Is this site a loophole to paying tariffs? I've never ordered from there before but I was looking at something and saw they mark all items as gifts and anything under $100 will be sent by Japan Post, which is otherwise suspended to the US. Even after de minimis exemption was lifted, gifts under $100 were said to be exempt so…Has anyone ordered from there recently?
>>11605627I think they’re just not declaring their shipping costs, not marking packages as gifts as that would probably be fraud. They’re pretty legit and reliable in my experience, though I’m in the UK and don’t have to deal with your tariff randomiser or USPS.
>>11606019This is what I was talking about.
Somewhere else in their faq or whatever section they also said they have a slider you can use to undervalue the package as much as you want which seems wild... Though I couldn't find that option at checkout
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>>11609183thanks, and nice job keeping it in the right thread. ooh the blue details are interesting. hm.why isn't there a new transformers thread yet?
>>11609186>why isn't there a new transformers thread yet?>>11609106
>>11609190why didnt i see it and why are we all still posting in this one?
>>11608367I kinda wanted the yellow prime even before waigufags deluded themselves into thinking that mold can pass for female.Not that I wouldn't want a proper fembot take on the design. It's just unlikely given that Fire Convoy would take precedence. Best I could see is a voyager than homages the Spychanger/Titanium version that went straight to super mode.
>>11609995Mavs made a really neat 3D printable kit to turn the CW Hotspot/Onslaught mould into her. Need to print the parts out and repaint the KO Hotspot I've got.
I just got a Rubik's Cube pixel and I haven't been able to solve it yet. Have you guys had any luck? The center pieces are throwing me off.
>>11604895Got one for a 2x2?I got a Darth Maul head Rubik's when Episode I was fresh, had my mother twist it up, ain't never been able to solve the damn thing.With a 3x3, at least you have the center and corners to concentrate on, lots of guides online for them, but not a 2x2.
>>11606327Sorry I don't.
>>11606327not that anon but 2x2s are basically 3x3s but you skip like half the stepshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GANnG5a19kglearning how to solve most cubes isn't that hard since it's just following patterns, it's grinding for fast times and learning all kinds of algorithms involved with that that's a headache. granted none of this really applies to OP since he's talking about some specialized thing and not just a generic 3x3
>>11592721is this where cubing threads go? this is the first board i looked at for them. it would definitely make sense.
for me, it's the 21x21
Is there a database online that lists every action figure ever released in America?
So much good information on toy lines from the 90's - 2000's was on Raving Toy Maniac, and you can't even acess a lot of their pages through the internet archive anymore. Makes me sad.
>>11592674Figure Realm has a lot for Western toy lines.My Figure Collection has a lot for Japanese toy lines.
It sucks
>>11592768Actually good
>>11592821Cool
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dawgspawn/
>>11596455It's just you. I will say that seeing woodgrain shelving with modern stuff gives me some crazy whiplash.
whats disturbing about lego on a shelf?? Are some sort of zoomie who gets scared by le liminal space and not having your phone for 5 Minutes??
>>11596455No, every post on /toy/ used to look like this. Wood grain shelves and flash digital cameras.
>>11596455>Is it just me or is this whole gallery UNBELIEVABLY disturbing?
>>11596455That's the Dreamz line, right? I'm guessing that was intentional.
Anyone have any idea what’s going on with premium DNA?I’ve been collecting the Madballs figures and they were meant to release series two like a year a go.
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?PageSize=50&Promo=50037Good deal on the dead battletoads line if anyone is interested. This guy is huge for $60. When the package arrived I thought they had accidentally shipped my whole pile of loot.
