Shepperton Battle Spec

2006.02

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KITAAAAAAA---------!
That's what geeks over here say when something cool arrives in the post or when something cool happens etc. It's usually said a few times in a row. In Japanese you write it as....

キタ━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━ッ!!!!!

You would have noticed it being said about a zillion times if you watched Densha Otoko.
Anyway, after waiting for 7 excruciatingly long days, the Battle Spec stormtrooper helmet that I ordered last Tuesday night arrived.
When my helmet shipped, Shepperton gave me the tracking number which I had constantly open in a browser refreshing every 5 seconds...

	Date  	Time  	Tracking Event
14-02-2006 	14:00	Delivered
13-02-2006 	10:51 	Awaiting Customs Clearance
11-02-2006 	01:50 	Awaiting Customs Clearance
11-02-2006 	01:49 	Arrived in destination country
08-02-2006 	11:06 	Left origin country
08-02-2006 	00:28 	Arrived at outward Office of Exchange
07-02-2006 	17:54 	Export item accepted into network
07-02-2006 	17:24 	On route to hub

Ordered the helmet last Tuesday at about 5PM JST - Shepperton got it out the same day. The helmet arrived in Japan on Saturday and was stuck in customs for a few days - got the helmet yesterday - less than a week! I was initially afraid that I may experience a 10 week wait...
Anyway, lets look at the goodies.

This is the box that it came in (figures not included). Customs had to open the box to decide how much they should leech from me - 2,700 yen - not as bad as the 15,000 yen (cant remember exact amount) that I was charged for my initial armor.