Mabuhay and Welcome to the forum!!

Yep collecting TFs here is indeed quite different than the US. A lot of figures we get are at times delayed, we get skipped some waves too. Online wise I personally go for BBTS. A lot of the people here get from Robotkingdom (RK), Amiami, HLJ and the usual suspect evilbay . Im sure there's a lot of other sources that some have not mentioned. After all there are the G1 collectors still that do get to buy some of the more expensive and obscure Jap figures still, so I am not sure who or where their sources are.

When I migrated here as well back in 2005, I only had 5 figures with me - 4 minibots and Energon Tidal Wave. Dunno why they were my choice to bring. After 2 years I was able to bring my remaining collection here. Hope it will be sooner for you. Until then, hope you enjoy your interacting within the forum. When your collection does get here, we hope to see it in lotsa pictures hehehehe