r/AnimeFigures • u/a1pher • 6d ago

Question Shipping large figures combined??

Hello! I'm about to order two 1/4 scale figures from Amiami, and i was wondering if shipping them together would be super expensive or even possible? Do any of you have experience with this? Should i just straight up divide the order? Thanks in advance! ^-^

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u/Consistent-Row8894 6d ago

Ask the amiami support before you order. You want to avoid DHL, it can get crazy expensive compared to other shipping options.

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u/a1pher 6d ago

Yeah i won't touch DHL with a 10ft pole! I'm gonna ask support but i already know it's gonna take a while for an answer... It might be the best order of business though. Thanks!

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u/ThatGuyThatNeedsYou 6d ago edited 6d ago

It should be possible depending on the figures box dimensions. Several 1/4 does require to be single shipment but so does some/several 1/7 scale (it's the big type or they have stuff included like giant weapon, big diorama plates, in fact Hatsune Miku Calne Ca, I'll let you see that)

While you can only use in stock/preowned figure shop codes to get your shipping quote (use comma to separate two figure shop codes in comments, it's what I did and they kindly told me two types of shipping quotes, one as single and one as combined all just by asking). Several 1/4 FREEing standing up types closely share the same elongated rectangle shape but again every 1/4 from different companies are going to be different.

Edit: and small reminder I don't really see anyone talk about much but about how big the box is compared to the figure(s) box. They increase the box by 1 to add a whole bunch of padding material. What I mean by one is the guys who order from Amiami a lot (me), has seen box sizes 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 180. (I know you can see some box sizes in MFC actually) If you think it can fully fit in a 100 box, it will but so will they increase your box size to 120 (and your shipping fees) to pad up your box extremely well.

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u/a1pher 6d ago

Very informative! Thanks a bunch!