pablumatic

No luck at all this time. Man...

44 minutes ago, jenius said:

I can't imagine anything you can ship from Japan to the USA for 2,490 Yen right now. Sounds like you paid for SAL and had to get upgraded to FedEx or DHL. I would say the safe bet is that they used the same box to ship three as they would one so the shipping charge was the same for either. If you chose to ship three via express in the beginning then no change in cost. 

That may be the case. During the entirety of the pandemic I've been fine waiting the extra 3 months that I've come to expect from the rare shipments I get from Japan. This is the first time I've seen this type of forced shipment upgrade happen. 

4 minutes ago, rocketblast said:

well I already paid them $50 up front to ship them on pre-order.  Didn't they ask you to pay another 3,000 yen on top of that 50 bucks?  That's what they asked of me.

First shipping charge when I originally paid was 2,490 yen.

This time they demanded 2,010 yen, which I paid like a sucker.

1 hour ago, mantisfists said:

With a few people on here who ordered from Big in Japan relaying that they'd been asked to pony up more money to ship their TV Fast Packs, I've been dreading getting the same message as I'd ordered 3 from them, myself.  However, just got my shipping email and no preceding "gimmemore" email.  I'm curious why that is...........but not that curious. 

I was sent the "gimmemore" email, but until I read this thread today I had forgotten I had already paid for shipping from Big in Japan. I guess thats what they were banking on from their customers.

So now I've paid close to $50 to ship one set of TV fast packs. I'm not ordering from them again.

My Bandai DX hobby now has two online retailers off my list due to fast pack shenanigans (the other being NY as everyone else has experienced).

Was hoping to get everything SDF related released stateside, but I guess I'll have to live with getting easier access to Macross Plus material.

Missed the original VF-1J release. Hope I can snag one of these.

This pre-order is going to be as bad or worse than the DX Roy to grab at first, isn't it? 

3 minutes ago, treatment said:

Japan and US are both Region-A blu-ray territory since the beginning...

Oh right. I want some sub/dubbed blu-rays for the series.

Here's to some Region A blu-ray releases.

Even though I hated the first season I'll be hate-watching the second because I can't help myself when it comes to TNG.

5 hours ago, sh9000 said:

 

 

 

 

Ever watch Psych, the detective comedy series? Their looks and banter remind me of it. I figure I'm not the only one to make that comparison.

4 minutes ago, captain america said:

I never understood the "evolution" of the Zor Bioroids. The versions we see earlier in the series (red, blue, green) look more advanced than the later ones. I don't even remember this grape-flavored version from the anime.

These third-gen Bioroids were never seen on screen due the series getting canned, but the only real difference other than the heads seems to be the feet. They go from two-toed to gradually more human looking. The aliens becoming more human seemed to have been a running theme for much of these Tatsunoko sci-fi series. 

https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/voltron-gx71-soul-of-chogokin-action-figure/blfbas57466

1 hour ago, drumondo said:

In was too late to the pre-order party. Another bloodbath i presume?

Pretty much. There was about a one-hour window where Big Bad Toy Store had preorders open. I managed to get one of those. 

Maybe some other sites like Entertainment Earth will get some. 

I have this thread and others on toy forums set to send email notifications when anyone posts. It was the only way for me to catch this one (and most other Bandai preorders).

21 hours ago, Scyla said:

Did someone order the Metal Build Dragon Style Ryujinmaru?

I ordered one from Anime Export. I wanted to have the ultimate Keith Courage in Alpha Zones figure.

Great news. Hopefully I can snag a real pre-order this time. Megalopolis.toys let me down on the last run. 

23 hours ago, tekering said:

What's with the 4:3 aspect ratio? 

According to Snyder in this video he wanted the full IMAX aspect ratio. 

Its at 16 minutes into this video if it doesn't start there.

Now we just need another Golion/Voltron re-release. C'mon, Bandai! My last pre-order never came through (from Megalopolis Toys).

2 hours ago, F360 said:

you only get the poster if you preorder it from that 1 store that have lots of Mospeada items.  

The poster looks something like this.

 

I think this video shows that store

 

Cool poster. Likely impossible to get. Browsed yahoo auctions japan and saw nothing.

1 hour ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

Anyone here snag an Atari VCS?

Yes I did. The one with the wood grain finish front for nostalgia's sake.

I've got so many games and consoles already I haven't opened it yet.

19 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

 

Absolutely everybody survived the sail barge/sarlacc, didn't they?  When does Jabba come back?

1 minute ago, sqidd said:

Don’t count on it.

I know. I got my order in quicker this time with them, I think. Had AE cancel some missile sets on me a while back from overselling, but I ordered them very late.

1 minute ago, octibon said:

Anime Export sold out now.

That's good news to me. Sounds like they're going to avoid overselling and my order will go through.

Got an order in with Anime Export. Thanks.

The two (then later three) times we saw Boba in the original films he was working for the bad guys. Either for the Empire or as a Jabba the Hutt henchman. Always as a villian. Now that he's in the new show they've converted him into a hero character. Oh well. 

Disney/Lucasfilm likes the prequels and Temuera Morrison. So they're gonna do a Venom on Fett and make him a protagonist from now on.