My shelf as of 7/10:
Alvin and the Chipmunks , Winnie the Pooh , My little Pony and One Piece ! What great unique collection !
My shelf as of 7/10:
Alvin and the Chipmunks , Winnie the Pooh , My little Pony and One Piece ! What great unique collection !
I feel sorry for those whose packages sit in customs for inordinate amounts of time…
...especially when I consider the amount of time my Crease package coming inbound to ISC LA (into customs) and out of customs took roughly a day and a half...
Friday I received a package from amiami,I paid ~60€ for the stuff and ~45€ for EMS shipping and I got charged from customs with ~11€ import sale tax.
So they calculated only the stuff price without shippingcost but once they told me I have to pay stuff+shipping=tax and above 150€ custom tax comes along.
I think it depends on the person whos checking the package.:ninja:
Friday I received a package from amiami,I paid ~60€ for the stuff and ~45€ for EMS shipping and I got charged from customs with ~11€ import sale tax.
So they calculated only the stuff price without shippingcost but once they told me I have to pay stuff+shipping=tax and above 150€ custom tax comes along.I think it depends on the person whos checking the package.:ninja:
:ninja: yeah definately .. DHL express just doesn't know how to calculate import sales tax and custom duty …. how i love those fools ^^
Can't complain about it but it wasn't to funny if they come at 07.30am and kick you out of the bed…ringing 4-6 times....
Got my smoker and tashigi in the mail. My smoker relocated to a new home, so I can't compare to my old one but he seems similar to me. The tashigi, though, WOAH! very different. I've taken 10 pictures in hopes that you all can see what I'm talking about, just for reference's sake.
Frontal comparison. It immediately struck me how low her face was, and how much further back her arms were. Also, of course, the coloring.
Closeup of Neo's face. Different than the original. Eyes are bigger, mouth is outlined, sharper paint job, larger lash line.
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Old Tashigi. Smaller, less rounded eyes for sure. Note that you can see the molding lines in Tashigi's arms on the old one whereas on the new one you can't (or REALLY have to be looking for it).
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Shot of their back shoulders. Call me crazy but I feel like the Neo, to make her arms being further back make sense, made her back bigger from the side. Have to view her in profile, though. In this picture you can see that her arms are definitely in a different place in addition to the head.
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Neo hand where it's on her hilt. Very smooth, barely noticeable line.
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Old Tashigi hand with much worse line (an a little dusty apologies! she's been on display for over 5+ years)
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Facial & torso side by side. Have to say her boobs definitely look wonkier on the Neo. No idea why. I think it's because they're trying to make her lean back more or something.
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Unbuttoned pants. I always thought this was odd. On the Neo they rotated her hips ever so slightly and in doing so, make her pants come open a bit more. The minor new angle of the shirt doesn't help. On my original Tashigi I didn't notice for a while, but on the Neo it's much more obvious.
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Full-on side by side, assembled, on the stand. I tried to make it so that I was inbetween both of them at the same height so the differences were clear. Obviously, her angle is different.
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This is pretty much what they look like straight-on.
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In conclusion, I like the original more. I always liked how her shirt had this translucent quality about it, and on the Neo it's much brighter and that is lost. I don't like how her glasses are shiny on the Neo while the old ones are matte finish. I feel on the old one the pose is more natural, with it looking like she just picked her head up and got flustered about something. The Neo pisses me off because you really can't see her face unless you get level or underneath the figure. What the heck? I like the better quality and crisper lines of the Neo, but that's just about it. I suppose if I didn't have the original and wasn't so used to it I would have warmed up to the Neo more. However, I feel that the original is more Tashigi than the Neo, where I get some strange Nami POP vibe.
For the record, I pressed my finger on the original's head to bring it down to the Neo's height and there were other differences. It wasn't just the head, it's more than that. Arms, hips. I'm not just being delusional. I find it strange that they chose to rotate her a bit on her stand as well. Though her feet seem to be in the same place.
I think part of my problem is just that I draw figure so much, and sometimes when you alter just one part, or mess with an image in photoshop, it just doesn't have the right body flow anymore. I somehow think that's what's happened here for me.
Er, and now I will stop my POP Tashigi rant. The Neo is fine, and high-quality, but it doesn't have the same feel that I'm used to from the original. In any case, decide from yourself by my comparison shots. Different strokes for different folks.
In any case, decide from yourself by my comparison shots. Different strokes for different folks.
I agree with you whole heartedly on your assessment on the Original vs Neo.
Thats the warm-up for tomorrows worldcup final (hope netherlands will win)!
Thanks Snow,just ordered Zoro from archonia!Finally an order without customs. ;)
You're welcome Snooky. :D I am glad I could help. Even though mine's in the mail, you will probably get yours before mine gets here but we'll both get to enjoy.
