Bandai DX VF-31

[wm cheng]

Some great news... I got mine from N-Y in Canada.

I'd pre-ordered from N-Y Oct 6th (9am EST) and it took 2wks via EMS (unusually long delivery via EMS) but I got it and its beautiful.  I initially submitted a polite question a week after Mar 24 release date and got a canned response.  But in the end I did get it, so all I can say is try to have patience - they might still deliver.  I hope all of you get yours.

I can't wait to lightly weather and panel line this baby! (after I stop zooming around the house!)

[F360]

15 minutes ago, wm cheng said:

Some great news... I got mine from N-Y in Canada.

I'd pre-ordered from N-Y Oct 6th (9am EST) and it took 2wks via EMS (unusually long delivery via EMS) but I got it and its beautiful.  I initially submitted a polite question a week after Mar 24 release date and got a canned response.  But in the end I did get it, so all I can say is try to have patience - they might still deliver.  I hope all of you get yours.

I can't wait to lightly weather and panel line this baby! (after I stop zooming around the house!)

congrats,  can't wait to see your usual work.

[derex3592]

some quick battroid pics... 

[borgified]

Should be a disclaimer here: That is when you get your 31a after many months of agonizing waiting..

[ridgebacks]

3 hours ago, wm cheng said:

Some great news... I got mine from N-Y in Canada.

I'd pre-ordered from N-Y Oct 6th (9am EST) and it took 2wks via EMS (unusually long delivery via EMS) but I got it and its beautiful.  I initially submitted a polite question a week after Mar 24 release date and got a canned response.  But in the end I did get it, so all I can say is try to have patience - they might still deliver.  I hope all of you get yours.

I can't wait to lightly weather and panel line this baby! (after I stop zooming around the house!)

This gives me hope.

Never contacted them, I will be patient and keep on waiting.

[neoexcaliber]

5 hours ago, Slave IV said:

If NY was as greedy and shady as some keep saying, they wouldn't have to offer the lowest price in the first place. I know they are doing it as part of their business model to make money but again, they could still charge more to begin with. 

Where I'm from, that's how scammers start their business. They offer the lowest prices to attract attention, deliver a few orders to build some trust and when the order book gets sizeable enough, they disappear.

I'm not saying NY is a scam. I'm just pointing out that lower prices are common in the shady business. 

[Slave IV]

15 minutes ago, neoexcaliber said:

Where I'm from, that's how scammers start their business. They offer the lowest prices to attract attention, deliver a few orders to build some trust and when the order book gets sizeable enough, they disappear.

I'm not saying NY is a scam. I'm just pointing out that lower prices are common in the shady business. 

Right. Unbelievably low prices with no delivery is a scam. NY consistently offers lowest prices with delivery. Whatever, I don't care about any of these shops, just whoever sends me what I want for the lowest price. Just happens to be NY most the time but I didn't get an order in for the 31A through them. 

[CharlesXavier]

1 hour ago, Slave IV said:

Right. Unbelievably low prices with no delivery is a scam. NY consistently offers lowest prices with delivery. Whatever, I don't care about any of these shops, just whoever sends me what I want for the lowest price. Just happens to be NY most the time but I didn't get an order in for the 31A through them. 

Because NY offers the lowest prices online, they know they will always have customers no matter how bad their customer service is or how they failed certain customers on their POs. 

They may lose 100 customers over the 31A but they will easily fill the void as long as they have the lowest price around 

[Slave IV]

33 minutes ago, CharlesXavier said:

Because NY offers the lowest prices online, they know they will always have customers no matter how bad their customer service is or how they failed certain customers on their POs. 

They may lose 100 customers over the 31A but they will easily fill the void as long as they have the lowest price around 

Possibly. I guess you can't have it all. Lowest prices are good enough for me. I don't need someone blowing smoke up my @$$ or holding my hand, just give me my toys, lol. 

On a more direct VF-31 note, I added the super parts to my 31F today. First set of supers I've played with so far for the 31s and it's really well made. Plus, it looks badass. Sorry, no pics yet but you've all seen it. 

[CharlesXavier]

Sidetrack question. For TWE items sold on mandarake, do they always remove or come without the brown casing TWE box?

[Slave IV]

59 minutes ago, CharlesXavier said:

Sidetrack question. For TWE items sold on mandarake, do they always remove or come without the brown casing TWE box?

Considering they need to check the items and always show pictures of the actual item you buy, I'd say no brown box. I've never received a TWE item from them with the brown box. 

