DYRL VF-1S

Yes! That's awesome

Oh yeah, for sure. I don't think any of us have heard from them without inquiring first yet. hah But to be fair, they were on an extended holiday to celebrate Golden Week until today I think. We'll likely begin to see communication from them in the weeks ahead.

Yes, please. Now. I want it all and I want it now.

If you did SAL or EMS to a destination that they can't deliver to anymore, they will either offer you to upgrade to UPS for $30+ (which is silly to me when their EMS is already like $40+ on this item but totally get it - just adds up if you purchased more than 1 set,) offer to hold indefinitely or if you ask, they may (or may not) refund you.

Great work man! Once you get it down, you could do commissioned work!!

Just wait another two years when I get mine back from LEK!

Nice! Looks good

Nice! Thanks for the reference for size.

I've been downsizing my TF and building my Macross displays... But now the two of you have my attention. LOL Where would one find these?

Nice! You must really like them to break out the photo shoot!

Nice promotional on the Strike! It is far and above my favorite grail.

Yeah, mine is still 5 Yen cheaper lol. I did forget about the tax though. Good catch.

Yeah that seems to be the case and was commented here earlier I think. Interestingly, my order details for this exact release shows 1,600 from when I got it on initial release. My price for the Valk is lower too. This is one of those guaranteed lowest price preorders. I wonder if my 1600 will stick?

Anyone super good at vectors on images that would be interested in adding cut lines on my 1/55 VF-1S Strike sticker sheets? I’d pay for the work. I have friends in design or could outsource on Fiverr but would rather keep it in the fam. I put out the message to a couple people already so DM me if interested.

Me either! Haha I’m not a fan with the DX because they’re already so detailed, but I think this will be perfect.

Not sure yet. Since it’s so far out, I’ll ask when it’s closer. I’d like him to remove decals and add them himself. We’ll see. But I did confirm that he hasn’t done one of these yet.

Speaking of this one... just put a deposit down for LEK to customize the Matchbox 1/3000 SDF-1. August 2022 haha.

So I suppose these these belong here.

Ooooh sweet. Thank you! I’ll take a look. I actually started chatting with him. Super cool guy. I want to do the Matchbox TV ver.

Yeah, what borgi said. I found 3rd Party fulfilled by AJ and it actually came to 10,891 Yen before ship. I bought 4 of them. 3 shipped together for 4,333 and I added another one later and is shipping for 1,844.

I just had DX VF-1 SSPs shipped for 1,844 for a single one. And, for three of them purchased together, it was only 4,333 Yen. AJ is my best friend regardless of that price change from 1,600 to 1,844 in this case anyway. It actually turned out less expensive than NY's total PO price w/shipping.

Nah...it's too fun to keep pointing back to it. And if I cared enough to further the convo on it, I would just post there. Never say die. Oops...wrong Skull....

Exactly, and just to clarify my stance, I ordered in the first few hours that they posted the listing and should've been in the first run as you stated.

It seems to me that feeling the need to respond actually is defending them to the degree that you've outlined. Which is totally cool - let's just call it what it is. You have a right to your opinion. I'm super glad that you have patience for their situation. It's just not the level of customer service that I require at the moment. As I've stated before, they operate on a grade "C" for my preference, and that works on most days just fine for me. However, these are unprecedented times, and their customer service and logistics are being "stress tested" if you will. Unfortunately, what they are able to provide is not good enough for me. So you ask what "little more" I would hope for in the current situation and outline the dilemma as one they can't control? Easy answer for me - take a look at Mandarake, Mykombini, and many others who are choosing to create a solution beyond "oh wellll." Mandarake is offering free DHL upgrade in certain situations as reported by others in THIS thread likely at a loss at times. Or Mykombini that only had JP Post as far as I know and now has negotiated FedEx at a discounted rate. Instead, NY is only willing to upgrade to UPS for an exorbitant fee or to simply indefinitely hold. No offer for refund (which Mandarake is also willing to do and offering). None of these other shops can control the situation any more than NY. It's not my responsibility to fix their logistics department or their business model. It's my choice to buy from them or not, which at this point they won't allow anyway since I went to PayPal. Now, let's take Hobby Search for example. I had an issue with them and had to involve PayPal unfortunately. They were so apologetic and cool about it. I would buy from them again in a heartbeat (and have). Manda? It's been almost two weeks since my package was returned to them. Am I going to PayPal over them? No, because I have absolute confidence that they will take care of me and am understanding of their situation. Their response to me was amazing. Anyway, it's a slippery slope to comment on something like this because it starts to eat up space on a thread dedicated to 1/48 DX; not Nippon-Yasan. We can take that conversation HERE if you have further opinion on it.