sh9000 Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 1 hour ago, beatsing said: nice Thanks. 55 minutes ago, jvmacross said: That VF-1D head looks better scaled to the HMR....which kit is it from? It's from a 1/100 VF-1D Battroid kit. Quote
neoexcaliber Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 Finally up at NY and cheapest so far. https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/20895-hi-metal-r-vf-1s-valkyrie-35th-anniversary-color.html Quote
jenius Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 I just noticed that the NY combine shipping option isn't any where near as friendly as HLJ's PW. HLJ they seem to actually charge you what it costs to ship the item. At NY they give you maybe a 10% discount off of what it costs to ship the item individually. So, if you have 5 items and they were charging you 2000 yen each to ship the items originally, they'll show you that combined the items will cost 9000 to ship. I'm guessing they LOVE it when you combine items. I have three toys coming and they quoted me 10,100 Yen for EMS and it was one of the cheapest methods... i'm fairly certain that the same package would cost around 5000 yen through HLJ. So, the good news is that NY charges the least and if you use airmail or SAL you can get the item for less than putting it in your HLJ PW... the bad news is they have an aggregation function that's more about the convenience of getting everything in one box than it is about saving money. Quote
tekering Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, sh9000 said: It's from a 1/100 VF-1D Battroid kit. That's good to know, thanks. I had the same idea, but wasn't sure it would work... Scale can be a funny thing with Bandai. Edited May 1, 2017 by tekering Quote
MAC-X Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 1 hour ago, neoexcaliber said: Finally up at NY and cheapest so far. https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/20895-hi-metal-r-vf-1s-valkyrie-35th-anniversary-color.html Thanks for the link! Quote
sh9000 Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 4 hours ago, tekering said: That's good to know, thanks. I had the same idea, but wasn't sure it would work... Scale can be a funny thing with Bandai. No problem. Yeah that's true. I had a 1/100 transformable VF-1D kit head and it was smaller. Quote
tekering Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 So, while I assembled that old Glaug model kit just for comparison purposes, I actually bought it specifically for the waterslide decal sheet... Your feedback and comments on my GBP amor have encouraged me to upgrade my HMR Glaug in a similar fashion, since it was just too plain and toyetic to suit me. After a little panel-lining and a few decals, I'm much happier with it now. Quote
sumyumgoy Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 10 minutes ago, tekering said: After a little panel-lining and a few decals, I'm much happier with it now. That looks great! Quote
Sandman Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 9 hours ago, neoexcaliber said: Finally up at NY and cheapest so far. https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/20895-hi-metal-r-vf-1s-valkyrie-35th-anniversary-color.html Did they really not list it until yesterday. Glad i didn't stay up preorder night. Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 you know what is hard to find? those HMR missile effect parts for the vf-1. they're expensive now. Quote
Acteon Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 9 hours ago, neoexcaliber said: Finally up at NY and cheapest so far. https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/20895-hi-metal-r-vf-1s-valkyrie-35th-anniversary-color.html Bloody hell, that went fast - just happy to have a pre-order at all! Quote
Atheonyirh Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 21 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said: you know what is hard to find? those HMR missile effect parts for the vf-1. they're expensive now. They're web exclusive, so it's not surprising they're pricy and harder to get now that they're out. I'm still waiting on MyKombini to ship mine. It seems they only really ship their web exclusive stuff out once a month, at the very end/beginning. Quote
seti88 Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 22 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said: you know what is hard to find? those HMR missile effect parts for the vf-1. they're expensive now. I thk the fact that the effects did double duty as micro missiles for the dx helped it become more popular too.. Quote
sh9000 Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 Experten's lovely work. Bandai please make HMR versions of all of these and more. Quote
Thessair Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) 31 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said: you know what is hard to find? those HMR missile effect parts for the vf-1. they're expensive now. That's for sure. I meant to order two sets and somehow ended up only grabbing one. They're crazy scarce at this point and both I and my wallet are really going to regret not paying more attention to the order. Edited May 1, 2017 by Thessair Quote
seti88 Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 Dat armored vf-11 needs to be prioritised! Thanks for the post sh9000...glad to see some glimpse of all the fabled valks in physical toy form! Quote
