Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

[Shizuka the Cat]

5 minutes ago, crackpot said:

When did CDJ reopen? 

If I recall correctly, CD Japan briefly changed from sold out status or orderable about a week ago... a few days after the original PO madness date.

 

Update:  CD Japan's second listing was July 7.

Edited July 14, 2020 by Shizuka the Cat

[Slave IV]

1 minute ago, crackpot said:

When did CDJ reopen? 

Our resident preorder queen @Shizuka the Cat also alerted about it last week. It was middle of the night for USA. 

[eggy99]

dang.... I was busy with some work orders and totally missed this! *CRY*

[Los]

Dang I missed it! May not be a fluke because the listing now shows 1 per person, not 20.

Maybe someone cancelled a big order.

 

[Shizuka the Cat]

3 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

Our resident preorder queen @Shizuka the Cat also alerted about it last week. It was middle of the night for USA. 

Actually, I cannot take credit for that one.

The relisting by CDJapan was found by @F360 on July 7.

[Slave IV]

1 minute ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Actually, I cannot take credit for that one.

The relisting by CDJapan was found by @F360 on July 7.

Ah, my bad! I thought it was you. Thanks to @F360 for anyone who scored on that one. 

[crackpot]

2 minutes ago, Los said:

Dang I missed it! May not be a fluke because the listing now shows 1 per person, not 20.

Maybe someone cancelled a big order.

 

Retailers won't allow more than 1 order of this on PO night or release day. Anybody trying to circumvent that risks getting all their orders cancelled. That 20 thing is just a default setting for HLJ.

[Shizuka the Cat]

Looks like tonight Nippon Yasan has also re-opened their Roy pre-orders.... though still at their inflated 35,000 yen pricing.

Edited July 14, 2020 by Shizuka the Cat

[RedComet]

4 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Looks like tonight Nippon Yasan has also re-opened their Roy pre-orders.... though still at their inflated 35,000 yen pricing.

Did it ever close at the relished $357?!?

[seti88]

4 hours ago, Anasazi37 said:

I just noticed that in the official photos of the Tamashii Features 2020 event, where the Super Set was unveiled, Bandai conveniently left atmospheric-helmet-Roy out of the cockpit:

Roy was purposely left out of the cockpit, because by the time the supers made their appearances in episode 24 (goodbye girl), hikaru had effectively taken over skull leader. In that episode the 1S with supers was codenamed booby duck.

This is why @Ignacio Ocamica highlighted that using the roy to display the iconic pairing of the supers and 1S was not as per TV macross.

And for bandai to go all the trouble of being TV accurate. Perhaps there will be another skull leader valk that would fully represent booby duck?

My only question is would that valk have hikaru's name or be a nameless valk.
In the goodbye girl episode, capt global mentioned to shammy to get hikaru to pilot it. Would he need to say that if hikaru was already the pilot? 

 

[Shizuka the Cat]

1 minute ago, RedComet said:

Did it ever close at the relished $357?!?

Yeah.  NY was also sold out for the past few days.

[crackpot]

1 minute ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Yeah.  NY was also sold out for the past few days.

They just replenished their stock by pre-ordering from HLJ. 

[DYRL VF-1S]

Congrats everyone! Good looking out @Shizuka the Cat

4 minutes ago, crackpot said:

They just replenished their stock by pre-ordering from HLJ. 

[crackpot]

What I'm surprised by is that p-bandai still has the TV supers available. At least that's a good sign that the stores will be able to fulfill the orders they recieved.

[Shizuka the Cat]

7 minutes ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

Congrats everyone! Good looking out @Shizuka the Cat

I enjoy helping out MWF folk with pre-orders.  I missed out on helping out during the past couple of PO madness events, so hopefully this CDJapan relisting helps makes up for that a bit.

[weiser21]

Missed out again. Wife wanted to take an afternoon walk. I have my name down at Frozen Figure Store, no deposit, I hope they come through. RM900, about $210.

 

[Sanity is Optional]

56 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

HLJ has cancelled orders before. I have a feeling this one will stick because it seems like they may have had a similar situation as CDJ recently and opened a batch for order. They probably reconciled their orders with stock they are expecting and found they were able to reopen. At least let’s hope so. My Hikaru 1S situation is probably a glitch because I know others who ordered around the same time had their orders cancelled and some fulfilled. I’m just going to leave it there and if they someday deliver, bonus for me!

Might also be that Bandai saw how well the Roy pre-orders went and upped the production count and gave retailers increased allotments.

[Anasazi37]

26 minutes ago, seti88 said:

Roy was purposely left out of the cockpit, because by the time the supers made their appearances in episode 24 (goodbye girl), hikaru had effectively taken over skull leader. In that episode the 1S with supers was codenamed booby duck.

This is why @Ignacio Ocamica highlighted that using the roy to display the iconic pairing of the supers and 1S was not as per TV macross.

And for bandai to go all the trouble of being TV accurate. Perhaps there will be another skull leader valk that would fully represent booby duck?

My only question is would that valk have hikaru's name or be a nameless valk.
In the goodbye girl episode, capt global mentioned to shammy to get hikaru to pilot it. Would he need to say that if hikaru was already the pilot? 

 

Yes, that's true. They could have resolved the inconsistency by including a Hikaru figure with a helmet rigged for space flight. You could make the case that Hikaru left Roy's name on the canopy in honor of him.

