Kanedas Bike Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 So what's the story with N-Y and their ticket entry thingy? Did anyone get a Max there or are people waiting... -b. Quote
yman1437 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Just now, Roy Focker said: Putting my credit card away. Going to bed after a final 20 minute wait. hope you mean that figuratively.....otherwise you have no chance to compete with bots.... Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) Just now, Kanedas Bike said: So what's the story with N-Y and their ticket entry thingy? Did anyone get a Max there or are people waiting... -b. hey b, plp are still waiting for max to be listed there. that's just to get into the website Edited April 8, 2019 by davidwhangchoi Quote
jenius Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Just now, Kanedas Bike said: So what's the story with N-Y and their ticket entry thingy? Did anyone get a Max there or are people waiting... -b. They haven't listed it yet. Quote
no3Ljm Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, beatsing said: why don't they just put up a preorder window of a few months like some companies do, and take everyone's preorder and Bandai has the exact numbers to manufacture? They'd get more sales, and not lose customers to competing products. I stopped on the vf25 and vf31 cuz of this preorder madness. They don't get more sales that way. In order to meet this kind of demand is ask everyone to pay upfront. Because, the risk of Bandai here is that they make a lot to meet the demands of preorder, but after a few months, people starts to cancel. What's going to happen? Everything will be put on sale. So at this point, not sure if pay upfront (kind of made-to-order) is the solution for all this preorder madness. Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Just now, Kanedas Bike said: So what's the story with N-Y and their ticket entry thingy? Did anyone get a Max there or are people waiting... -b. I didn't see a listing yet, than I hit refresh by accident lol Quote
Shizuka the Cat Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1A TV Max pre-order madness: April 8, 2019 AVAILABLE NOW 32,970 yen @ ヤノ商店 (AmazonJP) https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07QC9VHJC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2HD4G7SARR8CA&psc=1 (+4,800 yen shipping to United States) AVAILABLE SOON 18,468 yen @ Nin-Nin-Games https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-hobbies-toys-game-character/31513-macross-vf-1a-valkyrie-maximillian-jenius-use-dx-chogokin--4573102567222.html NOT AVAILABLE 17,100 yen @ Hobby Search https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10605111 18,000 yen @ CDJapan http://mag.cdjapan.co.jp/?4_--_3284216_--_1885_--_9 18,000 yen @ HLJ https://hlj.com/dx-chogokin-vf-1a-valkyrie-maximilian-jenius-use-bans56722 18,450 yen @ AmiAmi https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-047859 Edited April 8, 2019 by Shizuka the Cat Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 1 minute ago, davidwhangchoi said: hey b, plp are still waiting for max to be listed there. that's just to get into the website 1 minute ago, jenius said: They haven't listed it yet. Thanks guys. All I can say is... Just now, spacemanoeuvres said: I didn't see a listing yet, than I hit refresh by accident lol Crap, hope that doesn't hurt your chances. And LOL at the "Marketplace" jerks on Amazon having their own little reverse bidding war. It's down to 32,970 JPY now -b. Quote
yman1437 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 1 minute ago, spacemanoeuvres said: I didn't see a listing yet, than I hit refresh by accident lol so what happen if I am still in the waiting room and the listing comes up........oh right...I don't want to know the answer Quote
rdrunner Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 1 minute ago, no3Ljm said: They don't get more sales that way. In order to meet this kind of demand is ask everyone to pay upfront. Because, the risk of Bandai here is that they make a lot to meet the demands of preorder, but after a few months, people starts to cancel. What's going to happen? Everything will be put on sale. So at this point, not sure if pay upfront (kind of made-to-order) is the solution for all this preorder madness. I'm ok with paying up front if that would help with the scalping. Quote
yman1437 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Just now, rdrunner said: I'm ok with paying up front if that would help with the scalping. me 2 Quote
mamboeidos Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 just got into NY...nope nothing at all.... Quote
eggy99 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 I was in the NY waiting line. loaded the site, went to login, and then booted back into waiting line. Quote
