Sandman Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 Sadly i missed the 31A the one i really wanted. Had one back ordered at hlj forever. HLJ finally emailed me saying they won't be able to get one now. Hopefully they will release more of them. Quote
Graham Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 I really hope this line is successful enough that we get Super Pack versions and also a line of Frontier kits as well. Quote
NZEOD Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 3 hours ago, Sandman said: Sadly i missed the 31A the one i really wanted. Had one back ordered at hlj forever. HLJ finally emailed me saying they won't be able to get one now. Hopefully they will release more of them. They sold out about a month ago, I was sourcing all mine through Buyee/Yahoo.jp Now the only ones around are the Scalpers ones at $100US and up. Quote
chyll2 Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 missed out on VF-31A as well. I thought it will be re-issued. Mandarake never listed it and Yahoo JP is not really friendly on the final price or scalped price Quote
kajnrig Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 How LE does Tomy Tec usually make these? (Referring to the scale aircraft.) I can't imagine they'd be gone for very long if they're selling well, which they clearly were/are. Quote
hachi Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 10 hours ago, TMBounty_Hunter said: A few of these are currently on sale at Hobby Search  http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10384637 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10389708 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10389709 Unfortunately it's the drakens and the 31J.what about the others? Quote
NZEOD Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 4 hours ago, chyll2 said: missed out on VF-31A as well. I thought it will be re-issued. Mandarake never listed it and Yahoo JP is not really friendly on the final price or scalped price I got all mine for about 44US each and shipped them on the 6 day Registered Airmail option at about 900yen so pretty damn cheap to NZ Quote
NZEOD Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 Could be worth getting the Draken and the vf31J just to recreate the Delta title scene with them passing each other Quote
hachi Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 3 hours ago, NZEOD said: Could be worth getting the Draken and the vf31J just to recreate the Delta title scene with them passing each other That's too boring. I'd just wait for the VF31F and then recreate that scene with the Draken and complete it with the blood splatter If that sale is still on by March I'll try to get a Draken. Quote
NZEOD Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 just be careful... they seem to suddenly sell out. The VF-31C is as of now sold out Quote
Convectuoso Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 On 8/2/2017 at 4:43 PM, TMBounty_Hunter said: A few of these are currently on sale at Hobby Search  http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10384637 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10389708 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10389709 Thanks for the heads up!!! I ordered a Draken Quote
kajnrig Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 HLJ is having a daily deal sale on the VF-31S Arad Molders version:Â http://hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?ItemGroup=DADETMT022017 Quote
hachi Posted February 20, 2017 Posted February 20, 2017 Was at yodobashi aki earlier today. The Macross tomytec doesn't seem to have that much stock especially the sdf ones. SO Tomytec should be doing ok. I got Keith's Draken in fighter mode. Quote
ECB5489 Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 the chuck and messer are taking too long to be release, or will it be released. Â I'm still hoping that tomytec release the macross frontier in 1/144 scale also. Â Quote
seti88 Posted February 22, 2017 Author Posted February 22, 2017 16 hours ago, Andy NYK said: Do get them, there're nice. Will you get the Hasegawa's and DX'es also when they are out? Quote
Andy NYK Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 12 hours ago, seti88 said: Will you get the Hasegawa's and DX'es also when they are out? Not Hasegawa's but their DXes, hehehe! PO-ed Keith's and waiting for news on Arad's.^^ Quote
seti88 Posted February 23, 2017 Author Posted February 23, 2017 Lol ok, tot if you got the hase, then you have all of arad and Keith's valk ever released. But hase needs more time and work, unlike wat u already have. hope u catch arad DX too.. Quote
ayaxr Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 On 2/21/2017 at 8:08 PM, ECB5489 said: I'm still hoping that tomytec release the macross frontier in 1/144 scale also. This. I would buy the whole lineup.. Whereas the Delta ones, that hasn't been the case. It would seem Frontier is still very popular in Japan, I cant help but think this would be a somewhat "logical" decision provided they get the rights etc etc... Fingers crossed. Quote
