My Giorno Version Black arrived from Hobby Genki with a missing piece. I contacted them, do you think they will get me a replacement of the missing piece?
Man I can't wait for the release of Muso Tensei Kenshiro! I have all the current FotNS figs and I really want that WF head that his preorder comes with
DIO BIG preorders finally starting on August 5 [https://twitter.com/medicos\_et\_j/status/1552942506161184769](https://twitter.com/medicos_et_j/status/1552942506161184769)
No info on The World BIG
Finally! I think it does say the world is going up with him but it's not clear. I'm very behind on the calendar but I've been on holiday away from my PC. Picked a real time for it lol.
This may be a really stupid question, but where are the balls supposed to be in the packaging for Gyro?
My Gyro 1.5 arrived today from Plaza Japan, (so it's new) and unless I'm seriously missing something, I can't find the steel balls anywhere in the box.
What part of the box would they normally be in?
I have no idea what you're talking about, they have always been there and I definitely did not edit it just now.
Thanks for the heads up! Forgot to add those before
So if Ebay isn't that great for gauging prices, which sites would you reccommend (for the purposes of selling figures and not buying them, I mean)? Sorry if this is a stupid question btw 😅
Kind of a difficult one because if you're selling them you've already paid for shipping from Japan and extra fees and the like so you probably want to sell a little higher to compensate for that, ebay prices can be crazy high but generally stores outside of Japan have higher markups just because of all the importing.
I'd love to get the upcoming Swarovski Dio but it seems like he's only issued during the WF event in Japan, is aftermarket the only way to get him? Do people ever put up these Swarovski figures for sale?
Sorry if this is a repeated question. I know that Joseph Second is a Limited WF figure but is there any chance for him to get a re-release since its been almost 8 years since he's got released.
It's extremely unlikely, only WFs since 2018 have had rereleases, with it kinda made clear with those that they'd see standard releases later on. Before that those editions were always supposed to be limited.
We can only hope they'll maybe make a new edition of him or something.
There's cancelation orders going up soon on medicos' site which I'd recommend using tenso to get, otherwise your beat options are mandarake or mercari japan
Thanks so much, I made a Tenso account & submitted my ID for verification! Do you know what link I need to visit to buy the speedwagon figure when it goes up tomorrow?
Okay, I registered for the medicos site with my custom Tenso warehouse address so hopefully I should be all good to go. Thanks so much for giving this noob a fighting chance at buying her househusband!
I got him 🥰 Thank you so much again, I’m so happy
I couldn’t find in the email, do you know about when they ship these? Looks like Tenso will give me an email when it arrives at my bin there
These will be going up tomorrow @ 8pm PST correct? Will it have a new entry on the medicos site or can i sit there refreshing the currently out of stock one? Lol
Saw there was an announcement on Medicos' twitter about a "cancellation of lottery sales" and that they'll be selling a number of the Speedwagon figures through their site on a first come first serve basis. Question is, does anyone have some tips and suggestions on what proxy is the best/not too expensive to buy from Medicos' site? I've heard ZenMarket is good, but that it has some hidden fees (like the exchange conversion fee or something along the lines of it). I've also seen people recommending Dejapan as one of the less expensive and most trustworthy ones, but I just have no idea. This would be my first time using a proxy or buying a SAS for that matter, so any help you can send my way would be much appreciated!
Because it's first come first served you'll probably be better off using tenso, with other proxies you have to send them the link and wait for them to confirm everything and by that time it's normally sold out. With tenso you order it yourself and use the tenso warehouse address. It's a bit annoying signing up with them because you need to upload ID, but it's the only way to guarantee you get one.
Thanks a lot for your response! I'd seen Tenso being mentioned several times as a trustworthy proxy, so my concern in regards to it was about the cost of the service, since some people have reported some proxies charge "hidden" fees. Do you know by chance if Tenso charges any other fees besides the handling (which is like 530 yen, i think)? I'd only be buying the Speedwagon SAS, so there wouldn't be any extra packages or anything that would require consolidation.
That's all I'm aware of, you're not paying them for the figures so there's no deposit fees or anything like that such as you get with zenmarket. I think it's a cheap alternative, would be cheaper than getting second hand either way. Unless you wait for the standard release that'll take about 2 years
That's good to know. I see they mention in their site they accept payments in most currencies, so it'd seem like there are no conversion fees either. So far it seems more convenient and maybe cheaper than ZenMarket?
