ThePhotogsBlog wrote: I will therefore eagerly await your review.....
I'll be here, as soon as it shows up.
Currently also waiting on an S23 that seems to have been stuck in customs for a fortnight now, with no sign of movement...
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ThePhotogsBlog wrote: I will therefore eagerly await your review.....
GeeWillikers wrote:ThePhotogsBlog wrote: I will therefore eagerly await your review.....
I'll be here, as soon as it shows up.
Currently also waiting on an S23 that seems to have been stuck in customs for a fortnight now, with no sign of movement...
ThePhotogsBlog wrote:
Interestingly enough, I ordered an S22 from Giantoy in the last week of July, and it took Giantoy only about five days to get it to British Columbia, where it spent another five days in processing before being sent to Winnipeg, where once again it waited for another several days before finally being shipped to Montreal. In short, Giantoy was able to ship the figure across the Pacific faster than Canada Post was able to ship it across Canada. I was not very impressed with Canada Post, customs, etc.
GeeWillikers wrote:ThePhotogsBlog wrote:
Interestingly enough, I ordered an S22 from Giantoy in the last week of July, and it took Giantoy only about five days to get it to British Columbia, where it spent another five days in processing before being sent to Winnipeg, where once again it waited for another several days before finally being shipped to Montreal. In short, Giantoy was able to ship the figure across the Pacific faster than Canada Post was able to ship it across Canada. I was not very impressed with Canada Post, customs, etc.
Yep, GianToy are very speedy and reliable, they recently got an S19 and a pair of head sculpts to me in just over a week. They seem to have a 'system' that seems to satisfy UK Customs . They're rapidly becoming my favoured seller.
I think I'm going to buy base bodies and bigger sets exclusively from them for the next few months, at least. Buying from cheaper sellers is all well and good, but then you have the whole roulette game with UK Customs to consider. If a seller marks the package 'incorrectly' you can guarantee yourself a hefty fee that more than cancels out any savings you made in the first place.
ThePhotogsBlog wrote:
Giantoy and Monkey Depot have become my two favorite dealers. Giantoy for figures and head sculpts, Monkey depot for parted out stuff. Both have been extremely reliable.
GeeWillikers wrote:ThePhotogsBlog wrote:
Giantoy and Monkey Depot have become my two favorite dealers. Giantoy for figures and head sculpts, Monkey depot for parted out stuff. Both have been extremely reliable.
Monkey Dep are fantastic, great for part-outs as you say, and I've also got quite a few rare/spare head sculpts (The SHCC Vampirella, both Arhians, both Red Sonjas, Painkiller Jane, Cleo) at very reasonable prices from them.
They take a while to reach me (almost a month sometimes - they come to the UK from the USA through Germany, for some bizarre reason), but they always get here in the end.
EDIT: Staying on topic, Royal Mail tracking tells me I should have one of these bodies - an S32 - by tomorrow afternoon! That's less than a week!
No mention of entering/clearing customs either, which makes me wonder if GianToy have got a domestic warehouse/outlet/distributor in the UK...
Adeno wrote:I'm excited to see this body in action, it seems very beautiful! I'm gonna get one for myself when I make the money for sure Hmm wonder what outfit I'll put her in. I want something "K-Poppish" so she can be the dancer of the gang (a gang that's full of mostly female warriors).
GeeWillikers wrote:Right, I've just received and unpacked my S32A, so these are strictly my first impressions. I'll post up some comparison pics with other models later today (hopefully).
On the whole, I'm pleased to report that I'm pleased.
First off, side by side this body is no taller than TBL's 'average' body so that concern can be put to bed. Isolated, it might seem taller, but this is purely an optical illusion thanks to the longer legs, shorter arms and body and narrower shoulders. This body seems tall, but it is not skinny. I'd say this is an ideal body for characters in the 16-21 age range.
It's something of a Frankenstein's Model, as I predicted. The legs are noticeably longer than usual, but not particularly shapely (less so than say an S18/19). The upper body is basically that of an S24/25, with less 'pneumatic' breasts. The torso is toned, defined but not overly-muscular. The narrow shoulders are a little too narrow for my personal taste, and this jury is out on the arms - I'm still trying to decide if they seem too short, or not. The derriere is shapely without being overly-exaggerated. The upper and lower genital detail is surprising - I'd say that while sculpted differently the lower detailing is the most, erm, comprehensive since the S07/09. Oddly though there is no, um, 'second orifice' (I don't find that a problem myself but at the risk of seeming overly-interested, it just seems odd to explicitly detail one orifice and then not detail it's neighbour at all).
Happiest of all, I can report that the stiffness of movement (especially in the arms) that I found hampered each of the three S28/29 models in my collection is absent here. This body seems to be as flexible as usual, and more so at the neck and waist. I'm persuaded by this to buy yet another S28/29 (from GianToy this time) in a few months or so just to check that that first batch of those wasn't defective.
Over all, I'm happy with this, and I will definitely purchase at least an S33B and perhaps more of each.
Stryker2011 wrote: I guess the neck and wrist issue isn’t going to go away anytime soon.
skywalkersaga wrote:The wrist issue was there with the 25/26 and the 28/29 as well, but with the latter, they managed to hide it a little by making the hands (and feet) larger.
It’s not a massive problem for me personally, as I will be covering up the wrists and ankles with clothing, but aesthetically I agree it is a bit distracting when viewed ‘nude’. But I feel that way about most of the tbleague bodies, to some degree or another...
ThePhotogsBlog wrote:skywalkersaga wrote:The wrist issue was there with the 25/26 and the 28/29 as well, but with the latter, they managed to hide it a little by making the hands (and feet) larger.
It’s not a massive problem for me personally, as I will be covering up the wrists and ankles with clothing, but aesthetically I agree it is a bit distracting when viewed ‘nude’. But I feel that way about most of the tbleague bodies, to some degree or another...
Same here. I generally cover the wrists with wrist bands or guards of some sort, and the feet are usually in boots or footware stockings that cover these issues up. The same goes for the nude figures. This is an area where you can not really have perfection.
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