Lupin The Third
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Just look at your account on the site, it will be there in a few minutes. Sometimes their email confirmations take a while.
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I am stunned. HLJ on the official preorder day? Not a 4:37am on a Thursday night 5 weeks later? Stunning!
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You only see the reduced price on your order. All the previous valks show up this way also.
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Looks like Amazon Japan isn't getting this one either, they'd had the 25Fs up by now last time if memory serves.
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Like I said...sake for all! Sushi is on Bandai's president tonight for another perfectly orchestrated preorder campaign. May the families of bandai employees feel burning vigor of true honor and glory!
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That's the spirit! Damn right! How dare some silly fan question their inability to make a purchase! Glory and honor to Bandai! Masters of industry!
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Amusingly I can see them patting one another on the backs today congratulating one another on, yet again, a well managed preorder campaign.
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Just stop. Logic does not exist here. Bandai would clearly rather sell 15 valks and then make 2000 parts sets that sit around unsold. That's economics 101 man!
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Hmmm...I have an idea to keep busy. Come here sleeping Fujiko-chan...err, ummm, I mean wifey....
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Oh hurry up laundry so I can go to bed and stop wasting time with this frivolity.
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Dude you are so not leet....welcome to 46 seconds ago. Way to stay on top! Lol....
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Hobbysearch gone now too. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10227289
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I think that's because everyone has realized that this is just a complete total frakking crapshoot and it simply isn't worth getting upset over. Hell I had 6 preorders in for the 171 CF (bought all but one), got 6 preorders for the RVF-25, the two vF-25Fs that I wanted to add with my original, and now I can't have the VF-27. It's just par for the course with the way Bandai runs things and their complete lack of concern for the customer. No different than how they completely fraked most people in the US who ordered the Limited Version of Ni no Kuni and instead shipped almost their complete allotment, which were supposed to be 1 per customer, to PlayCanada who then scalped them on Ebay for 3-4X retail....that's Bandai, customer service through and through. So why even care anymore? They just don't want your money obviously.
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I still have mine in my cart and keep clicking to process the order to cause further 503 errors just for fun.
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Beware the Chineze ScalpErZ!!!
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Bandai...how I love you. With every Chogokin you deny I simply buy another one of these instead....
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Wow this is probably the worst yet. Amiami instant sell out as always, NY lists hours early just to fubar everyone, and no other sites even put it up for sale. Glad I stayed up for this nonsense!
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Not surprising. The Bandai preorder process could only have been the mindchild of Satan.
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There's no "secret", all everyone is doing is entering 100 in the qty field to see their site correct it to what they are actually selling. Then they refresh again and again and see how long it takes to sell out. Doesn't exactly help you with ordering one since typing 100 might put the remaining 12 in your cart and when you go to check out you'll have to back out to correct the qty and might lose out in that time. A fun trick if you want to "watch" the stock sell out but that's all. They sometimes do same day/night, the problem is they only get every other Valk or so. For example they didn't have anything prior to the 171 for preorder, they had the 171 Alto, didn't have the YF-29 30th, did have the 171 CF, and so on. I am referring to Amazon Japan themselves here, not third party sellers. So when Bandai does decide Amazon is worthy of stock they do list it around the same time. Yet somehow Bandai can stock local retailer for NY to buy up and scalp the stock from but not the world's largest online retailer consistently. Golden Week last week meant no one came back to work until today, or later, and sites are just now beginning to put up a couple new items (hobbysearch has some new non-macross stuff today for the first time in almost a week). Shhh!!! Awww....damn it, now you've ruined it for everyone.
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Actually I have 5. I let one of my CDJapan preorders go as 5 was enough...but since that gives Duymon the crown for largest 171CF Squadron maybe I should grab two more, lol.
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Yeah, the bandai marketing images did me in....made 3 a necessity, lol. Actually I usually try to get 3-4 of anything I really, really like and want to have extras of/replacement for in the years to come. This is the only Bandai renewal I have three of aside from the Alto 171s, and I only picked up 3 of those since I was able to get them all at retail.
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NY, 2nd batch on first night of preorders, shipped Fedex...
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So as you can CLEARLY see from my posts I was pointing out that there is no way these are legit preorders as their webstore would allow 899 (or more) of these to be preordered. When I said "Can't imagine they're going to be able to fill my order for 899 units" with a laughing face it was patently clear that I did not actually order that many. But hey, if you want to be a moron and believe that a company who would have accepted an order for 899 valks had I clicked submit is actually going to fill your order then...well you know what they say about swampland for sale. Furthermore HF SELLS BOOTLEGS! I can't believe you are going to try to defend them. Here's a great example: http://www.hobbyfan.com/product_info.php?products_id=14865 Metal Bug...so it's ok that these shits sell pirated ILLEGAL product that violates SNK's Metal Slug rights? You're going to actually defend that? And you even admit in your post that you are ok with pirated items. So Macrossworld is pro-bootleg now? Seriously is a mode even paying attention to this? Maybe people like you who promote BOOTLEGGERS should be banned. Funny how I'm the a$$hat here but people who admit to supporting bootleggers are valued members. I thought we supported licensed products obtained through legitimate channel here, but obviously not. No problem, I'm gone. There doesn't seem to be an option to delete my account so if a Mod would please do so it would be appreaciated, as I will NOT be associated with a forum whose members promotes piracy. Have fun with your pirated toys. When the companies who's rights you violate go out of business you'll only have yourself to thank for STEALING FROM THEM. Shithead.
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Wait...what? Why am I an asshat? What did I do to you? Maybe you misunderstood. Hobbyfan is NOT getting these, those guys are bootleggers that make most of their money by taking other's people's garage kits and illegally making recasts of them in China. I did not actually order 899 of the RVF-25 from them; I can think of far better uses for ~$118,000. My point was that preorders from them are bullshit, they are not getting these and the last thing I would be doing is giving my credit card info to bootleggers. If you guys are stupid enough to do that then you deserve whatever you get. Not sure how I'm an "asshat" for pointing out that preorders with HF are complete bullshit...I am seriosuly getting sick of this forum. Any time I try to helpfully point something out to people everyone attacks me. Honestly go screw yourselves. Give your credit card to known bootleggers, I hope they use your numbers to pay for visits to Japanese love hotels and you're unable to reverse the charges. a-holes.
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I get what you are saying. What I'm asking is has anyone actually goten a V2 from those guys, ever? I've never even seen them mentioned here before. Kind of surprised actually given that they mostly just bootleg and "reissue" garage kits. Can't imagine they're going to be able to fill my order for 899 units.
