Anyone know when/where can i pre order this?
Fri 2010/01/01 10:26 JST
Does anyone know when and where I will be able to pre order this figure?
She comes with Feng Pastel Fun Box Bundle.
Which site would she be on for pre order most likely?
Try this bounty hunter... ^_^
http://tokyohunter.blogspot.com/2009/12/kotobukiya-feng-pastel-box-17-minato.html
Probably going to cost about 13,000 yen or more.
An alternative is using a service like Japan to door, or Goody Japan and telling them to buy it from
Kotobukiya online shop
I couldn't find the Softbank Creative online shop exclusive though.
Does the guy really charge that much for his service?
The item I ordered from him had to pay shipping for it to get to his place, his commission, paypal fee, etc, and then when it arrived at his place, he charges for EMS shipping to get the item to you.
Bummer, I was afraid she might be store limited when I saw danny's post at DC. It will be a pain to obtain her depending on the method......
in other word...i wont be able to get it in the United State no matter what? I was kind of hoping online store like HobbyLink or Kotobukiya [english] would have them....Sigh*((beside asking so other guy in Japan to buy it for me)
You can probably order from Kotobukiya online shop and tell them to ship to tenso (www.tenso.com).
You should pay < 1000 yen for the handling fee with tenso. Then you have to pay EMS shipping fee.
Kotobukiya online shop the english one?
From the one that CShen had linked you earlier. http://www.figure.fm/clickout.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kotobukiya.co.jp%2Fcgi-bin%2Fdb_sm_main_css.cgi%3FB%3D7542%26N%3Ddetail01%26C%3D901-1176-1141-
From their Faq they supposedly take credit cards. So what you can do is place an order with them. When the preordered item comes out they will tell you to pay it. You can then pay with your credit card.
The only problem that I don't like about the Kotobukiya online website is that it doesn't like single byte characters (i.e. ASCII characters) for some fields during the registration setup. And I can't seem to enter UNICODE english characters. I tried using ALT + NUMBER SEQUENCE but that didn't work. So don't know if it will become a problem when you eventually enter your credit card details.
Anyone here know if its possible to enter and send UNICODE english-like characters through a browser like opera or Internet Explorer?
NVM. Figured it out. =)
Adding a Japanese keyboard and using the Ｆｕｌｌ－Ｗｉｄｔｈ Ａｌｐｈａｎｕｍｅｒｉｃ works well.
no idea what u just said...but i will ask my japanese friend to order it for me ^^ thanks for ur help anyway.
Basically, its a difference in character representation. =)
The normal english characters that you and I type are stored as single bytes (8-bits) also known as ASCII.
Japanese characters are usually stored in double bytes (16-bits) UNICODE representation. When you do the registration for the Kotobukiya online shop, they only seem to take UNICODE in most parts of the registration form. So if you have an english name and you only typed normally as I am now the website will return an error. What you need is the UNICODE version of your name instead of the ASCII version. Names will become important when it comes paying with credit cards. The english characters in the address is also important if you're using a proxy like tenso.
for example:
1) ASCII name: Squallff8aus
2) (16-bit) UNICODE name: Ｓｑｕａｌｌｆｆ８ａｕｓ
Anyway... goodluck with your order. =)
Unfortunately since it's an exclusive it won't be sold officially outside the Kotobukiya and Softbank online shops. In some cases some stores do take orders for exclusives (like Otacute and Toys Logic) but it's not always all exclusives and they also up the price due to it being an exclusive. I would suggest using a deputy service like Tenso if you plan to use EMS and Yokatta if you plan to use SAL.
what is an EMS? sorry first timing doing this...
Express Mail Service, an international express postal service offered by postal-administration members of the Universal Postal Union.
I'm not a pro at this kind of stuff but after some searching isnt this able on amazon jp?
http://www.amazon.co.jp/feng%E3%81%B1%E3%81%99%E3%81%A6%E3%82%8BBOX/dp/4797357851/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1262403712&sr=1-1-catcorr
and they ship international too i think.
my guess is some people will be reselling it on amazon jp. so they listed it in advance.
as far as i know amazon japan only ship locally for most items.