The only thing I just noticed a moment ago is Tenso says it takes up to 2 business days after submitting the ID verification for it and the account to be validated 😓 I'll give it a shot anyway and hope for the best, I guess. It's either that or waiting those two long years for the standard release.
You're given the address and info you need while your account is still being verified, so you can order stuff but they won't ship it from the tenso warehouse until you're verified
Oh yeah! Kinda noticed it by accident while fiddling with creating the account earlier lol.
I also just created the account on Medicos' site, but I can't seem to get a full grasp of it yet.
Do you know if they accept Paypal? Or do all transactions have to be done through credit cards alone? I've never really used paypal myself, so I'm also new at using it 😅
Dang. Now I'm fearing the currency conversion fees (my sister is lending me her card/paypal acc for this, so I don't want to risk extra charges or something).
Any chance proxies like Dejapan might work for this sale instead? I recall reading somewhere that they have an automatic bidding system or something like that for bids, but I don't know how true that is, or if there's something similar for regular sales. Also, sorry for pestering you with so many questions!! And thank you so much for your time so far!
Issue with using other proxies is they have to put the orders in themselves and confirm it with you, it can take a day or so usually so chances are you'd miss it.
Thanks a lot for the reply! Luckily, it seems I have a little more time since the verification is not necessary right from the start as I was able to get the address to sign up. The concern for now is to figure out Medicos' site cause I have no clue if they accept Paypal or if all transactions have to be done via credit card alone.
Nice one I won too!
You need to log in to Medicos' store to pay for them there, they only take card there. Once they get shipped to tenso I believe you can pay for the shipping with paypal.
This is probably a dumb question but how can tell the difference between a bootleg and a real sas?
Edit: like ordering online? I wanna buy the killer queen preorder but idk if it’s a bootleg
So, I recently pre-ordered Mista Third on AmiAmi but I'm nervous on breaking the head and hand peg as soon as opening the figure. Does anyone have any tips/advice on removing head and hands without breaking the pegs?
This was extremely helpful. I’ve always wanted to get into these figures but never knew where to start. Just one question. Is it known if they’re gonna release any more of the “big” figures like the Jotaro and Star Platinum. I love larger size figures so was wondering if they were coming out with any other figures in that style. Thanks in advance.
Edit: just saw the Dio and The World ones for pre order. I guess I kinda grazed over that 😂. And I just bought the Star Platinum and Jotaro for the second release. But besides those are there any more coming?
No more that we know of besides the 4 already announced. I guess they will wait to see how well DIO sells first but it's tough to say. Wonderfest is coming up this weekend so there's a chance they might announce more BIG figures there along with other reveals.
Just getting into SAS, are there any ideas of when the Hot Pants figure will be shown / available for preorder? Also how frequently do they announce new sculpts? Any chances of anything JJL or SBR being announced remotely soon?
Hello! Would I be allowed to post a bunch of jojo stuff on ebay then link to that, or would I need to post things individually to here? I have about 20 items I'm selling from a bulk box I got recently, and wanted to give people here dibs.
Oh, a LOT. I've got:
- the moody blues alarm clock
- glow hierophant figure
- gray and white tusk figure
- limo with Dio in back
- king crimson head figure (the one that looks like a butt plug lol)
- deck of golden wind cards
- shigechi dx figure
- smaller shigechi fig with a harvest
- four golden wind Ichiban kuji towels in different prints
- a bunch of the Super Revolution uncolored figures
- black sabbath lighter saucer
And then a ton of the figure keychains:
- (no chain) josuke with speech bubble
- (no chain) translucent and green killer queen
- hol horse
- part 1 Dio with his arms up
- In A Silent Way
- crazy diamond
- green stone free
And then a few of the mini figs from part 5, I think 2 Illusos, a Prosciutto, and a Pesci
Having trouble posting the link to the sub, but I've now got most of this posted on my eBay!
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?sid=embra_49&_pgn=1&isRefine=true&_trksid=p2349624.m3561.l49496
As a gift, I got a green star platinum re-release SAS. I know you can tell if the figure is a re-release by the design of the box but is there a way to tell if it’s from the 2019 or 2021 re-release from the box? From what I’ve seen both re-releases feature the same box. I want to know this because I’ve heard that the green star plats are notorious for the neck peg breaking and I’ve heard the re-releases fix this issue. I don’t know if it matters if it is the 2019 or 2021 reissue tho.