Slave IV Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 1 hour ago, sh9000 said: Experten's lovely work. Bandai please make HMR versions of all of these and more. I'd buy them all! Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Thessair said: That's for sure. I meant to order two sets and somehow ended up only grabbing one. They're crazy scarce at this point and both I and my wallet are really going to regret not paying more attention to the order. i grabbed 2x from Loopaza and immediately they stealth jacked up the price on shipping. from 20 - 46 shipped for 2 sets. i guess they realized how hot these are and raised the price on the shipping end. Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 45 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said: i grabbed 2x from Loopaza and immediately they stealth jacked up the price on shipping. from 20 - 46 shipped for 2 sets. i guess they realized how hot these are and raised the price on the shipping end. How do you like loopaza? Is their shipping otherwise reasonable? Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said: How do you like loopaza? Is their shipping otherwise reasonable? initially they had reasonable shipping charges, 14 for one box of hmr effect and 20 for 2 boxes which i ordered. then they jacked up the prices on shipping to double the amount for each. i've seen this shady practice on several chinese sites so i'm not surprised. Robot Kingdom did that too for items in the past. just glad i grabbed it before they jacked it up. it's still on it's way so i'll post it once it arrives. Quote
Thessair Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 1 hour ago, davidwhangchoi said: i grabbed 2x from Loopaza and immediately they stealth jacked up the price on shipping. from 20 - 46 shipped for 2 sets. i guess they realized how hot these are and raised the price on the shipping end. Wow. That's crazy. I can't imagine that sort of thing would endear them to their customers. I saw a couple of sets on Taobao, but I haven't done any ordering from there before so I'm a little apprehensive. I'm still wondering if DATONG or someone will produce KOs of these sets like they do the Tamashii Effects pieces. It wouldn't surprise me, especially seeing as how in demand these suckers are. Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 39 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said: initially they had reasonable shipping charges, 14 for one box of hmr effect and 20 for 2 boxes which i ordered. then they jacked up the prices on shipping to double the amount for each. i've seen this shady practice on several chinese sites so i'm not surprised. Robot Kingdom did that too for items in the past. just glad i grabbed it before they jacked it up. it's still on it's way so i'll post it once it arrives. Cool thx. I asked because they still have a vf-31c for pre-order but I see now that the shipping is $55 to the u.s. Too many monies Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 16 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said: Cool thx. I asked because they still have a vf-31c for pre-order but I see now that the shipping is $55 to the u.s. Too many monies hell with that i'd wait till pre-orders open again too, good move. Quote
sh9000 Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 2 hours ago, Slave IV said: I'd buy them all! Hell yeah. I would too. Quote
sh9000 Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 4 hours ago, seti88 said: Dat armored vf-11 needs to be prioritised! Thanks for the post sh9000...glad to see some glimpse of all the fabled valks in physical toy form! It would be an instant buy times 6 or 7. Quote
neoexcaliber Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) 6 hours ago, Sandman said: Did they really not list it until yesterday. Glad i didn't stay up preorder night. They're 3 days late to the party and they seem to be slightly delaying releases recently. Edited May 1, 2017 by neoexcaliber Quote
joelwuj Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) Was thinking of using N-Y for the Messer VF-1 preorder instead of HLJ, but the shipping is more than double for the same eco SAL method. I know N-Y's shipping was always on the higher side but this is a first - even the shipping for my preorders in June and July with them was fairly reasonable. Also, I too wish I had double dipped with the HM-R effects set. Held off because I was apprehensive about how it would scale with the DXs, now I regret it. Edited May 2, 2017 by joelwuj Quote
neoexcaliber Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) Looks like NY has started shipping the missile effects set, except for mine. They're asking me to pay a little more for shipping with the usual 'shipment was heavier than expected' reason. 6 hours ago, Slave IV said: They probably didn't hear about it That 1 guy handling shipping was too busy packing our other orders. Edited May 2, 2017 by neoexcaliber Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 Just now, neoexcaliber said: Looks like NY has started shipping the missile effects set, except for mine. They're asking me to pay a little more for shipping with the usual 'shipment was heavier than expected' reason. how heavy are those missiles? Quote
seti88 Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 41 minutes ago, sh9000 said: love them flying together! Quote
neoexcaliber Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 20 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said: how heavy are those missiles? Heavy enough to hold off shipping for a mere 1000 yen. Quote
sh9000 Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 20 minutes ago, seti88 said: love them flying together! Yeah they are great. When I get a chance I'm going to take a Fighter mode pic of my fleet. Quote
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