Masterlist-Online Storesn/a

I was looking for one of these for weeks until I realized I would have to make one myself. Have a personal reference masterlist of all the legit stores I'm aware of. Feel free to add on middlemen etc in the comments, this is an open resource. Need to find a figure? Well, just go through all the list and you'll find it somewhere~

THIS LIST IS PRIMARILY FOR CONVENIENCE WHEN SEARCHING FOR COMPARISONS AND PRICE, NOT REVIEWS.

Frequently updated.

Protip: Use ctrl+F to find specific requirements

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WONFEST GSC 2012: (ext link)

Amiami (ext link)
Common site of choice, overseas, discount, secretly/limitedly accept cancellations

Hobby Link Japan (HLJ) (ext link)
Common, overseas, cancellations accepted

Hobby Search (ext link)
overseas

Mandarake (ext link) (Japanese better?)
only past figures, overseas, used conditions, ebayamazon-esque, no cancellations but secretly twice and then you're blacklisted forever
"Stalking Mandarake is a daily hobby, you have to do it everyday if you want results. Shibuya always updates at midnight JST. Nakano usually starts at around 15:00 JST and goes on until 21:00 (their shop close time, I think). Other shops also tend to use this schedule."

Jungle (ext link)
mini Mandarake, cancellations okish

Anime Jungle (ext link)
US california, ???

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OFFICIAL SHOPS

Good Smile Global (ext link)
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Megahouse Official Shop (ext link)
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Tmall (Good Smile Official Store?) (ext link)
???

Kotobukiya Official Shop (ext link)
???

Max Factory (ext link)
???

Dengekiya (ext link)
???

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Nippon-yasan (ext link)
price fluctuates, french?

Megapopcherry (ext link)
???

Playoma (ext link)
overpriced, has past figures,

Anime Island (ext link)
competitive pricing, great customer service, in the US, require 20% downpayment on preorders- cancel, downpayment stays

Aikoudo (ext link)
good selection, decent pricing, overseas, slightly shady lately

Anime Export (ext link)
???

NCSX (ext link)
???

Otacute (ext link)
overseas

Toylet (ext link)
???

Animeshumi (ext link)
based in the US

CDJapan (ext link)
???

KirinHobby (ext link)
ok pricing, great selection

PlayAsia (ext link)
overpriced

Otaku Planete (ext link)
???

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PROXY SHOPS

Big in Japan (BiJ) (ext link)
forwarding service

Yokatta (ext link)
online proxy service

Goods from Japan (ext link)
???

Mio Boutique Tokyo (ext link)
Good selection and pricing, overseas

Tokyo Hunter (ext link)
???

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Hobby Stock (ext link)
overseas

Archonia (ext link)
"Archonia is a west-europe based store with a large selection of anime goods, while shipping is real cheap and fast the actual prices are usually overpriced. They however got a good point system and all instock articles are buy-able with points."

CircleRed (ext link)
US based, ???

Amazon US (ext link)
overpriced, the older, the more expensive

Amazon JP (ext link)
I assume you have to use a proxy

Yahoo Japan? (ext link)
auctions

Otaku HQ (ext link)
???

Shoppingmall Japan (ext link)
???

Jlist (ext link)
"J-list is real good but real over priced. I've cancelled things/moved things with them before and it's been fine. Good customer service. The guy who owns it (Peter Payne) is a funny, nice guy."

Kidnemo (ext link)
???

Suruga (ext link)
second hand, overseas

Figure Haven (ext link)
based in US, good selection

ToysLogic (ext link)
have used figures, ok pricing

Rakuten (ext link)
based in Japan, amazonish, should this be in another catagory

Strapya (ext link)
trinkets

Chuck's Anime Shrine (ext link)
based in the US, ridic overpriced, limited selection

Toycoin (ext link)
???

Hobby Frontier (ext link)
???

Japan-best (ext link)
Like mandarake.

e2046 (ext link)
Garage kits

Kurogami (ext link)
???




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Middlemen and Proxies

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Official Sites/Blogs

Alter (アルター)
(ext link)

GoodSmile Company (グッドスマイル・カンパニー)
(ext link)

MegaHouse (メガハウス)
(ext link)

Kotobukiya (コトブキヤ)
(ext link)

Mikatan (GS) (ext link)

DannyChoo (ext link)

GoodSmile Racing (ext link)

Nendonesia (ext link)

figma blog (ext link)

altair blog (ext link)

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Sites not to go to:

ebay.com
fakes fakes everywhere and also ridic prices

milanoo.com and its many spawn
too numerous to even attempt to list

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Feel free to help me sort, edit, arrange, catagorize these sites I've vaguely heard of.

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(mfc link) <-- This is what I was looking for :) Now this is just a personal preference list.