Bandai DX VF-31

[spacemanoeuvres]

Suckered in, setup, pushed around....*shakes head* ain’t this some bullshit.

[mcfly50]

Received 1 Big in Japan

NY not shipped x2

[Moosey]

Ordered and received 1 from AE if you want to add me to the list.

[davidwhangchoi]

Just got mine from Cdjapan via SAL

W/ brown shipper 

[505thAirborne]

24 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

Just got mine from Cdjapan via SAL

W/ brown shipper 

Congrats David! Is this your only one or did you get multiples? 

[davidwhangchoi]

1 minute ago, 505thAirborne said:

Congrats David! Is this your only one or did you get multiples? 

Thanks Airborne! I only got one... i was down funds that month and was only able to buy one late on CDjapan.

[505thAirborne]

18 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

Thanks Airborne! I only got one... i was down funds that month and was only able to buy one late on CDjapan.

I feel ya on the funds part. Glad you could get one, enjoy it! 

 

[TrickyCustomer]

5 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Nippon-Yasan

Received: wmcheng, Murphy, derex3592, eXis10z, ArchieNov, 20max20, recon, orindlt, Scyla, Smacky, technoblue

Not Yet: no3Ljm, Kinzoku, spacemanoeuvres (x2), funkymonkeyjavajunky, Boobytrap, Tallman (x2), Sanity is Optional, ChaoticYeti, Guyffon, neoexcaliber (x7), rdrunner, raziel03, CharlesXavier (x2), ridgebacks, petrov27, sh9000, Blue Meanie, chyll2, orindlt, sumyumgoy, dur, Valkyrie2008

Refunded: Vortech, psychodynamix (x2, closed my account as well), IXTL, Bahamutzyro

 

Anime Export

Received: Vortech (x3), neoexcaliber (x3), seti88

Not Yet:

 

CD Japan

Received: WaferMouse, Slave IV, Mommar (x3)

Not Yet:

 

Mykombini

Refunded: kanjrig, Kanedas Bike, Ignacio Ocamica

Not Yet:

 

Random Ebay Seller

Received: 

Not Yet: Sanity is Optional

 

Loopaza

Received: jrhudson311, orindlt, GabrielIV, dizman, Mommar,

Not yet:

 

Others/Proxy

Received: Moosey, Guyffon

Not yet:

I got 3 from Loopaza also

[Daedalus]

I got 1x from Anime export, hoping they release more.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

Gorgeous pic Daedalus.

Congrats to all that received their 31A.

[Sanity is Optional]

So, just wondering, do the canards not seem to mesh properly with the body to anyone else? There's always a decent sized gap on mine.

[CharlesXavier]

Pretty sure Messer’s super parts will start going up in value soon if they don’t announce the ones for the 31A

[HayateAltoHunter]

Seems like i got lucky here....got an email from NY out of nowhere just now....my kairos now shows being shipped out  

.

Edited April 19, 2018 by HayateAltoHunter
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[rdrunner]

1 minute ago, HayateAltoHunter said:

Seems like i got lucky here....got an email from NY out of nowhere just now....my kairos now shows being shipped out  

Congrats!  10/7 09:30 order here and my number is like 300+ behind you, lol.

*sigh* (back to waiting)

[no3Ljm]

2 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

So, just wondering, do the canards not seem to mesh properly with the body to anyone else? There's always a decent sized gap on mine.

It’s always been like that on all DX VF-31 releases.

[F360]

11 minutes ago, HayateAltoHunter said:

Seems like i got lucky here....got an email from NY out of nowhere just now....my kairos now shows being shipped out  

.

nice, congrats.  

[505thAirborne]

3 hours ago, Daedalus said:

I got 1x from Anime export, hoping they release more.

That's a beautiful Valk, congrats on getting one! 

If Bandai is smart they'll do another release of these 31A's in the near future. 

[rdrunner]

8 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said:

That's a beautiful Valk, congrats on getting one! 

If Bandai is smart they'll do another release of these 31A's in the near future. 

The plain design is simply miles better than the VF-31’s for the main characters. 

[CharlesXavier]

46 minutes ago, F360 said:

nice, congrats.  

Hope the good news keep coming in

[505thAirborne]

21 minutes ago, rdrunner said:

The plain design is simply miles better than the VF-31’s for the main characters. 

Sometimes less is more. 

