Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

[Tenbatsu]

Tampo printing error on VF-1S. 100 instead of 001.

[Darth Mingus]

MyKombini is back up.  Order says "Waiting to ship".

Both the regular price and the markup are not available.

[DYRL VF-1S]

1 minute ago, Tenbatsu said:

Tampo printing error on VF-1S. 100 instead of 001.

Daaammmmn

[nathans82]

5 minutes ago, Darth Mingus said:

MyKombini is back up.  Order says "Waiting to ship".

Both the regular price and the markup are not available.

Got a link for the one back up?

[Tenbatsu]

It seems that it's not an isolated case but a mass production issue. I took the below photo at Tamashii Akihabara:

 

Edited November 22, 2019 by Tenbatsu

[Sanity is Optional]

1 hour ago, General Rasp said:

Has anyone who pre-ordered thru Amazon been billed yet?

Not charged yet, but got the following email:

Spoiler

English follows Japanese（日本語に続き、英語でのご案内があります）

Amazon.co.jpをご利用いただき、ありがとうございます。

ご注文いただいた商品が、予定より早くお届けできることになりましたのでお知らせいたします。
(注文日：2019-06-03) (注文番号：##################)

ご注文いただいた商品と新しいお届け予定日は以下のとおりです。
  "DX超合金 超時空要塞マクロス 劇場版VF-1S バルキリー(一条輝機) 約300mm ABS&PVC&ダイキャスト製 塗装済み可動フィギュア"
    お届け予定日: 2019-11-23 - 2019-11-26

最新のお届け予定日は、アカウントサービス（ http://www.amazon.co.jp/your-account ）でご確認いただけます。

Dear Customer: We are pleased to report that the item(s) in your order indicated above will be sent sooner than expected. When your order is shipped you will receive an e-mail message confirming the date, contents and method of shipment.

このＥメールアドレスは配信専用です。ご不明な点は、下記のURLからカスタマーサービスまでお問い合わせください。

https://www.amazon.co.jp/contact-us/

Yes, it's an order from Amazon Japan as the seller, I had to have it shipped to a Tenso address. It was the only pre-order I could get.

[edit] I have now been charged as well.

Edited November 22, 2019 by Sanity is Optional

[treatment]

17 minutes ago, Tenbatsu said:

Tampo printing error on VF-1S. 100 instead of 001.

Oops!

We'll see if the japanese-fans will be extra sensitive enough to complain about it to get Bandai to fix/replace it like they did with the original Alto YF-29...

 

 

 

[spacemanoeuvres]

Just got charged for my amazon order, no word from NY yet. 

[canklebreaker]

Does anyone know if I am able to cancel my buyee order since I scored last night on HLJ?

I'm willing to hang onto it if another boardie is interested buying it at the price I got it at as well...

 

edit: already have several people inquiring so I'll stop with them, should anything change I'll be sure to post to try to help anyone out.

Edited November 22, 2019 by canklebreaker

[Chronocidal]

To be entirely fair to Bandai, I can actually see the numbering being easy to mess up, because DYRL (and Macross in general, if I remember) uses a non-standard modex format compared with real life carrier aircraft.

Not that it can't happen, but I've never seen a squadron start their numbering at "001."  The squadron lead's plane would be "100," with all the others following after that with 101, 102, etc.

Could also be a mirroring issue, but either way, that's fortunately one of the easiest tampo goofs I can think of to fix.  Still annoying to have to do it, but whether you want to remove the numbers and replace them with other decals, or just scratch off the 1 and paint a single white stripe to the right of the existing zeroes, it's about as simple a fix as you can ask for.

Has the right tail been the only place that's been seen?

[davidwhangchoi]

wrong number Pre -order cancelled!

[Tenbatsu]

7 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

Has the right tail been the only place that's been seen?

The left is correct. Another poster from HK confirmed that his is 100 too.....shrug

Edited November 22, 2019 by Tenbatsu

[nathans82]

9 minutes ago, canklebreaker said:

Does anyone know if I am able to cancel my buyee order since I scored last night on HLJ?

I'm willing to hang onto it if another boardie is interested buying it at the price I got it at as well...

PM me, I'm interested in your buyee order.

[F360]

30 minutes ago, canklebreaker said:

Does anyone know if I am able to cancel my buyee order since I scored last night on HLJ?

I'm willing to hang onto it if another boardie is interested buying it at the price I got it at as well...

https://faq.buyee.jp/articles/en_US/FAQ/q14/?l=en_US&fs=Search&pn=1

[canklebreaker]

2 minutes ago, F360 said:

https://faq.buyee.jp/articles/en_US/FAQ/q14/?l=en_US&fs=Search&pn=1

Thanks @F360, I probably shouldn't have been so lazy lol. Hopefully it can go to a good home at the very least.

[F360]

21 minutes ago, canklebreaker said:

Thanks @F360, I probably shouldn't have been so lazy lol. Hopefully it can go to a good home at the very least.

