The S.H.Figuarts Thread's Sixth Ranger

[ryanlb]

huh, that's interesting. Doesn't make me any less glad that he's on the way though. I'll have to stack some of the actual medals by Complete Ankh.

 

[dchoc]

Complete Ankh IS gorgeous, it's a great figure and already one of my favorites! But he doesn't have the cell medal stand...

That's because the stand came with Incomplete Ankh.

 

[Jedah Crow]

The Ankh Stand Set also came with the medal stacks. That's probably the cheapest way to get a stand with medals if you absolutely have to have one for Complete Ankh.

 

[ryanlb]

But I need that one for the real Ankh. They all three need a stand!!!
Actually, I'm pretty sure I'll get over it.

...

Yep, already over it.

 

[The_Emperor]

I never really cared for the medals on the stands. I just took the stand for all of them and kept the pile of medals in the box.

 

[UnknownMaster]

Got a pretty good haul of Figuarts recently, thanks to Bluefin's booth at a local con. Found a Kamen Rider 2, Ryuki, all current Fourze available stateside along with the display stands and switch set 01. Of course, now I need more very soon, and have been looking through Mandrake for the ones I really want but are difficult to find.

Is ordering from Mandrake easy? I just keep seeing all the Figuarts I've been searching for and honestly, I have no idea what to do with it. Any advice?

 

[GPAnthony]

But I need that one for the real Ankh. They all three need a stand!!!
Actually, I'm pretty sure I'll get over it.

...

Yep, already over it.

To be honest, the stand Ankh does come with is awesome itself... it has all the main core medal symbols on it for each of the 5 original Greeed and says "Happy Birthday, Greeed."

 

[ryanlb]

Yes, ordering is easy. The only caveat is that there are multiple stores that have different inventories, and you can't combine orders across stores. And if the order subtotal is under 5000 yen they charge a 500 yen handling fee. I've started doing joint orders when I don't want to spend 5000 to avoid the handling fee, or to split shipping.

SAL takes pretty close to exactly 3 weeks to me, from all the stores but Nakano, which sometimes takes a little longer. DHL costs 2-3x SAL, but delivers in a week, and in my case, at 9 am, so I can actually take new toys to work with me.

embarassingly, I've spent thousands at Mandarake and have never been unhappy in the slightest. I got two boxes this morning from them, and I think I still have 3 orders in transit.

 

[GPAnthony]

Got a pretty good haul of Figuarts recently, thanks to Bluefin's booth at a local con. Found a Kamen Rider 2, Ryuki, all current Fourze available stateside along with the display stands and switch set 01. Of course, now I need more very soon, and have been looking through Mandrake for the ones I really want but are difficult to find.

Is ordering from Mandrake easy? I just keep seeing all the Figuarts I've been searching for and honestly, I have no idea what to do with it. Any advice?

It's pretty easy, you just pick which figures you want (try to get them all from the same particular store) and fill out your usual online order info, then the store will gather the figures up for you if they're still on hand and send a bill that you can pay with card or Paypal.

 

[ryanlb]

To be honest, the stand Ankh does come with is awesome itself... it has all the main core medal symbols on it for each of the 5 original Greeed and says "Happy Birthday, Greeed."

That sounds cool, I'd be fine displaying it with that.