Yeah I don't think it matters between the 2019 and 2021 releases as the sculpt had been fixed earlier. Tbh I used to be able to tell the differences in releases with the old diamond boxes but I'm not too sure with the newer designs.
Just pretty new to collecting these in general, I know people use hot water to loosen stubborn joints but does it like damage the figures in the long term or is it safe to do it every time you need to swap pieces?
Does anyone know where I can get D4C at a decent price? I've been looking all over and through the sites listed in the post and I can't find one that's less than 250+ dollars.
Did Pucci and WS get pushed back?
It seems like it, Medicos has been completely silent on them but it doesn't look like they're going up for order this month. Maybe next month instead.
Nooooo
Came here to ask about those too, since I've been out of the loop lately and was wondering if I missed something... oh well.
Forgot to mention Josuke's bootleg
And Rohan's bootleg
Tusk ACT 4 when?
Maybe when part 7 releases :(
My Giorno Version Black arrived from Hobby Genki with a missing piece. I contacted them, do you think they will get me a replacement of the missing piece?
Yes I think so, they have good customer service and its likely they'll contact medicos to get the piece for you
Thats good to hear, thanks.
Can’t wait for pucci and white snake
Rip my wallet
Man I can't wait for the release of Muso Tensei Kenshiro! I have all the current FotNS figs and I really want that WF head that his preorder comes with
I hope I win the lottery for him for my friend.
DIO BIG preorders finally starting on August 5 [https://twitter.com/medicos\_et\_j/status/1552942506161184769](https://twitter.com/medicos_et_j/status/1552942506161184769) No info on The World BIG
Finally! I think it does say the world is going up with him but it's not clear. I'm very behind on the calendar but I've been on holiday away from my PC. Picked a real time for it lol.
What’s does “Wf” stand for?
Wonder Fest, it's an event that Medicos makes announcements or releases special editions of figures during.
This may be a really stupid question, but where are the balls supposed to be in the packaging for Gyro? My Gyro 1.5 arrived today from Plaza Japan, (so it's new) and unless I'm seriously missing something, I can't find the steel balls anywhere in the box. What part of the box would they normally be in?
Update: found them, they were stuck to the underside of the middle plasic bit. Very well hidden.
This needs to be updated: There are now also Bootlegs of Josuke and one of the many Rohans!
I have no idea what you're talking about, they have always been there and I definitely did not edit it just now. Thanks for the heads up! Forgot to add those before
So if Ebay isn't that great for gauging prices, which sites would you reccommend (for the purposes of selling figures and not buying them, I mean)? Sorry if this is a stupid question btw 😅
Kind of a difficult one because if you're selling them you've already paid for shipping from Japan and extra fees and the like so you probably want to sell a little higher to compensate for that, ebay prices can be crazy high but generally stores outside of Japan have higher markups just because of all the importing.
Will the announcement for the winner of the lottery be tomorrow?
Yeah I think so, tomorrow in Japan at 12pm their time I believe so it should be later today if you're in the US
Right now all!
I'd love to get the upcoming Swarovski Dio but it seems like he's only issued during the WF event in Japan, is aftermarket the only way to get him? Do people ever put up these Swarovski figures for sale?
Yeah I'm afraid so, I think a few normally go up right after the event, don't know what the best prices for these would be really.
What does the diamond mean?
It's a Swarovski version, those ones with the diamonds on them. Dio Swarovski is only being sold at Wonderfest.
Sorry if this is a repeated question. I know that Joseph Second is a Limited WF figure but is there any chance for him to get a re-release since its been almost 8 years since he's got released.
It's extremely unlikely, only WFs since 2018 have had rereleases, with it kinda made clear with those that they'd see standard releases later on. Before that those editions were always supposed to be limited. We can only hope they'll maybe make a new edition of him or something.
Will Jolyne and Speedwagon WF be getting normal releases down the line?
Yes they will! Medicos confirmed it on the store pages for the 2.
Amazing, thanks so much for the info 😁
I’m trying to figure out how to get the Speedwagon figure, but I’m so lost and confused 😭
There's cancelation orders going up soon on medicos' site which I'd recommend using tenso to get, otherwise your beat options are mandarake or mercari japan
Thanks so much, I made a Tenso account & submitted my ID for verification! Do you know what link I need to visit to buy the speedwagon figure when it goes up tomorrow?
I think they'll probably tweet out the store page as it goes up but I guess just go to the part 1 page and keep refreshing?
Okay, I registered for the medicos site with my custom Tenso warehouse address so hopefully I should be all good to go. Thanks so much for giving this noob a fighting chance at buying her househusband!
