Bandai METAL Line (MBuild/MStructure/GFFMComposite/MRDamashii/Gundam Chogokin)

[CRYO]

ajp already ends within 5 mins, and this time they not open for oversea orders.

[HG Blows]

At this rate it'll be near impossible to order any of these items in the future.

[no3Ljm]

1 minute ago, davidwhangchoi said:

eh at least i got through hlj after 5o minutes

Wow. 50mins? I know the joke was to secure an order in 3-5 seconds. Now it's secure an order in 3-5 seconds, and wait 50 minutes to check out? 

 

Anyways, congrats David. 

 

[brouken]

Wow, didn't know there was such demand for a Fokker-type Gundam. 

[SuperHobo]

6 minutes ago, CRYO said:

ajp already ends within 5 mins, and this time they not open for oversea orders.

What price was it up at? 

[no3Ljm]

2 minutes ago, SuperHobo said:

What price was it up at? 

There's two. One for Y34000 and Y33715.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/METAL-クロスボーン・ガンダムX1-約170mm-ダイキャスト製-塗装済み可動フィギュア/dp/B07HQRPSQB/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=

 

[davidwhangchoi]

9 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Wow. 50mins? I know the joke was to secure an order in 3-5 seconds. Now it's secure an order in 3-5 seconds, and wait 50 minutes to check out? 

 

Anyways, congrats David. 

 

how long did it take for you noel?

[no3Ljm]

Just now, davidwhangchoi said:

how long did it take for you noel?

I didn't PO, David. Just checking out HLJ site by putting a different item in the cart and see how long it goes the process.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

Just now, no3Ljm said:

I didn't PO, David. Just checking out HLJ site by putting a different item in the cart and see how long it goes the process.

 

new hlj site is so bad

[SaitouSad]

Everywhere was a dud except for HLJ, which kept me at checkout pg 1 and 2 for over an hour before finally kicking me back to Shopping cart to say it was out of stock.
What a load of crap. I cannot imagine being able to remotely secure a DX Chogokin or any Metal Build down the road on Amiami and HLJ with their fancy but horribly slow sites. 
Maybe it's a sign I should quit the hobby... 

[Loop]

Damn, I have been so out of it lately...

 

[no3Ljm]

7 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

new hlj site is so bad

Yeah. To be honest, the idea of having everything in TWE cross my mind. I know it's pay upfront but atleast it's not as hard as this. 

 

[F360]

The new HLJ site looks nice to people that don't normally shop there.  But missing all the things that made the old site good for the people that actually shop there regularly.

To make matters worse, it can't even take the traffic for preorder on a day that there's only 1 single item up for preorder from Bandai.    I can already guess what will happen on the days that both dx chogokin and metal build opens on the same night...   .......

 

 

[Scyla]

41 minutes ago, F360 said:

The new HLJ site looks nice to people that don't normally shop there.  But missing all the things that made the old site good for the people that actually shop there regularly.

To make matters worse, it can't even take the traffic for preorder on a day that there's only 1 single item up for preorder from Bandai.    I can already guess what will happen on the days that both dx chogokin and metal build opens on the same night...   .......

 

 

Yeah that HLJ site is a crappy untested mess. 

Same goes for the new amiami site and NY that break under any kind of stress.

Edited September 28, 2018 by Scyla

[Shukenzero]

Didn’t get a peep. I guess I’ll wait for retail. Echoing similar statements we are totally screwed for all future releases. HLJ was always a solid choice- now they aren’t. Gonna hope that the white Astraea will be a TWE. 

[CRYO]

amiami re opened, but the cache bug may make you encounter item not found.  Good luck guys.

[Pedro2k6]

Amazon.jp dont carry this PO?

[davidwhangchoi]

Last night was such B.S.

though i luckily got one, i hope all pre-orders won't be like this going forward

Edited September 28, 2018 by davidwhangchoi

[Numbninja]

if it aint broke, dont fix it....words to live by 

[no3Ljm]

2 hours ago, Pedro2k6 said:

Amazon.jp dont carry this PO?

9 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

There's two. One for Y34000 and Y33715.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/METAL-クロスボーン・ガンダムX1-約170mm-ダイキャスト製-塗装済み可動フィギュア/dp/B07HQRPSQB/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=

^ Posted this earlier. But now it looks like there's 19 sellers that's offering it from Y33770 to Y42000.

