CharlesXavier

For those still on the 31A fiasco, same reply from NY for my query today.

Date: 2018-06-06 13:15:58 Name: Fabrice Message: Hello, Thank you for contacting us, We do not have an expected timeline for the delivery of this item yet. You have the possibility to cancel this order, it will be refund as a voucher, your payment on paypal has been done too long ago. We will not be able to refund on paypal. Kind regards, Nippon-yasan.com

Just back from business and catching up on the news for the last 2 weeks. Missed the 31F PO but it will show up again nearing release date so no worries.

On the 31A fiasco with NY, anyone going to call their customer service line to check on the phantom June stocks?

Got my shipping notice for my 2 pieces!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!

36 minutes ago, chyll2 said:

how was the savings for other region or shipping method? With the rate I am getting, it is actually very small savings if I would consolidate and NY ends up using improvised boxes to fit a certain orders which ended up creating corner dents on my 3 VF-1J miria as compared to other orders I have before with single orders I had before.

I usually order 2-3 of the web exclusives from NY. If I were to ship them individually, I would have to pay easily 50-100% more versus shipping them in 1 shipment. And that's around 3-5k Yen.

As much as I like to consolidate my orders, the lesson learnt from this ordeal is

1. PO immediately when it is open so that your order will technically be fulfilled first

2. Order only 1 piece at a time (though overall you pay more for shipping) because they will almost certainly (99%) fulfill the single orders first.

26 oct for 2 pieces for my order. I’ll be happy to receive them by Christmas 2018

11 hours ago, jenius said:

I thought the Taobao listing said the May restock was bumped to June.

Another month of waiting? Well, we have waited so long. What's another month more? =)

8 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

You're right. Not delayed. Sorry for that. I was just thinking 'delayed' because I know I received a change of release date email, and then some members here already have theirs shipped. So in my head, it's more like mine got 'delayed' again.

Anyways, let's just wait and see. We have 9 more days to go.  

The official release date is 15 May but NY sometimes has a delay in receiving their stocks due to bulk delivery at the month end with the other items released in the same month. 

I am more keen to see if the rumored mid May stock of the 31A is in. If it’s indeed in, NY should start delivery this coming week. 

VF-31A restock at nin nin game for those who are game at that price.

https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-hobbies-toys-game-character/25092-macross-delta-vf-31a-kairos-limited-edition-dx-chogokin--4549660208563.html

1 hour ago, Saburo said:

Same here, I got 3 emails.

1. Release date change

2. Order preparation.

3. Order shipped.

I only got the email for release date change. No order prep. Maybe cos I ordered late on Jan 5. 

Any news about the release of the 31C fastpacks from any of the online retailers? Nothing from NY so far

19 minutes ago, pteroleo said:

After some back and forth with NY, they reinstated my order and i got a shipping confirmation.

 i know some people here had a warning that the refund would be in the form of a voucher but i didnt and wanted to use the money to buy the figure somewhere else.

I m happy that they made it right in the end.

 

Could you share your order date and number of pieces? Thanks.

54 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Oh. Sorry, I missed that part. So distributors are already selling it marked up to these sellers. Is that correct? Or Bandai already charging for more? Because afaik, this is not an official Bandai announced batch releases, right?

No, it's the resellers who are selling at the marked price. 

Let's say bandai delivered the stocks to the seller, the price is still the same 23k yen. It's up to the reseller how much he wants to sell.

And as long as the market is not flooded, the price will remind high in the range of 48k yen.

Keeping fingers crossed that the PO from NY comes through.

19 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Let’s hope that this is true. So that people can get it a little bit cheaper than the price it’s going for nowadays.

21 hours ago, CharlesXavier said:

Saw a local Singapore listing of pre-order for the 31A at USD435. Stocks arriving in June. Perhaps the mid May batch is really happening.

In case anyone is still interested, the seller informed me that this coming stock is from the May batch.

1 hour ago, mamboeidos said:

Which SG shop or site?

It's on a local platform called "Carousel"

Saw a local Singapore listing of pre-order for the 31A at USD435. Stocks arriving in June. Perhaps the mid May batch is really happening.

Official release date is 16 May. 2 days from now.

Let's hope there's no drama from NY for this one.

7 hours ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

Says in stock, but I couldn’t find a way to buy from the shop. 

Probably sold out by the time you found this post.

But if this seller indeed receive his stocks for the VF-1A, it gives a big gleam of hope to all of us who have been waiting for NY. Perhaps there really is a delayed batch of stocks.

i think it hasn't started

Well if the mid-May stock does appear, we can expect NY to start shipping next Wednesday onwards.

But if the Japanese tweet about the delay is correct, then we might have to wait till June to see if there's any movement.

I feel NY is waiting for stocks. Else they would have asked everyone to cancel their PO or even directly just cancel it off their system and issue the credits.

Translated:

Shops targeted for purchase are held at Akihabara shop C and 2 shops of Torahanao 2nd ♪
We will terminate reinforcement purchase as soon as we reach our regulated number.

Basically it’s a shop asking to buy in the 31A at 28k yen

There’s a lot of assumptions to be made but here’s what we can pick up from this tweet, assuming that it’s legit. 

1. There’s supposed to be a shipment of the 31A this month but it seems to be delayed further to next month June. 

2. This adds credit to the explanation that we given to our member that NY is waiting for the batch coming in mid May. However it seems we have to wait another month now. 

And it could possibly put an end to insanely priced 31As if we indeed see a flood coming in the next 2 months 

15 minutes ago, Eslim109 said:

Does anyone know if NY will provide an exchange for products that are delivered with a damaged box of the actual figure? I just received my vf-31a from them but the actual box was punctured during shipment

You might be able to claim insurance from the postal office but NY is not responsible for the damage of the box.

My orders are still there. Hope it stays that way. =)

Actually I would not panic over the current sold out situation for the YF-19. Stocks usually start popping up nearing the release date when retailers are given more stock. 

I’ll leave the panicking to September if there indeed is a shortage by then. For all we know the YF-19 may flood the market. 

But personally I prefer the metal build strike Gundam to flood. The PO prices are crazy now after a lot of collectors failed to PO a piece.