[eggy99]

Praying for 2nd stock. I just have no luck. 

[technoblue]

I missed out too. Was away from the computer this evening until an hour after the news broke and didn't even think to check MW or HLJ until later than that. With any luck this may be as "limited" as HIkaru's 1J, meaning we'll have ample opportunity to order before release.

[F360]

wow, nice one, @Shizuka the Cat  

Looks like many were able to get a preorder in this time.

 

[Valkyrie23]

Glad some ppl got orders in at HLJ. Hopefully they come through.

 

Edited July 14, 2020 by Valkyrie23

[kkx]

20 minutes ago, weiser21 said:

Missed out again. Wife wanted to take an afternoon walk. I have my name down at Frozen Figure Store, no deposit, I hope they come through. RM900, about $210.

 

I hope they will not cancel at the end. But chances to get delivery is very low. I wish you luck.

My name is on the waiting list too.

[Shizuka the Cat]

5 minutes ago, F360 said:

wow, nice one, @Shizuka the Cat  

Looks like many were able to get a preorder in this time.

This  makes me happy!

 

5 minutes ago, F360 said:

This makes me really happy!

[VF-Zer0S]

I’m legit hoping someone wants to trade me pre order for the YF-29. I already have the VF-1S hikaru but I’m jumping on the hype train. Let me know if anyone is interested 

[ScrambledValkyrie]

Glad that some of you were able to get a Roy PO in at HLJ. I missed out on this round. That said, seeing it pop back up on HLJ was how I got my Hikaru VF-1J, so I'd be confident they will fulfill the order. Hopefully I'll be able to secure a Roy eventually.

[Slave IV]

36 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Might also be that Bandai saw how well the Roy pre-orders went and upped the production count and gave retailers increased allotments.

Possible but somehow I doubt that. Will we ever know exactly how Bandai operates? Probably not. 

[Grey728]

40 minutes ago, VF-Zer0S said:

I’m legit hoping someone wants to trade me pre order for the YF-29. I already have the VF-1S hikaru but I’m jumping on the hype train. Let me know if anyone is interested 

I'll take you up on this offer. Just PM me.

[orbitalharvest]

On 7/12/2020 at 1:07 PM, Anasazi37 said:

Wanted to give you all a sneak preview of the waterslide decal sheet I'm working on and ask if it's missing anything critical, based on what we know about past and upcoming DX releases. It currently contains:

• Pilot names for the canopy: 1st LT. Hikaru Ichijo, CPTN. Hikaru Ichijo, MAJ. Roy Focker, CPTN. Maximilian Jenius. They would be printed with and without the black background so you can either "paper over" the existing name on the canopy or apply a new one after carefully removing the existing name.
• Modex numbers for the vertical stabilizer: 001, 011, 012, 013. I put all four on there based on the decal sheet that is supposed to come with the Hayao 1A. Again, they would be printed with and without the black background.
• Skulls for the area behind the pilot
• Ejection seat triangles
• Skull for the heatshield

The markings are either an exact match to what Bandai is using (skulls, modex numbers, and ejection seat triangles) or in the same style (pilot names). Some of the markings are designed to support @RedComet's custom Roy and Max 1S projects (and anyone else wanting to make those customs using the Hikaru 1S). There are duplicates of everything in case mistakes are made during application, but if you're used to working with waterslide decals, you could potentially dress up 2-4 valks with one set.

 

awesome!!!

[lavinrac]

N-Y Sent my missiles set today. Decided to go by ferry since UPS for an extra ~$50 on missiles I ordered last November seems silly. I've waited this long. This is the second wave of missiles so I don't think they even held them up much. The Valkyrie will still be here when they arrive.

[Kyp Durron]

Missed out, here's hoping I don't get screwed by Nin-Nin.

[KFDzero]

7 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

I enjoy helping out MWF folk with pre-orders.  I missed out on helping out during the past couple of PO madness events, so hopefully this CDJapan relisting helps makes up for that a bit.

You shouldn't feel the need to make up for anything as you help out so much already.

On top of it all, you still helped out whilst your mum is sick and it's greatly appreciated (hope she's doing better btw).

[Darotower]

7 hours ago, kkx said:

I hope they will not cancel at the end. But chances to get delivery is very low. I wish you luck.

My name is on the waiting list too.

Me too, still waiting for a new opportunity

[Alan Molina]

well 11 days of battle and nin-nin is gone quiet saying is paypal, spoken to paypal and they say nin-nin has not authorised a refund, there for its now been escalated and will take up to 20 days to come to a conclusion

 

hope you do get your pre-orders with nin-nin but if you dont you wont get your money either 

need to put a review in trust pilot for them as they are the worst

 

[Jade20X]

24 minutes ago, Alan Molina said:

well 11 days of battle and nin-nin is gone quiet saying is paypal, spoken to paypal and they say nin-nin has not authorised a refund, there for its now been escalated and will take up to 20 days to come to a conclusion

 

hope you do get your pre-orders with nin-nin but if you dont you wont get your money either 

need to put a review in trust pilot for them as they are the worst

 

Oh man... Sorry to hear that.  These kinds of disputes are a pain in the a**.  I have found that PayPal usually resolves in the buyer's favor, though.  This is worrisome to me since I have a PO with Nin-Nin on a Roy.  I should have went with NY instead.