Continuing on from my previous post, Black Rock Shooter (BRS) is the figure inside the big package I received it from Hobby Search before the year ended so if you guessed it right, congratz. :)
So how did I get her for free, hit the jump to find out. ^^
Getting her free was quite simple as I am now a part of Hobby Search Ad Client. Being a part of their ad client means I was given the opportunity have funds via paypal or HS points debited into my account. Since their paypal system is not up yet, I wasted no time in accepting the points instead as it was the option I wanted to go with in the first place.
So with enough points, I had the option choose whichever figure I wanted and since the ad client exchange started just after I came back from Singapore, I already knew what I wanted and it was a matter of patience till that time arrived for her official release date and a bit of luck where HS will open up regular orders on that day.
One of the best artworks on a box ever. :D
So there you have it, my free BRS in my hands before the year ended and what a great way to finish off a hobby year. She looks just as gorgeous from the last time I saw her at AFA09 and seeing the actual figure at the event was the key reason why I was sold on the spot. If you asked me, would I have gotten her if I didn’t have the points, then the answer will likely be ‘No’ because it will put me in jeopardy in acquiring Alter Nanoha. But since this is not the case, the days of Nanoha release date is drawing near. ^^
Can’t wait to review her. ^^
Note: Shipping cost is not free or the points cannot be used to substitute for the shipping cost. So if you put this way, it cost me $50AUD to acquire her. :)
28 Responses to Free Black Rock Shooter
zh3us
Twitter: zh3us
January 4th, 2010 at 12:21 am
Fantastic! Would love free stuff too. Wait till i get my DSLR and domain ^^;
Guy
Twitter: GuyShalev
January 4th, 2010 at 12:28 am
Yikes, that’s still expensive shipping!
Hm, how do I become a Hobby Search Ads member, and rather, can I have them gimme money for linking to them, and specific figures, rather than putting up their banner ads?
Way to go! Now I want to get free figures too! :D
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Chappy
January 4th, 2010 at 12:29 am
Yet another person who got BRS. T^T Big regret for not getting her.
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Blowfish
January 4th, 2010 at 1:04 am
No Black Dong? What a Bummer!
I really,really hope that HS opens their PayPal System soon again ^^
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milkmandan
January 4th, 2010 at 1:27 am
not sure if this method of obtaining her constitutes as ‘free black rock shooter’ since you still had to pay for shipping at full price.
but either way, very cool, same things applies to the black blade version for me
i’ve accumulated so many freaking points from HS that my order for black-blade version is free. i am just decking for shipping.
happened last year with a bo-tan plushie.
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sonic_ver2
January 4th, 2010 at 1:46 am
BRS for free is just overkill. That’s totally nice!! XDXD
You reminded me of Alter Nanoha. I hope she doesn’t get delayed again…
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Yi
January 4th, 2010 at 3:18 am
Awesome! I love this figure too. I was browsing through stores yesterday and all of them were carrying this for a rather hefty price. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to get this though considering a black blade version is also available for preorder.
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Persocom
January 4th, 2010 at 4:03 am
Very nice get, especially for only having to pay the shipping cost. I agree, best artwork on a box ever.
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Guy
Twitter: GuyShalev
January 4th, 2010 at 4:04 am
Yi, I should be your marketing officer, with your hits, I’m sure we can get you some nice advertising deals ;)
And that is some nice artwork on the box, but then you’re stuck, wanting to display it, heh.
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GNdynames
Twitter: gndynames
January 4th, 2010 at 5:33 am
I want free stuff too~
Alas, I’m not allowed to put up ads on the free version of WordPress, and thus I’d probably have to wait until June to decide whether I’m dedicated enough to get my own domain.
Leonia
Twitter: shadoniia
January 4th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
She seems really great ! I am waiting for mine >_< So long time !
Rin
January 4th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Really nice!!!
I want free figures…
I should try these AD client things out on my blog once I’m done my new theme…
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robostrike
Twitter: robostrike
January 4th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Great score you got yourself ^_^ Even for $50, it’s actually pretty cheap.
