Duymon Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 Their website is behaving very strangely in my browser. Every time I click on that search box the page turns all black...damnedest thing I ever saw Otacute + internet explorer = FAIL Quote
isamu-ad Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Still some here at a high price but surely less than ebay : http://www.nin-nin-game.com/macross-f-serie-en/6532-macross-f-vf-27-lucifer-valkyrie-super-parts-set-bandai-dx-chogokin-en.html edit: $261.98 shipping from $23.08 Edited May 10, 2013 by isamu-ad Quote
isamu-ad Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 Up at NY http://www.nippon-yasan.com/macross/5088-macross-f-dx-chogokin-vf-27-lucifer-valkyrie-super-parts-set.html Quote
emmanneuel Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 For those auto-refreshing Otacute, make sure you're refreshing both "Macross" and "Macross Frontier" series searches. "Macross" http://www.otacute.com/index.php?main_page=index&series_id=105 "Macross Frontier" http://www.otacute.com/index.php?main_page=index&series_id=116 I'm using "DX Chogokin" as my search on Otacute Quote
Lupin The Third Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 Just sold put again at NY. Either we have hit critical mass for this figure or everyone is in bed. Quote
Dobber Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Are you F*%#ing kidding me. Saw them available about a half hour ago. Thought no way not for $253. Thought about it some more, and decided I might as well order it and could cancel if I decide it is too much later...besides there are 28 units there....go back to order and there feaking gone again!! Aaarrrg! As a note to our lurking scalper "friends" that probably are using us as a way to get a heads up as to what's available and where...you will NOT get my business ..never have never will. Chris Edited May 10, 2013 by Dobber Quote
neoexcaliber Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 Are you F*%#ing kidding me. Saw them available about a half hour ago. Thought no way not for $253. Thought about it some more, and decided I might as well order it and could cancel if I decide it is too much later...besides there are 28 units there....go back to order and there feaking gone again!! Aaarrrg! As a note to our lurking scalper "friends" that probably are using us as a way to get a heads up as to what's available and where...you will NOT get my business ..never have never will. Chris It might not necessarily mean they're sold out. NY does have a habit of pulling down preorders multiple times to bump up the price. It might go back up again with a few more units soon. Quote
3D-Brainx Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 Still some here at a high price but surely less than ebay : http://www.nin-nin-game.com/macross-f-serie-en/6532-macross-f-vf-27-lucifer-valkyrie-super-parts-set-bandai-dx-chogokin-en.html edit: $261.98 shipping from $23.08 246.15 and still up Quote
zzgundam010 Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 246.15 and still up I am guessing they require payment upfront? Toy collectors have no problem paying up front since they want the toy. On the other hand, scalpers will not pay up front since they don' t want the toy. They just want money. I wish NY would require payment up front. In a way, they are helping scalpers and hurting collectors. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 i wish hlj would let me pay for my pre-order now that the yen has broken the 100 mark barrier. Quote
Duymon Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 I'm pretty sure otacute aint going up anytime soon as it's already nearly midnight on a Friday in Japan...well..unless somebody is at work. There's only one other instance I know of when preorder for macross stuff went up around midnight japan-time and that was in the middle of the week, not a Friday. Quote
zzgundam010 Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 I'm pretty sure otacute aint going up anytime soon as it's already nearly midnight on a Friday in Japan...well..unless somebody is at work. There's only one other instance I know of when preorder for macross stuff went up around midnight japan-time and that was in the middle of the week, not a Friday. I will stopped reloading otacute then. With my luck that means otacute is going up right after that. Everyone else please get ready... Quote
Lolicon Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 I'm pretty sure otacute aint going up anytime soon as it's already nearly midnight on a Friday in Japan...well..unless somebody is at work. There's only one other instance I know of when preorder for macross stuff went up around midnight japan-time and that was in the middle of the week, not a Friday. Otacute opened preorders for either the 25F or the RVF in the middle of the night Japan time. Forgot which one but it was recently. Quote
Duymon Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) that middle of the night thing was a fluke. Otacute has only opened it at 11:00 EST once, and that was a re-open. Do some searching around. there are even official statements from Otacute on when they open preorders usually. I predict we won't see anything happen until Sunday night. Edited May 10, 2013 by Duymon Quote