So there's actually an update. This is the email they've been sending out, I'd take it with a grain of salt but it's their first update in over a year:>FROM OUR PARTNER EAST IP>East IP is a leading firm in China assisting American companies in enforcing their intellectual property rights against infringements. See WWW.East-IP.com for more information on the firm.>East IP has been representing Premium DNA since mid 2024 in investigating and pursuing legal solutions against infringements of our rights as well as those of our licensors, such as Interplay. This includes advertisements and sales of products leaked from sub-factories of our (now terminated) authorized suppliers. >We have over time taken steps to stop any unauthorized production and sales by these parties based upon both intellectual property rights and contractual rights. Steps are being taken to clean up the market of unauthorized goods that remains in the hands of resellers our previous supplier can not control.>FROM PREMIUM DNA>Premium DNA holds itself to the highest standards in always delivering fans and collectors products that live up to our promise of premium quality. When Earthworm Jim suffered from inconsistency and errors across the production run, we could not, in good conscience, deliver those goods to our customers.>Unfortunately, we were also misled repeatedly by a sub-factory in China, which ultimately led to the need for an exhaustive investigation into violations and enforcement of our IP rights.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>FREE EVIL JIM FOR DNA PRE-ORDER CUSTOMERS / INTERPLAY RENEWAL>Our partners at Interplay have been supportive in helping us protect our contractual rights, and their ownership rights, in China. We are excited to announce that they have allowed us to offer our new Evil Jim figure free of charge to anyone who pre-ordered any of the Earthworm Jim Wave 1 products directly from Premium DNA.>*** If you ordered any of wave 1 through us directly, Evil Jim will be automatically included as part of your order free of charge ***>Evil Jim will also be made available to order directly through Premium DNA, as well as our retail and distribution partners.>PLEASE NOTE: The only official release of Earthworm Jim Wave 1 into the market is the Toycollectr Exclusive Jim, which was manufactured first and passed QC inspection. The others did not meet our standards.>There will be many noticeable fixes to the figures’ plastics, deco, articulation, and scaling. Each figure will also include a stand, as advertised originally. The packaging will have tamper proof demarcation to verify authenticity. >PREMIUM DNA - INTERPLAY PARTNERSHIP RENEWAL>We are also pleased to announce we have renewed our license with Interplay for an extended term and will be developing new releases for both Earthworm Jim and Clayfighter.
>WHAT’S NEXT? >Premium DNA has actively been acquiring new licenses, building new partnerships for global distribution and retail, building our new website, and moving new products through production with reputable long-term factory partners.>We will begin revealing the first properties and releases in the coming weeks as we embark on a long term plan that celebrates the past, present and future of video game properties and related IP. Many of these programs and products have been in development for years, and we are thrilled to start sharing them.>An important conclusion we have made from dealing with the realities of international manufacturing, and as collectors ourselves, is that the collectibles industry has relied too heavily on long pre-order windows and wait times. This has often made for a poor customer experience and an impediment to collecting. To address this issue, we have changed our release and production strategy to prioritize in-stock drops and short, partner-driven pre-order windows.>Our pre-order windows will only be as long as is necessary for our retail and wholesale partners to compile their orders. These pre-orders will be strictly for products near completion. There may be occasional exceptions for specialty items (i.e. vehicles and playsets), but these are limited. >Short waits, fast deliveries, and the best collectibles in your hand. That is our renewed commitment. We hope others will follow suit and elevate our industry as a whole, with renewed focus on the experience of the fans that make it possible for us to do this amazing work.Anyway that's where they're at. No idea how true their story is or if they actually will fulfill the preorders or if this is just a stall tactic while they figure out what to do, but it's something at least.
Also worth noting that they deleted their Twitter account altogether. Their Instagram account is still there but they deleted all past posts, and now the only post on there is letting people know about the email they're sending out and the Evil Jim offer.
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>>11601550The only thing to be acknowledged from the Mockingbird series has been Dan Slott canonizing the notorious cover only "Ask Me About My Feminist Agenda" t-shirt Bobbie wore, via having Spider-Man wear it after a one-night stand with Bobbie at the very end of his run on the title. A shirt that only exists BTW because Cain wasn't allowed by legal to have Bobbie wear a "Non-Compliant" T-Shirt that feminist women have to wear in the Kelly Sue DeConnick creator owned series "Bitch Planet", even though DeConnick had given Cain permission to use the shirt design on the cover. And the issue in question of Illuminati has been explicitly declared non-canon because Bendis effectively declared all of Secret Wars II non-cannon, which pretty much could not be allowed to stand purely off of the cavalcade of storylines and YEARS of canon removing that would create. Not to mention that Bendis even got key elements of Secret Wars 1, from Bendis making a key part of the story Tony being the Iron Man in Secret Wars when it was James Rhodes, ignoring that Xavier got super cunty with Reed Richards and Tony over Magneto not being allowed in the good guy side to the point of basically removing the X-Men from the heroes side to spite them, as well as the fact that Reed was willing to let Galactus blow up Battleworld for the smallest chance that he could get Beyonder to remove his need to feed on worlds if he won or Beyonder straight up killing Galactus if they fought.
