Yeah, I order a lot of stuff from Taobao, including pre-orders.
You can get stuff delivered direct, but they do like banning foreigner accounts (I've been lucky enough for my account to stay active, but that might be because I didn't order anything on the account for a long time after creation, and I only order to a Chinese address) and they might not even allow for this to be sent (as they might consider this branded).
Reshipper is probably the best option. I personally use Superbuy. They can pre-order it on your behalf, and you organize the shipping on their site once they receive it in the warehouse.
Por toys stuff is usually expensive he wanted $400 for painted hands for John Wick. That's insane and honestly if the figure is at the same range if it's not good quality it's probably not worth getting.