David Hingtgen

July is a SLIGHT chance.

To me, anything under 300 or 400 is a bargain at this point based on trying to get one since Xmas of 2011. Price isn't MUCH of an issue for me at this point---it's simply getting one, period. At less than half a grand shipped... (I think we all figured/hoped on a re-release long before now, and more of them---not trickling out a last few after they've slowly done every single other version)

Checking my account, my order now shows EMS, so it looks like they got my message and did in fact change it. But now it also says "Bank wire" instead of "pre-order" for payment. Hmmmn. :;edit:: It's still the same as before, in that it still shows "pay now" as an option and takes you to a screen where you can select various methods of paying--it defaults to have "bank wire" selected, but I can still go to the paypal etc screens. So I don't think it'll be an issue. Will email them later just to be sure. It's a ~1700 yen difference, so it was definitely worth asking.

I'm tempted to re-order via EMS, if there was a quick/easy way to cancel an existing one.

Just an FYI, but I was just randomly refreshing the page when I saw the price had changed (first time in several minutes)---I *knew* that had to mean it was available again, and I clicked the spot where the add-to-cart button WOULD be--it was still loading the image for the button (changing from grey to red). The page hadn't even finished loading by the time I was trying click "checkout".

A pre-order, yes. But with how many shortages there are, I won't be surprised if only those who got in the first 2 batches at N-Y actually get them or something. Or my biggest worry---a defective valk. Missing crotch piece, two left biceps, or something like that.

My order says it was completed at 47 minutes and 34 secs past the hour. Just FYI, so it had to have opened a little earlier than the 48 minute mark.

Got one at NY, was in a hyper-rush so I chose FedEx (it was at the top of the list) and didn't realize that was way more expensive than EMS (unlike HLJ's shipping prices). I just emailed them asking if I could change it to EMS. Anyone have experience with that at N-Y, changing shipping options?

Has A-E already gone and sold out, or is it a placeholder? Or do people expect them to get more and re-open?

OMG, I was in-between logging in and re-checking there. ARRRRGH!

No, I still have zero VF-25's, yet Alto's boosters and armor.

FYI, the PM is only for NY, no other retailer/method.

If NY makes most of theirs available at the same time(s) as they did last night, I'll never get one. I didn't "miss those by a minute", that was bedtime for me. It's currently about 1AM in Japan. Should I even bother checking over the next few hours? Do they ever list stuff in the middle of the night, local time?

Don't you have like a half-dozen by now?

I would, if I could get an order in! I do need to blink/eat/sleep on occasion... Do you know how many times I've refreshed NY's page today? Their -171 CF's lasted minutes if not hours at their marked-up price.

That's what, double the price of a Hobby Search pre-order? Yeesh. And of course, sold out just as fast as before. So much for paying a premium and getting it from NY. Might as well just buy the 2011 release at Ebay prices...

A. Not up yet. I'd preorder at MSRP+30 this second if I could. B. what if the next batch is MSRP+120 or something?

Dang it. About 5 mins after I gave up going to Hobby Search, and started refreshing N-Y again...

I vote placeholder. No way it was slammed as hard as AmiAmi, to have like no one even SEE it, much less get into cart. Though that does mean I have to keep clicking until I go to bed, sigh...

Someone actually saw the "add to cart" button at HLJ? I was refreshing CONSTANTLY---and merely saw the date go from 00/2000 to 07/2013.

HLJ updated--or sold out. Hmmmn.

Shortly as in 10 minutes, or 10 hours? I have to go to bed at some point. Can't hit F5 forever.

Nothing at Hobby Search yet---are they likely to do it in the next hour, or just "whenever they feel like"?

What was NY's price? Currently shows 14000Y.

Gah, NY already gone? I tried too long at AmiAmi. I had it in my cart at AmiAmi, but couldn't check out. "login failed". That kept happening until it actually let me go to the next page, then said insufficient qty. Then went to NY, and saw they had a new page.