Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

[Alphahorizon]

Ahhhhhh...so excited cany wait to add this one to the display gods after a few initial test flights!

 

But nothing from NY yet.

Edited September 21, 2019 by Alphahorizon

[yman1437]

Yeah.. got shipping notification from Amazon Japan!

[Convectuoso]

4 hours ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

http://blog.livedoor.jp/hacchaka/archives/52047796.html

Great pictures there. I'm not sure I like the shade of blue, but it may just be the lighting 

[seti88]

4 hours ago, jenius said:

It's a custom for a 1/48 scale VF-1, Yamato only released on in 1/60.

Guessed as much. Looking at the custom makes me want to YouTube sewing videos and do one myself...

who am I kidding...

[jrhudson311]

I was able to get one off of HS at 3am on the 20th but they have not charged me yet even though the order says "preparing order".  I have not ordered from HS before, do they typically have a delay in charging you?

[CF18]

 

[General Rasp]

Just placed an order with Amazon Japan, 23,628 yen shipped. I didn't want to miss out and probably wasn't going to find a better price later. Really hoping the VF-1S will be available at release also. My poor wallet, the GFFMC Char's Zaku is coming soon to BBTS and I wasn't planning on get Max.

[spanner]

On 8/10/2019 at 6:06 AM, easnoddy said:

I like the Max the best.  Something about that blue.

Yep definitely! I pre ordered one! Looks like I'm back in the game again!

[sumyumgoy]

25 minutes ago, spanner said:

Yep definitely! I pre ordered one! Looks like I'm back in the game again!

It's hard to resist the temptation haha.  Glad to see you're back in the game!

[seti88]

35 minutes ago, spanner said:

Yep definitely! I pre ordered one! Looks like I'm back in the game again!

Am surprised there isn’t a godfather gif?

or perhaps it’s still too early in the game hehe..

Edited September 21, 2019 by seti88

[technoblue]

3 minutes ago, seti88 said:

Am surprised there isn’t a godfather gif?

It's not the godfather gif, but I think it's appropriate. 

 

[Alphahorizon]

I'm gonna keep an eye for when the VF-1S drops to see its availability on Amazon Japan. Although I have on word that another member got an extra they offered ,and a very grateful thank you! 

 

I am interested in seeing if just sleeping through the next PO is the better option as the VF-1A and 1S were gone and not for lack of effort, but much sleep loss and frustration that day. Ended up going to NY for the VF-1A @ 305.00 shipped seems like a crime looking at Amazon Japan prices right now.

[seti88]

 

[DYRL VF-1S]

18 minutes ago, Alphahorizon said:

I'm gonna keep an eye for when the VF-1S drops to see its availability on Amazon Japan. Although I have on word that another member got an extra they offered ,and a very grateful thank you! 

 

I am interested in seeing if just sleeping through the next PO is the better option as the VF-1A and 1S were gone and not for lack of effort, but much sleep loss and frustration that day. Ended up going to NY for the VF-1A @ 305.00 shipped seems like a crime looking at Amazon Japan prices right now.

I agree but VF-1S looks to be a bit more in demand than Max. We saw prices starting to dip on ole Max for some time now and 1S doesn’t seem to be correcting down yet where “available.” I paid for the initial markup on NY and am glad I did. If I can get a second copy at MSRP then great, but at least i’m assured a copy.

Guess it just depends on what comes next.

[HardlyNever]

Joined the others and went with Amazon Japan for the Max 1A.  A few thousand yen mark up for something that was crazy hard to get at PO seems like a gift.

I also think the Hikaru VF-1S won't be this easy on release.  I'd love to be wrong, but I don't think we should assume we'll get this lucky twice.

[Alphahorizon]

26 minutes ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

I agree but VF-1S looks to be a bit more in demand than Max. We saw prices starting to dip on ole Max for some time now and 1S doesn’t seem to be correcting down yet where “available.” I paid for the initial markup on NY and am glad I did. If I can get a second copy at MSRP then great, but at least i’m assured a copy.

Guess it just depends on what comes next.

You guys are all probably right as to the demand. Bit even then, since I'm not a MISB collector and have been very happy with Mandrake and Jumgle that may be the route I take with future iterations.