>>11601869why do editors just allow writers to ignore past events or declare them noncanon?
>>11602573It can be a good thing or bad thing, that’s the whole point of editorial they have to try and shepherd things in a direction to keep things consistent, satisfy the audience and also leave room for the artists to tell high quality stories. In theory at least, in practice it’s obviously a mixed bag. Especially when your industry is varying degrees of petty, vindictive manchildren with chips on their shoulder and pet characters.
>>11602892don't lecture me, kid.
>>11601479You need to rock his chest up and down continually as you turn it. After a while the balm joint 'may' loosen up enough to turn on a single axis.The hips can be fixed by heating the hips with a hairdryer set to high and popping them off the ball joint, then re-heating them HOT while they're off. Till the plastic is rubbery feeling. Then dip them in cold water immediately afterwards. Now lightly reheat them just enough so they pop on but not as hot as the last time
Are these really so profitable that companies shit out so many of them?I can't imagine who is buying these. They are extremely overpriced. Have zero play value or lose any play value after the unboxing. 50-90% of it is just packaging. The toys are often literal trash and shouldn't be even worth displaying or collecting. Even the gambling aspect is underwhelming bc the rare ones are still just trash.They seem very expensive to make but I can't imagine anyone paying so much money to get random trash.
>>11605431Japanese gashapon is so cool, west can't compare sadly.
>>11605431>Are these really so profitable that companies shit out so many of them?Well yeah blind-box toys are highly profitable. They're usually cheap little figurines worth $1 or less sold for $5+ each because of the mental desire to "treasure-hunt" to collect them all.
Well stuff like this is $10 with a figure worth $1.I guess it's like Kinder eggs, treat yourself to some random overpriced trash.
I collect some of the Minibrands and miniverse stuff, mostly because some of their stuff scales nicely to fashion dolls and make for nice set pieces, plus mini brands fashion has a lot of nice quality bags, shoes and accessories
One blind box toy that I've bought a few of is these mrbeast lab hybrids. Ultimately they're simple toys but they have some fairly interesting designs and decent enough articulation that they're playable. They remind me of characters from Chaotic or Monsuno or what have you from the 2000s. Basically just these creatures or monsters that just exist for the sake of existing. Cyber gorilla? Why not. Cyber gorilla with robot legs? Sure. Translucent squid character? More than welcome. I lucked out and got the squid, so any more will have to wait for clearance. I really hate the idea of dupes.
It is strange to see no one ever attempt to rearrange parts from Battle Convoy V-Max and V-Shadow to match the original Powered Convoy / Delta Magnus color scheme.
Would like to see Magna Convoy color arrangements
Is there a common toy scale more pointless than 1/10? Compared to 1/12, which has been around as a miniature scale since before mass-produced toys were even a thing, it's just different enough to not really fit alongside but not different enough to actually justify its own existence like 1/18 or 1/6. Genuinely seems like someone started making figures in that scale just to be different and somehow it stuck around. It's not so bad with toys of characters who are already huge anyway (McFarlane's Space Marines fit better with 1/12 than the humans in the rest of the McFarlane 40K line, who are big even by 1/10 standards) but with "regular" humans it gets kinda annoying. Just seems like a completely redundant scale that exists for the sake of existing.
This may not be the right place for this, if it's not I apologize, but does anyone know if Li'l Woodzeez accessories would scale with anything?
>>11603804They’re sorta like sylvanian families, right? So the stuff will probably look great with nendoroids, with some of the stuff looking fine for 6-4 inch.
>>11604117Thanks, anon.
>>11601044Go away freak.
>>11600377>chinese don’t understand fractionsI thought they’re supposed to be good with math.
More new more Manglor more stuff tonight lads, I'll be watching from the sidelines with my pom poms and training bra
Last time on Busou Shinki & Friends, >>11576434Meltina soon! Are you ready for the big ass snake? Did you get two for full snake length? Will she get her own ZenoAlma? Snake armor? What other monster girls do you want to see? A golem? An arachne? A chimera? Another snake?Official Skintone & Compatibility guides:>https://imgur.com/a/busou-shinki-skintone-comparability-guides-AQ4aRUpcoming Releases & Restocks:--->Megami Device:• PUNIMOFU Yukitu [Oct]• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color A [Nov]• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color B [Nov]• Desire Maiden Raider [Dec]• AUV Susanowo Souen (Reissue)[Jan]Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>11608337And after the slime bath.
