mechaninac
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Glad to read everything has been resolved satisfactorily, if a bit delayed; it's heartening to know that HLJ's customer support is on the ball. I just got a shipping payment request from HLJ myself, paid it, and now the waiting for the shipping notification email begins...
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I had an order for other things with Amiami and it shipped withing 24 hours of payment; HLJ, not so much. My order containing my VF-171EX, like many others', is sitting in processing hell right now; I haven't even received a shipping payment request yet. HLJ's main page does have a note regarding inventory counting they're currently performing, so that may be why they're slower than usual.
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Exactly! I most definitely want to get a renewal VF-25S, but only upon a hopefully eventual re-release at, or better under, MSRP... if that doesn't happen then I guess I'm just not meant to own one.
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Nippon-Yasan won't charge you until 2-3 weeks prior to the confirmed release date, if you choose the preorder charging option upon check-out. They also offer a panoply of shipping options. At any rate, that's where I placed my preorder for the 171's FP.
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Geek'xploitation at its best...
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Dude, that sucks... and I just chose FedEx for shipping of my 3 items, one of which is my VF-171EX, I purchased with HLJ as it was 610 JPY cheaper than SLA and EMS, both. I find myself hoping that HLJ won't include any bonus material with my package, or that your case is a unique one (no offense or wishing of misery intended) as I don't feel like jumping through any extra hoops or waiting too long (FedEX should be comparable to EMS) to have my items delivered to me.
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I'd hazzard to guess that Fast Packs for the VF-25G are a sure thing. Considering the cost of having injection molds made, Bandai would be nuts not to produce them as the only change from the previously released versions is that the yellow and red bits need to be shot in blue, aside from the tampo appliqués, of course. After all, amortizing your tooling costs is part of the game, and the FPs are easy money (no additional development or tooling expenses).
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I lke that it comes with an extra set of head laser/antennas, ABS I presume... they should have done this with the YF-29.
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The only other shows on Disney XD worth watching from what I've been able to glean from online line-up lists are reruns of Gargoyles, and maybe Duck Tales and Darkwing Duck. All their original programming seem to follow the same formulaic Disney Channel not-fit-for-anyone-over-11yo vomit inducing pap.
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I ordered a VF-25F super packs set and a VF-25S Armor packs set at the same time with Nippon-Yasan; they were paid for just prior the the release of the super packs, but since they are bundled under the same invoice the two sets won't ship until the armor packs hit the market (end of this month?). So, yes, if you placed the order for the VF-171EX and the packs at the same time you will be waiting for the Nightmare Plus until the packs are released. My advice is to shoot them an email requesting that the two items be broken into two separate invoices with their own shipping quotes... can't hurt to try.
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I wouldn't worry, if you speak Spanish you'll catch on to Portuguese really quick; you'll also find that many Brazilians, specially professionals, have at least a rudimentary understanding of English... more than you'd ordinarily expect.
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Got us by the short hairs, haven't they?...
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Check their site again, it seems to be running fine... for now.
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I received a payment request email from them today for a couple of items I placed from their Macross Sale and no shipping charges were added, so I guess it's automatic. Once you pay for the item(s) sans shipping, it/they go into your warehouse until you decide to ship, at which time shipping charges are calculated and charged, only then does your stuff get sent out to you.
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Just like the super and armor packs for the VF-25s, the one for the VF-171EX is a Tamashi Web Exclusive. As such, you have to go with a service like www.Nippon-Yasan.com or www.Tokyo-Hunter.com, or wait for someone of these forums to organize a group buy in order to acquire these. Neither AmiAmi nor HLJ ever carried any of the previous Macross related Tamashi stuff, so I doubt either of them, maybe not even AE, will carry this.
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Swap-out wings for the win! I wasn't at all keen on the possibility of clip-on ordnance, so this confirmation of the best solution possible is welcome news and completely sold me on getting the packs. Preorder placed with Nippon-Yasan... $72.95 + S&H (app. 5,785 JPY at current exchange rates) is a decent price at under 800 JPY mark-up for a Tamashi exclusive.
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I keep reading about people visiting HLJ, but every time I try I get a 504 Gateway Time-out error. Is their maintenance truly done or is the site acting wonky and unstable, or have they changed their address from www.hlj.com? Or is it something on my end?... Edit: I guess Dobber addressed part of my problem already...
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I beg to differ: Pink Pecker Squadron colors...
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"For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky", or Megazone 23, or a number of others I can't recall... seen it! Now back to the Valkyrie Project.
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Doesn't it though? Scrutinizing everything and making educated conjectures, and oftentimes wild baseless guesses, as to why something is the way it is is the MW way...
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Only the VF's overall design and general transformation. The engineering behind solving certain transformation issues or other features are solely the purview of the company that creates and patents them. For example: Yamato's unique swing bar and anchoring for the VF-1's legs, or their solution for the deployment of the VF-1's arms; any company that acquires the rights to produce a VF-1 toy can follow the basic transformation parameters and come up with their own take on any particular design challenge pending BW's and SK's approval, but they cannot copy Yamato's ideas.
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I thought as much. And the nature of engineering and design patents is such that they're so broadly written and all-inclusive that there was no wiggle room around it for Bandai's design team to create a comparative solution for clean under-wing attachment points. This is totally understandable as Yamato needs and deserves to protect their intellectual property, but it sucks nevertheless because Bandai's only likely alternative will be the clip-on rout*... a very unsatisfying option. Se la vie Edit: *unless if they embedded magnets in the wings, but that would require 2-part wings or glued-in panels to cover the magnets, and the use of panels and/or wing assemblies may be covered by Yamato's patent too. And even strong magnets would still make aligning the ordnance a bit fiddly anyway. Err, never mind, back to clips.
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Damn Dobber, you're right. There are no underwing hardpoints in evidence... they were obviously there on the prototype. Could it be that Yamato has a design patent on that particular implementation (Bandai's looked like a dead ringer for Yamato's), thus necessitating that Bandai drop that feature on their product to avoid a lawsuit?
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I believe they're down to update their system for that new "Private Warehouse" feature they're implementing starting June 28.
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Once upon a time I seem to remember we had a dedicated GITS threat but after conducting a search I got nothing, so I'll post this here. I find it to be too pricey for what it is, but some may be interested; it is a very nice action figure of the major from STAND ALONE COMPLEX, much better than the one Yamato put out a few year ago. Amiami has it up for preorder.
