Bandai DX YF-29 Ozma Lee Coloring

[Duymon]

It feels as if there's been a shift in desire for the other YF-29's. Right after ozzy came out there's a huge glut of Alto and 30th anni 29's on Mandarake.

I guess Japanese peeps that only had enough room to display one chose Ozzy

[ULessa]

Holy crap. One of the local stores is going to be stocking the Ozma YF-29 for $200 at the end of the month ($30 deposit). Hell yes I may get two.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

Holy crap. One of the local stores is going to be stocking the Ozma YF-29 for $200 at the end of the month ($30 deposit). Hell yes I may get two.

awesome! i think you should get 5 imo:)

[ULessa]

awesome! i think you should get 5 imo:)

Nah, you can be the one with the most on this board

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

Nah, you can be the one with the most on this board

lol, but seriously if you have the chance and the funds, it may be good to get more than one. anyways, that's great news you can get it for so low. post some pics if it works out!

Edited June 6, 2014 by davidwhangchoi

[mog_kupo]

Can you buy me one??

[ULessa]

lol, went to the store and talked to the guy for a lil bit. Quite like it that the guy says he won't price things according to the aftermarket like some stores and will follow the retail in Japan (slightly marked up due to import of course, hopefully this doesn't change). Kinda interesting as he didn't even know he was getting the Ozma stocked till last week.

Also found it funny that when he asked if I wanted to look for anything else other than Macross and I just blanked out. Basically no

Hope to get more stuff from him (too bad I'm leaving before the YF-30 comes out).

[YF-29 Durandal]

lol, went to the store and talked to the guy for a lil bit. Quite like it that the guy says he won't price things according to the aftermarket like some stores and will follow the retail in Japan (slightly marked up due to import of course, hopefully this doesn't change). Kinda interesting as he didn't even know he was getting the Ozma stocked till last week.

Also found it funny that when he asked if I wanted to look for anything else other than Macross and I just blanked out. Basically no

Hope to get more stuff from him (too bad I'm leaving before the YF-30 comes out).

Is this in Hong Kong?

[ULessa]

Is this in Hong Kong?

Thailand, wish I was buying stuff from HK. So much easier

[YF-29 Durandal]

Thailand, wish I was buying stuff from HK. So much easier

I see.

[Shukenzero]

Thailand, wish I was buying stuff from HK. So much easier

Ozma isn't in huge supply in Hk at the moment. Only one store had it when I was browsing.

[YF-29 Durandal]

the ebay auction ended at 305 plus 24.99 shipping. and the other one has 5 days to go at this moment and most likely will go up to 25000yen or above. plus proxy fees and shipping. i don't think that helps. he's hoping for a reissue so he doesn't have to try and outbid someone over proxy or ebay.

if they don't reissue ozma, (which by the chance they do, it will be in a year or two later, but knowing how long it's taken to reissue 25s, i think bandai may not if ever) i think this would be the fastest hike in prices for a bandai in a while. damn i guess anything ozma is a hot item.

looking at the completed listings on ebay it's all rising:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=yf-29+ozma&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

The Yahoo! Japan auction sold for exactly ¥25,000.

And judging by the rating number it was a proxy bidder who snatched it from the natives.

Edited June 9, 2014 by YF-29 Durandal

[ULessa]

Ozma isn't in huge supply in Hk at the moment. Only one store had it when I was browsing.

DX macross is also pretty dry here. Been around alot and I've only seen:

x3 Lucifer Renewal

x1 VF-25A

x1 YF-29 30th

x2 YF-29 Isamu

Quite a few Arcadia/ Yamato stuff around though but I don't follow so :X

[Sildani]

Out of curiosity, do you know how much the Lucifers were going for?

[ULessa]

Out of curiosity, do you know how much the Lucifers were going for?

Around $220 I guess. Could always bargain for a slightly lower price (Best to buy things from one store and they'll remember you = more discount)

[YF-29 Durandal]

¥28,990 at Nin-Nin Game: http://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-macross-f-hobbies-and-figures-en/10995-macross-f-dx-chogokin-yf-29-durandal-valkyrie-ozma-lee-type-bandai-dx-chogokin-en.html

Edited June 10, 2014 by YF-29 Durandal

[hkj711]

I recently received my Ozma from N-Y. It came missing the antenna on one side. The box was opened (the factory tape was cut on one side of the box) but I couldn't tell for sure if the tape on the foam portion where the valkyrie had been taped back up or not. Most likely this unit came from another store since mine was part of the later shipments and it was wrapped in a plastic bag.

I contacted N-Y and they said I have to ship the whole figure back to them so that they can send it back to Bandai for inspection. I decided to just keep it as is since it's not worth it to me to spend additional money on shipping the figure back to them which they will not reimburse. I guess this will stay in fighter mode forever..

[Saburo]

I recently received my Ozma from N-Y. It came missing the antenna on one side. The box was opened (the factory tape was cut on one side of the box) but I couldn't tell for sure if the tape on the foam portion where the valkyrie had been taped back up or not. Most likely this unit came from another store since mine was part of the later shipments and it was wrapped in a plastic bag.

I contacted N-Y and they said I have to ship the whole figure back to them so that they can send it back to Bandai for inspection. I decided to just keep it as is since it's not worth it to me to spend additional money on shipping the figure back to them which they will not reimburse. I guess this will stay in fighter mode forever..

