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Wow, my bad! I was looking at ami ami website and didn't realize it. I need to get my eyes checked...lol. Sorry about that folks.

Nippon just changed the status to Sold Out. Man I hope they fulfill those pre-orders.

Woot!!! I was able to order 2 of them!!! http://www.nippon-yasan.com/lang-en/macross/2631-macross-f-dx-chogokin-vf-25g-messiah-valkyrie-michael-blanc-custom-renewal-version.html

Its bad enough that you could not complete my order for 2 of the YF-29 and I don't blame them for this. What I am pissed off at is that they only refunded me back $438.62 when I originally paid $481.24. Why the hell would they keep $42.62 of my money!!! I just sent then an email asking for an explanation on why they feel it was necessary to keep this money. Anybody else out there experience this? Any advice on how I should handle this would be appreciated.

Dear, Thank you for purchasing goods in IShop2go.com . We are sorry to tell your ordered item - Bandai Macross Frontier DX Chogokin YF-29 Messiah Valkyrie Durandal x 2 has been out of stock. It is because Bandai Japan has great shortage of this item, they did not produce enough products for us from selling. We only got 5 even order for more than 200 from them, some toy shop here cannot even got 1. Owning to this, we can deliver those available items according to the purchase date. Unfortunately, you are not in the first 5 buyers. By then, we cannot deliver and need to refund the pre-order cost HK$3,637.48 back to you through Paypal. Please check out this with your paypal account. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. If you need to contact us about this order, please make sure the order number is stated in your email. Thank you again for purchasing goods in IShop2go.com. We hope we can serve you in near future. Customer Service of IShop2go.com Anybody else get an email like this?

Wasn't there a board member a couple of years ago that buildt one from scratch? I remember seeing monthly updates on his progress and it looked sooooo badass. I wonder if he ever finished that project? Anybody know?

Wow...I had indicated I wanted 2 of them and then continued on to place my order to run into an issue with my log on. When I finally resolved it 3 mins later I noticed to pre-order tab was removed. Man I have the worse luck > < !

I have to agree 100% ...the knee color and the rest of the leg below that looks really bad!!! Just look at the Alto to the left and you will see the knee and the rest of the leg below it are the same color. Graham- you better get on the phone with Bandai and let them know or else I guess we will be looking at a .v3 next summer...lol!!!

Hmmm... I think perhaps if there was any confusion it was on my behalf. I thought since Eugimon took my "quote" it was directed towards me, however after re-reading his comment I believe you are correct. My apologies to Eugimon

I think there is some confusion to my previous post. I never said I collected $20 transformers, as a matter of fact I don't own any. I have only collected Yamato Valks for about 5 years and I have a pretty good collection myself. In my opinion it seems like the pass couple of years the cost of new additions have gone up, however the size and plastic parts have not changed that much. All of us who admit it or not have a certain amount that they feel is too much and mine is $200 for a bare Valk and $250 max for a loaded one. Alexd- I guess I should have added that for some people no amount is too much because as long as you get what you want it doesn't really matter. I personally love all my Yamies and will enjoy them forever. Good luck with your Kai. PS: you know if I pick up a Kai for $200 I'm going to brag about it

IMHO I think that price is crazy for what I call a "naked" Valk. No armor, no packs. I have about 15 various Valks myself and the most expensive one I ever bought was $200 shipped and it had armor and packs included. I honestly don't know who to blame for the outrageous price- Yamato or the sellers Gonna hold off on this until the price gets better.

Does anybody know if Bandai will be producing a VF-27 v2? My gut tells me no but I thought I would ask anyways.

Hey Graham, I noticed in the first pic it looks like the pilot is holding a brown stick in the cockpit. Am I seeing things or can you please explain what it is? Thanks for the pics.

How did you guys get the guns to attach to the fast packs? Mine keep falling off!!!

I bought one and its one of my favorites. By far one of the most difficult to transform but worth every frustration once its transformed. Battleroid is amazing!!!