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1 hour ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

BBTS wants $450 for the VT-1... before state tax and $4 domestic shipping?!

They know that it is 147 yen to the US dollar right now, right?

At current exchange rates, the VT-1 retails for almost $240, including Japan's 10% sales tax, but not including shipping to the US.

Assuming BBTS is able to acquire VT-1's at retail and it costs about $30 to ship each from Japan, I am guessing that BBTS makes about a 67% profit margin on each VT-1 pre-order (of course, my assumptions could be way off base).  Was that the case with all their other DX Chogokin Macross pre-orders?

this is the usual practice for BBTS on P-Bandai (TWE) items.   For those items BBTS normally add about $100 on top.  

Example.. if the item is 35500 yen, they will use the old conversions and say $350 and then add $100 in most cases.

4 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Hey @F360! Been awhile! Glad you were able to secure both DX.

Me too, glad everyone is still active , I was able to hold my temptations due to distractions and everything else in 2023 but when I noticed I missed the DX YF-21 Japan preorder that was it.  I have to get some of that. Luckily it  was pretty easy to get the USA release.   And then I saw the DX VT-1 so might as well since it’s TWE and I don’t need to stay up for it .   

31 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

Good to see you’re still around F360!

Thanks  , successfully preordering some Macross items always seem to brighten my day.  .  
 

Woohoo , my proxy was able to place my preorder in for the DX VT-1 super ostrich.   
 

I totally missed the Japan preorder for the DX YF-21 .   I’m so glad that there’s WWM releases now so I was able to easily preorder the USA release.  

every new photo just makes its look better and better.    .

With this being a hijack /destroy  operations , I’m pretty sure the Zeon SpOP team staged the parked truck with the mines there so they can use it .    It’s like staging ammo or weapons along a route since the mobile suit could only carry so much at a time .

2 hours ago, lechuck said:

A novel and bold move by Bandai to initiate a new animation entry in the Metal Build line with a non-Gundam or non-hero mecha. I guess that means to also start saving money for the eventual MB Gundam NT-1 release (Chobham armour P-Bandai release ).

Maybe someone can explain, but personally I have never understood this love affair for the Kämpfer. If my memory is not failing me, it featured briefly in one episode and didn't really do anything noteworthy, only to quickly get dispatched by the NT-1?

 

The Kampfer is one of the few special force units.  Its a hit and run tactical mobile Suit.  For what it suppose to do, it excel at it.   It was on screen for only a short time, but it did more than its share of a** kicking.   Its also one of the few Zeon MS that is in a darker blue color,  which is similar to what SDU and Swat teams use to wear.  

kinda tempted on this Hikaru super VF-1s .. ... but looks like they are not tossing in any wing missiles at all.  .   

9 minutes ago, Alex GS said:

by any case somebody knows why AmiAmi didn't carry the DX YF 19 PO this time around?, not in the English site nor the Japanese as well 🤨

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17 hours ago, Kicker773 said:

Quick one before dinner. Probably gonna post the DSLR pics on Instagram..

 

nice family group shot. .        surprises there still no modern VF-19A yet

11 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Where's the pictures?! 

 

 

lol. I didn't even think about it , was so focus on not screwing up the transformation or dropping any small parts that will bounces off the table to the floor and  off to a magical place that you can never find it back until your next move.   .. , ..  

Its been a long while , I got my screw driver and clear out my coffee table with watch the youtube transformation video on the tv before I begin.

Everything seems to fit pretty tightly.   

when testing the shoulders , it does not look too tight, , then I move the elbow very slowing and its moves just fine. , .. both arms seems to be good.  

Did not need to use the screw driver to loose anything.  transformation took a slow 15 minutes.    

The only part that seems harder this time was getting it back to fighter mode were the shoulder covers attach to the back to the leg.   That part seems pretty tight fit.   

I got it from HLJ ,  never had much issue with Macross stuff from HLJ.

15 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Nah they're pretty easy to access with a small screwdriver. You can take the entire arm off by swiveling the shoulder back and removing the screw that's exposed.

cool, thanks for the confirmation. .. 

1 hour ago, starkiller239 said:

can anyone tell me what option 28 is under the options and gimmicks?

if you are talking about what the manual is showing ..

Then its the Fold booster attachment parts.

its for people that already have the previous "YAMATO 1/60 Fold Booster and fastpack set"   made for the first gen Yamato 1/60 YF-19.

you can use these new attachment parts and attach the green ****** fold booster to the Arcadia YF-19

https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=1673

https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=8083

My copy arrived from HLJ,   it was double boxed, PF YF-19 in the original 1pc Arcadia brown shipper box with C/no 1115 on the bottom.    and then in a HLJ shipper box.. 

as for the tight elbows , I will probably need to I loosened the screws just in case. 

But its been a long time since I transformed my regular Arcadia Yf-19 ,so is removing the whole arm the easiest way to get access to loosing the elbow joint screws? 

any extra cautions area that I need to look into or be extra careful when doing this?   

Shipped out from HLJ too ,  waited 2 years  of delay for this thing .  

yeah that price is a bit too high for Hi-Metal R.

My Variable Action Hi-Spec Orguss ver  from HLJ cost less than that.   

4 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

 

 

I try to resist , but woke up in the middle of the night and preordered.  

wow, there's ton of news today on Gundam and Macross items.  way too much for my brain to process , , .. .. 

i'm still waiting for their PF YF-19 

OMG, looks at that blue.  The small replaceable wings will be nice for this D  

1 hour ago, leeboo1211 said:

I get that they are hedging on the exchange rate, but 270 USD seems a bit high for pretax price of 26000 yen which is 175 USD. Could probably get it off Mandarake and ship it for less and earlier too. 

There's no pretax price for P-Bandai TWE items.   All of them are direct from p-bandai so everyone pays tax.   Any store that is selling them besides p-Bandai will need to pay tax since they are also preordering them from P-Bandai.    There is also a local domestics shipping charge when ordering from P-Bandai.  

It’s also up for preorder on p-Bandai site USA  .

https://p-bandai.com/us/item/N2606408001001
 

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