i've got this brilliant idea for the armory system. Wouldn't it be cool if we could visualize players in 3D, u know , like on wowhead or thottbott...

Meh I think that would eat up so much server spac and I mean all the gear looks the same. If you want something comprehensive you can use something like wow modelviewer.

is there an armory up yet? i know the server is down and everything but is there a way to check up on our characters?

well the chinese armory is still down 'cause the servers are offline. As for finding a way to view your character(s) , i doubt there is a way...

http://profiler.wowhead.com/?profiles

ye but only in the US or Europe. What about for those that only have characters in China?

Well sorry for not having the ultimate solution but this is the best you can have, and regional specific tools will always exist. Do you see battle bots in the EU? Or player recruit a friend in Taiwan?
That's... life...
:'[

thx anyways