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Well I knew this was going to happen sooner or later due to the vast number of macross toys I have collected over the years...A FRACKING MISSING PART!!!!! I know I probably shouldn't bitch but come on- when you spend $200 on a toy it should be pretty darn perfect IMO. Do you guys think I should contact NY to see if I can get a spare tire or should I check with the local hobby shops.

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And to add insult to injury, NY left the little sales sticker on the box which read 14700yen which equates to about $147.72. Nice little $60 mark up ><

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So that sales sticker pretty much confirms our theory of them buying up stock at the local brick and mortar toy and hobby shops :)

I took a pic to show you guys... its weird now that I think about it because I have bought a lot of figures from NY and this is the first time I ever saw a sales sticker.

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NY will make you ship it back at your cost. Probably not worth the effort for a $5 dollar part.

It's not NY, it's Bandai. They were perfectly willing to send my request for a spare part to Bandai, but Bandai won't replace individual parts.

Also, $5 nothing. Go to home depot, cut down a 10 cent O-ring and make yourself one. :p

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I took a pic to show you guys... its weird now that I think about it because I have bought a lot of figures from NY and this is the first time I ever saw a sales sticker.

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NY sources these things from other stores most the time. The worker just forgot to take the tag off lol.

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Honestly, knowing the price does not offend me at all. I know they have to scour the streets to get me the item I want, so I am willing to pay the markup if I have to. As far as the missing part, Bandai does want the whole toy back, so even if NY is able to work something out you will have to pay a huge shipping cost to send it back. I had to send back my YF-29 Alto due to the fin on the head being bent. USPS quoted me 90-100 USD so I used the discounted Fed-Ex rates I get at my job. Still costed about 55-60 bucks though :( .

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I'm starting to think that Bandai has ramped up production to meet the higher demand coz I've never seen a pre-order for a DX open this long, especially since quite a few are collecting multiple units. :lol:

Honestly, I think it's just the popularity of the 171 is not as high as the other units from frontier. The alto one stuck around for a while, I think it is still obtainable if any one still wants one.

Sucks, looking at the HLJ pre-order though.... I could have saved more, but was scared I would not get one if I waited. Seems like there is too much drama when trying to secure Bandai stock lol. It is what it is though.....

Looks like HLJ will only allow 1x per customer.

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Hello all, I just want to help out as best I can, for those in need of one HLJ opened their pre-orders for the vf-171 cannon fodder.

no thanks needed, you guys try and help me out all the time:) go! go! go!

http://www.hlj.com/product/ban980635/Sci

I could not resist! My third one...you...you just killed my wallet, man :)

...and thanks for that! :D

Ninja edit: 1000th post! I'm on my way to bein' an OG!

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Guest davidwhangchoi

it's sold out!

Congrats to those who missed out prior and got in on one.

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HLJ bumped up the price 20$

that's the normal price when there's an order stop, it was that price an hour ago before the pre-orders opened again. Prob. after it releases if hlj get more stock it will be sold at the retail price you're seeing now.

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Right before a release of a pre order, HLJ and few other places will take a few more pre-orders once they know how many they received in their shipments.

edit:spelling errors

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He means that you find a proxy buying service of your liking and send them these links so the proxy can buy them for you, add a mark-up and shipping and then sending it to you.

There might be also units available at the on-line retailers on release date due to customers canceling their preorders.

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thanks for the information davidwhangchoi, i managed to get one! but damn... i should have waited before i paid for my ny piece..

sighs....

glad you got one, (or multiples in your case), not to start an avalanche to follow suit but i cancelled my pre-order from ny and got refunded my money last night.

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HLJ only allows one per customer anyways so there was no point in ordering another from them, only for it to be cancelled :( (I got one earlier this month when the RVF and CF's reopened)

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