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I want the D so bad now.

The 19 was toy of the year for 2011 as far as I was concerned. It's is awesome. And the 17 is freaking sweet. I love the renewal Messiahs (thankfully I haven't had any realy problems with my 25S beyond one loose wing), but the 19 + 17 are both solid toys. Bandai did a great job on these, but they're still well behind Yamato.

Here you go. I did this to my 27. Works wonders.

Care to post some pictures of the problem? Curious to see what this looks like. Maybe someone here can offer a fix of some sort.

I'm Pretty sure that's a kit. I want one, but not if I have to build and paint it, since mine would look NOTHING like that.

Since they didn't take payment up front, it's not a big deal. Once you do pay, you can always make a paypal claim if they don't give you the goods within the set 45 days or whatever.

Woah, really? Then that probably means BBTS overestimated what they can get initially.

I don't think they got any in. But I might be wrong.

7 left. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=BAN14012&mode=retail

There's no armored Ozma bundle for the v2 renewals. So far Ozma has only been released as the valk, and the armored set is coming out in July or something. The valk shouldn't cost you more than what, at most, BBTS is charging, which is $215. That is the absolute most you should be paying for it, IMO. The armored set you can buy from proxies at around 9500 yen, but since you are in the USA, you could benefit from the group buy in the Buy and sell section (if it hasn't closed yet), which would be cheaper for you most likely. Altogether, you shouldn't be paying more than $300 I'd say for the toy and the armor. The v2 is way better than the v1. Not even close. Do NOT buy the v1 armored Ozma. You might as pay me a couple hundred dollars to flame you all over the internet for the next 24 hours. I'm sure your money is better spent that way then buying a v1.

Low stock + Huge demand + Preorders going up during the day in Japan, which means middle of the night in North America = many, many sad pandas.

That's $35 more than what they sold the 29 for the first time.

Doesn't hurt to take extra precautions

If you guys successfully went through the checkout process, you should be fine. Maybe get confirmation within next few hours or by tomorrow at latest. Regardless, nothing you can do about it now. Emailing them is useless if you want an immediate response. They usually respond to emails in a day or two.

I want both. Put the super packs on my 17S, have the 17D as is in fighter mode.

These are the shortest preorder windows ever. Wow.

Another fix is just tightening up the joints a bit. I did that to my floppy VF-27 and now it is just like new. Just be careful not to strip the screw, or tighten too much. It's literally a minor, minor tweak.

They're gonna reissue the super packs. When they first were available through proxy's, I don't think they cost more than 4200 yen or so. At least that's what Tokyo hunter charged. I'd wait instead of eBay.

That's a shame, because the SDi is awesome. There was supposed to be an SD Gurren Lagann too. I looked high and low for a long, long time before I finally managed to snag one at a good price off Kijiji of all places, which is like a local version of Craigslist. To say I was happy to get one was an understatement.

Looks really good. All my VF-1s are reissues, but depending on the price, I might be interested in picking up a replacement set just in case.

Thanks. Nice photos. 12,000 yen though. Didn't realize these were so expensive. I still want this though...

Where can you order these? I haven't been able to find any on the typical sites...

EMS or GTFO

Even that's too expensive, considering the YF-29 will inevitably become a floppy mess in a few months after it is open.

Eh. Enough people buy the valks upon release. I buy based on how much I need that particular valk. The VF-19 Kai I didn't absolutely need, so I waited for a sale, and I got a deal. I love it, so now I want a Blazer, but I will wait for a sale on that as well since I know the stock is abundant. The 17, I couldn't wait, so I bought it at the full price. I don't regret it one bit; I LOVE that valk. The 25 renewals, I knew stock would be in short supply, so I preordered and I was glad I was able to get them. The older valks that are still on the market, like the 11C, I just waited until a big HLJ sale. The 4G I might wait on for a sale, but since it is an exclusive, maybe not. I haven't decided yet. The 4G will be over $300 I bet.