Nothing went on, the whole thing was a giant misunderstanding as the contact in Japan made an error in sending the figure. I won't go into details but let's say that I did have to pay for both its cost and shipping. The details of this were only revealed to me yesterday.
BTW: The figure was never intended to be free or anything like that if that is what Pulse is insinuating, I was always expected to cover its cost + shipping.