BANDAI DX YF-19!!

[HardlyNever]

Just got a shipping notice from HLJ.  Still only payment confirmation from AmiAmi.

[HG Blows]

Welp, HLJ processed mine before I could cancel.  Anyone in LA need one at cost pm me.

[kajnrig]

6 minutes ago, HG Blows said:

Welp, HLJ processed mine before I could cancel.  Anyone in LA need one at cost pm me.

I've linked an interested person to your post, thanks. They might or might not PM you, I dunno.

[Blue Meanie]

I lucked out earlier and got one one Amazon for $242 shipped. Good news is it replaces the one my friend's son destroyed, bad news it was my money to finally score a 30th yf-29. But....in an wait longer I guess.

[scand]

47 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

Speaking of, Amazon Japan is currently sitting at 32,400 shipped, though I don't know if that's with international shipping. There are others cheaper with free/Prime shipping, but the free shipping options are Japan-only, and I don't think the Prime covers international shipping. Anyone know?

You need to chose the seller/option that fulfills through amazon. They will do international for around 11 bucks.

[chyll2]

1 hour ago, kajnrig said:

Calmed my nerves. Thanks.

Looks like horizontal position is created to avoid clearance issue when on landing gears

[Numbninja]

heres hoping when bandai gets to doing a yf-21 they do another release pf yf-19....and more importantly, i have the loot to boot

[kajnrig]

17 minutes ago, scand said:

You need to chose the seller/option that fulfills through amazon. They will do international for around 11 bucks.

Would that be on top of the asking price, then? So it's not 32400 JPY shipped internationally, but 32400 JPY + ~$11 shipped internationally?

 

 

Edited September 22, 2018 by kajnrig

[F360]

7 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

Would that be on top of the asking price, then? So it's not 32400 JPY shipped internationally, but 32400 JPY + ~$11 shipped internationally?

 

 

And thats only if it will be allow to ship internationally.  

Best way is just add it to your cart and check out to see.

[Pedro2k6]

HLJ just send my shipping notification.

[mickyg]

CDJ shows shipping in progress but no charge on my CC yet. Guess that's promising?

[eggy99]

HLJ EMS shipping to Australia, ¥4070

[Toonz]

Stocks at AmiAmi store today

 

[SuperHobo]

40 minutes ago, mickyg said:

CDJ shows shipping in progress but no charge on my CC yet. Guess that's promising?

Maybe as soon as they slap our CC, then they'll ship it out.........next week. 

[F360]

up at HLJ again

https://hlj.com/product/BANN55061

[Sanity is Optional]

Something tells me Bandai made a LOT of these, not that I'm complaining.

[Slave IV]

23 minutes ago, Toonz said:

Stocks at AmiAmi store today

 

 What a great sight!

As much as I’m looking forward to getting the YF-19, I’m more eager to get that God Sigma.

[kajnrig]

So because of this:

Bandai buys Bluefin for its US market distribution: 

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-21/bandai-namco-acquires-bluefin-establishes-u.s-toy-company/.137100

It brings me to a previously asked question:

12 hours ago, kajnrig said:

isn't it possible for this to be made available internationally? Considering M+ managed to get through the HG firewall, I'd imagine that merchandise might also be able to make it through...?

Might Bandai be able to sell the YF-19 and other M+ merch (like a YF-21? Eh? Ehhhh????) locally?

[mamboeidos]

1 hour ago, F360 said:

up at HLJ again

https://hlj.com/product/BANN55061

thanks man !! got one !!

[Shizuka the Cat]

Just received my DHL tracking info for my AmiAmi pre-order. Should be arriving Wednesday.

[Sanity is Optional]

Same here, gotta say between DHL and EMS, I prefer DHL a bit. Shame that EMS is cheaper from CDJ and HLJ.

[Shizuka the Cat]

24 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Same here, gotta say between DHL and EMS, I prefer DHL a bit. Shame that EMS is cheaper from CDJ and HLJ.

I find myself preferring DHL as well.

EMS tends to be slower for me, due to the handover to USPS shipping.

[Sanity is Optional]

Just now, Shizuka the Cat said:

I find myself preferring DHL as well.

EMS tends to be slower for me, due to the handover to USPS shipping.

I've got a pretty safe porch, but am not around during to day to sign for packages. Also USPS isn't the greatest at treating packages nicely. Plus the odd trip halfway across California for no apparent reason when the airport my package arrived at is 90min away...

[spanner]

Still no shipping notice from HLJ yet.. though it is Saturday so I shouldn't be expecting too much..

[jenius]

Still no shipping notice from CDJapan either... but at this rate it's all but assured it will arrive on the same day as my in-laws so I'm going to have to wait a while before I get to play with my shiny new toy

[brouken]

1 hour ago, jenius said:

Still no shipping notice from CDJapan either... but at this rate it's all but assured it will arrive on the same day as my in-laws so I'm going to have to wait a while before I get to play with my shiny new toy

[Pedro2k6]

Some out of the box problems on Twitter. 

