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HOLY FREAKING SHIIITTT I'M A IDIOT! That aside. I just relized why my order with Hobby Link Japan is TAKING SO LONG. Maybe because I didn't hit the submit button????? Jesus. No wonder for a week no one got back to me.

If you're interested, Yesasia is selling them pretty cheap ($144 USD) including pretty good shipping. I even wrote a review for it.

The 12" sniper wolf looks absolutely horrible. When you say "Metal Gear", I take it that you are referring to Solid Snake in the PSX game, perhaps as well in "Sons of Liberty" for the Playstation 2. I personally love the Medicom version of Big Boss/Snake for MGS3. Justice has definitely been served there.

Well if that's the case, GO GO GO! Deploy ALL UNITS!

I like how this has turned into a TAE bashing thread. Please. Continue.

Like I implied earlier, most North American audiences will still view anything "animated" wether by traditional hand drawn animation to CG, to be targeted for the children/youth audience. Great Woe. Because, you know, stuff like Elfen Lied is pokemon, and Patlabor 2 will never reach the ranks of being an intellectual and politically charged thriller of the Tom Clancy caliber.

This is what you get when America does anime. What's the surprise.

Fort Max, was your subbing group there Nanashi for Eureka 7? That's the one I'm getting now through the links you posted.

So I've been looking around eBay for a some Solid Snake 12" figures. As you have read already, I own the Medicom RAH Solid Snake from Snake Eater - Croc version. I've seen a few of these guys around, but they don't look all that impressive. Would you know of any other toy companies that make decent (and most likely expensive) versions of Snake from MGS1 or Sons of Liberty?

Yes, however, too bad the Grenzschutzgruppe 9 only operates in German jurisdictions. For international matters, send Snake himself; since, you know, this is threatening his very existence. I hear the PSG-1 does wonders.

Yes thanks, I'm getting them now as I type. I just happened to start on another one but forgot about it, then asked for your links. Sorry.

Somebody send in the HULK, please.

Jeez, man I just finished getting the animecraze episodes of 1-13, only to find out they're subtitled in ITALIAN! >_>

Indeed, where are the hollows now? I want HOLLOW action! Not the three try hard stooges.

Well I actually did question this in another forum, but didn't get a concrete answer. As for the special, episode 63, I'm watching it now! EDIT: Well I did like bleach 63. WEell this really isn't spoilers I guess, but FINALLY our heroes make it back safely to earth. And it seems they're pretty much buddy buddy with everyone in SS. COOL! However, the next upcoming enemies don't really look all that great,,,soo wierd looking.

oh that's where nana's from. I see I see...

2004, I was under some anime dry spell, since I really didn't have much time.

I seriously CANNOT stop watching this...onto episode 6... Is this a drug?

Speaking of which, I got my Kusanagi in the mail today. All I have to say is, "Meh".

For an extra $75, you can upgrade to the 1/72 scale. If supplies are available, that is.

Quite the bumpage. All I have to say: BEST COMEDY EVER! Yes, you might call me crazy, and even pyscho, but I just found episode 1, and even some parts of 2 just absolutely hilarious. It's the type of show that for those who HATE those cutesy anime characters, and want to see them pretty much...tortured in the most brutal ways. Sure it's gory, but I mean it doesn't really surpass Bleach, in terms of gore, all that much. Beheadings and dismemberments just add in the fun. This certainly is much more enjoyable than just finishing a night class of accounting (pretty much anything is more enjoyable than accounting class, at that). And no, I haven't killed anyone. yet.

Yeah you got some ways to go, but getting there, Zor. I think 63 is coming out tonight, and I usually watch it the next day. I hear it's pretty much filler right now and most of the plot explained. 62 explained quite a bit...

So I changed my shipping method to SAL, after taking another careful look at the charges, although I read that HLJ will change your shipping to EMS sometimes if the value is greater than 15,000 yen, which it is. Not all the items are in stock not, which I'm actually both not happy but relieved about. I'm in a pinch for my credit card balance so I hope they only charge me what is shipped out at that time.

So is $100 MINIMUM a good estimate? Well guess what? Today I just had to pay $250 for 2 textbooks for my Comm class. Perhaps I should cancel. Man I don't know. One of them are just pages of paper with stuff on them for $180!!! That's like the Aliens Dropship AND the apc with shipping dude. Plus my Xmas billing haven't even come in yet. Thank god I have a decent job. But still... Also, generally do customs charges apply to HLJ products? Will they mark it as a gift or just state the actual value. If the actual value applies, I'm screwed.

Speaking of shipping, and not to derail my own thread, but: Here's my order I put in for HLJ, now how much would you think shipping with EMS would be for this order? Item Code Description Qty Price -------------------------------------------------------- AOS09066 Aliens Dropship 01 1 12800 AOS09068 Aliens APC w/Colonial Mar 1 3800 BAN922945 Kanedas Motorcycle 1 6500 HSG11 YF-21 Fighter 1 2400 HSG17 VF-1 Super/Strike Valkyri 1 2800 HSG18 VF-0D Macross Zero 1 2800 HSG6 VF-1 Valkyrie Weapon Set 1 1000 HSG9 YF-19 Fighter 1 2400 WAVKK-01 Tachikoma 1 1800 I really don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if it got to the triple digits range. Man oh Man... (btw, Is this considered a "large" order?)