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Yep, Mykombini refunded me too. I find it hard to fault them, though. It really does seem pretty obvious to me that Bandai shafted everyone on this specific item for whatever reason. EVERY store was and is having problems getting sufficient product, and again, only on this specific item. People are talking about receiving other preordered items before and after this fiasco from the same store - NY, Mykombini, CDJ, etc. - without any trouble. If there's any fault to find with the stores, it's in their less than proactive response, some more so than others. Waiting a little while, talking to the supplier, trying to get some sort of fix in order, that's fine. That's what I assume these stores were doing. However, keeping completely mum to the customer, that's kind of... like I said, less than proactive. If there's one thing I've gleaned from this, it's the importance of customer service. Mykombini, all things considered, has been fairly decent about their communication with customers. The refund email I received didn't skimp on the reason why they're refunding people. I'll probably try them again sometime (maybe for the (hopefully) eventual Arad 31A or Alpha 2 31A), which is more than I can say about NY. They seem downright antagonistic in both their customer service and company policies. "We'll give you zero communication if possible and intentionally vague canned responses if not, and we're only too willing to hold onto your money without giving you what you paid for, but if you dare call us out on our shitty practices or open a Paypal dispute we'll cancel all your preorders, cut all your rewards, and possibly close your account." Yeah, I know where I won't be taking my money anytime soon.
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Methinks (or mehopes) it must have been a human error, since the page has been completely wiped. Likely they were trying to delete it but clicked the wrong button(s). Is this common practice for them? ie deleting pages for discontinued items? Hopefully this means that they've finally received their stock and will be sending them out by the end of the week. If not, I'll send 'em a query and get back to you all with their answer.
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$350-550. EDIT: Well poop, 70k yen? Sheesh. I stand corrected.
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This is good news for me, since I don't like the Lil' Drakens that much and far prefer the VF by itself. These prices are great.
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Just now? Or do you mean way back when? Because if now, I need to have some words with them...
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I went through an old folder and came across this, I feel it appropriately expresses what Bandai thinks of us:
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Shoji Kawamori's Juushinki PANDORA (Spring 2018)
kajnrig replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
This. Meneeds to know... -
Now I think about it, the three guns protruding proudly from the body DO have a certain je ne sais porn about them...
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Ready Player One, in theaters March 30, 2018
kajnrig replied to areaseven's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Rule I've seen mentioned is two-week spoiler period from time of release, then it's fair game. -
What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
kajnrig replied to wolfx's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
She changes it to "Watashi no uta o kike." From what I remember, watashi is non-gendered, though I hear it used more by females than males (in anime, at least). It's taught to non-native speakers (like me) as the "general-use I." There's also boku (male), atashi (female), ore (male), a bunch of other variants besides... Recent case in point: -
What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
kajnrig replied to wolfx's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Mahou shoujo ore... Magical Girl Me? ("Me" of course being masculine) -
Mykombini is closed 3/30 "for inventory." Hopefully that means they're getting everything in order and come Monday I'll have a shipping notification. If not... sigh... I don't want to entertain that possibility.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
kajnrig replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Dang, great deal on the Draken. That's something like 60% off the retail price BEFORE shipping. -
What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0
kajnrig replied to wolfx's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
That's awesome and adorable at the same time. -
That really sucks, I'm sorry to hear that. I haven't gotten a similar or really any message at all since the payment request past Friday. Still holding out hope, but not much... They seem to be the only one who's done it multiple times... I think? I know I saw one CDJ order canceled, but I don't remember any others. To be fair, it's squarely a Bandai problem. The preorders closed in late November. The number of orders they had was locked in - plus or minus a couple dozen, maybe - for nearly four months. It's not the store's fault they didn't receive the supply they were promised by the manufacturer (because again that was the whole POINT of making this TWE). That aside, I'd be lying if I said I didn't also feel some consternation about buying from Mykombini in the future. Dunno why your comment got a downvote, but for me, I'm currently leaning more towards the latter than the former, considering other stores are having difficulty fulfilling preorders as well.
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Ugh, yeah, when I chanced upon that line I groaned to myself and shook my head muttering "Why, Japan? Why are you like this?" There's also the Deculture model kits, if you're into the whole "itasha" car decal thing. The 1/72 are transformable but rare, and the 1/100 ones are fighter mode only and still pretty easily found. Both can be built without needing glue and both come with stickers for the decals, though the 1/72 also comes with waterslides. 1/72: https://hlj.com/search/go?w=deculture 1/100: Ranka - https://hlj.com/product/BAN970389 Sheryl - https://hlj.com/product/BAN970390 Other than that... I dunno, maybe you could use some Sailor Moon figures to pair with the DXes? (actually now I think about it... Mercury with 31J, Venus with 31E, Moon with... 31S? maybe the Roid SV-262Hs?, Mars with 31C, and I guess Jupiter with 31F/262Ba...)