 

Edited September 22, 2018 by Pedro2k6

[Ignacio Ocamica]

Let's hope it's an isolated unit with QC issues.

There's always some lemons that escape quality control.

 

Edited September 22, 2018 by Ignacio Ocamica

[Pedro2k6]

9 minutes ago, Ignacio Ocamica said:

Let's hope it's an isolated unit with QC issues.

There's always some lemons that escape quality 

Esperemos que así sea. 

Small videos on YouTube 

 

 

 

[Powered Convoy]

Managed to get an order in with CDJ three days ago. Shipping is currently processing.

[Trifalger]

A very cool Japanese review up on 2chan. Shows new heel can actually be positioned in-line with fuselage. My main concern alleviated a little though now all the reports of QC issues. His seems to be unaffected. 

https://nov.2chan.net/y/res/3794910.htm

Edited September 22, 2018 by Trifalger

[onnasake]

Well I bitched and moaned and cried like a spoiled child cause I had to wait 24 hours for my stupid toy.

 

Be careful what you wish for.

 

After 20 long years, since my first breathless viewing of Macross Plus, I finally own a fully transformable toy of the incredible YF-19.

 

The box was amazing.  The presentation of the toy and its parts are great.

I took it out...ever so carefully.  This is my very first Macross toy and I've heard how fragile they are. 

But I was gonna transform it.

 

 

What followed was perhaps the most frustrating, joyless, irritating four hours I've ever experienced with a toy.  The only reason this thing wasn't smashed to a fine plastic dust was cause I reminded myself over and over and over: "$300.  $300 frakking dollars a-hole."

As far as I know, there's no QC problems.  It's just the fiddliest frakking goddamn thing I've ever messed with and I own all the MP Transformers.

 

I got it halfway to Gerwalk and pieces were popping off left and right.  It was just this disgusting splayed out Cronenberg mess of a robot plane....horrible.  I panicked and just decided to TRYYYY to get it back into a plane.

 

Took well over 2 hours but I think I managed.  The tabs just will NOT. frakkING.  TAB.

 

Just when I got everything about as lined up as humanly possible without snapping everything and it was a plane again, I decided to put on the fast packs and fold booster, stick it on the shelf, and never touch it again until I die.   THE goddamn fast packs untabbed everything even worse!!!

RRRAGGGJHHHHH.......is this Macross collecting???  Or am I just THAT stupid?  If this is what it's like, why do it to yourselves??

 

Anyway, here it is right now but I'm so angry and frustrated I don't even wanna look at the goddamn thing.

 

[nightmareB4macross]

16 minutes ago, Trifalger said:

A very cool Japanese review up on 2chan. Shows new heel can actually be positioned in-line with fuselage. My main concern alleviated a little though now all the reports of QC issues. His seems to be unaffected. 

https://nov.2chan.net/y/res/3794910.htm

That new heel for the YF-19 does not look good next to the VF-19Advance. But oh well what’s done is done.

[Trifalger]

1 minute ago, onnasake said:

Well I bitched and moaned and cried like a spoiled child cause I had to wait 24 hours for my stupid toy.

 

Be careful what you wish for.

 

After 20 long years, since my first breathless viewing of Macross Plus, I finally own a fully transformable toy of the incredible YF-19.

 

The box was amazing.  The presentation of the toy and its parts are great.

I took it out...ever so carefully.  This is my very first Macross toy and I've heard how fragile they are. 

But I was gonna transform it.

 

 

What followed was perhaps the most frustrating, joyless, irritating four hours I've ever experienced with a toy.  The only reason this thing wasn't smashed to a fine plastic dust was cause I reminded myself over and over and over: "$300.  $300 frakking dollars a-hole."

As far as I know, there's no QC problems.  It's just the fiddliest frakking goddamn thing I've ever messed with and I own all the MP Transformers.

 

I got it halfway to Gerwalk and pieces were popping off left and right.  It was just this disgusting splayed out Cronenberg mess of a robot plane....horrible.  I panicked and just decided to TRYYYY to get it back into a plane.

 

Took well over 2 hours but I think I managed.  The tabs just will NOT. frakkING.  TAB.

 

Just when I got everything about as lined up as humanly possible without snapping everything and it was a plane again, I decided to put on the fast packs and fold booster, stick it on the shelf, and never touch it again until I die.   THE goddamn fast packs untabbed everything even worse!!!

RRRAGGGJHHHHH.......is this Macross collecting???  Or am I just THAT stupid?  If this is what it's like, why do it to yourselves??

 

Anyway, here it is right now but I'm so angry and frustrated I don't even wanna look at the goddamn thing.

 

I imagine that’s going to be my response as well but what can you do? There’s nothing like it. I imagine in the future it will be smoothed out but like the Arcadia version there’s no knowing when/if that’ll happen.

[onnasake]

I'm sure I just need to chill out and calm down....give it a day or two and try again.   As frustrated as I am there's no denying it looks beautiful.  As long as you don't touch it.