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[dailyopfigures]

Anime Figure Collecting: Tips and Sites

Since I see a lot of people often say “where do I get this?” or “How much does this cost!” or “ahhh I want this” in the notes often, I decided to make a post of figure collecting sites and tips on figure collecting! I hope this post will be of assistance!

General Don’ts of Figures:

If the price is too good to be true (and it isn’t an official or trusted site), it is too good to be true! Beware, bootleggers are everywhere these days!

If the seller or the item listing is not telling you the maker/studio of the figure, don’t trust it!

If the title of the figure is some extremely long jumbled sentence of descriptor or media words (as seen below) then don’t trust it. These are just search words so more people will see the figure listing.

If you’re on sites like Etsy, EBay, or Amazon and the seller says that they “handmade” the figures, it is most likely BS and just bootlegs.

In general stay away from Etsy, EBay, or Amazon to buy figures unless the seller has given undeniable proof (usually pictures of the box it came with or you can simply ask for pictures of the figure) that they are just reselling an official or GK figure.

Stay away from Instagram and Tiktok ads.

General Dos of Figures:

Second hand buying is always encouraged!

Buy from sellers or stores based in Japan! Prices will generally run cheaper and figures are released sooner there!

Support GK (garage kit) studios! GK studios make unofficial figures, they are all mostly indie run and make the figures they sell themselves! GK figures tend to run more expensive, but they are valued part of the figure community.

Keep your boxes! Boxes are important for transferring figures and they’re basically the pedigree papers of anime figures.

Be wise with your money. Figure collecting is just a hobby at the end of the day, please save your money if you need it!

Makeup or paint brushes are ideal for dusting figures!

I would recommend having Whatsapp or PayPal. Lots of figure collecting sites have PayPal as a pay option.

List of Trusted Figure or Merch Sites:

Second Hand Sites:

These are sites where you can buy used or even new figures from resellers! All of these sites ship internationally!

AmiAmi (Japan Based)

AmiAmi is one of the most trusted website for figure collecting and anime merch! They sell pre order and new figures as well as used figures!

Mandarake (Japan Based)

Sells second hand figures, manga, doujin, and more! Has an international website!

Neokyo (Proxy Site)

Neokyo is a proxy site, meaning it basically acts as your second man for things like JPN Mercari, JPN Yahoo Auctions, etc. all you have to do is buy the figure you see and pay for shipping, and it will make sure your item arrives safely!

Buyee (Proxy Site)

Same as Neokyo

ZenMarket (Proxy Site)

Same as Neokyo and Buyee

Mercari (US Based)

Mercari basically operates like EBay! Mercari does not ship internationally, but there may be a Mercari specific to your region (for example, JPN Mercari).

Non Second Hand Sites:

All these sites do not sell second hand figures so they will be more expensive! Some sell only official figures, while others sell only GK figures! All ship internationally!

DekaiAnime (UK/EU Based)

GamerSheek (UK/EU Based)

GKCollectors (Singapore Based)

(Sells NSFW figures, so minors tread carefully)

FigureChoice

(Sells NSFW Figures)

FavorGK

(Sells NSFW Figures)

Fanoey (Hong Kong Based)

Solaris Japan

(Sells NSFW Figures)

Big Bad Toystore (US Based)

WeAreAnimeCollectors

(Sells NSFW Figures)

How does the pre order process work?

When figures are in pre order, that means you will pay for the base price of the figure (or a deposit as some sites have) and then when the figure is finally released and ready to ship, then you will pay for shipping! Shipping is calculated by size and weight of the box, so be prepared to spend as low as 20 USD or up to even 100 USD for shipping.

I hope this post was of some help to you! Have fun figure collecting and please do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions or are confused about any info!

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[figurecollection]

hi! you mentioned in your last post recommending sites for figs that you live in the uk, so you wont pick out any uk-based sites. im also in the uk, and the site i usually bought and preordered figures on, dekaianime, recently (and very suddenly) went into liquidation, and i used that site since its the only place i could find that sold figs for a decent price over here. ;-; do you happen to know any uk based sites for figs you could recommend? i hope this ask isnt too much trouble!

First of all, if anyone has unfulfilled orders/preorders that you've paid for, get to your bank to make a chargeback immediately. Anime Emporium and GameSheek are offering to fulfil any lost orders, both preorders and in-stock, and are willing to beat Dekai's price. More info here & here

As for UK figure based sites, both Gamersheek and Anime Emporium mentioned above are trustworthy small businesses and I highly recommend them; Gamersheek has previously offered to help others when big sites have suddenly shut down leaving people with lost money and missing preorders.

YY Kawaii is another small business owned by a young mum, I know her personally and she works really hard, her Insta is good for merch, just giver her highlights a read.

Animetal have a store in London and is run by good people. They're actually looking for people to work at their Covent Garden store if anyone lives in London.

And here's a few others:

Forbidden Planet

Yokaiju

Hobby Ultra

Gundam Mad

OtakuHype

Hopefully you'll find what you need between all of these. Also if anyone else knows any other good UK based figure stores, let me know and I'll add them.

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[wri0thesley]

hi nat!! where did you get your nanami figures from? i have a friend in the uk right now and i’d like her to get me one while she’s there 😈

ah, anon! i am afraid i am going to be a disappointment, as i generally buy straight from japan to avoid mark-up rfgbjnkgbfkjn. as for IRL places that your friend could go to, forbidden planet are a chain that have several stores in the uk and stock official figures!

i have also seen official anime figures for sale in waterstones, though i've never seen jjk ones - but i have seen mha ones, and my city is really not very large or important so bigger ones may stock them! i'm not sure where else in the uk have physical stores she could look in, but some genuine online websites in the uk that stock anime figures;

dekai anime (my personal favourite place when i'm ordering within the uk, tbh!)

otakuhype

gamersheek (also have a shop in glasgow, depending on where in the uk your friend is!)

animegami

#nat.txt #merch tag #and ofc if the city they're in has a local anime/gaming store!!! #i cant help much more without knowing where they are fgbvkjnfgbnk #if they're in london i'd be VERY wary especially of the store/stall in camden that sells anime figures. some are genuine. #some.

[mikucollection3]

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[I don't support art theft and therefore do not support bootleg figures.]

on this blog I will post my figure photography, wishlists and maybe even reviews (if requested)

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[figurecollection]

hi figure guy! :D (i feel a little weird calling you figure guy!)

its nice living there, yeah! but it has its downsides sometimes. things are a lot more expensive, and it can get super busy during holidays so travelling gets a bit troublesome. its always cool to see people enjoying themselves though! i wouldn't trade brighton for the world, i think.

(even if shopping in literally anywhere else is the equivivlant of tearing up in the supermarket because tomatos cost 50p to buy as opposed to the normal 1.00 you're used to. man!)

thank you for letting me know shes there! 150 is actually insanely good, i was fully expecting to have to drop closer to 190-ish! looking at the reviews though, it does look like big in japan has gotten a lot of bad reviews over the past year. i'm still wondering if i should go for it though because i just checked gamersheek and shes 269 there (what the fuck)... orz. britain is suffering LOL

you can call me zan if you like also! also i understand lmao i've gone rom living in london to the north so it's been a very weird transition. all the time i've spend in brighton has been great though.

also that's understandable, I heard about the site from this thread on MFC so i recommend giving it a read and maybe asking questions there but yeah at this point I'm considering taking risks with sone figs becuase it's just so ridiculous LMAO...

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