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Anonymous Sun 24 Dec 2017 09:34:57 No.6686194 View View Reply Original Report

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I'm moving from the US to the UK (specifically Manchester) early next year. Can any Brit /toy/ collectors tell me what the toy scene is like? I collect a lot of fighting figures (so Figuarts, Figma, some WWE). How long is the wait for orders from Amiami/HLJ? Any good domestic retailers/websites?

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Anonymous Sun 24 Dec 2017 14:50:40 No.6686348 Report

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>>6686194
>(specifically Manchester)
God have mercy on your soul.
>How long is the wait for orders from Amiami/HLJ?
SAL from HLJ has always taken me the better part of a month.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Dec 2017 15:38:17 No.6686410 Report

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>>6686194
>what the toy scene is like
There isn't one. We get American toys like marvel legends and World of nintendon'ts MONTHS after everyone else (sometimes never).
If you're used to importing just stick to that but be warned, the UK has some shitty rules that means anything over £15 can be subject to extra tax PLUS handling fees.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Dec 2017 17:23:37 No.6686510 Report

Quoted By: >>6699680

>>6686194
Nowt wrong with Manchester a nuclear warhead wouldn't cure.
Kapow toys is a good reliable online retailer.
Forbidden Planet's online service will reliably lose your order or forget about it altogether.
Retail distribution of anything is terrible; spent three years in the States before moving back to Blighty and the difference is astonishing. Americans actually get toys!

Anyway best of luck anon!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Dec 2017 17:27:27 No.6686515 Report

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Importing anything via registered will wack you with import fees which can be around £20.

Unregistered takes atleast 2 weeks.

Forbidden Planet for normalfag shit or incredibly marked up import stuff.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 24 Dec 2017 17:28:02 No.6686516 Report

Quoted By: >>6699800

>>6686194
>Manchester
At least it's easy to get a train to better parts of the UK.
Also enjoy import taxes and realising how easy you lot in America have it. Stick to RSAL or under unless you want to be paying even more just to get your parcel.

I usually go RSAL and wait 2/3 weeks but I'm not in a rush to get my toys so the wait isn't a pain for me.

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Anonymous Sun 24 Dec 2017 17:34:59 No.6686524 Report

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Hope you like paying £15 minnium custom fees everytime you import

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Anonymous Sun 24 Dec 2017 18:26:33 No.6686560 Report

Quoted By: >>6699680 >>6707014

Mandarake and Jungle will become your greatest allies for import toys. They will undervalue any order so it slips through customs with no fees or tax.

My anecdotal evidence:
Three different hot toys figures sent via EMS, none of them cost me a penny more the toy itself plus shipping. And probably 100+ Figma, Figuarts, Mafex, Neca, Mezco, all on a regular basis.

As for buying local, good luck. I was in Manchester earlier this year and the selection is worse than where I'm from. Forbidden Planet is the only decent place to go but everything is overpriced like everyone says.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 28 Dec 2017 21:15:13 No.6692707 Report

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>>6686194
Mancunian here, I hope you don't intend on being loud and brash during your stay.

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Anonymous Thu 28 Dec 2017 21:56:01 No.6692793 Report

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Enjoy the hundreds of filthy homeless people in the city centre while you try to get about. And the niggers on the high street selling fidget spinners and various other pieces of shit from their trollies.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Jan 2018 00:27:22 No.6699233 Report

Quoted By: >>6699800 >>6703229

>>6686194

As an American who has been living in London, I can tell you that it is best to order to the states and collect the toys when you visit family, etc. You have to remember that there are a lot fewer people (and toy-buying manchildren) here and that means less demand, thus higher prices. Don't order things from abroad, just don't, avoid the customs headaches.

Also, good luck in Manchester, although it is every bit as bad as people say it is.

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Anonymous Tue 02 Jan 2018 05:14:42 No.6699604 Report

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>>6692707
Will fit right in with the rest of the cunts there.

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Anonymous Tue 02 Jan 2018 06:48:52 No.6699680 Report

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Figuarts/Figma your best bet is importing unless you like paying like £30 extra on some figures at Forbidden Planet/Amazon. Smyths is your best bet for general WWE figures, Elites sometimes get down to £5 at my local one. Distribution is shit for anything Hasbro, so expect to still see TFA stuff.on the Star Wars pegs

tl;dr: GOOD LUCK

>>6686560
Do you still have the Kroenen Mezco jacket? Try it on Kylo.

