UN Spacy Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 Spectacular Savings on Yamato Figures and Action Toys!
eugimon Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 All the more reason why I'll be waiting for the VF-19 to go on sale.
Uxi Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 Are those CF 1/60's made after the exploding shoulders?
dreadnought Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) About the same items as with Crismas. For those who don't own a max or miria 1/60 VF-22S this might be a good deal. I'll see maybe next month i'll get the armor parts for my 1/48 VF-1J. I still limit myself to 1/48 scale for the VF-1's Edited March 13, 2011 by dreadnought
dreadnought Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) After viewing HLJ warehouse location maybe i should invest in a geigercounter first ... i do hope Japan gets the N-plants crisis under control soon, it looks a big mess on TV. Edited March 13, 2011 by dreadnought
tokyoeroking Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 After viewing HLJ warehouse location maybe i should invest in a geigercounter first ... i do hope Japan gets the N-plants crisis under control soon, it looks a big mess on TV. I haven't posted in a long time, but I think this deserves a reply. I do not know why the International media is trying to MIS-inform (I guess for ratings), but there is absolutely no such "meltdown" problems here. I am in Tokyo but even speaking to friends in the northeast region there are no serious warnings or such (at least not like CNN or other such media is trying to convey). Some might say that the government is trying to cover it up, but I spoke to Earthquake professors at my University (Tokyo University), which are advisors to the Prime Minister and they also say there is no problem. I guess a magnitude 9.0 earthquake alone is no match to Charlie Sheen in ratings, but making stuff up...
eugimon Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 I haven't posted in a long time, but I think this deserves a reply. I do not know why the International media is trying to MIS-inform (I guess for ratings), but there is absolutely no such "meltdown" problems here. I am in Tokyo but even speaking to friends in the northeast region there are no serious warnings or such (at least not like CNN or other such media is trying to convey). Some might say that the government is trying to cover it up, but I spoke to Earthquake professors at my University (Tokyo University), which are advisors to the Prime Minister and they also say there is no problem. I guess a magnitude 9.0 earthquake alone is no match to Charlie Sheen in ratings, but making stuff up... Calm down. It was JAPANESE sources warning that a meltdown in two reactors was possible and they even went so far as to say they were opperating under the assumption that a meltdown had already occured. This isn't some sort of japan bashing to report on what's going on and of course not everyone is going to be as well informed. Having said that, making jokes about the current situation is juvenille and incredibly insensitive and that particular comment is also massively misinformed. Kind of like saying you wouldn't buy a car made in Detroit because of 3 mile island.
mrhillz Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 I'm pretty tempted on the Millia VF-22, that looks like a really good deal.
Archer Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 Those are some pretty good deals. I am planning on buying the Max VF-1A TV with Super Parts and one of yamato's new mighty block stands. Anyone have any idea of how good these mighty block stands are?
twich Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 My Wife is letting me get the VF-22S Sturmvogel II Millia edition. I have been waiting forever to get a good toy of this design, and with this sale, it was even tempting enough to allow my wife to say yes! Twich
CF18 Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 Those are some pretty good deals. I am planning on buying the Max VF-1A TV with Super Parts and one of yamato's new mighty block stands. Anyone have any idea of how good these mighty block stands are? Careful all they have are the "shelf" type, useless for valks.
Frogze Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 I wonder if this sale has anything to do with these meltdown rumors... then I guess all exports from Japan would be severely damaged. In the first hours of this tragedy medias were talking abour only 4 casualties caused byt this 8.9 magnitude earthquake which was unbelievable, now it's over 10000... this is really a nightmare.
jwasko Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 I swear, HLJ always starts their sales the week after I have money.
UN Spacy Posted March 14, 2011 Author Posted March 14, 2011 I wonder if this sale has anything to do with these meltdown rumors... then I guess all exports from Japan would be severely damaged. . Wait. You're joking right. HLJ holds seasonly sales all the time.
Archer Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Thanks for the heads up CF18. I am kind of a noob when it comes to display stands, and I didn't notice that. Needless to say, I took that off of my order
ps99042 Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 My Wife is letting me get the VF-22S Sturmvogel II Millia edition. I have been waiting forever to get a good toy of this design, and with this sale, it was even tempting enough to allow my wife to say yes! Twich Awesome! I'm still trying to find the best time to ask my wife if it's cool for me to order a 1/60 VT-1 and 1/48 Hikaru VF-1J cause I'm supposed to be downgrading my collection by opening and selling stuff.
tokyoeroking Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 I wonder if this sale has anything to do with these meltdown rumors... then I guess all exports from Japan would be severely damaged. HLJ is deep inland (not near the sea) and quite far from the tsunami affected areas or the nuclear plants. If there is something you should be worried about is if the boxes fell of the stand from the earthquake. But then again, international shipping is probably 10 times worse (in terms of damage) than a box falling 1 or 2 meters. As for the meltdown rumors, I have come to the conclusion that western media sources are just plain being inaccurate, using scare-tactics and with a bias against nuclear power.
Mechamaniac Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Some good deals in there, but I'm reluctant to drop any cash until we see what effect the earthquake/tsunami have had on Japanese shipping.
comicguru Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 i just ordered from there today. i could let you know when the order is shipped and how long it would take. i believe that i had asked for the EMS shipping.