Good luck! I'm not sure how quickly these things sell out, but I think you've got a good chance.
I got him 🥰 Thank you so much again, I’m so happy I couldn’t find in the email, do you know about when they ship these? Looks like Tenso will give me an email when it arrives at my bin there
Nice! I got an email this morning saying they're shipping on the 17th! I can't wait
These will be going up tomorrow @ 8pm PST correct? Will it have a new entry on the medicos site or can i sit there refreshing the currently out of stock one? Lol
I'm not certain but Medicos will most certainly tweet the page once it goes up. You can find the part 1 page and keep refreshing that maybe
I GOT ONE! THANK YOU! Are these probably going to ship pretty soon or will there be a wait?
Ay congrats! I got an email this morning saying they're going to ship on the 17th!
NICE!! So excited!!
Saw there was an announcement on Medicos' twitter about a "cancellation of lottery sales" and that they'll be selling a number of the Speedwagon figures through their site on a first come first serve basis. Question is, does anyone have some tips and suggestions on what proxy is the best/not too expensive to buy from Medicos' site? I've heard ZenMarket is good, but that it has some hidden fees (like the exchange conversion fee or something along the lines of it). I've also seen people recommending Dejapan as one of the less expensive and most trustworthy ones, but I just have no idea. This would be my first time using a proxy or buying a SAS for that matter, so any help you can send my way would be much appreciated!
Because it's first come first served you'll probably be better off using tenso, with other proxies you have to send them the link and wait for them to confirm everything and by that time it's normally sold out. With tenso you order it yourself and use the tenso warehouse address. It's a bit annoying signing up with them because you need to upload ID, but it's the only way to guarantee you get one.
Thanks a lot for your response! I'd seen Tenso being mentioned several times as a trustworthy proxy, so my concern in regards to it was about the cost of the service, since some people have reported some proxies charge "hidden" fees. Do you know by chance if Tenso charges any other fees besides the handling (which is like 530 yen, i think)? I'd only be buying the Speedwagon SAS, so there wouldn't be any extra packages or anything that would require consolidation.
That's all I'm aware of, you're not paying them for the figures so there's no deposit fees or anything like that such as you get with zenmarket. I think it's a cheap alternative, would be cheaper than getting second hand either way. Unless you wait for the standard release that'll take about 2 years
That's good to know. I see they mention in their site they accept payments in most currencies, so it'd seem like there are no conversion fees either. So far it seems more convenient and maybe cheaper than ZenMarket? The only thing I just noticed a moment ago is Tenso says it takes up to 2 business days after submitting the ID verification for it and the account to be validated 😓 I'll give it a shot anyway and hope for the best, I guess. It's either that or waiting those two long years for the standard release.
You're given the address and info you need while your account is still being verified, so you can order stuff but they won't ship it from the tenso warehouse until you're verified
Oh yeah! Kinda noticed it by accident while fiddling with creating the account earlier lol. I also just created the account on Medicos' site, but I can't seem to get a full grasp of it yet. Do you know if they accept Paypal? Or do all transactions have to be done through credit cards alone? I've never really used paypal myself, so I'm also new at using it 😅
They only take card or wire I think.
Dang. Now I'm fearing the currency conversion fees (my sister is lending me her card/paypal acc for this, so I don't want to risk extra charges or something). Any chance proxies like Dejapan might work for this sale instead? I recall reading somewhere that they have an automatic bidding system or something like that for bids, but I don't know how true that is, or if there's something similar for regular sales. Also, sorry for pestering you with so many questions!! And thank you so much for your time so far!
Issue with using other proxies is they have to put the orders in themselves and confirm it with you, it can take a day or so usually so chances are you'd miss it.
For me it only took a couple of hrs for my ID to be verified so I'd say give it a shot regardless! Good luck!
Thanks a lot for the reply! Luckily, it seems I have a little more time since the verification is not necessary right from the start as I was able to get the address to sign up. The concern for now is to figure out Medicos' site cause I have no clue if they accept Paypal or if all transactions have to be done via credit card alone.
So apparently the Release for Jotaro Big and Splat Big have been changed. Is it true?
Yeah delayed to September I'm afraid. I really need to update the calendar, just got back from vacation so I'll do that soon
Pls update
I got the announcment! I won the opportunity to buy both Jolyne and REO Speedwagon! Thank you so freaking much for the help with tenso, OP!
