Feb 2008 - Haul 2
Otaku Collection February 28th, 2008My second haul of the month! I was rather excited when I know the Mai figure that I bought was arriving. But after I got her.. disappointment came..
All my figures that came in. All of them I like a lot.. 
Now comes the ugly part.. You can see the box is pretty much damaged. Don’t need me to tell where did I bought her from right? Seasoned collectors should know already. I really need to email them and ask for an explanation. The main reason I think is due to the very soft box that they use. I guess that’s a reason to force me not to keep Mai in her box? hahaha.. I guess I need to get rid of the box. It’s a pain in the eyes..
Photos coming soon!
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February 28th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Wow! That’s a free delivery for you. I also got my Haruhi 1.5 Metamo from Play-Asia and the box is a little damaged on the edge.
Do you get all your items from Rat Year Lucky Sale?
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February 28th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
omg.. those boxes look like they came from a war zone lol. do they still have fig sales on playasia? ^^; Mai looks hawt eh? :p I just ordered the shuraki box 1 last night lol (i see it on all the blogs i visit -.- ) I do want your Tsuruya fig O.O nice haul~ xD
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February 29th, 2008 at 12:24 am
did you get taxed? i heard some play-asia orders got taxed this few weeks…
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February 29th, 2008 at 1:53 am
hmm… why i dun see my post?
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February 29th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Haiz so tempt to get some cheap figurines.
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-8x-49-en-70-25qp.html
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-8x-77-1-49-en-15-brave+story-70-25qr-43-7e.html
Got tempted becoz it look quite ok and cheap and big!
Let’s get taxed! D:
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February 29th, 2008 at 7:30 am
ouch!! that must have hurt.
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February 29th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I saw this thing about the packaging on another blog and assumed it was a one-off case. Looks like I was wrong lawl.
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February 29th, 2008 at 10:11 am
btw, I’m just curious.. how much discount did you get on these figs? ^^; (dang i was too late lol)
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February 29th, 2008 at 10:33 am
@sonic_ver2: only Mai was the sale item.. Mirei-san was on sale too but I didn’t get her sale price.. coz I placed my back-order b4 they get the stock and they only put up the sale price when they restocked -.-” during the back-order stage, they didn’t allow me to change my order because it was on “preparing order” status.. lol Shuraki 1 and Tsuruya I got from other place
@Zyg: sale still on I think but Mai sold out already.. Ya she’s hot.. too bad about the box. I thought of keeping the box in mint state.. looks like.. feel want to throw it away.. lol.. I got my Mai for USD60 and a further few USD discount using the coupon.. hehe..
rain: haha.. all this while.. I think since Dec 07, all my PA figures got taxed.. that’s why kinda feel switching to other place (at least EMS can argue
)
SWATwolf: you mean your comment missing? oops.. let me check my Akismet..
Setsuna-san: ya real hurt indeed
Shin: surprisingly, the Mirei-san box was pretty perfect.. I guess must be due to Mai’s large box and PA used soft box for her packing.. lol.. so sad..
February 29th, 2008 at 10:36 am
@SWATwolf: haha.. found your comment. Akismet filtered it as it contains two links
you better be fast.. one of the figures already sold out..
February 29th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
This is why I buy from eBay mainly, for the items I cannot get from La Tendo. eBay also has more competitive prices but some of the figures that are really hard to find cannot be found there as well.
Also, got the limited Mai off the shelf from La Tendo…yes, she is still not out of the box after 3 months. So I feel your pain. Mai is lurve in this figure. Was a hefty 228 SGD after discount though.
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February 29th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
i like your site. that sucks when you finally get your package and the box is damaged. that has never happened to me but there was a giant foot print on the top of the box that i got in the mail about 6 months ago.
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February 29th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
playasia give free shipping right? that’s explains the quality of packaging and choice of boxes used.
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March 1st, 2008 at 4:19 pm
this is so .. so .. urgh !! totally ruin ..
March 1st, 2008 at 8:33 pm
yea… the other way tax much better. i went to collect something from this side, didn’t get taxed by shear trickery XD
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March 2nd, 2008 at 2:20 am
I don’t usually get PVC figures so I only use(d) play-asia for importing games, tho now that they are arsey about shipping Playstation products to Europe, I don’t use them much at all anymore.
Bad luck on the figures tho, They’re usually pretty good for packing Games. my Super robot wars OG Gaiden limited edition box was packed really well.
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March 2nd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
@Panther: La Tendo is Singapore one rite? so far your experience with them ok? I may wanna try places other PA to get my figures..
@otaku dan: thanks and welcome!
wow.. got footprint eh? your packing must be super strong then.. to not damage the item box inside 
@gordon: ya. it’s free.. I didn’t opt for the paid shipping. Tot want to give it a try. Who knows turns out like this. this is the first time I got such damaged box!
@levian: ya. it’s bad
@rain: what trickery you use? must teach me one day.. XD
@gundamjehutykai: I think maybe different item size they use different type of box?
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:43 am
Prim3 yea. They have been very trustworthy, but then again I go down direct to their store. As for overseas shipping, I cannot vouch for them, normally for shipping I trust eBay sellers who have good reputation. Maybe you would like to try those, sometimes you may also get them for less than what you really have to pay at a store you go to, especially if they open up items for bidding.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 7:09 am
no free shipping to australia tho
but even some of my HLJ shippings got damaged box also, I suggest you use EMS if you want the box to arrive in good condition (very expensive tho)
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March 3rd, 2008 at 10:19 am
oh that sucks about your Mai box gettin damaged! I got my Mai without a scratch… So far three figures from play-asia using the air economy shipping and I haven’t had a problem. Maybe it’s cuz they were shipped one at a time? The worst thing that happened I think was that the postman tossed one of my figures to my doorstep cuz I heard a loud thud before opening the door to my package lol.
(come to think of it…how do you get free shipping from play-asia?)
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March 4th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Ouch, man.
That box is so screwed, i really feel for you lol.
Disappointment came to me when i got my Hellgate and Fauna.
Boxes so screwed. ~_~
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March 5th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
that’s a lot of stuff you got there, too bad about Mai box though, they should really use stronger boxes
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March 6th, 2008 at 5:33 am
I feel bad about your Mai’s box
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March 6th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
@Panther: Ebay? So far heard quite a few bootleg problems with the figures sold there.. but I guess just need to buy fr reputable sellers then should be ok.. will keep an eye on them
@ron~: yea usually EMS will come in good condition. But it depends on how the seller packs them also. I got one EMS package oso comes quite badly dented. Luckily the items inside ok
(refer the next newest post prior to this)
@suneo: ohh. PA doesn’t offer free shipping to your country? For Malaysia, as long as it’s below USD$100, it’s free shipping if we choose air economy.
(but comes with a price 
)
@Sora: ouch.. too bad for us.. no mint box to keep..
@valho: haha.. not many la.. few only.. keke.. ya the box should be better..
@coeli: thanks..
March 7th, 2008 at 8:13 am
free shipping = cheaper box
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March 10th, 2008 at 10:02 am
@SWATwolf: haha.. but also cannot give too lousy box
March 13th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Same case like my Tama-nee…
For upcoming Rider Shipment, I opted Fedex. Let see if PA/Fedex delivers.
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March 17th, 2008 at 9:49 am
@e-jump: if use Fedex, I rather buy from HS liao.. PA the main attractive thing is the free shipping.. I kinda fed up already.. moving my orders elsewhere already..