Macross_Fanboy Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Just ordered MM VF-22s, finally! I missed out on the last sale and now was a perfect time to scoop them up, maybe a few crushed Millia boxes are why its 1000JPY cheaper than Max? My wife will have some stuff to bring back with her besides two suit cases and a baby. LOL.
Vi-RS Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 For those who has questions about the sales and the quake. http://www.hlj.com/specials/sendaiearthquake
UN Spacy Posted March 14, 2011 Author Posted March 14, 2011 Wow. The rolling blackouts are already in effect.
eugimon Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 HLJ is deep inland (not near the sea) and quite far from the tsunami affected areas or the nuclear plants. If there is something you should be worried about is if the boxes fell of the stand from the earthquake. But then again, international shipping is probably 10 times worse (in terms of damage) than a box falling 1 or 2 meters. As for the meltdown rumors, I have come to the conclusion that western media sources are just plain being inaccurate, using scare-tactics and with a bias against nuclear power. Whatever dude, there's been two explosions and it's Japanese sources who are talking about meltdowns. Stop trying to spin our concern into some sort of japan bashing. That sort of sentiment is completely unfounded.
rifleguy Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Looks like a good time to pick up the 1/60 Vermillion squad not to mention the 1/60 VF-0A and Ghost available. Sure would look nice against my Nora and Roy Fokker with Ghost. If there was an Ivanov on sale I would sooo be on that like a fat kid with a cupcake.
treatment Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Looks like a good time to pick up the 1/60 Vermillion squad not to mention the 1/60 VF-0A and Ghost available. Sure would look nice against my Nora and Roy Fokker with Ghost. If there was an Ivanov on sale I would sooo be on that like a fat kid with a cupcake. Probably, but the shipping cost is still a bitch to consider when purchasing such a collection. fwiw, I haven't seen the Ivanov restocked at HLJ.
Old Man Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Yeah, I went a little buck wild and picked up: VF-0A Ghost Nora SV-51 Gamlin, Max, and Miria VF-22Ss SS Parts 2x Yamato stands EMS shipping (which was the cheapest of the three) came to almost $150!
ff95gj Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Yeah, I went a little buck wild and picked up: VF-0A Ghost Nora SV-51 Gamlin, Max, and Miria VF-22Ss SS Parts 2x Yamato stands EMS shipping (which was the cheapest of the three) came to almost $150! That's a feast!!
Frogze Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 HLJ is deep inland (not near the sea) and quite far from the tsunami affected areas or the nuclear plants. If there is something you should be worried about is if the boxes fell of the stand from the earthquake. But then again, international shipping is probably 10 times worse (in terms of damage) than a box falling 1 or 2 meters. As for the meltdown rumors, I have come to the conclusion that western media sources are just plain being inaccurate, using scare-tactics and with a bias against nuclear power. Tokyo-Fukushima = roughly 130 miles... so it's next door, really I'm definitely worried by this, 50% of the japanese population lives in Tokyo and all around it! I'll pass on this sale, I'm just not in the mood of buying toys right now
Arthurius Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 All the more reason why I'll be waiting for the VF-19 to go on sale. Yea, but the vf-11 still hastn gone on sale, so it is not garanteed the vf-19 will to. Either way, we are in the same boat, i will wait it out too, who knows.
DarrinG Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Feel bad for anyone who bought the blue CLAT Patlabor when its was first released - its 65% off now. The last time I did anything like that was the weathering editions for my 2 Destroids. Won't be doing that again. Thought those might have become scarce - looks not so when you shop around the web. Guess that's why we never saw the Phalanx...
Dobber Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Well it was a toss up between the Gamlin 22 or the Max 22. Originally I was going to get the Gamlin but in the end I bought the Max 22s. Hope I made the right descision. Anyone have the Max and/or Gamlin? I am also tempted by the Nora SV-51...but I dodn't think I should go that far. Eugimon, I'm with you on the 19 but it has been a bit disheartening that the 11's seldom, if ever for the 11C, go on sale and usually not for that much off. You'd figure Yamato would see how well these things sell when they are at a good price. Granted this sale is a bit much, but what they are asking for these days when they come out is just as bad just on the other side of the scale. I'd imagine pricing in between the 2 extremes would work well for them right off the bat. Anyway, I chose Fed-ex shipping, it was a little cheaper than the EMS for me...at least going by their estimate on the product page. Chris
UN Spacy Posted March 14, 2011 Author Posted March 14, 2011 Help me decide folks. Max's TV VF-1A with Kakzaki's OR Cannon Fodder? On one hand I'll complete Vermillion. On the other hand the CF color scheme is too sexy.
Old Man Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Help me decide folks. Max's TV VF-1A with Kakzaki's OR Cannon Fodder? On one hand I'll complete Vermillion. On the other hand the CF color scheme is too sexy. Hmmm...that's a tough one. I agree with you on both accounts, but if I had to choose I'd go with Kakizaki's VF-1A. Sure the CF looks great, but I think it's better to complete the Vermillion Squad.
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