Yui Hirasawa Figure

Pretty gorgeous figure of Yui Hirsawa that we first saw at the Wonfes last Summer.
All sold out at Hobby Search but they managed to rummage one out of the cupboards for me ^^;
Many figure retailers usually have a couple in stock just in case (returns or wot not) even if their site displays "not in stock" so if you really really want a figure - just ask them! Not sure If I'm supposed to tell you that though ^^;

Yui-chan is 1/8 scale and came out in April - retailed for 7,140 yen. Couple more reviews below.
http://www.foobarbaz.jp/figure/review2010/f_alter_yui/
http://akibahobby.net/2010/04/alter_yui_review.html
If you have a review of Alter Yui too them feel free to post it in the comments.

HobbySearch are currently offering 50% shipping discount for all PayPal orders and pre-orders that are placed from the 16th of June until the 15th of July, 2010 - details here. Sounds good to me - paying a bomb for shipping is rather off putting. Whats the most you've spent on shipping and who does the best/worst shipping deals among the figure retailers?

All photos here taken on the Lumix GF1.