Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

[HardlyNever]

Nothing here, but that green bar is so close to 発送済み...

I'm not too worried yet.  I've had stuff arrive from Japan in I think 3 days (maybe even 2)?  Mine isn't due for delivery until Sept 30th, anyhow.

[kkx]

I am also waiting for my AJ order to ship, the green bar is so near so I expect it will ship today or tomorrow.  Official expected delivery is 26 to 30th Sept.

I hope I don't have to wait till Monday. Regretting selecting my work address for this.

[gerwookie]

Is that green bar actually meaningful? I do remember it being more halfway and slowly moving down towards ship but don’t know if it’s actually tracking what the seller is doing.

[kkx]

Pure speculation here: I think it just count down to the expected shipping date.

Amazon seems to already have an idea of the date it expect the item will be available for shipping.

[Sanity is Optional]

Cynical speculation here: I think it just moves to placate people so they don't bug customer service.

[OzmaLee74]

Guys, if you go to your order details in your orders page, it tells you exactly what the status is. Yesterday I was in “preparing for shipment”. Today I’m in “Shipping Now” 

[HardlyNever]

48 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Cynical speculation here: I think it just moves to placate people so they don't bug customer service.

Yeah, I know sarcrasm can be hard to convey on the internet.  I was joking about the green bar thing, I'm pretty sure it just moves as a projection of estimated arrival time, not an actual indicator of status.  

3 minutes ago, OzmaLee74 said:

Guys, if you go to your order details in your orders page, it tells you exactly what the status is. Yesterday I was in “preparing for shipment”. Today I’m in “Shipping Now” 

Mine still hasn't been shipped yet, but everyone's is probably different.

[gerwookie]

1 hour ago, OzmaLee74 said:

Guys, if you go to your order details in your orders page, it tells you exactly what the status is. Yesterday I was in “preparing for shipment”. Today I’m in “Shipping Now” 

Thanks all. I didn’t catch that detail. 

[DYRL VF-1S]

Finally got “Preparation in Process” from NY! Might not ship for another week, but hey, making progress.

[kkx]

Updated the shipping address to home instead of work just in case it arrive on Saturday.

That was a mistake, it pushed back the expected arrival data from 27th to Monday.  

[Lolicon]

49 minutes ago, kkx said:

Updated the shipping address to home instead of work just in case it arrive on Saturday.

That was a mistake, it pushed back the expected arrival data from 27th to Monday.  

Just can't catch a break sometimes. 

[sh9000]

Max shipped.

[Convectuoso]

3 hours ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

Finally got “Preparation in Process” from NY! Might not ship for another week, but hey, making progress.

Me too. A bit of hope, at last 

[DYRL VF-1S]

5 minutes ago, Convectuoso said:

Me too. A bit of hope, at last 

Nice! And my AJ order from Sat shipped as well. Still can’t believe I got through that night.

[spanner]

Considering I ordered my items so late I will calmly and patiently wait. Its gonna be tough but I try my darn hardest not to get the s#$%'s.

[Lolicon]

Amazon shipped so I expect it'll be here Friday. 

[Foblander]

Yay AJ shipped for me too hopefully get it Friday

[vlenhoff]

21 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Where is the big yellow arrow on the side of the head? I don't see it.

NY has yet to contact me, and i pre-odered and pre-paid this on PO night, hmmm

[beatsing]

On 9/23/2019 at 7:18 AM, tekering said:

I'm so glad Bandai stuck with the VF-1J grey for Max's 1A...

So much nicer than Yamato's shock-white.

nice pics

On 9/23/2019 at 9:15 AM, gerwookie said:

Ah at first didn’t see difference in joints but now see the grooves missing on top of max’s Left shoulder hinge joint. Meaning the grooves are on the bottom? 

Yes

On 9/23/2019 at 9:43 AM, seti88 said:

 

That panel lining really breaks up the bland white 

On 9/23/2019 at 9:54 AM, gerwookie said:

Looks a little busy from top perspective but I quite like the panel lining on the chest to offset just the plain white, more for max than for hikaru since he has that nice red. How would I go about doing so? A gundam marker? I know you have to apply top coat or something for gunpla but feel scared to do so on this toy.

I used to use the fine brush gundam marker (you can wipe mistakes, not the thick generic marker) and grey color for white pieces, black for darker colors, and brown for reds.  I use the panel liner that comes in a jar as it runs along the lines, but it's not a wash.  Works with Gundams and valks.

23 hours ago, Lolicon said:

This isn't a complaint, but I'm curious why Bandai decided to give us the space helmet version of Max in his flight suit, instead of giving us the open face version like Hikaru.

