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That's JUST the shipping. Go further into checkout and you'll see duties and some other BS charged. Your total should be around $80, probably a bit more than that.

Right now shipping from Japan is costing about as much as the figures themselves so I'm hoping Yoda gets delayed. BBTS and EE never listed him as far as I know we're all probably just screwed on getting Yoda. 😭 Anyone know why all of the SHF figure releases recently are all Japan exclusives...

Wtf? When did you tell it to ship, ie which specific date did you initiate the shipment? Was it within the last week? I invite anyone reading this to go fill a cart on HobbyLink Japan, go to check out, and look at what shipping charges they try to assess. When I did that or just tried to ship...

Maybe. There was no tariff on Japanese imports to the US before Trump imposed one so if the Supreme Court strikes down his tariffs then my guess is it all goes away since it won't apply to that avenue of package travel and the shippers all abandon everything they're building up for now. But...

She ignored your question and left whatever import fees you have to pay to other people down the line. Which--to her credit--isn't her fault. She could have warned you about what you're in for and that's to her discredit, but the whole situation certainly isn't her fault in the slightest. But...

If $80 shipping on a $90 figure is "figuring it out," then sure, HLJ has "figured it out." :oops: None of them have this figured out is the sad, stark reality of buying Japanese imports for the foreseeable future. 😭

I took at as him respecting Ryan enough to not fly off on rants as much as he usually does knowing that Ryan is uniquely qualified to call him out on ideas that aren't fully-baked.

I have that same cynicism they do, and like them I'm kidding entirely so I wouldn't take offense. And like at least a third of the population I'm also autistic, so it's not necessarily specific to that way of thinking. I blame the popularity of David Letterman for so many men being like this...

Their announcement specifically says they're not refunding orders already paid, but that they will store them for you indefinitely. :oops: Terrible news if you want the figure soon, but it's better than forcing you to ship at an insanely elevated rate. Shipping prices should come down, but...

Some do, some don't. I cancelled a few HLJ orders without issue earlier. AmiAmi says on their news announcement about suspension of shipping to the US that it's fine so it seems like they understand although I haven't tried it yet. My Yoda order is with them and I don't want to cancel it...

Seems clear this mess won't get worked out for a while so I'm cancelling all of the Japenese orders I can. The one I dunno what I'll do about is the new Figuarts Yoda that's scheduled to come out this month. The American retailers don't have him so there's no alternative option for him. 🤮

I just went looking for what the tariff rate on Chinese imports by Japan is, and from what I can tell for toys it's 3%. Here's a link to the Japanese government website claiming that 3% rate...

Every figure I'm aware of from every toy company is made in China, and specifically the ones I know for sure are Mattel, Hasbro, Four Horsemen, Medicom, and Bandai. I haven't looked up Jada Toys or Storm Collectibles but I'm sure they use China as well since almost everyone does. But tariffs...

If you're aware of Japanese market laws that wouldn't allow one of the retailers to start getting more American business than the others if they're the first to start charging more reasonable shipping rates to the US than their competitors then please do share the details. I really want some of...

Yea he said the $39 was separate. What's that China tariff you're refering to? Tariffs only apply to the specific country you're shipping from, so when a Japanese retailer ships to America Chinese tariffs don't apply. Japan may tariff items coming from China, but who knows if they do. Even...

My HLJ pre-orders for Mafex AoA Cyclops and Wolverine will probably go through any day now so I've gotta decide ASAP whether to keep them. What's everyone's verdict--are you letting your September and October pre-orders go through or not? Right now it seems like we have to cancel them. Who...

The end answer becomes the competition of a free market, but right now it's not so free since many of the Japanese retailers are still waiting this whole thing out. My question for now is how we identify these downstream prices being tacked on. Hobby-Genki is just letting the shipper determine...

That is so difficult to digest. The new tariff is an extra 15%...so where are these giant fees above that coming from? Everyone involved in the shipping process charging extra for the time they've had to spend in recent months figuring this mess out?

How much was your order, how much was the fee, and who did you have to pay that fee to--was it DHL? This is all so in flux I have no idea if post-shipment fees are the new norm or you were an exception because all of this is changing week by week.

I have four Ultrons, but I count at least twelve in that first posing shot of Maximum Hulk. Clearly, I need more. 🤩

Isn't Hobby-Genki doing DHL and UPS shipments to the US? Their home page says they are, and when I fill a cart with stuff and go to checkout the shipping costs are higher than a few months ago but not prohibitively terrible like HLJ is charging. I mentioned last week that the tariff rate on...

OMG, the Andrew Garfield in my HLJ private warehouse has a total shipping of $83. Guess he's going to be there a while. :oops: WTF? None of the other Japanese retailers I've checked in recent days are doing this.

Yea if he means the Kitty from the Juggernaut wave then she's way too tall. Kitty is 5' 6" or less depending upon her age since she joined the X-Men at age 14 , but that figure depicts her as being around 6 feet or more. Not exactly a giantess since I have three ladies that size or more on my...

I think this one sold me on Amazing Yamaguchi Agent Venom. 🤩

$27.99 is definitely the new standard MSRP as Jay reported last week on Marvelous News when Emperor Doom showed up at that price. We discussed that somewhere in the forum for days, although I don't recall which thread(s). https://marvelousnews.com/252-37497