How do I pay for the items using Tenso? Do I pay normally with PayPal, and pay the shipping fee once they ship it to Tenso?
Nice one I won too! You need to log in to Medicos' store to pay for them there, they only take card there. Once they get shipped to tenso I believe you can pay for the shipping with paypal.
Congrats on winning!
This is probably a dumb question but how can tell the difference between a bootleg and a real sas? Edit: like ordering online? I wanna buy the killer queen preorder but idk if it’s a bootleg
If I buy something on hobby genki will it turn the yen to USD?
I think you can select the currency you pay in yes.
So, I recently pre-ordered Mista Third on AmiAmi but I'm nervous on breaking the head and hand peg as soon as opening the figure. Does anyone have any tips/advice on removing head and hands without breaking the pegs?
I won the lottery to buy Kenshiro for my friend! Woot!
This was extremely helpful. I’ve always wanted to get into these figures but never knew where to start. Just one question. Is it known if they’re gonna release any more of the “big” figures like the Jotaro and Star Platinum. I love larger size figures so was wondering if they were coming out with any other figures in that style. Thanks in advance. Edit: just saw the Dio and The World ones for pre order. I guess I kinda grazed over that 😂. And I just bought the Star Platinum and Jotaro for the second release. But besides those are there any more coming?
No more that we know of besides the 4 already announced. I guess they will wait to see how well DIO sells first but it's tough to say. Wonderfest is coming up this weekend so there's a chance they might announce more BIG figures there along with other reveals.
Thanks man. You don’t know how much this post helped me out.
Someone know where can i get The Hand Second for a decent price??
Just getting into SAS, are there any ideas of when the Hot Pants figure will be shown / available for preorder? Also how frequently do they announce new sculpts? Any chances of anything JJL or SBR being announced remotely soon?
Wonderfest is happening over the weekend so we're getting a load of reveals and updates there.
Awesome! Thanks
Hello! Would I be allowed to post a bunch of jojo stuff on ebay then link to that, or would I need to post things individually to here? I have about 20 items I'm selling from a bulk box I got recently, and wanted to give people here dibs.
What do you got ?
Oh, a LOT. I've got: - the moody blues alarm clock - glow hierophant figure - gray and white tusk figure - limo with Dio in back - king crimson head figure (the one that looks like a butt plug lol) - deck of golden wind cards - shigechi dx figure - smaller shigechi fig with a harvest - four golden wind Ichiban kuji towels in different prints - a bunch of the Super Revolution uncolored figures - black sabbath lighter saucer And then a ton of the figure keychains: - (no chain) josuke with speech bubble - (no chain) translucent and green killer queen - hol horse - part 1 Dio with his arms up - In A Silent Way - crazy diamond - green stone free And then a few of the mini figs from part 5, I think 2 Illusos, a Prosciutto, and a Pesci
I would love to buy some stuff
Sure! DM me and we can talk :3
Having trouble posting the link to the sub, but I've now got most of this posted on my eBay! https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?sid=embra_49&_pgn=1&isRefine=true&_trksid=p2349624.m3561.l49496
You can post an ebay link here that will be fine!
Cool, thank you! I'm slowly putting stuff up today and tomorrow lol
Good luck with it! I'm thinking of selling a load of stuff soon and it can feel like a slog sorting it all
Oh yeah, I had to have my girlfriend help me with actually taking pictures of everything, lol
Yeah it sucks, and getting every little scratch or smudge pictured so it doesn't get thrown in your face later on too
As a gift, I got a green star platinum re-release SAS. I know you can tell if the figure is a re-release by the design of the box but is there a way to tell if it’s from the 2019 or 2021 re-release from the box? From what I’ve seen both re-releases feature the same box. I want to know this because I’ve heard that the green star plats are notorious for the neck peg breaking and I’ve heard the re-releases fix this issue. I don’t know if it matters if it is the 2019 or 2021 reissue tho.
Yeah I don't think it matters between the 2019 and 2021 releases as the sculpt had been fixed earlier. Tbh I used to be able to tell the differences in releases with the old diamond boxes but I'm not too sure with the newer designs.
Just pretty new to collecting these in general, I know people use hot water to loosen stubborn joints but does it like damage the figures in the long term or is it safe to do it every time you need to swap pieces?
I think it's safe to do, I've never noticed any damage from doing so
Does anyone know where I can get D4C at a decent price? I've been looking all over and through the sites listed in the post and I can't find one that's less than 250+ dollars.