Anasazi37
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Sealed 1S Hikaru on Jungle for 29,700 (slight box damage): https://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/products/detail/385753
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I just have the TV Messer with Super Parts and Lil Drakens, Arad with armor, and Keith with Lil Drakens
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And another one on Jungle for 27,500 https://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/products/detail/378615
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I think I speak for almost everyone here when I say that (1) I hope only minimal mold changes are needed and (2) I will definitely buy one if they're made. I've already set aside enough shelf space to have all three Strike kits next to each other, done up as Roy. Not sure what I'm going to do with the fighter-only kit, but I'm leaning towards making it a CF.
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Is this different from the one he built for the Tengu Modelers exhibit in late December?
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I have thoroughly enjoyed this thread over the past few days. So many popcorn GIFs I hadn't seen before. It really is a nicely built 1/48 Hasegawa kit. If anyone wants some white YCAPS NU stickers or decals, perhaps with some reversed modex numbers to match, let me know.
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There was a sealed one on Jungle for several days listed at ¥27,500. Those normally go fast, so I was surprised it stuck around that long. Looks like someone finally snagged it last night. I'm thinking that is now the low end, with ¥30,000 being more normal. There are at least 10 on Amazon Japan for ¥29,800 with a 5% rebate, but you'd have to ship to a Tenso address or similar.
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Someone made a 1/20 Enigma. That's an impressive amount of masking....
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They really do seem to be at opposite ends of the spectrum. Wouldn't be hard to throw together a small sheet to take care of key markings that are missing for the DX (maybe even a 001 for the tailfin on the Hikaru 1S). Larger decal sheet for Arcadia valks would definitely be more affordable than the PF editions. Much appreciated!
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I've been contemplating the idea of designing and printing replacement decals and stickers for this line. Both to deal with incorrect or missing markings and for custom projects. It wouldn't be difficult for me to do it, I just don't have a good feel for demand. I've been designing and printing stuff for valks for 17+ years now....
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I was thinking about AJ, not Jungle. Sometimes, like with the VF-1S Hikaru I purchased, reasonably-priced stuff is only available domestically, so you get hit with the tax when you ship to a Tenso address, and then Tenso takes a little bit more when you ask them to ship an item individually or consolidate it with others. For AJ, Jungle, Mandarake, and Rakuten: yes, it's definitely better to have them ship directly to you if that's an option. Bypasses some or all of the tax and you don't have to deal with Tenso's fees. I feel like I sometimes have to use advanced calculus to figure out where the best deals are....
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Unless you're shipping to a Tenso or other package forwarding address, which is domestic (pretty sure that's correct). Yes, Jungle does seem to include a handling fee that is roughly equivalent to the tax. Shops on Rakuten tend to do the same thing. That happened when I ordered a 1/60 VF-11B recently.
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Sealed VF-1S Hikaru is available on Jungle for ¥27,500 https://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/products/detail/351443 Cheaper than Amazon Japan at the moment
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Nice variation!
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Yep.
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I feel like I've brought some order and happiness to an otherwise chaotic universe by putting this together today
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The SSP set I ordered from AE *finally* arrived. They shipped it on 26 Dec, so it took almost a month to get here, but it did get here. SAL Small Packet shipments were sitting at the Tokyo airport for weeks due to a holiday traffic jam, I presume. I'm still waiting for a few items to show up that shipped from Tokyo during the week between Christmas and New Years.
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Decals are printed, coated, and on their way to John. Turns out my main ALPS printer was dying, hence the weird striped output on the initial test run. Had to switch to my backup printer.
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Well played, sir
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Working on the decals. For MW members waiting for me to fill orders, this is the ALPS printer issue that I was telling you about. It’s driving me crazy. Hope to have it resolved by tomorrow.
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Yeah, the Bandai kite is absolutely ginormous compared to what Hasegawa and Yamarcadia have done. It belongs on a 1/24 scale valk, not a 1/48. The left and right points of the white kite should be aligned with the bottom of the black stripe. Join the club. I was on the fence about the 1S until I saw his review, then I caved.
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Over at least the past two years, Bandai has been pretty consistent about physically showing off what they are going to release, so I'm betting that Max and Hayao movie variants will be next. I wouldn't consider the TV Max 1A a surprise, because we did get lots of advance notice online, but it was an odd choice to follow the Hikaru 1J. It would be very nice to see a reissue of that. I think they reissued Alto's Yf-29 like ten times, right? They do now have the head molds for all variants except the 1D, though, so I guess anything can happen. To get a Roy during PO Madness will probably require one of those supercomputers that high frequency Wall Street traders use, where stocks are bought and sold in milliseconds.
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There's a 1S on Mandarake for ¥30K and it hasn't immediately disappeared, which is an encouraging sign: https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1128011520 Going price on AJ for it seems to move between ¥25K and ¥29K with free domestic shipping. I picked one up last week for ¥25K, had it shipped to my Tenso address, and it's currently sitting in customs at LAX. And there's a Max for ¥20K on Mandarake, too: https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1121403386 Maybe prices are starting to stabilize, although NY hasn't caught up to reality yet. They're still asking ¥32,250 for the 1S and ¥24K for Max. Gives me hope that I can avoid PO Madness from now on. But then Bandai will announce the Roy 1S and it will be a bloodbath.
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You basically need your own data scientist, or have to become one, to find the best deal these days Yep. So on top of needing a data scientist, you need a supercomputer.
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But when a store does shotgun an item, it definitely makes our lives more interesting. I was looking for a 1/60 VF-11B last month and searched for it on FromJapan just to see if anything was out there in the secondary market. I found the same one on four different platforms at four different prices with four different sets of shipping options and four different policies on taxes, handling fees, and buyer protection. I had to do some number crunching and cost/benefit analyses to find the best deal, which turned out to be Rakuten.
