Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

[Pontus]

5 minutes ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

I’m no expert but it’s always been my understanding that DYRL, Hikaru, and his DYRL VF-1S in particular have traditionally been more popular in Japan. Since that is Bandai’s target audience for the Macross line it makes sense to me that they lead with his Valks.

 Roy and SDFM are just more popular in the States due to Robotech really. “Rick” always seemed so damn whiny and Roy a badass. Hikaru is slightly more badass in DYRL than his Robotech counterpart. Anyway, that’s just my thought. I’m sure others would disagree. 

Yeah, I thought it was a Japanese popularity thing.    But imho we've had enough DYRL VF-1S releases. ( yes I see your name there, plz don't hate ) I'd be happy if they simply included rounded hands and a blue suited Roy.  They include rounded hands in their HMR releases (in all BUT the Roy?!!!), so why not here?  Eh, whatevs, I digress and am happy they are putting out toys at all from a 40yr old show! 

[spanner]

still no update from NY for my 1S order.. 

[Fisitron]

crap my Taobao preorder for the first run strike parts disappeared. Anyone willing to part with a set?

[DYRL VF-1S]

28 minutes ago, Pontus said:

Yeah, I thought it was a Japanese popularity thing.    But imho we've had enough DYRL VF-1S releases. ( yes I see your name there, plz don't hate ) I'd be happy if they simply included rounded hands and a blue suited Roy.  They include rounded hands in their HMR releases (in all BUT the Roy?!!!), so why not here?  Eh, whatevs, I digress and am happy they are putting out toys at all from a 40yr old show! 

Haha! No hating. I have a separate love for Roy too. And I can’t wait for him to release and sadly I don’t care if it’s SDFM or DYRL cuz I’ll be buying both plus a SDFM 1S Hikaru to boot if all three are made LOL 

[Checkmate]

38 minutes ago, spanner said:

still no update from NY for my 1S order.. 

Mine just shipped about two hours ago. My number is 700845. I have another one and it’s 700890 that hasn’t shipped yet. 

[sqidd]

1 minute ago, Checkmate said:

Mine just shipped about two hours ago. My number is 700845. I have another one and it’s 700890 that hasn’t shipped yet. 

Mine is 730168

[Syro]

17 minutes ago, sqidd said:

Mine is 730168

Mine is 732130  

[HG Blows]

Mines 71-something and no word.  

[Matt Random]

NY sent me a reply indicating that they don't have my stock yet. My number is in the 7015xx range.

[F360]

4 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

That's exactly what I do, and I still only managed one pre-order for the VF-1S on release night, and that was via Amazon Japan w/o international shipping option.

There were time when I strike out on all the shops too. .  . 

[Tenbatsu]

7 hours ago, Ipsquitch said:

Soliciting educated guesses... Looks like the cheapest VF-1S purchase option is currently ~25000JPY off YJA. Do you think it will drop over the next week or so like Max's did,, or are we just going up from here? I'm not sure if Max dropped due to popularity of the pilot/paint scheme, or if there were enough to go around that the market couldn't sustain the higher price point.

It may drop further imo. Way too many unbid listings in Buyee.

[beatsing]

8 hours ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

Yeah, I'm not sure.  I'm trying the envision this with the stabilizers unfolded.  If you look at the one on the right of the pic, if it unfolds, it would show "100" and I believe that is the one captured with the "issue."

Though now that I think about it, this pic is actually showing the inside of the stabilizers so in reality they are correct as it would show "001" unfolded.

Just checked my yammie valkyrie.  The folded backpack is showing the front/outside tips for both left and right stabilizers.  The red tip is the top of the stabilizer, so in the pic the 001 is correct on both stabilizers.  

Edited November 26, 2019 by beatsing
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[Ipsquitch]

16 minutes ago, Tenbatsu said:

It may drop further imo. Way too many unbid listings in Buyee.

I noticed that also. Fingers crossed!

[VF-Zer0S]

1 hour ago, Syro said:

Mine is 732130  

Jesus! I have no right to complain being at 701217. Mines yet to prepare but I’m sure they will roll out through the week

[DYRL VF-1S]

19 minutes ago, beatsing said:

Just checked my yammie valkyrie.  The folded backpack is showing the front/outside tips for both left and right stabilizers.  The red tip is the top of the stabilizer, so in the pic the 001 is correct on both stabilizers.  

Ah cool. Thanks for confirming!

[treatment]

25 minutes ago, Tenbatsu said:

It may drop further imo. Way too many unbid listings in Buyee.

Good.

Hopefully, none of them make any profit out of their items.

However and unfortunately, there's always gonna be a sucker born every minute to get willingly scalped...

 

 

 

 

[tjdetweiler]

NY timeline for me.

VF1-S - got preparation email 4days ago order 700xxx

GX-88 Dairugger - got preparation email just yesterday and he got released in JP more than a month ago.

