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Just curious. What are those for? I can't recall ever using those on any of my shinki, yet they all come with them???

It's worth mentioning that SOME never actually skyrocketed in price like that, there are quite a few shinki still at the sub-$100 mark, even a couple at the sub-$50 mark. I agree Xehn, quite a few are not sky high, though many sellers are asking crazy prices. Maybe they'll get a few bites, but I do...

So obviously when the anime was out, the prices skyrocketed. But anymore, are the prices still sky high or have they fallen back to their pre-show prices? (Which were roughly retail cost or lower with a few exceptions like hard to find exclusives)

What are shipping costs from Mandrake on a typical Shinki? (Shipping to the US) depends on the kind of shipping, ems is about $30-ish Okay. Thanks for the info. I was just curious if the shipping was average shipping costs or if they did what proxy services do and tack on nasty handling (or sometim...

What are shipping costs from Mandrake on a typical Shinki? (Shipping to the US)

Plus you can always use a touch of super glue to make it tighter.

Think this is due to lack of pre-orders? Or just a hiccup in the production process resulting in a month or two delay?

Tokyo Hunter's prices dont include shipping and handling, so you'd have to pay for that on top of it. It's been a while since I went through his listed, but he used to just toss up the retail and would then send you his proxy fee on top of it. Have you talked to O2P9 to see if he can get the parts ...

http://www.tokyo-hunter.com/category/sci-fi/action-figures/product/busou-shinki-altlene Tokyo-Hunter has her up for pre-order with a December 15th deadline. It's a shame that it looks like I'm not going to be able to get her helmet, but I do plan to order her sometime this month. Is the price shown...

Okay. Thanks for the info!