>>11608203for dusting plastic models, buy a $2 nail dust brush from our friends in china. or pay 6-10 dollars for the same one on amazon
>>11608406>buy a $2 nail dust brush from our friends in chinalmao is retail there so bad you can't just walk into a store and buy one with pocket change? what's next, ordering your daily groceries from across the pacific ocean?
Migrate to...NEW THREAD!!!>>11608439>>11608439>>11608439
>>11608420i live in a city where burger flippers get $20/hour minimum and still can't afford rent without roomates. nothing in a physical store costs $2 here. shipping across the pacific ocean is literally actually cheaper than paying the markup in an in person store.
Did anyone buy the bitty pops? How are they? Are the small figures hard plastic? I'm interested in the star wars, arcades, one piece and dbz ones.
>>11603156That's cute
>>11603312Same
I've seen a few bitty pops but haven't seen the vehicles. They are still soft vinyl but it's not as noticeable because they are very tiny. Paint application is ass because they're so small. Don't expect the paint quality of the regular size Funko, let alone the renders you see in promo shots. The little box the bitty pop itself comes in is hard plastic with printed graphics, that's kinda cool. The figure is held in place inside with a metal screw. They are cute but overall not worth the money.
>>11603156I got some of these as toys for my toys, they’re very cute. I’d definitely consider getting the Luffy and Merry for cheap.
>>11603156I purchased the Superman Fortress one. Because I got it on sale and had a gift card for Target as well. They are the same vinyl as a regular pop. If it wasn't the Fortress and it wasn't a figure I'm a specific collector of, I wouldn't have bought but I own very VERY few pops and mostly find them to be soulless junk, so probably not the person you should depend on.If you really want those particular SW figures and can't find them otherwise (I don't see a decent, non-cardboard Fortress of Solitude in our future, for example), I'd say go for it - just don't go overboard fighting scalpers for this shit.>>11604051>They are cute but overall not worth the money.YEP - I wouldn't have paid actual cash for this.
I remember seeing something like pic related on youtube back around 15 years ago. It had motorized legs, an LED screen, and maybe buttons on the front? I think they were japanese. They had some backstory very similar to tamagotchi that they were aliens in spaceships and needed help being raised. Please help me figure out what these were.
>>11593869Dang it
>>11593219>>11593869Good find and your drawing was actually pretty damn close.
>>11593869Oh shit, well done! You should draw more toys.
>>11593219>>11593857Pretty impressive just how accurate you got it off of memory alone. Well-done. Glad you figured it out OP.
>>11593869Shit, I kinda want one
This is a thread for discussing plastic brick building outside of the leading Danish brand, including such brands as:QMAN, Keeppley, Cada, Sluban, Mould King, COGO, Cobi, MegaBloks/MegaConstrux, Xingbao, Pantasy, JMBricklayer, BlueBrixx, and Lumibricks (formerly Funwhole).Archive:https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/pbbg/
What's the consensus on Brickcraft? I was at TJ Maxx tonight, and I saw the MTV cassette there. It was priced at $4, but I passed. I noticed they're on Amazon now, too.They've got some interesting licenses, including Hello Kitty?? They're like the third brand to have the Hello Kitty license. Does Sanriommust give the rights to anybody who asks?
>https://www.walmart.com/ip/32-onn-FHD-ROKU-TV-Building-nbsp-Blocks-White/15907700990I kinda want one
Half a dollar, I think it was worth it
>>11598266>just look at the fucking thing, who would want an apartment thats that close to the train station?Welcome to the Apartment buildings in Chongqing China.https://youtu.be/GnQLNqCqLXA
>>11592916>>11602690I had it, including the next two expansions. I actually didn’t like it — it was too detailed for my taste.It was an interesting experience though, because now I have a better understanding of my own preferences.I realized I don’t enjoy overly detailed buildings where you spend two hours just constructing a single wall.Don’t get me wrong — the building techniques are incredibly well thought out and quite impressive.But in the end, it simply wasn’t my cup of tea.
