Duymon
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Aliens: Colonial Marines morphs into Isolation
Duymon replied to Dobber's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
the original AVP waaaaay back on pc was better than this piece of crap imho. -
Yeah, but it's so easy to bypass that. For example, my brother lives nextdoor. I could just order one for me and one for him. since we have separate paypals, emails, etc we could easily grab 2.
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yeah I just grabbed one too for kicks
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Actually they are all renewals cept for the VF-27 which never got any renewal love and prolly won't :0 i'd be tempted to buy it if I didn't already have two of each :0
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Thanks, it's a fun build for 3-4 hours on my off-nights when all I have is a few bottles of paint and a hobby knife haha. Def the Bandai kit. It goes together pretty well but the issue is the decals. The yellow and grey decals are super weak and need to have some proper white backing to make them look good. When I get home I'll need to do some touch-up and fill in the white areas where the decals didn't cover up the yellow parts. At that point minus well paint all the yellow myself on the fins eh? lol Hasegawa is gonna put these suckers out as well too, but I'm pretty satisfied with the amount of detail already on the 6-yr old kits from Bandai.
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Another slow night on the night-shift :0 Thank God I have hobby-supplies in my work drawer lol.
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The Weaker yen is good for both. 75% of Japan's economy is export-based and a weaker yen means more exports for Japan. NY gets more sales, we get cheaper valks, it's win -win. It does, however, suck for the native Japanese, however, since they do import quite a bit and weaker yen means more expenses. NY automatically recalculates the exchange rate at time of invoice so they aren't skimming off the top for more yen as people would suggest......
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If you use those services, use it for something like this... talk about tax-return purchase :0 http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b142073240 YF-29 with super VF-171 with super VF-25G VF-25F with super and armored VF-25S with super and armored VF-27 Brera Hot damn O_O
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This is why I never got rid of my J-bank account and have trusted friends I can mail crap to within Japan. The cost of transferring 500-1000 dollars at a time to my Japanese Bank acct is waaaaaay less than what these proxy services charge :0 Then I just use either a bank wire or the credit card from that bank to pay for crap, then I pay my buddy shipping plus a little extra for his trouble.
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I think NY only cancels all if you don't PAY for your preorder by the due date. Cancelling way in advanced is no issue.
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NO love for the VF-171 I guess. If I have spare funds after this month and it's still there I might pick up more, but already got 6 in the pipe O_o VF-171 is my fav Mac F valkyrie >_< Have to have 3 in battroid and 3 in fighter like in those pics O_o
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We're really, really making this more complex than it really is guys. This is not some crazy weird system NY employs to get more money off you guys. If an item is 18000 yen, When you preorder and prepay, you pay exchange rate at time of prepay. NY gets 18000 yen right there. When you preorder and wait to pay, NY will readjust the USD amount to the current exchange rate. NY still gets 18000 yen. Either way, NY gets 18000 yen. The exchange rate only affects the customer, not NY. They always get 18000 yen. It only gets wonky if you have an "old" preorder and the exchange rate has changed dramatically and you prepay before they readjust your invoice. Changing your invoice to yen and paying in yen through Paypal forces the exchange fee onto you, the buyer. I have always paid USD to NY and they seem to do the exchange internally.
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Doh!
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購入後、一度だけ変形させた後は、コレクションケースに入れていたので、状態は良い方かと思います。 暗所にて保管してましたので、箱も焼けもなく状態はよろしいかと思います。 あくまで開封済みの中古品という事をご理解の上、 ノークレームノーリターンでお願いします。 新品同様の商品を希望される方、傷などが気になる方は入札をご遠慮ください。 発送は福山通運の元払いのみになります。 ---- Only Transformed once and then put in display case so it's in pretty good shape. Toy and Box were in dark place so they should be in good shape. (guess he's referring to sun-damage) Buyer understands this used goods and not-sealed. Sold as-is, no returns. If you're looking for new stuff, please refrain from bidding. Item will be shipping via Fukutsu (Fukuyama Transport) prepaid. ---- 全体的にタバコ臭ヤニヤケがありますのでコンディション可にしております予めご了承ください. ＵＳＥＤ外箱開封済み品です。. 箱：中古品ですので多少のキズ、ヨゴレ、うっすらヤケはありますが比較的良好な状態です。. 内容物：説明書２部、訂正表、デカール２枚付。本体、パーツ揃っておりヤケがある他は使用感少なく良好な 状態です。 ---- In all, because it smells of smoke and has cigarette burns it's important for you to undertand this beforehand. It's used goods with an unsealed box. BOX: Since it's used it has Scratces, a little dirt and is a little color-faded (from the sun). However, it's not too bad. Contents: Instructions, revision sheet, decals x2, aaand.... I didn't feel like translating the rest but it says pretty much the item itself and the parts are lightly used, but have slight yellowing / fading. --- I could be wrong on some points, but I think I got most of it.
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NY has no limits on the marked-up CF's. Case and point I have an order for 3 since like 2 months ago.
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For everypreorder NY has always recalculated at time of invoice, which is about 7-10 days before release. At that time the preorder could be more and less depending upon the change of the Yen-rate. It's hit and miss. I'm 99% sure the CF will be cheaper upon release than it was at pre-order, but the same cannot be said of the ALto and RVF as we have no clue what'll change in 3-4 months. I'm going to prepay for my ALTO and rvf's once my tax-return is in, just to lock in the price and not deal with the drama. Only Pre-order if you're willing to pay that price up-front
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The RVF's should be coming up again soon. The VF-171 cancellations are opening up new preorders and I assume the RVF's should follow suit
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It's still up at NY. 17000 yen is not an awful price, that's only 2000 yen or so above retail.
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All my valks are bought in cash. I actually run my own business on my days off to finance my macross collecting lol. Luckily i have no interest in the 1/60 v2's (1/48 for life!) And the only mac7 valks i care about, the vf22's, i already got. prolly the only yammy I will buy now is maybe another Gamlin or two and a a second-release yf-19 so that my yf-21 isn't so lonely.
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this is really weird. I had seen the HLJ preorder for the RVF on my phone on 04/05, clicked add to cart but decided the PC was faster. Ran to PC, and RVF was dried out, but I got the VF-171. Last Night, opened up browser on PHone and noticed I was still on the HLJ page, with that RVF in my cart. Figured what the hell what have I got to lose? Went ahead and logged in, and completed my order O_O Got confirmation e-mail and everything. Pretty whacky that the preorder dried up on 04/05 but I somehow was able to process my order on 04/06. Bug? Luck? Who knows. I wonder if my order will really go through lol
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glad I checked hlj lol. got prolly the last vf-171 cf finally have 4 reserved for that diamond formation pic
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great price. limit of 1 so that we all can get one thank god
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Bandai 1/72 fully transform able VF-1 plastic kit for Macross 30th Ann
Duymon replied to Vi-RS's topic in Model kits
over the last 10 years I bought one of every 1/48 sans the weathering and macross chronicles exclusives, over 20 hase VF-1's, the revoltechs, the 1/100 hi-metals, and I'm still psyched about this valk. I mean, cmon it's the VF-1 besides, I'm gonna buy a ton of these to support the franchise -
This only affects 1st release yf-19's right? So the new box ones, the weathered and the double-nuts and Bird of Prey are just fine, right?
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At this point, paying more than 21000 yen for a preorder makes no sense when that is what current, in hand first issues go for on yahoo auctions imho Well, you do have to have a Japanese contact to get them though