Damn, sorry to hear that.

[Duymon]

I recently received my Ozma from N-Y. It came missing the antenna on one side. The box was opened (the factory tape was cut on one side of the box) but I couldn't tell for sure if the tape on the foam portion where the valkyrie had been taped back up or not. Most likely this unit came from another store since mine was part of the later shipments and it was wrapped in a plastic bag.

I contacted N-Y and they said I have to ship the whole figure back to them so that they can send it back to Bandai for inspection. I decided to just keep it as is since it's not worth it to me to spend additional money on shipping the figure back to them which they will not reimburse. I guess this will stay in fighter mode forever..

One of our members made replacement head lasers for the original 29, why not see if we can get him (kurisama) to make Ozzy ones.

I would buy spare shapeways sets just to add some variety to my 29's

[hkj711]

Yeah. I was thinking of getting one of the antennas Kurisama had on shapeways but wasn't sure if it would fit on the Ozma version. At least then it would have an antenna on the other side even though it wasn't the double antenna.

[Shukenzero]

I recently received my Ozma from N-Y. It came missing the antenna on one side. The box was opened (the factory tape was cut on one side of the box) but I couldn't tell for sure if the tape on the foam portion where the valkyrie had been taped back up or not. Most likely this unit came from another store since mine was part of the later shipments and it was wrapped in a plastic bag.

I contacted N-Y and they said I have to ship the whole figure back to them so that they can send it back to Bandai for inspection. I decided to just keep it as is since it's not worth it to me to spend additional money on shipping the figure back to them which they will not reimburse. I guess this will stay in fighter mode forever..

That sucks man. Sorry to hear that.

[Xigfrid]

I was preparing on Shapeways a replacement antenna for Ozma's YF-29, just because I think that the original ones are too bulky compared to the game's screenshots.

Unfortunately, I was planning to get my YF-29 Ozma after release but the current price is preventing me to get one. So probably someone else like Kurisama could do a better/slicker version of the current ones if he get some time!

[Shukenzero]

Caved today when my supplier got one box in for $220. Glad to have an Ozma for a reasonable price. Box came a bit dented up top, but it's still better than $310 for the only one I saw on the shelf a few days ago in another store. The dude gave me the friend price but hopefully prices will come down a bit after the initial rush.

Maybe I'm kidding myself. Anyways, David I did get that second one!

Edited June 13, 2014 by Shukenzero

[TCracker]

Got my 2nd piece yesterday from a seller.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

that's awesome guys welcome to the club

[Hey-Pi-Ron]

Take mine Yf-29 2 days ago. So AWESOME Valkyrie. No stress mark. )

[xrentonx]

So far I've had time to transform only one out of three I got. No stress marks on any of the three though

[KH355hamdi]

I'm liking this YF-29 better than the others. I think it's because of the colouring and the face shield.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

hey all,

how do you avoid scraping the yellow paint off the sides of the 29 ozma head during transformation? any tips?

[sreichma]

You can take the hat off by removing the lasers.

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

Thanks! I was aware of removing the hat and lasers. Im more concerned the cheeks rubbing against the sides of the neck cover when pulling the head up. It just seems to be a tight space where the head is housed. Any trick to this?

this is where it looks like it might hit:

Edited June 17, 2014 by davidwhangchoi

[XFJ-01A]

lol, went to the store and talked to the guy for a lil bit. Quite like it that the guy says he won't price things according to the aftermarket like some stores and will follow the retail in Japan (slightly marked up due to import of course, hopefully this doesn't change). Kinda interesting as he didn't even know he was getting the Ozma stocked till last week.

Also found it funny that when he asked if I wanted to look for anything else other than Macross and I just blanked out. Basically no

Hope to get more stuff from him (too bad I'm leaving before the YF-30 comes out).

Where the heck do you live that such a rare event occurs without some harmony gold assfrakkery?

Edit: Nvm: Answer found further down as I read.

Edited June 17, 2014 by XFJ-01A

[ULessa]

Where the heck do you live that such a rare event occurs without some harmony gold assfrakkery?

Edit: Nvm: Answer found further down as I read.

Well to be fair I think they ordered like 10 units tops (guy says he runs two stores). They have the Alto and 30th Anniversary YF-29 priced the same as the aftermarket so I guess he meant that he will follow the MSRP WHEN the item comes out. The markup happens after a while has passed (just my guess). Maybe I told him abit too much on the aftermarket and may have made him want to sell stuff for a higher price. Who knows :X Gotta tell him though that even though there is a markup in the aftermarket, no one is buying them at those prices (minus the VF-25S, people are nuts)

[XFJ-01A]

*guilty* I paid almost 300 For my 25S

But when it's an iconic machine like the Commander's mount, Sellers know they are in demand. And thats when the prices go up.

But I have to admit you're lucky to have a local store that sells. We had a store in my region that sold the the VF-25 Plamo for a month before they got a C&D letter from the company that must not be named. Owner attributed it to a guy who kept complaining they didn't carry toynami stuff.

Anyway, back to the Ozzy, Someone posted a remedy to the Loose Air intake Cover a few pages back. Something about shaving a tab? At the moment mine is being held in place with a small bit of Loctite Mounting clay.
I'd browse back, but my boss is hovering around the area.

[Sildani]

That was David Bingen, I think. Shave off the mount tab to about half of what it currently is, and it should slot right in, according to him.