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Missed all the PO madness, now waiting for NY to list it

The 1S head looked really bad on the V1.

What he meant was most merchants on Amazon.jp won't ship toys internationally, you'll need a forwarding address service like Tenso to buy toys on Amazon.jp

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Why Kudo Shin Type and not Shin Kudo Type like the Yamato VF-0s or Arcadia's own VF-1 releases?

Finally received my N-Y Ozma shipped Registered SAL to Singapore. Can't believe it took this long. I spent a couple of hours this morning transforming my used 1st release Ozma for the first time. The joints were so freaking tight and the neckplate didn't want to slide out properly.

For Mandarake, you would have to keep refreshing from around 10PM PST-2AM PST to pounce on Ozmas as they get listed. Plus there's a bit of risk regarding the condition of the toy if it's been opened already.

Ozma/Alto armor goes for around 20k yen on Mandarake. On Yahoo Japan they sell for around 23k yen up.

I've bought items via buyee in mid-December and had them shipped in April/May... They do warn you in advance when your 90 day limit is expiring though.

Buyee doesn't charge commission on shipping but they have a 10% charge on your bid+200yen bank transfer fee. This makes Buyee significantly more expensive than FJ. However you can keep your items *really* long in buyee's warehouse.

Just received my Mandarake Ozma. Still waiting for the N-Y Ozma on the slow boat(?) from Japan (shipped on the 25th via Registered SAL, not yet arrived in Singapore).

interesting to see so many altos below SRP on Mandarake now, while the accessories cost super high.

still interested the pictures for info purposes though.

Lucked out and got a used one for 14k on mandarake, opened so probably first release? Still waiting for my N-Y one to land.

just checked the photos again. its the elintseeker. good price for the 30th anniversary one. probably went to an in-store buyer as nobody'd buy weathering super parts for 25k yen.

There were 2 ozmas on Mandarake this afternoon for 14k/15k.

That's the VF-1A cavaliers

that rear looks a bit gappy to me (never mind the incomplete transformation of the left leg). here's the arcadia yf-19 for comparison (angle slightly different): ARCADIA YF-19 ファイター 高速飛行形態 by B_A_T_, on Flickr

Finally got shipping notice (SAL registered) from N-Y.

Color scheme looks nice, better IMHO than the ozma (ducks and runs). Does this have the 2 swivelling cannons as well? I prefer the battroid without the 2 cannons deployed.

Got a reply from N-Y customer support, 25S shipping will start Monday. I suppose they'll drop off the actual packages at Japan Post that day even though the shipments have been entered in JP's system today (for those of you who've received shipping emails).

Just checked my paid pre-order (no status change since payment last August) and raised a ticket asking WTF happened to it. How early did you pre-order yours?

Kinda disappointed that the visor is white instead of grey. Looks like the older grey goggle 1J will become even more expensive.

Can anybody confirm that the pinky moves independently from the middle/ring fingers? That's pretty cool! Now waiting for HLJ Black Friday sale on this *fingers crossed*.