'>>10958344
I've used it a few times. Figures are usually pretty good if you can live with KO. Just got a 2B that greatly surpassed my expectations while a Quiet was meh at best.
Good for 1/12 1/6 accessories, if longer shipping works. Lots of the same parts available from US sellers but at a markup.

I'd recommend it with the caveat of dont expect any name brand things ever.';

'>>10958344';

'>>10958344
How is this toy related?';

'>>10958344
Lots of scammers and slow ass hell shipping';

'>>10958344
My favorite way to buy Chinese products. Their search engine has to be one of the dumbest things in existence though. Maybe it's intentional to rope people into buying things they don't need, but 95% of the time you won't even find what you're looking for. Gotta know the little tricks that sellers use, like combining company names into one word, for example. Also legitimately better off searching for what you want on Google and putting "aliexpress" in the search box.';

'Good for known bootlegs like Dragon Ball Demonical Fit or Chinese companies like Snail Shell.
Of course depends if you can get your toys cheaper from them rather than buying from know retailer.';

'>>10958344
Hit or miss. Sometimes I'm glad I bought something from there because they're the only place that has it and other times I ended up with complete shit.

>>10958362
>How is [place you can buy toys] toy related?';

'>>10958362
...';

'>>10958344
Really good for accessories as >>10958349 mentioned but my god it can be incredibly hit or miss depending on the seller.
Some take ages to ship, some don't even ship at all, some arrive smushed because they used bubble wrap and paper instead of a box.
I've had to refund items because they never arrived multiple times
But still it's great and prefer it compared to taobao or buying from chinese ebay sellers';

'>>10958362
Were you dropped when you were born?';

'>>10958344
Another anons already said it but it's great for accessories like weapons or even clothes.
I just purchased a fabric hoodie for my ML Scarlet Spider.
There are also some figures like Mega Construx if you're into that.';

'>>10958366
>>10958369
>>10958387
So do we need a how is Walmart or how is target thread? You can buy toys at a million different places but they don’t all need threads.';

'>>10958410
It's an online website. It's a bit different.';

'>>10958436
Woah, easy buddy. Just relax and show us on the map where the America touched your country.';

'>>10958344
Absolutely fantastic so far. I usually buy SHF from there instead of preordering because the shipping price is always superior and the sellers I buy from are well reviewed. If you’re not retarded you can usually get great deals.

Also great for gashapon, third party stuff, 1/12 and 1/6 things, and weird Chinese lines you don’t really get elsewhere.';

'>>10958410
>So do we need a how is Walmart or how is target thread?
If you have a question about them, then yeah, why not?';

'>>10958344
Shipping is slow as fuck. Expect an average of 2 to 3 months. Stuff's exactly as promised but sometimes it gets banged up in international transit.';

'I dislike it. Bought $70 figures from two different sellers, neither were shipped in a box so both figure boxes arrived pretty damaged. A cheaper item I bought had to be refunded because it never arrived. Customer service is useless, too.';

'I've bought a lot of fake Lego sets on there and they're okay.
The plastic quality and fit and finish can range from being "good" to "ugh", never reaching the quality of Lego (obviously). But the ability to build things that Lego doesn't have (like Bryan's Supra, Mad Max War-Rig, Akira bike etc).
It's probably worth it if you like building and displaying sets but playing with them isn't a great experience.
I've also gotten some Eva figures and they were pretty poor.';

'it depends a lot in were you live, in russia and some european countries shipping is fast AF, I live in Chile, between 2015-2021 shippin used to be slow, like really really slow (2 to 3 months), nowadays is more or less 2 weeks, sometimes I got my orders on my hands in less time than that, about quality of products, you gotta know what yu are buying, some figures have been bootleged so well that you had to put attention in minor details to know, usually the best option is to see if anyone took pictures reviews and read every coment.
I have bought there several times and just 2 or 3 times I was directly scamed, usually products of very few value will result on a "scam" (or the package could became lost, it can allways happen), mostly with very small and cheap things, if you order a silly wire under a dolar it will probably go lost on the pacific, if you order several small orders you will recieve a large bag with all your small things, if you buy small figures try to pay for the boxed option, one last thing, sometimes your box will arrive completely smashed, it depends also on your local shipping company.';

