I'm new to this forum, so a lot of it is harder for me to follow the flow of information as I'm still getting my feet well.
I know that in most of the threads people reiterate the information for those who don't know and occassionally they get shut down at times for doing so. I personally appreciate it. I have a lot to pick up on as I just recently picked up my second figures. So the information from the numbering systems behind the birds, to the renewals, to the Arcadia's vs the Bandai's is all very helpful.
My first Valkyrie was a VF-25 Tornado that I picked up around 5 years ago and I got rid of once the Renewals were issued, and I just put a pre-order for the YF-29 Percival(CDJAPAN) with a huge help from the thread about it.
One thing I did notice is that there isn't a streamlined way to find information, from places selling, and such, you have to go to the specific thread for that specific bird and then you have sift through 30+ pages to see where it's selling or when pre-order show up.
Currently, I'm looking for a Arcadia 1/60 Perfect Transformation VF-0D. I see HLJ and CD Japan still have it. But I stumbled up on it by luck and haven't see it in its thread posted in the previous five pages of it. I don't know what makes the bird cost so much more versus a Bandai.
so I'm curious if there's a comprehensive quick guide to knowing when specific models go for pre-order, or are on sale, what the average price is, what a list of preferred stores are. It would be fantastic if there was a guide that is updated often to just reference.
Excuse me if there is and I somehow missed the information, or I'm showing my newness in this.
TL;DR Is there a master thread or cliff notes for when pre-orders go live or where a specific model are still available for sale, and what the average price is, what preferred stores are by forum users, etc.