New hobby shop site

[brashsassy007]

Wait a minute. I'm sure I can have the kits shipped to a consignment company in Japan, and in turn THEY can ship it to me, like a broker or something. Do you know of any such companies (anywhere in Japan)?

[hirofkd]

There are mail box services like that, and I did my research in person in Tokyo. But they are mostly for business purposes, and requires a setup fee (like $10), monthly rental fee (again about $10 /mo), in addition to a redirect fee (about $4).

In order to buy goods from Japanese stores, you'll communication skill, domestic address and reliable payment method, and you don't seem to have any of them, so your chance is probably eBay or Fujimi to reissue the kit. I got the Supra 3.0 a few years ago, and I was overjoyed to get such a hard to find kit, and it was reissued last year. (bummer!)

Alternatively, you can use auction proxy like this one https://rinkya.com/ and ask to bid on stuff like this...
http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m17139496

I searched, but couldn't find any high-mecha Crown by itself. You may not like the fee you have to pay in addition to the kit price, though.

[brashsassy007]

I can get the Supra 3.0 very easily here in the US. That is always readily available, so tell you what. If you'd like another one, I'll send you one or two if you can help me get the Crown 3.0 (two of them), and I'll pay for it. I can pay thru paypal.

[brashsassy007]

Originally Posted by brashsassy007

I can get the Supra 3.0 very easily here in the US. That is always readily available, so tell you what. If you'd like another one, I'll send you one or two if you can help me get the Crown 3.0 (two of them), and I'll pay for it. I can pay thru paypal.

Also, I don't care about the fees. If it's the whole series, even better.

[brashsassy007]

I think I'll just stick with hlj.com mostly because I get 99 percent of my kits from there. Every once in a while I'll want to get a kit not on there (like Fujimi Crown Hi Mecha), but I've had pretty good luck with them. Very professional, and in perfect English.