Graham Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Yeah, I'd love to see the VF-25 in the Gimix line in plain, Super and Armored. Quote
Andy NYK Posted February 27, 2017 Posted February 27, 2017 On 2/24/2017 at 0:29 AM, seti88 said: hope u catch arad DX too.. Fingers crossed.^^ Quote
derex3592 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Got my Arad 31 Fighter in yesterday from the HLJ. Picked SAL shipping because I really wanted out cheap and really didn't care how long it took...showed up in 10 days! WOW! . Makes me wonder whyyyy I've been paying for 2-4 day EMS and Fed-Ex on the big Valks.. Quote
NZEOD Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 exactly! I've switched to using Registered SAL for all my BUYEE stuff out of Japan and its been getting to NZ in 5 to 6 days! for a 1/3 the price of EMS Quote
seti88 Posted February 28, 2017 Author Posted February 28, 2017 I hear you guys! Shipping saved is another valk to get! Quote
derex3592 Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 Mr. Arad done today!  Gloss coat, panel line wash and semi gloss coat sealer. Bring on Messer amd Chuck! Quote
seti88 Posted March 2, 2017 Author Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) semi gloss arad looks slick!  how come you needed to apply panel line wash tho, the existing lines arent enough? btw was trying to feed my kairos hunger and stumbled upon this custom.....call it the SR-71 custom ...  wish i had bought more tomytec 31A's, but alas.....if tomytec releases the 2 mode 31A kit it would sell like hotcakes. Where are those tomytec?!! And its a hopeful sign that once bandai releases the 1/72 31A kits it would be incredibly ideal to customise! Edited March 2, 2017 by seti88 Quote
Duymon Posted March 2, 2017 Posted March 2, 2017 On 2/28/2017 at 0:25 PM, derex3592 said: Got my Arad 31 Fighter in yesterday from the HLJ. Picked SAL shipping because I really wanted out cheap and really didn't care how long it took...showed up in 10 days! WOW! . Makes me wonder whyyyy I've been paying for 2-4 day EMS and Fed-Ex on the big Valks.. Dude I would go SAL on everything if I could.. but nooooo... too many people "losing" packages via SAL on big-ticket items made HLJ adopt an EMS / Fedex only policy on big ticket items :0 Quote
derex3592 Posted March 3, 2017 Posted March 3, 2017 @seti88 ..I didn't see that the lines were done at all on the bottom on this one and only very lightly if at all on the top. The 31's just aren't quite as well panel lined from the factory as the VF-1s. Quick easy fix. Quote
Major Focker Posted March 4, 2017 Posted March 4, 2017 On 3/3/2017 at 2:08 AM, Duymon said: Dude I would go SAL on everything if I could.. but nooooo... too many people "losing" packages via SAL on big-ticket items made HLJ adopt an EMS / Fedex only policy on big ticket items :0 while i'm aware of this policy, for some reason it was never applied to me. all my HLJ shipments were SAL for the past decade. scoured Akiba and Nakano a couple of weeks ago. not a single 31A to be found. Quote
kajnrig Posted March 4, 2017 Posted March 4, 2017 I thought the shipping policy was based on package size rather than value of certain items. I've had plenty of items up to a certain size shipped through SAL. Granted, none of them were $300 collector's items... And at a certain size point, the SAL option, though still available, costs more than EMS. Quote
Major Focker Posted March 5, 2017 Posted March 5, 2017 doesn't seem to be size either. i use PW so my shipments tend to be very big boxes, and would contain high value items. doesn't seem to be country based either as i've had packages shipped to 3 different countries, all on SAL. my big and high value single purchases have also shipped via SAL, though they did enter PW first and i later decided to ship them on their own, usually because grouping the smaller items into one box results into lower SAL fees than if i group them with already big items. that these high value and/or big items first enter PW, might be the workaround i inadvertently stumbled on. granted, at some point SAL can be 20% more expensive than the EMS option, but i avoid EMS like the plague. particularly where i am now, EMS super sucks. i would happily pay the SAL premium rather than wasting 2-3 hours roundtrip driving to the EMS pickup/clearing house, and another 2-3 hours waiting in line for them to retrieve/process it. Quote
chyll2 Posted March 5, 2017 Posted March 5, 2017 Focker, that is the reason why I avoided EMS. By any chance, you are talking about Philippines? Quote
NZEOD Posted March 5, 2017 Posted March 5, 2017 17 hours ago, Major Focker said: scoured Akiba and Nakano a couple of weeks ago. not a single 31A to be found. There are 2 on Yahoo JP Auctions, ones about 70USD and the other a laughable 110USD. So glad I got my six while there were cheap! Quote
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