rdrunner

1 hour ago, technoblue said:

Ha! Could be. The surplus artwork that we've seen since SDF:M TV and DYRL were released do tend to mash-up the different details. I can only guess that Bandai is being strictly animation accurate with this TV Roy release, which would follow how Yamato did their TV version of Roy's 1S. 

So confusing. At least it won't take that much effort to turn Roy's TV 1S promo into a DYRL promo. 

Yeah it’s not unlike the colour of the VF-1D’s back cover on the HM-R I guess. Very confusing. 

Now that I can’t unsee this uncoloured patch, I may have to get hold of some 1/48 water decals for the dome part... 

1 hour ago, technoblue said:

Hey rdrunner, the yellow dome is one of the few differences between the TV and DYRL Valkyries. So I’m guessing Bandai will add the yellow when they get to doing Roy’s DYRL 1S. 

Edit: Curiously, even Yamato and Arcadia didn’t paint up the dome for every Roy DYRL 1S release. Depending on how the Valkyrie was packaged, it could be a painted detail or an optional decal. The other DYRL Valkyries are more consistent with having the dome painted.

Hi there!  I guess it is another one of those animation inconsistencies between the TV version and the official specs. Someone posted this in a Macross Facebook group which showed the yellow. Curiously, Hikaru’s DX VF-1J also has the red circle on its backpack. 

Open box reports have come in about the tailfin modex numbers. But of course this is Bandai we are talking about, and they left the circle on the folded backpack unpainted instead of yellow.

8 minutes ago, Shinobi Rendar said:

Got a response this morning telling me they will update the shipping in my order. Still no shipping notification though.

Seems like we are in the same situation. However I’m not too worried yet because it does seem that there is a lot of stock going around in Hong Kong at the moment, which may suggest that Bandai had really upped the production volume for this one.  

2 hours ago, orbitalharvest said:

i put in 2 orders for roy on po night.  the one place later on in the night at a higher price has been shipped by nin nin...   the earlier one only has payment confirmed...

NNG has replied to my ticket. I asked if I needed to upgrade from EMS to UPS/DHL. They said they should upgrade it automatically and will let me know when it ships.

I am happy to see that quite a few others have already received tracking info from them. Fingers crossed I will get a tracking number on Monday. 

37 minutes ago, Tenbatsu said:

Definitely not us from the 1st batch, guess we are screwed. 

Here's the email of the co-founder, we can spam him if they never ship by next week:

Etienne
Nin-Nin-Game.com co-Founder
etienne.denoual@nin-nin-game.com
Instagram: @etienne_d

 

I’m in the first batch with NNG’s Roy preorder as well, but would probably wait a bit more than a week before escalating things with them. 

They have delivered my prior orders and I am cautiously optimistic that they will come through. 

Here’s a suggestion: how about all of us NNG buyers keep track of when/how much our preorders were, and let others know once we have shipment updates so at least we all know if they had systematically fulfilled the pricier orders before the cheaper ones. That “evidence” would probably help our case more than spam emails asking “where’s my stuff”?

Rdrunner:  1x Roy DX @ 17,820 yen ordered on July 3

40 minutes ago, Anasazi37 said:

I received my AJ shipping notification as well, precisely at midnight JST. I went with the "ship to Tenso" option when I placed my order, so it first has to go there and will then come to the US. AJ won't charge US tax for Roy taking that route, but I have to pay Tenso fees, so there's a price either way.

I noticed that NNG still has Roy available for purchase at the inflated price of $356. I was in the very first round of POs and haven't heard from them yet. The cynic in me thinks that those of us who managed to get a PO in the earlier (less expensive) rounds are probably at the bottom of their order fulfillment list because they make the least amount of money off of us. If they run out of stock before reaching us, we're out of luck and have to start the process of getting our money back from PayPal or our credit card companies. I'd like to be pleasantly surprised, though. I have plans for that second Roy and I really don't want to go searching for another one now....

Yeah I am of the same mindset that if NNG honors the 17800 yen PO’s, that would be fantastic. I’m somewhat hopeful that there seem to be plenty of Roys available from the initial prices on amazon and YJA. I dropped NNG a message and will let you guys know if I hear anything. 

43 minutes ago, Tenbatsu said:

Hmm.... Nothing on my side yet, I got it for 17820yen.

Same here mate. I see that you’ve also asked the same question as me. Anxiously waiting to see if NNG will really honor our POs at this price. 

47 minutes ago, Battle_Me said:

Got tracking information for Roy from nin-nin. 

Lucky you!  I have a preorder with Nin-Nin but no news yet (I picked EMS shipping at the time). If you don’t mind me asking, what was your PO price and what shipping method did you pick? Thanks. 

3 hours ago, Crossbones72 said:

Just got a notification from Mykombini requesting payment for Roy.  Funny thing is I emailed a couple days ago to cancel.   I got an automatic reply that they were closed until the 25th,  so they probably didn't see that message yet.  I was luckily able to snag one from HLJ at the end of July and was only keeping the first order just in case.   Even though I lose the deposit from MK, it's still a lot cheaper from HLJ. 

I got the same notification today from MK as well. It was my “insurance” for my PO at nin-nin for 17,800 yen... 

i have a feeling that the stock level of Roy DX is not as tight as previous issues. A few toy stores in Hong Kong have recently opened rounds of pre order for around HKD 2,000 ($250 US) for local pickup. 

Another reason to buy the 1D...

double ejection seat triangle markings!

30 minutes ago, Ignacio Ocamica said:

I'm not feeling the proportions of this GBP.

Need to see more pictures. Don't like the tampo either.

I'm too used to the Yamato/Arcadia GBP.

Love the 1D!!!

