Wondering if anyone knows any Instagram pages or even other sites that essentially do what this forum thread used to do? I never know where to look for newly announced collectible releases and hardly anyone posts here anymore…..

I randomly picked up a second hand Law Grandista off ebay for £10 and think it's a fairly nice figure. Are there anymore announced coming up in the line or is it another one where Banpresto have just forgotten about it?

@evilvanessafan:

the prices are also stupid high these days, i remember getting P.O.P's for roughly 50 euro's each in like 2007 or something.
now, you almost have to take out a mortgage on your house, to be able to even buy 1 P.O.P figure, and that doesn't even include the shipping and customs yet…..

That's actually what caused me to come check in here, got a little spare cash and thought it might be nice to buy my first ever P. O. P figure but my god they're expensive now. I was also hoping to find a Jimbei figure around to go with my GLM crew lineup but he doesn't seem to have been given many in the past few years

@Cyber-Robin:

A lot of people left and lets face it One Piece just isn't getting the interesting figures it was years ago. I went from spending £200+ a month to like 4 figures a year.

Some of us left but do like to check back every few years to see if any old faces are still around Not sure I miss the 4am online campouts to get preorders in or hope that PlayAsia would put WCF stock up randomly. They were fun (and expensive) times to be a collector though and it was a really lovely community to be a part of

@Duomaxwe:

This forum is a lot quieter than it used to be, have a lot of people stopped figure collecting?

I did because I bought far too many and ran out of room several years ago, but I still like popping in to see what's new

I stopped about five years ago as found the hobby (or at least my obsession with it) a little unhealthy. After a few years off, I dipped my toe back in and picked up a few bits but found the community here had mostly gone and without that and the intense nature of ordering, I didn't enjoy it like I once did. (Apparently staying up till 4am refreshing Play-Asia non stop to try and get the very limited stock was actually fun!)

Actually moving to New Zealand in the summer so have been selling off my few remaining items recently. Surprisingly unattached to most of them, think I'm keeping two small WCF's

@Cyber-Robin:

I still remember being up from 2am trying to get the Arlong Park set. Then they put it up at 8am. And then nobody wanted them XD

It's a little bit scary that was five years ago now :S If I remember correctly, that Arlong line sort of started the beginning of the end for the WCF line in terms of hype as that was the one where they changed the material and they all looked abit waxy. Or maybe it just killed of my love for them!

@Cyber-Robin:

While its not everything it has gotten to the point where it feels like trying to buy anything as of late is a huge hassle and sometimes not worth it. It brings me back to five years ago when we were staying up all night just for WCF pre-orders or just to get a PO of Marco and Vista XD (or Sadi-Chan a few years later) except that was fun and not with intent to resell immediately for twice the price.

Those where the days. I remember having to nap in the afternoon so I'd be able to stay up all night refreshing Play-Asia alongside everyone else incase the finally put the WCF's up. Till the day I die I'll never forgive myself for going to the loo and missing out on Going Merry WCF!!

@Cyber-Robin:

Mandarake or Yahoo Japan is probably best bet tbh.

I'm honestly surprised Jinbe didn't get a reissue in his FI clothes when that arc was going around. Missed opportunity there.

Probably because his original release was still sitting on shelves by the time we got to Fishman Island

Jimbei's Banpresto Warlords of the Sea figure was really nice. And really heavy.

Where have you seen them? Link?

Where am I supposed to redeem the day one DLC code? I selected the menu option that took me to the e-shop, but then what?