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the Durians might drive up more demand.  IIRC Canada the 2nd or 3rd largest durian consumer outside of Asia

with the VF-25 Messiah Valkyrie WORLDWIDE Anniv at 22000 yen.  and their US price being $220  

I would say this YF-29 Durandal Valkyrie (Max Jenius Genus machine) US price will most likely be $250 since their yen price is 25,300 yen 

Maybe i'll get this just to pair up with the red one that is pilot by Alto,.. its fine, Im sure he can cosplay as Maria 

3 hours ago, tekering said:

Seeing as Houquet has such a generic Tatsunoko face, I'm amazed they managed to screw up the likeness so badly.

Nah, I'm not going to ignore a problem with such a simple solution:

 

Just heat up the head, remove the hair, and swap out the head with that of a generic 1:12 anime girl figure.  Just about any head will look better than Sentinel's. 😒

Now disassembling and repainting the armour, that's gonna take more time.

good idea,  wonder which figma face will looks best.  

But why is her paint glossy  and not flat like the other?  Maybe a simple extra flat clear coat will make it less Pink?

5 hours ago, Arthurius said:

And do i get a prize for paying more than everyone else here?

Damn, i paid 186 USD shipped to Canada from HLJ...  and that is using Fedex, not even DHL...  argg, i dont know why i POed from HLJ all those month ago, maybe easier to cancel, cant remember, but oh well.

ok. I think I know why you are paying more,   maybe you preordered late so you missed the early preorder discount.?

I just did a estimate of the current 20,000 yen price at HLJ to ship to Canada and its very close to your prices  

5 hours ago, Arthurius said:

And do i get a prize for paying more than everyone else here?

Damn, i paid 186 USD shipped to Canada from HLJ...  and that is using Fedex, not even DHL...  argg, i dont know why i POed from HLJ all those month ago, maybe easier to cancel, cant remember, but oh well.

Maybe you were not using your Creditcards own international currency conversion ?  . which will be about 3-4% more.

looks like Otakumode have the Metal Build Exia up for preorder too.

https://otakumode.com/shop/624f8e9006f9fb001c1b78b3/Metal-Build-Mobile-Suit-Gundam-00-Revealed-Chronicle-Gundam-Devise-Exia

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

Nice!

 

The only comment I have is that they should've kept the location of the footrest on this release where it was on the first 3 figures. Now it's a wonder if they're going to re-release the first 3 with the correct footrest placement like Fuke's. Coz I don't want to re-buy the whole set just for the footrest update. 

They probably not going to change the foot rest  placement for the previous bike for rerelease because they can just say , Guys  and girls gets different foot rest placements on these bike . 

Woohoo ,  Item is now in my HLJ private warehouse. 

5 hours ago, blackconvoy_D01 said:

I understand the whys of ordering from Japan but at the same time "we did clamor" for years to get Macross released into the US market; so too not support the US retailer and the franchise's new endeavor for WW releases seems counter productive. 

Looking at the current item pricing from BBTS , this is not a US distribution pricing , this is not a WWw release.  This is just a import item pricing.  This is like buying TWE items from BBTS instead of P-Bandai.    So just buy from wherever fits you best.

with BBTS I will have to pay stupid CAli tax.  and the $4 shipping so it will be around $80 differences compare to ordering it from Japan.   So  it will be cheaper to order it from japan.    If I want it to be even more cheaper then there's the option to ship by Boat and will get here around the same time BBTS ships theirs out. 

https://hobby-genki.com/en/macross/4556-the-super-dimension-fortress-macross-160-mbr-04-mkiv-destroid-tomahawk-4582482821602.html

¥12,109.00

https://tfsource.com/products/view/product_id/19964/

$239.99

10 minutes ago, akai21 said:

According to amiami twitter and japanese home page, the devise metal build will be a lottery sale.

 

(And i managed to missed ALL sites releases lol)

Lottery sale] METAL BUILD Gundam Devise ExiaApril 05, 2022

Thank you for using our store AmiAmi.

Regarding the sales method of the following products, we will inform you that the AmiAmi online shop (mail order main store amiami.jp) will be pre-ordered by lottery.