Yeah I’m with you on the proportions of the GBP as well. Thought something looked off and it’s not as “beefy” as I thought. 

That 1D though, the double seater and canopy looks very nice. I wonder if the proportions were tweaked for the two seater?

5 hours ago, Darth Mingus said:

Shockingly, I received a shipping notification and delivery today of my DX SSP set.  Hopefully others will get their set.

As you can see, I opened a ticket back in July to upgrade my shipping to EMS (still supported in Canada, thankfully), paid the upgrade (~$15) and the order shifted to Preparation in Progress once I had a Live Chat Support conversation with an agent.  Once that was done, it only took them 5 weeks to actually put it in the mail.  Once mailed, it took 5 days to get here.

Congrats - yesterday I finally received a response from NY.  They told me straight up that they will not be getting the SSP because a supplier has screwed them, and I can either get store credit or a one-time (gasp) option to switch to other merchandise of the same value, or wait even longer (but no guarantees).  Seems to me they are telling different stories to different customers, and they liked you more than they liked me I guess....

6 hours ago, eXis10z said:

 

 

 

 

I'm not going to accept store credits. I paid for SSPs and if I don't get these I want my money back. I've gone straight to my credit card bank to dispute that transaction with supporting documents and screenshots. PP can't help since it's over their 180 days limit which they should consider extending imo.

Hi, I am also thinking of going straight to my CC company because it's been like a year and 3 months since I placed my order, and they just kept ignoring my tickets asking about it. 

I have a "travel" credit card with no foreign transaction fees, and paid through CC directly instead of paypal.  Did you have to gather screenshots of your tickets with NY to ask for a refund?  Just wanted to make sure I maximize my chances before I go in.  Thanks very much!

1 hour ago, spanner said:

How many others here are still waiting on NY to ship their Kakizaki?

*waves from the other long line waiting for N-Y to ship the SSP set that I ordered in June 2019*

1 hour ago, tekering said:

The DX VF-1 is nothing if not photogenic...  

No, dude... that's just as half-assed as Bandai.  If you're gonna commit, go the distance.

Yeah that what I thought was also missing, lol.

3 hours ago, vladykins said:

Fixed things for Bandai!

You forgot to flip the "ARMD-01" as well!

1 hour ago, vlenhoff said:

They did it for the MHR, yet we don't have it in the DX line. I wonder why.

A v2/renewal may come out that can do just that (baby carrier detachment, upright seats exiting battroid)!

2 hours ago, Anasazi37 said:

That seems high--even by current standards. @sqiddhas bought a lot of stuff from Mandarake over the past few months and I don't remember him quoting numbers that high. We've talked a lot here about how Mandarake's DHL prices seem to be much better than most other stores. Maybe that's changing. I just had Tenso ship me a Yamato 1/60 Queadluun-Rau using DHL, and that comes in a box much larger than the VF-1S, and they charged me ¥5525 for shipping plus a ¥1150 handling fee. Tenso jacks up their shipping prices because they know that they offer a unique service (other package forwarding companies do exactly the same thing), and I've grown accustomed to the handling fees because they do ensure that everything is packed nicely--even if they have to put your box in a larger box. So yeah, that seems high.

Don't forget the TWE releases of the left and right GBP hands (individually), followed by a Full Set Pack general release of both hands together about five years later.

… and a separate missile effects parts set ala HM-R style!

7 hours ago, Kyp Durron said:

As am I, unless they make a TV Hiakru 1S, then I'm out.

I am just waiting for the TV Kakizaki, GBP armor, and if they'll make one, TV VF-1D.  But I think double seaters will probably not be made using this exact same mold - maybe a renewal version or something with modified cockpit proportions and hopefully detachable nosecone/pilot seat enclosure.

15 hours ago, spanner said:

I wish I had seen this earlier!! 

 

Haha, thanks, good to know there are other Family Guy fans here!

I think my repeated postings about NY may have caught their attention on MWF, and they finally sent instructions on how to submit (yet another) ticket to request a change in shipping method.  Finally received my 0D PF by UPS yesterday. 

7 minutes ago, Kyp Durron said:

Well, I managed to snag a VF-1S Hikaru brand new shipped for slightly less than what I paid for the Roy VF-1S preorder with shipping, so if nothing else, I will finally be able to see for myself what all the fuss is/was about. 

In the Asia forums there is talk about local stores getting an extra allocation of the DYRL VF-1S last Saturday, out of the blue.  YJA prices seems to have come down slightly as well.  Apparently Bandai found extra stock and these are being pushed through the regular channels.  Very strange - was Bandai hoarding their own stock of the DX 1S in the first place?? haha!

58 minutes ago, Alan Molina said:

well 11 days of battle and nin-nin is gone quiet saying is paypal, spoken to paypal and they say nin-nin has not authorised a refund, there for its now been escalated and will take up to 20 days to come to a conclusion

 

hope you do get your pre-orders with nin-nin but if you dont you wont get your money either 

need to put a review in trust pilot for them as they are the worst

 

Sorry mate to hear about your continued problems with them.  Are you the one who got the used Hikaru DX VF-1S when you tried to place a PO for Roy's DX?

That whole thing is both bizarre and frakked up.  I hope you get resolution on this soon one way or another, and I agree with you, never settle for store credit.  Best of luck!

On ‎7‎/‎9‎/‎2020 at 4:33 PM, sh9000 said:

Thanks.  Tking22 has one more set.  You can see if he can give you a deal on it.

Thanks.  They should be coming in today and I’ll pick them up tomorrow.

Thanks @sh9000, I talked to him already

15 hours ago, sjoebarry said:

It sucks but that’s what I did and I got it 3days later

I just received mine today.  Hope those who are still waiting will get theirs soon.