megatronus wrote:Bowspearer wrote:HLJ just put up preorders for Soundblaster & Ratbat for ¥12640 & G2 Sideswipe for ¥5200.
I'm always tempted by HLJ's prices (especially now that the Yen is down), but I always end up going with a domestic retailer that has collector packaging (TFsource and BBTS).
How does HLJ do packaging wise, and how is their shipping costs?
I can't speak for the US, but I know that when I got MP Soundwave, I had a bulk Private Warehouse shipment sent to me via EMS to Australia which included Encore Anime Devastator and both Cassette sets and I think I paid ¥4500 at the time.
The best shipping deal though was around $140 for 2 Encore Fort Maxes and 6 MG Gundam kits - the package was huge and weighed over 14kg (over 30lbs).
I suspect the shipping wouldn't be that different to the US.
As far as packaging goes, never had a problem - they use reasonable padding and everything is always sent in a sturdy box.