lavinrac

I shall never manage to be as excited about a new toy as the guy in the video! Wow!

HLJ Managed to get my VF-1S order out. I ordered the other night when it was released, not months ago. It made it to my Private warehouse and now it's in FedEx's hands. I consider myself extremely lucky.

4 hours ago, F360 said:

It should already be charged and place in your private warehouse.   They are having issue with that right now

https://support.hlj.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039327473

 

check your email history, HLj sents out mothly "open order reminder" which list all your active preorders.

 

My order from last night showed up on site pretty quickly, despite bugs. That's how I was able to lower quantity from 2 to one. Credit card was charged charged and item put in private warehouse while I slept.

What's this about an item limit of 1? The site has been showing a limit of 20 to me for weeks. I remember well cause I thought that's was insanely scalper-friendly.

Just -successfully- changed my order quantity. Hope one of you gets it. I have no interest in trying to resell and up the price for my shipping cost

Welp, I just accidentally got TWO from HLJ cause their website is terrible and I was so afraid the cart would get shipped I didn't check my order carefully!

I think for a lot of us who discovered Macross through robotech, and I know many people didn't even see the DYRL movie for a long time, Effectively, Roy's VF-1S IS Hikaru's TOO, so it's a favorite over where we were denied exposure to DYRL. Hikaru's movie version happens to be my favorite because that final battle is just SO awesome and iconic, but I'm also left with the memory of Roy's death and Hikaru's 'inheriting' his aircraft as the first time I'd seen a cartoon where anything warlike had any real consequences for the characters, and as a 12-13 yr old that was powerful stuff.

This preorder madness has gotten so out of hand. I'm not a collector of multiples. I've got the VF-1J, and preorders for fastpacks and missiles. Gonna look weird if I don't manage to get ahold of a Hikaru VF-1S. Wonder if they will reissue the valks like they are doing with accessories.

9 minutes ago, skullmilitia said:

I'd rather pay 5$ to have a Script made to load the page without images. That's how they (the resellers) do it. The bot would still be limited by service speeds

This is a very achievable thing for web coders (which i sadly am not skilled enough!)

The folks you have to deal with to get this done seem shady to me.. I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to do some kind of negotiation with a vendor months before a release to hold some stock. I have no idea, just throwing out a random thought.

The frenzy finally got to me. I ordered the super/strike packs.. 

Now I will have to somehow find a Hikaru VF-1S, god help me. (No Preorder) If any of you fleet builders have a spare I'm desperate, though I'm hardly alone there.

Now that I've got these I'm thinking of painting my Yamato 1/48 Roy. It has yellowed a good bit.

Well I finally got my vf-1j in. I waited a while to get it shipped since I had it in my hlj warehouse. So far after the first day it is the best of the VF ever. Still definitely for adults. This is too complex to 'play' with. I wish there was something with the chunky monkey sturdiness.

56 minutes ago, seti88 said:

Noooooo...bandai ed!

Anyone know why these even move? Is it for armor? I have not needed to move these fins on previous VF-1 toys.

I bet preorder madness will return when they release an enemy mech.

Just ordered from HLJ and cancelled CD Japan. I like CD Japan but their shipping is slow and pricy. I have stuff in my HLJ Private warehouse all the time, and for some reason this preorder was VERY reasonably priced at HLJ. 

CDJapan FTW. Seems to be the trend for me.

Just now, derex3592 said:

I'm 43 years old and up at 1:00AM to order a toy...I really need to seek professional help....

Same here. cept 45, and 2am

Anyone tried shaving a hair of plastic off each side (left right) of the adaptor? I'm thinking of doing that. Doesn't look like it will remove any pegs. so it could allow the arms to be UP in correct position. I'll give it a look tonight when I am home and can see the part in real life, not from memory.

Thanks for the info. I'll lower it a bit!

Priced too high? What's the going rate?

SOLD. Thanks!

Hey guys, I have a spare,  Hi Metal R Elint Seeker. Never opened. New. Box is pretty nice. I have it in hand. In the US. 

LOWERED to meet market.. $80 Shipped to continental US address.

I do not sell on here a lot but i am lavinrac on ebay if you need to check my credentials. all good feedback.

Thanks!

Jeff

2 hours ago, Delta said:

Just got my ELINT Seeker today and it is lovely!  Sadly there's a black paint smudge on the other side of the nose.  What would be a safe way to take that off?  Just a bit of rubbing alcohol?

Now that i have gone into the other room and confirmed my HM-R Elint Seeker's nosecone is brown/tan plastic, and not painted grey plastic, I would get a q-tip and dab some Winsor & Newton BRUSH CLEANER & RESTORER on there and stroke carefully. I'd probably be bold but it could not hurt to mask off other areas. that stuff has worked well for me removing paint. And I use it often to clean my airbrush as well as bristle paintbrushes. 

YMMV

15 hours ago, arbit said:

I think that with all the 3-D computer design now, we'll never get the organic feel of the original anime magic.

 

I agree with all of this. Hasegawa does great with aircraft, but the SDF-1 is an utter disappointment. As for yamato/arcadia. Yea its beautiful but I don't have that kind of cash lying around. I was hoping these would be an economical alternative since the Yamato/Arcadia looks dull without paint anyhow, but I was dead wrong.

Edit: Oh i just searched HLJ. Looks like Arcadia has a premium finish version. But its ONLY $575. GACK!!!

Im currently building the cruiser version of both Hasegawa kits, and I am not at all impressed with the TV SDF-1 .. its REALLY off. So many things from the movie version left as is instead of accurate to the show.

I don't think just the cannons would help. The 'Chest boosters' seem way too big, the Legs have all the DYRL kibble on them that wasn't in the show, the cannons don't have the rounded out notch, and the way they attach to the body behind them is completely different from the TV version. 

Hasegawa is usually so good, i don't know why they did this. 

If I could I'd return this kit to Hasegawa. Probably not getting the storm attacker. it looks like they still used a bunch of DYRL parts

It would be nice if Hasegawa would release a kit of those guns for those of us who bought the ship version so the kit would be accurate.. Or if someone would recast or 3d print the appropriate parts. Really gotta learn to 3d model one of these days

Just now, Atheonyirh said:

I've been using HLJ for a stupidly long time without issue. Like early 2000's long. The customer service is good, the prices are fairly good, and the shipping options and prices are amazing. Amiami used to be a good competitor due to their low pre-order pricing but as I understand it that's been severely toned down in recent years. Being able to easily cancel stuff, change quantity, combine orders via PW how you want, etc makes it well worth an extra buck or two here and there.

Yes. Using HLJ since.. I can't even say when.. AGES. Their flexibility is fantastic, prices are, to me, with private warehouse, the best. The shipping options are just top notch and I've never had any issues. I buy everything i am ABLE to from them.