How to buy Japanese products (specifically Digimon) online

Often people ask me where I buy my Digimon merchandise online, and my usual answer is ‘Ami Ami, HobbyLink Japan, Nippon Yasan, and, as an expensive last resort, eBay (usually in that order as this is how I would rate them – HLJ is possibly better than AmiAmi but AmiAmi is cheaper)’, but when it comes to popup shop items and premium items, these sites can be a little less useful (except for eBay but the mark up is pretty extreme – a five dollar keychain going for 50 dollars? No way.)

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