 

 

[Sanity is Optional]

Amazon order showed up, just waiting for Tenso to consolidate with my Arcadia leg repair parts, and then finally on it's way to me.

[Guyffon]

11 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Wow, that's a much larger pilot than the 1J.

Mine is out for delivery (to Tenso), but is late being delivered. Ought to show up tomorrow I hope.

What does max pilot look like for the vf-1a?

[drumondo]

700936 here at N-Y, and no news yet.

C'mon!

[davidwhangchoi]

23 hours ago, seti88 said:

any Roy/kakizaki news i wonder...

lol

[Valkyrie23]

My NY order info for Hikaru VF-1S

#7008xx

11/21 received order prep email

11/24 received shipment email

 

 

[Roy Focker]

Nada from NY.

[sh9000]

I just need a DX VF-1A TV Kakizaki and VF-1S TV Roy and I’m good.  

I wouldn’t mind if Bandai releases a HMR VF-1A TV Max, VF-1A TV Kakizaki, and VF-1S TV Roy while the DX DYRL Skull Squadron gets released.

[oshanmacross]

14 hours ago, lavinrac said:

HLJ Managed to get my VF-1S order out. I ordered the other night when it was released, not months ago. It made it to my Private warehouse and now it's in FedEx's hands. I consider myself extremely lucky.

You and I by the grace of God.

Sorry to hear about others getting pre-orders cancelled. 
 

[drobo]

Play-Asia is preparing/packing my VF-1S order (#43051XXX).

 

I consider myself lucky...after hearing some of the bad news on this thread.

Edited November 26, 2019 by drobo

[chyll2]

Sigh, this thread is slowly becoming the 31A thread. Why cant bandai produce more is still a question that evade us

[bleecher]

Yea, it's quite sad there hasn't been more stock coming in on release date. I remember a year ago with the release of the YF-19 DX that many retailers had additional stock for order during release week.

[dafob]

12 minutes ago, oshanmacross said:

You and I by the grace of God.

Sorry to hear about others getting pre-orders cancelled. 
 

Grrr.... way to rub it in and kick us when we're down, why don't you... ?  

Congrats, guys!

[Tenbatsu]

12 minutes ago, drobo said:

Play-Asia is preparing/packing my VF-1S order (#43051XXX).

 

I consider myself lucky...after hearing some of the bad news on this thread.

Do you mind private message me your full order number? Mine's got cancelled.

[oshanmacross]

5 minutes ago, dafob said:

Grrr.... way to rub it in and kick us when we're down, why don't you... ?  

Congrats, guys!

No sarcasm intended.... 

I feel bad for all the peep's that helped me secure one that during delivery day got pre-orders cancelled.
Totally Sucks!

 

[tekering]

23 hours ago, Slave IV said:

I’m glad to hear some people are getting shipments or even have the 1S in hand already. I hope I’m one of them soon and I want to get on to seeing the pics of this thing in people’s collections. 

Well, I certainly wasn't expecting to be the first -- I mean, members posting from Tokyo have had the VF-1S for four days already, and Amazon only just got around to delivering mine -- but here you are:

Puts the ol' Yammie to shame, of course...

...but I do think the tempo is a little overdone.

I especially hate the fruity font Tenjin-san chose for the pilot designations.  At a glance, it always reads as Lieutenant Tokyo's plane.  

The cockpit screen could've used a little color, I think... but it's better than nothing, right?

I love all the ways you can style the hair.  

Again, puts my old Yamato to shame, in more ways than I care to mention.  

Edited November 26, 2019 by tekering

[pafy6285]

My N-Y order has just been shipped. Order #7006xx and is also the first PO price from NY (with pay later option)

[Slave IV]

40 minutes ago, tekering said:

Well, I certainly wasn't expecting to be the first -- I mean, members posting from Tokyo have had the VF-1S for four days already, and Amazon only just got around to delivering mine -- but here you are:

Puts the ol' Yammie to shame, of course...

...but I do think the tempo is a little overdone.

I especially hate the fruity font Tenjin-san chose for the pilot designations.  At a glance, it always reads as Lieutenant Tokyo's plane.  

The cockpit screen could've used a little color, I think... but it's better than nothing, right?

I love all the ways you can style the hair.  

Again, puts my old Yamato to shame, in more ways than I care to mention.  

Thanks! It does look great and love the individually articulated head lasers. Yamato still looks great to me too. 

[Guyffon]

7 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

That's exactly what I do, and I still only managed one pre-order for the VF-1S on release night, and that was via Amazon Japan w/o international shipping option.

Well I do that too and got cart jacked at every store i tried, thus I got none, oh well sometimes the rng gods favour us and sometimes they don’t 

Edited November 26, 2019 by Guyffon