even then the difference is negligible.
>>5642826
I remember my mother always saying when a toy reeks of plastic smells that it causes cancer.
It feels very exaggerated, by that logic every actionfigure I ever had would be affected, basically everything Mattel and Hasbro.
She also put the worst figures outside so they lose their smell but I doubt that this changes much if it is in the plastic itself.
No, seriously tho, let's do a topic about stuff that Funko's ReAction figures should do, if they were willing to get more adventurous.
As you can tell from my pic, I am immensely annoyed that; even tho they hold the Steven Universe license, they haven't even done any actual action figures with them. Especially for ReAction, but not in the usual pseudo-Kenner way.
I'm thinking more of a pastige of Rock Lords (Which was underrated dammit) IE, with the gem-characters able to transform into their gems and more articulated than normal. It'd...
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>>5642808
Reaction should have died after Alien. It's literally real life ironic shitposting. Alien only gets a pass because they were based on actual Kenner designs.
Eat a bullet, OP
Also, considering that Jason Eisner specifically said in interviews that they were based on the design aesthetics of 80s toys/80s toy villains, there really needs to be a ReAction for The Plague from Hobo With A Shotgun.
Hell, my idea for it would be as the kickoff to a larger-sized late-80s/early-90s-Playmates-house-style-styled (Think Ninja Turtles, Toxic Crusaders, Earthworm Jim, Dick Tracey, ect) size range for sleazier, more urban films.
My ideal films for that range'd include pretty much anything by David Cronenberg and Frank Heinlotter, Tokyo Gore Police,...
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>>5642822
Yeah, but they did actually also just license those unproduced figures for The Dark Crystal. Like, this isn't even a rumor, their original designer Tim Clarke (Who also did Sectaurs and Boglins BTW) actually not only confirmed this, but he's even shown off an all-new Augra sculpt he did for the line.
OF course, hopefully this means that there's hope for other unproduced 80s toylines, like The Last Starfighter in pic related.
But, yeah, speaking as OP, there is kind of an "off"...
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Hi /toy/!
I'll be in Hong Kong for 3 days next week.
I knew some places in Mong Kok like CTMA or In's point.
Mainly I collect tamashii nation products, but I love me some bootleg toys.
So, any recommendations (or guide) where to go for toy hunting?
Any advices are greatly appreciated!
Sham shui po has a toy street but most stuff is cheap chinese shit. But recommended for all the gadgets and worth a visit
>>5642515
If you walk further down the road where Mong Kok's Sino Center is, you should see a large mall in Yau Ma Tei that specializes in lots of toys from ancient robos to new figures. You should be there when you see a lone elevator on the side, or just keep walking until you see a large set of stairs and escalators. I recommend checking it out.
Also if you go above the main shopping part in Sino Center there's more stores by elevator. There was a record store and a floor or two above a store that specialized in robots, some oldies on consignment there too.
Check almost every building in Mong Kok. One time I was meeting up with a girl and saw a Death Note guy on a poster. Went in the building which I had never been in before. They had a lot of specialty stores like an all Star Wars and an all Keroro and all Gundam etc.
