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Got cart jacked on amiami. Guess I'll be skipping this release

Hey guys, wanted to ask (assuming it hasn't been asked as there's a lot of pages to sift through and Googling hasn't yielded any results).

Did Hayate's VF-31AX get any armored parts in the movie? Or just the Super Parts and then the Ghost Booster?

Back in stock at Amiami!

Can't believe I managed to score one off Amiami. Not the first time but with so few reliable sources and server issues. I'm glad it went through

crashed at amiami, and now it's closed

22 hours ago, sqidd said:

I didn't see that option (I didn't look real hard either). I was thinking the same thing when I saw these. They would only work for REALLY big toys.

I want to get some of these.

i'm not sure how Moducase sells it overseas (understand he sells it through Sideshow). In Singapore where he's based he sells the inner shelves which can be attached to the rack. The're thick though

The only way I can see it working is if you buy the in-display shelves as each case is very tall.
If you are displaying most of them in fighter mode, I'd imagine you can do multiple tiers in 1 case itself since it's height adjustable.

4 hours ago, ErikElvis said:

Hey guys,

just wondering who’s running moducases and willing to share pics. I see they have led strips or spot lamps. Wondering what most people do. 
im getting a new house and the “sitting area” is all mine for decorating with toys and statues. Want it to look nice.  Might do a moducase and a couple pedestals.  We’ll see

You could probably check out their Facebook page. They post many photos of their display jobs.

https://www.facebook.com/ModularCase

Do share your pics once you've got yours set up, as I'm looking to get one myself

I saw the X-Base in Akihabara, but they were too expensive to justify buying.
I did get a Chinese knock off version like the Gomo, and they work nicely, but you pretty much have to have the item on the base (that's how it works).

But I also noticed the chinese knock off one heats up if you leave it on for too long, so I think it's near for occassionally plugging in, snapping a few shots and that's it. Not as a permanent display.

I was thinking of using them on my Valks thrusters

Lucked out at Amiami.
But HLJ's horrendous site screwed me over on my attempt at a 2nd.

1 hour ago, borgified said:

Still needing the DYRL SSP? One set for grabs on Manda for 15k yen (Give NY the Limp Bizkit song and let it play on heavy rotation on their the speaker/intercom system)

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1126326850&ref=list&keyword=マクロス&lang=en

 

 

Thanks, my man! I still needed at least 1 more for my other DYRL Valks.

1 hour ago, Lolicon said:

Oh they won't even let me revise payments for orders that are months away, even though I've done so before. One order I've had open since summer 2019 and the item hasn't been released yet. I've updated payment on that order before because of course I have. That's a freaking long time and of course things change. Same on many other orders.

I'm not going to sweat it too much since the orders I currently have are not things I can't find elsewhere. But man I'd be pissed if I lost a DX order over this nonsense.

yeah i'm not sure why and when it happened, but it started happening late last year I think. It was a massive PITA whenever I had issues from the card, and it appears they refuse to fix anything.

I've had this problem quite often recently.
Basically, Amazon Japan's system is a bit messed up in that if your payment doesn't go through, they won't allow you to revise payment (heck they mostly have issues with revising payments even for preorders).

The worst part is, during this window, they DO NOT hold your items. Any stocks in their inventory goes out to whoever snaps it up. So you may think your item is being held while you try to resolve this, but there's a chance the item is sold out.
Eventually, because the issue can't be resolved, your order will get cancelled altogether.

The way to circumvent this is to check if all the items in your entire order are still available by Amazon JP direct. If any of them are sold out, you could cancel the item, and try reprocessing your order (and at the same time see if you can revise your payment, that usually works for me).

TL;DR, don't ever let your payment lapse at Amazon Japan.

Side note: I've also had cases where Amazon Japan sold out their inventory because not all of my items arrived at the same time. So be wary of that.

10 hours ago, borgified said:

DX SSP for grabs and sealed for 15.4k yen

https://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/products/detail/559340

Thank you so much for this! After getting screwed over by NY, I really needed this.

2 hours ago, SIAQ said:

Are you located in the US?  Mine got refunded even if the transaction was already more than a year old.

Nope, in Singapore

On 12/18/2020 at 2:12 PM, drumondo said:

Raise a ticket, give them a timeframe. Follow it up once then go through your bank.

4 hours ago, SIAQ said:

File a chargeback with your CC asap.

I've already tried this sometime back. My bank said it was too long ago for them to do anything.

I guess I'm pretty screwed now. Payment is now over a year ago, and despite being offered to upgrade to EMS, and topping up to do so, they have not even bothered to ship my stuff out at all.

How responsive are they if I file a refund ticket? Because they have been relatively slow to non responsive to tickets so far, and the chat support is just useless at this point.

2 hours ago, jvmacross said:

There is some overlap, but if you are looking to find "most" of the VF lineart in one book....get the Macross Variable Fighter Designers Note...

The new Kawamori Designer's Note is more of a companion book to the MVFDN as it concentrates on how Kawamori brings a VF to life from rough sketch to full lineart....and it shows that process for a handful of VF's (the most popular) not all of them....additionally, it does offer an exclusive look at some of the less published lineart for several of the main VF's created for some of the Macross video games....namely the VF-1SOL and Stampeed Valkyrie....the lineart for these VF's does appear in other publications, but not nearly as detailed as in the new Kawamori Designer's Note

Thanks for answering! I just received the Kawamori designer's note last night (and boy is it a monster of a book. So T H I C C ! )

Good to know that VF linearts are in the VF Design notes. I've had it on order for months, and was wondering if I should cancel it, but I guess I'll keep the order

Does anybody who has this know how it compares to the Macross Variable Fighter Design Notes? (Other than it being much thicker)
I guess I'm just wondering if there is any / a lot of content overlap.

15 hours ago, Jumbo said:

my case use VISA 
Is it possible to do anything?

Call your bank I guess and as per previous advise, tell your bank it was expected within 30-90 days I suppose

1 hour ago, Jumbo said:

dispute got reject ?
it mean after you asked paypal then you got it ?

i also have problem with super part now they said no stock and ask for return in store credit which only 1 yr life.

My paypal payment is way over the 180 days. I should have been more diligent in pressing NY instead of believing they'd pull through.

If you paid via Paypal, you'd best file a dispute right away if your payment is within the last 6 months

 

So I got the dreaded email from NY, telling me they do not have stock for the SSP.
I am absolutely livid  now, as this is already pass the 180 days (I'll still try to file a dispute with Paypal though),

Update: my dispute got rejected automatically... NY really got one on me this time

I got a similar email as well and I am absolutely livid. 
I'm thinking if i could get them to issue a refund, since this is really more of their issue.

Just now, yami4ct said:

This literally might be the worst collecting experience I have ever had. Holy crap. SOCs, Limited Edition figuarts, hell even con exclusive transformers better than this 

welcome to Macross preorder hell. This literally happens almost every Bandai DX Chogokin drop.
There were a few exceptions but for the vast majority they were like this.

Been F5ing since earlier so I'm glad they finally put more up

Finally got one in