Shawn

Let's see how these things hold up with applying that pressure in 10 plus years The video showed great excitement about the folding parts behind the head in battroid mode. It looks like it might be hard to align with big monkey hands like mine.

I sure with they would stop with the 'rotate the hip joint to lower/raise' the legs...I really really really hate this, ever since I first encountered it in the Mospeada Riobot Legioss toy It always feels like I'm going to break the damn thing with these crazy rotate the leg and pull to move the joint. stop it!

The intra-Japan shipping is 100% dependent on the seller source. YJ is almost always buyer pays intra japan from the seller to the buyee warehouse. Mercari on the other hand, is the opposite. Almost all the products on there are intra-japan shipping included. Perhaps there is a smaller fee for placing your item on Mercari vs YJ, or they incentivize them in some other way, but that is the pattern I've seen over the years.

I could go resurrect a YJ thread from 2024 in the where to buy section or just post it here and be done..so quick and dirty. This will be my one and only 'where to buy' post to not pollute things too much https://buyee.jp/item/jdirectitems/auction/j1204987775 sign up for the buyee proxy, pull the trigger on a buy it now or use mercari (through buyee) there is even a 10% coupon right now https://buyee.jp/mercari/search?keyword=DX超合金 マクロス7 VF-19改&status=on_sale This one is $154 shipped to buyee with the 10% off, then you just need to get it shipped intl which is about $50, plus the awesome 15% tariff...sorry no getting around that if you are in the US

I'm curious if they (Arcadia) are going to update the box art on the toys, it would be cool to see something newer to break it out from the prior releases.

You can never kick yourself over that...your deal is very good, compared to the future US release prices!! Consider it a win!! Using the Buyee proxy there is a 500 yen service fee, then international shipping of course (but usually you bundle it with other things in your private 30 day warehouse)

At least the good news is that these fire valks are seemingly going under msrp I picked up one for $187...and with the 15% tariff that comes to $215, which is ok for a DX I think these will all settle down low to mid 20k range in the future.

yeah...that sdf-1 I ordered is going to be parked at HLJ for a long long long time. I was hoping THAT one would get delayed!!

ha..the fix is to use Buyee to get it from HLJ, then you'll 'only' get the 15% tariff penalty 😛 oh crap...I have an SDF-1 on preorder from HLJ....crap crap crap, that is going to be a 30% er. UGH.

Well looking back at the VF-1J, a 4 year inflationary adjustment from 33000 to 39600 I guess it isn't ALL bad, but the dealer markups make it insane.

This one is going to be expensive to try and get If we start off at 39,600, then getting it on YJ there will be a 10,000 yen markup at least, and then the 15% tariff fee to get to the US. At current exchange rate that is approx $400 USD! Then add in intra-japan and international shipping, and we will be at $460 no doubt. Who the heck is able to afford this

On the site it says Nov 12, so i'd say mid nov if there are issues. The Tamashi Nations event is Nov 14-16, so there will surely be some additional pics then

THIS is what I wanted from Fujimi...not a 1/144 valk Just incredible!

Wow I can't keep up with all the new kits, its an amazing push from all these companies!!

So is that the package art in the background? Mercy Rabbit is back for this one?