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VA-1SS and VF-5000 for me then!

Excusez-moi... Where's the Metal Siren in the poll?

I wouldn't mind adding to my collection of aircrafts the Super Sylph but only if it's reasonably priced. It's a 5 year old release and i can only find it new for outrageous prices. I'm interested in mint condition and complete only, but i would need to see a few photos too. If you got one let me know your price.

Thnx

@ 24800 Yen they can keep it, I'm not forking over more than MSRP for this. If I'm lucky enough to hit Otacute at the right time when/if their preorder opens I may get one, otherwise I don't need to get magenta boy.

If the YF-29 30th anniversary was available for only 2000 YEN over the RRP after release, i just cannot this being more difficult to acquire. But since i will pay a premium anyway, i might as well pay a bit more and go back to having a life... lol. But this is what most people thought i guess. Myself included.

Wondering why I'd want that many VF-171 CF? Here's what happened:

1. Tried to get a preorder but failed.

2. Panicked, and asked a proxy to get a squadron of 3 units for me. Paid upfront

3. Friend panicked, asked me to get another 3 for him. Paid upfront

4. Preorders opened up online and managed to get 3 units at a cheaper price.

5. Friend couldn't pay for the 3 units he ordered so I was stuck with his.

And before you guys bash me, I got 6 of them from Yahoo Auctions Japan via a proxy. Now I'm busy unloading the extra units to pay for my lunch.

And yet you still call him "a friend", after dumping 3, 3 not 1, copies? LOL!

90 registered users, and 23 who would rather not present themselves are reading this topic right now... Hmmm...

What did you mean?

It is one of the early fragile shoulders releases.

Apparently someone bought a Hikaru VF-1A from Anime-Export that they brought in today. I wonder if they know...

who's this girl?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Cole

Just another lacklustre "do-(it)-all" with half a career here in the UK... Lol!, bless her, I feel bitchy today!

Some nice pics here. There are some comments further below. Can someone explain what he says about the wings? I think that either there's some oil residue or that the paint scrapes easily compared to Alto's ? "Google translate" is being really creative ... !

http://bleumer1909.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2013/05/index.html

I'm interested to know whether anyone thinks we may see a VT-1 re-issue from Arcadia in 2014 when it's going to be the 30th anniversary of DYRL? Releasing a previously flawed release with proper QC, together with an anniversary stamp the size of a fist makes business sense and would bring in some customer confidence, but will they have sorted the licencing issues by then?!?

I find it really funny that japanese fans posting reviews of this on Amazon.co.jp all complain that the transformation is too difficult ! They need to throw away the manual, learn english, and watch the guides on YouTube

I bought in plamoya is a good store?

I've never bought from them but i've read good feedback. Their prices can be horrid though and fluctuate daily!

no, who is ca7_burg1ar? is he a good proxy guy?

edit: lol, well i think he does go into private homes all the time so it's kinda a weird process to tell you the truth.

Does he acquire these with the owner's consent?

20000 JPY?....must have been before Order 66 was put into action....

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h175707894

Oh well... on and off i've been watching as i said, but that's still way less than 200,000 !

I think all the super rare 1/48s will be high dollar in the future, and the Low Viz stuff always seems to be hot.

I'm still amazed people go nuts over those brownie command 1/60's.

About the VF-1s low vis, i have been watching auctions on and off for about a year - kind of want it, but can live without it - and the highest it has ever gone is 20,000 something YEN. It doesn't look like the kind of variant that people would fight over in a bidding war, maybe because no collection should feel incomplete without it. Probably the same could have been said for the VF-X, but that brings some more variety to a collection than a simple colour-swap of a mass release. If only that bright yellow was darker...

Back when I was selling a lot of LPs and 7"s on ebay, I started blocking non-us bidders b/c a lot of people were getting burned by the "I never received it" foreign post paypal scam.

I think the chances of this happening with a UK or north Europe bidder is close to 0. But still, sellers can specify regions (i don't sell often but for my items i say Europe, US and Canada only) and also require specific method, such as Express Mail International with insurance only. There are ways to work around it if it's an item that may have worldwide appeal!

I really want to bid on an ebay US auction but the seller does not allow bidders outside the US. So disappointing. I'm sorry to say this, but that's exactly the kind of brains people who are responsible for companies that go bankrupt carry. That, and maybe the fact that i cannot bid either... LOL!

When you change your mind, read the second page of this old thread

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=32213

"...must not click this link, must not click this link..." i'll be saying tonight, in bed, with the iphone in hand.

You are still not used to the words "sold out", "order stop"?

lol

or if "add to cart", 280,000 YEN!

Oh, that. That mark is where that particular part was connected to the plastic sprue when it was originally cast. When they cut the part from the sprue it leaves a little rough, discolored spot. every VF-1 ever made has that same mark in the same place.

There are also plenty of other marks just like all over the toy if you look hard enough. in fact pretty much every toy made from injection molded plastic has marks like that somewhere on them.

Don't tell me where the others are!!! Please don't ! :-P

Here, i have done it for the photo from Hobbysearch, but i cannot do it for the one from Flickr. It's the little white mark inside the red circle. If you then look at the one from Flickr, there's one at exactly the same spot. Oh God, why am i even doing all this detective work? I can be obsessive compulsive, so that's why, LOL!

Also i did a search at Flickr and found someone else's VF-1 with the same mark! http://www.flickr.com/photos/d1dymus/3385895683/lightbox/

So i guess it's not a fluke, right?

Hi,

You may say that i panic-bought (although not really because i was planning to buy it anyway) the VF-1J Commander type. I bought it new, from a Yahoo Japan Auctions seller. Although i do think it was unused, i noticed a tiny scratch on the left side of the piece that the wings are attached to and swings forward for Gerwalk.

The crazy stuff now: The sample piece at HobbySearch, shows exactly that!!! Click at picture 11.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10086194

For a moment i thought that somehow i ended up with that copy! Then i looked closely at a VF-1S Roy with option parts that i have on display (i got it last June from AmiAmi) and it also has that little scratch/mark at exactly the same spot, but it's not as visible because the plastic is white.

Has anyone else seen that before on his VF-1?