ridgebacks

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

^ Instruction manual is now back to being black & white. PO cancelled. 

I wonder what he was saying about the boosters. Is it a different dark grey tint compared to the previous VF-31J SP release? It should be just color swap on the blue parts, right? The rest tint are the same.

 

 

He's saying the booster is exactly the same, except one piece is black instead of J's blue.

Rest of the armor pieces are all the same as J's but with colour swapped.

The F with SP packs looks more "military"/real than the J's blue, which makes J looks like a show plane.

And he already ordered the Kairos which he will put out a review ASAP next year.

3 hours ago, Zx31 said:

While it is clearly popular here, as a 100% subset of people who like Macross, I don't think anyone except marketing and finance at Bandai can say exactly what the demand is for a certain product. Businesses are designed to make money, so if releasing it any other way was more profitable then that's most likely what they would have done.

Exactly. Any one even not in the business can tell you that selling 5k of your product is more profitable than only selling 1k which based on randomly selected buyer from your entire customer pool.

Now if the Kai isn't a lottery draw, the likelihood of me buying one goes up to 80%, despite my wallet's protest.

Welp, checking this forum before my 13hr flight back to Canada is right. Otherwise I'd miss placing an order for dat 31A.  ^.^

Well, finally got a display case from ikea.

21 hours ago, barurutor said:

just wait until you get hooked on out of production stuff...

+1

Spent a bit way too much on Battlefairy Yukikaze stuff in the past 4 month...

Got this for about 26k Yen, brand new, SP pack included. Compare to the 29B, the right wing engine rotate joint is just a bit too loose. Gonna use nail polish tighten it after work.

ps. man, my One M8's cam didn't age well.

@Saburo

Nice eye. For some reason, my 31J's right side wing fits perfectly. But the left side, especially this part:

Is just like that since I got it. I haven't even transformed my VF once thou. Guess I will do a full F to B then back again someday when I have the time. I did some adjustment and now it's a bit better than my previous picture thou.

Just received my 31J Super Pack. Took bloody time to put it on. But is it me, or this gap between the leg and arm gunpod a bit big?

Well, overall the SP pack quality is pretty great. Everything is pretty sturdy. 5/7 perfect score.

6 hours ago, Duymon said:

PROXY SERVICES ARE WAY CHEAPER THAN MARRIAGE

 

I was gonna say that the best way to buy stuff over there is to marry someone from there like you said. Then the last line hit me.

I will stick with proxy services for now

I used zenmarket. I like how they do repack for free. From April to May, I brought about 8x BattleFairy Yukikaze 1/144 model, which are really  hard to find given that their original release date was 10 years ago. Average priced at around 3800 yen  (original price is around 2500. But that's a small price to pay for things that are out of print for 10 years). Also brought an unopened(as the seller stated) Isamu yf-29+super pack for 26,000 yen. Seems like a good deal. Still waiting for it to hit the warehouse before I can ship it thou.

Welp, finally received NY reply (also making shipping address changes). Turns out I already got the invoice back in May 19 and for some reason, I deleted that email and it has been sitting in the trash bin for 3 days. Paid the fee and waiting for their reply or shipping notice.

36 minutes ago, seti88 said:

Applying the supers via battroid, instead of fighter.

Simple translation:

-Manual recommends applying the pack in battleroid mode

-Some parts (mostly the legs) have space to slide around for adjustment in each mode

-Hidden L and R to identify which leg it goes onto

-Wing boosters are very cleverly designed

-No need to replace or remove most parts even during transformation. Only needs to remove the shield when transform into fighter mode

-Packs are very well fit. Not looses even when you shake it

Over all, a very well designed pack. Looking forward to get mine.

And for anyone still asking about NY, they don't open during the weekend. Emails should go out during Monday in Japan. Be patient.

3 hours ago, Graham said:

I haven't received any email from NY asking me to pay more. 

But maybe it's bcause I'm in HK, so it's a fairly short journey for the parcel anyway.

14 hours ago, ridgebacks said:

Did a live chat with NY. Turns out they are closed during the weekend and any update on my (and anyone else's) order and support tickets are on hold until next Monday.

 

So just wait it out a bit I guess.

Did a live chat with NY. Turns out they are closed during the weekend and any update on my (and anyone else's) order and support tickets are on hold until next Monday.

So just wait it out a bit I guess.

6 hours ago, F360 said:

You can also check you paypal account to see if its there too.

Nope. I'm sure I didn't give them my paypal when I placed the order. I've checked on my credit card, paypal, no charges so far. It's a bit over 12 hours and I still haven't heard from NY yet.

Also, on my NY order history page, the super pack order status is "waiting for customer reply". Yet I can't find any space to submit my reply other than sending their customer support a ticket.

Guess I will just wait a bit more.

I got an email from NY about the shipping fee. It says I would receive a paypal invoice about the new shipping fee difference. However, I was using credit card when I placed my pre-order month ago. And after 7 hours of the inital email I haven't received any invoce what-so-ever. I submitted a ticket asking about it and haven't got a reply (after 7 hours). So what to do now? Wait for them to anwser the ticket?

Finally! Been waiting for this since February.

On 4/3/2017 at 10:26 AM, seti88 said:

No wonder the draken has a shielded canopy. Probably scare the pilot half to death and not to mention obstruct vision should those railguns start volleying from right behind the cockpit in an open glass canopy.

Well, the 2x little draken for the 262 is a standard equipment for even the cannon folder pilots. They mostly only firing the little draken's gun instead of their own railgun. A whole battle ready 262 would costs even more than a 31 because those extra parts that needed for a standard flight load.

4 hours ago, Graham said:

After seeing all the pics, I just broke down and ordered a second VF-31F from NY, even though my first one from AmiAmi is still on the way...............I'm weak, I know. 

Gonna keep one in Fighter mode and the other in GERWALK.

The VF-31F is definitely my favorite colour scheme from the show, with the possible expection of the VF-31A.

#valkoholicsanonymous

My 31J is still in fighter mode ever  since I got it...

Oh thanks for the explanation. I do have another item that should end in 5 days and I will just wait a bit to ship them both in 1 package. Nice to know it's free for 45 days.

Ok, first time using the Zenmarket, a question thou. After I won an auction, the bid status shows as “awaiting buying”, and has been like that for 8 hours. Will it be updated during their working hours or something? My bid ended at 5pm Japanese time so I assume no one in Zenmarket is working on paying for my item?

Bingo. There's great deal to be had on YJA through buyee if you bid cleverly. I saw an Isamu 29 with super pack at 20k JPY yesterday with 0 bid and couple hours left. Was really grinding my teeth to will myself not to get it because I need that money else where.

Then there's the problem with trying to get things that are out of print for at least a decade and really hard to find. I got a first print limited edition BattleFairy Yukikaze bluray set (with bonus stuff, really hard to find) last year for 30k final bid, while the starting bid was like 9k...

Finally found time to finish this.

Now I'm kinda itching to buy the DX version. The 262 design really grows on me...

Thanks.

Btw, what's the release date for the DX 31J super pack again? Is it April or May?