spacemanoeuvres Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Price: 9,720JPY (8% tax included) Release date: January, 2018 Not a bad price; NY should have a decent discount. Quote
chyll2 Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) flat 9000 yen. with discount, possble 8100 yen. edit: release date: January 2018 PO Date: September 1, 2017 Edited August 30, 2017 by chyll2 Quote
seti88 Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Alright sub 10k!! Happy to hear it...now the madness begins! Quote
sh9000 Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Perfect homages. And yep I knew the price would be reasonable. Can't wait! Quote
Atheonyirh Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Yay. I feel vindicated in my confusion now. Quote
Mommar Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Boy, I guessed way high, huh? The dish seems to rest a bit too high though. Edited August 30, 2017 by Mommar Quote
EmilianoAlfaro Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 I'm going to buy two, I love fighter mode and battroid mode, I can't decide for one. Quote
sh9000 Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Thank goodness that some stores put their limit to not just 1. Edited August 30, 2017 by sh9000 Quote
jvmacross Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, sh9000 said: Perfect homages. * The picture is for nostalgic high purposes only. HM-R(espect).... Bring on the Super O!!! (well.....Tomahawk and Phalanx first please!) Edited August 30, 2017 by jvmacross Quote
jenius Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Bandai giving the warm fuzzies! Almost feel like trying to get more than one... almost. Quote
jvmacross Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 1 hour ago, sh9000 said: Thank goodness that some stores put their limit to just 1. You should now be a step closer to doing this one....think you still need a VF-1D...coming soon I'm sure Quote
Slave IV Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Nice! pretty much exactly what I expected and even less after retailer preorder discounts! F5 finger...Ready! Edited August 30, 2017 by Slave IV Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 7 hours ago, chyll2 said: flat 9000 yen. with discount, possble 8100 yen. edit: release date: January 2018 PO Date: September 1, 2017 alright! my hopes were founded that it's under $100 i'm going to cancel one of my extra messers and order this instead. Quote
sh9000 Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 1 hour ago, jvmacross said: You should now be a step closer to doing this one....think you still need a VF-1D...coming soon I'm sure Yeah that one will be cool. I just noticed I meant to say it's good that some stores don't limit to just 1. If I make a VF-1D and Bandai releases an official version then I'll just convert mine into a battle damaged VF-1D with missing arm. Quote
Loop Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 4 hours ago, Mommar said: Boy, I guessed way high, huh? The dish seems to rest a bit too high though. I agree with that assessment, but I'm still getting at least 2. I still prefer my Yamato version but I have to have these for completions sake. Quote
Big s Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 It's about where the price should have been expected. I know some were thinking up $50 more than what it ended up, but that was way too high of a price for what's included in the package. Can't wait to get it and glad bandai was feeling reasonable on the price and decided not to make this a web exclusive. Quote
sh9000 Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) That way it would at least get released and easier to purchase with only a slight markup. I'm down for a normal release of the VT-1 also. Edited August 30, 2017 by sh9000 Quote
beatsing Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 10 hours ago, abbadon said: http://tamashii.jp/item/12267/ Check out my Sombrero Quote
Dangard Ace Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 HLJ is pissing me off. Bought the HMR Defender and it shipped SAL back in July 15. Still hasn't arrived and passed their 30day estimated delivery. Contact them about it and they basically reply, "look at our fine tiny print. Wait double our 30 business days estimate before contacting us." Not buying from them again. Gonna spend more money at NY instead. Come on Tomahawk! Dangard needs some new destroids! Quote
mickyg Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, Dangard Ace said: HLJ is pissing me off. Bought the HMR Defender and it shipped SAL back in July 15. Still hasn't arrived and passed their 30day estimated delivery. Contact them about it and they basically reply, "look at our fine tiny print. Wait double our 30 business days estimate before contacting us." Not buying from them again. Gonna spend more money at NY instead. Come on Tomahawk! Dangard needs some new destroids! But I thought the defender released on the 11th of August? Did you mean the Spartan? Either way, 30 days is definitely a bit much. I've noticed HLJ is starting to become a bit less competitive lately. I hope your experience is not indicative of a wider change within the company. Quote
