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I resisted the HMR line for as long as I could but broke with the Regult and had to have a valk so got a VF-1S Roy...Now I have everything since on hand or ordered and my regret is missing out on the Armored 1J and Hikaru 1S. It's not going to replace my 1/60 and bigger figures but no other line is as complete in terms of valks and opposing/supporting mechs.

Haha, I was never a big fan of Voltron either...Mainly because I grew up watching Mazinger and other giant robot stuff that I liked a lot more. I love Lion robots but just the ones that end up with the beast face on the chest of the combined bot (Daltanious, GGG...). But I do love seeing all the pics of Voltron so keep them coming so I can enjoy seeing what you guys have and save that money for bots I really love.

As for SHF K2-S0, looks great but isn't he a little short to be a security droid? I have one ordered too and I also have a Black Series and Elite version. A lot of people are saying the Black Series is better than the SHF in this rare case. I'm thinking I'll just open my Elite version since I think those are best for droids anyway (nothing like having a metal droid figure) and it will tower like it should over most other figs. 

1 hour ago, zzj said:

 

Dont hold your breath, I'm under no illusion that I can come up with a proper prototype, it would most probably be a virtual model or at best a papercraft project, not to mention it would be take months if not years....

Haha, I'm sure! Just a render would be cool to see someday

10 minutes ago, zzj said:

Yes, the battroid mode for the yf-19 is better than the vf-19 advance for my taste, not by a whole lot though. As for the extra 0, depends on how much work I put into it, I just started learning sketch up yesterday for the purpose of making my own yf-19 model. That is how strongly I feel about it....

 

The ankles on mine still feel fine, hope they stay this way...

Cool! Would love to see what you come up with.

I can't get past the arms over the wings on the YF-19 gerwalk mode. Maybe I'll like it better in hand once I transform mine and see it more up close...

6 hours ago, sh9000 said:

For anyone wondering I wrote to Amiami to cancel the Spartans just to be safe and also apologized.  They cancelled the Spartans without a problem and said excessive cancellations would lead to possible cancellations of all orders or account closure.  I've been a long time customer and have cancelled other items in the past.  YMMV.

Thanks for the details. Again, it's what I figured and I have similar experiences. I think these companies are all reasonable and want to keep our business so as long as you are reasonable and polite with them, they will probably work with you. I ordered one from amiami and also from NY but I'll just keep my order with amiami too. Can't have too many HMRs, right sh9000?

12 hours ago, zzj said:

Just to add: In my mind I have already come up with a re-design that fits my version of what a perfect YF-19 should be like.... If I had several 10's of thousands to spare I would perhaps get someone to make a prototype to my specifications...

I think you missed a "0" 

I opened my YF-19 for a quick inspection and did notice some of the loosness I've been hearing about. No transformation yet but it is a fine looking Valk. Look forward to spending some time transforming and messing with it. I think it looks best in Battroid mode so I need to transform it soon.

7 minutes ago, Lonely Soldier Boy said:

Is NY all that bad? I'm considering ordering from them instead of HLJ this time around and getting two instead of one. Does ordering multiples at the same time mean saving on shipping?

NY is my goto shop...I haven't had a problem with orders I've received from them. You will usually get a better deal when you combine shipping and should definitely be cheaper per unit if you are buying two. I prefer shopping with NY when possible and HLJ otherwise. amiami, CD Japan and Anime-Export only when I have to or for certain sale items that are too good to pass up.

13 minutes ago, jenius said:

If you're a good customer and don't make a habit out of it, they'll cut you some slack. 

Yeah, that's what I figure and it makes a lot of sense.

49 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

No, they don't allow it. You can try but there's also risk of getting your account banned. Let us know. As per AmiAmi:

Q. Can you cancel my order/part of my order?

A. AmiAmi does not accept cancellations regardless of item stock status (in-stock, back-order, pre-order, etc.). Please only place orders for items you intend on purchasing.

Well, TBH, after you add the shipping cost, let's say if you choose EMS from both shop. The only difference will be just $8-15. And besides even if you want to save in the end, but ended up with a damage toy during shipping, don't expect anything from both shop.

 

I didn't think so but it seems sh9000 cancelled his amiami order and went with NY...just wondering how or if he's just risking it. In my experience, I've cancelled from other shops like NY that don't allow cancellation but they never did anything to me. I would imagine they all want our money and if you spend enough or have a bunch of other things preordered, they aren't going to throw that money away.

7 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

Skipping the 3 from Amiami and cancelled the preorder at HLJ.  Preordered 4 Spartans at NY instead.

