Garfinkel

15 hours ago, Loop said:

All this HLJ PW talk reminded me I better ship my stuff out

I had some stuff getting close to 60 days.

I think I will enjoy this box a lot.

I just received a box containing all of that minus the metal build. 

Today will be a good day :-D

1 minute ago, Mommar said:

Only two real reasons why she seems to have sold out fastest of the three.  Either she really is everybodies favorite and none of us knew it or Bandai made far fewer because they don't think the girls plane will be as popular... and possibly a mixture of those two sentiments.

Could it be that this is the first pre-order for a DX VF-31 since we actually got one in hand. People may have been waiting on reports of what the toy was like in hand before commiting to buying Hayate's or Messer's.

still can't find it on the standard search, HLJ is strange sometimes

Got my confirmation, i can get on with my work now

Got one at HLJ, no drama no fuss, the site even ran smoothly!

Thank you for the links chyll2 and cinello!!

Now the long wait for order confirmation.

is it bad that i am sat there F5'ing this page?

Made it to work on time, ready for 8 am GMT when pre-orders open! I feel sorry for all those of you up at 2am!

1 minute ago, Sandman said:

I'm thinking M0 is probably the only license they have for new molds except maybe M+.

They must have some form of licence for SDFM as they are releasing the Lancer in 1/60.

I think that the armours only arrived with retailers in two batches. My hlj payment request came this Friday where most people got theirs the week before.

It may be why NY took so long to ship, they were waiting to have all the product in hand. That said, if thats true why didn't they say?

Its gonna be more crisp and less floppy and a joy to own.

Until the legs fall off.......

Absolutely going to preorder one and then repaint my Yamato ones in Soviet colours.

Should i be worried that I haven't had a payment request from hlj yet??? 

I know they have had server downtime but i got the one for my hmr dougram. 

About this time last year they showed a premium finish YF-19. 

That came with a weathered finish. If it is the same here colour me interested.

If not, I can't see the difference either!

3 minutes ago, Sandman said:

IS there a one limit at hlj

Yes there is, they have been known to cancel peoples accounts when they have tried to order more than one.

Got one at HLJ, thank you for the link!

Edit: and causally snagged a spartan afterwards as well, today is a good day.

I have a slight QC issue with mine. There is some kind of burr/paint/lump on the inside of the double hinge for the shoulder which stops it from moving more than a few degrees. Anyone have any good ideas?  I have applied more force to it that any other valk part i have encountered and i am very worried that i will destroy the parts around it before it moves.

I  can still get some passable battroid mode poses but they generally have to be quite aggressive. It certainly has knocked my enjoyment of the toy which otherwise has been excellent.

IMG_1764.JPG

Got this shirt.

Where from? Its pretty cool.

Ohhh Messer's valk looks so good. Surprised he is second though, would have thought it would be Arad next.

I have a theory. Bandai are thinking that sales will be stronger if people know what they are getting with regard to transformation, given that the VF-31 has some kind of "new simplified transformation". As a result they are waiting to announce more releases until people have the first release in hand. Could explain the lack of further announcements aside from the 262 which is a different mould.

Then again, why do they think sales need to be stronger, their macross DX valkyries sell out instantly? Unless they are planning to produce more units for future releases.

In related news i really can't wait to get my 31J in hand and swoosh it around.

No, samsung galaxy S7.

This being happening since i upgraded to Windows 10 on my pc. Before i uploaded and everything was fine.

It may be Samsung then. I get the same issue on some pictures. I am on a Galaxy S4.

262s still up on amai-amai!!!!!

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-023079&page=top

Don't be sorry, it looks awesome!

Nice photos Peter!

Thank you IXTL!!!!!!! got mine at HLJ with no drama, still couldn't search for the product. now the long wait for the confirmation email.

Mmmm i am all over that! When do pre orders open?

Wow thats a great deal on the M&M 22s, pity i can't justify picking up a second pair right now.

Free bump

Just had a look through the link. The pictures and text is a 100% copy of VF5SS's review of the yamato v2 the only mention of 1/72 is in the tags at the bottom.

Seriously hope you can get a refund dude.