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I'll be honest, I feel the same way. At the very least, though, all of Bandai Hobby's injection molding technology is finally being put to profoundly impressive use. The face on my Figure-rise Kaname is freaking AMAZING. They even got the gloss right on the eye plastics while leaving the rest flat (or well, as flat as bare plastic can be). What they did with the Figure-rise line has wowed me waaaay more than anything they ever did with MGs and RGs.
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All Things Videogame Related: EXTREME VS!!
kajnrig replied to Keith's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Gameplay-wise it's fine, it's just the main character and the story that let the game down. Black Flag proves that point; move it to the Caribbeans(?) and turn Connor into a pirate(?), and suddenly the woes of AC3 are forgotten. Origin looks fine, but... again, it's The Ubisoft Sandbox Game. I just can't bring myself to care to play one of those. They all bleed into each other - collectibles all over the map, capture watchposts to reveal map and said collectibles, etc... -
But she totally should've. COME ON DELTA STAFF, THIS WRITES ITSELF
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According to the art you'd be at least partially correct:
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You can go to hell... with a thumbs up.
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Is it a figure? A model kit? With Figure-rise Labo, why not both?
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How do you want the size to be? Small figure, big VF? Vice versa? "Zentraedi-scale" figure with the VF? If you want a small figure, I second @Slave IV's recommendation. The Playmax minimum factory 1/20 kits are the smallest you'll get for Macross Delta (the line also has Ranka/Sheryl for Frontier and Minmay for SDFM). They're roughly 8cm tall. There are also the Tamacolle acrylic keychain stands. I don't think that's what you're looking for, though: https://hlj.com/product/BANN07938 For Frontier, I've seen some ~10cm mini-figures around. Ebay link has a set of them for ~$36 shipped: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bandai-Macross-F-CharaColle-5Figures-Sheryl-Klan-Ranka-Alto-Mini-Figure-Japan/292479178752?hash=item44191e1800:g:JU0AAOSw9uBal2ww More Frontier - "Half Age Girls" (dat name... ): https://myfigurecollection.net/entry/50492 @no3Ljm's Figure-rise bust recc is solid, too, if you're willing to put up with half a figure. I believe @Saburo has taken a bunch of pictures of various VF-31s with their respective SQ Figure/Figuarts Zero figures, and the size might not be as equitable as you think. Look through the VF-31 toy thread, that should get you an idea of how well they work together. (He's also paired them with... I think it's Space Battleship Yamato figures, and those look faaaantastic.) If you're looking for small VFs with big figures, you can get inexpensive non-scale (~1/200) Mecha Collection kits of the Delta VFs (eg. https://hlj.com/product/BANN06311) and 1/100 kits of the Frontier VFs (https://hlj.com/product/BAN967079) and match them with the various SQ Figures/Figuarts/etc. And lastly, search for "Ichiban Kuji" prize figures, those might be to your liking as well. I don't know the size myself, though I believe they're the same as SQ Figures. Get the Klan Klang one next to Michel's VF-25G and you can even pretend they're the same scale! https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Macross-prize-premium-figure/dp/B003NVN3DY This is all just me dumping all the searches I've done the past week or so; I've been trawling through the Macross figure cesspool as well, lol. Forgive the half-dozen links. EDIT: Oh, also this might be a thing in the future: "Figure-rise Labo," the line is called. Yes, that is a model kit.
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Certainly not enough to meet demand... at least not on time. With stores dripfeeding shipments to customers, perhaps Bandai are producing as quickly as they can and divvying up produce between everyone. ...which begs the question of why they even bothered with making this P-Bandai, because again the whole point of it is so that they can judge how many to make.
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All Things Videogame Related: EXTREME VS!!
kajnrig replied to Keith's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I haven't played an AC since 3, and even then I only got like 50% through the game. Got sidetracked catching animals in the forest and finding things to spend money on, but eventually I started making so much more than I spent that the game got boring. I couldn't even find the secondary/tertiary pistol holsters when people I knew had it from like 15% on or so. Since then I haven't found the desire to play The Ubisoft Sandbox Game at all, though I do admit Far Cry 5 has my interest piqued.