Figures, gachapon, plush & small goods · ships to the US
Is it cheaper straight from Japan?
A ¥1,500 figure is not a $10 figure once a proxy service, a parcel and US duty are on top — and a ¥300 capsule is not a $3 one. Put in two prices and find out whether to just buy it from a US shop instead.
1 The Japanese price
¥300 to ¥500 for a capsule; a few thousand yen for a figure or a plush.
2 The US importer listing
Just the sticker prices, so far
Shipping, proxy fees and duty are still unknown, so this is not a verdict yet.
3 The proxy quote
Take these from your proxy service’s own fee page or a real checkout. The greyed-out numbers are examples of the shape, not figures we are suggesting.
4 US duty & clearance
Enter duty plus the carrier’s clearance or brokerage charge — not a full delivered total, which would count the goods twice. Both are estimates, not guaranteed charges.
Since 24 July 2026 the duty itself on most Japanese goods — toys, figures, plush, stationery — is 12.5% of the item value; books and recorded media are exempt. The prepayment operator’s fee comes on top and is only ever a quote — the rule and its source.
On a posted parcel this is now prepaid in Japan before it ships, so it should be a line on the proxy’s invoice rather than a surprise later — how that works.
Leaving duty out tilts the answer. The US de minimis exemption has been suspended for all countries since 29 August 2025, so duty applies at any value — and it is charged on the import route only, never on a US store purchase. With duty left out we can still tell you when the US store wins; we will not tell you the import route wins.
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The short answer, before you type anything
One small item, usually no. A proxy charges its service fee per item — ZenMarket’s is ¥300 to ¥800 per item (¥500 at most stores) — and the parcel costs the same whether it holds one capsule or twenty: EMS to the US is ¥3,900 for the first 500 g. Postage alone is thirteen ¥300 capsules, or two and a half ¥1,500 figures. Before duty, a single item lands at a multiple of its Japanese price — and US capsule-toy stores already sell them imported: Tinywich lists single capsules at $5–$8, Gacha x2 at $8 flat, both below what postage alone adds to a one-item import order.
A parcel full of them, maybe. Spread that ¥3,900 across thirty capsules and it is ¥130 each. Then the fight is between the US importer’s markup and the proxy fee plus duty — and that one is worth actually working out, which is what the form above does.
The duty is 12.5%, and the fee on top is not. Since 24 July 2026 goods of Japan whose normal rate is below 12.5% — toys, figures, plush, stationery — carry a total of 12.5% of the item value under a Section 301 action; books and recorded media are exempt. On a posted parcel it is paid in Japan before shipping, so it turns up as a line on the proxy’s invoice, not at your door — together with the prepayment operator’s fee, which is a quote and the reason this site still asks you for the invoice figure. The rule, who pays it, and when, what changed, in order, and the six numbers to collect before deciding. Item by item: figures, plush and manga and Pokémon cards; proxy by proxy: what Buyee bills and ZenMarket beside it.
Fees from ZenMarket’s fee page and postage from Japan Post’s EMS table, both checked 10 September 2026; the 12.5% from the Section 301 notice of 28 July 2026. US single-capsule prices from Tinywich’s capsule toy collection and Gacha x2’s storefront, both checked 22 September 2026. Your proxy’s own fee page is the one that counts.