Oh, jeez. Yeah, I figured as much... I can only hope that they're open, otherwise I'm preeetty screwed.
Turns out I've got a pretty big demand for a mass order, and a couple I really need to get, myself. One question, before I get into the nitty gritty: if they are blind, would you be able/willing to open them (and, of course, buy any you open) and check until you've gotten a character, or hit a price maximum? Which is pretty overcomplicated, and if not, that's fine, but oh, boy. It's unfortunately very late, but I'll have some kind of visual thing made up for tomorrow.
If it's a bunch of straps (and I'm eyeing a postcard set), do you have any vague estimate on shipping?
Super, super sorry that this is such an ordeal.
One edit, that I thought of immediately after: You don't have to go as soon as the event starts, of course; if you wait a couple days from when it starts, I'll scour the internet (+ I follow a lot of Japanese people into the same stuff) and check for any potential pictures of the merchandise to check for confirmation on open/blind straps?