F360 Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 Hello, We're very sorry for the oversold situation with Voltron. Over the week, we received feedbacks and suggestions from our customers and we listened to you. One in particular stands out: "if you received 140 orders and let's say 120 paid immediately after the invoice email, would you be processing 70 refunds on that very busy day... just honor the first 50 people the invoice and cancel the rest of us that way we can move on looking for it" After much discussion, we decided to implement these procedures for similar situations: 1. We will send $20 PayPal invoice for NON-Refundable Deposit for the first 50 customers (1 qty for 1 customer) for commitment. If some do not pay within 3 days, we consider that they do not want it anymore, and we will send it to the next customers and so on. We will start sending invoice for deposit on Monday, March 11. If your order number is 100030278 or lower, you will get the PayPal invoice on Monday. If you do not get it, please make sure to check your spam mail folder. We will also notify the remaining orders once we have receipt deposit for all 50 orders. 2. When the item arrived, we would send PayPal invoice for the remainder of the amount to those 50 customers who put deposit. We will give 3 days to send payment. After 3 days, we would call and email the customers who have not paid yet (please give valid phone number and email address), and then we would give extension of 4 days to send payment. If no payment is made after additional 4 days, we would consider that you want to cancel your preorder and forfeit your deposit. Before sending deposit payment, please read our policies (just for this particular item): 1. There is no replacement for defective/damaged item (replacement may be possible if there is any cancellations). 2. For box damage, we would still accept return, but buyer pays return shipping. 3. We would still pack it nicely as usual for all orders, but for extra care, buyer has the option to pay extra $5. For extra $5, we will do everything (such as bigger boxes with extra padding) to make sure that the item arrives in the same condition. If the item still arrived in the condition that is not acceptable to you, we will cover the shipping fee back to us. Please let us know in advance if you want to pay this extra $5 so that we will include it in the balance invoice when the item arrived. Again, we're very sorry for causing this situation and the way we handled it in the past. This happens from time to time because we lack the capability to sync our inventory system to our website system because we sell at multiple platforms. Regardless of our decision, we know that there would be unsatisfied customers, but we do want to make a decision that we believe is fairest to all customers. One thing that sold us to the suggestion above is so that customers who could not get it would move on as soon as possible and get it from other stores so that they would not miss out on this figure because they are waiting from us. We apologize for the lengthy email and thank you for being our customers and be patience with us. If you have any other questions, please feel free to let us know. Sincerely, Dewi Eknightmedia.com Support Quote
mikeszekely Posted March 9, 2019 Posted March 9, 2019 I got the same email. My order # is 100030250, so I guess I'm in! Quote
Sam Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 Got that eknight order in, just fit in the allocation they reckoned, but I'm not holding my breath still, cuz they said 'around 50' so we'll see. Not sure i could pick a favourite though out of all the Voltrons. Original since a kid was the Panosh one that fits the figures in it, loved that. The madtoys looks great for a twist, the new one based on teh new show looks great as well. I'm hoping the SOC will hit me with good feels as well. I have way too many V's though. I wish the Mattel supersized didn't have that stupid auto transform for the legs, badly implemented and sets off easily. But love em all =-) Quote
Sam Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 Was there a release date/price for Vehicle voltron? Quote
JetJockey Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 The pre-order madness has hit. I think I remember even the official Voltron store had the American version of the toy. And of course so did Amazon and other US stores as it was distributed most likely by Diamond. I don't think this re-issue is Japan only. I don't see why it would be as since they are releasing a Vehicle Voltron, people will want the chance to get both of them displayed together. Quote
F360 Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 i want car voltron I think cat Voltron is more fun to play with . I hope Bandai can make car Voltron’s combine form with a good amount of posability, maybe it can do the iron man pose . Quote
mikeszekely Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 Got and paid my deposit invoice from eknight. Quote
edstuff Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 I think cat Voltron is more fun to play with . I hope Bandai can make car Voltron’s combine form with a good amount of posability, maybe it can do the iron man pose . "cat voltron" haaaa ha ha ha ha Quote