'>>10958511
It’s like 1-2 weeks to the UK and parts of Yurop. Is shipping from China to the US usually that bad?';

'>>10958344
I will be real with you, if you are american(first world), i don't see any real reason to you use it.
If you are not, the history is different, they are your best chance to get what you want for the best price. I bought all my gundam and accesories from aliexpress and never have a problem( the goverment put a stupid taxes now on ever importation, but that is another story). Is not hard to find what you want for a good price.
Just exercise common sense, see how active the store is and look at the reviews.';

'Have used them on and off going as far back as 2015 and have only ever had one problem where a canvas poster I bought came wrinkled. The seller offered a refund, but I was able to iron most of them out. As far as official figures it's a similar situation to ebay. So long as you only buy from sellers with good feedback and don't bite on too good to be true deals, you'll probably be fine.

>>10958583
Not sure where that anon lives, but I've gotten everything I've bought from them in two weeks or less to the US.';

'>>10958344
If you like to save money AND wait maybe up to a month for anything, then this site isn't so bad. It's a fine place to get "exclusives"
aka whatever ebay may not have, and anything you expect to be a bootleg at worst. If you're worried, I will say that I may have been ID thieved by this place, since this is the only sketchy place I put my debit card as direct payment, but I have no proof that this site was responsible. Still, ever since I used Paypal instead, ive yet to have that problem up to this day.';

'>>10958511
As long as you're buying stuff that's in stock that's not the case, you must live in some weird country or you're preordering their bootlegs. I'm in USA for reference.';

'>>10958382
>Some take ages to ship, some don't even ship at all, some arrive smushed because they used bubble wrap and paper instead of a box.
>I've had to refund items because they never arrived multiple times
I've not had bad luck buying from Chinese re-sellers on EB save for the one time I tried to get one of those KO Spider-Men which came apart when I tried to open the clam shell BUT I got a full refund so other than the fact that I didn't get a cheap toy, I wouldn't complain. Everything else has been workable.

How is asking for refunds from AliExpress?';

'>>10958362
>>10958410
hi I'd like to report a fucking faggot';

'>>10958521
Wrong';

'>>10958344
>How is AliExpress?

honestly much safer than ebay these days. Scammers are super easy to spot (when they get banned they migrate to amazon) & the refund system works much better than ebay now. If you dont live in Burgerland shipping is usually free too. Can be useful for out of print/hard to find stuff.';

'>>10959647
>How is asking for refunds from AliExpress?

its fine as long as you have a legitimate reason. You mediate with the seller first, ask for a refund, if they refuse or dont reply just escalate it to Ali themselves & they just pay you out usually. Pretty straightfoward in my experience.

Ive probably done at least 500+ Ali transactions in the last 3-4 years & have only ever needed a refund twice.';

'It's kinda fun how even shitty KOs of Japanese toys are better and yet cheaper than American retail toys these days. I'm at the point where sloppy paint isn't an issue since I'm more into fiddling with toys for myself.';

'>>10958350
the fuck is copilot';

'>>10959674
>the refund system works much better than ebay now
I dont think so. I ordered something that was missing parts. I "won" the dispute but I had to ship it back to China with my own money then I would get reimbursed after the guy received it. Which rarely happens apparently.

