Valk-1S
-
Posts
771 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Everything posted by Valk-1S
-
The VF-27 weights about 1.1kg while the VF-25F about 830g. Extra weight would be the reason for the high shipping cost. HLJ is they reopen will most likely be the same at 19,000. The good thing with HLJ is that their EMS shipping cost is cheaper that other sellers. I'm surprised that it's still open at HS.
-
I think Amiami will also offer some soon or already have as they changed their price from 14,700 to 18,800 Yen either late yesterday or early today. But Hobby Search price is better. Wish they offer similar EMS price as HLJ but I guess you can always use SAL which is the same price as HLJ SAL price.
-
Don't use Amazon conversion as the rate they give you is bad. Pay in Yen and use a credit card that does not charge you conversion fee. I only use Amazon JP if I am ordering more than one item. If you order one, I am guessing the total cost will be 26,480 Yen. This will be shipped by EMS though. If you order from NY, it will be 26,290 for registered SAL or 28,000 for EMS.
-
25K before shipping at NY is still quite pricy. I just put in another order last night at Amazon JP together with a VF-25F. Ended up costing me 21,000 for the VF-27, 14,380 for the VF-25F and 500 for shipping to Tenso. Tenso will most likely end up charging me 5,400 for shipping for both plus their 980 handling fee. All up 42,260 Yen for both shipped to me.
-
Yesterday I saw Amazon JP (Amazon itself and not marketplace) put up over 20 pieces at 21,000 Yen which is retail plus 5% Japan Tax, and they were gone in a few minutes. It's still early, and probably expect prices to fall over at Amazon JP marketplace after a while. The Alto VF-25F have been falling in price each week over at Amazon JP. The RVF-25 is still selling below retail over at Amazon JP.
-
I believe double tape happens sometimes when they need to open the box again as they may have missed putting something in. If its from a retailer who had the stock for a while, sometimes the box has been opened and just taped back up probably to inspect it. I believe my first issue VF-25F had double tape, but I haven't open it yet.
-
With the Isamu YF-29 to me buy what you want now as it's easy to order and plus the fact this will most likely never be reissued due to it being tamashii exclusive. If you don't get it now, most likely you will end up paying a nice premium after it's been released.
-
From past experience, most likely not as I don't recall seeing either of them carrying Tamashii exclusive items.
-
Out at Amazon JP marketplace, selling at retail plus 5% Japan sales tax, 14,700 Yen. Good sign that the high mark up price of DX MF range may be over. http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B0058LT9GC/ref=s9_simh_gw_p21_d7_i1?pf_rd_m=AN1VRQENFRJN5&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0P7CARGY7GHPK3CK0QAW&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463376756&pf_rd_i=489986
-
Amazon JP have it cheaper for preorders but then you need to use a forwarding agent. I already paid for mine at NY ages ago when the exchange rate was better for the AUD against th Yen. Even if I cancelled now and reorder it at Amazon JP, it will probably come out to similar price due to the fall of the AUD. Will still look to pick up another at retail when its released though.
-
One thing with HLJ, if you get into a disagreement with them with issues, sometimes they will just delete your account and might ban you from ordering from them. I have heard it happened before to people. They just like to delete people's account and without any warning that they are doing it.
-
yup. It's not suppose to but it easily turns 360 degrees with small resistance. It's just the plastic they use which appears to be brittle and cracks easily.
-
Okay the leg broke again when I pull it out so had to disassemble it again and took some pictures to show what I mean by a part in there is not a full circle. Loading 4 pictures. Two to show how the thigh is closed when the leg is in a certain position and how it expands when the leg is turned. Another picture is the piece that goes into the thigh area showing how it's not a full circular piece which is the why the thigh area expands when the leg is turned in a certain direction. Last picture is to show the type of pin Bandai uses which eats into the plastic and is probably one of the cause of the plastic breaking. This is the same type of pin used in the black triangle pieces as well. Just like Yamato with the shoulder issues on the VF-1, the pins were not smooth at the end and eats into the plastic. should the pin rotate against the plastic.
-
Will do it later tonight to show the thigh area separating a bit as currently at work. I can't take a pic inside of the thigh area to show the internal parts as I have glued it back. It's being held by a screw and the front piece of the thigh area which is glued in place.
-
Yup agree. I know of the issue, so I check all of mine and saw one with a crack. The moment I remove the shoulder piece, the NUNs black triangle bit just crumbled. The leg pice was a bit funny. I pulled it out first from fighter and it was still okay but a side piece of the knee joint coming off. I just though no biggy as its a simply fix as it was originally glued so just glue it back. After checking all the potential QC items, when just bending the leg back, not even twisting it, the leg just fell off. When you turn the leg where there is restriction, you can actually see the thigh area plastic piece separating a bit.
-
I'll say it's more than 5% for sure. I have 7 of them and 4 have issues. Some are really minor. One broken leg, one broken NUNs triangle piece, one crack black triangle piece below the NUNs piece, and one with broken black triangle piece below the NUNs and crack on the other side. The plastic used are of poor quality. Seems brittle and over time, I am afraid that more peices might start breaking if you tranform it regularly. I transferred all the broken piece to one vf-171 and fix it using super glue. Finger were covered with super glue yesterday That one is going to stay in fighter mode and I am probably going to avoid transforming it much. The NUNs piece is the most annoying piece to fix as mine broke to 5 seperate pieces. The leg was easy to fix. Didn't really pay attention to how the leg work, but I can see how stress is being placed at that joint. A piece in there is not circular so when rotating the leg at the knee you will get some restriction and I guess that is where the click sound comes from when returning it to fighter mode. Btw, my leg piece broke when I was first transforming it to check for QC issues. Update: The rotation of the leg back to fighter mode rotates in a different part of the leg as compared to where is broken for mine. I think the click sound should be okay as that is caused by the rotation below the knee. The broken part is the rotaion part that sits higher on the leg.
-
Bandaied!!!!
-
Aarghh! I emailed them to ask when they expect to take orders less than an hour before they put up and they replied that they have no idea and will put up minutes after they get confirmation from supplier. So decided to step out the office 5 minutes they put up and missed out.
-
You need to get 4 Altos in case Bandai release the Tornado packs for the renewals.
-
Land in Japan is expensive, so items taking up space in the warehouse is probably not good for HLJ as it's a cost to them. It's already good to have the option to keep it there for 60 days. I wonder whether the VF-25A will be produced in lesser numbers. Normally you have a few batches at premium sold by NY by now, but they only put up two batches at premium since the preorder started. Perhaps because it didn't sell fast, they are not looking to get a lot of stock in.
-
It's selling as you can see their stock going down. But not that quick as people have realised its better to wait on release day to get it at RRP or less. Most likely some people will order and not pay just for insurance as NY still accept orders with pay later.
-
Up at NY with their markup of 16,000 Yen.
-
I think worse scenario is that if Bandai reduces their production, instead of being able to secure one at retail or less, we will most likely pay NY premium price on release.
-
Yeah annoyinig thing about HLJ as you have no idea when they will put it out. Can be anytime.
-
Frustrating as I am always able to get it to my cart but can't check out. Oh well I managed to secure from other places but still looking for some more. Thanks.
