New and need help

[shelly1fishing]

Hi guys,
First day on the board and relatively new to rapala collecting.I recognise some of you guys from ebay.

I've been buying lots of FAT RAPS and Japan Specials ( also like dealer boxes....sorry if that isn't cool ).I'm pretty green to this whole thing.I've now got around 200.

Any general advice for new guy?

Also , anyone know where I can buy direct from Japan?.
P&P expensive to Scotland through ebay.

[Jason]

Welcome to the board Shelly1fishing .

There is a wealth of knowledge in some of these old post's . If you have more specific questions , feel free to ask .

As for the Japan question , maybe one of these other guys can help you on that . I just have a friend there that helps me . Not sure if there is just a regular on line store that will ship to you or not . There are those few guys on Ebay that sell direct from there . I didnt think most of there shipping charges were to out of control , but there are a couple for sure that could lower there shipping prices a little .

[muskiehunter]

I am new to this as well. Jason is right on with the knowledge being in old posts.I have read all of them and got alot of info and insight on what colors are out there.Have come to the conclusion that I'll never have every Rapala but I wiil sure have fun trying

[cdj711]

the only one i found with english homepage and shipping outside japan:
www.fujiyamapeche.com/
homepage in english, french, spanish
prices in euro or $$
shipping cost a bit high, but fast and safe (this is what i think EMS is; have not yet ordered there)
prices ok (for european standard)
virtually none of the JS colors listed
(dont ask me why somebody would set up a shop like this in JAPAN and not offer a single japan special color)??

w.

p.s.: dealer boxes, you mean full or empty boxes? got quite a few of empty ones, a fewer full ones too ...

[muskiehunter]

Hi Wolfgang,

Great site

Steve

[shelly1fishing]

Thanks Guys,

Has a trawl last night....real interesting.

Wolfgang , full dealer boxes.

Just got some new ones in from Japan , not familiar with coulour codes , so I'll be trawling through again tonight.

[Bodeen]

well, if you ever get an overflow, I am sure there are people here who would buy them or trade you for what you need. I imagine there are a lot of rapala lures represented as a whole form this board.

If we ever put them all together, we would have a pretty nice display.

[muskiehunter]

If everybody put their Rapala's together that would be a sight to see