Target products:
BANDAI SPIRITS

"METAL BUILD Gundam Devise Exia" Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Revealed Chronicle ""

Application period: April 5, 2022 (Tuesday) 16:00 to April 7, 2022 (Thursday) 13:59 Minute

application page URL:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBaLcqcj7xqndbmutw2H5lPRBSA2Z_SRHWRm4_1w0i5MPqLA/viewform?usp=sf_link
* Please be careful about fake sites. Please confirm that it is the above URL before applying.
* To apply, you will need the "ID email address" registered in the AmiAmi online shop (mail order main store amiami.jp).

I also noticed Bandai's April 5th preorder items that already have links up on AmiAmi are all listed with sales Period of Apr 06, 2022, 11:00  Japan Time ～  

so maybe this is their new preorder time?  .. or they might have different time each time in the future.   we will see if it starts at those times later tonight. 

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220406T020000&p1=248&p2=224&p3=104&p4=179

looks like everyone here was able to get 1 

its a quiet night ..  there's no active Amiami or Cdjapan links yets.   

But for AmiAmi they have been delaying their preorder time to 17:00 JST recently, so maybe around that time is when they open their preorder.   I do not see it listed on their Japanese site either.         As for Cdjapan they are extra quiet too. 

https://www.hlj.com/metal-build-gundam-devise-exia-bans63482

Almost time.  .  and reminder for those that have extra HLJ coupon from their recent warehouse shipment...  

3 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

I want it. But I don't know if I'm going to have a space/room for it. 

Photo below is from 2019.

YES! 

HLJ SPRING SALE 2022

hmm what is it so special this time?, well, remember some of the members here got those extra 20% off anything coupons?  and they used it on high price items like yf-19, vf-4, SV-51. etc , it kinda like that sale.  but this time they will also add up what else you would be shipping , even the items that you have in your private warehouse.  so depending on all the items total, you will get 1 coupon or another. 

Also they are having an extra 20% off FEDEX Shipping right now too when you ship items before 3/16

https://www.hlj.com/spring-sale-2022

there's some Macross items on sale too. 

https://www.hlj.com/search/?q=macross&productFilter=itemGroup%3ASPRINGSALE2022

1 hour ago, davidwhangchoi said:

is it cheaper than EMS now a days?

yup

By the way HLJ giving 20% off FEDEX Shipping if you ship your items out of your private warehouse or other items before 03/16

I guess its time to ship my MB Justice since all the other items is either delay or wont be out until May. 

2 hours ago, carlsylar said:

How you get that? It expires now so I’m looking for new coupons.

ahh,, I see.    It was from a Crome Extension call  Slickdeals: Automatic Coupons and Deals  

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/slickdeals-automatic-coup/jpdapbcmfllbpojmkefcikllfeoahglb?hl=en&u_producttype=chrome-extension-3762&gclid=CjwKCAiAg6yRBhBNEiwAeVyL0NBrjDl1eVmDJi9cjoxHqss6x7pmIO8-PcuAwqEVcjl0129_FzVaVRoCoXsQAvD_BwE

you add this to your web browser and when you go to certain sites, you will see a blue [SD] square on the right.    It will try to list whatever coupon that they might have in their system, it might not work on that item, it might be expired , but it show up for you to try your luck.

But looks like that coupon is now expired and they do not have any new ones reported.

I also use the Crome Extension Capital one shopping too and they will also give you a buch of coupon codes to try for certain site. 

So check it from time to time to see if they updated with any new coupons before purchase 

27 minutes ago, carlsylar said:

How to get coupon?

Not sure what you mean ,  are you taking about new coupons ? Or does that code no longer work ? 
 

or if you are asking how I got that coupon code ? 

Wow , that look really good .  Where can the parents rent this jump house for their kids birthday party .    

22 hours ago, Rein+ said:

OMG did they start putting food in the package? that's bad news for me because the customs here love to take apart package that have food/medicine in it.

yeah. some stores toss in small snacks from time to time.   HLJ will also toss in some KitKat sometimes.    And OtakuMode sometimes give different snacks from Mario Gum, Kitkats, ,  white milk candy, etc.   So always open the shipping boxes when you received them .