Best place to import takara prime figures from???

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  1. Jlogano20

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    im very close to importing TFP breakdown & jet vehicon

    where is the best place to get them from (BBTS is SOLD OUT)
    and somewhere that doesnt take a freaking month to ship to you
     
  2. mapatel

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    I bought my AM 12 Breakdown from plamoya for about $55 with shipping. Their prices fluctuate a lot as they tend to have up-to-date prices (in japan) on everything in their inventory. Took about 2 weeks to get to me on the slowest shipping.

    I got my Jet vehicon from Robotkingdom. They had it for the cheapest and had the lowest shipping as well. Took just under 2 weeks iirc. Hope this helps ya.
     
  3. Jlogano20

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    i see your in Canada so those place ship to the US??
     
  4. Jlogano20

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    holy crap plamoya wants 55 dollars for the jet vehicon

    well guess its ebay for him since robot kingdom is out of stock



    how much does robot kingdom charge for shipping???
     
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    Indeed they do ship to the US. Ive had a package ship to texas once from plamoya, reached with no issues.
     
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    RK's based out of somewhere in Asia(Hong Kong? Singapore?), so you'd get hit with international shipping rates which can be high.
     
  7. Jlogano20

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    which is around...............
     
  8. mapatel

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    Yeah thats plamoyas biggest problem. Theyre a Japanese site so their prices
    go up and down so much and for stuff they have in limited numbers, it skyrockets. Ironically they have Cylas Breakdown for a fairly good price at the moment.

    When i ordered my Jet vehicon from RK it was about 13 dollars US for shipping. That was for "Registered AirMail Small Packet"
     
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    thats not bad
    better then the 30+ month long, ebay shipping lol


    they do combine shipping right?
     
  10. mapatel

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    I beleive they do, ive never done a large order with either site, just the odd single here and there. Another thing to remember about the Japanese sites, when you increase the size of the order, they tend to limit your shipping option to EMS, which is the most expensive, but its quite fast (like around a week or so)

    Id recommend making a mock order, just put the stuff you want into the shopping cart and then add your address info, then have a look at what shipping they offer you.
     
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    It varies with parcel size and weight.
     
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    Captured Prey typically has stuff cheaper than either bbts or tfsource, but good luck finding Breakdown in stock anywhere this late.
     
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    I'd say ebay. Got breakdown today $65 shipped. Only took a week.
     
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    TFSource has it, but they want $80 for it before shipping.
     
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    which seller?? any ive seen have been 70+ on a slow boat from china.........
     
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    Ebay:
    figureproshop is the seller. Doesn't look like he has any more breakdowns...but he has jet vehicon for $39 shipped.
     
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    Going to give a local homie a shoutout here, edbomber.com

    He's got Jet Vehicon in stock, but out of Breakdowns.

    Edbomber's also a member here, so I'm sure he'd be willing to respond to any questions if you PM him.
     
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    Not sure where in NY you hail from but did you try Toy Tokyo or Image Anime in Manhattan?
     
  19. Jlogano20

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    im near ontario lake in NY, not near NYC
     
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    Ebay:
    Plamoya and/or HLJ can sometimes have much better pricing... just be sure not to ship a single item since the ship costs can be up there.

    I got Breakdown from Plamoya a while back... him alone would've been near 60 bucks... I put DOTM Vortex and AM Vehicon... just under 100. The ship for Breakdown alone would've been almost 20 bucks... with the other two bots it barely increased 5 bucks or so...

    I imagine HLJ would be the same with shipping. Not sure on their prices usually... though it seems the new AM Wildrider, Frenzy/Rumble are about 19$ before ship atm.

    http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans...wildrider-rumble-frenzy-up-pre-order-hlj.html