No worries, I’m just used to looking those up due to my bad habits of buy first and plan later.   But normally for most international stores , once you place a order , you are suppose to be committed to it.   Once you paid there’s no going back unless you play cheats .

[canklebreaker]

 

3 minutes ago, F360 said:

bad habits of buy first and plan later

I'm guilty of that as well, should probably work on that haha. Can't wait till this guy ships!

[Matt Random]

I got an order in at HLJ but the status was Awaiting Shipment. Still not showing as shippable in the private warehouse. I'll probably end up cancelling if NY ships before HLJ. Otherwise I'll just keep an extra MISP and sell it in a couple of years.

[gerwookie]

Nin-nin said they’ll receive their stock next week. Waiting on mykombini. Why do these two sites look so similar? Sister sites? Common merchant template/website design?

[tjdetweiler]

Looks like HLJ site is back now, I just shipped it, woooh, I can't wait!

[canklebreaker]

13 minutes ago, Matt Random said:

Still not showing as shippable in the private warehouse.

Does it normally take time for an item to become available or is that a bad sign? Luckily for me I was able to request shipping on mine.

[F360]

4 minutes ago, tjdetweiler said:

Looks like HLJ site is back now, I just shipped it, woooh, I can't wait!

They are having a promo now too so i think you will get 3 free KitKats too 

[Vexxet]

17 minutes ago, canklebreaker said:

Does it normally take time for an item to become available or is that a bad sign? Luckily for me I was able to request shipping on mine.

same for me

[jenius]

11 minutes ago, F360 said:

They are having a promo now too so i think you will get 3 free KitKats too 

I decided I didn't need an extra last night... but had I known about the KitKats.... 

[Slave IV]

11 hours ago, kkx said:

I have 36 transaction on FJ that I skipped the protection plan.

Then I am hit by a seller that fail to deliver on the DX Max for 22K yen.

So if I paid the protection every time, it will cost me 400 x 36 yen = 14400 yen

So now I am out by just under 7600 yen.

I think not paying for the plan can be good. Maybe in future I will more careful on selecting the seller and on high risk item (high price PO item), will consider paying the 400 yen for protection.

In general, I will avoid PO on yahoo japan or ebay.

I have never get any PO item delivered on both site.

End up getting Max on AJ for a good price after release. So I will be patient and wait for release day if I missed the PO on normal retailer.

Yeah, I apply this to shipping too. I always choose the cheapest shipping and that has saved me more than enough to insure myself on any order. 

Look forward to seeing all the 1S pics soon and hope I can still at least get one. 

[F360]

11 minutes ago, jenius said:

I decided I didn't need an extra last night... but had I known about the KitKats.... 

  come on, you need to review those japanese kitkats too.  

 

 

 

[vladykins]

The green tea kit kats are awesome.

[borgified]

Having a chocolate rush while fiddling with Hikaru's DX 1s? 

Not a bad idea, just watch out for the hidden chocolate smears on the valk. 

4 minutes ago, vladykins said:

The green tea kit kats are awesome.

Don't forget that you can toast them for at least a few mins to make them more crunchier. There are also more flavours as well. 

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Dagnabit, I missed out on HLJ's opening. It was on my wishlist too but never got a notice.

[Zaid]

3 hours ago, canklebreaker said:

Does anyone know if I am able to cancel my buyee order since I scored last night on HLJ?

I'm willing to hang onto it if another boardie is interested buying it at the price I got it at as well...

If no one else has claimed, I am interested. I haven't had a chance to get a 1/48 VF-1 yet, or any classic Macross in general and this would be a great starter

Edited November 22, 2019 by Zaid

[canklebreaker]

Will add you to the queue pending previous requests. Hopefully you guys can score if they release again somewhere.

[Alphahorizon]

48 minutes ago, Zaid said:

If no one else has claimed, I am interested. I haven't had a chance to get a 1/48 VF-1 yet, or any classic Macross in general and this would be a great starter

I said that to myself. " Just one, I dont need to many of them..." I have like 35 now. But the VF-1S will be a great start for you.

[oshanmacross]

3 hours ago, canklebreaker said:

Does it normally take time for an item to become available or is that a bad sign? Luckily for me I was able to request shipping on mine.

Mine is showing as not shippable also, am I the odd man out? 

Edited November 22, 2019 by oshanmacross

[orbitalharvest]

29 minutes ago, oshanmacross said:

Mine is showing as not shippable also, an I the odd man out? 

i think that this means that the items aren't fully processed on their end, so the shipping isn't determined yet...?  anyone got more solid info on that?

[orbitalharvest]

6 hours ago, Darth Mingus said:

MyKombini is back up.  Order says "Waiting to ship".

Both the regular price and the markup are not available.

yeah, i touched base with them and they responded.  it sounded like the mykombini site was down for maintenance