[CharlesXavier]

49 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

Considering they need to check the items and always show pictures of the actual item you buy, I'd say no brown box. I've never received a TWE item from them with the brown box. 

Thanks. To us collectors we consider the brown casing as the true sealed box. To Japan I know they just treat it as a shipper’s box

[Slave IV]

31 minutes ago, CharlesXavier said:

Thanks. To us collectors we consider the brown casing as the true sealed box. To Japan I know they just treat it as a shipper’s box

Haha yeah, I love the brown shipper box. Especially since you can open the bottom and close it without breaking any seals. But hey, I'd take a 31A with no shipper if I could get another at a decent price. 

[borgified]

2 hours ago, CharlesXavier said:

Sidetrack question. For TWE items sold on mandarake, do they always remove or come without the brown casing TWE box?

 

1 hour ago, Slave IV said:

Considering they need to check the items and always show pictures of the actual item you buy, I'd say no brown box. I've never received a TWE item from them with the brown box. 

 

45 minutes ago, CharlesXavier said:

Thanks. To us collectors we consider the brown casing as the true sealed box. To Japan I know they just treat it as a shipper’s box

All my purchases that was TWE from Amiami (S.H. Figuarts Duke) and NY (don't use them anymore after I got the HMR Strike Roy and the S.H. Figuarts Tune Chaser add-ons) where shipped in the brown shipper boxes. Haven't got a TWE from Manda yet; however I may at a later point in time.

Edit: I used Jungle for my VF-171EX Alto Armoured Parts which was listed as used with no brown shipper box. 

The brown shipper box to me is an added protection as the actual product is inside.  

Edited April 15, 2018 by borgified

[ArchieNov]

I used to keep those boxes, but one day I realized they just take up extra space, make stacking my boxes uneven, add no additional value when I resell stuff, and difficult to identify stuff in storage. So I decided to throw them away. Don’t regret it one bit haha.

[F360]

Yes!  after 3 long days of waiting nervously,  "not sure if someone might snatch it from their physical store before they were able to get to it"

finally received the payment email from Mandarake a couple of hours ago ,  and just now the shipped email.  

now I can rest a bit...... after many hours and days of hunting and preorder madness standby...........

 

still need 1 more so the hunt continues............ 

[Guyffon]

Congrates F360

[Shukenzero]

1 hour ago, F360 said:

Yes!  after 3 long days of waiting nervously,  "not sure if someone might snatch it from their physical store before they were able to get to it"

finally received the payment email from Mandarake a couple of hours ago ,  and just now the shipped email.  

now I can rest a bit...... after many hours and days of hunting and preorder madness standby...........

 

still need 1 more so the hunt continues............ 

Grats man! 

[Slave IV]

Nice @F360! Don't take mine!

[Kinzoku VF]

Tomorrow will be week 4 for NY orders. Congrats to the few that received theirs this week ( seems that those were yet more orders from the 6th, that had been shipped prior to last week). Aside from that, doesn't look like much, if any have been shipped recently.

Still hoping, we'll get some additional infos soon. The past 2 messages we received at the beginning just aren't relevant any longer. By now they should have a clear idea whether they'll be able to fulfil those last orders or not. 

Not to mention those upcoming preorders I've yet to pay. Ideally would like to know something about that DX before deciding what to do about them. But whatever the outcome of this mess, I need some vacations from NY. (Won't drop them completely, as I've been shopping there for far too long) but will most definitely be getting more of my PO elsewhere from now on (rather than putting all my eggs in one basket and getting burnt.)

[Mommar]

I finally got the band together.

[Slave IV]

6 minutes ago, Mommar said:

I finally got the band together.

You got 4!? 

Looks great!

[505thAirborne]

23 minutes ago, Mommar said:

I finally got the band together.

Not a single drop of envy over here! 

Seriously, that looks amazing! 

Also, congrats to everyone else who is getting the 31A! 

[Mommar]

It took this long and I didn’t even order from NY.

[Mommar]

19 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

You got 4!? 

Looks great!

The plan was three from CDJ, then when no shipping happened I ordered one from Loopaza out of panic.  Then I waited for both orders and had to contact both companies to find out why things were held up at various points.  Then waited and waited some more.  It’s not the same level as anyone waiting for NY.

Now that I have four the plan is to get two Arad customs for a total of six, if that becomes a thing, then have three plain and three with armor, if that also becomes a thing, so I can have a movie squad Arad, Chuck plus three escorts all armored.