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Pudding
January 4th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
wow… nice… free BSR…
and lucky you… u already got ur BSR… my BSR is at nowhere being shipped nearly 1 months now… with a world is mine miku shipped a few days after (why i am switching to amiami… HLJ just sent whenever they get a single preorder ORZ)
ah well.. it should turn up sometime this week
Optic
Twitter: mroptic
January 5th, 2010 at 12:03 am
@zh3us
Make DSLR ur 2nd priority but really the choice is urs. Having ur own domain has it’s own advantages and off course, it’s cheaper than a DSLR. :)
@Guy
HS EMS shipping is expensive no doubt but BRS alone would’ve cost me $100AUD. Since I used the points, I saved 100AUD so it’s a good deal overall.
To be a HS ad member u will need to have u own domain as the wordpress ones don’t allow ads. I’m not sure if this policy still remains or there are ways around it because it’s been more than a year now I moved away from the wordpress domains. As already mentioned you can choose funds via paypal instead of points but their paypal is not up yet.
Other than ads, having ur own domain gives ur more variety of the themes available and more customization = more control.
@Chappy
And I thought ur hole in ur wallet cannot get any bigger. lol
I know if i missed out, I will regret it.
@Blowfish
Not that Black Dong talk again. :P
Take my advice, u got nothing to lose. ^^
@milkmandan
Welcome milkmandan. Thanks for dropping by.
Many ppl have their own opinions in viewing if this is free or not. Off course having to pay for shipping doesn’t feel like it’s free but I reckon HS doing free shipping means, they are losing money. Since the shipping prices varies and they use the post to get the items to us, I don’t they have any deals with them.
@sonic_ver2
If i remember correctly, she’s already delayed twice. Hopefully that date sticks.
@Yi
If u missed ur chance, it’s gonna be a hard find on the online stores as she’s sold out everywhere unless u can find a decent price one on ebay.
The blade version is not bad as well but it’s all about preferences in the end.
@Persocom
Indeed, best artwork on a box ever. :)
@GNdynames
I will be happy to give u a hand with ur new theme if you need help. Off course this has to be after the installation of the wordpress package because I don’t know how to do the install myself. :(
@Leonia
I’m guessing u chose SAL as ur shipping option?
@Rin
Ur blog gets a lot of activity from time to time so it will be worth it.
@robostrike
There are times I don’t need to work that hard to earn that 50. xD
@Pudding
I’m still waiting for my first amiami package actually. I chose registered SAL and it was shipping out a month ago and the updates on the EMS site stopped mid last month. Seriously I don’t have a clue where it is and if it was from HLJ, it would’ve arrived by now. T_T
Blowfish
January 5th, 2010 at 2:39 am
Well guess what something Sexy and Black is ready for shipment to me XD
Turns out all the other Junk thats in the Package upgraded my package to EMS.Looks like Ill have that sexy and black item in my hands around next week :D
and yeah ill give it a try soon
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anonymous_object
January 5th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Can’t beat a nearly free figure ^^. I’ve been meaning to give that Hobby Search ad program a try but I’m just not sure what payment amount is reasonable :-/
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phossil
Twitter: phossil
January 5th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Free figures are free, no matter if you would need to pay only shipping costs. Thats already the only fee to worry about.
I tryed to be an HS Ad member, but according to them, my site doesnt fullfilled all desired requeriments for Ad members.
Anyway, good choice getting BRS!!
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Leonia
Twitter: shadoniia
January 5th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
SAL Registered (10-17 days)
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Guy
Twitter: GuyShalev
January 6th, 2010 at 3:59 am
Moving away from wordpress.com also has some downsides, including the loss of people being able to read you through the blog reader inside wordpress, and them knowing and reading the replies to their comments without having to go site by site.
You can use affiliate programs on wordpress, but no ads. Maybe if they had some non-ad deal and I got Figure Friday going again, I mean, I always link to where to reserve things, their re-stocks, their exciting new items, etc.
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AS
January 6th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Getting a free BRS is pretty sweet. Although you still had to pay for shipping, at least it was less than 1/3 of the cost of the figure I assume.