jvmacross Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 Otacute will not be doing pre-orders for the VF-27 with super packs....I asked Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Otacute will not be doing pre-orders for the VF-27 with super packs....I asked whaaat??? when did they tell you? all the past two sleepless nights in waiting (for Otacute) just went up in smoke! after the initial shock wore off: anyways, thanks jvmacross for the heads up! Edited May 10, 2013 by davidwhangchoi Quote
Lolicon Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 That's a surprise. Wonder they're not bothering this time. Quote
Duymon Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 Otacute will not be doing pre-orders for the VF-27 with super packs....I asked It's prolly for the better. My wallet already is gonna take a hit getting the hobbysearch and HLJ preorders. The third one will not happen I guess Quote
royard Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Otacute will not be doing pre-orders for the VF-27 with super packs....I asked Wow. Seeing that they were able to sell all the other vf VERY quickly, it can't be that they are dropping the item for lack of consumer interest/money to be made. ...It really has to be that they can't get any units for it, doesn't it? Now I'm really worried about my rvf-25 and vf-25f at otacute... It's prolly for the better. My wallet already is gonna take a hit getting the hobbysearch and HLJ preorders. The third one will not happen I guess At least you got pay-later preorders. My AE and Cdjapan ones demand payment upfront--and exchange rate was not as good on May 8. Edited May 10, 2013 by royard Quote
Loop Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 That's a surprise. Wonder they're not bothering this time. NY bought all the stock up LOL. I kid, I kid Quote
pikashoo Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 NY bought all the stock up LOL. I kid, I kid you kid, but that's a real possibility. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 damn otacute, damn! jk i got a hlj preorder Quote
Scyla Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 Fixed. I'm not sure about that. At my work there is a SAP tool that works correctly only when accessed through the Internet Explorer. However that has nothing to do with the VF-27. Quote
yman1437 Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 Toy collectors have no problem paying up front since they want the toy. On the other hand, scalpers will not pay up front since they don' t want the toy. They just want money. I wish NY would require payment up front. In a way, they are helping scalpers and hurting collectors. Hmm...you got a point there.... Quote
zzgundam010 Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 NY bought all the stock up LOL. I kid, I kid Why not? Otacute could sell their entire stock to NY at MSRP and make more money than selling themselves since they normally offer a discount. NY still make 4000 yen each. Quote
xrentonx Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 Y Why not? Otacute could sell their entire stock to NY at MSRP and make more money than selling themselves since they normally offer a discount. NY still make 4000 yen each. At MSRP or higher (or even lower); That's a possibility in a grey market for sure. We've all been talking about how NY gets their stock in this thread so that's an obvious possibility and we all know that. 'sides, Loop was just breakin it up with a little levity Quote
zzgundam010 Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 Y At MSRP or higher (or even lower); That's a possibility in a grey market for sure. We've all been talking about how NY gets their stock in this thread so that's an obvious possibility and we all know that. 'sides, Loop was just breakin it up with a little levity A little levity is all I got cause I have not been able to place an order Quote
Loop Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 Yeah guys, I was just playing around. I cannot confirm that NY bought up Otacutes stock, but it could be a possibility. We will never know. Quote
royard Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 *cry* I really don't know what to say. Contrary to what people have been joking about, NY CANNOT have bought Otacute's stock, because Otacute has to be really dumb to sell the most wanted item in an entire month to a competitor. If people get their vf-27 at otacute, they will also be more inclined to buy other stuff to save on shipping, or simply because they appreciate that otacute allowed them to get it without too much loss of sleep. So this has to be lack of stock. However, HLJ filled many orders here, and NY only raised the price by 2500~4000, which indicates a good amount of availability. I'm really confused by the conflicting signals here. Quote
Duymon Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 Don't you already have one though? well.. two (one from hobbysearch, one from HLJ) but I wanted a third to have all three modes Quote
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