1 hour ago, davidwhangchoi said:

Last night was such B.S.

though i luckily got one, i hope all pre-orders won't be like this going forward

I really agree. Hope their system fixes it. Also, it's funny that AmiAmi's site changes is just for their english site. Their Japan site is still the same. Do you think they're trying to eliminate international buyers thru this preorder ordeal?

 

[davidwhangchoi]

6 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

^ Posted this earlier. But now it looks like there's 19 sellers that's offering it from Y33770 to Y42000.

I really agree. Hope their system fixes it. Also, it's funny that AmiAmi's site changes is just for their english site. Their Japan site is still the same. Do you think they're trying to eliminate international buyers thru this preorder ordeal?

 

amiami no care

[F360]

Maybe they can get a tax write off for doing that .  But since HLJ is for the international market ........ 

[Loop]

Hmm, looks like it is the case with Amiami JP vs English site. All night I was trying to refresh them but the item takes you to a item not found page. I can list it all day on the Japanese site. I wason there because someone had mentioned they relisted or reopened last night but could never get the listing to work. 

[VF-Zer0S]

I didn’t know pre orders came on last night. Two metal builds lost because of this 

[CF18]

Not lost.  One year after release, new MB F91 can still be found at a small premium. 

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/DetailPage/item?itemCode=1072099911&ref=list&lang=en

This one is likely to be reasonably easy to find at release time like the VF-31S.

[VF-Zer0S]

1 minute ago, CF18 said:

Not lost.  One year after release, new MB F91 can still be found at a small premium. 

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/DetailPage/item?itemCode=1072099911&ref=list&lang=en

This one is likely to be reasonably easy to find at release time like the VF-31S.

Hopefully man thanks

[CharlesXavier]

The way to get these highly sought after Macross DX and metal build, is to be able to crack the method of how to find the listings before they turn up on the main site. 

This is applicable only for HLJ and CDJapan. For HLJ it used to be the advanced search where you can find the new listings before it pops up under the default search.

For CDJapan I have yet to figure out how to find the new listings. But obviously a lot of people have figured it out hence the metal build is sold out in a minute after the link is shared in forums. Is there anyone here who is willing to share the trick to find new listings in CDJ?

For amiami, AE and HS, it’s purely based on luck on how fast the placeholder pages reload and the checkout process. 

For NY you have to follow and keep refreshing their twitter cos the link appears on twitter faster than on its website and if you fresh and get the link via twitter at the instance it’s up, high chance you will secure an order on NY. 

[F360]

11 minutes ago, CharlesXavier said:

The way to get these highly sought after Macross DX and metal build, is to be able to crack the method of how to find the listings before they turn up on the main site. 

This is applicable only for HLJ and CDJapan. For HLJ it used to be the advanced search where you can find the new listings before it pops up under the default search.

For CDJapan I have yet to figure out how to find the new listings. But obviously a lot of people have figured it out hence the metal build is sold out in a minute after the link is shared in forums. Is there anyone here who is willing to share the trick to find new listings in CDJ?

For amiami, AE and HS, it’s purely based on luck on how fast the placeholder pages reload and the checkout process. 

For NY you have to follow and keep refreshing their twitter cos the link appears on twitter faster than on its website and if you fresh and get the link via twitter at the instance it’s up, high chance you will secure an order on NY. 

Cdjapan , you just need to sign up for their newsletter, right at the preorder start time or a bit later ,they will mass email everyone with all the item links that going up for preorder that day 

 

[davidwhangchoi]

3 minutes ago, F360 said:

Cdjapan , you just need to sign up for their newsletter, right at the preorder start time or a bit later ,they will mass email everyone with all the item links that going up for preorder that day 

 

i dont understand. where do you sign up?

i thought i was part of their newsletter

[F360]

14 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

i dont understand. where do you sign up?

i thought i was part of their newsletter

Go to your account

Select  email preferences 

Click on edit news mail subscription.

select the ones I checked in pic

save changes 

get email alerts when preorder starts  

 

 

 

[davidwhangchoi]

thanks! will do it now

[F360]

8 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

thanks! will do it now

 If you want to keep the emails low , then just the new release updates should be good enough .  

[CharlesXavier]

Thanks for sharing

[F360]

 

[davidwhangchoi]

i want this so bad