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Thanks for that review! I was very curious as to the main differences between the two. Should be getting mine in next week.
My Tashigi arrived today but I was late to work, so all I was able to do was open the box. She arrived in a huge box and looked alright from the brief inspection I did. SAL took about a week for it to arrive to me so not bad. I agree with the initial pics that I like the original Tashigi better.
Package came today. Poor Luffykun's box was crushed to the side: http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac47/Polarissky/damage%20box/memluffypop002.jpg
Thank goodness Luffy is not damaged.
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Please help!
Does Hobby Search have better boxes than HLJ? My first Pop came today. Poor Luffykun's box was crushed to the side: http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac47/Polarissky/damage%20box/memluffypop002.jpgThank goodness Luffy is not damage. ( it's Sal so no insurance)
I still have another large figure on preorder with HLJ but I am seriously scared. I also have SW Sanji and SW Zoro ver 2 with HobbySearch as well.
Wow that would give me a heart attack , at least he is not damaged ! , Hobby Search does have nicer packing from my experience.
Wow that would give me a heart attack , at least he is not damaged ! , Hobby Search does have nicer packing from my experience.
Thank you Dracmeer. I feel a little better somehow. I'll just move my other large figure order with HLJ elsewhere to be safe.
I may even change it to EMS since Hobby Search still has that 50% off shipping.
@maggie: are you sure that your original Tashigi is genuine? I mean in any Megahouse product I got I can't see the molding lines at all…at least not that much! And this oiled skin rendering with flash...
I mean it's fine if you like better the 1st version you got but it seems like a fake one.
Had a chance to get WCF Dofla, Jimbei, and Moria today, but I suck at crane games… $12 was the most I was willing to sacrifice, but it wasn't enough.
T_T
@maggie: are you sure that your original Tashigi is genuine? I mean in any Megahouse product I got I can't see the molding lines at all…at least not that much! And this oiled skin rendering with flash...
I mean it's fine if you like better the 1st version you got but it seems like a fake one.
I thought the same thing before i read your comment when i saw the pictures. My Tashigi skins looks alot different.
Except for the hand i dont see alot of difference. But my hand is definitely not like that.
Speaking of POP. Crocodile really has become one of my favorite POP. Iam not a really big fan of the character as
some of you are:ninja: but he looks so great. _
@maggie: are you sure that your original Tashigi is genuine? I mean in any Megahouse product I got I can't see the molding lines at all…at least not that much! And this oiled skin rendering with flash...
I mean it's fine if you like better the 1st version you got but it seems like a fake one.
Maggie, where did you get that Tashigi? I looked at your pictures and it does not look like my original Tashigi like xingyingho said.
my other package arrived! thanks Gunbunny
PANDAMAN!!!
That pandaman rox out. Congrats on the find.
Package came today. Poor Luffykun's box was crushed to the side: http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac47/Polarissky/damage%20box/memluffypop002.jpg
Thank goodness Luffy is not damaged.
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That's a terrible mess the post made of your box. Looks like they backed a forklift over it. But it survived. Luffy is strong!
Also, re: old Tashigi vs new Tashigi. It's funny that even a suspected fake Tashigi looks better than the new one. Well done Megahouse.
@maggie: are you sure that your original Tashigi is genuine? I mean in any Megahouse product I got I can't see the molding lines at all…at least not that much! And this oiled skin rendering with flash...
I mean it's fine if you like better the 1st version you got but it seems like a fake one.
Xinyingho, is this your team of cosplayers? Nami is cute
Xinyingho, is this your team of cosplayers? Nami is cute
Nope. Those are from the live action stage show thing that is coming in japan soon or smthng. We talked about it quite a few pages ago.
Package came today. Poor Luffykun's box was crushed to the side: http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac47/Polarissky/damage%20box/memluffypop002.jpg
Thank goodness Luffy is not damaged.
Woah, holy crap!
But nothing can kill Luffy, apparently. :ninja: Thank God.
Xinyingho, is this your team of cosplayers? Nami is cute
lol, I wished they were my own team, but as Patsuchi said it's actually the team of professional cosplayers that will stage during this summer in the Universal Studios Japan theme park. It'll begin this thursday!
The scenario is really meh…but it should be fun to watch it nevertheless :)
Back on the subject of the Universal Studios show… do these kinds of things usually make it onto the internet/youtube? I'm kind of interested in how they pull off Hancock and Doflamingo, if only for the cosplay aspect.
Hm, I got all my POPs from either HLJ or NCSx (and now AmiAmi and HobbySearch). Just checked out her box and it's exactly like my original ace POP box. Plus I've seen almost every POP in person, you think I'd know if I had a fake one in my hands… but usually fakes have really bad paint jobs and are warped, it's super obvious. I noticed her skin looked kinda shiny in the pictures, but it's not so bad in person. I did notice my old POPs looked less matte than the NEOs, but I've since sold most of my old ones. The new ones are just made with a better mold, more matte colors, etc. I also sharpened all the images so that the differences were more apparent on the original, that probably made it look worse than it is.