>>6686510
This. Kapow, StarActionFigures and InDemand toys are your best bet for local UK orders. Kapow is where I got my Jaina Solo for retail price so I'll recommend them any time.

>>6686524
oh god this just reminded me I'll be getting a customs charge later today for my figma Red

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Jan 2018 07:51:22 No.6699728 Report

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>>6686194
What are you moving for? Job? Life change?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Jan 2018 10:13:20 No.6699800 Report

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Thanks for all the responses- it all seems a bit shit but at least it'll keep me from spending too much on toys that'll just take up space.

>>6686348
>>6686516
>>6699233
Manchester certainly wasn't my first choice but it is what it is. No use pouting about it now anyway.

>>6699728
Job, but the main reason is life change yeah- I specifically put in a request to transfer to the UK for work.

>>6699233
Random but what's the hardest bit about assimilating in the UK? Is there anything that's hard that people don't mention about moving abroad?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 04 Jan 2018 19:32:38 No.6703023 Report

Quoted By: >>6703208

There are two toy stores in all of Manchester (The Entertainer in Arndale and the Toys R Us somewhere in a shopping outlet)
Both are fucking useless and have dreadful stock.

Japanese imports shipped via SAL usually take 3 weeks to Manchester, at certain times of year can take 6 weeks (the time is a bit shorter elsewhere in England, but as Manchester delivery offices have to sort A LOT of stuff, its longer)

If you ship via EMS it takes about 2 weeks (3/5 days for the item to arrive in the UK, then held at customs for like a week while they send you out the payment slip and they wait for you to pay the customs)

So yeah toy collecting in the UK sucks balls. There is a store called Forbidden Planet that sometimes stocks old first edition Nendoroids for £50 each and Hot Toys

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 04 Jan 2018 22:01:33 No.6703208 Report

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>>6703023
>Forbidden Planet
>Travelling Man
>Empire Exchange

Do you even Manc?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 04 Jan 2018 22:10:52 No.6703216 Report

Quoted By: >>6703246

Anyone else ship with SAL and never get customs fees? I usually buy figuarts and figmas (around £25 - 35), have imported about 10 times and the only times it went through customs was when I ordered two figures in one go.

Obviously you get it later, but I would rather spend around £35 and get it in a month rather than it ending up costing nearly double.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 04 Jan 2018 22:23:56 No.6703229 Report

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>>6699233
You live in London and think Manchester is bad!?

At least they have oxygen in Manchester.

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Anonymous Thu 04 Jan 2018 22:35:17 No.6703246 Report

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>>6703216
Literally every time m8. Though I also ask for my shit to be undervalued and marked as a gift.

The cheeky kunts at the Nakano mandarake store forgot to fudge my Mafex Kylo Ren that arrived today and wrote 3800 yen on the box. Thankfully it slipped through anyways.

Still salty about my zero suit Samus figma, ended up costing me £60 in total after the royal mail and taxman got their bit. I feel like I dislike her as a figure because of how much I had to fork out (and the fact that she kind of sucks anyways).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Jan 2018 03:04:32 No.6706975 Report

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>>6703229
not much else though

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Jan 2018 03:33:28 No.6707014 Report

Quoted By: >>6709662

>>6686560
>They will undervalue any order so it slips through customs with no fees or tax.
That's for Mandarake of Jungle? Do they always do it or do you have to request it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Jan 2018 14:18:51 No.6709453 Report

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Hi fellow britbongs. I purchase a lot of my toys from the website animegami which ships from within the uk, the markup isn't too bad it's just a case of waiting maybe a month or less longer than everyone else. I mainly get Nendoroids but they seem to do all sorts and their customer service has been really great so I imagine you could probably make requests.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Jan 2018 18:05:53 No.6709662 Report

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>>6707014
Most of the Mandarake shops will say something along the lines of 'we're not supposed to but we'll do it since you asked' and the responsibility is on you if it gets lost/damaged. No refunds or returns. Some anon made a list of all the stores that are willing to undervalue, the only ones I remember not doing it is Grandchaos and Sahra. You could always shoot them an email before you buy to check.

Jungle will always undervalue and mark as gift when asked. There's a comment box for you to type requests in when you place an order. Just say 'please undervalue as ¥1000 and mark as gift'.

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Anonymous Tue 09 Jan 2018 23:59:13 No.6712169 Report

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>>6686194
I hope you are rich.

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Anonymous Wed 10 Jan 2018 00:04:01 No.6712176 Report

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>>6686194
Why would you do this?

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