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For those of you who ordered Angel in Clouds from TikTok via the China warehouse/shop, how long before you got your tracking number for the actual Zimono doll? I ordered mine two weeks ago, got my freebies on the 31st, but haven't received my tracking number yet.

I sent my address to them on the 23rd and followed up with a corrected address on the 25th (typo in zip code), but have yet to get message with my tracking number. Worried about this being resolved before TikTok is banned in the US :/ I will probably follow up with customer service tonight.

Has anyone ever had their account banned from HLJ for canceling too many times? I order quite a bit from HLJ and have only canceled about 5 times but have two more items I'm thinking about canceling. I follow through with 90% of my orders. BUT I also just switched to HLJ from AmiAmi this past spring.

And, has anyone successfully switched from ordering from Japanese pay-upon-shipment websites like HLJ/AmiAmi to pay-upon-order websites like CR/TOM? I don't order from CR/TOM too much but god damn it's really nice to know that the figure is already paid for and will arrive when it arrives. I'm not the biggest fan of waiting two to three extra months for my items though. I have SO many pre-order

Has anyone had an open ordered item from HLJ have "discontinued" status? I ordered something this month from then and never got a payment request for the item and now I see that it's marked as "discontinued" yet it's still in my open orders list...I wonder if that means my order wasn't secured for some reason?

Edit: WOW. HLJ done screwed me over this month. I have TWO open orders with discontinued items. I'm sad cuz I'm guessing I won't be receiving these items...

So I decided to go with DHL from AmiAmi this time cuz it was like $5 cheaper than EMS. It was supposed to arrive on Friday, but I worked and didn't know when DHL delivered so I scheduled delivery for the 5th when I'd be home all day. It didn't show up at all, and no updates. Today it updated to be delivered by end of day (it was at a shipping facility an hour away). Definitely didn't show up today (it's now 8:30pm). So I'm hoping it will show up tomorrow...probably after my EMS package from HLJ that shipped on Monday.

Is DHL always like this? It's so expensive I thought it would actually be decent but wow.

With the holidays coming up I've decided to sell all of these Gintama ice cream figures (in order from left to right: Katsura, Okita, Kagura, Hijikata, Gintoki, and Kamui). You can buy all of them or just the ones you want! They have been displayed, obviously, but I still have all of the original boxes. The keychains are not for sale, sorry! This is just where they are displayed.

$7 each or $38 for the whole set, + shipping. US only please.

Validation pic: Here

For those of you who buy a lot of scales from AmiAmi or in general, is it better to bundle them all together for shipping costs if you can or to split them up between months? I'm super eyeing the Super Sonico with Macaron 1/7 scale (HUGE BOX) but I already have two 1/8 scales in my October orders AND two nendoroids. Would it be better to wait to order until November if she's still available as I only have one scale in Nov or should I add her to this month's? All about shipping costs here...like, is there a point in which the shipping "caps" at AmiAmi so to speak.

Side note: I usually use EMS but for September I used Air Small packet and the package went from CA customs to FLORIDA and I liv