ArchieNov
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Yeah, EMS is the worst IMO. You have to arrive before it opens so that there’s a chance you finish in 3-4 hours. Arrive after 8am and you’ll only get done after lunch. Process is still as dumb as ever: 1) Submit your notice/tracking number and get a number 2) Wait for a very long time for them to call your number. They check your information and this is the only time they will start to locate your package. They give you another number 3) Wait again for a very long time for them to get your package. When they find it, they will call your number. 4) They will now inspect the item and confirm if it is eligible for customs tax. They forward the item to the customs queue. 5) Wait again for a very long time for them to call your number. Go inside the customs office and they will compute the fees to charge you. 6) Go to cashier and make payment 7) Go back outside and wait for your package to be released It’s a hellish experience and I pity anyone who has to go through it. I feel sorry both for myself and the foreigners I see at the EMS office whenever I had to claim a package there. I’ve even seen some people go home empty handed because they couldn’t afford the customs tax they were being charged for 2nd hand items and gifts received from their relatives.
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I thought this only applies to light sources that have UV light. I keep my collectibles in direct bright LED light almost 8 hours a day for the last few years and they haven’t yellowed from that. In fact, the only yellowing I’ve experienced so far was from valks I kept inside their boxes for over a year. So now I keep those out of their boxes.
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You chose to use EMS in our country? I avoid EMS like the plague. The tracking is not as good as courier services like UPS or DHL, plus I have to pick it up at the Pasay office which normally takes 3 hours because of the lousy process they follow. Plus the customs guys there seem very eager to charge lots of customs tax. If there’s no invoice on your item, they’ll “research” the highest price on the internet and use that as the value to base the tax on.
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Am I the only one here who preordered Rei from Amiami? I was billed earlier this afternoon and it will ship out probably tom.
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OMG, they’re gonna release a PG Nu Gundam?
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Now that’s the photo I wanted to see. Thanks @Gundam@EFSF
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Looks a little underwhelming, especially in the light. Can you take a picture of it showing off the glow in the dark paint?
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Funny you mention this. I actually have my Stick displayed right next to my Titanfall Ogre mainly because they share the same scale.
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The YF-19 already got the DX chogokin treatment. I assume you weren’t involved in the preorder madness yesterday? And the price for the it was only about half of the PE SDF-1. It included basically all the accessories you could ask for in a YF-19 (fast pack, fold booster, no helmet/helmet Isamu and Yang, ton of missiles, arm weapon, pinpoint barrier effect) for 27k yen MSRP.
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Looks like chyll2 already clarified it. But yeah, unfortunately marking it as a gift doesn’t allow us to bypass customs fees in our country. We are only exempt if the item value falls below 10,000 php (including shipping). I believe that’s equivalent to 21,000 jpy or 193 usd. That’s why I prefer N-Y because they always underdeclare the value of the items.
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I wish I was able to get mine at N-Y. Not looking forward to paying lots of customs fees for the orders I placed at HLJ and Amiami
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I got the confirmation email from HLJ, but when I login to my account, it doesn't show up in my Open Orders
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Got 1 each at AmiAmi and HLJ. Man this preorder was more stressful than usual.
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I think so. I don't recall them ever fulfilling a DX preorder in the past. Hence why I am hesitant to place a preorder with them that requires payment upfront.
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Does Nin-nin require payment upfront? It wants to charge me already.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
ArchieNov replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
@Shizuka the Cat Thanks for the reply. So it’s really more about your love of airplanes and the science behind flight. That’s cool. I guess I’m similar in the fact that I’ve always loved airplanes since I was young, probably because my dad was an airline pilot. I wanted to be one too (played so many flight simulators and fighter jet games) but unfortunately my eyesight didn’t hold long enough. Still one of my biggest letdowns. So I guess if ever I have a daughter, I need to teach her to love planes as well so she can appreciate these toys as much as I do haha. -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
ArchieNov replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Whoa! I don’t think I’ve seen anyone grow their Macross valk collection so fast since GundamEFSF. I may be wrong, but it felt like he got more than 20 1/60 valks in the span of a month or two. Pardon my asking, but may I know how you got so interested in the Macross mecha? Most, if not all, of the female fans I know are more into the characters and/or songs. Some own a few valks, but I don’t think they’re as into it as to really build a collection of them. At best, they’re more like accessories for the character goods they have. -
In the 3rd pic, did he also paint the gray part white?
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For those that received your VF-1A Hikaru, were the leg armors assembled incorrectly? Mine had the right side armor paired with the left back leg armor and vice-versa. I honestly got worried at first thinking they gave me two of the same back leg armor, but fortunately they were just mismatched. Also, is anyone making a Shapeways version of the base fighter mode stand adapter? The same one that came with the GBP HMR. As far as I know, it was only that release that included it. All other VF-1 HMR releases after that only had the fast pack equipped fighter stand adapter.
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What you described above is EXACTLY what was happening to my tires. However, mine have always been displayed on a glass surface inside a glass cabinet though, so not sure why it remedied your issue but didn’t for me. Must be something else other than the surface.
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This is most likely going to take the top spot as my favorite and best VF toy to date. It’s currently held by the VF-19Advance, but this one has better markings (I much prefer UN Spacy over SMS). I just hope the new way the cockpit opens won’t result in a total fail like the Arcadia YF-19’s cockpit.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
ArchieNov replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
As an avid fan of cosplay... I would say “GET IT!” -
That’s some Transformers level mass shifting haha. Otherwise there’s no way would the ride armor retain that size once transformed. By the way, in case no one has mentioned it yet, take care not to scratch the seat when transforming. I just transformed mine back to bike and noticed that I accidentally scratched off a tiny portion of the black paint (it is green plastic underneath). I guess it wasn’t rubber after all. Fortunately since it’s black, it is easily remedied with a Gundam panel lining marker.
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I see you popped off the arm piston in this shot. Was that intentional?
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
ArchieNov replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
What is this Decluttr? Is it only for US based residents? My wife and I have a ton of CDs and DVDs we’d like to offload. Also, for a moment there I thought you wrote “Deculture!”