Loop Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) What does the tracking say on the item? I think they may be saying that based on the fact that SAL can take a long time but in most of the cases I have used SAL I have not had any really long extended waits except for when it reached LA a couple of times for me. You could maybe reply and let them know you are thouroughly dissatisfied with the service you are receiving. Edited August 30, 2017 by Loop Quote
jvmacross Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 3 hours ago, beatsing said: Check out my Sombrero Wrong hat.... Quote
Dangard Ace Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 Doh! Yes I meant Spartan. Tracking says it's still at sea. 36 days at sea is ridiculously long. Hasn't even reached our shores yet. Quote
sh9000 Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 2 of my 9 Defenders came in from NY. Opened one of them and it is very nice. Keeping the other one MISB with no double tape. The 2 came pretty quick. Not bad for cheap Eco SAL. The 7 other Defenders coming in will for sure be opened. Quote
ScrambledValkyrie Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 My Defender's still sitting in my PW at HLJ. All these photos are making me want to go ahead and ship it! The VE-1 of course looks fantastic. I'm also really pleasantly surprised at the very reasonable price. That encourages me that other future valks will follow suit, assuming they're not TWE. Quote
fenrir72 Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 4 hours ago, Dangard Ace said: HLJ is pissing me off. Bought the HMR Defender and it shipped SAL back in July 15. Still hasn't arrived and passed their 30day estimated delivery. Contact them about it and they basically reply, "look at our fine tiny print. Wait double our 30 business days estimate before contacting us." Not buying from them again. Gonna spend more money at NY instead. Come on Tomahawk! Dangard needs some new destroids! I feel your pain but when you choose SAL, registered otherwise, expect the delays. parcel sometimes ship fast but sometimes its the ost office and customs that's the issue. Quote
F360 Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 3 hours ago, Dangard Ace said: Doh! Yes I meant Spartan. Tracking says it's still at sea. 36 days at sea is ridiculously long. Hasn't even reached our shores yet. does HLJ even ship by BOAT? when it leaves Japan? If it's really by BOAT then it can take 2-3 months. I'm sure it's not by BOAT. Quote
amptor Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 16 hours ago, sh9000 said: Perfect homages. And yep I knew the price would be reasonable. Can't wait! Beautiful I'll definitely buy multiples of this one this time around. Very nice. Now I have renewed hope for this series Quote
Dangard Ace Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 1 hour ago, F360 said: does HLJ even ship by BOAT? when it leaves Japan? If it's really by BOAT then it can take 2-3 months. I'm sure it's not by BOAT. Here the tracking number RA001077505JP. HLJ says it's flew out of Narita on the 15th. Where the f has it been flying to for 36 business days? Hot air balloon? HLJ telling me to wait until Oct 3 basically is 3months so it may as well be by boat. Quote
F360 Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 2 minutes ago, Dangard Ace said: Here the tracking number RA001077505JP. HLJ says it's flew out of Narita on the 15th. Where the f has it been flying to for 36 days? Hot air balloon? nothing that fancy. It's most likely already in your country, sitting in a container/cart with other low priority packages. And is just waiting for its turn to get process through customs. So until someone processes your package (scans it) , you will not know where it is from the public website. I had 1 sal package that took 2 months. most of it's time was just sitting and waiting in a warehouse somewhere. Hopefully, some update will show up over the weekends. Quote
Dangard Ace Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 Hopefully. I'd be less irritated by HLJ if I didn't have other SAL packages from Japan (NY) sent after they did and already have them delivered. Quote
locidm Posted August 31, 2017 Posted August 31, 2017 (edited) While we are waiting for the VE-1 preorder, more phone pics of defender Comparison with Yamato defender I recall someone few pages back claiming HMR has the first with movable sensor? Yamato has it too! Come to mama Edited August 31, 2017 by locidm Quote
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