[CharlesXavier]

Nippon-Yasan

Received: wmcheng, Murphy, derex3592, eXis10z, ArchieNov, 20max20, recon, orindlt, Scyla, Smacky, technoblue, rdrunner

Not Yet: no3Ljm, Kinzoku, spacemanoeuvres (x2), funkymonkeyjavajunky, Boobytrap, Tallman (x2), Sanity is Optional, ChaoticYeti, Guyffon, neoexcaliber (x7), raziel03, CharlesXavier (x2), ridgebacks, petrov27, sh9000, Blue Meanie, chyll2, orindlt, sumyumgoy, dur, Valkyrie2008

Refunded: Vortech, psychodynamix (x2, closed my account as well), IXTL, Bahamutzyro

 

Anime Export

Received: Vortech (x3), neoexcaliber (x3), seti88

Not Yet:

 

CD Japan

Received: WaferMouse, Slave IV, Mommar (x3)

Not Yet:

 

Mykombini

Refunded: kanjrig, Kanedas Bike, Ignacio Ocamica

Not Yet:

 

Random Ebay Seller

Received: 

Not Yet: Sanity is Optional

 

Loopaza

Received: jrhudson311, orindlt, GabrielIV, dizman, Mommar, Trickycustomer (x3)

Not yet:

 

Others/Proxy

Received: Moosey, Guyffon

Not yet:

[seti88]

Oh oh, you broke the chain...i think you need to adjust from archieNov's list at the beginning of this page. Note the missing from AE after me..

Edited April 19, 2018 by seti88

[no3Ljm]

Let me update the list. Please, don't repost the list for now.

[no3Ljm]

Nippon-Yasan

Received: wmcheng, Murphy, derex3592, eXis10z, ArchieNov, 20max20, recon, orindlt, Scyla, Smacky, technoblue, hal9000, Mechapilot77, jrhudson311, Knightdramon, NUNS, vfxraven19, ritt0r, barurutor, HayateAltoHunter

Not Yet: no3Ljm, Kinzoku, spacemanoeuvres (x2), funkymonkeyjavajunky, Boobytrap, Tallman (x2), Sanity is Optional, ChaoticYeti, Guyffon, neoexcaliber (x7), rdrunner, raziel03, CharlesXavier (x2), ridgebacks, petrov27, sh9000, Blue Meanie, chyll2, orindlt, sumyumgoy, dur, Valkyrie2008, mcfly50 (x2)

Refunded: Vortech, psychodynamix (x2, closed my account as well), IXTL, Bahamutzyro

Anime Export

Received: Vortech (x3), neoexcaliber (x3), seti88, anubis20, Moosey. Daedalus

Not Yet:

CD Japan

Received: WaferMouse, Slave IV, Mommar (x3), Master Dex, spanner (x3), Graham, CrossAir, abbadon, davidwhangchoi

Not Yet:

Big in Japan

Received: mcfly50

Not Yet:

Mykombini

Refunded: kanjrig, Kanedas Bike, Ignacio Ocamica, Slave IV, loko77, joelwuj

Not Yet:

Random Ebay Seller

Received: TrickyCustomer

Not Yet: Sanity is Optional

Loopaza

Received: jrhudson311, orindlt, GabrielV, dizman, Mommar, onnylam, TheLoneWolf, TrickyCustomer (x3)

Not yet:

Others/Proxy

Received: Guyffon, Crimson9

Not yet:

Unknown (I couldn't identify)

Received: Syngyne, OzmaLee74

 

[Guyffon]

Nippon-Yasan

Received: wmcheng, Murphy, derex3592, eXis10z, ArchieNov, 20max20, recon, orindlt, Scyla, Smacky, technoblue, hal9000, Mechapilot77, jrhudson311, Knightdramon, NUNS, vfxraven19, ritt0r, barurutor, HayateAltoHunter

Not Yet: no3Ljm, Kinzoku, spacemanoeuvres (x2), funkymonkeyjavajunky, Boobytrap, Tallman (x2), Sanity is Optional, ChaoticYeti, Guyffon, neoexcaliber (x7), rdrunner, raziel03, CharlesXavier (x2), ridgebacks, petrov27, sh9000, Blue Meanie, chyll2, orindlt, sumyumgoy, dur, Valkyrie2008, mcfly50 (x2)

Refunded: Vortech, psychodynamix (x2, closed my account as well), IXTL, Bahamutzyro

Anime Export

Received: Vortech (x3), neoexcaliber (x3), seti88, anubis20, Moosey. Daedalus

Not Yet:

CD Japan

Received: WaferMouse, Slave IV, Mommar (x3), Master Dex, spanner (x3), Graham, CrossAir, abbadon, davidwhangchoi

Not Yet:

Big in Japan

Received: mcfly50

Not Yet:

Mykombini

Refunded: kanjrig, Kanedas Bike, Ignacio Ocamica, Slave IV, loko77, joelwuj

Not Yet:

Random Ebay Seller

Received: TrickyCustomer

Not Yet: Sanity is Optional

Loopaza

Received: jrhudson311, orindlt, GabrielV, dizman, Mommar, onnylam, TheLoneWolf, TrickyCustomer (x3)

Not yet:

Others/Proxy

Received: Crimson9

Not yet:

Unknown (I couldn't identify)

Received: Syngyne, OzmaLee74

 

Sorry, the one on proxy cancelled on me, what I managed to get on proxy is a VF-31J kai not a VF-31A, still waiting on my VF-31A form NY, mine is also 300+ orders away from HayateAltoHunter

[hoahuynh]

Ordered one VF-31 from Nippon-Yasan.

