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Thats awesome news though.....I'm very happy with my V.2. VF-1S weathered type Focker and have no need for this one, but now I'm glad I didn't fork out 300+ for a Miria or Max.....

I think I will wait anxiously for the re-release of the pair no matter how long it takes... ;)

But this is a very good sign they will come eventually..... I say around 300 buckaroos for the pair!

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17640 yen includes the Japanese tax we don't have to pay. AmiAmi's 14% off price is 14400 yen. I think it's not that bad after you consider all the included stuff.

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My DYRL Roy is one of the initial v2 release with old crotch, tinted canopy and extra brittle shoulder hinges, eventhought I got the shapeway replacements I was feeling the need for a new Roy. I was eyeing a 30th anniversary w/option parts on mandarake for around 150 but now I'll just wait for Arcadia release. Preordered from HLJ.

Hoping Max & Miria get released soon.

May the selling frenzy of Yamato DYRL Roy begin everywhere.

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Never ordered from AmiAmi before and I'm pretty loyal to HLJ, they're customer service is top notch. Don't know if it's the case with AmiAmi but during the buying frenzy I noticed that all companies compensated a lower sale price with the shipping price and in the end the difference would be of a few dollars only.

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I noticed the same thing with the shipping addict, I have decided to deal with HLJ more so than Amiami as of late. I think the customer service is worth it in the long run if you have problems. Sometime HLJ can be really slow at getting your stuff actually shipped out though, but I can deal with that as I have too much stuff to mess with as it is.

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Never bought from AmiAmi before. Do you have problems with them as far as packaging goes?

I've never read that anybody had issues.

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Looks like too big a stand for too little a valk. If the stand was more proportionate to the valk, I would be more tempted to go for another copy of the Roy Focke VF-1S.

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Never bought from AmiAmi before. Do you have problems with them as far as packaging goes?

I've never read that anybody had issues.

Check the blacklist. I think there might be someone that got their package all damaged and can't get a refund. Maybe it was somewhere else.
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Their packaging is decent enough but its mostly luck of the draw. If you get a faulty product it's a huge hassle to get it replaced.

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It'd be funny as hell if the M&M's start at 25000 or so considering a naked Roy is 17640.........

Still half their asking price on Ebay (and here!). Sadly it'd be seen as a bargain at this point.

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Well the way I see it, very much rather my money goes to Arcadia as much as possible and not to career scalpers.

Edited by raptormesh
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yeah. Id rather support the source of my habbit than pay a retail outlet for the yamato box. If these don't sell well we won't see the really good stuff. I imagine they are doing the v1s to fund projects and genrate cash flow. Plus the demand is there.

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They could always do a new low-vis, too. :) (and there's no limit to quasi-canon F-14-inspired schemes---I think just about every squadron has appeared in some way or another by now, in some magazine or book)

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Maybe the stand is big because it's designed to support the big valks. They'll likely pack the same stands in with the YF-19, and (hopeful) VF-0D, YF-21 and so forth. The X-9 would look tiny on that, though.

Edited by Kelsain
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Actually, I'm curious how big the Ghost X9 actually is. I always thought it was supposed to be larger than the Ghosts in Macross Frontier.

Suppose I should dig out my Macross Chronicles when I get home and see if the dimensions are there.

Graham

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Getting one from HLJ, will be my first 1/60 vf. Can't wait to see the overall packaging. Now just need Arcadia to reissue the rest so I can save my $ from those scalpers on evilbay and YJA

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I'm sincerely hoping this particular price and packaging setup is a one off occurrence done to help move even more Roy VF-1S' in light of the fact that the it was the single most reissued version under the Yamato brand. I get that some people are in to decals, stands and filler parts but to me it's just a bunch of crap I'll never use thrown in the box to justify massively jacking up the retail price. I'd much rather have just the toy packed in a more compact box than the Yamato box for something closer to the original retail price. This 16,800 yen business is absolutely ridiculous. And before anyone says anything about scalper prices; being a slightly less insulting a number doesn't automatically make it OK.

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To be honest, never seen the use for the HUUUGE stands yamato provides.

Why don't they just provide Bandai stand adapters stock lol.

Not like you need more than that for a v2 vf-1.

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Compare with the 30th rainbow 1J, this one included a big stand at around same price is not too bad, maybe this is the new standard stand for future bigger size valks like Zero / Plus :rolleyes:

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Hi guys. As Graham mentioned, it´s the stand of a SV-51 / YF-21, but I tell you, it´s big and ugly, but IT´S STURDY AND STABLE.

The SV-51 is a big bird, and you can pose it in every possible way, in any mode, with that stand.

And in clear plastic it´s a little less horrible. And it´s WAY better than the Bandai stands....

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It's also pointlessly large for a single VF-1. you could probably hand 3 off of that stand and it would still be stable.

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