Tober Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 It has got to be scalpers or die-hard fans running scripts to get through checkout that fast...seriously, in about 10 seconds they were sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMax Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Damn... I had refreshing the page every 5 minutes... and i did not even stand a chance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikashoo Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) clicked the buy button, said my cart was empty, went back to the page and was sold out. Edited April 5, 2013 by pikashoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Has A-E already gone and sold out, or is it a placeholder? Or do people expect them to get more and re-open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaitouSad Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 If even NY could sell out 28 pieces in a matter of a minute or so... just who IS buying all these?is the Frontier /Valk fandom that big enough that these keep getting snapped up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoexcaliber Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Has A-E already gone and sold out, or is it a placeholder? Or do people expect them to get more and re-open? AE sold out yesterday. The only popular one left is HLJ. Even that one we're not sure coz no one here has managed to buy one so it's either a placeholder or its sold out as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaitouSad Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) Has A-E already gone and sold out, or is it a placeholder? Or do people expect them to get more and re-open?they've already opened and closed (pretty fast too) at full retail price.Not sure if they'll get a restock but no harm camping If I were you, I'd place priority on NY first as they've usually managed to squeeze in a few extra restocks before right? Edited April 5, 2013 by SaitouSad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) wow, i had the search filter to macross frontier products on otacute, the vf-171 and rvf-25 show up w/ sold out... but the vf-25f never filtered through. lessons learning how each site lists it's preorders Edited April 5, 2013 by davidwhangchoi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 If even NY could sell out 28 pieces in a matter of a minute or so... just who IS buying all these? is the Frontier /Valk fandom that big enough that these keep getting snapped up? It's because its the same people buying their second, third (fourth?) copy. 28 quanity won't last long that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrowyn Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 OK, so let me see if I've got this right...there probably will be a 25G reissue, but they've yet to make G renewal superpacks and as of yet have no plans to...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F360 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Missed again sigh ..... This is worse than Black Friday sale. This is like the hp touchpad fire sale only at higher than retail price and still sold out..>_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaitouSad Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 ah well.. i tried to help.. hope somebody here managed to get it anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikos0311 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Damn... I had refreshing the page every 5 minutes... and i did not even stand a chance! i would refresh every 15 to 20 seconds..! and be in and out like a Bandai Ninja! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tober Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Using my rather crappy memory I do sorta remember Otacute relisting the RVF-25 a few days after their first listing... Might have to check that out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikos0311 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 If Otacute sells out in 10 secs.. I'm guessing they didn't have a lot of stock to begin with... Back to camping at NY? Maybe they've managed to pull a few more stock for later So now that we've exhausted most of the sites, where else do people have left to go? Angloz? A-E again? Does Otacute have the option to pay later like NY or paypal at checkout?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reïvaj Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I didn't get the famous PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrentonx Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Watch NY...and keep an eye open for HLJ. I don't think there's solid evidence of hlj actually selling their preorders yet. The only evidence is second hand so far, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikashoo Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Using my rather crappy memory I do sorta remember Otacute relisting the RVF-25 a few days after their first listing... Might have to check that out... yeah that's how I got my pre-order in from them. I wouldn't rely too much on Otacute though, I got my VF-25G and YF-29 pre-order cancelled by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I didn't get the famous PM it doesn't work w otacute anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCracker Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 2 possibilities - 1) there are alot of closet Macross fans out there, hence the extreme fast sell out of the renewal valks 2) some one could be running a script that allows fast checkouts (probably scalpers) just my 2 cents... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMax Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 i would refresh every 15 to 20 seconds..! and be in and out like a Bandai Ninja! lol.... In all seriousness, we can consider taking leave on pre-order days simply to devote out time fully pressing "F5" on the PC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tober Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 yeah that's how I got my pre-order in from them. I wouldn't rely too much on Otacute though, I got my VF-25G and YF-29 pre-order cancelled by them. That sucks!! I got my VF-25G from them, no problems... My VF-171 is on order with them too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikashoo Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 That sucks!! I got my VF-25G from them, no problems... My VF-171 is on order with them too... well to be fair I got them in the second batch of pre-orders so if you get it in the first you're probably good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastik Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 NY is probably the best place to get one without having to worry about your preorder being cancelled. Any retailer confident enough to sell preorders at a $70 premium on top of MSRP most likely has access to inventory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaitouSad Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Duymon sums up the feelings of buying these pretty much accurately.http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=38653&p=1026307 This is the procedure: 1. Check the boards everyday, particularly the DX VF-25 thread 2. Once pre-orders are announced, you need to stock up on the following: Red Bull and some food Stress Balls Alcohol (very important) 3.Lock yourself in your man-cave and make an account, complete withpayment info, on all the major sites. Here's a few to get you started HLJ Hobbysearch Amiami Anime-Export Nippon-yasan Play-asia CD-japan 4. Around 1 hour before the preorder window (typically 16:00 JST) OPen up a browser window on each online store you know of and Log into your account. The time it takes to login could cost you your valkyrie. 5.Either get an autorefresh script or F5 every page until you see yourtarget. Squeeze stress ball to release stress and tension because you'llneed to be ACCURATE with your mouse. Fractions of seconds count! 6A.If you're able to get a valk in your cart and al lteh way to checkout /payment, you succeed. Proceed to Mw boards to brag about getting apre-order. 6B. If you're like 99.9% of Mw-er's youwon't get a pre-order. Go Bitch on the boards about missing thepre-order and then proceed to bitch about Bandai, Scalpers, and thenmore Bandai. Afterwards cry yourself to sleep while drinking lots ofalcohol to dull the pain. 7. Wake up with a hangover only to check the boards and see you missed the Nippon-yasan reopen. Repeat Step 6B 8.Say "F*** it," Give in and order the long-open Nippon-yasan valk at40-50 dollar markup because that's the only way you'll ever see thisvalk. 9. heal over time, return to normal. Deal with Bandai Preorder PTSD and await the next dreaded Preorder announcement. Did I get it right everyone? Does Otacute have the option to pay later like NY or paypal at checkout?? Otacute has pay later via Paypal. But they also do not allow cancellations. Not sure of the repercussions other than a ban I guess lol.... In all seriousness, we can consider taking leave on pre-order days simply to devote out time fully pressing "F5" on the PC! the anguish that would follow if we even missed out on the preorders while on leave would be unimaginable.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikos0311 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) Duymon sums up the feelings of buying these pretty much accurately.http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=38653&p=1026307that pretty much sums it all up!! Edited April 5, 2013 by erikos0311 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsinsan Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Watch NY...and keep an eye open for HLJ. I don't think there's solid evidence of hlj actually selling their preorders yet. The only evidence is second hand so far, I think. HLJ has that page up, but only showed as SOLD OUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrentonx Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) Yeah...HLJ has been known to put up placeholders that just say that without actually putting the item up for preorder. They usually wait awhile...usually. My guess is they confirm the amount of stock they are allocated before putting the item up for sale so they're almost always last. I always watch them just in case... Edited April 5, 2013 by xrentonx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikos0311 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 It's been open for a while now.... I have a good feeling it will open tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 It's been open for a while now.... I have a good feeling it will open tonight! HLJ? I thought on the 2nd/3rd someone said they saw it go up and out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrentonx Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) HLJ? I thought on the 2nd/3rd someone said they saw it go up and out? Yeah, I thought so too but no one has actually chimed in saying they got one from HLJ so as far as I'm concerned...it's still up in the air. But it's definitely wishful thinking on my part too I oughtta send them an email and see if they'll tell me... Edited April 5, 2013 by xrentonx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaitouSad Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 So NY as priority, HLJ, Otacute and maybe AE for a slight glimmer of hope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrentonx Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 NY up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) avail nippon go now for 220 now Edited April 5, 2013 by davidwhangchoi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 NY open! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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