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Reltair
January 7th, 2010 at 8:13 am
Nothing is better than free. Grats!
I missed out on getting BRS. =/
Pudding
January 7th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
@optic
ah… probably due to xmas season >___>
anyway… got my WIM miku and BSR… somehow interesting… i think the custom went through the boxes… there is like a hole on the side (probably test for explosive substance) and the outer box seems to have been opened… i wonder what the custom will be like after seeing figurines XD but then they probably see it everyday… they be like… ‘MEH… another of those otaku nerds collector’
Q
January 7th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Congrats on getting BRS just before the end of the year!
Using the points to get a figure for free and only pay for the shipping is a neat idea. I will save mine ’til the time is right. Still am wondering what I should get though :o
Btw are you gonna do a review/photoshoot of this figure? If so I’m looking forward to it!
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Guy
Twitter: GuyShalev
January 7th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Reltair, many things are better than free :P
“You get what you pay for.” Here it doesn’t exactly apply, because it’s something with a cost, and Optic did not exactly get it for free, he had credit he could choose where to use, it’s not something that came from beforehands for free.
Things that you get for nothing are often worth just that.
Also, in some cases, when you don’t pay for something, it’s less likely you’ll read it, or watch it, etc.
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Lylibellule
January 8th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
I always avoided to order on HobbySearch because they only ship using EMS. For me that mean a “huge” customs fee on every shipments.
But this points system exist on Nihonju and it’s veru interesting. With many buys you can easily get enough points to get a free figure.
Congratulations anyway! Your points let you having BRS and keep Nanoha Alter. ;)
This BRS who, at first, didn’t interest me, is really beautiful and i regret not taken her. :(
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Guy
Twitter: GuyShalev
January 10th, 2010 at 2:59 am
Shit, I forgot the customs fee. I hope that ordering one magazine will bypass the customs… well, when I ordered nendoroids and such for cheap, I “only” paid $9 or so in customs, which beats when it is stopped by the customs and I pay over $22, and have to go over to their place and take the package…
Ordered the Loli in a Box Dengeki G’s :D Well, I put in the notes that I want it shipped SAL, which they should begin using by the end of the month. I think they fixed both the outrageous EMS charges ($20-30 more than what the same would cost EMS at HLJ), and are getting SAL, because AmiAmi English is kicking their ass.
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Optic
Twitter: mroptic
January 24th, 2010 at 1:02 am
@Blowfish
I’m happy u finally received it. I’m looking forward to ur review on her as I’m too lazy to do mine one. lol
Like I already said, I’m in no rush.
@anonymous_object
A reasonable start of 10 bucks is okay but as always, u can negotiate the price. As long as ur not too greedy then it’s okay. xD
@phossil
Interesting. Was not having ur own domain one of those reasons?
I wasn’t worried about the shipping fee at all as long as it didn’t cost more than the figure itself. lol
@Guy
I tired many plugins to make replies to their comments a lot easier and allow commentors to receive an email informing them their comment has been replied like in wordpress.com but it has been unsuccessfully so far. I tired hard coding it myself but that failed miserably. I do appreciate u and many many other ppl who do come back and see if their comment has been replied. I know I reply to my comments very late (like this one) but when I do find the time, I always put in a lot of effort and make a reply back.
@AS
Welcome AS.
Yup it was less than a 1/3 of the price which I’m glad. xD
@Reltair
Thanks. It was a shame u missed out. :(
@Pudding
hahahahahaha. I think customs was more keen to see if drugs was inside the package. I received a package once where there was a hole in it as well.
@Q
Ur more patient than I am I can tell. When I have enough points, I just use them immediately cause I’m not really a ’saving’ guy lol
@Lylibellule
I understand how u feel. If there was a custom fee on every item I bought then I would likely be cutting down my purchase or bundle them all into bulks and ship them all at once. I know Blowfish does that which is a saver for him in custom fees.
Hmmm… I’ve been hearing a lot about Nihonju. Might check them out. xD