CharlesXavier

119831 and 119833 for my Gundam and Macross respectively. No email cancellation notice for both. Stay safe. 

Now that’s an interesting turn of events. The TaoBao sellers just got their stocks. 

Coukd NY receive their stock likewise which confirms the mid May date that was given to a member who called NY?

we will probably know the week after since it’s the golden week in Japan for the coming week. 

If the YF-19 does go to insanely high price like the 31A, I would simply sell my spare YF-19 at the market price and buy the 31A likewise to get my 2nd piece. That is provided NY has not fulfilled my PO by then.

Fingers crossed that my YF-19 and MB Aile Strike PO with HLJ stays with me. I POed both around 6:00-6:05pm Japan time when the official PO window opened.

However  I must say HLJ is one of the most honorable online store I come across so far. You don't see them increasing the PO price of any item just because it is highly in demand, even if the price shoots up upon release. As long as they have the stock, it will be sold at the same PO price. Same goes for AmiAmi.

53 minutes ago, TrickyCustomer said:

Mine sold last night on ebay. Chap in the UK bought it. 

Congrats on the great sale. That will give you spare funds for upcoming Macross Toys. 

How about we all take the chill pill and see how this 31A fiasco with NY ends if it’s not ended already since there’s hardly any shipment reported this week.

Pretty easy to get the YF-19 this time. Doesn’t matter that I can’t get the cheapest deal at NY. Happy with the other 3 that I got.

Got my confirmation for Aile Strike Gundam and YF-19 from CDJ and Ami. If HLJ's comes through it would be perfect.

F5s are attacking all sites at the rate of 100,000 per second.

1 minute ago, Shukenzero said:

Batman saves everyone!

Not forgetting that Thanos got blown to bits by Isamu in YF-19.

Just now, Shizuka the Cat said:

Oh wow.. my boyfriend just got back from seeing a late night movie... and he is in tears.

Avengers Infinity Wars? Oh yes, no spoilers please. Thanks. =)

1 minute ago, seti88 said:

I would keep my eyes open tho. With this new 6pm timing, no knowing what effect that could be on retailers listing.

Wonder if 6pm will now become the default time...ahhhh....

Wonder if it's a one off thing or they adjusted because the Japanese are complaining that those working could not PO at 3pm and ask for PO to open at 5pm to cater to the working class.

Just now, orindlt said:

We literally have technologies where you can swap websites in and out of dev/prod deployment slots almost instantaneously and automatically scale up capacity when they are under load and it's like these stores are running on the web server that sat under my desk in a Uni IT department in the 1990's.

On a fair note, I don't think they invested in such features because they only get flooded when there's a Macross DX or Metal Build PO.

24 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

I always have a hard time with cdj search. Is there a special link or setting like hlj?

Can anyone share how to search in CDJ for pre-orders. I always see the PO link only after a fellow member posts it up here.

Just now, anime52k8 said:

I just think NY is questionably competent.

More like randomly competent.

I just ordered the 31J Kai from them and it's prep in progress after 1 hour.

But another item that has been in prep in progress since yesterday has no movement since then.

1 hour ago, TrickyCustomer said:

OK won't be doing this again. Last ones I seen on ebay were in the high £400's so seeing as mine was the only one on there I set it at the same price and other rare valks. Hardly ludicrous. If there were other kairos on there then i would price it competitively of course. But there aren't any. I didn't even have to let anyone know that it was for sale and to be honest, wish I hadn't. Why get sh#t for that? Constructive criticism is fine and expected, but only @Sildani@Sanity is Optionalhave chimed in fair comments. Don't like the price? Cool, but no need for the sarcasm guys Come on. Peace ✌️ 

In my opinion you are free to list it at any price you deem fit. After all it is the market forces that drives the demand and price.

Here's the typical situation with many collectors.

When an item appreciates in value, they 

1) try their best to find the item at as close as the PO price as possible

2) if (1) is not possible, they try to find a price that is the cheapest around, albeit grudgingly

3) If (1) and (2) does not apply and they are unwillingly to pay the current market prices, they call those who own and sell the highly demanded item at high prices "scalpers"

Conversely when an item depreciates in value, they

1) Won't pay PO price or anything close to PO price for that item

2) Do a victory dance that they held back during PO and now pay a much lower price for the same item

3) Have no empathy for those who paid full PO price for the now "less worth" item

Personally I have had hits and misses in toys I buy. And I usually buy 2 copies of the same toy for those that I like so that in case the display copy gets damaged, I still have a brand new piece that hopefully has no QC issues or defects. And when I decide to sell the spare copy, I could lose up to 70% of the original value or I could earn anything from 30% or up to 10 times the original price I paid for.

Long story short, it's a supply and demand thing. And willing seller willing buyer.

28 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

That sounds great! Are you in Japan, HK or some place that gets Valks regularly at around msrp? We don't get that luxury too much in the US because of the whole HG thing. I enjoy the hunt too but not the way distribution and B&M stores operate these days. I do go to specialty shops where I like to hang out in and talk to the shop owners all day but again, we just don't get Macross items here anymore. 

I can tell you for Asian markets such as Singapore, DX Macross is a rarity and not many retailers carry them. Hence the price is usually on the high side. You are much better of pre-ordering online. The Hi-Metal line is a different story. The prices are pretty much close to the Japanese SRP because it is more readily available and less sought after.

Buying after market DXes is extremely painful to the wallet.

Even for me when I went to my regular shop to buy the 31A, I was not spared from his cleaver raising from a PO price of SGD360 to SGD550. That's a 50% upcharge in less than 2 weeks.

13 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

We all are, sir. Mine is 10/10. Some are November.

Mine’s on 26 oct for 2 pieces. It will be a much longer wait after NY is done clearing all the singles as it seems it’s their current priority. 

1 hour ago, Guyffon said:

I got someone from japan to call them and they said they "think" it will be fulfilled in "mid-may"

Anyway, a brand new day it is, lets see who is the lucky lotto winners today, may the odds be ever in your favor

I hope that this stands true and that it’s not a placeholder response given to get us off their backs 

2 hours ago, funkymonkeyjavajunky said:

Well, I ordered on 10/25, So, you're saying they will fill this order before the multiple-piece orders placed the first week?

I personally feel that is the case. Unless someone with a multiple piece order posts that he has got a shipment notice from NY, which for now is still none. 

I’m guessing NY will clear all the single piece orders first then those with 2 pieces and so on. 

Sounds like they really have stocks slowly trickling in from somewhere. 

6000 more order numbers before mine. 

I don’t care where NY gets their 31A. With or without TWE brown box. As long as it’s brand new sealed 

I’ll buy at 35k. Definitely not at 48K

13 minutes ago, Valkyrie2008 said:

My number is 488877, 2 pieces, snail mail with tracking, no movement, still patiently waiting. "Slow and study wins the race"

So far no one with 2 pieces from NY has received a notice. I hope you break the "curse" on this one. =)

31 minutes ago, Guyffon said:

Mine is a single at order #489078 I hope it will be the winning number for next week's VF-31A lottery from NY

 

That said, NY stop emailing me about the arbalest, I am not going to give you anymore of my monies!!!

Not only is NY sending email about the Arbalest, the price is getting higher and higher with each mail. Now that’s the NY i know. Lol