I just decided to do a chargeback and got my money back that way instead.';

'>>10958344
I have gotten some great things on there, my favorite being a Grave Frog, but mostly decent cheap things. So far the wait for the things I order is worth it, but it is a bit of a wait.';

'>>10959715
built in microsoft ai';

'>>10958511
Really depends what your order and from who I received some stuff in 8 days other got stuck at custom for weeks';

'>>10959647
it's pretty straight forward, just apply for a refund and they usually fill it in a couple days
i've had some cases where i order a lot of items but one is missing, i ask aliexpress for a partial refund and they ask to see photos.... of something that didn't arrive lol
but if you just take a picture of the stuff you did get you should be good.';

'>>10960388
>i ask aliexpress for a partial refund and they ask to see photos
I did order some (loose/missing accessories) Mattel, DC Direct and what they called cake toppers but were hard plastic DC figures that get sold inside Best Buy and other DVD box sets (PICREL) that were like $1.49 each and needed a refund for some ordered extras of one that never came (ordered as stocking stuffers for last Holiday).

Pictures of the unboxing and a screen shot of my order sufficed to prove the problem and got me a partial refund. Other shippers were fine.

I'm not even confident these were KO because I think they were factory rejects or over production that they were not allowed to ship to the states and Mattel ordered destroyed, or factory employee thefts based on the storefronts disappearing.

But thanks for the reply!

>>10959678
>have only ever needed a refund twice.
Yeah, I'm closer to 7-8 from Chinese EB sellers and mostly satisfied with just that one obviously fake SHFigurearts being problematic or expensive if I had NOT been refunded.

Thanks for your answer!';

'>>10959270
>Still, ever since I used Paypal instead, ive yet to have that problem up to this day.
Yeah this is another thing I would worry about and would use Apple Pay if it's allowed and if not use one of the electronic cash Visa that only has like $50 so they can steal it all they want b/c once it's drained, it's a useless account.

A seller having my street address and real name, and the site having things like my bank account if I was forced to use Pay Pal or a debit card, and the site being hacked is what I would also worry about.

I mean Crapazom can be hacked but I try to use gift cards there or Amazon Pay. And I hardly use that site as well.';

'>>10958344
Like Ebay
Depends entirely on the seller';

'>>10959647
Mr Stark I don't feel so good.';

'>>10958344
Very handy especially if youre living pacific side (Australian here) cause shipping is free. You can find all sorts of discontinued old gacha, surplus and genuine American figures like black series, surprisingly decent bootlegs (except for figmas, all figma bootlegs are fucking shit) and their own products are getting better and better each year.

Their non Lego brands are better priced and offer more variety than Lego ever will and their anime action figures are basically import quality now. Aliexpress is often the best place to get either.';

'>>10960563';

'>>10960464
>I'm not even confident these were KO because I think they were factory rejects
yeah despite what others say alot of the time these more obscure figures are just rejects
(resaurus comes to mind despite what people say there was never bootlegs of wave 2 of their adventure line)

happy to answer : ) have a good one anon';

'>>/g/csg';

'>>10958344
Hit or miss like other anons said, just check out how long has the seller been active and the comments, if there are pictures the better.
I received my Captain Carrot yesterday and he was in good condition but the packaging came quite damaged, not that I care but some others might do.';

'>>10958410
you sound like the bitch at work with no friends that everyone hates.';

'>>10973893
most coworkers suck so that seems like a compliment';

'>>10958344
It's a 50/50.';

'>>10958344
Great for Chinese figures- I've bought multiple JT 40K figures with no problems. Just be aware that if the figure wasn't originally made by a Chinese company it WILL be a bootleg.';

'I've ordered figures from them over the years. No problems but right before this post I checked out some listings I was interested in.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806603193152.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.25.7f6567206eZWJO&algo_pvid=6b17a360-22e6-4454-af5d-7654ca2def81&algo_exp_id=6b17a360-22e6-4454-af5d-7654ca2def81-12&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%2177.88%2124.14%21%21%21556.71%21172.58%21%402101e80f17147701895857717eb04c%2112000038307996223%21sea%21US%210%21AB&curPageLogUid=VamdrllvyFdy&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A

I bought both of these in the past but they never had this chemical warning...wtf.';

'>>10973628
>pictures
Once you start spending time on sites, you realize that some people re-use the same pictures. I asked one seller maybe two years ago and they admitted that they had multiple listings up.

That doesn't leave me with confidence.';