Plus I'm a lucky person usually, but with figures I ALWAYS seem to get one with something weird going on (did you see my SW WCF nami?). You guys really think she's 100% fake? ;_; embarrassed I started collecting POPs when ace was released, wonder if maybe I picked up a straggler from some other source but I can't remember back that far. When I started collecting I may have been none the wiser. I did usually always buy from HLJ. And if she is fake, is it bad that I like it more than the new one? Ugh I'm doubting myself so much right now!
Edit: Oh no! I checked my old emails from forever ago using a search for 'POP' and all my old HLJ & NCSx invoices came up. All but Tashigi, whom I got from Ebay!! ROFLMAO Ain't that a kick in the head? The ONE figure I get from ebay is fake! good going, maggie! AHAHAHA Though the box is 10000% identical to my Ace NEO (sticker and all in exactly the same place, box material, finish, color, everything is the same) that I'm positive I got from NCSx because I have the invoice still. WTF? I'm confused!
Edit edit: Funny going through all of my old invoices. I got Smoker and Bellmere POPs from NCSx for wholesale pricing: $34 each including shipping.
And if she is fake, is it bad that I like it more than the new one? Ugh I'm doubting myself so much right now!
Edit: Oh no! I checked my old emails from forever ago using a search for 'POP' and all my old HLJ & NCSx invoices came up. All but Tashigi, whom I got from Ebay!! ROFLMAO Ain't that a kick in the head? The ONE figure I get from ebay is fake! good going, maggie! AHAHAHA Though the box is 10000% identical to my Ace NEO (sticker and all in exactly the same place, box material, finish, color, everything is the same) that I'm positive I got from NCSx because I have the invoice still. WTF? I'm confused!
As I said before, it's perfectly fine if you prefer your 1st version. After all, your collection is your little paradise :) Don't let others say otherwise.
It's just sad that it's indeed a fake one :p eBay has really been a niche of fake hawkers some times ago, before its entangling new set of rules.
I would do my own comparison of original and neo Tashigi, but my original version is back in France, while I got my neo here in HK…
I'm just glad I didn't resell her! I would have been MORTIFIED to sell a fake! It's crazy that the boxes look so perfect! I should take some pictures and post them. Still looking through my emails, I can't find an invoice for Vivi and 2 early releases. Might post them to get them authenticated. They're in their boxes. The POPs are large so they're always on a shelf that I can see at a distance, but not somewhere I'm up close and can scrutinize them a lot like my GLM or WCFs so I don't stare at them and compare them too much.
Maybe sensui will do a proper comparison when he gets his Tashigi?
For Maggie and Others ! Lets do an Original Tashigi photo shoot with mine. * I hope mine is real LOL wouldn't that be kooky ? *
**Alright Tashigi , Lets do it girl ! You better work it . Now Cover Girl !
Do your thing on the runway.
work ( supermodel… )
you better work it, girl ( ...of the world )
wet your lips and make love to the camera**
!
work, turn to the left
!
work, now turn to the right
!
work, sashay shante it don’t matter what you wear
they’re checkin’ out your savior faire
and it don’t matter what you do
cause everything looks good on you …supermodel
!
!
!
you better work ( cover girl )
work it girl ( give a twirl )
do your thing on the runway work ( supermodel… )
you better work it, girl ( ...of the world )
wet your lips and make love to the camera work, turn to the left
work, now turn to the right
work, sashay shante i see your picture everywhere
a million dollar derriere
and when you walked in to the room
you had everybody’s eyes on you …supermodel
!
i have one thing to say, sashay shante, shante, shante, shante
i have one thing to say, sashay shante, shante, shante, shante i have one thing to say …you better work, Girl !
!
!
!
Maggie, don't stress your Tashigi is real.
I have one set of WCFs Vol 4 for sale. Only selling the full set. Email or pm for details. It will be coming in mid week and I need a quick sale (holiday is looming).
Crease, how do you know she's real? just because the box seems right? her pose seems so different!
Ok so I got my e-mail about a week ago saying that my Croc and Nightmare Luffy were shipped, but my bank account has remained the same. I know it takes a few days for the money to be sent, but does it take longer than a week sometimes?
Nothing aggravates me more than when my packages get sent to the New York customs instead of Chicago. I live in Chicago, F'ING SEND IT THERE!!!
My Croc, Smoker, and Tashigi have been sitting in NY for 5 days and the tracking wasn't even updated to tell me that until today. Whenever stuff goes through that NY facility I can count on at least a weeks delay in delivery. Ridiculous
You bought from Ami?
Yeah I saw mine was in JFK.
I live in Florida sinthis might take a while.