Can you cancel from amiami with no reprecussions? I thought they didn't allow it.

Interesting people are talking crap about NY when they consistently offer the lowest initial preorder prices. They don't have to do so, especially when they are usually the last to list items but they still give the lowest price. Everyone sells out in seconds for these things so that's not their problem if you weren't able to get their initial offer. What happens after the preorder stock sells out is just up to the market.

Edit: I see ArchieNov just posted pretty much the same thing.

2 minutes ago, recon said:

maybe they didnt even manage to place a reservation with their suppliers

That would seem like an inexcusable mistake for a business that specialzes in selling these products...

2 minutes ago, Darotower said:

At least VF-1 Blue Squadron is finally reunited!!! Feels so good!

Oh damn! I will hit you over the head and take that collection from you!

16 minutes ago, brouken said:

(Throws up the "W" sign). :-)

Reminds me of these pictures I made during a little fun exchange before I knew what the heck the girls were throwing up dubs for:

8 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Actually it was bubble wrapped. But it's the kind of 'small' blue bubble wrap instead of the 'big' ones. And it's just in one layer, one sheet wrap. There's not enough clearance from the box. So basically, once the box got dented or wasn't handled properly, the package box inside will get affected by it. The reason why I was upset is that I've seen NY packed packages before and it was great even for small items. To think that I already bought 3-4 DX Valks from them already and every one of them was packed nicely. It just so happened that this time I was asked to extra Y800 from the initial shipping cost upon ordering which is already high compared when I bought the VF-19 Advance which IMHO the box was heavier than the VF-31J and they still didn't packed it carefully.

 

Transformers Dinobots and 1/1 Perfect Grade Baby. What more do you want, right?  Congrats!

 

Yep, thanks!

I had a problem with NY packing a while ago but it was nothing too serious...just a concern of what could have happened like you say. No issues since that one time though...I'm happy with them as one of my top two (HLJ is the other) goto shops these days.

28 minutes ago, Lonely Soldier Boy said:

Thanks, Tober. The eMails came trough. Now I have two orders from hlj

I don't remember what trasnpired in your situation but if you have two orders for the Spartan through HLJ, it was limited to one so you better cancel one since people say they have been suspending accounts for "breaking the rules". IN my experience, they have just canceled the extra order I made for me and there was no retribution on their part but better safe than sorry.

1 minute ago, Raptor One said:

That's awesome. That's the kind of relationship I'm holding out for, lol

Haha yeah, definitely worth waiting for the right one and I hit the jackpot!

7 hours ago, Tober said:

Personally, I didn't quite have the budget for this and restoring exotic Ferraris...

Because the cost of a DX Valkyrie would have equated to maybe one knob or air cap on the Ferrari?

Lol at the talk of our ages and what we do to get these toys. I had my wife up hitting refresh with me in last night.

As for shipping cost of some of these places, crazy but if they are based in HK, it might mean they are dealing with additional shipping costs that they have to pass on to customers. I don't even bother with any place that is going to end up costing me almost $100 more for the same thing.

Haven't had time to take many pics since the holidays but I got a couple quick phone shots of my Transformer figure of the year (GigaPower Slag for 2016):

Got tons of other loot and hopefully get some pictures up soon.

Also scored DX VF-1F and HMR Spartan last night!

1 minute ago, MAC-X said:

Yup, but most sites back to normal by yesterday. Only NY is still on holiday. 

Thanks, sleep then...

Didn't AE and some other sites also say the same about being on holiday?

1 minute ago, Sandman said:

No it hasn't changed at all. The new releases would usually start trickling in by now.

1 minute ago, zzj said:

They did say they would process orders only from 9am (local time), I assume that means nothing will change till the first employee clocks in?

Yeah, it's hard to say what exactly that means since it could mean, they won't process any existing orders untill they come back but the website itself is still functional. Just depends on if they preset it to list new items or not. Seems like they did not if the homepage has not changed since December 31. If that is the case, then probably safe to just wait until the time they say they will be back...I think it translates to 4 pm pst for people on the west coast.

Has anything changed on the NY homepage during their time off? Any changes to "New Products"? If not, I guess we can expect it to open when they go back to work and wait till then. Otherwise, it should be opening any min...

1 minute ago, F360 said:

I used chrome and the upper right next to the favorite star, there's will be a Key symbol popping up when you are at the log in screen (manage passwords) you saved once and it will remember and auto populate .

   

OK, I know about that but that doesn't mean you stay logged in, just makes logging in easier.

Thanks though, just getting tips on how to make this easier in the future.