Shizuka the Cat

Me too!

So excited! Can't wait for my HMR VT-1 to ship from CDJapan. P.S. So.... I introduced my professor to Macross Frontier, and he said he liked the first couple of episodes he watched so far. (Look at me, spreading the Macross gospel to the masses) Yesterday, he asked me if Sheryl Nome's hair is blonde or pink. I said him that she is blonde, but oftentimes uses holograms to make her hair appear pink as well as change costume appearance. My professor was like, "Oh, she's just like Jem from the 'Jem and the Holograms' cartoon from the 1980s". Never having watched this cartoon, I decided to check it out. I just finished marathon-watching several episodes off of YouTube. I have to confess.... I kind of like it. It is old. It is cheesy. And I am not a fan of the Jem/Jerrica/Rio love triangle. But beyond that, I kind of like it. Surprisingly the animation was a lot better than I expected too. I expect American cartoons, especially from before I was born,.... and even modern ones... to have awful animation, except for Disney movies. [edit] Turns out the animation was mostly done by Toei Animation... so, does this count as anime? [/edit] [edit2] Now I can't help think that Sheryl Nome does copy Jem regarding the appearance changes [/edit2]

It's so beautiful and.... orange! And YAY, CDJapan is showing my pre-order of 2 HMR VT-1's is in shipping process.

I wonder if it would be safer to go through AmiAmi's eBay listings rather than buying from AmiAmi.com directly. At least then, you get eBay's money-back guarantee if the order never arrives. Also, you can use those 15% eBay coupons when those show up.

Definitely a big part of my frustration is the package getting lost by USPS. I know that part is not AmiAmi's fault. My frustration with AmiAmi largely stems from the LONG wait they make you go through, slow response time, and being told when a partial refund would be coming and it not showing up. When AmiAmi makes you go thru so much "waiting" and then makes you unexpectedly wait some more for the partial refund, it feels like they are kicking you when you are already down.

Looking at AmiAmi's policy pages, it looks like you only get a full refund if you use EMS or DHL, For SAL Small Packet Registered, their site says they refund up to 6000 yen, So.... them refunding about 7000 yen would be considered generous I guess.... if said refund ever actually showed up.

My order used SAL Small Packet Registered, costing 1490 yen in shipping fee. Too bad it then got lost somewhere after it was handed off to USPS.

Well.... I think I might have to put AmiAmi on my no-shop list moving forward. Back in early April, I ordered from them an HMR toy.... a toy that never arrived. Both JapanPost and USPS tracking showed the toy ending up at a USPS distribution facility, but never leaving it. To this day, tracking still says the package never left the facility. After my package showed no signs of movement for a couple of weeks, I contacted USPS to do a search. No luck there. I then contacted AmiAmi, who told me to wait another month. Still nothing. So AmiAmi said they would contact JapanPost and told me to wait another month or 2. Finally, a week ago, almost 4 months after I placed my order, AmiAmi said they would send me a refund.... about 7,000 yen of my nearly 14,000 yen purchase.... which I find frustrating. Why they can't send me a replacement order, or fully refund me, I have no idea, nor will they explain it to me. AmiAmi told me they would be sending out the refund last Wednesday. Well, now it is a week later and the refund still has not appeared in my PayPal account... which is just making me more frustrated with them. And the email I sent asking them about the refund has gone unanswered. I have ordered a lot of stuff from AmiAmi these past 5 months. This particular HMR order is the only time I have been disappointed with the store. But geez, this experience dealing with AmiAmi's customer support... or lack of it... has been quite off-putting, enough so that I question if I ever want to shop from them again. I now consider AmiAmi as shopping at your own risk. You may never receive what you paid for, and yet still lose money. *sigh* Now I am very concerned about my existing pre-orders I already have at AmiAmi.

Note that for the Toynami convention exclusives, they all say "1 of X"

You know it is a slow day on campus in the middle of summer vacation when we are all at the lab watching Avengers Infinity War.

Since your original post indicated that the backpack was not broken when it arrived to you, I doubt AmiAmi will refund anything that could be attributed as user error.

And its gone

My Toynami 1/100 VF-1A Kakizaki (Ben Dixon) w/ pilot arrived.... and I immediately slapped on a set of Super Parts on it. I do have to admit... I am not used to the separate Super/Strike parts coming with yellow-tipped reaction missiles, versus the red-tipped ones that come with the bundles.

I actually saw this movie about 2 weeks ago. The Terminator, right? It was not that good a movie.... though admittedly, I am not a horror fan.

The 30th anniversary VF-1 looked way worse

The beast is just 1 of 24 personalities in @jvmacross I wonder what valkyries the other 23 like.

