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Wonder if it would be easy to just colour it with gunmetal paint or something

That country being the one with the half-lion and half fish that vomits endlessly into the river? Yeah, I get what you mean. But usually, I just combine them altogether anyway, so that my orders are easier to track. Since I'm usually in no hurry, I wait till around the end of the month to take a look at what I can ship, then I just drop them a mail to pack the items into 1 package and ship. Usually, I take a look at the item estimated size and cost before I decide how I want it split (assuming I have a lot of stuff coming in that month). Amiami's boxes are huge because they only have a few fixed sizes (like those in the Post office). From my experience, it usually works out to something like this 1) smallest SAL Small Packet : can fit 4 x Nendoroids or Figma sized boxes 2) Anything longer/bigger will be bumped to SAL Parcel. Since I don't do EMS, option 1 tends to work out to be very cheap (less than $10 per item) Option 2 usually results in around $10 shipping per item, so that usually works out for me, as most local shops charge much higher or have difficulty guaranteeing stock. HLJ really takes the cake with their shipping, so I do consider them pretty often (especially when it comes to Macross stuff I can actually obtain). I might start buying more bulkier stuff from them if their discount improves (so far the larger stuff like Riobots are about 1000yen difference, so I'll pass on those). I love their private warehouse feature though. So convenient, especially when they have a sale going on.

That's pretty interesting. I always thought B&M stores would just price it really high anyway. At least in Singapore and Taiwan, that was the case.

I'm kinda the glad the only lemon I got so far was a Nendoroid figure, which I could rectify by contacting the manufacturers... I'm just praying I don't get any other problems down the line

I guess it does. They are primarily a Japanese business. From my understanding, they don't seem to have any foreign staff. NY takes forever to get back to me via email. Facebook seems to be the better option though. That's kinda something worth noting. the only times I've ever cancelled were due to a mistake I made when buying, and I tend to cancel it right away. Wonder if that adds up

it seems whenever I hear a negative amiami story, it's always about their customer service and cancellation policy. For me, I've been fine with them, though some patience is needed as english is clearly not their first language. While the no-cancellation policy is a tiring affair, and some times their emails come off as "stuck up", I tend to just take it as it is and take note of it. I was once asking them to do some order splitting for me, as I've hit the limit of cost of goods with shipping to be chargeable by Customs ($400 with shipping and I get taxed 7%) Had some back and forth with them and got them to switch my packages around before giving me the shipping costs again. Off course, this must have been frustrating for them, which led them to end it (when all my shipping was settled) to drop me a note to say I should consider my future purchases carefully before I combine them. Comes across as stuck-up? Maybe, but I guess it's my fault as it was rather inconvenient for them. Nowadays I just watch my total cost and split them earlier for shipment if it's reaching the limit. I still use them because shipping with discount on items is reasonable to my country. HLJ's shipping is pretty awesome, but they seldom have the stuff I want as early, or as cheap - though I still use them from time to time. I just wished they could procure more stock for the DX Frontier Valks, and get a proper server for major releases, since these kinda stuff happen every Bandai drop. Bottom line, use whichever retailer has whatever you like

I was fortunate enough to attend one of his smaller concerts (it was a small pub-ish venue). It was supremely awesome

Probably. Look at the RVF and the 171. Hell, even Alto's 25F had additional stock recently. I think people aren't becoming as desperate now as the trend has shown that there will be more stock down the road. Also, non-hero valk I guess.

Unfortunately, I'll be sitting out this waiting game for once, as my computer is down, and I don't have any stable internet connection at my new place. I'm still at work at the moment, so I'm just checking on and off. I'll post if I do come across any, though other peeps here will be faster anyway haha

welp.. guess I'll just wait.. sooner or later, somebody's gonna have these in stock again (look at the RVF and 171).. I got one, though am trying to get another On a side note, this was as painful a drop for me as well, as I had 1 other order to secure as well (it happened previously for the last drop as well).. Doesn't help that after 45 minutes, Amiami's servers are still screwy. Fortunately it's still listed as available

OMG! You're da boss! I already had difficulty getting one, and am trying to source for a 2nd...

Amiami has updated as sold out (as if we should expect otherwise by now)

Gone at Hobby Search.

no it is not (you're thinking anime export). but u cannot cancel after 2 weeks I'm just glad to have scored 1 so far.. Gonna try to get just one more so balance out the formation

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10233203 here i mean

Hobby Search!! Go!!! http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10233203

got 1 in my cart.. but it's taking soooo long to log in -.-U

Amiami has crashed! lol

DAMMNIT! Got Cart jacked!

Thinking if I should spring for just 1 or 2... (definitely not 3 or more hahaha) Also wondering if they will just announce the super parts come October when this comes out... what colour were those? Or did a CF colour super parts existed for the VF-25A?

Amiami is soooo going to crash today, what with Sailor Mecury and a few other hot items going up simultaneously... happens every Bandai release it seems

aww man.. so the subs are somewhat sub-par too? darn.. Looks like I'll have to give this a miss... for now..

Wait.. don't we already have a next gen plane? It's called the YF-30 This is probably a step down, but I kinda hope the next generation of VFs would have a bulkier profile (even without armor).. Probably wouldn't happen though

hahhaha my bad about the typo... off course I meant VF-25A CF...

so.. does anybody have any idea when the VF-25A CF is going up yet? Judging by previous releases, about 1 to 2 weeks from now ? Edited: whoops.. typo on the 25A XD