[General Rasp]

Hi, if anyone is still looking to pick one up try these two sellers on Amazon Japan. 

[HardlyNever]

20 minutes ago, General Rasp said:

Hi, if anyone is still looking to pick one up try these two sellers on Amazon Japan. 

Looks like the prices are creeping up.  I bought mine from etoy (the first one of those) for 22,028 yen before shipping. 

If you're out there still fence sitting, I'd decide either way soon.

[Sanity is Optional]

1 hour ago, HardlyNever said:

Looks like the prices are creeping up.  I bought mine from etoy (the first one of those) for 22,028 yen before shipping. 

If you're out there still fence sitting, I'd decide either way soon.

Those prices are including Japanese consumption tax, when you check out as an international buyer it falls off, so the price drops a bit.

[totallyjem]

Thanks for posting what sellers ship to the USA. I kept putting stuff in my cart and not being able to check out...I wish I could have also found someone with those Arcadia launch arm stands on there.

[treatment]

3 hours ago, seti88 said:

 

Disappointed that wotafa didn't show any other particular differences between this Max and the Hikkie other than the obvious head and blue color.

 

[Foblander]

2 minutes ago, treatment said:

Disappointed that wotafa didn't show any other particular differences between this Max and the Hikkie other than the obvious head and blue color.

 

What kind of difference were you expecting other than head and color scheme?

[Sanity is Optional]

11 minutes ago, totallyjem said:

Thanks for posting what sellers ship to the USA. I kept putting stuff in my cart and not being able to check out...I wish I could have also found someone with those Arcadia launch arm stands on there.

The easy way is to look for which ones have the プライム (Prime) logo next to the price. Those are the ones that are shipped by Amazon.

[totallyjem]

Cool thanks for the tip.

[treatment]

13 minutes ago, Foblander said:

What kind of difference were you expecting other than head and color scheme?

Neither Hacchaka nor Wotafa show the T-Bar stuff which was irritatingly and annoyingly detachable-happy on most of our Hikkie-1J.

Hacchaka did have this shot;

Seems like no improvements on it and still saggy when the gunpod is attached.

There are also some shots in Hacchaka-blog showing misaligned wings that some have had with their Hikkie-1J, but not sure if it's just simple mistransformation since his other shots shows them aligned.

Hacchaka also have a few new details on the Max-1A that Wotafa just didn't show or pay attention to.

I'm sure Jenius will review it better when he gets anymoon-review up soon.

 

 

[Digitalfiend]

2 hours ago, General Rasp said:

Hi, if anyone is still looking to pick one up try these two sellers on Amazon Japan. 

When I tried to order a 2nd Max from that first seller in your pic it gave me a “can’t ship to this address” error right at the last step of checkout, which is odd because it’s fulfilled by Amazon.  I’m in Canada so I’d imagine the same issue to the US.  Anyone else in NA try to order from these sellers?

[totallyjem]

I was able to order from the first one to the USA.

[Saburo]

Max arrived extremely fast, Acceptance 9/19 delivered 9/21. 
 

[DYRL VF-1S]

This is where the NY wait feels like an eternity.

[spacemanoeuvres]

1 hour ago, Saburo said:

Max arrived extremely fast, Acceptance 9/19 delivered 9/21. 
 

Dang that was fast!
Looking forward to your pics @Saburo 

[Alphahorizon]

4 minutes ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

This is where the NY wait feels like an eternity.

I feel ya right there. 

[spanner]

Hoping NY doesn't stuff about too much and just ships em out.

[DYRL VF-1S]

Right?! I was lucky to snag on PO night but made the mistake of ordering missiles at the same time. In the rush, I forgot they were in my cart. So, might delay things even more for me.

Edited September 21, 2019 by DYRL VF-1S
Grammar police

[DYRL VF-1S]

Anyone just snag from AJ? They had it up for 19,440 direct but I couldn’t add to cart and is now gone.

[DYRL VF-1S]

Follow up - I just landed on on AJ through the app for 18,000 Yen.  GO GO. Not seeing on the web yet though.