JetJockey Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 Does anyone have a good replica of the Lion starter / badge key? The Voltron store made a limited flash drive some time ago that I missed. Also Toynami made one with their deluxe Voltron from some years ago. But you couldn't get that separately. I think those are the best two that I've seen. Quote
F360 Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 up again Voltron Soul of Chogokin GX-71 Voltron (2nd Production Run) https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/89872 Quote
Grey728 Posted April 12, 2019 Posted April 12, 2019 Anyone here still looking for a Voltron pre-order? Quote
edstuff Posted April 12, 2019 Posted April 12, 2019 I think a few people are. If you found a link post it Quote
magicsp00n Posted April 22, 2019 Posted April 22, 2019 GX-71 preorders are open again at BBTS https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/89872 Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted April 22, 2019 Posted April 22, 2019 gone now but it's a good sign that the orders opened back up, hopefully that precludes and supply shortage headaches -b. Quote
mikeszekely Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 14 minutes ago, Jeremy007 said: Gx-88. October 2019. 38,500y Any preorders yet? Quote
Jeremy007 Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 Nothing yet. Im guessing next month or july...just like SOC Golion a couple years ago. Quote
Tking22 Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 Oh man, the hype is real, that looks brilliant. Highly doubt I'll get to snag one on HLJ or any other Japanese site, but I'm fine with that, US Bluefin will put one out with the Vehicle Voltron sleeve for the box, and shipping from BBTS with other stuff works for me, shipping this from Japan would be costly to say the least. Quote
Mog Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) Alright, when should I get the whiskey and coffee ready for pre-order night? That’s a ton of articulation they’re showing off. Hopefully, those joints will be strong as stink. They’ve come a long way from 35 years ago: EDIT: So, about US$350 at the current exchange rates. Hopefully, it comes with a full complement of weapons. Edited May 22, 2019 by Mog Quote
Bobby Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 I know the original line art gave the foot vehicles large(r) front bumpers...but if I were to have only one critique from what's been revealed so far, and not that beggers can be choosers (and I've been begging for one of these forever) the bumpers imo really stand out and seem just a tad bit too long. It reminds me of the early Volvos when they were pioneering their crash safety rating and developing their ultra-shock-absorbing bumpers... Other than that I'm super excited and ready to pre-order! Quote
derex3592 Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 SO HYPED FOR THIS!!!!! Bring on the PRE-ORDER!!! Quote
Mog Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) That’s a very clean looking back on VV/Dairugger XV! Along with the pics that Kuma Style posted in the SOC thread, this is looking purty. My only minuscule nit is that I wish the forearms could be positioned facing towards the sides, instead of always facing front. (Look at the blue forearm in my post above to see what I mean.). Just looks a little weird, but I suspect it was a design compromise. And they’re giving us different fixed pose hands probably to compensate. And I agree about the bumpers. I thought they would fold down for stability purposes in combined mode. But I don’t get why they’re so elongated. Edited May 24, 2019 by Mog Quote
derex3592 Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 Soooo...anyone know if the the SOG Vehicle Voltron will combine to make the 3 "medium" vehicles of each team like the Matchbox one does??? Quote
VF-Zer0S Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 39 minutes ago, derex3592 said: Soooo...anyone know if the the SOG Vehicle Voltron will combine to make the 3 "medium" vehicles of each team like the Matchbox one does??? Go here https://www.taghobby.com/archives/371439 scroll down to voltron and you’ll see it does Quote
derex3592 Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Cool! Looks as though Pre-Order Madness will ensue June 3rd, same as the DX 1:48 VF-1S -- ohh boy...hold on to your butts! Quote
Bobby Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Although I enjoy my Miracle Voltron a lot, one thing that bugged me was that due to their engineering you had to switch the feet in Land Team mode resulting in them being on the wrong side. It's great to see the SOC version get this and so many other things right! Quote
adankree Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 Does anyone know if this will be a Japan only release unlike the the SOC Lion Voltron? Quote
technoblue Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 1 hour ago, adankree said: Does anyone know if this will be a Japan only release unlike the the SOC Lion Voltron? I think it's safe to say that Bluefin will pick this up at a later date, but you can also keep tabs on the TamashiiUSA Facebook page for an official announcement: https://www.facebook.com/Tamashii.USA/ Quote
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