[Slave IV]

1 hour ago, Mommar said:

The plan was three from CDJ, then when no shipping happened I ordered one from Loopaza out of panic.  Then I waited for both orders and had to contact both companies to find out why things were held up at various points.  Then waited and waited some more.  It’s not the same level as anyone waiting for NY.

Now that I have four the plan is to get two Arad customs for a total of six, if that becomes a thing, then have three plain and three with armor, if that also becomes a thing, so I can have a movie squad Arad, Chuck plus three escorts all armored.

Sounds like a great plan! And I love it when a plan comes together. 

[F360]

9 hours ago, Guyffon said:

Congrates F360

thx, hope you'll find a better seller and a different proxy next time.

9 hours ago, Shukenzero said:

Grats man! 

thx man, I can't hardly wait, one of them is already at SF customs. 

4 hours ago, Slave IV said:

Nice @F360! Don't take mine!

you are in luck,  next week I'll be mobile most of the time with only a iphone for internet until late at night..

good hunting

here's what I see right now.

4 at yahoo auction  (buy it now at 42800 and up)

5 at rakuten (buy it now at 44800 and up)

none at Mandarake

[Slave IV]

22 minutes ago, F360 said:

thx, hope you'll find a better seller and a different proxy next time.

thx man, I can't hardly wait, one of them is already at SF customs. 

you are in luck,  next week I'll be mobile most of the time with only a iphone for internet until late at night..

good hunting

here's what I see right now.

4 at yahoo auction  (buy it now at 42800 and up)

5 at rakuten (buy it now at 44800 and up)

none at Mandarake

Haha, all good and congrats to whoever can nab these at a decent price these days. The ones you posted are too rich for me, I'm hoping for sub 40k shipped. Or, if anyone wants to pass their NY preorder off to me

[Mommar]

50 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

Sounds like a great plan! And I love it when a plan comes together. 

Nah, I’ll have just screwed myself in the most spectacular of fashions.  I regret not getting Super and Armor parts for my Alto and Ozma so now I buy one of eberything dor each VF I own. That means potentially six Super and six Armor packs for the 31A.  That ‘s going to be murder.

[Slave IV]

1 minute ago, Mommar said:

Nah, I’ll have just screwed myself in the most spectacular of fashions.  I regret not getting Super and Armor parts for my Alto and Ozma so now I buy one of eberything dor each VF I own. That means potentially six Super and six Armor packs for the 31A.  That ‘s going to be murder.

Macross collecting is synonymous with wallet murder.  cue gif

[no3Ljm]

3 hours ago, Slave IV said:

Macross collecting is synonymous with wallet murder.  cue gif

What GIF?  

[Slave IV]

9 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

What GIF?  

That's what I'm talking about

[CharlesXavier]

Start of a brand new week.

Let's see who's the first to share some good news from NY (if any)

[Guyffon]

Wanted to get my funds refunded form noppin and I thought I go look see what yahoo auctions had since I had 42K sitting in it, found a VF-31J kai for 28K and got that instead, its not really something I thought i would get but since I did not have that valk much as well. At that price I think it was an ok buy. Lets hope that NY's shipment really got delayed by bandai like that other scalper that got his only on the 13th of April and let the good news roll in.

 

Update: My wife got her counterpart in Japan to contact NY regarding the issue and the person that corresponded is non japanese speaking and stated that they think they will get their shipment in Mid May from Bandai. I guess we all have to wait till then for our stock. 

Edited April 16, 2018 by Guyffon

[Kinzoku VF]

Saw I had some messages, got hopeful for half a second, but they only want their $$$ for that Sentinel Mospeada.... Great.....Now what. FFS they're taking the p*ss.

As far as that mid-May shipment from Bandai.....If they know, why haven't they sent mails to all those Kairos preorders customers that have yet to hear anything from them?  Oh...wait....of course, silly me, they still want to refund as many customers as possible in order to sell off that stock for a fortune. (If it's not yet some imaginary stocks...) Duh. 

Willing to wait until mid May or whenever, but not without a written msg from them. (Thanks once again to Guyffon for the info) Edit : not to mention the NY staff mentioned ' they think they'll get their shipment ' could be October or never who knows...

Found the founder of NY on FB, but seems he doesn't use it FB . He's on LinkedIn though. Found out other infos too. But nothing that would help us regarding this issue. 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 16, 2018 by Kinzoku VF