weiser21 Posted September 30, 2021 Posted September 30, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 5:51 PM, Mechapilot77 said: so wait is the armored parts only set (no valk) out yet not not? iused a proxy buyer for mine this time. want to know when to bug them. lol. Expand The September batch is out, there is another batch that is due for release next month. Quote
sqidd Posted September 30, 2021 Posted September 30, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 5:31 PM, Shawn said: Yup-that is the pin that shall never be fully seated on my open gbp set...no way amd I breaking this. For future resale auctions what do we call this? "GBP for sale, used, crotch pin intact" ? Expand Groin pin unmolested? Quote
F360 Posted September 30, 2021 Posted September 30, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 5:51 PM, Mechapilot77 said: so wait is the armored parts only set (no valk) out yet not not? iused a proxy buyer for mine this time. want to know when to bug them. lol. Expand Depends on which batch you preordered. The 1st batch sold out very quickly, that one released in mid September.. And the 2nd batch will be out sometime in October Quote
Angesdad Posted September 30, 2021 Posted September 30, 2021 Updates from Nin Nin. Supposedly they are receiving units from their supplier by the end of next week, at least this was the response after generating a ticket!? Quote
mech9T8 Posted September 30, 2021 Posted September 30, 2021 I have to wait another week for Nin Nin to ship?! Lol. Quote
Shawn Posted September 30, 2021 Posted September 30, 2021 GBP Armor Only has been out about 3 weeks GBP + Valk Combo has been out 1 week oh yeah..there is an october batch as well to complicate things Quote
pengbuzz Posted September 30, 2021 Posted September 30, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 8:28 PM, Shawn said: GBP Armor Only has been out about 3 weeks GBP + Valk Combo has been out 1 week oh yeah..there is an october batch as well to complicate things Expand Batch? Wait...they bake these? *looks up recipe for armor* Quote
Angesdad Posted September 30, 2021 Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) On 9/30/2021 at 8:27 PM, mech9T8 said: I have to wait another week for Nin Nin to ship?! Lol. Expand Yup, they closed down my ticket/inquiry real fast too, like shut it you know what's good for you. That's fine. After seeing everyone else's photos of the toy I feel like I own one already. Edited September 30, 2021 by Angesdad Quote
wm cheng Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 2:56 AM, BlueMax said: The prudent thing to do, in my humble opinion, is to get the still easily available armors at reasonable prices, like right now. Hedge yourself against the real possibility that you might get screwed over by them. If they do come through, then good for you, and you can still let go of your extra armor at little or even no loss. Expand Good idea @BlueMax. If it were something a little more essential, I would do that next time. I don't have to totally get this Armor set, I have the older Yamato 1/48 one that I put a lot of work into weathering and applying @Anasazi37's amazing decals on - so this is a "nice to have" not a "must have". I'll wait it out and see. Its mostly hearing about the NY horror stories here that has me anxious, otherwise I'd be blissfully unaware. Quote
sqidd Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 2:23 AM, wm cheng said: I don't have to totally get this Armor set, I have the older Yamato 1/48 one that I put a lot of work into weathering and applying @Anasazi37's amazing decals on - so this is a "nice to have" not a "must have". Expand It's a must have IMO. I like the DX stuff more than the Yamato stuff, but not by a huge margin. If I had a 1/48 Yamato collection I would not be clamoring to replace it with DX's. I would have to be in the position to know for sure, but I don't think I would ditch a Yamato collection for a DX one. Especially if I had all of the Yamato 1/48's I wanted. That said, the difference between the Yamato GBP and the Bandai GP is pretty big. Again, IMO the Bandai is MUCH better. I can't think of one way that the Yamato is better. Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 2:23 AM, wm cheng said: Good idea @BlueMax. If it were something a little more essential, I would do that next time. I don't have to totally get this Armor set, I have the older Yamato 1/48 one that I put a lot of work into weathering and applying @Anasazi37's amazing decals on - so this is a "nice to have" not a "must have". I'll wait it out and see. Its mostly hearing about the NY horror stories here that has me anxious, otherwise I'd be blissfully unaware. Expand At the rate they rook over customers, I'm surprised that NY is even still in business. Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 2:00 PM, Alex GS said: has somebody here a received AmiAmi payment request email for the set?, thanks. Expand Nope not yet. HLJ billed right on release date. On 9/29/2021 at 2:51 PM, borgified said: I haven't yet, not sure if @eXis10z has either. I think Amiami is slow in getting invoices as I ordered another item (not Macross related) and it took a week after getting their batch in and then came the invoice later. Expand Surprised, but not worried in the slightest about the lack of an invoice from AmiAmi. They'll ask for money sooner or later, or if something crazy happens they'll cancel the order and I'll save $300-400 from the toy + shipping. I went overboard and ordered (3) of the stand-alone sets so I'm fine with having just one combo. -b. Quote
Tenbatsu Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 For those who ordered at Ami, kindly drop them a msg and they will send you the invoice instantly. Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 Messaged Luna Park as there is still no movement on my tracking. They said it will ship out next week!?! Getting annoyed/concerned that they will Nippon Yasan me. Quote
Yertle Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 12:12 PM, spacemanoeuvres said: Messaged Luna Park as there is still no movement on my tracking. They said it will ship out next week!?! Getting annoyed/concerned that they will Nippon Yasan me. Expand I still need to message them myself, at this rate I feel like mine is going to be the last one out of the warehouse Quote
Alex GS Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 between yesterday and today was an expensive shipping ride but an awesome one!, not sure if Im more happy that I got a VF 1D in that condition for that price or finally got my shipping email for the VF 1J Armored Valk!( , and yep I follow the recommendation from @Tenbatsu, thanks! ) . Quote