The quick brown CF jumped over the lazy Destroid

To help you sleep, just imagine counting valkyries jumping over a fence

AVAILABLE Amazon JP: 27,980 yen https://www.amazon.co.jp/超時空要塞マクロス-約300mm-ファイター時-ダイキャスト-塗装済み可動フィギュア/dp/B07FVSX5BL/ref=sr_1_3 (second pre-order round) SOLD OUT Nippon-Yasan: 15,400 yen https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/25676-super-dimensional-fortress-macross-dx-chogokin-vf-1j-valkyrie-ichijo-hikaru-custom.html (first pre-order round) AmiAmi: 16,480 yen https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-041234 Hobby Search: 17,100 yen https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10551440 CDJapan: 18,000 yen http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-294953 Hobby Link Japan: 18,000 yen https://hlj.com/product/BANS55138/Act Anime-Export: 18,000 yen http://www.anime-export.com/product/40857 Nin-Nin: 161.65 USD https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-hobbies-toys-game-character/28249-the-super-dimension-fortress-macross-first-press-limited-edition-vf-1j-valkyrie-hikaru-ichijyou-machine-dx-chogokin--4573102551382.html Amazon JP: 19,400 yen https://www.amazon.co.jp/超時空要塞マクロス-約300mm-ファイター時-ダイキャスト-塗装済み可動フィギュア/dp/B07FVSX5BL/ref=sr_1_3 (first pre-order round) Nippon-Yasan: 22,000 yen https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/25676-super-dimensional-fortress-macross-dx-chogokin-vf-1j-valkyrie-ichijo-hikaru-custom.html (second pre-order round)

AVAILABLE Amazon JP: 19,400 yen https://www.amazon.co.jp/超時空要塞マクロス-約300mm-ファイター時-ダイキャスト-塗装済み可動フィギュア/dp/B07FVSX5BL/ref=sr_1_3 SOLD OUT Nippon-Yasan: 15,400 yen https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/25676-super-dimensional-fortress-macross-dx-chogokin-vf-1j-valkyrie-ichijo-hikaru-custom.html (first pre-order round) AmiAmi: 16,480 yen https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-041234 Hobby Search: 17,100 yen https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10551440 CDJapan: 18,000 yen http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-294953 Hobby Link Japan: 18,000 yen https://hlj.com/product/BANS55138/Act Anime-Export: 18,000 yen http://www.anime-export.com/product/40857 Nin-Nin: 161.65 USD https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-hobbies-toys-game-character/28249-the-super-dimension-fortress-macross-first-press-limited-edition-vf-1j-valkyrie-hikaru-ichijyou-machine-dx-chogokin--4573102551382.html Nippon-Yasan: 22,000 yen https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/25676-super-dimensional-fortress-macross-dx-chogokin-vf-1j-valkyrie-ichijo-hikaru-custom.html (second pre-order round)

Thanks for making my night. If I was at all helpful to someone here, that makes me happy.

AVAILABLE Amazon JP: 19,400 yen https://www.amazon.co.jp/超時空要塞マクロス-約300mm-ファイター時-ダイキャスト-塗装済み可動フィギュア/dp/B07FVSX5BL/ref=sr_1_3 Nippon-Yasan: 22,000 yen https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/25676-super-dimensional-fortress-macross-dx-chogokin-vf-1j-valkyrie-ichijo-hikaru-custom.html (second pre-order round) SOLD OUT Nippon-Yasan: 15,400 yen https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/25676-super-dimensional-fortress-macross-dx-chogokin-vf-1j-valkyrie-ichijo-hikaru-custom.html (first pre-order round) AmiAmi: 16,480 yen https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-041234 Hobby Search: 17,100 yen https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10551440 CDJapan: 18,000 yen http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-294953 Hobby Link Japan: 18,000 yen https://hlj.com/product/BANS55138/Act Anime-Export: 18,000 yen http://www.anime-export.com/product/40857 Nin-Nin: 161.65 USD https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-hobbies-toys-game-character/28249-the-super-dimension-fortress-macross-first-press-limited-edition-vf-1j-valkyrie-hikaru-ichijyou-machine-dx-chogokin--4573102551382.html

People who ordered from NY at 15,400 yen might want to make sure in their account order history that it still shows at that price and not the new 22,000 yen price, given that the same link address was used for both pre-order pricings.... just as a precaution.

AVAILABLE CDJapan: 18,000 yen http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-294953 Amazon JP: 19,400 yen https://www.amazon.co.jp/超時空要塞マクロス-約300mm-ファイター時-ダイキャスト-塗装済み可動フィギュア/dp/B07FVSX5BL/ref=sr_1_3 Nippon-Yasan: 22,000 yen https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/25676-super-dimensional-fortress-macross-dx-chogokin-vf-1j-valkyrie-ichijo-hikaru-custom.html (second pre-order round) SOLD OUT Nippon-Yasan: 15,400 yen https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/25676-super-dimensional-fortress-macross-dx-chogokin-vf-1j-valkyrie-ichijo-hikaru-custom.html (first pre-order round) AmiAmi: 16,480 yen https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-041234 Hobby Search: 17,100 yen https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10551440 Hobby Link Japan: 18,000 yen https://hlj.com/product/BANS55138/Act Anime-Export: 18,000 yen http://www.anime-export.com/product/40857 Nin-Nin: 161.65 USD https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-hobbies-toys-game-character/28249-the-super-dimension-fortress-macross-first-press-limited-edition-vf-1j-valkyrie-hikaru-ichijyou-machine-dx-chogokin--4573102551382.html

Happy to be of service!