Welcome our new sponsor Big in Japan! Please do check them out. They are an online store that based in Tokyo. They have tons of exclusive figures such as the Hitotsubashi Kanna by Native that we saw on Monday, and their pricing are very reasonable.
- Service:
Beside figures and other anime/manga related stuff, they also do proxy service for ordering ticket, cellphone, and video games. If you’re going to Japan for a concert or any event, Big in Japan offers you a proxy service for tickets for all types of events. Or if you want a Japanese cellphone that you can’t get in your area, they can help you to get one, same as video games too!
- Shipping:
Most of the proxy services out there only offer EMS as shipping method, but Big in Japan offer EMS, Registered SAL, and Regular SAL! One of the greatest thing about Big in Japan is they can lower the declared value of the parcel for you (see “About shipping” in FAQ)!
i like the shipping
They have Touhou exclusives. Me likey C:
I understand that paying the server where is hosted this site cost money and it’s ok to have sponsors but with J-list, HLJ, Play-asia and now Big in japan, maybe it’s not necessary anymore to directly ask money form your readers with the “Paypal donate” link ?
Sorry for my bad english
Actually, now that you’ve mentioned this “link,” I had to look and this is the first time I’ve noticed it.
Server costs can be painful,
http://www.serverschool.com/dedicated-servers/how-much-does-a-dedicated-server-cost/
let alone the time requirement taken to find and post this information. For a fan-based, fan run site, asking for donations is perfectly fine in my opinion.
Donating is an option.
They do have some nice exclusives for decent prices. The ‘declared value’ thing sounds like gibberish to me…. can anyone elaborate? Would they mark the parcel as, like, ‘gift’ or something to lower price?
To answer your question, we are willing (if you wish only) to declare a lower value for the item you bought. We are aware that some countries charge really high customs fees and it can be a detractor from buying from abroad, so there. But the decision is left up to each customer.
oo I saw this site a few days ago and thought they were bootleg.. good to know they’re sponsoring a hobby site for validity.
I like BIG IN JAPAN,it is a plus for us NEKOMANIACS.
Congrats on getting the sponsor! For me, Nekomagic is the best figure news website in english out there. I check daily and duely appreciate the effort of the guys who do the work. I’m not in a financial position to donate, but if I can help by clicking a few links, I will.
One last thing; please get slightly higher resolution pictures while keeping the site fast 😉 Thank you 🙂
I would love to have higher resolution pic for you guys, but the bandwidth really isn’t cheap. With the current low resolution, we have over 500GB traffic a month. An average cloud server hosting charge around $50 a month for 40-50GB,you can do the math.
Well, of coz our current server is so much cheaper. But it can’t even handle the traffic that we have with such low resolution pic.
cool!!
new reference…
🙂
I prefer HobbyFan.
I have to admit, they have some good exclusive stuff for some great price. I prefer amiami for almost all my shopping goods these days, but I think I have to take a look at BIJ.
Great job getting another sponsor.
Placed my order there just now (Boa Hancock white bikini version :P)
Wow, what a warm welcome ! Thanks to you all. We hope to be able to serve you in the future.
And to answer one comment above, we most definitely do NOT sell bootlegs (Im not sure what could make you think that). All our items are legit. You would be hard-pressed to find any bootlegs on Japanese territory anyway 🙂
I will use them for my next order… let’s see how this goes.
Big in Japan definitely looks interesting! Congratulations on a new sponsor and thank you for a great site ★
Seem really nice, will definitely check them out.
I’m definitely gonna check them out, great job GGT for getting an awesome sponsor! I do have a question though…can Big in Japan “find” items for you? For example, if there’s a garage kit event would they be able to locate a certain item? I should probably just check the website xD
Are you getting the gurren lagoon revotech reissues?
Lagaan sorry. Stupid autocorrect
Congratulations, I also put an order to test the service. I hope soon to be a Sponsor also.
Best Regards
Oh, I’m already on their mailing list. For some reason I thought they were based out of europe. Probably because they use french in their emails.
Anyone can set up shop online under almost any name. In France biginjapan is reputed as illegal internet shopping site. The vast majority of those sites are registered from Asia and mostly used false or misleading details. Are you sure you’re following the right Sponsor??
Thank you for your info, but from what I read from another forum, I only see good review about them. And they’re now located in Japan, not France anymore.
I don’t know about the France law, but I believe the “illegal internet shopping site” only means that they’re not registered in France.
I agree with alias completely
french shops are known for writing fake customers reviews.it’s is not a sufficient proof of honesty
playasia is a better choice
Anyone received anything from them until now?
they buy from amiami ? their blog is full of FIG-MOE – XXX pictures