No updates thus far, hope it does not get cancelled, gave up mirage waiting for this unit.

[Guyffon]

Got an email from NY, thought it was going to be good news, turns out that the metal build arbalest I was watching was available again, but no way in hell I was going to pre-order anything from NY again

[no3Ljm]

Nippon-Yasan

Received: wmcheng, Murphy, derex3592, eXis10z, ArchieNov, 20max20, recon, orindlt, Scyla, Smacky, technoblue, hal9000, Mechapilot77, jrhudson311, Knightdramon, NUNS, vfxraven19, ritt0r, barurutor, HayateAltoHunter

Not Yet: no3Ljm, Kinzoku, spacemanoeuvres (x2), funkymonkeyjavajunky, Boobytrap, Tallman (x2), Sanity is Optional, ChaoticYeti, Guyffon, neoexcaliber (x7), rdrunner, raziel03, CharlesXavier (x2), ridgebacks, petrov27, sh9000, Blue Meanie, chyll2, orindlt, sumyumgoy, dur, Valkyrie2008, mcfly50 (x2), hoahuynh

Refunded: Vortech, psychodynamix (x2, closed my account as well), IXTL, Bahamutzyro

Anime Export

Received: Vortech (x3), neoexcaliber (x3), seti88, anubis20, Moosey. Daedalus

Not Yet:

CD Japan

Received: WaferMouse, Slave IV, Mommar (x3), Master Dex, spanner (x3), Graham, CrossAir, abbadon, davidwhangchoi

Not Yet:

Big in Japan

Received: mcfly50

Not Yet:

Mykombini

Refunded: kanjrig, Kanedas Bike, Ignacio Ocamica, Slave IV, loko77, joelwuj

Not Yet:

Random Ebay Seller

Received: TrickyCustomer

Not Yet: Sanity is Optional

Loopaza

Received: jrhudson311, orindlt, GabrielV, dizman, Mommar, onnylam, TheLoneWolf, TrickyCustomer (x3)

Not yet:

Others/Proxy

Received: Crimson9

Not yet:

Unknown (I couldn't identify)

Received: Syngyne, OzmaLee74

[Pedro2k6]

Got a email from NY they just shipped my VF-31A. Ordered and paid October 6. Great news. I hope they deliver to everyone.

[Kinzoku VF]

Gratz to 2 shipping notices.

Again safe to say they're not shipping more than 2 per day (maybe 4 if you add non members).

1 - Either it's supa' painful as it looks like they are shitting them out (forgive my French), and with all the pointy bits everywhere, more than 1 would mean breaking the safety regulations, "risk of tears, internal bleeding or even death"  *Taken from page 3 paragraph 78 of Bandai's TWE safety assembly manual.

2- They're getting their ordered stock piece by piece, (maybe in kit form too) and they ship randomly from a hat.

3- They buy them from YHJp etc to honor their orders. 

Scrap number 3, I was only kidding....Either 1 or 2.

I'd go for 1, it would explain those 'mysterious' QC marks . 

Come on, push NY, push, you can do it. 

 

[CharlesXavier]

53 minutes ago, Pedro2k6 said:

Got a email from NY they just shipped my VF-31A. Ordered and paid October 6. Great news. I hope they deliver to everyone.

Congrats.

Till now they are still shipping orders placed on Oct 6-7 and a bit from 9-10. I paid for mine on 24 Oct. Perhaps I will get mine by Xmas 2018? LOL

[spacemanoeuvres]

1 hour ago, Pedro2k6 said:

Got a email from NY they just shipped my VF-31A. Ordered and paid October 6. Great news. I hope they deliver to everyone.

Great news! There’s still hope for the rest of us

[Xigfrid]

10 hours ago, HayateAltoHunter said:

Seems like i got lucky here....got an email from NY out of nowhere just now....my kairos now shows being shipped out  

Hoho, my order is in 10 nexts. I hope NY keeps with the increasing order for shipping 

[Pedro2k6]

Here's mine.

[slide]

So it may really be that stock is slow/limited because Bandai may be encountering/dealing with the clear-coat [or some other] QC issue?

 

Fascinating... the '31A canopies are clearer tint like the '31F, while the J and C are more opaque, are they not? I have a '31C, so I can vouch for it being foggy and wanting a canopy replacement... maybe the foggy canopies are also a clear-coating issue... 

 

 

 

Also: what Kind of pod comes with a '31A?

same as the rest [drone charger thingy/mounting the big gun]? or is it different?