Is Bandai going to cheap out from here on and give us this space version only? Because I demand an extra large Kakizaki pilot figure for his 1A release!

Probably the helmet covers the face so it's intended for the generic pilots and the cannon fodder VF-1A.

 

Been away for a bit.  All those nice pics of the Max blue is growing on me.  Seems like the prices aren't as gouging as the VF-1S.  Might pull the trigger.  

[technoblue]

54 minutes ago, vlenhoff said:

Where is the big yellow arrow on the side of the head? I don't see it.

NY has yet to contact me, and i pre-odered and pre-paid this on PO night, hmmm

The yellow arrow is not part of Bandai's official print detail. It was custom detail added by a twitter user to their personal copy. @seti88 linked to the post a couple pages back. Or just check out beatsing's post above. 

Edited September 25, 2019 by technoblue
slow keyboard juju

[beatsing]

Hacchaka's review pic shows the eye detail.  that really pops!  Does anyone with the 1J look at the eye detail?  The 1j and 1S have more antenae, but it looks like Max has got some nice cameras in there.  

[beatsing]

18 minutes ago, technoblue said:

The yellow arrow is not part of Bandai's official print detail. It was custom detail added by a twitter user to their personal copy. @seti88 linked to the post a couple pages back. Or just check out beatsing's post above. 

I like the yellow arrow.  Hazard symbols are often in yellow and that's where the laser gun is pointing in the fighter mode so air traffic staff don't touch the hot barrel (s) or damage the monocle.  I think the movie 1A has a little square guard that sticks out past the camera monocle so it doesn't break.    

[Lolicon]

HLJ shipped too. Woo! 

[vlenhoff]

52 minutes ago, technoblue said:

The yellow arrow is not part of Bandai's official print detail. It was custom detail added by a twitter user to their personal copy. @seti88 linked to the post a couple pages back. Or just check out beatsing's post above. 

Ooops, thanks @technoblue for the info!

[Sanity is Optional]

Got shipping notice from both HLJ and AJ. Looks like they'll show up Friday/Monday.

[OzmaLee74]

AJ shipped mine. Estimated delivery Friday 9/27

[vlenhoff]

Ok NY sent me a notification. "Processing" my order. I'd prefer "here is your tracking number", but whatever. I can't wait to see the new solid swing bar in Max's 1A!

Totally kidding, the swing bar still breaks up or separate. IMHO, if it was a solid bar, like the HMR, and all Yammies, then this "toy" would be closer perfect. 

[spanner]

I also got order prep notice from NY but only for my VF-1A Max.. Really glad to see I was able to actually get one! Though my VF-1J and YF-19 orders have not seen any movement yet. I do hope they realise I have those other orders in place and send them all at once instead of separately. 

[Graham]

Saw the VF-1A TV Max in a local shop here in HK yesterday. Box was smaller than I expected. No interest to buy though as I've never liked the TV Max colour scheme. I'm far more of a DYRL guy.

[Anasazi37]

2 hours ago, spanner said:

I also got order prep notice from NY but only for my VF-1A Max.. Really glad to see I was able to actually get one! Though my VF-1J and YF-19 orders have not seen any movement yet. I do hope they realise I have those other orders in place and send them all at once instead of separately. 

Just received my "in prep" notice from NY, too. And I think I was in the first wave of scalper markup POs where they secured stock from other people, so hopefully they have all of that stock in house now and will be clearing out their shipping backlog....

[mechaninac]

My AJ order was split in two and I just got my shipping notice for the second batch, the DX VF-1A Max, this morning... should have all of it in my grubby hands by Saturday.

Unless some other must-have gets announced, with the exception of the Riobot VF-041H Blowsperior slated for November, I think I'm done for the year, which makes my wallet sigh in relief.

[technoblue]

5 hours ago, beatsing said:

I like the yellow arrow.  Hazard symbols are often in yellow and that's where the laser gun is pointing in the fighter mode so air traffic staff don't touch the hot barrel (s) or damage the monocle.  I think the movie 1A has a little square guard that sticks out past the camera monocle so it doesn't break.    

Mm. I don’t mind the arrow either. Wish I had the spare time and steady hand to customize my copies, because there are other details from the SDF-1 Squadrons Master File that I think would look nice at this scale too.

Oh well. For now, I just sit back and admire the work of others like that friendly twitter user or our own @Lolicon.

[Convectuoso]

Finally got shipping notification from NY. I just hope it doesn't take too long to arrive. 

[cksh]

Got my shipping notice from HLJ late last night. Should have Friday. 

[spacemanoeuvres]

I received my first two from AJ yesterday. One more arriving today or tomorrow