You bought from Ami?
Yeah I saw mine was in JFK.
I live in Florida sinthis might take a while.
Yep, got them from AmiAmi
Animeha has hugely slashed prices on WCF's again. Strong World sets for like 20 Euros each. As I'm only collecting the SH's in their suits I now only need Brook. However Crease said it would cost about £20 to get him on his own.
And this sale has the set he is in, (him and 7 other figures) for about 20Euros. Oh. Definatly can't afford this. But should I just go for it?
animeha only ship inside of Europe though right?
Not sure, its a shame if they don't as its a cracking site.
Ordered set 3 (though will be selling 7/8 of the figures if anyones interested!) and Shanks and Ace WCF for 3Euros each :D
I would be on that like donkey kong if they did ship internationally
I compared my Neo with Dracmeer's photoshoot.
It seems like Neo version has her head turned more to her left, then the differences are mainly on the paint job:
Well, Dracmeer's photo aren't really good in term of light exposure so I can't say if there are more paint differences. But with the prototype pix, it seemed like her blade line was darker than the original one.
Well, Dracmeer's photo aren't really good in term of light exposure.
Yeah I apologize. I use an Iphone camera LOL. It is not a great picture , but works for now.
If I ever get a month where I do have a huge list for pre-orders , maybe I can invest in a nice digital camera.
Hi, i been reading this forum for a long time, but ive never posted anything, so here i am!
Thanks to you guys i cant stop buying all this one piece merchandising! xD
Crease, how do you know she's real? just because the box seems right? her pose seems so different!
Well, apart from the hand, everything seems pretty well done. I think if your Tashigi was fake it would have a serious lean (because they don't use good materials for fakes). Also they wouldn't have bothered with the correct base and box with a bootleg figure.
It doesnt look like a bootleg for me, like crease said, they use crappy materials for the bootlegs, the new tashigi looks so beautiful –-
Hm, she really seems to be made of the same plastic as POPs (semi-flexible and not brittle or odd feeling), and has been on display for over half a decade with no leaning or changes. Box is Spot-On, can't even distinguish between tashigi and ace's apart from the name. Paint is near perfect. I feel the painting would be off if she was a fake. I suppose my tashigi is just a little special <3
On another note, my Croc has reached NYC! He should reach me within a few days even though he's SAL since I'm only a state away. Exciting! I hope he's not defective @_@ I wonder who I'll put him next to? Vivi? The shichibukai? Where are all of you placing him?
Next to robin?
I dont think your tashigi is bootleg. I'm not even aware there're bootleg tashigi.
I can't make a definitive call if it's a bootleg or not Maggie. I can say that I bought my Tashigi for $150 on ebay from wondershoponline or whatever that name was (can't remember the name exactly but very reputable) and I compared it with many authentic pictures of the first Tashigi to verify everything. It does not have those mold/lines on her arm and the skin does not look like Maggie's pictures. I'll do a side by side when I get the NEO version for you guys and you guys can judge yourself, I'm 100% sure mine is authentic.
The POPs weren't that popular back then (when series 2 & 3 came out). Not sure if there were bootlegs around then, either. I paid twice the rate that she sold for at the time, and bought her from a fellow collector of POPs (but off ebay). I'm not sure that a bootleg would be in such good shape and the box would be perfect with the sticker in the right place and everything. She's not too shiny, her skin is comparable to vivi's.
Plus, all the bootleg POPs I've ever seen I could instantly tell. The very fact that there's debate is strange, usually it's obvious.
I owned 2 or more the same figure before.
One can get better mold than others.
Or some can get a really bad mold.
And how many times we see bootleg onepiece that isn't so far away with the original.
Or even better?
If its bootleg, we should see more bootleg tashigi on ebay.
Hm, she really seems to be made of the same plastic as POPs (semi-flexible and not brittle or odd feeling), and has been on display for over half a decade with no leaning or changes. Box is Spot-On, can't even distinguish between tashigi and ace's apart from the name. Paint is near perfect. I feel the painting would be off if she was a fake. I suppose my tashigi is just a little special <3
On another note, my Croc has reached NYC! He should reach me within a few days even though he's SAL since I'm only a state away. Exciting! I hope he's not defective @_@ I wonder who I'll put him next to? Vivi? The shichibukai? Where are all of you placing him?
maggie don't worry. i guess if it was a bootleg, you would have noticed. there are mistakes by the manufacturer too, so that's probably what the mold is.
about croc … i gave him his very own shelf. ^^ hihi he's now enjoying himself with playdoll croc, MBH croc and hourglass croc ... ^^ not as impressive as dervish's croc army though hahaha
yeah maybe maggie's version is just a little defective one. It should happen on mass produced figures like POP.
It's really the skin color treatment under the camera flash that raised a flag, but even old figs can get this weird color under a strong flash put just before them.