Draykov Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 12:12 PM, spacemanoeuvres said: Messaged Luna Park as there is still no movement on my tracking. They said it will ship out next week!?! Getting annoyed/concerned that they will Nippon Yasan me. Expand My Luna Park order (VF-1J w/ armor) just arrived today. Quote
sh9000 Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 (edited) My Armored Parts from Nin-Nin came in. I’m happy to have a set of smaller TV closed fists. Now I can redo some TV VF-1 poses. Edited October 2, 2021 by sh9000 Quote
borgified Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 No rush for me as Amiami can let my copy of the combo set on the Warehouse shelf for that matter. If they need space, they'll send the invoice. I also have a 1/6 figure that has just arrived at 1/6 fulfiller's warehouse (paid off) and the label has been created, but not yet shipped. Not in a rush to get it shipped as it can also sit in the shelf. If they need space badly for incoming stock, then they can ship it. Quote
eXis10z Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 2:51 PM, borgified said: I haven't yet, not sure if @eXis10z has either. I think Amiami is slow in getting invoices as I ordered another item (not Macross related) and it took a week after getting their batch in and then came the invoice later. If your so impatience about getting your Macross fix the next round, then don't get it through Amiami anymore @Alex GS. Expand Nope not yet. I actually dropped them an email last week and they said there was an issue with my address. Funny since I've been using that same address for the past few years and they've been shipping all my orders without issue so far. Quote
Guyffon Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 Too bad you can’t remove the missles except for those on the outer leg armour, aside from this, as this is my 1st VF-1 GBP this thing looks great Quote
Duymon Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 (edited) Finally got my combo set from Anime export. Sadly the shipping was 7100 yen all the way to the east coast by DHL. Went together smooth cept for that crotch gap everyone else is getting below the nose cone. Still waiting on my payment request to pop from Ami Ami, if it ever happens lol Edited October 2, 2021 by Duymon Quote
sqidd Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 I don't understand why most of you think that $70ish is a lot for shipping something to the other side of the planet in 2.3 days. With my UPS corporate account with a healthy discount it costs me $30 to send the same size package from MI to CA and it takes 4-5 days. DHL is cheap. Quote
Duymon Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 (edited) On 10/2/2021 at 10:03 PM, sqidd said: I don't understand why most of you think that $70ish is a lot for shipping something to the other side of the planet in 2.3 days. With my UPS corporate account with a healthy discount it costs me $30 to send the same size package from MI to CA and it takes 4-5 days. DHL is cheap. Expand Because I've had orders for bigger items ship from DHL for cheaper. It comes down to Anime-Export being a smaller store and not having the same cushy volume discount contracts like HLJ / Amazon / etc have I put the armor on my existing 1J so I didn't check the included 1J with my combo pack. Seems to have a little worse QC, with a few parts with flash / nubs that I'll need to clean up Edited October 2, 2021 by Duymon Quote
sqidd Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 11:49 PM, Duymon said: Because I've had orders for bigger items ship from DHL for cheaper. It comes down to Anime-Export being a smaller store and not having the same cushy volume discount contracts like HLJ / Amazon / etc have Expand So, cheap isn't good enough because it's not super cheap? Gotcha. Quote
Duymon Posted October 2, 2021 Posted October 2, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 11:58 PM, sqidd said: So, cheap isn't good enough because it's not super cheap? Gotcha. Expand Absolutely! Quote
technoblue Posted October 3, 2021 Posted October 3, 2021 Eh, shipping prices are going up across the board in the US. That's just the new normal here. People can point to whatever as the cause, and I'm sure that "good people" are on top of those statistics. For now, though, we are just catching up with the rest of the global community. *cries in David Bowie* Ch-ch-ch-changes... Quote
Lolicon Posted October 3, 2021 Posted October 3, 2021 One available on Mandarake for 32k. Get it before it's gone! https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1177567533&ref=list&keyword=マクロス Quote
SUPERULTRAROBORIDER Posted October 3, 2021 Posted October 3, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 3:24 AM, LUNA PARK said: what is your order number, we will check for you. regards Expand Uh Oh! My combo pack ordered from Luna Park was just scanned as delivered by DHL...in the wrong state! I live in Michigan, my tracking updated as "delivered" in Washington DC. Wth. Order # 10972. Quote
wm cheng Posted October 3, 2021 Posted October 3, 2021 Do you guys in the US have to pay a extra brokerage fee and customs, taxes & duties directly to DHL afterwards on top of the DHL shipment prices from the online stores? Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted October 3, 2021 Posted October 3, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 8:20 PM, wm cheng said: Do you guys in the US have to pay a extra brokerage fee and customs, taxes & duties directly to DHL afterwards on top of the DHL shipment prices from the online stores? Expand NE USA, I’ve never had to pay any fees. I think you have to declare a value over 3k or something before you can get taxed. Quote
sqidd Posted October 3, 2021 Posted October 3, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 7:47 PM, SUPERULTRAROBORIDER said: Uh Oh! My combo pack ordered from Luna Park was just scanned as delivered by DHL...in the wrong state! I live in Michigan, my tracking updated as "delivered" in Washington DC. Wth. Order # 10972. Expand That sucks.😲 Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted October 3, 2021 Posted October 3, 2021 Shipped a combo pack and stand alone armor parts from AE. $115 via economy; I think it was a touch spendy 🤑 Quote
sh9000 Posted October 3, 2021 Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) The waist armor on my set is not pushed in all the way where the pin is located. Good thing it doesn't need to for the stand adapter to attach. Next pose coming soon. Edited October 3, 2021 by sh9000 Quote
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