rdrunner Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Kanedas Bike said: Thanks guys. All I can say is... Crap, hope that doesn't hurt your chances. And LOL at the "Marketplace" jerks on Amazon having their own little reverse bidding war. It's down to 32,970 JPY now -b. The same is happening on the YJA listings. The "buy out" prices have started at 30k yen but I am starting to see it dropping to 29k yen. Still ridiculous though. Quote
yman1437 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 isn't it strange that amazon still hasn't put its listing? Quote
RED WOLF Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Just now, jenius said: It's already dark Newt, it's already dark... So Yellow is up for preorder tomorrow? Quote
no3Ljm Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, Duymon said: Can somebody make an animated GIF of the 1st episode of MacF where those VF-171's all launch missiles (preorders) at the varja and the varja just release those counter measure nets (server errors) all over? that's prolly the best visualization of tonight's PO madness Vajra... Like Max PO... it's so elusive. Quote
Chronocidal Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 NY's "take a number" system is absolute bull. I finally loaded the page.. then clicked search... and got dumped back into a queue of 500. Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 just have to say wow, that was really terrible. Cart jacked at every turn Quote
jenius Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Just now, RED WOLF said: So Yellow is up for preorder tomorrow? That's the impression I was given. Quote
Foblander Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 This is so sad. I feel like weeks of planning and anticipation wasted I feel pathetic staying up so late with no victory before I doze off. Quote
Duymon Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 At this point I wouldn't care if all macross DX was 100% TWE pay up fronts. Quote
mamboeidos Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Chronocidal said: NY's "take a number" system is absolute bull. I finally loaded the page.. then clicked search... and got dumped back into a queue of 500. ya...even adding stuff to cart keeps me out to the waiting page Quote
Duymon Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 God dammit NY is still slowly adding figurearts and animu girly figs. Quote
beatsing Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: They don't get more sales that way. In order to meet this kind of demand is ask everyone to pay upfront. Because, the risk of Bandai here is that they make a lot to meet the demands of preorder, but after a few months, people starts to cancel. What's going to happen? Everything will be put on sale. So at this point, not sure if pay upfront (kind of made-to-order) is the solution for all this preorder madness. That's a good point. Paying up front might not curb the madness, since these stores don't seem to have trouble selling out. Since they're all sold out all the time, Bandai is under selling; they could sell more if they knew what the demand was. There's a smaller model company, that takes preorders for months, but asks for a small deposit non refundable. then they ask for the remainder at release. So, the company knows the exact demand and doesn't waste any extra units that have to be discounted. I think they did a second release for popular items, but jacked up the price a bit, and even made a few extra units for hobby stores, and gave me a bonus item for preordering. That preorder system is stress free, the customers get their product, and the company doesn't have that much risk. Quote
jenius Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 I wonder how the NY system works too, does it wait until you're done waiting to give you your result? You gotta hope that's how it works right? Quote
RED WOLF Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Sad Max wont joon for a while. Hopefully we can get two Yellows! Quote
Shizuka the Cat Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 I wonder how many people successfully pre-ordered TV Max? Quote
seti88 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) N-Y is restricting number of visitors to their site to do shopping...think of it as lining up outside an apple store for example.... but once inside you can do the usual shopping stuff...but you got to do your shopping within a certain time, else out to the line to wait again... Edited April 8, 2019 by seti88 Quote
Grey728 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Nice display case! where did you purchase it? Quote
Valkyrie23 Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 I think tonight has been the single worst PO night for Macross I can't remember one this bad in a long time. And even then, it was better. Quote
Duymon Posted April 8, 2019 Posted April 8, 2019 Pay up front will definitely discourage scalpers though. It's 10x easier to get a no-cost PO and then get hte inflated funds to pay for it than it is to put up all the cash up front and then hope somebody buys ur inflated product. One is no-risk ez cash, the other is actual skin in the game. Quote
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